Talk:Chapter Agreement Revision
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Some changes from the current Chapter Agreement
- Current agreement requires the "consent" of Wikimedia UK for the Foundation to approve a chapter within the UK (e.g. Wikimedia Wales). This agreement only requires "consultation".
- Current agreement requires Wikimedia UK to support the Foundation and refrain from any "activity that might negatively impact the work or image of the Foundation." The new one goes much further and says the chapter shall "comply with relevant requirements set forth in Foundation's bylaws and all chapter-related policies, procedures, handbooks, manuals, or other written guidance that may be promulgated by Foundation from time to time, including but not limited to those Foundation policies posted at http://wikimediafoundation.org and http://meta.wikimedia.org" Essentially we will be controlled by the Foundation, and we can kiss goodbye to any UK charity status.
- New agreement requires us to mark available all records of our operations to the Foundation, at our expense, including membership lists and members' contact details, full meeting minutes (including sensitive sections).
AndrewRT 22:31, 1 May 2009 (UTC)