Hoi,
Then why did the nl.wikimedia chapter not get the funding they asked for?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 24 November 2014 at 13:29, Cristian Consonni <kikkocrist...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 2014-11-24 11:28 GMT+01:00 Ilario Valdelli <valde...@gmail.com>:
> > If you evaluate the ability to do projects, and not to find funds, the
> > current measures are inconsistent.
>
> Please note that the ability to raise funds isn't (and wasn't) under
> evaluation.
> As it has already being said fundraising needs capacity and time.
>
> > I remember that someone in WMF several years ago said that the chapters
> > have to focus on projects because there is sufficient money to cut off
> the
> > time of fundraising and to dedicate this time in more profitable time.
> >
> > Now the strategy is changing. So the chapters have to find money.
> >
> > I read a lot of incoherences in this statement and in general in what was
> > said several years ago when the chapters where invited to don't be
> payment
> > processors.
>
> Yes, I remember that until very recently the messages from the Board
> were different.
> Now, what I am seeing rather clearly is this new general direction.
>
> This was also written in the board guidance for the FDC:
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2013-04-18#Guidance_for_the_FDC
> (see point n. 6) but basically nobody noticed it.
>
> IMHO avoiding to point it out would now and as cleary as possible
> would have been irresponsible towards the chapters.
>
> Cristian
>
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