[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Sat Sep 3 23:33:36 UTC 2011


On 09/03/11 3:03 AM, David Gerard 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?
>
>
We shouldn't wait for or expect the WMF to do anything.  Unfortunately, 
the lack of experience that prevents chapter executives from providing 
proper financial reports or dealing with large windfalls of money is the 
same lack of experience that prevents them from believing in 
themselves.  When they feel they can't do things their knee-jerk 
response is to give up their power. The impetus needs to come from the 
bottom.

I believe that organizations grow in order to fill perceived vacuums.

Ray



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