On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
WMF is completely separate, I don't think accepting donations to them in exchange for membership of the chapter is a good idea.
Yes, yes, yes. Linking chapter membership to WMF donations is, in my opinion, even worse than wholesale redirect of donations. It's maybe not illegal (I presume a board is entitled to set its requirements for membership and options of payment relatively freely), but it sends very dangerous signs about the degree of, well, "connectedness" of the two organisations. You want to avoid this, *especially* in the UK with its current libel legislation...
Michael