There's a difference between voice and votes. US Chapters can participate in meetings, committees, etc. However, when it comes to chapters voting on for example Chapter selected board seats the possibility that the US could potentially have 50 votes is very unfair/scary/overwhelming
Damian
On Saturday, July 14, 2012, Kirill Lokshin wrote:
The idea that all US chapters would have only a single voice in movement-wide discussions. This hasn't been demanded except by tiny minority among other chapters -- and certainly not by anyone who will actually be involved in recognizing future US chapters.
As far as I'm concerned, that element makes this proposal a total non-starter.
Cheers, Kirill
-- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Mr. Gregory Varnum < gregory.varnum@gmail.com> wrote:
Which political concessions are you referring to?
-Greg
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On Jul 14, 2012, at 11:49 PM, Kirill Lokshin < kirill.lokshin@wikimediadc.org> wrote:
It's entirely unclear to me why we're proposing to make such dramatic political concessions, particularly given the lack of any meaningful external pressure to do so.
Cheers, Kirill
-- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Kevin Rutherford Ktr101@hotmail.comwrote:
Hey Everyone,
I hope that you have all been doing well and those who attended Wikimania have not been partying too hard after the awesome experiences of the last few days. I wanted to let you all know, that per a WALRUS meet-up discussion tonight, myself and two other users have drafted up a plan on the evolution and governance of future Wikimedia chapters: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal_for_the_evolution_of_Wikimedia_chapt...
We look forward to your opinion on it, and I hope that those who are in the D.C. region have safe trips back, over the next few days.
Sincerely,
Kevin Rutherford Ktr101
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