[Foundation-l] Chapters

[Jimmy Wales]

On 8/9/11 10:27 AM, Kirill Lokshin wrote:
> A more typical arrangement would be that the WMF would give a chapter the
> right to use WMF trademarks, and in return a portion of the funds raised by
> the chapter would be funneled back to the WMF.  But what chapters seem to
> want is for the WMF to sign over the trademarks they need to do their own
> fundraising, and then simply hand over a portion of the WMF's own revenue on
> top of that.  It's a convenient arrangement for the chapters involved, to be
> sure, and apparently one that the WMF was not particularly unwilling to
> follow; but there's nothing particularly "normal" or "fair" about it.

Just to be clear, this is more or less the model that I personally 
advocate: that the WMF turn over a portion of its revenue to chapters 
every year, without question, based on a simple and non-controlling 
framework of accountability and responsibility.

--Jimbo