At 22:41 +0100 6/9/08, Thomas Dalton wrote:
Sure, I
read that (should have pointed that out, sorry).
However, all it says is "we're going to set up a company (limited by
guarentee) to do stuff related to a set of objectives that are still
freely editable by anyone".
I'm not trying to be difficult, and I'm certainly a big fan of openness
and community led developments. However, I'm also realistic (and
reasonably knowledgable) about what it takes to create a succesful
social enterprise.
Either the above linked document has less detail than exists in the
minds of the people on this list, or the cart is, at present, before the
horse.
It's a chapter of the foundation, it will do the same sorts of things
as others chapters do. See
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Summaries for some
ideas about what that includes. I really don't get why everyone is
making such a big deal about having a list of objectives when we all
know what chapters do, this isn't a new concept.
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Indeed.
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Wikimedia Deutschland, founded in June 2004, was the first Wikimedia
chapter. It has more than 400 members, an office with 1.5 full time
employees, and an annual budget of ~300k EUR.
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Wikimedia UK v1 failed and it wasn't a new concept then either.
I don't want to throw oil on the fire. I wasn't around then and my next
line is not intended to open up wounds, but I have to ask it
(rhetorically at this point, I hope that candidate statements will
address this important quesiton clearly and concisely)...
Is there to be a repeat of past errors here?
I'll switch back to lurking mode and try and decide how to vote when the
time comes.
Ross