On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
WMF is completely separate, I don't think accepting donations to them
in exchange for membership of the chapter is a good idea.
Yes, yes, yes. Linking chapter membership to WMF donations is, in my
opinion, even worse than wholesale redirect of donations. It's maybe
not illegal (I presume a board is entitled to set its requirements for
membership and options of payment relatively freely), but it sends
very dangerous signs about the degree of, well, "connectedness" of the
two organisations. You want to avoid this, *especially* in the UK with
its current libel legislation...
Michael
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