[Foundation-l] Site Notices Phase 2 - Annual Fundraiser 2008

[Ting Chen]

I do hope that WMF is a charity organization.

The last time I crossed the US-border in behalf of the Foundation I met 
a border officer who indeed never heard anything of WikiMedia Foundation 
or Wikipedia at all. And I had to explain her lengthy what the 
foundation is. One of her question is:"How much money do you earn for on 
the board of the Foundation?" And I answered:"Nothing, because we are a 
charitative organization." I do hope that I didn't lied to her. 
Otherwise I would have to fear to cross that border again.

Ting

Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2008/11/27 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
>   
>> 2008/11/27 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
>>
>>     
>>>> "Wikipedia is a charity" ?
>>>>         
>>> People always say "non-profit" when describing WMF, is it a charity?
>>> The two terms are different. (In the UK, the WMF would probably be
>>> considered charitable, I don't know what the requirements are in the
>>> US.)
>>>       
>> The bottom of every page on en:wp says it's a charity!
>>
>> (I put that text there, after precise phrasing was worked out on the
>> comcom list. If it's wrong we should change it ...)
>>     
>
> And, in fact, wikimediafoundation.org says "nonprofit charitable
> organization". I don't know why people generally say "non-profit"
> instead of "charity", then - charity would be more precise and would
> probably be better perceived.
>
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