On 13 February 2014 10:04, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
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On 12 February 2014 21:16, Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
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Congratulations to Frank, but...
The Wiki Education
Foundation, a new nonprofit organization that supports the Wikipedia
Education Program in the United States and Canada
...why isn't this called "The Wiki Education North America
Foundation,", or suchlike?
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Good question Andy!
Moreover, as this is an independent organisation, why does the fact of it
getting a director deserve a WMF press-release? For comparison, has the
hiring of senior staff for any of the Chapters received a WMF-written press
release?
Nevertheless, I'm very pleased to see the WMF's "pseudo chapter"
direct-outreach activity spun out to being an independent organisation that
has to fight for grant money on a level-playing with the other
organisations that apply for WMF money. It will now have to justify why
fee-charging US universities need our donors money to support
editing-traning programs more than other programs that aren't WMF
originated or USA-focused. Relatedly, I note that on the Q&A that the
organisation is "Based in San Francisco" - I hope this means that it is not
getting free accommodation in the WMF offices as I'm sure there's lots of
other independent groups that would like free office space too.
-Liam