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Thomas Dalton | 1 Jan 03:56
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Re: Manchester meetup

I'm on holiday and extremely tired, so I won't follow the link, but if
it's the 3rd or 4th weekend of January, I may be interested (other
commitments may arise).

2008/12/31 Al Tally <majorly.wiki <at> googlemail.com>:
> A meetup[1] is being planned for Manchester - please sign up if interested!
> Thanks.
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_4
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AndrewRT | 2 Jan 00:06
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Attendence at AGM

Hi all,

Happy New Year to everyone!

We're starting to look at the practicalities of the AGM and I though
it'd be useful to get an idea of how many people might attend in
person so we can book a suitable room.

Bearing in mind:
- all members will be able to vote - both for resolutions and for the
new board members - electronically without needing to attend
- we hope to have some kind of ability to allow people to contribute
to discussion remotely - but the details haven't been worked out yet
- the location is likely to be soemwhere central in either Birmingham
or Manchester (the decision on the city will be made 13th Jan)
- the date hasn't been fixed but is likely to be a weekend day at the
end of Feb or early March.

The main advantages of the day are:

- you get to see and hear the candidates for the Board and other
people involved in the chapter
- you can discuss and debate the priorities of the chapter with other
people
- you can hear talks from one of the exciting speakers we have booked
to come (details to follow)

Can you let me know if you personally would be interested in attending
in person and how many people you might expect to show up?
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AndrewRT | 2 Jan 00:08
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Re: Next meeting - Tuesday 13th Jan 2009, 8:30pm GMT

> Just to let you know the Board meeting today decided to call the next meeting in a fortnight's time, Tuesday
13th January 2009 at 8:30pm GMT/UTC.

The Agenda is now available here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Board_meetings/2009-01-13/Agenda

Please comment there if you would like to input into any item on the
agenda or would like to suggest something additional to discuss.

Cheers

Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wiki UK Limited
Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee
registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The
Registered
Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom

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Andrew Turvey | 2 Jan 16:42
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Gift Aid - a further update

Hi all,

I spoke to the Charities Unit at the UK Tax Authorities today for an update on our application for Gift Aid. We wrote to them on 23rd November applying for Gift Aid status and they previously said they had a backlog of 6-8 weeks' post to work through so we should expect an answer in approximately mid January.

Unfortunately they are now working on mid-October post, meaning the backlog has risen to 10 weeks and we can now expect an answer around 10th February.

On a positive note they have confirmed that we can ask people to sign the Gift Aid declaration now, notwithstanding that we haven't received a response, and we will be able to reclaim tax on these donations as soon as we are approved without having to approach the donors again.

I'll keep everyone informed.

Regards,
 
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Subject: Gift Aid - an update

Hi all,

Just to keep you up to date regarding Gift Aid. I spoke to the HMRC Charities Unit today and asked them when we should expect a response. They said they are currently taking between 6-8 weeks so we should expect to hear around mid January.

As we are not registered with the Charity Commission their initial response may ask for more information to support out status as a charity; however, I'll keep everyone informed when we hear.

Regards,
 
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Andrew Cates | 2 Jan 17:22
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Re: Gift Aid - a further update

Any progress on accepting direct debits?

A

2009/1/2 Andrew Turvey <raturvey <at> yahoo.co.uk>:
> Hi all,
>
> I spoke to the Charities Unit at the UK Tax Authorities today for an update
> on our application for Gift Aid. We wrote to them on 23rd November applying
> for Gift Aid status and they previously said they had a backlog of 6-8
> weeks' post to work through so we should expect an answer in approximately
> mid January.
>
> Unfortunately they are now working on mid-October post, meaning the backlog
> has risen to 10 weeks and we can now expect an answer around 10th February.
>
> On a positive note they have confirmed that we can ask people to sign the
> Gift Aid declaration now, notwithstanding that we haven't received a
> response, and we will be able to reclaim tax on these donations as soon as
> we are approved without having to approach the donors again.
>
> I'll keep everyone informed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew Turvey
> Secretary
> Wiki UK Limited
> Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright
> Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.
>
> Information contained in this email may be confidential. If you are not the
> intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete this
> email from your system. Unauthorised copying, forwarding or other use of any
> confidential information in this email may result in legal action.
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Andrew Turvey <raturvey <at> yahoo.co.uk>
> To: wikimediauk-l <at> lists.wikimedia.org
> Cc: WMUK <board <at> wikimedia.org.uk>
> Sent: Friday, 5 December, 2008 22:23:10
> Subject: Gift Aid - an update
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just to keep you up to date regarding Gift Aid. I spoke to the HMRC
> Charities Unit today and asked them when we should expect a response. They
> said they are currently taking between 6-8 weeks so we should expect to hear
> around mid January.
>
> As we are not registered with the Charity Commission their initial response
> may ask for more information to support out status as a charity; however,
> I'll keep everyone informed when we hear.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew Turvey
> Company Secretary
> Wiki UK Limited
>
> Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright
> Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.
>
> Information contained in this email may be confidential. If you are not the
> intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete this
> email from your system. Unauthorised copying, forwarding or other use of any
> confidential information in this email may result in legal action.
>
>
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AndrewRT | 2 Jan 17:30
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Re: Gift Aid - a further update

On Jan 2, 4:22 pm, "Andrew Cates" <And...@soschildren.org> wrote:
> Any progress on accepting direct debits?

We will be able to accept standig orders as soon as the bank account
is finalised which should be soon after Foundation approval next
Sunday.

I think the Board decided against direct debits as they were too
expensive, but I can't find the decision at the moment - cfp could you
confirm?

We're also looking into paypal which could be promising.

Hope this helps,

Andrew

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Tom Holden | 2 Jan 17:46
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Re: Gift Aid - a further update

Paypal will always be more expensive than direct bank transfers, even
with the charitable discount, so I'd certainly recommend that those
looking to donate to us who have the facility to make us direct bank
transfers should avoid paypal.

Direct debits certainly aren't free, though the majority of the costs
are set-up and annual ones, rather than proportional to the level of
donations, so once we're larger it will be relatively cheaper. However
it's by the by at the moment since the Co-Op require you to have had
an account with them for a year before they'll let you set-up direct
debits (out of other people's accounts).

Tom

2009/1/2 AndrewRT <raturvey <at> yahoo.co.uk>:
> On Jan 2, 4:22 pm, "Andrew Cates" <And...@soschildren.org> wrote:
>> Any progress on accepting direct debits?
>
> We will be able to accept standig orders as soon as the bank account
> is finalised which should be soon after Foundation approval next
> Sunday.
>
> I think the Board decided against direct debits as they were too
> expensive, but I can't find the decision at the moment - cfp could you
> confirm?
>
> We're also looking into paypal which could be promising.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Andrew
>
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Thomas Dalton | 3 Jan 19:22
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Re: Gift Aid - a further update

> Direct debits certainly aren't free, though the majority of the costs
> are set-up and annual ones, rather than proportional to the level of
> donations, so once we're larger it will be relatively cheaper. However
> it's by the by at the moment since the Co-Op require you to have had
> an account with them for a year before they'll let you set-up direct
> debits (out of other people's accounts).

And other banks have similar rules, I believe. You need to prove you
are trustworthy before you can start taking money out of people's
accounts.

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Al Tally | 3 Jan 19:35

Re: Manchester meetup

Date is now finalised as Saturday 14th March, at 1pm (time based on London meetups which seems to be a good setup).

Please sign up if you can make it[1] - if you'd like to be reminded about it nearer the time, please sign your name in the reminders section - no excuses! :-)

If you can't make it but would like to be notified of UK meetups, please sign your name on [2]. Even if you can make it and want to be notified of future meetups, please sign too!

Thanks, and looking forward to March!


[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_4
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/UK#List

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michael west | 3 Jan 19:53
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Re: Manchester meetup



2009/1/3 Al Tally <majorly.wiki <at> googlemail.com>
Date is now finalised as Saturday 14th March, at 1pm (time based on London meetups which seems to be a good setup).

Please sign up if you can make it[1] - if you'd like to be reminded about it nearer the time, please sign your name in the reminders section - no excuses! :-)

If you can't make it but would like to be notified of UK meetups, please sign your name on [2]. Even if you can make it and want to be notified of future meetups, please sign too!

Thanks, and looking forward to March!



[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_4
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/UK#List

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Is the meet up just for editors? - I retired a year ago from editing but still read and use wikipedia. It seems a little extreme to bar non-editors, its a social.

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