On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:15 PM, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You're strawman is alive. > > If the chapters are funded by the WMF, non-US chapters need to abide by US > law. > > If all of the fundraising money goes to the WMF, who then distributes > it to chapters via grants, all chapters must comply with the US > regulations regarding use of money by a 501(c)(3) charity, and any > additional constraints that the WMF puts on these grants in order to > minimise its own risks and simplify its own compliance checking. > > By doing this, the WMF is taking on more risk, rather than less. > And it is taking on more work, as it will need to ensure that all > chapters expenditure from these grants is compliant with US > regulations. > > There are several chapters whose existing program includes activities > that are acceptable under their own laws, but will not be able to be > funded by WMF because of the US regulations. > > -- > John Vandenberg > Which activities are these? _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
