National chapters (was Re: [Foundation-l] UK Wikimedia Foundation notes)

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:

>Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales (jwales at wikia.com) [050329 02:15]:
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>>David Gerard wrote:
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>>>Things to watch out for: local foundations being used for nationalist
>>>POV-pushing.
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>>This is one of the reasons it is so important to work very hard from
>>the start to make sure that chapter organizers understand that they
>>are not taking control of a particular language wikipedia.
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>One that springs to mind: ownership of essential servers would need to stay
>with the central Foundation, not with local chapters.
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The key thing in that is what we mean by "essential".  The argument for 
servers and organizations in other countries has nothing to language.  I 
do not support for a moment the idea that Canada, or Belgium or 
Switzerland ahould have separate legal organizations.  Tax relief and 
risk management are certainly more important issues.

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