Meetings/2009-12-01/Agenda/Secretary's Report

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  1. Annual Return submitted to Companies House; the service address for all directors has been changed to the registered office per my previous email: this helps directors' privacy and may otherwise put people off from standing next year.
  2. We received a copy of a letter addressed to the Foundation in California from a UK firm of solicitors threatening legal action over a Wikipedia entry. I spoke to Mike Godwin about this and they are responding. I have emailed the solicitors to ensure they are clear about our independence from the Foundation and Wikipedia.
  3. I spoke with Gillian, the person at the Charity Commission who is looking at our application. She said she is expecting to respond to us, possibly with requests for further information, in around two weeks.
  4. We received a letter from yell offering a free entry - I rang them to organise