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Many Wikimedians take on key support roles that help ensure that the
community’s projects run smoothly and effectively. The Wikimedia Foundation
-- under the lead of the Finance Department and the Legal and Community
Advocacy Department -- is proposing the Legal Fees Assistance Program. This
program is intended to help find qualified lawyers or pay for the legal
defense fees of eligible users in specified support
roles<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Legal…ty>.
The assistance would be available in the unlikely event those users were
ever named in a legal complaint as a defendant because of their support
roles on any Wikimedia project. The program would apply to all projects and
languages.
We have started a request for
comment<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Request_for_comment/Legal_Fees_A…
see what the community thinks of this proposed initiative, and we
would
like those who are interested to look at the proposed program
itself<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Lega…
let us know your thoughts. If you have further questions, we have
prepared an
FAQ<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Legal_F…AQ>,
and we will be available to discuss via the talk pages.
Many thanks,
Geoff <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Gbrigham>
Geoff Brigham
General Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
Garfield <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Gbyrd>
Garfield Byrd
Chief of Finance and Administration
Wikimedia Foundation