On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
Local chapters will kick up a small portion of their membership dues to the national organization. The national organization will use this for any administrative costs, and, optionally to help subsidize new local chapters just getting started up. Any payments from the local chapters to the WMF will go direct, not through the national organization. Every attempt will be made to keep the national organization bare-bones as to expenses and revenues. No Wikimania USA funded by the national organization, if the chapters want that they can get the WMF to do it or can form a Wikimania USA Inc. No travel expenses. No servers. No public relations staff or consultants. Members of the local chapters should be the first point of contact for any necessary expertise. Any national press inquiries will be directed to the WMF.
I don't yet clearly see the benefit of this being a separate organization as opposed to having someone at the foundation dedicated to this sort of work.
Sebastian