I don't imagine this would be a problem. The Wikimedia Foundation is a
charity registered in Florida, and Wikimedia UK is, as you say, on its
way to becoming a charity soon. Having said this, I imagine (with
absolutely no evidence to back it up) that corporate sponsors are most
likely to give a quick response - at least to indicate possible
interest. Does anyone have experience of the time taken to apply for
funding from funds of the state and its agencies?
Cormac
_
The time taken is usually in proportion to the amount sought.
My guess that we would have get an answer very fast, and that any of
the Lottery funded routes would be too slow (e.g. three to six
months).
My reading is that any body must have had some background
independently, so appealing to the Foundation's history is not going
to help. Although they could support the application in other ways.
Gordo
--
"Think Feynman"/////////
http://pobox.com/~gordo/
gordon.joly(a)pobox.com///