[Foundation-l] Wikimedia main office

Fri May 26 00:19:44 UTC 2006

On 5/26/06, Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:
> Erik Zachte wrote:
> > Erik Moeller:
> >
> >> "We also need to take into account laws that might be relevant to our
> >>
> > website operations.
> >
> >> This is esp. true, unfortunately, in developing countries.
> >> There may also be critical variations across US states."
> >>
> >
> > This would indeed be a complicating factor, if the web server would fall
> > under the jurisdiction of the country that hosts the main office. Not sure
> > if that would necessarily be the case. Maybe depends on which country we
> > choose?
> >
>
> That could be avoided by not really having a "main office" in the
> traditional sense, but just offices where and when (and if) they're
> needed.  St. Petersburg could remain the place of incorporation of the
> Foundation and its official mailing address, while actual physical
> offices can be opened as needed.  If there's a lot of work in Africa
> necessitating some local physical presence, we could have a Nairobi
> office, and it could be much bigger than the St. Petersburg office.
> What's designated "main office" is more a legal formality; there's no
> need for us to have one giant office in which everything takes place and
> designate it "Wikimedia World Headquarters".

/me *nods*

Exactly. Go with the needs.

Delphine
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