On 8/9/11 10:27 AM, Kirill Lokshin wrote: > A more typical arrangement would be that the WMF would give a chapter the > right to use WMF trademarks, and in return a portion of the funds raised by > the chapter would be funneled back to the WMF. But what chapters seem to > want is for the WMF to sign over the trademarks they need to do their own > fundraising, and then simply hand over a portion of the WMF's own revenue on > top of that. It's a convenient arrangement for the chapters involved, to be > sure, and apparently one that the WMF was not particularly unwilling to > follow; but there's nothing particularly "normal" or "fair" about it.
Just to be clear, this is more or less the model that I personally advocate: that the WMF turn over a portion of its revenue to chapters every year, without question, based on a simple and non-controlling framework of accountability and responsibility. --Jimbo _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
