"A" == Anthere anthere8@yahoo.com writes:
A> But how could non english people have any implication in the A> current wikimedia foundation ?
This is not an insuperable problem. International organizations have managed to have branches and subsidiaries in multiple countries with different languages for many years. Companies, charities, clubs and networks.
Another good possibility is to form club-style organizations -- user groups, like a LUGs. Don't use the Wikimedia trademarks, or negotiate a way to use them from Wikimedia. Don't pretend to have any legal, financial, or operational responsibility for Wikipedia (just as LUGs don't pretend to own or maintain Linux).
There's no legal advantage, but the ones you mentioned -- sending people to conferences, etc. -- would be there.
~ESP