2009/9/13 Austin Hair <adh...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> > 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. > > Wow, that's... pretty offensive, actually.
If you are offended by statements of fact, that is your problem. > It's true that random dude in random country may not be an expert on > incorporating a chapter-like organization (not a "charity," because > that's not required, or even a "non-profit"), but neither is anyone > employed by Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., and neither is any member of > the Chapters Committee. Last time I checked, being a non-profit (and a charity if possible) *was* a requirement to be a Wikimedia chapter. The WMF does have experience of running a charity. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l