Le 09/02/2012 17:01, Emmanuel Engelhart a écrit : > On 02/09/2012 09:11 AM, Ting Chen wrote: > >> * The board is sharpening the criteria for payment processing. Payment processing is not a natural path to growth for a chapter; and payment processing will likely be an exception -- most chapters will not do so. > > Without any financial autonomy (that means the ability to raise and invest funds), a chapter can only beg for money. I do not share your vision of the chapter's future - neither for the "old" nor for the "young" ones.
That reminds me of a Selennites[1] poem : « With the raise of donations rise the questions ». Who does it belong to? Whose share is it? Mine! Mine! Same old story. There ain't such a thing as free money. You have to love it more than any cause. You have to pay with disputes and parasites. Money comes with dirty rules and characters. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
