I don't think it is trivial either, and having a discussion is fine. However, the bigger discussion is perhaps more relevant - because AffCom is simply following WMF policy here, which is in place for many employees, board members (and others? not sure).
So I think there are two relevant discussions to be had: First of all, whether there should be an AffCom meeting at all. Fair question of course. (analogous you could wonder if certain chapters should really send a representative to Wikimania from their budget, whether certain employees really should be there and whether all chapters should be present at the Chapters meeting - all fair discussions to be had in their time, too). The second relevant question is, in my opinion, whether the WMF travel policy is good, proportional etc. This policy has mostly received criticism from two sides - some think it is too elaborate, and WMF should get 'less luxury' (again fair discussion, but we should then focus on the whole question) - another criticism is that it should be equalized for all Wikimedia-sponsored trips, including individual engagement grants, trips to the chapters meeting etc. When this question was brought up last time, I believe it was Sue who mentioned that this would simply result in much less travel and participation. Again, a fair question. Personally, I feel that WMF Committee (and board) members should not be treated to a lower standard than staff members, simply because they are not being paid for their work. But maybe I'm the only one in thát opinion though... Lodewijk 2013/5/14 Andrea Zanni <[email protected]> > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:30 AM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law_of_triviality > > > I don't really think this is a triviality. > Cents and single dollars of chapters are weighted and analyzed, > FDC and GACs nitpicks and their goal is to assure that donor moneys is not > wasted. > We all know that there are issues on that and a lot of chapters had to work > hard to be able to draw their budget, and receive their money. > > 40'000 $ for Wikimania travels are a lot, especially compared to the travel > budget of chapters. Period. > I would assume that WMF and the Board budgets should be reasonably > proportional to chapters ones. > Maybe I'm the only one, though. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
