Nor do I like the idea of viewing the charity application as being adversarial, and no, the CC aren't out to get us. That wasn't what I was trying to imply. However, it is a negotiation process, involving third parties as well as us and the CC. There are different possible angles to take - some productive; some counter-productive - and while those discussions are definitely being had, it doesn't necessarily help for them to be public discussions. I don't think it would be wise to publicly discuss "snags", for example.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 22 June 2011 09:58, Martin Poulter <infob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just to be clear, the Board are giving charity status the highest > priority- > > you can take that as given. However, we're very concerned not to "show > our > > hand" by discussing those negotiations more widely. In that respect, the > > lack of detail in public communications is a sign of how seriously we > take > > the issue. > > I'm not sure I like the idea of viewing the charity application as > being adversarial. The CC aren't out to get us, they just need to be > helped to understand what we do and realise that it is charitable. We > should be being open with the CC, not trying to bluff them. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager, The Economics Network Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter Board member of Wikimedia UK: http://uk.wikimedia.org/ "Creating a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge"
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