"Wikimedia ????" Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:32:15 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: 200401231332.15562.maveric149@yahoo.com Status: RO X-Status: Q X-KMail-EncryptionState: X-KMail-SignatureState:
Evan Prodromou wrote:
So. I think it's a great idea to have this kind of club organization. Wikimedia Editors Groups could be a cool way to enjoy the process. Why not? Sounds like a fun thing to do -- meet up, promote the 'pedias, go to events (book fairs would be cool!), etc. It's worked great for Linux and other Free Software.
No reason not to include readers and cheerleaders, IMO. I kinda like the idea of having Wikipedia User Groups (WUGs). :)
But I think trying to extend this idea to create a tax haven and legal shield for the Wikimedia Foundation -- without much of a plan as to how that would happen, nor the consent of the Foundation itself -- is probably ill-advised.
I agree -- that is why I support setting up a chapter system like other international organizations. http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2004-January/013905.html
Under that set-up the German WUG would be a Wikimedia chapter. When there are several chapters in Europe, they could form a Wikimedia regional body in Europe that each chapter must send delegates to in order to be part of. Regional bodies would be full-blown affiliates (and thus may have their own rep on the Wikimedia board).
Just some ideas.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)