I am very pleased to announce that the website has just been updated with the downloadable PDFs for joining Wikimedia UK. To answer some questions that have (or will be!) raised: 1. You can now apply to be a Supporting Member of the Wikimedia UK Chapter. This can be under your 'real name' or a pseudonym of your choice such as the name you use on a Wikimedia project. Anyone of any age may be a supporting member. We only require your email address, but a real one will help us in event planning. 2. Supporting members cannot legally command the Chapter to do anything, but they *will* be listened to! 3. Membership of the Company ("Guarantor membership"), which entitles you to a formal vote at General Meetings or to stand as a candidate for Director, is also available. This requires a real name and postal address and you must be over 18. 4. You may submit one or both applications, but if both they must be in a single envelope. Upon receipt the pages will be separated and we will not be able to ascertain whether information on one page relates to the other and will not record such information jointly in any other manner, ie. you can use your handle on the Supporting membership but your real name on the guarantor form cannot be tied back to it. 5. Whilst clearly we are targeted to people who edit on the various Wikimedia projects, that is not a pre-requisite for membership of Wikimedia UK; everyone who supports our aims and intentions is most welcome to assist and join. 6. At the moment we are not a registered Charity and, as such, cannot claim back any tax. We hope to have 'gift aid' procedures in place later this year. Wikimedia UK is open for business! Alison ====================================================== Alison Wheeler Chief Executive Officer, Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki Educational Resources Ltd, company limited by guarantee #05708269 Imagine a world in which every person can have free access to the sum of all human knowledge We're making it happen. Will you help us? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l

I am very pleased to announce that the website has just been updated with the downloadable PDFs for joining Wikimedia UK.

>3. Membership of the Company ("Guarantor membership"), which entitles you >to a formal vote at General Meetings or to stand as a candidate for >Director, is also available. This requires a real name and postal address >and you must be over 18.