[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Program Trust

[Béria Lima]

Bishakha, the program (for WCI) is not a problem. Everyone agrees on it.
The funding for WMIN and WIPT is. So makes no sense ask us to discuss in a
point everyone agrees and left out the one where we don't.
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On 12 November 2011 06:53, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta em gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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