Kurt Jansson wrote:
Jimbo, is this okay for you? Do you have any wishes or worries? The association will support all Wikimedia projects, not just Wikipedia. We will support the whole international project, and transfer part of the donations to the foundation if this is legaly possible, but focus on the German-speaking projects. Of course we're not planning a fork, and of course there is no cabal, at least not a German one.
My concern is that unless there's some form of legal control by the Wikimedia Foundation over such international subsidiaries, there could be some divisiveness and heartbreak in the future. What can we do now to prevent such things in the future?
It would seem best to me if it is possible for the U.S. foundation to legally open an "office" in the legal sense in Europe, either for the entire EU or on a per-country basis.
--Jimbo