Why do we need to balance numbers against what matters, what is wrong with trust and assuming good faith its made wikipedia the special thing it is, we didnt need qualifications to be part of it, we didnt have quotas, we could all do as little or as much as we liked, every effort mattered it created something great, something beyond what had every been done before, it brought together and nurtured the differences it grew from those beginnings not because of numbers. So why change what makes us great, why put numbers in place of everything else why even try to balance numbers with what really matters because its what matters that important its what matters is our goal.
We are because someone once imagined a world where the sum of all knowledge could shared freely, not because someone once imagined a number and made everyone else reach that number On 23 August 2016 at 01:23, James Heilman <j <jmh...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I see it a bit both ways. I would hope that the designation "chapter" and > "user group" reflect at least something about the capacity of the > organization in question. And organizations change over time so why should > not their designation? I also agree that not all that matters can be > measured / quantified. We still need to do what matters even if a nice > little number cannot be attached to it. The question is how do we balance > these two. > > Jaes > > On 23 August 2016 at 08:13, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: > We need to focus on building communities > > 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 to > assist user groups to expand... > > I seam to remeber that the Affcom was originally created so Affiliates > could help each other grow, not to give individuals a stick to whip others > into submission. > > I would rather a vague criteria, with groups being able to chose their own > path and obtain what ever support they need and see growth in affiliates > than see hundreds of pointless arguments about whether 5 with 100 attendees > or 6 events with 10 attendees is enough when we know that one person or > more precisely one volunteer contribute a to great deal of difference. > Our people or the people are our greatest assets not numbers > > On 23 August 2016 at 05:01, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> > 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 >> > meeting standards or losing their status. >> > >> >> Hi Ben, >> >> The closest is this table for eligibility for the Wikimedia Conference: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/ >> Eligibility_Criteria >> >> That did not apply the same criteria as AffCom are using, but you can see >> that there were 2 chapters which appeared to be entirely inactive, and a >> further 3 that had some kind of activity but were not reporting activity >> in >> the terms required by their chapter agreements or grants. >> >> In general, I think that it is sensible to have a method of inactive >> chapters to be de-recognised - just as it is also useful for User Groups >> working towards chapter status to know what they are meant to be working >> towards. >> >> Regards, >> >> Chris Keating >> User:The Land >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik >> i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > > > -- > GN. > President Wikimedia Australia > WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra > Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com > > -- GN. President Wikimedia Australia WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
