I do hope that WMF is a charity organization. The last time I crossed the US-border in behalf of the Foundation I met a border officer who indeed never heard anything of WikiMedia Foundation or Wikipedia at all. And I had to explain her lengthy what the foundation is. One of her question is:"How much money do you earn for on the board of the Foundation?" And I answered:"Nothing, because we are a charitative organization." I do hope that I didn't lied to her. Otherwise I would have to fear to cross that border again.
Ting Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2008/11/27 David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> 2008/11/27 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >>>> "Wikipedia is a charity" ? >>>> >>> People always say "non-profit" when describing WMF, is it a charity? >>> The two terms are different. (In the UK, the WMF would probably be >>> considered charitable, I don't know what the requirements are in the >>> US.) >>> >> The bottom of every page on en:wp says it's a charity! >> >> (I put that text there, after precise phrasing was worked out on the >> comcom list. If it's wrong we should change it ...) >> > > And, in fact, wikimediafoundation.org says "nonprofit charitable > organization". I don't know why people generally say "non-profit" > instead of "charity", then - charity would be more precise and would > probably be better perceived. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
