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.
IMHO, It would be only a conflict of interest if I am both a paid employee of the chapter and also a board member of the chapter as well. The bigger problem is we have lots of work to do, very very little hands and too many arm chair advisers. Period. -TC On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:37 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> >> Everyone is encouraged to volunteer for the chapter , regardless of what >> his or her day job is. There is nothing that prevents even a foundation >> staff or contractor even being the board member of the chapter , less alone >> any volunteer or member. There are several Wikimedia chapters in the world >> who has paid and full time staff working for them. The Secretary ( >> volunteer) of the Dutch chapter is also a Foundation Full time Contractor. >> >> Hope that clarifies > > > I'm not sure what you are talking about above. > > The issue with Siebrand is a conflict of interest, as far as I know, they > should/would have declared it to their members. Laws in several countries > dictate that board of non-profit can not be paid employees of their own or > parent organizations. Several chapter board members usually resign to take > up employee position. It used to be that they had to resign to take up any > position as staff, but contractor is a relatively new feature with > confusing legality, but there are still individuals who see the distinction > and resign or declare their conflicts upfront. Board members by definition > can not be paid employees, this is not my distinction but a legal one. > Something I believe all WIkimedia organizations should adhere to. > > I believe Ashwin explained it much better than I could. If we can > demarcate what role someone does something as, it would help a lot. The > community staff at WMF usually keep 2 accounts to demarcate this clearly, > on wiki. > > It might not be "practically separate whether we does something as a > volunteer...." the distinction is actually quite simple. One that en.wp, > staff and majority of the community holds- paid vs. non-paid. What one does > as an employee is separate from what one does as an employee. That is why > they have two accounts and rather large disclaimers on their user pages, > demarcating this very difference. > > Regards > Theo > > P.S. @achal lol > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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