2009/9/11 Jennifer Riggs <jri...@wikimedia.org>: > However the word and concept of "frugality" differs significantly across > cultures. In my experience with many non-Western cultures, asking people > to bring lunch from home or spend their own money for it would not only > exclude participation, it would insult people. If the purpose is to > encourage participation and commitment to a newly forming organization, > it seems it would be very important not to insult people.
If we were talking about meetings with people from outside the Wikimedia movement, I would agree with you, but I really can't see how it can be insulting not to provide food at a meeting of Wikimedians when the people attending the meeting and the people organising the meeting are exactly the same people. If people are only willing to set up a chapter if the WMF buys them lunch once a month, I don't want those people setting up a chapter. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
