[Foundation-l] Chapters

Tue Aug 30 15:07:11 UTC 2011

Hi Anne,

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com> wrote:

> It does strike me as odd that, given the legendary openness of
> Wikimedia-related projects and activities, at least the basic provisions of
> the chapter agreement isn't widely accessible. It would be very
> demotivating
> for groups to come together, gather momentum to move toward a more formal
> relationship with the WMF, and then find out that their ability to form a
> chapter is proscribed by conflicts between local requirements and the WMF
> standard chapter agreement.  While I recognize that such a document can't
> really be crowd-sourced, it might be helpful to at least have it publicly
> available for reading. That is, unless each chapter agreement is
> significantly customized for the needs of the individual chapters.
>

Just for clarification: did you actually look for these agreements or are
you just assuming they aren't available publicly?

The standard template for the agreement is published here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Agreement_between_chapters_and_Wikimedia_Foundation

There are some small modifications for individual chapters but the general
principles apply through all of them.

Best regards,

Sebastian Moleski
President
Wikimedia Deutschland