Thanks for the email Harry - I'm sorry to hear that people are worried about our expenses policy. Any concerns should go to Jon.
I think that in this case, we weren't as clear as we could be when sending out the initial email. I think that the policy is applied thoroughly and fairly, and it's being used for this event. We've been invited to speak at the conference for 20 minutes, on one day - we're thus happy to cover expenses for that day. However, as we're not actually required for the other days, I don't think that accommodation overnight for anyone - staff or volunteer - would be in line with our charitable objects. We can fund people to speak at the conference, by all means: that would be well within our objects (we'd be teaching people about Wikimedia). People are welcome to stay for all three days on their own time, of course, but I don't think that attending the entire conference is really something that Wikimedia UK could fund using donor funds. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 25 September 2012 16:57, HJ Mitchell <hjmitch...@ymail.com> wrote: > I'm sure this isn't your fault, Hasina, but this is something that's > getting on my nerves, and those of other volunteers. We have an expenses > policy ( > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Finance_Policy_2012#Reimbursement_of_Expenses), > which specifies when the chapter will cover expenses and what expenses they > will cover. For people to start applying their own, contradictory policies > is only going to confuse matters and is likely to lead to the kind of > confusion that the office was (at least in part) established to prevent. > > If the policy is inadequate, it should be modified, but until it is, it > should be applied to every case. > > Harry Mitchell > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > Phone: 024 7698 0977 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Hasina Khatun <hasina.kha...@wikimedia.org.uk> > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 14:12 > *Subject:* [Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry > > Dear Wikimedians, > Wikimedia UK has been invited recently invited to an event in Coventry on > 19 October - CiyCamp Coventry (www.citycampcov.org.uk). CityCamp aims to > encourage and enable local government, businesses, community organisations > and academia to share knowledge, web technologies and experience to help > shape the future of Coventry. > This event will be held on Friday 19 October 2012 at 13:00 till Sunday 21 > October 2012 at 16:30 at the City Council Offices. We have managed to get a > slot to speak on the Friday afternoon at 3pm, for 20 minutes. If anyone > is free and would like to discuss Wikimedia UK's work at this event, please > let us know as it would be great to engage with as many people as possible > about sharing knowledge. > > We could be able to cover your travel, but not the accommodation, so this > might be an ideal opportunity for a person based locally. Please let me > know if your are free to attend the whole weekend or just to go and speak. > I will be looking forward to hearing back from you. > > Hasina > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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