On Nov 29, 2010, at 9:39 PM, James Alexander <jameso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:13 AM, <wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > >> So it is your belief, that the WMF is not accountable at all to it's >> volunteers, such as editors? Just to its donors? >> > > > I prefer contributers or simply the community. Donors, editors, > admins, volunteers whatever name you want to call them are all part of that. > Some people can't give monetarily (or don't want to) some can't (or don't > want to) give with their time. They are all part of the community that > drives the projects forward. > I'm going to do something I rarely do: try to speak for others. At the Foundation offices, I think it is safe to say that every one of us feels a deep sense of accountability to the mission, to our coworkers, and to contributors of all types: financial, knowledge, editor, administrator, developer, and to our readers. I have never worked with a more focused and intensely mission driven group. I say this as the person running the contribution campaign, and as a long term editor. To suggest that the WMF (which means what, exactly, in this context? Staff? Mailing list participants?) does not feel accountable to anyone but donors is to make a careless generalization, and one that borders on trolling. The people who make up the staff and the volunteers of our projects are driven and give tremendously of their time. I defy anyone to find me a single one of them who only feels accountable to donors. You can't. I guarantee it. Philippe _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
