[Wikimediauk-l] Summary of board meeting + questions

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Peel
Hi all, At the last meeting, Tango made the good suggestion that I start sending out summaries of the board meetings, including the interesting points and questions that we would like your views on. This email is the first of those - I'll endeavour to send these out closer to the board mee

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Summary of board meeting + questions

2009-06-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/6/6 Michael Peel : > How widely available should the Register of Members be amongst the > Board? We now have an internal board wiki which we currently have the > Register of Members on, such that it is available to all of the > Board. Does anyone have any objections to this? I see no problem

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Summary of board meeting + questions

2009-06-06 Thread Andrew Walker
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/6/6 Michael Peel : >> How widely available should the Register of Members be amongst the >> Board? We now have an internal board wiki which we currently have the >> Register of Members on, such that it is available to all of the >> Board.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Summary of board meeting + questions

2009-06-06 Thread Martin Peeks
On 06/06/2009, Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/6/6 Michael Peel : > > > How widely available should the Register of Members be amongst the > > Board? We now have an internal board wiki which we currently have the > > Register of Members on, such that it is available to all of the > > Board. Does an

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Summary of board meeting + questions

2009-06-06 Thread Mark (Markie)
Accounts can now be closed on private wikis, and there isnt really anything else that can be done apart from making directors sign a privacy agreement, which may or may not already be in place. Alternatively we could just brain wash them... Regards mark On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Martin Pee

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Summary of board meeting + questions

2009-06-06 Thread Martin Peeks
On 06/06/2009, Mark (Markie) wrote: > Accounts can now be closed on private wikis, and there isnt really anything > else that can be done apart from making directors sign a privacy agreement, > which may or may not already be in place. Mmm a privacy agreement, signed and kept on record, would be

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Summary of board meeting + questions

2009-06-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/6/6 Andrew Walker : > On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: >> 2009/6/6 Michael Peel : >>> How widely available should the Register of Members be amongst the >>> Board? We now have an internal board wiki which we currently have the >>> Register of Members on, such that it is ava

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Summary of board meeting + questions

2009-06-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/6/6 Martin Peeks : > On 06/06/2009, Thomas Dalton wrote: >> 2009/6/6 Michael Peel : >> >> > How widely available should the Register of Members be amongst the >>  > Board? We now have an internal board wiki which we currently have the >>  > Register of Members on, such that it is available to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Summary of board meeting + questions

2009-06-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/6/6 Martin Peeks : > On 06/06/2009, Mark (Markie) wrote: >> Accounts can now be closed on private wikis, and there isnt really anything >> else that can be done apart from making directors sign a privacy agreement, >> which may or may not already be in place. > > Mmm a privacy agreement, sign

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Summary of board meeting + questions

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Peel
On 6 Jun 2009, at 16:02, Thomas Dalton wrote: >> This does mean that you should separate out the information you need >> to include in the register and the other information (e.g. email >> addresses) you may hold on members. Especially anything that could be >> subject to the data protection act.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Charity Finance news article: Wikimedia UK denied charitable tax status

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Peel
Also covered by ThirdSector: http://thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/911135/Wikimedias-UK-charity- application-re-examined/ Thanks, Mike On 1 Jun 2009, at 13:41, Michael Peel wrote: > See http://www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php? > id=2876&pg=15&cat=30 > > Mike > > __

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Charity Finance news article: Wikimedia UK denied charitable tax status

2009-06-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/6/6 Michael Peel : > Also covered by ThirdSector: > > http://thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/911135/Wikimedias-UK-charity- > application-re-examined/ "Organisation responsible for Wikipedia" - that's about as bad as it gets! I haven't read the full article (free registration required - I never

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Charity Finance news article: Wikimedia UK denied charitable tax status

2009-06-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
Full article copied below. As you can see the distinction between the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK is explained further down: Organisation responsible for Wikipedia already turned down by HM Revenue & Customs Wikimedia UK is to have its application for charitable status reconsidere