I am sure you have looked at all possible structures and so know this,
but there is an interchangability between UK and US charitable giving
which means a UK chapter is not strictly needed. It is fairly recent
so just in case people don't know:
CAFAmerica run a "friends of" program which allows UK charities offer
US tax eligibility to US donors (via the CAFAmerica registration which
is set up as a US charity giving money to UK charities) and CAF run a
program in the UK which allows UK donors to giftaid and reclaim tax on
donations to US charities such as WMF. If you want therefore only one
of these locations is needed.
This may be relatively heavy and costly in admin and there are other
implications but it does offer a strict alternative.
BozMo
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:23 AM, jonathan cardy
<dahsun(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm assuming that someone from Chapcom has
looked into this and designed the proposed chapter structure so that the UK chapter would
be sufficiently independent from Wikipedia not to be considered the UK Data Controller for
Personal data on and processed for Wikipedia EN. But I would like to see confirmation of
that (perhaps this is why the foundation has retained the right to withdraw trademarks
rather having the right to fire the board?).
As a chapter you are an independently operated organization with no
jurisdiction over, ownership of, or responsibility for the projects of
the WMF. The projects are operated and maintained solely by the WMF in
the states Florida and California and are subject to the laws and
restrictions of those places. As a chapter you should not include any
language in your bylaws or other resolutions to the contrary, to
prevent confusion.
The short answer is: No, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.
Incidentally I've now checked out
www.justgiving.com and they will accept unregistered charities, however neither Wikipedia
nor Wikimedia are registered with them, though Wikimedia but strangely not Wikipedia are
registered with their US equivalent
http://www.firstgiving.com.
"Wikipedia" is not a charity, it is one of several projects operated
by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation is a
USA-based organization with no ties or formal presence in the UK.
-Andrew Whitworth
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