On 6 February 2013 13:52, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > Sell us, the editors, on why these things are necessary, and the > process of getting approval from the WMF Board will be easy because > the political winds will shift in your favour. What exactly are > Chapters trying to do now that they are failing at that necessitates > the creation of the WCA?
My pick list of things we know that some chapters are failing at, and that having an Association will help with - off the top of my head: * Shared processes and requirements for good governance * Shared (Chapter) best practices (such as financial reporting, activity reporting, records and reporting) * Peer review * Benchmark independent review and assessment * Managing effective boards * Effective and efficient programme management * Holding senior management to account * Credible public reporting on funding outcomes * Transparency Of course, I am personally happy to help chapters with this sort of thing, but I'm only one man with a few scars from painful experience; so having an Association helps folks like me to help others. PS Tom, knowing you as long as I have, I would not dream of trying to sell you anything. ;-) Cheers, Fae -- Chapters Association Council Chair http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WCA Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
