On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Sebastian Moleski info@sebmol.me wrote:
Hi Anne,
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
It does strike me as odd that, given the legendary openness of Wikimedia-related projects and activities, at least the basic provisions
of
the chapter agreement isn't widely accessible. It would be very demotivating for groups to come together, gather momentum to move toward a more formal relationship with the WMF, and then find out that their ability to form a chapter is proscribed by conflicts between local requirements and the WMF standard chapter agreement. While I recognize that such a document can't really be crowd-sourced, it might be helpful to at least have it publicly available for reading. That is, unless each chapter agreement is significantly customized for the needs of the individual chapters.
Just for clarification: did you actually look for these agreements or are you just assuming they aren't available publicly?
The standard template for the agreement is published here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Agreement_between_chapters_and_Wikimedia...
There are some small modifications for individual chapters but the general principles apply through all of them.
Best regards,
Sebastian Moleski President Wikimedia Deutschland
She was probably referring to the grant agreement, which is not public.