On 27 Jul 2012, at 08:26, David Gerard wrote: > On 27 July 2012 16:20, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 27 July 2012 13:59, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> We should consider that this isn't merchandise for sale, but giveaway >>> swag - chapters can't sell merchandise (yet), just give it away. (Go >>> visit WMUK and get away without a coffee mug.) > >> Are you sure about that? I remember Mike Godwin saying repeating at >> the Chapters Meeting in Berlin in 2009 that the WMF wasn't trying to >> stop chapters selling t-shirts (he seemed to think that was the only >> use of the trademarks we were interested in...). I'm not aware of that >> policy changing. (Whether they can be sold for profit, or just at >> cost, I'm not sure - there are tax issues if the chapter makes too >> much profit out of trading activies, anyway.) > > > I vaguely recall someone saying the chapter agreement didn't allow it, > but I'm sure WMUK would be most pleased for me to be wrong :-)
I think the situation is changing now, particularly with the global Wikimedia shop, and also a number of other chapters (FR, IT, etc.) operating shops. The question is more, is it worthwhile doing and/or pushing for? Is there a market, and sufficient benefit for the projects? (I had a quick chat with James Alexander about providing chapter-branded merchandise through the main Wikimedia shop, which may well be possible in the future.) Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
