[Wikimedia-l] About the concentration of resources in SF (itwas: "Communication plans for community engagement"

[Balázs Viczián]

Would be nice to see feasibility checks before outsourcing some tasks to
chapters to make sure they are prepared for the task.

Cheers,
Balazs


2013/8/26 Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com>

> Hi Romaine,
>
> In the absence of any practical description of what an office on each
> populated continent would do, or what concrete organizational role it
> would fulfill (other than "bringing communities together"), it seems
> unlikely that the WMF is going to immediately reverse its relatively
> recent decision to follow a strategy directly contrary to what you
> propose. The model that Quim outlines makes much more sense; the work
> of the movement can be dispersed more naturally when stakeholders take
> on projects and initiatives that the WMF can support with grant
> funding. These projects have evidently had far and away more success
> than either "general funding" of WMF affiliates or expanding the WMF
> itself into far-away lands.
>
> ~Nate
>
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