I was going to say pretty much the same thing. This list is for discussions of
interest to the UK community. WMUK is *part* of that community, and its
business will be of interest to a large proportion of the community, so this
list is exactly the right place for it.
Harry
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From: James Farrar <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, 22 April 2012, 13:35
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ob Comments about our Chief Exec
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 term that logicians use to describe this, and no
doubt someone will now embarrass me by posting a link to the relevant Wikipedia
article...
On the specific point, and now with my Teller's hat on, items directly related
to the business of the AGM including ballot papers go only to members, which is
why Richard sends them as he has access to the membership database. Obviously
we are checking that votes are cast only by members.
On Apr 22, 2012 12:29 PM, "WereSpielChequers" <[email protected]>
wrote:
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 charity to vote at
the AGM, and it is at that point that we really need to differentiate between
UK Wikimedians who are or are not members of WMUK.
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>WSC
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>On 22 April 2012 11:48, Chris Keating <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Gordon Joly <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>On 21/04/12 21:24, Thomas Morton wrote:
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>>>>The line at which the chapter ends and the community begins is very blurred
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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 appointing the auditors, to name but two actions they perform.
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>>I don't think anyone is unclear of the legal position. However, the charity
>>also has a duty to look beyond its membership to the Wikimedia community and
>>indeed to the general public.
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>>As it happens, this list is one of our important (albeit limited) ways of
>>reaching out to active Wikimedians in the UK, regardless of whether they are
>>members of the charity or not.
>>
>>Chris
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>>Wikimedia UK mailing list
>>[email protected]
>>http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>>WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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>Wikimedia UK mailing list
>[email protected]
>http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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_______________________________________________
Wikimedia UK mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
_______________________________________________
Wikimedia UK mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
