On 4/20/07, Delphine Ménard wrote:
In any case, the primary goal of a chapter should
definitely not be
hosting content, but making sure that the content hosted by the WMF is
spread and used as much as possible.
Certainly wasn't going to be a primary goal, but one to explore. The
reasoning was that it would provide Canadians with better, more
reliable access to the site. I'll put it on the backburner.
Generally I agree with this. One exception that has crossed my mind is
for wikisource.ca. Unlike many other important countries which use
life+70 Canadian copyright law is still based on the Berne Convention
principle of life+50. This could allow us to host material from
Canadian authors whose situation is uncertain in other countries. The
other issue would relate to publishing archives in a manner similar to
what Danny has mentioned in regards to the papers of Thomas Jefferson; a
Canadian site may help us to develop better arrangements with the owners
of the archives..
Another interesting question is what would we do with the millions ;-)
that we expect will be donated to Wikimedia Canada. If we are to become
a tax exempt charity Canadian tax law requires that donated funds be
used for charitable purposes in Canada.
Ec