[Foundation-l] Chapter-selected Board seats - brainstorming

[Birgitte SB]

--- On Thu, 5/1/08, Mike Godwin <mgodwin at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> From: Mike Godwin <mgodwin at wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Chapter-selected Board seats - brainstorming
> To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008, 1:47 PM


 If the chapters are
> considered to be  
> part of WMF in any respect, it creates the risk of legal
> liability for  
> chapters and their members based on Foundation operations
> or (somewhat  
> less likely) liability for the Foundation based on chapter
> operations.
> 

Are you not concerned that incorporating chapters into the bylaws of WMF, instead of considering them as wholly independent organizations that happen to license WMF's trademarks, might make them part of WMF in some respect?

Birgitte SB




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