I'm forwarding this as it makes interesting reading alongside Wikimedia UK's own management of conflicts of interests, and the likely direction our own policies are moving.

Regards,

Chris

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Geoff Brigham gbrigham@wikimedia.org Date: Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 2:42 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Request for consultation on proposed guidelines relating to potential conflicts of interest in requesting Wikimedia resources To: wikimediaannounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org, wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

*Hi all, * * * *We are asking for community consultation on five proposed guidelines relating to potential conflicts of interest when people ask for resources belonging to the Wikimedia movement.

For your review and comments, you may find more information, a proposed Board resolution, and the proposed guidelines here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Guidelines_on_potential_conflicts_of_int...

Please feel free to join the discussion on the talk page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Guidelines_on_potential_conflicts_of_interest

Thank you for your time and expertise.

* Geoff Brigham General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l