On 8/10/11 7:22 PM, [email protected] wrote: > As for the rest I encourage you to exercise your > moral duty by helping the chapters fulfill the reporting > requirements, implement the financial controls, and operate > transparently. You have been through this all before. You were the > chairman of the board when WMF was struggling with all of these > items, so why not use your experience directing WMF through being out > of compliance with such things to mentor those chapter which are struggling?
Of course. My past experiences are what allow me to approach these difficult issues without blaming anyone, and I think that the chapters should not feel blamed. Growing from a barely functioning chapter - usually just a group of people who made a proposal and did all the hard work to get through the chapter approval process - into a successful, effective nonprofit organization with strong financial controls, transparency, training, oversight is really hard work. Delphine has spoken eloquently about it. A model which dumps too much money/responsibility onto a chapter before they are ready for it is not a valid service to anyone. A model which allows chapters to go off the rails with little or no recourse other than some kind of disastrous legal battle or something would also not be a valid service to anyone. When I look at the track record of many chapters to date, I see that we've asked too much, too soon, and it's not causing happiness. I think the new approach, if thoughtfully pursued with lots of good-faith input and collaboration by all, can really make a huge difference. --Jimbo _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
