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[Lodewijk]

Hi Tomasz,

Like Béria states, this is not very unusual. In some jurisdictions, the
usage of a trademark in your name is tricky, and sometimes there are other
legal reasons to choose a different official name. However, all chapters use
Wikimedia XX as their 'trade name' in everyday life. This is something
chapcom and the board is definitely aware of. Normally the official name is
used in the resolutions, but for some reason this must have slipped this
time. You can however see on
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_District_of_Columbia
that
the linked bylaws (which is what is defining the entity) explicitely state
the legal name, even in the link. There is no confusion possible therefore,
also from a very formal point of view.

Best regards,
Lodewijk


Am 13. September 2011 15:17 schrieb Béria Lima <berialima at gmail.com>:

> Tomasz,
>
> Some chapters use "Wikimedia" as official name, and some don't. Wikimedia
> UK
> for example has "*Wiki UK Ltd*" as official name. There are no real problem
> with that, since the chapter use the "Wikimedia <country/city/state>" as
> working name.
> _____
> *Béria Lima*
>
> *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
> livre
> acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a
> fazer <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos>.*
>
>
> 2011/9/13 Tomasz W. Kozłowski <odder.wiki at gmail.com>
>
> > Errrm.. this is an official approval of the organisation called "Wiki
> > Society of Washington, DC Inc." or I miss something?
> >
> > From a *very* formal point of view, the Board has just recognised a
> > non-existing organisation, as there is no single mention of the name
> > "Wikimedia" in the bylaws of "Wiki Society of Washington, DC Inc.".
> > Why does Wiki Society of Washington, DC Inc use the name "Wikimedia
> > District of Columbia" as their official/convenient name, then?
> >
> > Am I the first one to spot such a difference in the name of the
> > chapter? All (or almost all) existing chapters use the name
> > "Wikimedia" -- WMNYC's official name, for example, is "Wikimedia New
> > York City".
> >
> > --
> > Tomasz W. Kozłowski
> >
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