--- Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote: ...
A user from a rather minor wikipedia contact the foundation mailing list, to ask for help on setting a local association ... Question : what do you do ?
I would suggest she read [[m:Starting up a local Wikimedia chapter]].
Oh... except that page doesn't exist yet. :)
It would be great if those who have been working on starting up the French and German associations could help to create such a page. It could be a record of their experiences and a collection of advice for all future users wanting to set up chapters in their own local area.
I don't yet know how much influence the board will need to have in setting these up. Should they have rules on exactly what the associations are allowed to do? How can these be enforceable? Perhaps a discussion on this list on what the relationship between board and association should be might help such a page to develop. The [[m:Starting up a local Wikimedia chapter]] page also needs to include the Foundation's principles and advice on what associations need to do to meet those. How detailed should these be? I would not like to see the board have an undue amount of influence over these. I see it more as something to support them where needed rather than being there to determine exactly what a chapter should do.
Have the people working on the French and German ones got any views on whether board input would have helped them? Or is it felt that the board should just be there to officially approve them after the details have been finalised on the local Wikimedia project?
Angela. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Angela
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