Daniel Mayer wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
The building of a coherent global network is a
significant technical and
organizational challenge that many good people are working hard on,
The German chapter has been in limbo for almost a year now as to how they can
help globally. It has been my observation that the trustees of that chapter
want to help globally but the issues relating to what can and can’t be done
with that money outside of Germany has been a major reason why little has been
done with that money outside that nation. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
So I simply suggested that everybody consider setting aside the issues that
have been stopping action for nearly a year. I did *not* suggest that any rash
decisions be made or that things get decided unilaterally or randomly. But I
did suggest that issues relating to legal ownership (a major bottleneck - in my
observation - so far) can be worked out in due time. As is, the great majority
of the money is just sitting there.
Contracts between chapters and the foundation can help - something we
are unfamiliar with because our community is based on trust but the
tax-and-legal network out there is based on written contracts. Contracts
beween organisations in different countries are complex anyway.
Greetings,
Jakob
P.S: In this message there is a hidden reminder about a contract
regarding logo and trademarks usage that Wikimedia Germany is awaiting
eagerly every day since weeks.