On 20 March 2014 10:39, Jon Davies <jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:...
> They are an independent organisation with whom we have worked and hope to
> continue to work.
>
> We are not currently funding them in any way. We do have an active member of
> the chapter associated with them, (who has declared any potential conflicts
> of interest) who is working with us to promote Wikimedia projects in line
> with our programme.
This would appear a significant reputational risk to the charity and a
failure in governance if no attempt has been made to do basic checks
before promoting joint events with commercial organizations.
I believe neither organization is registered currently with Companies
House, and and may be for-profit unregistered organizations enjoying
direct benefit from commercial advertising. As well as BBM working to
"promote Wikimedia projects", the reverse is true as Wikimedia UK, as
a national registered charity, is directly promoting the website,
http://www.britishblackmusic.com, making it a more valuable internet
property. As a past Chairman of the charity, I find it disappointing
that Wikimedia UK and its current board of trustees has chosen to
perfer uncertainty with regard to its public partnerships and has left
it to unpaid volunteers to ask the most basic questions.
As you suggest, sometime this week I shall take the responsibility of
writing to Mr. Kwaku (Black Music Congress) the owner of BBM,[1] and K
Kaywrite (MusicWrite Plus) the owner of BTWSC[2] and confirm their
status.
I believe they already follow this email list, however as an early
head's up, I have copied WMF Legal into this email.
Links:
1. http://whois.domaintools.com/britishblackmusic.com
2. http://whois.domaintools.com/btwsc.com
Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote.
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