China and Africa

Goldzahn, what do you mean by "you miss India"?

At "Areas the Wikimedia Foundation will not prioritize" you will find something about China and Africa, but we also have a task force India. So far they didn´t write a recommendation, but there is a lot of analyses and data (India). A summary in this letter would be a good thing.

I think it's fair to say that the reason it was not specifically listed as an area where the Foundation will not prioritize, is because the Foundation is considering it a possible area of prioritization. My read of the numbers (take this with a grain of salt because it's personal opinion and doesn't represent the view of the Foundation) would seem to indicate that India could be a rather large lift for a fairly reasonable financial allocation. There are, of course, issues with resourcing a country that large and the cultural competence to do it well, but those are things that the Foundation would consider when selecting where to place potential field offices. I know there have been discussions in the past about some quirky financial rules in India that make it a challenge for the Foundation as well.

There's a new draft of the letter that will go up this week that will, I hope, clean up some of the verbiage based on the fantastic input from this group on this thread, and also hopefully spell out some of the countries that the Foundation will consider for these potential field organizations.