On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 23:41, Harry Mitchell hjmwiki@gmail.com wrote:
By the way, since I know you and I are not the only ones who feel, to be charitable to both sides, that WMUK's focus on large projects and residencies has squeezed out the smaller projects, why don't we set something else up?
Because its another structure that needs supporting.
Not a chapter but a society of Wikimedians focusing on small projects that have a smaller but more immediate impact on editors and projects (for example editathons, field trips, events with small local history groups etc, experience-sharing events for experienced editors). There's no reason such a society couldn't dovetail with WMUK; it could even perhaps apply for some modest funding (low four figures at the very most) from WMUK or the WMF.
I think you ultimately run into the issue that most wikipedians are quite happy editing on their own and have a fairly limited desire to get involved with other wikimedians through meatspace.