If a topic merge regularly only means that is an overwhelming worry that must be solved.
I don't see Chris' proposal as "reinventing the wheel" but as a new attempt to give answers to an inconclude question. If past attempts have failed that doesn't mean that this one must do it either. Non sequitur. Even if it fails it can be the basis or inspiration for a future success. Remember one of our principles: Be bold! The members of AffComm are willing to support any initiative related to development of affiliates. Please Chris, feel comfortable asking us whatever you need. One of our members will follow up your efforts. Finally, we encourage the community to participate. 2014-04-28 11:30 GMT-05:00 Balázs Viczián <[email protected]>: > Hi all, > > pls correct me if I'm wrong, but WCA was aimed to do this (and already > collected some materials) but ultimately failed due to the fact that from > this basic idea it was quickly developed into an "uber-chapter"-like thing, > not to mention the other problems. > > Anyways, I would highly recommend to stop reinventing the wheel every year > as there are at least 2 or more similar (or like-minded) initiatives from > the past years. Plus those that I'm not aware of. > > Rather collect and merge them into a single proposition as there are plenty > to learn from their failure than starting again (what you just did btw) > > Imo. > > Cheers, Balazs > 2014.04.28. 8:30, "Lodewijk" <[email protected]> ezt írta: > > > Thanks Philippe for the pointer. Sounds like an interesting angle, she > has > > been hired very recently it seems? I'm looking forward to the slightly > more > > details description on the user page that is apparently forthcoming :) > > > > Lodewijk > > > > > > 2014-04-28 4:39 GMT+02:00 Philippe Beaudette <[email protected]>: > > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > > > Have you approached Anna Stillwell - > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:AStillwell_(WMF) - about > this? > > > She seems a natural person to include in your discussions and > thinking. > > > Having worked with her some, I think she'll have some real insights > for > > > you. :-) > > > > > > pb > > > > > > > > > *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia > > > Foundation, Inc. > > > T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | [email protected] | : > > > @Philippewiki<https://twitter.com/Philippewiki> > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Chris Keating > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I've started a page on Meta which I hope will act as a hub for > > > > documentation and ideas around the training and development needs of > > > > Wikimedia movement organisations: > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organisational_development > > > > > > > > I'd ask anyone who's interested in this kind of thing to have a look > > and > > > > add examples and thoughts for the future. > > > > > > > > As many people will know from my contributions to this year's and > last > > > > year's Wikimedia conference, or from the training workshop we held in > > > > London in early March, this is an issue where I feel the movement > (or, > > at > > > > least, the part of the movement that is involved in movement > > > > organisations!) can and should do better. > > > > > > > > I was interested to read the Signpost coverage of the Wikimedia > > > > Conference(1) which evidently comes from a similar point of view! > > > > > > > > We are slightly hampered by the fact that there is no single body > > > > responsible for doing this kind of training and development work, so > I > > > > would invite everyone with a stake in this (WMF, FDC, AffCom, > Chapters, > > > > Thorgs, User Groups, interested individuals) to treat this as > something > > > > where everyone can play a role in sharing experience, scoping out the > > way > > > > forward, and building a better way of doing this for the future! > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > (1) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-04-23/Special_report > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- *Salvador Alcántar* *AffComm member* *WMMX Board member* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
