On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2009/8/28 Sebastian Moleski <[email protected]>: > > I keep reading such statements and I'm having to admit: I have more and > more > > problems following your logic. Let's take this apart: > > I think any response I can give will basically boil down to: > > "[D]emocracy is the worst form of government except all those other > forms that have been tried from time to time." (Winston Churchill) > That's unfortunate. I was hoping for more. I will also correct one slight mistake in what you say - the > Foundation's duty is to do what is best for the Foundation's goals, > not for the Foundation itself. If the goals of the Foundation and the > chapters are the same (which they pretty much are, it is one of the > requirements to be a chapter) then their interests should completely > align. > The fact that two orrganization share goals does not mean that their interests align completely. Not all of the goals of the foundation are goals of a chapter and vice versa. And even when they are the same, they may go about them in different ways. There are, for example, hundreds of organizations worldwide trying to save the environment, promote world peace, eradicate poverty, spread education, etc. Overlapping goals, overlapping interests, but no uniformity or unity. It's great that there are so many different groups with similar goals trying different things and not agreeing on everything. I'd like to see that same sort of pluralism within the "Wikimedia universe" as well. I think it's helpful to have that because (1) no one and no organization here has all the right answers (if they even exist) and (2) having different groups autonously trying different things is more likely to lead to finding out what works best. None of that is possible if there's some sort of direct mandate through all institutions. Best regards, Sebastian _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
