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Re:Lila Tretikov Has Resigned from Wikimedia Foundation by chris_wot on Thursday February 25, 2016 @06:01PM (#11178551)
Your experience, though, does not meet the reality that there are many fine non-profit success stories. There are a lot of non-functional ones, but I think all folks are pointing out is that it isn't as dire as you have seen.
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Re:Lila Tretikov Has Resigned from Wikimedia Foundation by ianamartin on Thursday February 25, 2016 @07:28PM (#11179012)
Success is not the same as functional. One could argue that wikimedia has been very successful in its mission and it is at the same time also disfunctional.

I wouldn't call any of the non-profits I've worked at failures.

Hell, many people have described companies like Microsoft as badly disfunctional, but it would be hard to argue that they are not successful.

If I stepped on anyone's toes with my post, I apologize. I was not trying to take a swipe at any one or any type of organization. I'm still involved with a number of organizations and admire and respect the work that they do.

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Re:Lila Tretikov Has Resigned from Wikimedia Foundation by chris_wot on Thursday February 25, 2016 @07:39PM (#11179073)
No, I didn't mean to imply your experiences aren't valuable. I am the one who should apologise.
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Re:Lila Tretikov Has Resigned from Wikimedia Foundation by RyanSingley on Thursday February 25, 2016 @08:04PM (#11179185)
This kind of civil and thoughtful disagreement on the internet is rare, bravo.
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Re:Lila Tretikov Has Resigned from Wikimedia Foundation by Angostura on Friday February 26, 2016 @07:40AM (#11181058)
By the criteria you're using, I'm struggling to think of many fully 'functional' for profits that I've worked for.
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