Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/4 Tom Holden : > In any case, we almost certainly want to be a charitable incorporated > organisation, not a registered charity, due to the lower paper-work > requirements. > > We'll apply to be one as soon as they're accepting applications and we have > the time to write one. I think a CIO

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Tom Holden
In any case, we almost certainly want to be a charitable incorporated organisation, not a registered charity, due to the lower paper-work requirements. We'll apply to be one as soon as they're accepting applications and we have the time to write one. Tom > -Original Message- > From: wiki

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread AndrewRT
On Mar 3, 10:26 pm, James Forrester wrote: > 2009/3/3 AndrewRT : > > > The Board has an action to register with the Charity Commission as > > soon as it's likely that our income will be more than £5,000 - which > > will be as soon were announced as the winning bid for Wikimania 2010 (- > > grin-),

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/3 James Forrester : > 2009/3/3 AndrewRT : >> The Board has an action to register with the Charity Commission as >> soon as it's likely that our income will be more than £5,000 - which >> will be as soon were announced as the winning bid for Wikimania 2010 (- >> grin-), or, failing that, when

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread James Forrester
2009/3/3 AndrewRT : > The Board has an action to register with the Charity Commission as > soon as it's likely that our income will be more than £5,000 - which > will be as soon were announced as the winning bid for Wikimania 2010 (- > grin-), or, failing that, when our donations get to that level

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/3 AndrewRT : > The Board has an action to register with the Charity Commission as > soon as it's likely that our income will be more than £5,000 - which > will be as soon were announced as the winning bid for Wikimania 2010 (- > grin-), or, failing that, when our donations get to that level

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-03-03 Thread AndrewRT
On Feb 18, 9:33 am, Michael Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > The WMF has just announced grants for chapters: "If a chapter has   > work it wants to get done in the furtherance of our overall mission   > and goals during the fiscal year 2009-2010 (July 1, 2009 -June 30,   > 2010), but it cannot do it with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread AndrewRT
On Mar 3, 4:00 pm, Gordon Joly wrote: > Where does the "registered charity" status and hence the application fit? > At the AGM, or later? > > Gordo As Tango said, charities can be of two types: those with an income of more than £5,000 ("registered charities") are registered with the Charities Co

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/3 Gordon Joly : > Where does the "registered charity" status and hence the application fit? We can't register with the Charity Commission until we have an annual income over £5000. The board are currently in contact with HMRC with regard to getting charitable status for tax purposes, which

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread Gordon Joly
At 16:09 -0800 2/3/09, AndrewRT wrote: >We're hoping to make the business side of the AGM as quick as >possible, but does anyone have any resolutions they would like to be >put to the meeting? > >At the moment the resolutions are: > >1. Setting the maximum number of Directors to seven >2. Appointin

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania bid 2010 - International Travel

2009-03-03 Thread joseph seddon
The following sections need work done: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#International_Travel This includes information on airports, ferries, channel tunnel http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford#Customs_and_attitudes http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] When's the best date for the AGM?

2009-03-03 Thread Michael Peel
All, I forgot to say: the deadline for completing this is the end of the day on Wednesday (tomorrow), as we want to start booking the location asap. Thanks, Mike On 2 Mar 2009, at 23:06, Michael Peel wrote: > All, > > When's the best date for everyone for the AGM? We've pinned it down > to