Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Jimbo at the AGM

2009-03-19 Thread Paul Williams
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/3/18 Tom Holden thomas.hol...@gmail.com: I know some people think I am being overly formal and strict about this kind of stuff, but the AGM of a limited company, particularly a charitable one, is a serious

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid update

2009-03-19 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/19 Michael Bimmler mbimm...@gmail.com: On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: If we win the bid, there are all kinds of legal stuff we'll have to sort out - if everything will be done through us (rather than WMF), which I think is likely, we

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid update

2009-03-19 Thread Michael Bimmler
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, I think WMF has handled it all in the past, but I think it might be easier if we do it. The WMF won't get the same charitable benefits that we do. Understood and I defer to the judgment of others on whether

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid update

2009-03-19 Thread Michael Bimmler
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: In the UK, charities aren't legally allowed to take significant business risks. See, that's one of the points which I didn't know and I'd be interested in reading more about it. Is there guidance available on what

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid update

2009-03-19 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/19 Michael Bimmler mbimm...@gmail.com: On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: In the UK, charities aren't legally allowed to take significant business risks. See, that's one of the points which I didn't know and I'd be interested in reading

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid update

2009-03-19 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/19 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: If you really want to know all the ugly details (and don't say I didn't warn you!), see: http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/publications/cc35.asp I've just been reading through that guidance again myself, and actually we might be ok. The

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience

2009-03-19 Thread Andrew Gray
2009/3/19 joseph seddon life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.co.uk: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#Cost_of_living What sort of things are you needing for this? General Oxford is in the SE of England, so is relatively expensive, etc, or...? Amsterdam has some standard prices;

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience

2009-03-19 Thread joseph seddon
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:47:36 + From: andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience 2009/3/19 joseph seddon life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.co.uk:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience

2009-03-19 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/19 joseph seddon life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.co.uk: For the time being, simply give estimated costs i suppose. Exact prices arnt much help due to reasons you give. Even estimates are very difficult. I suggest we give costs for what it would be this summer (and make it clear that that's

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience

2009-03-19 Thread Ross Gardler
2009/3/19 joseph seddon life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.co.uk: As many of you may be aware, from saturday onwards I will be off the coast of scotland with no likely internet access, poor 3G and irregular mobile signal. You lucky man! I need to know who has had experience with events like

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience

2009-03-19 Thread joseph seddon
Completely agree with this Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:01:23 + From: thomas.dal...@gmail.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience 2009/3/19 joseph seddon life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.co.uk: For the time being, simply give

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - Experience

2009-03-19 Thread Mickey Conn
I have created a comparison of the bid with the judging criteria at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford/Criteria and have flagged up some areas which may need further information or clarifications. Best Wishes Mickey 2009/3/19 joseph seddon