On 31 December 2011 19:36, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <snip> > > It got worse. They changed it to "Wikimedia Executive Director" and > when it was pointed out that it should be "Wikimedia Foundation > Executive Director" Philippe (who was running the fundraiser last > year) said (on 13 December 2010 on the Fundraising mailing list, which > is private so I can't give a link): "So yeah, we're doing everything > we can to maximize the income." (I won't quote the entire paragraph, > but the context is essentially "Yeah, we know there are problems with > these banners but they raise money so we're going to do it anyway.") > > It is, as you say, a very disconcerting attitude. > > Enough, Thomas. After a reasonable explanation of the actions taken today, you are now dredging up complaints about *last year's* fundraiser. The actions you're complaining about above were not repeated this year. This is called "learning from experience", and it is a talent that is highly prized within the WMF family of projects. After all, there is not a one of us who has not made an error in action or judgment. Please stop. Risker _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l