[Foundation-l] UK Foundation (was Day 1 Fund Drive Report)

[Angela]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 03:20:07 +0000, Scott Keir <scottkeir at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Given the UK support is about 10% of the total support, has there been
> consideration given to setting up a UK Foundation, to promote Wikimedia
> and raise funds in the UK?

Yes, there has. See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/British_Wikimedia_chapter

There is currently an issue about exactly what area the chapter should
cover. British Isles or UK or only England & Wales (since those have a
separate charity law from Scotland etc)

There has been limited interest in the chapter so far. Only ten people
have pledged any interest, despite 86 people being listed at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board

Angela.