On 11/2/12 8:15 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
Samuel Klein, 02/11/2012 16:01:
* Institutional support for the GLAM related activities in the US
(until
the US Federation is fully functional, if ever)
I agree there is room for a global GLAM support for regions that
don't have
local [chapter] organization. Why do you feel this is a special problem
for the US, compared to other archive-rich parts of the world - given
the
two regional chapters and numerous present and past Wikipedians in
residence?
The problem is always the same, i.e. that the WMF acts as WM-USA while
a chapter is missing, rather than being truly global.
Random (unfair?) recent example: WLM-USA uses the allegedly global
"Wikimedia blog"
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/10/31/wiki-loves-monuments-us-top-ten-photos-announced/>
unlike all the other national editions.
There is a US blog: http://www.wikilovesmonuments.us/
I'm not sure why it was posted on the WMF blog. I'm sure if other
countries submitted their top ten's they'd be posted to the WMF blog.
Remember: anyone in the movement - around the world - can write a blog
for the WMF blog, in any language they want. So do it!
-Sarah
--
*Sarah Stierch*
*/Museumist and open culture advocate/*
>>Visit sarahstierch.com <http://sarahstierch.com><<
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