Erik Zachte wrote:
Erik Moeller:
"We also need to take into account laws that
might be relevant to our
website operations.
This is esp. true, unfortunately, in developing
countries.
There may also be critical variations across US states."
This would indeed be a complicating factor, if the web server would fall
under the jurisdiction of the country that hosts the main office. Not sure
if that would necessarily be the case. Maybe depends on which country we
choose?
That could be avoided by not really having a "main office" in the
traditional sense, but just offices where and when (and if) they're
needed. St. Petersburg could remain the place of incorporation of the
Foundation and its official mailing address, while actual physical
offices can be opened as needed. If there's a lot of work in Africa
necessitating some local physical presence, we could have a Nairobi
office, and it could be much bigger than the St. Petersburg office.
What's designated "main office" is more a legal formality; there's no
need for us to have one giant office in which everything takes place and
designate it "Wikimedia World Headquarters".
/me *nods*
Exactly. Go with the needs.
Delphine
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~notafish