2009/9/12 Yann Forget <y...@forget-me.net>: > Thomas Dalton wrote: >> While that is true, it is also important to remember that most people >> setting up a chapter have next to no experience of running a >> non-profit. They don't know what is and isn't appropriate to spend >> donations on, they don't necessarily know what needs to done and just >> because they know their culture in general doesn't mean they know how >> the charity sector works in their country. The Foundation could >> provide a lot of advice on those issues. While I don't doubt that the >> Portuguese Wikimedians are acting in good faith, trust requires two >> things - good faith and competence. They are almost certainly not >> competent since they haven't had an opportunity to develop that >> competence yet, so they should not be trusted to be making the right >> decisions. > > I think this is very rude. Why do you assume that people wanting to > create a Wikimedia chapter are incompetent? You need to have a bit more > trust for people you have never met and you don't know.
Why would I assume that someone knows how to do something they have never done before? Someone from the Portuguese chapter has already admitted they have very little experience. Note, I don't use the word "incompetent" as an insult, I just use it to mean what it means - not having a particular relevant competence. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l