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joseph seddon wrote:
At the end of the day we will have the correct answer and we can all be much happier.
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:19:39 +0100 From: thomas.dalton@gmail.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Charity and Bank account information
2008/8/28 joseph seddon life_is_bitter_sweet@hotmail.co.uk:
I would rather be clear and have it confirmed from them directly
than basing
if from the interpretations of two different people who may both be wrong. 5 minutes on the phone is better than being fined thousands of pounds.
If you insist, but we don't have two interpretations. As far as I know, Alison hasn't actually read the FAQ, she's just stating what she believes rather than finding out what's actually true. Anyway, it doesn't matter, the company is a long way off applying for charitable status, the board at the time can worry about it when the time comes. I'm not going to bother with this argument any more - Alison's lack of knowledge about charity law is irrelevant.
As I recall, Delphine wrote on 8/27/08 at 3:18AM:
- WMF's (financial) help can come in the form lawyer/charity advice in
order to make sure that the whole paperwork and prerequisites are filled out, also to sort out the bank account issues if needed.
I'm fairly certain that this doesn't mean we're going to hand a note to Mike Godwin and say, "look into this"; rather it possibly would involve the employment/contacting of a professional *within the UK* who is more knowledgeable about such things than any of us are.
This would certainly mean that we can have all our i's dotted and our t's crossed well in advance.
This is to the benefit of WMUK as well as the WMF; and save all of us a lot of "IANAL, but I am reading this as..." and let us spend time on the task of our Mission, both in the United Kingdom and outside.
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