Assuming of course that a chapter actually follows its bylaws....
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From: Wikimedia-l <wikimedia-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of Ilario
Valdelli <valdelli(a)gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 4, 2017 1:34:34 AM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List; James Salsman
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on Wikimédia France
The power of WMF, defined in the agreement, is basically limited to
revoke the chapters agreement.
There is no mention in the Chapters agreement that WMF can take a
control of a chapter and to manage a General Assembly.
You forget that the legal pilaster of a chapter is the bylaws.
On 04/08/2017 10:02, James Salsman wrote:
Rogol,
What content protected by safe harbor provisions would the Foundation
be exerting editorial control over by requiring governance standards
of a Chapter?
Is there some French law that requires charities to be more
independent of their international affiliates than would be under such
a requirement?
The chapter agreements already contemplate this sort of control,
because they state, "The Chapter agrees ... to refrain from ...
engaging in any activity that might negatively impact the work or
image of the Wikimedia Foundation," and are revocable upon three
months notice.
On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonfors(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If the Foundation is seen to be directing the
activities of a chapter at
the proposed level of micro-management then it would jeopardise the legal
status both of the Foundation (in terms of their safe harbour status) and
of the chapter (as an independent and charitable body). The Foundation is
free to fund or not fund, to recognise or derecognise. But not to control.
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