[Foundation-l] Re: NEH Grant résumés
Michael Snow <[email protected]> Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:24:08 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============0875704955== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------050205040004040507040101" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050205040004040507040101 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [email protected] wrote: > If the author of this email is not willing to even identify > themselves > to us, I don't see why any of us would want to send them a r=E9sum=E9= . > Also, > I can't understand why r=E9sum=E9s from bureaucrats would be reques= ted in > this context. > > Hi > =20 > The author of this email is a relatively new volunteer to Wikipedia,=20 > who has taken on the responsibility of coordinating the CVs. The idea=20 > is to send CVs of staff, i.e., of committed volunteers with some=20 > credentials. This would include the board and developers, but also=20 > prominent users. If anyone is uncomfortable sending this information=20 > to him, you may forward it to me. It may now be too late, though I=20 > still hold out hope, however, it is something that other grants will=20 > want too. I can assure you that I will protect your privacy and=20 > foreward the grants directly to whomever is taking care of the=20 > particular grants in question.=20 > =20 > For the record, Alterego has told me that he is an American citizen=20 > living in Italy and that he is a journalist. From his impeccable=20 > English and his IP, I have no reason to doubt this, though I can=20 > understand people's reluctance to give personal information away so=20 > quickly. > =20 > In the event that this information is needed for other grants, you=20 > will be asked again in each instance whether you mind having your name=20 > attached to the grant. > =20 > Thanks, > =20 > Danny Relatively new is an understatement, given the contribution history. I'm=20 willing to suspend my suspicions about Alterego having ulterior motives=20 for collecting this information, but I still would recommend that anyone=20 who submits such information send it to Danny, not to=20 "[email protected]". In general, as the Foundation acquires personal information about=20 various contributors that they haven't made publicly available on the=20 wiki, we need to be sure that information is kept separate and not=20 disclosed to anyone inappropriately. --Michael Snow --------------050205040004040507040101 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20040712035257.ED71C11D0162-f4n82jGjeJOzKZ/[email protected]"> <div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><font face="Arial">If the author of this email is not willing to even identify themselves <br> to us, I don't see why any of us would want to send them a résumé. Also, <br> I can't understand why résumés from bureaucrats would be requested in <br> this context.</font></blockquote> </div> <div>Hi</div> <div> </div> <div>The author of this email is a relatively new volunteer to Wikipedia, who has taken on the responsibility of coordinating the CVs. The idea is to send CVs of staff, i.e., of committed volunteers with some credentials. This would include the board and developers, but also prominent users. If anyone is uncomfortable sending this information to him, you may forward it to me. It may now be too late, though I still hold out hope, however, it is something that other grants will want too. I can assure you that I will protect your privacy and foreward the grants directly to whomever is taking care of the particular grants in question. </div> <div> </div> <div>For the record, Alterego has told me that he is an American citizen living in Italy and that he is a journalist. From his impeccable English and his IP, I have no reason to doubt this, though I can understand people's reluctance to give personal information away so quickly. </div> <div> </div> <div>In the event that this information is needed for other grants, you will be asked again in each instance whether you mind having your name attached to the grant. </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div> </div> <div>Danny</div> </blockquote> Relatively new is an understatement, given the contribution history. I'm willing to suspend my suspicions about Alterego having ulterior motives for collecting this information, but I still would recommend that anyone who submits such information send it to Danny, not to <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]">"[email protected]"</a>.<br> <br> In general, as the Foundation acquires personal information about various contributors that they haven't made publicly available on the wiki, we need to be sure that information is kept separate and not disclosed to anyone inappropriately.<br> <br> --Michael Snow<br> </body> </html> --------------050205040004040507040101-- --===============0875704955== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l --===============0875704955==--