Well, it is, just not exclusively. An idea was to have
Wikimedia UK pay
"chapter membership" fees to the Foundation of some not
insignificant
nominal level (a few thousand p.a., perhaps). Also, we could have (and help
fund) joint-projects with our fellow European chapters, say to promote
social learning and inter-cultural awareness (or something else both
positive and good-sounding) in the EU. Yes, this is more overtly political
than the Foundation does things, but we could be more pro-pedagogy than
merely supplying, being more like a "pusher" than a "dealer", to use
an
unfortunate similie. :-)
I very much want to have an active and participatory role in the chapter.
However, being a student membership costs in the order of thousands p.a. is
completely infeasable. Most students (who seem to be a considerable
Wikidemographic) struggle to keep alive, so would also be excluded. Unless
there were extreme concessions, this would not work.
Oldak.