[putting WM2013 hat on] Wikimedia Hong Kong thought about setting up a subsidiary company for Wikimania 2013 but decided against it. This is because the subsidiary company (and therefore Wikimania) will not enjoy charity benefits, discounts, or tax deductibility, which renders "the benefits of going through" the chapter nothing more than a brand name. Deryck On 19 March 2013 12:29, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19 March 2013 09:41, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > > A subsidiary company? > > That would be my suggestion. It isolates the charity's main funds from > the risks of the event (which will have a budget roughly equal to the > annual budget of the rest of the charity, so the risks are pretty > substantial) while still providing most of the benefits of going > through WMUK. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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