Hello Everyone!
Thanks for the welcome, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with you all over the coming weeks/months as we work towards the 2012 fundraiser and a broader fundraising strategy - exciting stuff.
I will be at the meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 30th, and will spend the next weeks wrapping up my current job and reading around - so any resources you think might be a 'must see' do feel free to email me directly on katherine.bavage@gmail.com or on here
Thanks,
Katherine
On 11/06/12 09:28, Katherine Bavage wrote:
I will be at the meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 30th, and will spend the next weeks wrapping up my current job and reading around - so any resources you think might be a 'must see' do feel free to email me directly on katherine.bavage@gmail.com mailto:katherine.bavage@gmail.com or on here
Greetings!
I guess this is all quite new. The charity is very young, and your experience will be a major asset, along with Jon Davies' charity experience (and others including the Board).
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/11/charity/
And the charity has a new name! How does that affect fund raising? I asked at the AGM why "Wikimedia UK" was chosen in favour of "Wikimedia UK Ltd". Small point I guess.... but then I am pedant.
Gordo
On 11 June 2012 09:45, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
And the charity has a new name! How does that affect fund raising? I asked at the AGM why "Wikimedia UK" was chosen in favour of "Wikimedia UK Ltd". Small point I guess.... but then I am pedant.
For those who weren't there, I think the answer to that was that as a charity we're exempt from the normal limited company requirement for the name to end with "Limited" - and since we would continue to use simply "Wikimedia UK" as the working name it was better to have the working name and the legal name identical.
On 11/06/12 10:20, James Farrar wrote:
On 11 June 2012 09:45, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly@pobox.com mailto:gordon.joly@pobox.com> wrote:
And the charity has a new name! How does that affect fund raising? I asked at the AGM why "Wikimedia UK" was chosen in favour of "Wikimedia UK Ltd". Small point I guess.... but then I am pedant.For those who weren't there, I think the answer to that was that as a charity we're exempt from the normal limited company requirement for the name to end with "Limited" - and since we would continue to use simply "Wikimedia UK" as the working name it was better to have the working name and the legal name identical.
Thanks. Mike Peel did give an answer. But he did not say that, to my recollection.
It was my understanding that any company (or Industrial and Provident Society) can choose to omit "Ltd" or "Limited" from their name. Either way, I did wonder about the choice.
I think your explanation is fine!
Gordo
On 11/06/2012 10:51, Gordon Joly wrote:
On 11/06/12 10:20, James Farrar wrote:
For those who weren't there, I think the answer to that was that as a charity we're exempt from the normal limited company requirement for the name to end with "Limited" - and since we would continue to use simply "Wikimedia UK" as the working name it was better to have the working name and the legal name identical.
Thanks. Mike Peel did give an answer. But he did not say that, to my recollection.
It was my understanding that any company (or Industrial and Provident Society) can choose to omit "Ltd" or "Limited" from their name. Either way, I did wonder about the choice.
Only charities, those that has grandfathered in exemption, or any that has explicit exemption in other regulations. See Companies Act 2006 s.60.[1]
KTC
[1] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/60
On 11 Jun 2012, at 12:28, Katie Chan wrote:
On 11/06/2012 10:51, Gordon Joly wrote:
On 11/06/12 10:20, James Farrar wrote:
For those who weren't there, I think the answer to that was that as a charity we're exempt from the normal limited company requirement for the name to end with "Limited" - and since we would continue to use simply "Wikimedia UK" as the working name it was better to have the working name and the legal name identical.
Thanks. Mike Peel did give an answer. But he did not say that, to my recollection.
It was my understanding that any company (or Industrial and Provident Society) can choose to omit "Ltd" or "Limited" from their name. Either way, I did wonder about the choice.
Only charities, those that has grandfathered in exemption, or any that has explicit exemption in other regulations. See Companies Act 2006 s.60.[1]
KTC
Sorry - if I gave a different answer, then James and KTC's answer is the one I should have given! The main point of this change was that it means that our working and legal name are exactly the same, hence saving much typespace, ink and confusion.
Thanks, Mike
On 11/06/12 21:01, Michael Peel wrote:
Sorry - if I gave a different answer, then James and KTC's answer is the one I should have given! The main point of this change was that it means that our working and legal name are exactly the same, hence saving much typespace, ink and confusion.
Thanks, Mike
Thanks Mike. And I voted for the change!
Gordo
Welcome Katherine! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the board meeting at the end of the month!
When you have the time, I would recommend having a look at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2012 for the starting pages for the 2012 fundraiser (kicking off in November), and: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011 for what happened in last year's fundraiser.
Also, the page at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012-13_Fundraising_Agreement_%28UK%29 is the current draft of the fundraising agreement we'll be operating under this year, and: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination gives some of the background with the global fundraising strategy for the future.
I'd also recommend reading: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Draft_FDC_Propo... which gives an idea of where Wikimedia's heading in the future with fundraising and distributing funds.
For all of these pages, be sure to also read (and if you have questions, contribute to) the 'Talk' pages for discussion about the documents. (And ditto everyone else reading this email!)
Hope this helps. :-)
Thanks, Mike
On 11 Jun 2012, at 09:28, Katherine Bavage wrote:
Hello Everyone!
Thanks for the welcome, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with you all over the coming weeks/months as we work towards the 2012 fundraiser and a broader fundraising strategy - exciting stuff.
I will be at the meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 30th, and will spend the next weeks wrapping up my current job and reading around - so any resources you think might be a 'must see' do feel free to email me directly on katherine.bavage@gmail.com or on here
Thanks,
Katherine _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
On 11 June 2012 09:28, Katherine Bavage katherine.bavage@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Everyone!
Thanks for the welcome, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with you all over the coming weeks/months as we work towards the 2012 fundraiser and a broader fundraising strategy - exciting stuff.
I will be at the meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 30th, and will spend the next weeks wrapping up my current job and reading around - so any resources you think might be a 'must see' do feel free to email me directly on katherine.bavage@gmail.com or on here
Although I don't expect you to read it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Inciden... would give you a good understanding of the kind of day to day drama the English Wikipedia has while http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost will give you a more civilized overview.
On 11/06/12 22:53, geni wrote:
On 11 June 2012 09:28, Katherine Bavagekatherine.bavage@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Everyone!
Thanks for the welcome, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with you all over the coming weeks/months as we work towards the 2012 fundraiser and a broader fundraising strategy - exciting stuff.
I will be at the meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 30th, and will spend the next weeks wrapping up my current job and reading around - so any resources you think might be a 'must see' do feel free to email me directly on katherine.bavage@gmail.com or on here
Although I don't expect you to read it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Inciden... would give you a good understanding of the kind of day to day drama the English Wikipedia has while http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost will give you a more civilized overview.
Aahhhh..... I feel that Wikipedia is now too big for my brain. In a parallel word, compare with Linux, when it all got too big for Linus and all individual developers. Or our Prime Minister when the number of his children reached three.
:-)
How much of the deep and dirty side of Wikipedia and other projects will illuminate the new fundraiser for Wikimedia UK? Or the rest of us?
Gordo
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