Дана Saturday 12 September 2009 20:03:32 Thomas Dalton написа:
People will make bad decisions, estimates, projections, guesses, conclusions sometimes; it happens. We spot them the second time around, once we've realised they're wrong, fix them, and move on.
By that time that harm may have already been done. If that harm is minimal, then it might be worth the risk, but I don't think risking $3,500 of WMF donor's money to be minimal.
Have you tried putting that on paper? Let's assume that 50% chance of chapter becoming competent and 50% chance of chapter becoming incompetent. I don't think you would deny that a competent chapter could increase donations from Portugal for, say $1,000 per year. Hence, $3,500 is a good use of donor's money.