By "reach and depth," what, exactly, do you mean? Please be specific.
Same for "hard for a new organization to match." Match what, exactly? Scandals & amazing sums of wasted/siphoned/funneled cash?
Mainly membership -- a dozen international chapters,
Could you list them? A quick Google search gave me
this Coindesk article, but, frankly, not seeing much.
affilliates,
Could you list these also?
international name recognition (which, believe it or not, is not nearly as negatively viewed as it is by some here and on Reddit),
What does this mean? The Bitcoin Foundation's image is better abroad than in US?
Is it actually good, or simply "not nearly as [bad]"?
overal membership,
As in "lifetime members," who bought their memberships years ago, or new, paying members?
How many memberships were sold over the past year? Past month? Is this data available?
press connections,
Meaning? Haven't seen much positive press lately, but could be looking in wrong places. Links?
social media,
As in Facebook and Twitter accounts? Lots of followers and retweets and such? Sounds solid. Links?
corporate members
These are distinct from "overall membership"? Are these dues-paying, sponsor-type corporate members? A rough guesstimate of their yearly contribution to the kitty & a list of contact people, if available?
etc.
?
So far many have tried but not many have been able to put something together in this way.
You mean collect a shitton of money, blow through it, become an embarrassing spectacle & implode? The bar's set pretty high, must admit.
Yes, they definitely wasted money -- IMHO there was some value achieved from that spending -- maybe only 5% of what was spent -- but I think it has some value
Yep, that's pretty much all that comes to mind when I hear "Bitcoin Foundation." There must of been triumphs, too, though I'm drawing a blank.
Not sure why you are attacking this as if this is a scientific list.
I told you the basics of why I think the organization has a value above zero. Its a subjective thing, my own personal opinion unless we hire an independent appraiser. This is only based on my opinion as a relatively new volunteer. If you disagree, that's fine, no need to be combative or reiterate that they wasted a bunch of money. I think everyone knows that.
There were some positive things I think they did with the money -- I can't take credit anymore than for the bad things and wastes of money. Some that come to mind were some very large events, the funding of Bitcoin.org, funding of bitnodes, education committee, a comprehensive response to the problems with Bitlicense, press engagement etc.