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

2016-08-23 Thread Gnangarra
I dont see how a dissenting voice would be a surprise, I suppose you could be surprised at my choice of language (blunter than I normally use) or at my expectations from Affcom but being here in Australia we are isolated we dont get the opportunities like people in Europe and America to be part of

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

2016-08-23 Thread Christophe Henner
Hi, What surprized me is the bad faith you assumed regarding AffCom and BoT when during the past weeks I believe we've shown through actions, and not talks, that we did listen to the feedback and acted on it. The discussion on wikimedia-l have been really good to read for a few weeks and I would l

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

2016-08-23 Thread Pierre-Selim
Seriously, it's just board and affcom doing their job ... And oh surprise, they did not involved the whole communities on temporary criteria ... I just want to thanks them for not wasting my time. I'd rather be involve in the strategy! 2016-08-23 9:44 GMT+02:00 Gnangarra : > I dont see how a di

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

2016-08-23 Thread Chris Keating
> > To me the first thing that should change is rather than focusing on how to > bring down chapters we should be focusing on how to further improve and > promote the affiliate network, its as simple as saying Affcom can provide > x,y,z to help support the expansion of chapters, it also has a,b,c t

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

2016-08-23 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Chris Keating wrote: > > 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 > > meeti

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

2016-08-23 Thread Brill Lyle
I am fundamentally dismayed to read the response that this is not a discussion. I am baffled. Shutting down discussion is rule #1 in NOT fostering community. To create a one-way flow of communication with parties engaged enough to take the time to actively discuss concerns is a non-ideal approa

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

2016-08-23 Thread Christophe Henner
Hi Brill, Everything is a discussion. There has been interesting points and discussions for many mails, and we would like that to continue. Because all of those opinions are interesting in setting the movement strategy. Howevere the *temporary* criteria are to be used by AffCom now. So that AffCo

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

2016-08-23 Thread James Heilman
From the perspective of Wiki Project Med Foundation, I am happy to see criteria for thorg / chapter status. It makes a previously somewhat unclear application process more concrete. James On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Christophe Henner wrote: > Hi Brill, > > Everything is a discussion. There