On 21 April 2012 22:51, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hmm. That line in the sand seems critical.
>
> I'd hate for it to reach a point whereby to be a UK Wikimedian meant being
> part of Wikimedia UK. I consider those two roles, for myself, to be
> distinct. There are thousands of UK Wikimedians with no interaction or
> interest in WMUK - and that is fine. Someone could disagree entirely with
> the idea of chapters, or specifically the UK chapter, but still be a
> Wikimedian. That is the beauty of the movement.
>
> Indeed; numerous high profile and prolific Wikipedians are not part of WMUK.
> And to take that a step further, some of us active in WMUK are not
> particularly active Wikipedians.

I don't see anything to be gained by separating people into "part of"
and "not part of" WMUK. Obviously, some people are members and some
aren't, but all membership determines, really, is whether or not you
can vote at the AGM.

You may not be a member of WMUK and may never have come to a WMUK
event, but that doesn't mean you can't respond to an email about WMUK
if you want to and think you have something to add to the discussion.

WMUK is there to support all Wikimedians in the UK. Different
Wikimedians will choose to take advantage of that in different ways
and to different extents, but just because you aren't active in the
chapter doesn't mean you can't think of it as "your chapter". I would
encourage all Wikimedians in the UK to feel ownership of the chapter,
whether they actually want to do anything with the chapter or not.