On 1 April 2012 12:28, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
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I wouldn't worry about possible further centralisation after 2016, by then
the pendulum will have swung and centralisation will
be out of favour. The
movement is by its nature global and decentralised, you can't work against
the grain for long before that reality hits you.
There is a lot to that remark. But in any case, the "hot potato" will have
gone tepid by then: the chapters who really want to qualify and have not
done so far will presumably have been dealing with the WMF. Enough detailed
grant negotiations with staff in San Francisco, and issues of principle may
come seem less central than working the system effectively. (Hey, I think
that happened onsite ... didn't it? Historically.)
Charles