I too think the idea, in the general sense, is a good one (we SHOULD be
supporting our fellow-travellers) but there are lots of difficulties in the
detail.
Forgive me if this is not correct, but isn't the idea of having a close
(potentially financial) relationship to likeminded organisations what the
"movement partners" concept was for?
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models/Movement_Partn…
That page was created by, and has only been edited by, members of the WMF
Board of Trustees and specifically lists possible examples of "Mozilla,
Creative Commons, WikiEducator, Freenode" and says "They may have access to
Wikimedia grants as per minimum rights". Unlike Chapters, user groups and
thematic organisations, this quadrant of the Affiliations Model
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models>has never
really been elaborated upon. I think it has a lot of great potential to
formalise the relationship between Wikimedia and external organisations
that have related missions and values to us.
Perhaps elaborating the "movement partners" concept and specifically the
financial rights that it brings would be useful for this discussion....
Importantly the concept is already "on the books" and not starting from
scratch.
-Liam
wittylama.com
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