The WMF don't trust WMUK to raise funds. 

Perhaps too succinct? ;)

(this email is not intended to express my opinion on the issue, because I've yet to form one)

 

Harry Mitchell

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From: Doug Weller <dougweller@gmail.com>
To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Saturday, 29 September 2012, 14:59
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

Can someone here please explain this issue succinctly?
Thanks.
Doug

On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 29, 2012 1:40 PM, "Neil Harris" <neil@tonal.clara.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> On 29/09/12 13:20, James Farrar wrote:
>>>
>>> Indeed, and for now I remain a member.
>>>
>>> This is subject to finding out precisely why the charity is voluntarily
>>> throwing away money.
>>> On Sep 28, 2012 11:11 PM, "Deryck Chan" <deryckchan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Doesn't Gift Aid depend on the recipient, not the payment processor?
>>
>> If so, I would have thought that donating to WMUK, even with WMF acting as
>> the payment processor, would presumably be entitled to Gift Aid.
>
> Don't be fooled by the WMF's political choices of language. We're not
> talking about payment processing, we're talking about who is actually
> fundraising.
>
>
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