On 18 April 2014 12:03, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:
This is in response to WMIN not being granted the full amount it has
requested via the Annual Plan Grants process[1]. Since funds are available
relatively plentifully at the movement level, and since WMF is strategically
Hoi,
Independence is just that. When you can get money when you focus on certain
goals, you will when you do. When you want to go a different route, you may
but that is your route and funding for it is your responsibility as well.
Given what a chapter is, I would expect that it has ample scope to
On 28 April 2014 12:45, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
Independence is just that. When you can get money when you focus on certain
goals, you will when you do. When you want to go a different route, you may
but that is your route and funding for it is your responsibility as
Hi Gerard,
I know a chapter in Europe, where probably you come from, which doesn't
depend on WMF's grant or funds as it has raised a huge amount on its own.
That chapter, WMUK, is still considered WMF chapter if I am not mistaking.
Also, the need for WMIN to raise its own funds has arisen
Hoi,
I am from the Netherlands and, its chapter is very much depended on WMF
money. Fundraising is NOT its strong point.. If you are interested in a
chapter that has its own revenue stream look at Poland.
I do know that the Indian chapter did not receive the funding it looked for
and, personally
Anyone seen or know of this?
Found it by accident from this article:
http://discover.isif.asia/2014/02/will-india-succeed-where-wikipedia-has-failed/
Wondering what it means for these language wikipedias - is there an
opportunity for collaboration?
Best
Bishakha
Hoi,
Seriously, do you want to make a difference.. Is there room to make an
effort? Do we dare to? We are very set in our ways. The WMF has an
ingrained way of doing more of the same thing but better. There are
opportunities that are not realised because the moment is not there yet.
We could do
Hi,
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.comwrote:
Anyone seen or know of this?
Found it by accident from this article:
http://discover.isif.asia/2014/02/will-india-succeed-where-wikipedia-has-failed/
Wondering what it means for these language wikipedias -
Thanks, Muzammil, but I feel we're still in the dark. A coordinated
approach does suggest that whatever was done was done in coordination
within the community -- and that's very important -- but it doesn't tell us
what form that approach took: was it a coordinated plan to activate a bot
to create
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Dhaval S. Vyas dsv...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Gerard,
I know a chapter in Europe, where probably you come from, which doesn't
depend on WMF's grant or funds as it has raised a huge amount on its own.
That chapter, WMUK, is still considered WMF chapter if I am
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 11:51 PM, Gautam John gau...@akshara.org.in wrote:
In general, are Chapters expected to focus on what the goals of the
WMF and FDC are? Or are they free to chart their own course about
things that they believe are important to the geographies they serve?
And if they
Hello Asaf,
On 29 April 2014 01:00, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote:
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I asserted that the abiding disagreement between WMF and WMIN is much more
around the _how_ than the _what_, and that that disagreement can be snip
Can you please elaborate a bit more on the disagreement of 'how'
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