Alison Wheeler announced today the impending dissolution of Wiki Educational Resources Ltd (Wikimedia UK). It isn't clear from her message why she determined to fold it instead of pass on leadership to those interested. [1] All other considerations aside, the Wikimedia community owes Alison and the other members of the WMUK board of directors a debt of thanks for their efforts over the last two years. More than anything else, its clear that creating and managing a charity as a volunteer in the United Kingdom is a difficult undertaking. Nathan [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/2008-August/thread.html