To reiterate, he was suggesting we register as Wiki Canada, but if permitted operate as Wikimedia Canada. I can't see any disadvantage to this approach. Regardless, we need to form a steering board and make some official decisions to get this done.
On 5 August 2010 16:56, Ray Saintonge <[email protected]> wrote: > James Heilman wrote: > > The chapter in the UK is incorporated as Wiki UK and operates under > > the name Wikimedia UK. There are a few reasons for this. One is as > > already mentioned, if the two organizations were to every have > > problems, this one would just lose its operating name and would not > > need to change its legal name. If we use Wikimedia we need > > documentation from Wikimedia saying we can us the name and this needs > > to be submitted to the Federal government. One more thing to slow the > > process of incorporation. The main reason I proposed this however is > > that in the documents regarding charities states a charity needs to be > > completely independent and retain complete control over all finances ( > > with a few exception of which Wikimedia is not one of them ). Being > > incorporated under a name without ties to another group will decrease > > the chance of us having problems with applying for charity status. > > > Getting the necessary permissions to use the name "Wikimedia" should not > be a problem in either case, incorporation or d.b.a." > > Complete independence and financial control are not problems. This is > one point that Chapcom reviews carefully to ensure that a chapter is not > regarded as a subsidiary or affiliate. This did come up most recently > in reviewing the application for an Estonian chapter. > > Revenue Canada regulations do allow for money to be transferred out of > the country if a proportional benefit is received. Given that Canada > has the highest per capita usage of Wikipedia in the world that > criterion is likely achieved, but we would still have the burden of > proof. Better would be for Canadian money to be spent in Canada in a > way that provides the Wikimedia movement advantages that it would not > otherwise have. > > Ray > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-ca mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-ca > -- View Alan Walker's profile on LinkedIn [http://www.linkedin.com/in/walker1]
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