On Mar 19, 2016, at 8:23 PM, Gnangarra gnangarra@gmail.com wrote:
in breaking up (spinning parts off) the WMF we run the risk of creating silos of information, knowledge and disconnecting one speciality from another preventing cross pollination of ideas and innovation. It also breaks the collaborative core of the projects which has created what we enjoy and at the heart of our volunteer driven successes.
I am not uncritically for an organizational breakup. Nor am I against one.
Part of the argument above seems self-contradictory, though - we have already demonstrated that diverse groups across the Foundation, chapters, volunteer groups, etc etc come together effectively. The Movement is characterized in part by that. That would seem to indicate that a reorganization that split part of it up would still be able to work and team up effectively.
Regardless of whether a split is a good idea or happens, grabbing the info on who does what for whom, and why, will help us make it better.
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