[Wikimedia-l] Info: Election for WCA Chairperson

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Dariusz Jemielniak, 25/02/2013 16:59:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Of course it can legitimately represent only its members, while Jan-Bart
>> suggests to claim that it somehow represents also non-members that don't
>> mind participating in its discussions, by pretending they were invited to.
>>
>
> just a thought: if we substitute "represent" with "serve", we get much
> better results, no?

Not in my sentence above; perhaps in someone else's, as Markus said (25 
Feb 2013 17:08:40 +0100). That's an unfortunate confusion, I'm glad that 
the chapters association didn't make this mistake.

> While I am not entirely certain if all chapters require
> "representation" (frankly, it may probably make sense only in terms of
> relations with the WMF, I don't imagine, at least now, chapters from all
> over the world suddenly needing external representation), clearly all
> chapters need support.

Sure.

Nemo