David Gerard wrote:
On 08/03/06, Scott Keir scottkeir@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Just FYI, once WER becomes a charity, and you a trustee, you will be able to claim back from the charity your travel (and other expenses you incur) but will not be able to claim back your time or other salary costs, or receive payments from third parties for the work you do as a trustee, unless you have specific legal authority (in the governing documents, usually) to do so. (So take the money and run, now?!? ;)
heh. FWIW, this did not come via WMUK - it came via the Foundation to me personally. I didn't expect reimbursement either and certainly didn't ask for it ...
If I get ones that do specifically come via WMUK when it's a charity, I appreciate everything will suddenly become a lot more complicated.
- d.
Hi
Just technically : Payments for presentations happen. For interviews, I am more surprised. But was it really a "payment" (a salary) or was it a reimbursement (to cover your travel costs for example) ? (This is just a disinterested note.)
Now, as a board member, I am more curious of the second part of your comment. If I understand you well, you mean that apparently, the BBC gave some money to the Foundation for the interview you gave them, and that the Foundation paid you ?
I suppose you can not be sure the BBC gave some money to the Foundation. But if it did so, might there not be an issue of WMF being used for money transfer from a commercial organisation in England to an individual in England ? If we get questions (from an auditor ?) to explain why you got paid by the WMF, how are we gonna justify this ?
Ant