On 22 February 2013 20:15, Balázs Viczián <balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu> wrote: > I believe chapters are tools for the local communities to achieve certain > goals that otherwise would be very difficult or (almost) impossible, and a > great aid in local community building.
+1 The vast majority of volunteers like the idea that there is a Chapter they can turn to to ask for help, or to get their idea for a project reviewed, funded and looking "official". If a volunteer came to a wikimeet with a brilliant idea for a project, but said they could not stand the stupid bureaucracy of chapters, I'd say "excellent mate, you go for it and I'll see what I can do to help with funding if you need it." Most of us started this stuff before our chapters were anything more that a society for a handful of embarrassed lonely encyclopedia fanatics meeting in a pub, confessing how much they loved the idea of the open knowledge movement. It's just unavoidable that chapters have to get formal once you have projects spending six figure sums rather than three figure sums. Getting formal without sucking all the joy out of it, well that's the real challenge for all of us. Fae -- Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) fae...@gmail.com Chapters Association Council Chair http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WCA Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
