This has been the case for the last two years, so although the decision for this year is
disappointing in practice nothing has changed.
The major effects are the movement will still not benefit from the available Gift Aid of
perhaps £300,000 annually, and that donor details remain held by the WMF in the US. The
charity’s lack of access to donor details hinders us from engaging with UK donors, keeping
funds flowing without repeated public appeals, and converting donors into supporters and
volunteers.
Best regards
Michael
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Michael Maggs
Chair, Wikimedia UK
On 21 May 2014, at 14:10, Deskana <djgwiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
For those not up on the governance, what are the
practical ramifications of this for the chapter?
Thanks,
Dan
On 21 May 2014 03:09, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Wikimedia UK regrets to have to announce to the community that the Wikimedia Foundation’s
outgoing Executive Director, Sue Gardner, has given us formal notice of her decision under
her mandate from the WMF board not to renew our fundraising agreement, thereby excluding
us from this year’s fundraiser.
We have written an open letter to Sue about this decision. A copy of our letter to Sue
can be found here on the Wikimedia UK wiki.
Thanks and regards,
Stevie