On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 23:24, Thomas Morton
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By virtue of being very active the chapter may be stifling non-chapter chat.
You put an image in my mind of non-chapter messages being bounced out
of the system by a raging torrent of chapter messages that cannot
On 21/04/12 21:24, Thomas Morton wrote:
What is the solution; to split the list?
Yes, in my opinion. Then I will set up an email filter, and deal this
the business of the Charity first.
Gordo
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On 21/04/12 21:24, Thomas Morton wrote:
The line at which the chapter ends and the community begins is very
blurred
Not in UK law. The Charity has members (and Trustees and staff). The
membership have obligations in law. They are responsible, for example,
for electing the Trustees and
Another example: I get emails from The Tellers for the AGM. I assume
that these will only go to members of the Charity?
And those are treated (by me) with a high priority.
Gordo
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On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 21/04/12 21:24, Thomas Morton wrote:
The line at which the chapter ends and the community begins is very
blurred
Not in UK law. The Charity has members (and Trustees and staff). The
membership have obligations
For what its worth, I would prefer that WMUK matters are included to this
list rather than have a separate mailing list. In my view the amount of UK
specific Wikimedia Email has not yet got to the point where we need to
subdivide the list. I'm sure the tellers will only allow members of the
On the general point, it is my opinion that the Charity is a subset of the
UK community; much as with a square and a rectangle, all that is
Charity-related is ipso facto UK community-related; but not all that is UK
community-related is necessarily Charity-related.
There's probably a technical
From: James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
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On the general point, it is my opinion that the Charity is a subset of the UK
community; much
On 22 April 2012 05:35, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote:
On the general point, it is my opinion that the Charity is a subset of the
UK community; much as with a square and a rectangle, all that is
Charity-related is ipso facto UK community-related; but not all that is UK
On 21 April 2012 21:19, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
I am very concerned that postings to this list appear to be specific to
the business of WMUK, a charity registered in England and Wales. The set of
members of this email list and the set of members of the charity are
distinct.
On 21 April 2012 21:19, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
I am very concerned that postings to this list appear to be specific to the
business of WMUK, a charity registered in England and Wales. The set of
members of this email list and the set of members of the charity are
distinct. I
On 21 April 2012 21:41, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 April 2012 21:19, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
I am very concerned that postings to this list appear to be specific to the
business of WMUK, a charity registered in England and Wales. The set of
members of
On 21 Apr 2012, at 21:24, Thomas Morton wrote:
The Chapter and the UK community are distinct, certainly. And this list does
get a lot of use for Chapter business - less so for general community issues.
I'm not sure why the two of you are trying to draw this line in the sand, since
I don't
On 21 April 2012 22:23, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
On 21 Apr 2012, at 21:24, Thomas Morton wrote:
The Chapter and the UK community are distinct, certainly. And this list
does get a lot of use for Chapter business - less so for general community
issues.
I'm not sure
On 21 April 2012 23:01, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 April 2012 22:51, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com
wrote:
Hmm. That line in the sand seems critical.
I'd hate for it to reach a point whereby to be a UK Wikimedian meant
being
part of Wikimedia UK. I
On 21 April 2012 23:15, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote:
Yes.
But, if someone wants sod all to do with the chapter then that is entirely
up to them. And arguably the chapter shouldn't interpose itself in such a
way as to stop those people having their own discussions.
That
On 21 April 2012 23:19, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 April 2012 23:15, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com
wrote:
Yes.
But, if someone wants sod all to do with the chapter then that is
entirely
up to them. And arguably the chapter shouldn't interpose itself
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