As individuals that is entirely up to us. As an organisation I would suggest that we stick very clearly at only commenting on legislation that would affect us. Which begs the question, is it us the UK chapter or us the Wikimedia movement? My view is that we could meaningfully comment on the broader movement.<br>
<br>In this case if it could be argued that this would make the UK even less attractive as a site for a Wikimedia datacentre, then it would be reasonable to point that out.<br><br>As for the arguments as to whether this applies to permissions Richard has in his capacity as a volunteer; We need to keep a clear distinction between what people do as volunteers and what they do on behalf of the UK chapter.<br>
<br>Regards<br><br>WSC<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 June 2012 16:52, Jon Davies <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk" target="_blank">jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">There is the &#39;they came for the others and I did nothing...&#39; argument.  Should we be thinking of whether we should contribute to this debate on behalf of others less protected?<div class="HOEnZb">
<div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 June 2012 16:13, David Gerard <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:dgerard@gmail.com" target="_blank">dgerard@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On 30 June 2012 16:02, Thomas Dalton &lt;<a href="mailto:thomas.dalton@gmail.com" target="_blank">thomas.dalton@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>



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&gt; Pretty much all those examples are operated by the WMF, which isn&#39;t<br>
&gt; subject to UK law, so I don&#39;t really see a problem.<br>
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</div>I would suggest Tom also post this message to wikimedia-l, for comment.<br>
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