Whoever decided that UK donations to the
fundraiser wouldn't be Gift Aid
eligible. According to the statement, that's both WMF and WMUK.
On Sep 29, 2012 8:59 PM, "WereSpielChequers" <
werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> wrote:
James, if you are accusing a charity of throwing
away money could you
be specific as to which charity you are accusing of throwing away money?
I'm not aware of any of WMUK's financial decisions being disputed.
By contrast the WMF by processing the payments for this years
fundraiser will lose the movement as a whole hundreds of thousands of
pounds. This is partly because they are not a UK registered charity and
WMUK is, so Gift Aid of probably more than £100,000 won't be achieved, but
I suspect that even more will be lost because as a US organisation they
can't collect by direct debits. Over the next few decades that will lose
the movement several times as much as the foregone Gift Aid money.
However the WMF doesn't have a formal membership structure, or at least
not one I'm aware of. So were you suggesting that WMUK has been throwing
away money?
WSC
On 29 September 2012 13:20, James Farrar <james.farrar(a)gmail.com>wrote;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(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> There is, an will always be, the option to donate to WMUK rather than
>> WMF even if WMUK isn't the default payment processor anymore.
>>
>> What I can certainly see is a fragmented 2012 fundraiser, with
>> certain donors staying with WMUK and others switching to WMF because that's
>> where the default landing page now points them to. Lots of returning donors
>> will be very very confused either because they can't gift-aid their
>> donations, or because two "Wikipedia organisations" are asking for
their
>> money at the same time.
>>
>> On 28 September 2012 22:50, James Farrar <james.farrar(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
>>
>>> Well, there goes my donation.
>>> On Sep 28, 2012 9:16 PM, "David Gerard" <dgerard(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 28 September 2012 21:14, Chris Keating <
>>>> chriskeatingwiki(a)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-foundat…
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Right, so money->SF and so much for Gift Aid?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - d.
>>>>
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