Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-07 Thread Charles Matthews
On 6 February 2013 23:08, Andrew Turvey wrote: > Furthermore, if WMUK continues to support the WCA, will this damage the > chapter's relationship with the Foundation? I would have thought the way to find out about this would be for someone able to speak for WMUK to consult someone able to speak

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-07 Thread Gordon Joly
On 06/02/13 23:08, Andrew Turvey wrote: That's an interesting way of putting it! However, now that the WMF has come out against, is there any way that the WCA can fulfill its stated aims? Furthermore, if WMUK continues to support the WCA, will this damage the chapter's relationship with the Fou

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-06 Thread Michael Peel
I put discussing the WCA on this weekend's board meeting agenda a while back. However, the context has obviously changed a lot now. I've just added an agenda item about the current situation, which will hopefully be accepted by the rest of the board. Fæ's already agreed to provide an update at t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 6 February 2013 23:08, Andrew Turvey wrote: > That's an interesting way of putting it! However, now that the WMF has come > out against, is there any way that the WCA can fulfill its stated aims? > Furthermore, if WMUK continues to support the WCA, will this damage the > chapter's relationship

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
That's an interesting way of putting it! However, now that the WMF has come out against, is there any way that the WCA can fulfill its stated aims? Furthermore, if WMUK continues to support the WCA, will this damage the chapter's relationship with the Foundation? On Feb 6, 2013 9:12 PM, "Thomas Dal

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 6 February 2013 21:07, Andrew Turvey wrote: > I see the Foundation has withdrawn their support for the Wikimedia Chapters > Association, the cross-chapters partnership that WMUK backed. To be honest, it never really offered any support in the first place... they said they liked the idea, but t

[Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
I see the Foundation has withdrawn their support for the Wikimedia Chapters Association, the cross-chapters partnership that WMUK backed. Their statement included some significant criticisms about the way the WCA has been implemented, something that individual Foundation board members expanded on i