On 29 September 2010 12:24, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, You love theory, I love to be more realistic. Given that chapters are about providing support in one area with one legal and financial system to the WMF, it is clear and obvious that Kosovo is not part of greater Serbia.
Actually, I'm quite the pragmatist. You are being an idealist by assuming that can just go with the nice solution and it will all work out fine, despite the very real risks involved with a top-5 website appearing to take sides in a major international dispute.
Also, you may want to brush up on what chapters do. We don't really provide support to the WMF. We provide support to the Wikimedia movement generally, but we rarely do anything to specifically support the WMF (the WMF supports us quite a lot, eg. through the grants process).
When you assume that the contract with chapters can be interpreted in a way that allows for the "final solution" of geo political issues, issues that have led to war, I would call it silly. If the contract is to be understood to bind the WMF in this way, I would urgently ask the WMF to reconsider this contract.
Sorry, I don't understand what you are trying to say. What does "allows for the final solution of geo political issues" mean?