On 01/03/2012 11:18, Thomas Dalton wrote:
On Mar 1, 2012 8:58 AM, "Gordon Joly" <gordon.joly@pobox.com mailto:gordon.joly@pobox.com> wrote:
Looks like Directors have to be a "natural person". So that would
appear to preclude a WMF board member.
Yes, it would need to be a representative selected by the WMF, not the WMF itself.
Would that satisfy the Foundation? What Sue Grdaner is exploring is what might be required by the WMF Board of Trustees compliance with US legislation.
The dissonance between the USA (such as 501(c)3 - not for profit) and the UK (registered charity, etc) is the issue (again!).
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia:About
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)_organization
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Deductibility_of_donations
Interesting to note that Canadian donors will only get the tax benefits from their US taxable income.
Gordo