&quot;WMUK may not take on a task that volunteer could do&quot;. or &quot;WMUK may not take on a task that volunteer is willing and able to do as a volunteer?&quot;<br><br>Hopefully the tasks being done by our staff are ones that volunteers could do, but nobody is volunteering to bank cheques and so forth.<br>
<br>This may seem like a subtle difference, but you wouldn&#39;t want a professional staff that preferred to employ people to do things that they didn&#39;t think the mere volunteers were capable of.  Not that I&#39;m accusing anyone in WMUK of falling into that trap.<br>
<br>WSC<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 April 2012 11:50, Gordon Joly <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:gordon.joly@pobox.com">gordon.joly@pobox.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 01/04/2012 02:20, Anthony (AGK) wrote:<br>
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Should WMUK not be involved in developing a Wikimania bid? (I don&#39;t<br>
follow WM governance very closely, and may misunderstand that aspect<br>
of the Chapter&#39;s purpose.)<br>
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Job demarcation. WMUK may not take on a task that volunteer could do.<div class="im HOEnZb"><br>
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Gordo<br>
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Gordon Joly<br>
<a href="mailto:gordon.joly@pobox.com" target="_blank">gordon.joly@pobox.com</a><br>
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Don&#39;t Leave Space To The Professionals!<br>
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