On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 21/04/12 21:24, Thomas Morton wrote: > >> >> The line at which the chapter ends and the community begins is very >> blurred >> > > > Not in UK law. The Charity has members (and Trustees and staff). The > membership have obligations in law. They are responsible, for example, for > electing the Trustees and appointing the auditors, to name but two actions > they perform. > > I don't think anyone is unclear of the legal position. However, the charity also has a duty to look beyond its membership to the Wikimedia community and indeed to the general public. As it happens, this list is one of our important (albeit limited) ways of reaching out to active Wikimedians in the UK, regardless of whether they are members of the charity or not. Chris
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