On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Sue Gardner <susanpgard...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree that the turnout was impressive, and I was also impressed that many > of the wealthier chapters helped to fund travel for the less-wealthy. > > I was also amazed by the volunteer devs, many of whom travelled long > distances on their own dime (e.g., Aude, and many others). I've spoken with > Brion, and if it would help the devs to have some form of subsidy for their > travel, or some form of other support, the Wikimedia Foundation would be > happy to help next year.
I would like to support this too. Devs like Aude can be be a real asset in jumpstarting chapters activities as well, as she has shown with her great organizing work in Washington DC. Thanks, Pharos > It was all really great :-) > Sue > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> > > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:12:11 > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List<foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living > people > > > 2009/4/30 Domas Mituzas <midom.li...@gmail.com>: >> Thomas, >> >>> I believe there were about 50 chapters people about about 100 devs. >>> I'm not sure why the mean travel distance would be lower if you >>> include everyone - there were people from all around the world there, >>> many having travelled further than the average board member. >> >> >> Actually, I'd be happy if you were right (and you probably are!) - it >> shows, that lots of people had the motivation to come to this >> "excursion". > > Every single chapter was represented by at least one person - I was > extremely impressed by that. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
