Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Changes to current chapter and thematic organisation criteria

2016-08-21 Thread Ben Creasy
Does the Affiliations Committee have a list of existing chapters which do not meet the proposed criteria? I think we should at least get a sense for that, and those chapters should be notified and be put on the path to meeting standards or losing their status. What's the harm in letting chapters w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Changes to current chapter and thematic organisation criteria

2016-08-21 Thread John Mark Vandenberg
I agree with Ben. It is worthwhile understand why existing chapters may not meet these criteria, especially if it is viable/active chapters that fail the criteria, rather than the few dormant chapters who also fail simpler criteria. I suspect these criteria, which are a good baseline, can be refi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Changes to current chapter and thematic organisation criteria

2016-08-21 Thread Brill Lyle
Within this context, if as Pine mentions, an especially strong community organizer leaves the chapter, or if there is a huge shift in leadership, the chapter could go through a lot of growing pains, good or bad. How exactly does the Affiliates committee support this issue? What specific support is