Hi Darek and Markus, in response to 2 seperate e-mails (once again, as this mailing list is killing the formatting).
25 lutego 2013 17:08 Markus Glaser <[email protected]> napisał(a): > I think the point about "representing" vs. "serving" was well understood > in the London meeting. The planned outcome is a series of actions that > serve all the chapters and even other entities. This will be our main > focus. As I said before, when it comes to "representing", though, an > opt-in model is the best way to go. > > Markus > 25 lutego 2013 16:59 Dariusz Jemielniak <[email protected]> napisał(a): > just a thought: if we substitute "represent" with "serve", we get much > better results, no? While I am not entirely certain if all chapters require > "representation" (frankly, it may probably make sense only in terms of > relations with the WMF, I don't imagine, at least now, chapters from all > over the world suddenly needing external representation), clearly all > chapters need support. > > best, > > dj Participants of the second day of London know already that we had a small discussion how to name three general services provided by WCA: 2. research 3. voice or communication and the first one - should we call it assistance, advisory or how exactly. My personal idea is that WCA is a service, assisting and co-ordinating organization/cooperation, not a superchapter managing and supervising local chapters - and I guess I am not far from other chapter members. I think we all agreed on a _peer_ review, advisory, assistance, auditing and health checks for volunteers etc. - putting stress on the word "peer". Now, the main problem is how to communicate it. I am afraid that a fear of power hungry WCA blocks its adoption now. And finally, certainly we had no wish to usurp that our visions, ideas and voice reflect a stance of _all_ chapters. We recognize the independance of particular chapters and their choice whether they want to cooperate closer or not. Best Regards, Michał "Aegis Maelstrom" Buczyński, WMPL _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
