[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Program Trust

[Bishakha Datta]

This thread started out with questions about the legal and practical
differences between chapter and trust, but has veered much more into the
terrain of funding and money.

In addition, there have been numerous emails on bank accounts, grants,
fellowships and what not.

I'm glad we're talking about money and funding, but it's seeming like this
is of greater concern than programs and activities - surely, funding is
just a means to an end, rather than an end in itself?

Funding is being discussed almost as if funding is an 'end' in itself - as
if money is of greater importance than the huge amounts of work needed to
build editing communities. This is both ironical in a volunteer community,
and a source of worry, and I would like to place this on record.

Best
Bishakha