[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Program Trust

[Béria Lima]

OMG Gomà, can´t you leave any thread in peace without push your POV?
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*Béria Lima*
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On 15 November 2011 09:37, Joan Goma <jrgoma em gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:12:42 +0000
> > From: B?ria Lima <berialima em gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia India Program Trust
> >
> > *The way I see is India is a land of immense potential for the Wikimedia
> > > Movement. IMHO, There is enough space of 10 chapters and Wikimedia
> > offices
> > > to co-exist and work together in India.*
> > >
> >
> > Did you ever read the Chapter Agreement you signed with WMF? That
> document
> > states that WMIN is the ONLY chapter of WMF in India, and that any one
> > organization must have their "approval" to work in Indian soil (I'm
> saying
> > that based in WMPT agreement, WMIN one might be different.)
> >
> >
> I think that the spirit of an agreement is more important than its wording
> but
> I would like to comment both.
>
> Regarding the wording, in my opinion what the contract says can be
> interpreted exactly the other way around. It says that to create another
> chapter in the same geographical area WMIN will be consulted. [1] It
> doesn’t say that the approval of WMIN is needed. Furthermore to create an
> organization different than chapters not even that consultation is
> foreseen.
>
> As for the spirit I feel that the impression that chapters have private
> ownership of land is a big mistake that can leads us to a situation
> contrary to
> our values. This exclusivity is contrary to the spirit of sharing. We are
> not cultivating potatoes where the owner of the land keeps the potatoes. We
> give the potatoes away. The more and better people working the land more
> potatoes can give away. We don’t need land owners, what we need are
> people working
> the land.
>
> I think these organizations should be happy of having there each other
> andsee
> a chance that what one of them can’t do, perhaps will be done by the other.
>
>
>
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Agreement_between_chapters_and_Wikimedia_Foundation#3.%20Geographic_limits
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