hi, To set us back a bit, the discussion was originally centered on volunteer-staff relationship.
Pradeep Handheld On 07/03/2012, Anirudh Bhati <[email protected]> wrote: > Tinu, > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:14 PM, CherianTinu Abraham > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> If it matters, if you have read the MoA or the Chapters agreement of the >> Wikimedia India Chapter or most of the chapters, the Foundation and >> Chapters are independent organizations. Wikimedia Foundation is NOT a >> parent organization of the Wikimedia India Chapter. >> > > The Wikimedia Foundation licenses the use of its trademark to independent > and autonomous chapters around the world. This may constitute a > principle-agent relationship EVEN in the absence of a formal quid pro quo. > In an ideal world, I would support structures that are as efficient as > possible. But in the real world, we have to consider many variables (many > of which may be unsuitable for public discourse) that may have affect > organizations working in a less-than-ideal legal environment. The > associated legal risks have a direct bearing on the office-bearers of the > institutions. I would urge that the discussion around legalities be > discontinued from now on, but focus rather on the propriety of holding > multiple positions of functionaries within two organizations using the same > trademark. > > >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > -- Pradeep Mohandas How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
