Hoi, Hear, hear !! Thanks, GerardM
On 28 June 2015 at 12:44, Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
The WMF will become a truly global organization when a Wikimedia US chapter is founded ;-)
W Not quite, but it would be an important step in that direction. Work on USA projects should be done by USA Wikimedia chapters and other USA organization, not by the Foundation.
It used to be worse in the past - The example that I recall most easily is the Public Policy Initiative from 2010, which got American people to work on American topics. Though not a bad project as far as the created content goes, I felt discomfort about the fact that it's done by the Foundation which is supposed to be international.
But that was five years ago. I cannot recall something like that is happening now. There are local American chapters now; it's good that they are local, and there should be more of them. Foundation is backing more international projects and usually gives the backing to organizations or individuals rather than doing everything by itself.
It can get much more international, but a good process has already begun.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2015-06-28 6:00 GMT+03:00 Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com:
Hi Ricordisamoa,
There are multiple chapters, user groups and thematic organizations that are active in the US and have a degree of separation from WMF. The US affiliates are cooperative with each other, and the affiliate leaders communicate with each other fairly frequently. May I ask what benefits
you
think would come from having a consolidated US chapter? We've talked
about
this casually among ourselves but so far we seem to be satisfied with a confederation of smaller affiliates instead of a single national
affiliate.
Thanks!
Pine On Jun 27, 2015 7:20 PM, "Ricordisamoa" ricordisamoa@openmailbox.org wrote:
The WMF will become a truly global organization when a Wikimedia US chapter is founded ;-)
Il 08/04/2015 06:58, Pine W ha scritto:
Hi Garfield,
I'm asking this on Wikimedia-l because a number of Wikimedians have
noted
the expensiveness of the San Francisco area including its high cost of living for staff, employer competition for engineering talent, and associated high salaries for WMF employees.
I see on
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/8/8a/RFP_for_Real_Estate_Se...
that WMF is considering relocating its offices when its current main office lease expires.
Questions:
What happens to the remodel expenses that WMF is paying for at its
current
location? If WMF vacates the premesis, will it be compensated for the remodel by the building owner?
I hope that WMF is contemplating fully exiting the San Francisco
market
area in order to economize, get better value for our donors' funds,
have
less competition for talent, and lower costs of living for staff. Is
this
being considered?
Thanks very much,
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