[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

[David Gerard]

On 3 September 2011 11:14, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3 September 2011 11:03, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 3 September 2011 10:51, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:

>>>  The organization itself is not the objective.

>> +1
>> What things could WMF do to make itself obsolete as quickly as
>> possible, in as many individual areas as possible?

> All sorts of things, but would that be desirable? While the
> organisation obviously isn't the objective, that doesn't mean that the
> objective is not to have the organisation. The organisation (or some
> similar organisation) probably is the best way to achieve the
> objective.


Indeed, but I suggest it would be a useful exercise, to quite clearly
separate useful functions from those assuming perpetuation of the
organisation is an implicit goal. The Iron Law of Institutions is
real, and won't somehow not happen by being ignored.


- d.