I emailed the WMF&#39;s trademark people just to confirm that naming a society the &quot;[NAME] Wiki[mp]edia Society&quot; did not require approval. Their response was that it may: a hurdle, if not a large one. Usefully, then, WMUK could seek some clarification in this area, just to keep the burden on volunteers down.<br>
<br>Just a thought.<br><br>Harry<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Toni Sant <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:toni.sant@wikimedia.org.uk" target="_blank">toni.sant@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"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>As many subscriber to this mailing list will already know, Wikimedia UK is keen to support <a href="https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Student_societies" title="Student societies" target="_blank">student societies</a>
 towards a better understanding and improvement of Wikipedia and its 
sister projects. We are currently looking for a volunteer to help me 
develop a strategic plan we&#39;ve drafted for reaching out to university 
student unions across the UK. This work relates to WMUK&#39;s developing 
efforts to support Student Societies focused on editing Wikipedia and 
other Wikimedia projects; it essentially involves an intensive period of
 concentrated effort to reach out to potential new student societies. 
Details available at <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Student_societies_2013_campaign_volunteer" target="_blank">http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Student_societies_2013_campaign_volunteer</a><br><br></div>Many thanks,<br>
</div><br>Toni<br>
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