[Wikimedia-l] letter from the FDC to the WMF

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

hi Nathan,

I'm not saying that the problems you're pointing out are non-existent.
Rather, I'd say that they are likely unavoidable. I'm not certain about
Western Europeans' solidarity anyway - I have serious doubts if any of the
Western European FDC members would have any preference for other Western
European chapters, just as I (coming from Eastern, or, more accurately,
Central Europe) would not perceive other Eastern/Central European chapters
as more suited for funding. If you have any thoughts on how should the
future FDC composition be altered from a systemic point of view (election
criteria, etc.), I'd be very much interested in learning about them -
especially if the changes would only improve the results (rather than bring
other problems on their own).

As of now, all FDC members exclude themselves in the cases when their home
chapters applications are considered, irrespective of their engagement in
the boards.

best,

dj


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> Five members are from Western Europe, where the wealthiest chapters are
> located, but only one from North America, two from the Indian subcontinent
> (but none from the rest of Asia) and no voting member at all from South
> America. Only one is not a member of a chapter, and most members have a
> history of chapter leadership. Actual conflicts in this situation seem
> unavoidable, due to split loyalties between the Board and chapters and a
> natural preference for Western European funding proposals. (The FDC members
> page even lists chapter affiliations as part of the table of members!).
>

> Of nine voting members, only two are women. I think the problem with that
> should be immediately clear - although I realize efforts were made to
> recruit more women to the committee.
>
> I hope now you see the source of my impressions of the FDC, and why I am
> skeptical about certain parts of its role and execution.
>
>
>


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dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak
profesor zarządzania
kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego
i centrum badawczego CROW
Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
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