Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut

2010-02-25 Thread joseph seddon
This was issue we were aware of but we realised that unfortunately whenever a change to the membership fee occured, it was going to result in some people paying a higher rate just before the reduced rate came into effect Seddon Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:21:18 + From: gordon.j...@pobox.com

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut

2010-02-25 Thread Bod Notbod
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 3:52 PM, James Hardy wrote: > I can not > really imagine any tangible benefits that WMUK can provide. After all, our > purpose is to make knowledge free, it would seem counter-intuitive to close > anything off to be members-only. One that occurs to me is that perhaps WMUK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut

2010-02-25 Thread Jarry 1250
I know I would certainly have appreciated some form of written communication through the post on becoming a member, just, y'know, to reassure me you guys knew I existed. Even a welcome letter with a nice letterhead and a little card wouldn't go amiss. While you're there, you could preach to your e

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut

2010-02-25 Thread Steve Virgin
Still a very smart idea though and definitely one worth keeping on the back burner for a time when we can use it Perhaps for a future discussion for the membership with the Wikimedia UK Board Mark 2 later this year? -- From: "Bod Notbod" Sent

[Wikimediauk-l] UK government open consultations

2010-02-25 Thread Michael Peel
Hi all, I've just been pointed towards a couple of open consultations from the government that we might be interested in responding to: http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/consultations/Digital_legal_deposit.pdf (Deadline 1 March - so urgent) http://www.ipo.gov.uk/consult-gowers2.pdf (Deadline 31

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut

2010-02-25 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 25 February 2010 05:33, Jarry 1250 wrote: > I know I would certainly have appreciated some form of written communication > through the post on becoming a member, just, y'know, to reassure me you guys > knew I existed. > > Even a welcome letter with a nice letterhead and a little card wouldn't g

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut

2010-02-25 Thread Tom Holden
I've contacted Jarry off list. -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Dalton Sent: 25 February 2010 4:27 PM To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK government open consultations

2010-02-25 Thread geni
On 25 February 2010 14:29, Michael Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just been pointed towards a couple of open consultations from > the government that we might be interested in responding to: > > http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/consultations/Digital_legal_deposit.pdf > (Deadline 1 March - so urgen