Дана Saturday 12 September 2009 20:03:32 Thomas Dalton написа: > > People will make bad decisions, estimates, projections, guesses, > > conclusions sometimes; it happens. We spot them the second time > > around, once we've realised they're wrong, fix them, and move on. > > By that time that harm may have already been done. If that harm is > minimal, then it might be worth the risk, but I don't think risking > $3,500 of WMF donor's money to be minimal.
Have you tried putting that on paper? Let's assume that 50% chance of chapter becoming competent and 50% chance of chapter becoming incompetent. I don't think you would deny that a competent chapter could increase donations from Portugal for, say $1,000 per year. Hence, $3,500 is a good use of donor's money. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l