[Foundation-l] Chapters

[Birgitte_sb at yahoo.com]

On Aug 10, 2011, at 7:56 PM, Kirill Lokshin <kirill.lokshin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:51 PM, <Birgitte_sb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> I don't think chapters are being cut off I think they are being
>> centralized. Centralization, not lack of funding, is what I believe will
>> make chapters ineffective.  Frankly, I think cutting off their funding would
>> be less detrimental (although still not a good thing) to the chapter's
>> long-term effectiveness than centralizing them into a grant program.  It
>> would be worse for the near-term, but many would still recover from it as
>> owner-led organizations funded locally outside of the WMF banner campaign.
>> 
> 
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but where has it been suggested that chapters
> would not remain free to raise funds independently of the WMF?  My
> impression was that the change being discussed here would merely remove
> participation in the WMF fundraiser as a funding source and replace it with
> direct WMF grants; presumably chapters could seek funding elsewhere?
> 
> 

I don't see why such a thing wouldn't be possible, but I don't find it very likely.  I am looking mostly at the incentives each structure produces. As the proposal seems to be funding the WMF approved operating budget of a chapter with a WMF grant, I don' t think the general rule will be an organization that is locally funded. Do you find it otherwise?

BirgitteSB