On May 6, 11:35 pm, Andrew Turvey <[email protected]> wrote: > 2. HMRC response > > a. Media > > The rejection of our charity application was picked up by the Register who > used the occasion to write an article criticising Wikipedia. We issued a > statement in response to Wikinews. A news story was drafted for Wikinews but > was rejected as being “not notable”. Although there had been some negative > comment on the WikimediaUK-L list, the general feeling was that the > reputation of the Board among Wikimedia UK supporters had not been > significantly affected. It was agreed that it would be better in the future > if news like this was shared with the Board first, so that a common position > could be agreed, and then promptly shared with supporters. > > b. Legal > > TH had obtained a rough estimate on how much it would cost to get legal > advice. This ranged from £600 to £4,000 – going directly to a barrister would > cost around £2,000 plus VAT (£2,300). It was discussed whether we should > obtain advice before or after responding to HMRC. It was agreed that we would > send the response on 18 th May and do what we can in the meantime to obtain > advice – including approaching the Foundation for funding and applying to > LawWorks. > > c. Response to HMRC > > AT has discussed the matter with the officer at HMRC who had decided the > case. The officer explained that this decision does not fall within the > formal appeals process as there was not direct tax implication to the > decision. If we submitted a reclaim form and it was rejected we would then be > able to make a formal appeal. HMRC also has powers to refer complex charity > cases to the Commission and the officer agreed that if we replied to him he > could refer the case to them. > > TH has obtained a letter which a barrister friend has drafted setting out the > legal arguments for why we think we are a charity. It was agreed to use this > letter as a basis for a response, incorporating in addition details > clarifying what the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK do, and the > experience of icommons in getting charity recognition. > > TH agreed to post the letter on the wiki and Board members will propose their > amendments on that page fro discussion between now and 18 th . > > ACTION: TH; All
would it be possible to slightly adjust your "bylaws" and add education as most other wikimedia chapters do? rupert. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
