Hoi,
Hear, hear !!
Thanks,
GerardM
On 28 June 2015 at 12:44, Amir E. Aharoni
wrote:
> > The WMF will become a truly global organization when a Wikimedia US
> > chapter is founded ;-)
> W
> Not quite, but it would be an important step in that direction. Work on USA
> projects should be done
> The WMF will become a truly global organization when a Wikimedia US
> chapter is founded ;-)
W
Not quite, but it would be an important step in that direction. Work on USA
projects should be done by USA Wikimedia chapters and other USA
organization, not by the Foundation.
It used to be worse in t
Hoi,
The United States is not singular in its size, its diversity, the number of
people. Arguably India, Brazil and Russia compare.
The one difference the USA has is its historic attention from the WMF in
every aspect of its operations. Arguably, the WMF has performed many of
what would be expect
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Risker wrote:
> Ricordisamoa, I have no preference either way. I live in a geographically
> enormous country (Canada), which has a national chapter - centered so far
> away from me that I'll never be in a position to participate in person at a
> regular meetup. I
Ricordisamoa, I have no preference either way. I live in a geographically
enormous country (Canada), which has a national chapter - centered so far
away from me that I'll never be in a position to participate in person at a
regular meetup. In Canada's case, regional chapters might have been better,
I infer that you would have preferred a single US chapter from the
start, wouldn't you?
Il 28/06/2015 06:08, Risker ha scritto:
Ironically, Ricordisamoa, the "decision" to not have a US chapter was made
around 10 years ago at the strong urging of other chapters. The theory (as
I understand it)
Ironically, Ricordisamoa, the "decision" to not have a US chapter was made
around 10 years ago at the strong urging of other chapters. The theory (as
I understand it) was that the US was the home of the WMF itself, which in
the view of the era, meant that the US didn't need the "protections" that
c
I know the confederated approach may surely make more sense for the
local communities, but I think an established regional subject would
help uproot the Foundation from a single country it relies too much on.
Il 28/06/2015 05:00, Pine W ha scritto:
Hi Ricordisamoa,
There are multiple chapter
Hi Ricordisamoa,
There are multiple chapters, user groups and thematic organizations that
are active in the US and have a degree of separation from WMF. The US
affiliates are cooperative with each other, and the affiliate leaders
communicate with each other fairly frequently. May I ask what benefi
