[Foundation-l] Chapters

[Nathan]

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Florence Devouard <anthere9 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> On 8/29/11 1:45 AM, Nathan wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:34 PM, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >
> >> On 29 August 2011 00:29, Nathan<nawrich at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>
> >>>   Which other criteria are so onerous that folks are reacting
> >>> like the letter indicts the entire system of chapters?
> >>
> >>
> >> Because that's its effect: "The entire system of chapters, except
> >> WMDE, is hereby recentralised. Thanks for your hard work, everyone!"
> >>
> >> Saying nice things about how much you like decentralisation does not
> >> change the effect.
> >>
> >>
> >> - d.
> >>
> >>
> > Other than saying "You're recentralising the chapters by forcing us to
> raise
> > / receive money through the WMF!" no one has really adequately described
> how
> > this is the case. Chapters were only participating in the fundraiser for
> one
> > year.
>
> UH ???
>
> One year ???????
>
> Florence


True, I misspoke. Twelve chapters participated in 2010, 9 in 2009, 6 in
2007. Apologies for the error.