WMF does not have the resources to establish partnerships with every school district in California, a chapter would. A chapter also would be able to open up museum doors and get photographers in.
To put it simply, the chapter would deal with outreach to the people of California.
----- Original Message ---- From: Brion Vibber brion@wikimedia.org To: "wikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org" wikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 9:11:17 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Wiki in the classroom
How would a proposed California chapter actually be involved here? What would it do, how would it be structured? What could it do that WMF couldn't?
Proposing a chapter seems premature without a clear idea of its purpose. What need does it fill?
-- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
On Mar 31, 2008, at 21:23, Geoffrey Plourde geo.plrd@yahoo.com wrote:
I have written a blog entry at http://wikiwest.blogspot.com/2008/03/wiki-in-classroom.html
In a nutshell, a California Chapter would partner with schools for mutual benefit. This would be a major area where the Foundation can't fill in.
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Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
WMF does not have the resources to establish partnerships with every school district in California, a chapter would. A chapter also would be able to open up museum doors and get photographers in.
You might consider making a more general project, one less Wikipedia-specific, then. There's a lot of good free culture work beyond Wikipedia and its sister projects, especially here in California. That would give you a wider potential membership base.
Or you could also do something independent and very schools-focused, partnering with the Wikimedia Foundation as needed. A more focused effort like that would be easier to explain to grant-givers, and could give you a better in with foundations focused on California education.
William
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