Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Chris Keating
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:56 AM, John Vandenberg wrote: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Thomas Dalton > wrote: > > On 31 March 2012 02:03, John Vandenberg wrote: > >> I expect that the minutes will explain the varied positions of the > >> board. If not, then the board should put in place p

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Jimmy Wales
On 3/31/12 8:07 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 31 March 2012 06:45, John Vandenberg wrote: There is no requirement to know everything. There is a requirement to make decisions in the best interests of the organisation, *as you see it*. If a trustee persistently abstains on the big decisions beca

[Foundation-l] Why our privacy policy is a big public win

2012-03-31 Thread David Gerard
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Re: [Foundation-l] Wiktionary App, beta release (Android v1.0.1b)

2012-03-31 Thread J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov
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Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 96, Issue 95

2012-03-31 Thread Craig Franklin
> > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:48:55 +0100 > From: Chris Keating > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012 > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 96, Issue 95

2012-03-31 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Craig Franklin, 31/03/2012 23:20: For the record, those who did not vote in favour of the resolutions, this morning explained their reasons for doing so. I'm sure someone more eloquent than I can summarise those reasons, but I think that they were valid. John Vandenberg is correct that if peopl

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 96, Issue 95

2012-03-31 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 31 March 2012 22:33, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > P.s.: It's a bit weird to focus so much on the reasons to oppose; why should > opposing be justified /more/ than supporting? There's supposed to be a Q&A coming that will explain the supports. ___ f

[Foundation-l] WikiData and Football, WikiData and OpenGovernmentData, 2.9 Mio Eur from European tax payers

2012-03-31 Thread andreas meier
Hi, Through reports in the German Television I was made aware of the WikiData project. This sounds really interesting. I could also find the press announcement online. There was a reference to the European Union Project, which seemed to be instrumental to kick this off: http://render-project.eu, a

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 96, Issue 95

2012-03-31 Thread phoebe ayers
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:40 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 31 March 2012 22:33, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: >> P.s.: It's a bit weird to focus so much on the reasons to oppose; why should >> opposing be justified /more/ than supporting? > > There's supposed to be a Q&A coming that will explain t