[Local-chapters] Fwd: Request to approve Local Chapter Agreement at Board Meeting

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Henk Hoff <toffehoff at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 2010/1/22 Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com>
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> I very much prefer the local chapter structure adopted by the Wikimedia
>> Foundation.
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> Well, in that case the *individual* members cannot elect the boardmembers
> of the Foundation. And they also cannot votes on other major issues within
> the Foundation (e.g. the recent vote on license-change amongst members of
> the Foundation). The Wikimedia Foundation does not accept individual
> members....
>


Yes, I know that WMF is not membership organization unlike OSM-F, but I am
referring to the relationship between the WMF and its local chapters which
is not predicated on whether WMF is a membership organization or not.


Eugene (osm:seav)
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