This is beautifully said. I just love it. Thank you!
> On Aug 22, 2016, at 8:13 PM, 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/ >> 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> > > > > -- > 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
