On Sat, October 4, 2008 13:00, Thomas Dalton wrote:
Surely the fact that we have a contractual
agreement with WMF and
trade under the name Wikimedia UK makes it fairly obvious that there
is a connection with the projects...
No, a contract doesn't create a relationship in that way. You have a
contract with your bank but that doesn't mean you have a 'connection' in
control / management (ie legal) terms. The agreement to use the trading
name can e withdrawn without affecting the company using it - the
effective wall that needs to be between the WMF and every Chapter - but
including it explicitly in founding documentation would bridge (er door?)
that wall.
Just because the charity is explicitly intended to work with the
Wikimedia projects doesn't give the WMF power over it. Any part of the
governing documents that did so would be void anyway - you can't
overrule the law with your Articles.