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Re:Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation by fastball on Friday February 05, 2021 @09:45AM (#26036784)
Right, it is not like most large orgs. So the excuse "most large orgs throw parties" is not a good one, imo.

Though tbh "other orgs do it" is never a good argument, but it is especially bad here.

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Re:Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation by Clewza313 on Friday February 05, 2021 @10:25AM (#26037293)
I've attended a bunch of Wikimedia/Wikimania conferences. These are held on a shoestring budget, and any drinking and dancing is on participants' own dime.

WMF's per-employee T&E cost is apparently $7k/year. Working in sales at a company you've heard of, I've flown single flights and attended single dinners that cost more than that.

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Re:Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation by fastball on Friday February 05, 2021 @01:31PM (#26039607)
Yes, except WMF should not be doing sales.

They're an online wikipedia. Their costs keep ballooning, and not to pay for things that I care about when I donate money to support their core mission.

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Re:Stepping Down as CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation by fastball on Saturday February 06, 2021 @11:18AM (#26047509)
Haha freudian slip there,

*online encyclopedia.

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