Wikimedia UK regrets to have to announce to the community that the
Wikimedia Foundation’s outgoing Executive Director, Sue Gardner, has given
us formal notice of her decision under her mandate from the WMF board not
to renew our fundraising agreement, thereby excluding us from this year’s
Stevie Benton, 21/05/2014 09:10:
We have written an open letter to Sue about this decision. A copy of our
letter to Sue can be found
herehttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Open_letter_to_Sue_Gardner_regarding_non-renewal.pdf
on
the Wikimedia UK wiki.
Ok, but did anyone in the world really
Rui Correia, 21/05/2014 00:01:
I realised a while back that I have in the past written to the Wikimedia
Foundation Mailing List and to the Wikimedia Mailing List without een
realising that I was writing to more than one list.
Because you were not.
We have written an open letter to Sue about this decision. A copy of our
letter to Sue can be found here on the Wikimedia UK wiki.
This open letter may have some emotive reason for being produced, but
after reviewing it carefully, I can see no strategic value for WMUK by
publishing it.
It
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo)
nemow...@gmail.comwrote:
Ok, but did anyone in the world really believe for a second that WMF was
ever going to change their mind after they managed to centralise UK income
in WMF bank accounts?
Sometimes it is better to take a step back
I have to say I'm quite surprised by this announcement and this course of
action taken by the Foundation, though it's not the first time this has
happened, and very few chapters are left with a fundraising agreement.
I don't know the reasons this action was taken, but I am troubled. :/
On 21
Nemo
I am not sure I understand your cryptic message
Rui
2014-05-21 10:24 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com:
Rui Correia, 21/05/2014 00:01:
I realised a while back that I have in the past written to the Wikimedia
Foundation Mailing List and to the Wikimedia Mailing List
Hello
This is a reminder that the Language Engineering IRC office hour is
happening later today at 1700UTC on #wikimedia-office. Please see below for
the original announcement and local time.
Thanks
Runa
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# Date: May 21, 2014 (Wednesday)
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Hi all,
A couple of things popped into my head that I am unsure of, but hope
someone might be able to answer.
1) I understand that processing of UK donations in the US has significant
tax implications on the funds collected. I would imagine that the WMF
couldn't claim anywhere near the same tax
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Rui Correia correia@gmail.com wrote:
Nemo
I am not sure I understand your cryptic message
I believe he meant that you were writing to the same list. (Wikimedia-l was
formerly Foundation-l, it was renamed a while ago by Erik). If you read in
context, he
Hi Russavia,
Just a quick response to your points:
1. Yes. Gift Aid isn't quite the same as tax deductibility. To take
Wikipedia's example, when Mr Smith donates £100 to a charity, the charity
gets £100 from him, plus an extra £25 from the government. It's more
complex than this -
Thanks, Theo
Now it makes sense. And whereas I do appreciate the gesture of including
the link to the various lists, cryptic reply like that are just not
constructive.
Regards,
Rui
2014-05-21 13:52 GMT+02:00 Theo10011 de10...@gmail.com:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Rui Correia
On 21 May 2014 13:19, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
...
2. Probably not. See
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/frequently-asked-questions/faqs-about-registering-a-charity/can-i-register-the-uk-branch-of-an-overseas-charity/
This means that the WMF would need
To offer a clarification, SORP stands for Statement of Recommended Practice and
offers a standard for best practice in charitable accounting.
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Charity_requirements_guidance/Accounting_and_reporting/Preparing_charity_accounts/sorpfront.aspx
Cheers
Simon
Craig Franklin wrote:
The Foundation acted to strip chapters of their fundraising authority at
the first opportunity, based on what clearly seems to be a pre-determined
ideological decision that doesn't take actual evidence into account and
centralises movement decision making authority even
Richard,
To answer 1 and 2 together, and thanks for your response
As you noted, under Gift Aid charities receive a 25% premium on donations
(I hope that's correct just going on your figures), and I can't see the WMF
really wanting to lose what is essentially, well, a gift.
As Fae mentioned
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 May 2014 13:19, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk
wrote:
...
2. Probably not. See
Am 21.05.2014 15:33, schrieb MZMcBride:
To that end, on the subject of outside observers and open letters:
when writing such a letter, it's important to give context and err on
the side of formality. I've never seen a professional letter begin
with Dear Sue (no last name or contact
Hi,
anyone knows if this MET initiative[1] is viable to have a reverberation in
Commons, or if it is already a project in the community?
I see this is very similar to the British Library donation, on December
2013[2], that quickly started to spread on to Commons[3].
Any knowledge about this
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Rui Correia correia@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
I realised a while back that I have in the past written to the Wikimedia
Foundation Mailing List and to the Wikimedia Mailing List without een
realising that I was writing to more than one list. I do now vaguely
Hello,
Only their photographs of public domain two-dimensional works are
compatible with Wikimedia Commons' upload policy, so that excludes most of
what they are sharing.
The works that they are sharing which are compatible with Wikipedia are
very impressive. I know of no one who is uploading
Hello,
Here is another perspective on this same issue and an actionable remedy for
a lot of the problems we are discussing here.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2014-May/004287.html
That email describes a game in which people use a game on Wikidata to tag
biographies with a
On 10 May 2014 19:02, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:
... I'll take a look at Faebot keeping
a table regularly synchronized on meta using the Google spreadsheets
API.
For anyone that may be interested in seeing which WMF employees have
what advanced permissions, there is now a wikitable on meta
Thanks so much for the help with this Fæ!
James Alexander
Legal and Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:
On 10 May 2014 19:02, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:
... I'll take a look at Faebot keeping
a
On 21 May 2014 12:22, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
A couple of things popped into my head that I am unsure of, but hope
someone might be able to answer.
1) I understand that processing of UK donations in the US has significant
tax implications on the funds collected.
Thanks, that was insightful.
I'll be in touch off list if I feel the need.
Regards,
Rui
2014-05-21 22:18 GMT+02:00 quiddity pandiculat...@gmail.com:
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Rui Correia correia@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi
I realised a while back that I have in the past written
On 21 May 2014 21:25, Lane Rasberry l...@bluerasberry.com wrote:
Despite what the museum director says in the press release, they are not
providing images in accord with open access principles as they forbid
reuse in commercial publications, like school textbooks.
Well, arguably they are,
Hubert Laska wrote:
Am 21.05.2014 15:33, schrieb MZMcBride:
To that end, on the subject of outside observers and open letters:
when writing such a letter, it's important to give context and err on
the side of formality. I've never seen a professional letter begin
with Dear Sue (no last name or
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