[Foundation-l] Notice of the results of the WMF Board of Trustees election

Wed Jul 18 05:48:01 UTC 2007

Kim Bruning wrote:

>On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 02:29:47PM +0100, Alison Wheeler wrote:
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>>WMUK having the ability to appoint (either alone or in concert with
>>others) a member of the Board of WMF though would create a clear route of
>>'control' and create a line of responsibility, imho. as indeed would the
>>WMF haing any representation in the operation of a Chapter.
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>Understood: you need to keep legal firewalls between different chapters, and
>between chapters and the foundation. 
>
Yes.

>So that means strong chapter influence over the foundation or vice versa
>by any means other than via contracts is a big nono, and shouldn't
>happen, correct?
>
I wouldn't say that either needs to have a strong control over the 
other.  Contracts are fine, and even necessary for such things as the 
use of trademarks and logos.  They help to define the relationships 
between chapters and the WMF.  That still says nothing about the 
relationships between chapters and the contributors in their respective 
countries.  We just need to proceed with caution.

Ec