Hoi, At this moment I am researching setting up a Dutch chapter. Today I learned that it is possible for the Foundation to be earmarked as a registered charity in the Netherlands. There are several things that we have to comply with BUT, we have to consider if we want to go this route.
* The Foundation has to be benefit the common good in the Netherlands * The Foundation has to be an organisation that is truly active on a mondial basis * There may not be an organisation representing the Foundation in the Netherlands
As far as I can tell we comply with these. The assesment of Kennisnet of our importance of our projects for the Dutch educational system proves the first one. Our aim is to have resources in all languages, we do have projects supporting languages that can be found all over the globe, our contributors can be found all over the globe. This proves the second requirement. There is no Dutch legal entity at this moment associated with wikipedia.
We can still have a local chapter. The chapter would however not represent the Foundation.
When we go this route, we have to provide on a regular basis the yearly financial statements of the Foundation. Its bylaws should also be shown to the tax office.
Please give me feedback, is this something that we want. Is this something also possible in other European countries ??
Thanks, GerardM