[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Kosovo Chapter? Re: Fwd: SFK100 Press Release

[Thomas Dalton]

On 29 September 2010 12:24, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> You love theory, I love to be more realistic. Given that chapters are about
> providing support in one area with one legal and financial system to the
> WMF, it is clear and obvious that Kosovo is not part of greater Serbia.

Actually, I'm quite the pragmatist. You are being an idealist by
assuming that can just go with the nice solution and it will all work
out fine, despite the very real risks involved with a top-5 website
appearing to take sides in a major international dispute.

Also, you may want to brush up on what chapters do. We don't really
provide support to the WMF. We provide support to the Wikimedia
movement generally, but we rarely do anything to specifically support
the WMF (the WMF supports us quite a lot, eg. through the grants
process).

> When you assume that the contract with chapters can be interpreted in a way
> that allows for the "final solution" of geo political issues, issues that
> have led to war, I would call it silly. If the contract is to be understood
> to bind the WMF in this way, I would urgently ask the WMF to reconsider this
> contract.

Sorry, I don't understand what you are trying to say. What does
"allows for the final solution of geo political issues" mean?