Just FYI, once WER becomes a charity, and you a trustee, you will be able to claim back from the charity your travel (and other expenses you incur) but will not be able to claim back your time or other salary costs, or receive payments from third parties for the work you do as a trustee, unless you have specific legal authority (in the governing documents, usually) to do so.
(So take the money and run, now?!? ;)
There are several documents available on the Charity Commission website, specifically:
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/supportingcharities/trustee1.asp
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/supportingcharities/efftrustintro.asp
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/publications/cc11.asp (which also says "39. The law requires us to treat charities which have a power to pay their trustees in their original constitutions differently from charities without such a power, but where the trustees wish to be given a power. Our authority is not required where a reasonable power permitting a trustee benefit is included in a governing document when a charity is created. At any later stage, however, our authority to include such a power is needed.")
The Commission will probably send a cute and useful little booklet to you as trustees which is basically "I'm a trustee, now what?".
Scott
--- David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 08/03/06, Alison Wheeler wikimedia@alisonwheeler.com wrote:
And I'm apparently to receive a small payment for my trouble. :-O Just as well since I'm presently not on a contract. (Gi's a job!)
Yay! first official income for wikimedia. uk!
Then I'll charge it to WMUK for my time and expense getting there ;-p
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