On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:23 PM, <birgitte...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Aug 10, 2011, at 7:56 PM, Kirill Lokshin <kirill.loks...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:51 PM, <birgitte...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >> I don't think chapters are being cut off I think they are being > >> centralized. Centralization, not lack of funding, is what I believe will > >> make chapters ineffective. Frankly, I think cutting off their funding > would > >> be less detrimental (although still not a good thing) to the chapter's > >> long-term effectiveness than centralizing them into a grant program. It > >> would be worse for the near-term, but many would still recover from it > as > >> owner-led organizations funded locally outside of the WMF banner > campaign. > >> > > > > Perhaps I'm missing something, but where has it been suggested that > chapters > > would not remain free to raise funds independently of the WMF? My > > impression was that the change being discussed here would merely remove > > participation in the WMF fundraiser as a funding source and replace it > with > > direct WMF grants; presumably chapters could seek funding elsewhere? > > > > > > I don't see why such a thing wouldn't be possible, but I don't find it very > likely. I am looking mostly at the incentives each structure produces. As > the proposal seems to be funding the WMF approved operating budget of a > chapter with a WMF grant, I don' t think the general rule will be an > organization that is locally funded. Do you find it otherwise?
I would imagine that would depend on whether a chapter would like to do things that the WMF is not willing to fund. Obviously, if the grants cover everything a chapter desires, there will be little motivation to raise funds elsewhere; but if a chapter asks for something and is refused, I imagine there would be a great deal of interest in seeking additional funding. Kirill _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
