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Andrew Whitworth

3 Nov 3 Nov

2:13 a.m.

I've just got back from vacation this evening, so I'm slowly getting caught up on all my email (about 50 mails/day, about 9 days, not including spam), so I'll poke and prod those who need it. Are you worried that ChapCom is moving too slowly, or that the chapter is moving too quickly? --Andrew Whitworth On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I'm a little confused about where we currently stand. Has chapcom approved the Mem and Arts yet? If not, is there a risk we'll have to change them after the submission to Companies House? It's great that things are moving forward, I'm just a little concerned that they may be going *too* quickly. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

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Michael Bimmler

8:13 a.m.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 5:26 AM, Ian A. Holton <poeloq(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I strongly presume both. A positive response from ChapCom would be advisable before submitting anything that would need changing or amending if required. I understand that people are anxious to get the new chapter up and running asap. However it isn't a race and I am sure nobody is expecting the board to do anything at the speed of light. Take your time, maybe apply some slight pressure on ChapCom for input or even approval.  Ian

As at least Andrew and I are on this list (and I think at least Delphine, too), this has been duly noted ;-) M.

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Michael Peel

9:03 a.m.

As I understand the where we are (based on a discussion with Andrew about this last Monday), we have yet to hear anything formal back from ChapCom (definitely nothing that's gone around to all board members), but the formation of Wiki UK Limited is going ahead anyway. This is on the basis that we can modify the MoA/AoA with a Special Resolution, requiring 75% of members - but as only the 5 board members are members to start with this should be pretty easy to do. Any changes can then be submitted to Company House by the Secretary only, which means that we wouldn't have to meet in person again. So long as we don't start accepting members before we hear back from ChapCom, I believe that we're fine, and that we're going at a fast - but not too fast - speed towards getting WMUK2 up and running. Mike On 3 Nov 2008, at 02:05, Thomas Dalton wrote:

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I'm a little confused about where we currently stand. Has chapcom approved the Mem and Arts yet? If not, is there a risk we'll have to change them after the submission to Companies House? It's great that things are moving forward, I'm just a little concerned that they may be going *too* quickly. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

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Michael Peel

11:59 a.m.

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So long as we don't start accepting members before we hear back from ChapCom, I believe that we're fine, and that we're going at a fast - but not too fast - speed towards getting WMUK2 up and running.

Likewise setting up a bank account or starting the process of getting charitable status (either from HMRC or Char Comm), all those will require providing a copy of the Mem and Arts which presumably means they'll want to know if they change.

True, but hopefully we'll hear back from ChapCom before then (12th Nov. according to the timetable)... Mike

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Michael Peel

12:43 p.m.

On 3 Nov 2008, at 12:14, Thomas Dalton wrote:

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2008/11/3 Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net>et>:

So long as we don't start accepting members before we hear back from ChapCom, I believe that we're fine, and that we're going at a fast - but not too fast - speed towards getting WMUK2 up and running.

Likewise setting up a bank account or starting the process of getting charitable status (either from HMRC or Char Comm), all those will require providing a copy of the Mem and Arts which presumably means they'll want to know if they change.

True, but hopefully we'll hear back from ChapCom before then (12th Nov. according to the timetable)...

You do know most of that timetable was just me plucking dates out of thin air as placeholders, right? While various bits have been tweaked, most of the assumptions about how long different things will take have been kept and they're just wild guesses!

I know, but it's held up fairly well so far. A lot of the elements coming up are out of our control, though, so it will be a case of going with the flow, but it's still useful for estimations. Mike

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