Thomas Dalton wrote:
While that is true, it is also important to remember
that most people
setting up a chapter have next to no experience of running a
non-profit. They don't know what is and isn't appropriate to spend
donations on, they don't necessarily know what needs to done and just
because they know their culture in general doesn't mean they know how
the charity sector works in their country. The Foundation could
provide a lot of advice on those issues. While I don't doubt that the
Portuguese Wikimedians are acting in good faith, trust requires two
things - good faith and competence. They are almost certainly not
competent since they haven't had an opportunity to develop that
competence yet, so they should not be trusted to be making the right
decisions.
I think this is very rude. Why do you assume that people wanting to
create a Wikimedia chapter are incompetent? You need to have a bit more
trust for people you have never met and you don't know.
Regards,
Yann
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