I have a chapter outline on Meta at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_California
----- Original Message ---- From: Geoffrey Plourde geo.plrd@yahoo.com To: Brion Vibber brion@wikimedia.org; "wikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org" wikimedia-sf@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 10:15:33 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Wiki in the classroom
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?
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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:
I have a chapter outline on Meta at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_California
IMHO this remains wildly premature.
Start by outlining the projects desired and plan how to accomplish them; if a corporate structure is actually required, that need will be revealed when you've got some serious planning done on the projects. Only then will it make sense to start drawing up a todo list for legal chapter organization.
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