[Wikimedia-l] Outcome of Wikimedia board discussion on the Chapters Association

[Thomas Dalton]

What budget are you looking at? I don't think one has been agreed yet...

On 5 February 2013 12:49, James Heilman <jmh649 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am glad to see the WMF taking a slow and careful look at this. My
> primary question is why does this costing so much? More than half a
> million is a huge sum. And what exactly do we as a movement get from
> this? IMO we do not need more bureaucracy but less. A $100,000 for the
> secretary general, to run an organization that does not even exist
> yet? What we need is more tech people. While I know all those involved
> in this are good people why are they not doing this was volunteers? I
> donate around $250,000 worth of my time a year to the movement and
> still throw in some cash.
>
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> James Heilman
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