[Wikimedia-l] About the concentration of resources in SF (it was: "Communication plans for community engagement"

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Erik Moeller, 24/07/2013 18:30:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:44 AM, David Cuenca <dacuetu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don't agree with Romaine's view that it is a cultural problem, but it is
>> true that the WMF management seems to prefer to have all development
>> concentrated in SF.
>
> Hardly. About half of WMF's engineering staff is distributed (both
> inside and outside the US), and we've encouraged and supported
> software engineering efforts by chapters. [...]
>
> So, which other chapters are up for building out serious software
> engineering capacity?
>
> Erik
>

Why should it be chapters?
Anyway, being able to disband the SF office as regards software 
development (and perhaps more), and switch to remote work only, would 
probably be the single most effective measure for enhancing 
communication and cooperation in the movement.

Nemo