Hello,
camelia boban camelia.boban@gmail.com escreveu no dia terça, 12/02/2019 à(s) 11:18:
(...) In line with the philosophy of the inclusion of the movement, AffCom has acted as it always does when it receives affiliation requests: it assesses the territorial overlap and the declared purpose of the requests with others affiliates present in the territory, contacting the already recognized affiliates to hear from them about any concerns, using the experience and knowledge on the territory of each of its members.
I suppose this was not in effect back in 2015, when Wiki Education Brazil was approved, as neither the existing affiliate in Brazil - UG Wikimedia in Brazil -, nor Wikimedia Portugal, have been consulted about it, even when it totally overlapped with the territory of the existing affiliate in Brazil, and was announced by AffCom as having a Lusophone target, therefore interfering in Portugal as well. Furthermore, at the date it was approved, Wiki Education Brazil was already in open conflict with the existing affiliate in Brazil, which makes the approval decision by AffCom absolutely incomprehensible.
Actually, I really fail to understand why the candidatures to AffCom continue allowed to be proposed in absolute secrecy, leaving any problems caused by their approvals to be dealt with by the community after the problem is already installed. Does not seem a very clever way of acting.
Best,
Paulo - DarwIn Wikimedia Portugal