On 01/03/2012 11:18, Thomas Dalton wrote:

On Mar 1, 2012 8:58 AM, "Gordon Joly" <gordon.joly@pobox.com> wrote:
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> 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

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