It's a complex set of affairs - but this is something that we'll have to discuss in part with the WMF's financial and legal teams, once the UK team win the bid. We're still in the first stages at the moment. Rest assured that we will be taking professional advice - but that any other opinions or offers of help will be greatly appreciated!
The key goal, of course, is to protect the charity, the movement, and most importantly the volunteers.
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On 19 March 2013 12:29, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 March 2013 09:41, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
A subsidiary company?
That would be my suggestion. It isolates the charity's main funds from the risks of the event (which will have a budget roughly equal to the annual budget of the rest of the charity, so the risks are pretty substantial) while still providing most of the benefits of going through WMUK.
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