Sounds like a solid reason to fork and looks like the start of a promising project -- I hope you guys have the best of luck.
Dan
To be clear, OpenGlobe was not created due to a dispute with the Foundation. The main reason for forking was the perceived hostility and rudeness among Wikinews editors, especially to newbies and outsiders, which makes it difficult to get anything done and drives off new recruits. Bureaucracy also played a role: article standards have become so high that very few stories make it to the front page; the project currently averages fewer than two published pages a day and 75%+ of stories are deleted as old news before they see "daylight". The stories that are published generally go live only after a lengthy delay and some time after the event has taken place, making their usefulness questionable.