trying again, it's not able to cc ChapCom on this, as one is a private list
and the other one a public list...
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From: Michael Bimmler <mbimmler(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Minutes of the Wikimedia UK v2.0 Board Meeting,
04/11/2008
To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Cc: Chapters Committee list <chaptercommittee-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>, Mike
Godwin <mgodwin(a)wikimedia.org>
Hi,
referring to a point in the minutes:
"Wikimedia trademark negotiation: AT e-mailed ChapCom but has not yet
received a response."
I do not remember the very question now, but in any case, questions re
trademark use/agreements would rather not go through ChapCom but probably
through Mike Godwin (I am honestly unsure who deals with this now at WMF, as
Delphine is no longer Chapters Coordinator).
If this concerns the trademark use in general when you're a chapter and
onwards: No doubt you will very soon after approval be invited by the WMF to
sign the standard Chapters Agreement which includes clauses to enable the
chapter to use the trademarks. I do not really see where "negotiation" comes
into the game, because the chapters agreement is a standard agreement for
all chapters, but if WmUK proposes changes to the standard agreement, this
is surely a matter to be dealt with primarily between the foundation's
General Counsel, whom I'm copying, and the Wikimedia UK board. ChapCom is
certainly glad to give input if deemed appropriate, but if these are
specific UK-related amendments of a mere legal nature, I do not see what we
can do.
If this concerns trademark use in the interval between chapter approval and
entering into force of the chapters agreement, I invite Wikimedia UK's board
to write to the WMF's General Counsel to discuss this, in case a formal
permission to use the trademark is necessary, e.g. for any filings with
authorities.
I hope this does somewhat answer the point - if I missed the question
completely, I would appreciate a short restatement of the question, for I
have not been able to find the question in a short research of my inbox, and
sadly the search process of the list archivals is broken, the index having
been updated last in January.
Michael
2008/11/5 Mickey Conn <mickey.conn(a)gmail.com>
Hi -
Minutes of the latest board meeting are now on-line at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Board_meetings/2008-11-04
Please take a look, and feel free to comment.
Best Wishes
Mickey Conn
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