this would be called: too much drama There is no life and death situation for "the chapters here". See my earlier mails for ways of getting to a sustainable organization...
Secondly: When faced with a life or death situation, most people try to trick death and stay alive.. most don't repeat: "I am going to die" for weeks on end. In short: Come up with conditions that can make this work for you, try to think in opportunities rather that not think at all. Jan-Bart On 15 feb. 2012, at 14:47, Béria Lima wrote: > Serious that you can't see the good side in ask the chapters, Bishakha? > You're after all deciding their lifes or death, can't we at least choose > the way we are going to die? > _____ > *Béria Lima* > > *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter > livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a > construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* > > > On 15 February 2012 05:30, Bishakha Datta <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Ziko van Dijk <[email protected] >>> wrote: >> >>> 2012/2/14 Jan-Bart de Vreede <[email protected]>: >>>> It is clear to me that there is a close link between the >>> fundraising/dissemination discussion and the increased options of >>> "organising" ourselves. I am also convinced that we >>> >>> Indeed, and it may not be a coincidence that these two letters came >>> out more or less at the same time. :-) I find it good that the WMF >>> board is taking up these discussions and opens them again. >>> >>> How about asking the *official* opinion of the chapters, within a >>> certain time frame (e.g. 1 or 2 months)? >> >> >> Meaning? I continue to think it would be great if we had a wide range of >> opinion on this - both from chapters and from others in the movement. >> >> Because the MR process has gone on for so long, I'm personally sceptical of >> extending the deadline. (I'm not convinced we will actually get more >> discussion with more time - that has not necessarily been the history of MR >> since 2010 July, when it began. >> >> So at this moment, I'm leaning towards a one-month focused period of >> discussion. >> >> Best >> Bishakha >> >> >> >>> Then we would have a more >>> substantial and reliable feedback, compared to the mails on a >>> mailinglist or talk page comments, all done by people as individuals. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Ziko >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------- >>> Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland >>> dr. Ziko van Dijk, voorzitter >>> http://wmnederland.nl/ >>> ----------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
