On Thu, August 28, 2008 12:25, Arkady Rose wrote:
I hereby give notice of my resignation as both
Secretary and as a
Director of Wiki Educational Resources Ltd, effective immediately.
Arkady, may I thank you for all you have done for Wiki Educational
Resources Ltd since you got involved with the organisation, and I fully
accept and understand your reasons for declining to continue.
As I had previously noted I was not planning on remaining a Director post
the AGM and this change in your status now, rather than at the AGM when
you had indicated to the Board that you also would not seek re-election,
means that I must consider carefully what is in the best interests of both
Wiki Educational Resources Ltd and of the future operations of Wikmedia
UK.
Since WMUK was founded we have had one problem after another, some with
respect to the relationship with WMF, some with the closer to home UK
banking system that insists on basing judgements about a Corporation on
the personal details of the members of its Board. One delayed us a year,
the other all the way until now and with no immediate sight of a
resolution.
To date, Wiki Educational Resources Ltd has received little external
monies and these have been paid towards the expenses incurred in setting
up the Company and carrying out its proper activities. Monies are still
owed to various individuals however the Company has no assets to cover
them and is, presently, unlikely to have a suitable income stream in the
near future to do so.
I have been considering for some time what the best option for the future
of WMUK is and, regrettably, I feel that Wiki Educational Resources Ltd,
being the present holder of a contract with Wikimedia Foundation Inc for
the use of the relevant trademarks, is not likely to be the best long-term
holder of that contract in the current situation.
As such, I am proposing with immediate effect that Wiki Educational
Resources Ltd be wound up in accordance with Article 8 of the Memorandum
of Association and an EGM will be called to that end. The contract with
the Wikimedia Foundation Inc will thus fall aside (it is not transferable)
and there are not other assets or benefits to distributed or passed on to
other organisations. For myself I am willing to forego repayment of the
outstanding expenses I have incurred on behalf of Wikimedia UK and Wiki
Educational Resources Ltd, and hope that others will do so to in order to
expedite the process.
Any applications received for membership are hereby declined. Thank you
for your interest.
Papers requesting that Wiki Educational Resources Ltd be struck off the
register of Companies will be filed with Companies House immediately after
the EGM calling for the dissolution of the Company.
Thank you all,
Alison Wheeler
for Wiki Educational Resources Ltd