[Wikimedia-l] Strange, surprising, bold and unnecessary - reply to the WMF board statement

[Thomas Dalton]

On 6 February 2013 22:17, James Heilman <jmh649 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the concern regarding the WCA primarily arises from the
> proposed paying of people who will be leading it. If these people are
> equivalent to the editors of content on Wikipedia (ie volunteers) and
> work from a virtual office than most concerns will disappear. So are
> the leaders of the WCA paid or not? While the office be virtual or
> not?

The WCA is lead by the council, who are all volunteers. They will be
supported by staff, but the council are in charge.