<div class="gmail_quote">2009/12/14 Liam Wyatt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:liamwyatt@gmail.com">liamwyatt@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
If we hope to get more grassroots involvement in the chapter then IMO we cannot force people to pay $40 and register an account before they can engage in chapter activities. Volunteers should not be forced to pay money to volunteer. </blockquote>
<div><br>Why is it assumed that "volunteering" == "editing the chapter wiki"? It seems like a strange argument to me.<br><br>We're getting projects happening here in Perth and as far as I know neither of our other financial members, both of whom are fully entitled to accounts, have one or have asked for one (if they did we'd certainly enable it, but my point stands.) Increasingly our future is likely going to be with a majority of members who support our mission who are not even from a WMF-project background, and are much more likely to engage with us through social media, messenger, email, telephone and in person.<br>
<br>Additionally, there isn't enough people involved on the wiki as it is to justify an argument that more people should be at the table. We have 47 members - if I saw even 10 editing productively, I'd say there could be an argument for more open involvement. As it is, three already busy committee members are the main editors.<br>
<br></div></div>cheers<br>Andrew<br>