[foundation-board] Charity Commission update and next steps

Wed Mar 1 09:43:41 UTC 2017

Thanks for this Pavel.  Apologies - I have been away and may have missed it
- did you send further thoughts on this?

Thanks, HT

On 18 February 2017 at 09:31, Pavel Richter <pavel.richter at okfn.org> wrote:

> Dear Board,
>
> we had some productive talks with the Charity Commission over the last
> several weeks, including one in person meeting and a follow up email from
> the commission.
>
> Right now, it seems as if the only hurdle between us and charity status is
> what the commission calls "political activity" to pressure governments (the
> ones that do not have any intention to open up just yet) to open up data.
> While for OKI as an organisation, we are not doing such political activity
> (and have, so far, no plans to do so), the commission is concerned that our
> chapters and local groups can / are engaging in such activities.
>
> We are currently mapping the existing chapters and the environments they
> are working on, and we will formulate a position according to this
> exercise. I will share this for your consideration / discussion / approval
> by the end of the coming week (24. February), which will leave you and us
> enough time to discuss and decide, before the 6. March deadline we got from
> the commission for feedback.
>
> If you have any questions, please let me know.
>
> --
> Kind regards
>
> Pavel Richter
> CEO
> Open Knowledge International
>
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