On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
That's an extremely pessimistic outlook. Why
are you bothering to take
part if that's what you think? If we can't make any money in the first
year, how will we make it in future years? And if we're not making any
money, what's the point in having a chapter? We won't be able to do
anything we couldn't do now.
That is, I think, a bit of a pessimistic view as well. Money isn't
everything, and much of what you will get out of the chapter is
prestige. You'll be able to go into a school or university or
government building and say "I represent Wikimedia UK and I would like
to work together with you for the benefit of open content and open
education". It sure beats saying "I go on Wikipedia some days after
work, can I take some pictures of your stuff to put on the internet?".
Don't rely too much on money, some of your most creative ideas might
stem from a lack of it.
If that's all you want, we can do it in five minutes. We just need to
set up an association (which is far easier than forming a limited
company), get a quick agreement set up with the WMF and we're done.
You don't even really need that - "I'm a Wikipedia admin" opens quite
a few doors if you're careful not to explain what that really means.