Anthere wrote:
Section 1. POWERS. The powers of the corporation shall
be exercised, its
properties controlled, and its affairs conducted by a Board of Trustees
to be comprised initially of five trustees. All trustees must be active
(contributing or volunteer) or life members of the Foundation.
What is the difference between a corporation and a foundation ?
"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc." is the name of a nonprofit corporation.
"foundation" is not, so far as I know, a formal legal term in the U.S.
When the next elections take place, will there be 2
trustees to elect,
or 4 ?
2 -- a contributing member representative and a volunteer member
representative
Do members have any other role than electing trustees
to decide of
everything for them ?
I don't like the phrasing of that question. The trustees no more
"decide of everything for the members" than I have done traditionally.
Nothing about the foundation changes the way our culture is organized
here, in which members -- editors -- do everything, as they see fit,
within the bounds of our social norms.
--Jimbo