On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:29:13 +0800 Andrew <orderinchao...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the post at > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2009-December/002764.html encapsulates > quite well the sort of challenges that chapter websites face > which, for example, Wikipedia does not. The fact of legal > registration makes anarchy (even structured anarchy) an undesirable How much worse will the anarchy be with non-members rather then members? What form will this 'bad' anarchy take? > option and would mean we are not acting in the best interests of our > members who have bothered to commit to and support the chapter's aims > financially and expect the chapter to act responsibly. Pardon? Don't assume the only people giving their time or money[1] to WMAU are members - its wrong, and likely to become increasingly wrong if this organisation goes anyware. > I would also note based on the discussions and on earlier committee > deliberations that there's no serious likelihood of the Australian > chapter changing its current policy on this at this time. It's worth > highlighting that one does not need to be a member to contribute to > wikimediaau-l, collaborate in person or virtually on projects or > attend city-based meetups (other than the AGM). > > cheers > Andrew > [1] Recent thread, Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Member / non-member -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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