[Foundation-l] Chapters

[Nathan]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Sebastian Moleski <info at sebmol.me> wrote:

> Hi Anne,
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It does strike me as odd that, given the legendary openness of
> > Wikimedia-related projects and activities, at least the basic provisions
> of
> > the chapter agreement isn't widely accessible. It would be very
> > demotivating
> > for groups to come together, gather momentum to move toward a more formal
> > relationship with the WMF, and then find out that their ability to form a
> > chapter is proscribed by conflicts between local requirements and the WMF
> > standard chapter agreement.  While I recognize that such a document can't
> > really be crowd-sourced, it might be helpful to at least have it publicly
> > available for reading. That is, unless each chapter agreement is
> > significantly customized for the needs of the individual chapters.
> >
>
> Just for clarification: did you actually look for these agreements or are
> you just assuming they aren't available publicly?
>
> The standard template for the agreement is published here:
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Agreement_between_chapters_and_Wikimedia_Foundation
>
> There are some small modifications for individual chapters but the general
> principles apply through all of them.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sebastian Moleski
> President
> Wikimedia Deutschland
>
>
She was probably referring to the grant agreement, which is not public.