[Foundation-l] A new proposal regarding US chapters

[Sebastian Moleski]

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:

> Local chapters will kick up a small portion of their membership dues
> to the national organization.  The national organization will use this
> for any administrative costs, and, optionally to help subsidize new
> local chapters just getting started up.  Any payments from the local
> chapters to the WMF will go direct, not through the national
> organization.  Every attempt will be made to keep the national
> organization bare-bones as to expenses and revenues.  No Wikimania USA
> funded by the national organization, if the chapters want that they
> can get the WMF to do it or can form a Wikimania USA Inc.  No travel
> expenses.  No servers.  No public relations staff or consultants.
> Members of the local chapters should be the first point of contact for
> any necessary expertise.  Any national press inquiries will be
> directed to the WMF.
>

I don't yet clearly see the benefit of this being a separate organization as
opposed to having someone at the foundation dedicated to this sort of work.

Sebastian