2008/12/14 AndrewRT <raturvey(a)yahoo.co.uk>uk>:
The general consensus among the Board was that we
shouldn't really get
involved as we didn't yet have chapter status. Individuals were
encouraged to do what they could but the Board decided to stay stum
itself and leave David and others to take the lead. Is everyone
comfortable that that was the right decision?
FWIW, I emphasised to everyone I spoke to (and it mostly was clear in
press articles and Today show - not C4) that I was speaking as a
volunteer and not officially. In cases like this that can be very
important ...
Presumably once Wiki UK is recognised as the chapter
you would expect
it to take more of a lead?
It would be the organisation to speak to. e.g. "While WMUK quite
definitely does not control or publish the content on Wikipedia, we
nevertheless find the censorship of encyclopedia text a worrying
development for education and informing people in the UK" would be a
perfect hypothetical comment, for example. You *can* comment on
freedom to educate and inform in the UK without crossing any streams,
I should think.
- d.