I am not going to say anything about the statement.

What I DO want to say is that whatever happens with the way we receive our funding  the great work of the volunteers and staff must go on.

It would be very easy to be distracted to the detriment of everything else. We are doing great things.  Have a look at our plans for 2012 and 2013, they are impressive and a great deal is happening. Let's all work together to make sure our chapter is really brilliant and that in a year's time all this fuss will be a distant memory.

Jon Davies.

On 28 September 2012 22:31, Andrew Turvey <andrewrturvey@googlemail.com> wrote:
Yes, David, sounds like it.

The opening to this week's signpost article seems to sum it up the situation:

"In the second controversy to engulf Wikimedia UK in two months..."

Both controversies seemed to have damaged the relationship between the chapter and the editing communities, in particular on English Wikipedia. I think we need to get together a plan, if we haven't got one already, for how to engage better and build stronger links. After all, this is where most of the chapter's members, activists and income comes from.

Has any thought been put into this?

Andrew


On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:16 PM, David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:
On 28 September 2012 21:14, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd like to draw to your attention this joint statement with the Foundation
> which I have just, with the authority of the Board, posted on our blog
> regarding the management of conflicts of interests and this year's
> fundraiser.
> http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/joint-statement-from-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-uk/


Right, so money->SF and so much for Gift Aid?


- d.

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