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Hi Dr. Blofeld, thank you for your application. The members of the [[Grants Committee]] will get back to you soon with any comments they may have. -- [[User:Katie Chan (WMUK)|Katie Chan (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Katie Chan (WMUK)|talk]]) 10:57, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello Dr. Blofeld, my initial thoughts on this are that I can see no reason to turn this down. This request is clearly within the scope of the chapter and having at least five more articles up to GA status should justify the cost. I agree that your record means you can be trusted to use the books for their intended purpose and complete the task in hand. I'm not to worried about counting the pennies at the moment as by the time you order the books the price may well have changed. Regardless, I think your being reasonable by ordering used books over new ones and agreeing to return them to the chapter when you've finished with them. From my experience, Amazon usually are cheap for books though I would also check eBay as well, as occasionally they can be cheaper over there. My only concern at the moment is what would the chapter do with the books once they were returned? Perhaps someone from the chapter could answer this. [[User:CT Cooper|CT Cooper]]<small><span style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;·</span>&#32;[[User talk:CT Cooper|talk]]</small> 20:04, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

: Just to note on the returning issue: WMUK needs to retain ownership of material purchased by this sort of grant to ensure that there isn't a personal benefit to the member that is receiving the grant, and also so that the materials can be added to the [[Library]] and made available to other members in the future. There's notes about this embedded in [[Project grants]]. Thanks. [[User:Mike Peel|Mike Peel]] ([[User talk:Mike Peel|talk]]) 20:18, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

:: Thank you for the information. To be clear, I only brought it up to think ahead for the chapter. If the office starts to overflow with poorly used books, then current practices might have to be reviewed, but that's for a wider discussion, and I don't want Dr. Blofeld to worry about it. [[User:CT Cooper|CT Cooper]]<small><span style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;·</span>&#32;[[User talk:CT Cooper|talk]]</small> 20:04, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Another alternative could be for me to resell the books on Amazon after completion and use the money to buy more books to assist in articles, although I gather you'd have to trust me to do so and provide some proof of resale and reusing the money to buy others which might be tricky.[[User:Dr. Blofeld|Dr. Blofeld]] ([[User talk:Dr. Blofeld|talk]]) 11:42, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

: I agree that would be tricky. I think just returning them to the office and letting the chapter worry about it is the easiest option. Alternatively, you could keep hold of the books on behalf of the chapter – they would just be added to the [[Library]] as in your possession to presumably be lent out on a "as needed"/"as requested" basis. [[User:CT Cooper|CT Cooper]]<small><span style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;·</span>&#32;[[User talk:CT Cooper|talk]]</small> 20:04, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi, this looks good to me, the only question I'd have is whether some/any of the books could be sourced from a library? With regard to returning the books, etc. I think it might be worth us looking at the best way to get maximum impact from such resources in a general sense but there's no reason to place that burden on you. [[User:Sjgknight|Sjgknight]] ([[User talk:Sjgknight|talk]]) 13:05, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

: Yeah, borrowing from libraries is another idea. I would be surprised if the average town library had most of these books, so a visit by Dr. Blofeld to a city/central library would probably be required, and even then, having them all in stock is not guaranteed. If Dr. Blofeld is within a reasonable distance of a major library and is interested, I don't see why not, but otherwise, I'm not going to insist on it. [[User:CT Cooper|CT Cooper]]<small><span style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;·</span>&#32;[[User talk:CT Cooper|talk]]</small> 20:04, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Just send the books to the Wikimedia UK office when you're done with it. We can either keep it as part of the library linked to by Mike, sell it on Amazon or ebay or wherever, but we can do that over here, you don't have to worry about that. -- [[User:Katie Chan (WMUK)|Katie Chan (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Katie Chan (WMUK)|talk]]) 13:25, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm informed that FREEPOST WIKIPEDIA is all that would be needed on the return.[[User:Dr. Blofeld|Dr. Blofeld]] ([[User talk:Dr. Blofeld|talk]]) 10:08, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

===Approval===
* Hi Dr. Blofeld, this application has been approved. Can you let me know whether you would like to make any purchases yourself and make a reimbursement claim, or for the chapter to make the purchase and have it sent to you? Thanks -- [[User:Katie Chan (WMUK)|Katie Chan (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Katie Chan (WMUK)|talk]]) 12:49, 26 March 2014 (UTC)