Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Explanation of Motion to Entrench Chapter Agreement

2009-03-17 Thread Andrew Gray
2009/3/17 Michael Bimmler mbimm...@gmail.com: Um...how exactly would you amend the contract to anything not agreed with the Wikimedia Foundation?  Isn't it quite obvious that any amendment of the contract would need to be done in agreement with the other party of the agreement? Amendment

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Explanation of Motion to Entrench Chapter Agreement

2009-03-17 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/17 Michael Bimmler mbimm...@gmail.com: Sorry, but somehow I fail to understand this. You're not alone... - amendments which are agreed by the WMF (- no special resolution needed) - amendments not agreed by the WMF (- special resolution needed). and I think the latter category just

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Explanation of Motion to Entrench Chapter Agreement

2009-03-17 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/17 Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk: 2009/3/17 Michael Bimmler mbimm...@gmail.com: Andrew: If you say outright repudiation, do you mean termination of the contract or violation of the contract in force? Unilaterally saying guys, we don't want to play any more, we're getting out,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Explanation of Motion to Entrench Chapter Agreement

2009-03-17 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/17 Tom Holden thomas.hol...@gmail.com: Fair points, it was late, I was being dozy. But note they perhaps make Tango’s objection to our original proposed amendment look just as silly as my new proposed amendment now looks. If the contract’s only going to be amended in agreement with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid update

2009-03-17 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/17 Andrew Turvey ratur...@yahoo.co.uk: We are looking at options to complain about this situation and also options for accelerating the timescale for applying direct to the Charity Commission - which needs £5,000 of pledged income first. Give it a few weeks - if we win the Wikimania