OMG Gomà, can´t you leave any thread in peace without push your POV? _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* On 15 November 2011 09:37, Joan Goma <jrg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:12:42 +0000 > > From: B?ria Lima <berial...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Program Trust > > > > *The way I see is India is a land of immense potential for the Wikimedia > > > Movement. IMHO, There is enough space of 10 chapters and Wikimedia > > offices > > > to co-exist and work together in India.* > > > > > > > Did you ever read the Chapter Agreement you signed with WMF? That > document > > states that WMIN is the ONLY chapter of WMF in India, and that any one > > organization must have their "approval" to work in Indian soil (I'm > saying > > that based in WMPT agreement, WMIN one might be different.) > > > > > I think that the spirit of an agreement is more important than its wording > but > I would like to comment both. > > Regarding the wording, in my opinion what the contract says can be > interpreted exactly the other way around. It says that to create another > chapter in the same geographical area WMIN will be consulted. [1] It > doesn’t say that the approval of WMIN is needed. Furthermore to create an > organization different than chapters not even that consultation is > foreseen. > > As for the spirit I feel that the impression that chapters have private > ownership of land is a big mistake that can leads us to a situation > contrary to > our values. This exclusivity is contrary to the spirit of sharing. We are > not cultivating potatoes where the owner of the land keeps the potatoes. We > give the potatoes away. The more and better people working the land more > potatoes can give away. We don’t need land owners, what we need are > people working > the land. > > I think these organizations should be happy of having there each other > andsee > a chance that what one of them can’t do, perhaps will be done by the other. > > > > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Agreement_between_chapters_and_Wikimedia_Foundation#3.%20Geographic_limits > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l