I have to say I'm quite surprised by this announcement and this course of
action taken by the Foundation, though it's not the first time this has
happened, and very few chapters are left with a fundraising agreement.
I don't know the reasons this action was taken, but I am troubled. :/
On 21 May 2014 18:09, Craig Franklin <cfranklin(a)halonetwork.net> wrote:
The Foundation acted to strip chapters of their
fundraising authority at
the first opportunity, based on what clearly seems to be a pre-determined
ideological decision that doesn't take actual evidence into account and
centralises movement decision making authority even further in the WMF?
Colour me surprised.
On 21 May 2014 17:10, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
Wikimedia UK regrets to have to announce to the
community that the
Wikimedia Foundation’s outgoing Executive Director, Sue Gardner, has
given
us formal notice of her decision under her
mandate from the WMF board not
to renew our fundraising agreement, thereby excluding us from this year’s
fundraiser.
We have written an open letter to Sue about this decision. A copy of our
letter to Sue can be found
here<
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Open_letter_to_Sue_Gardner_regarding_non…
on
the Wikimedia UK wiki.
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
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