Wikimediauk-l April 2010

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New board of trustees
by Andrew Turvey 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

The AGM on Saturday elected a new board of trustees. Many thanks to everyone who attended or sent proxy ballots. Full details are on the wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2010_AGM/Minutes#Election_results. All five remaining candidates received more than 50% support and were therefore elected. Our thanks go to Tom Holden and Zeyi He who stepped down from the board this year and to the tellers, James Farrar and James Humphries who did a fantastic job once more of running the election. After the AGM the first board meeting elected me as the new Chair, Mike Peel stepped into the position of Secretary and Tom Dalton became Treasurer. Regards, Andrew Turvey

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Help elect a new board of trustees for Wikimedia UK
by email＠mikepeel.net 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

On 22 Apr 2010, at 15:01, Michael Peel wrote: > It has been received, and is in the very last stages of being > approved; apologies for it taking so long. Expect an email about it > either later today or tomorrow. All received membership applications should have now been processed and accepted. If anyone hasn't heard anything back from their application, please get in touch with me asap. Thanks, Mike

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Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) in London on 24th April 2010
by Jonathan Gray 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

Hi, A quick reminder that this year's Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) is taking place in London on 24th April 2010 - in 10 days time! There are still tickets left - and you can register at the following link: http://www.okfn.org/okcon/register/ Speakers and sessions include: * 'State of the Nation' Keynotes: - Matthias Schindler, Wikimedia (Germany) on 'Bibliographic Data and the Public Domain' - Glyn Moody, on the 'Post-Analogue World' - Peter Murray-Rust, on 'Recent Developments in Open Science' - Chris Taggart, on 'Open Local Government Data' - Sören Auer, on 'Linked Open Data' - Jordan Hatcher, on 'Open Licensing for Data' * Ideas and Culture with talks on analyzing 'Dickens Letters' and 'Making the Physical from the Digital' * Open Bibliographic Information with talks on 'The Itinerant Poetry Library' and the 'Journal Commons' * Community Driven Research with talks on 'Climate data' and 'Open Archaeology' * Civic Information with talks on 'Using Open Government Data to Profile Politicians' and the 'Straight Choice' * Open Government Data and PSI in the EU which looks at the current state of play in France, Norway, Germany, the UK and elsewhere * Tools with talks on 'Large-scale data handling and revisioning' with the Genome, Ontowiki, CKAN and more * Open Data and the Semantic Web with talks about South Korean DBPedia and Thesaurus Management Tool ‘Pool Party’ * Open Data in International Development including talks from PublishWhatYouFund and on OpenStreetMap in Haiti Further details are available at: http://blog.okfn.org/2010/04/14/okcon-2010-nearly-here-24th-april-2010-in-l… http://www.okfn.org/okcon/programme More information: * Main conference page: http://www.okfn.org/okcon/ * FAQ: http://www.okfn.org/okcon/faq If you have any questions please email Sara Wingate-Gray at sara.gray(a)okfn.org. We look forward to seeing people there! All the best, -- Jonathan Gray Community Coordinator The Open Knowledge Foundation http://blog.okfn.org http://twitter.com/jwyg http://identi.ca/jwyg

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Help elect a new board of trustees for Wikimedia UK
by Andrew Turvey 22 Apr '10

22 Apr '10

WIKI UK LTD (WIKIMEDIA UK) ELECTION OF DIRECTORS This message contains the following information pertaining to the election of Directors of Wiki UK Limited (Wikimedia UK): (1) Statement of Persons Nominated (2) Electoral Procedure (3) Questions to candidates (4) Candidate Statements (5) Ballot Paper for absentee voting ======================================================================== (1) Statement of Persons Nominated At the close of nominations, the following individuals stood validly nominated for election as Directors of Wiki UK Limited: Thomas Michael Dalton Brian McNeil Michael Peel Joseph Seddon Andrew Rowan Turvey Stephen Charles (Steve) Virgin ======================================================================== (2) Electoral Procedure The Directors are elected under the approval voting system - for each candidate, you should write "YES" or "NO" by his name on the ballot paper. Candidates will be ranked by the number of "YES" votes they receive. A ballot paper on which the space by a candidate's name is left blank shall be treated as though it were a "NO" vote. The top three candidates will be elected as directors irrespective of the number of "YES" votes they receive. In addition, other candidates may be elected, provided that they receive a majority of "YES" votes. All candidates are over 18; therefore, the provisions made in the Election Rules for candidates under 18 do not apply. To vote, please email the completed ballot paper below to tellers(a)wikimedia.org.uk before 09:00 BST (08:00 UTC) on Saturday 24th April 2010. Alternatively, ballot papers will be available at the AGM, and members present will be entitled to supersede any electronic vote they may have cast in advance of the meeting with a paper vote cast at the meeting. ======================================================================== (3) Questions to Candidates Any questions Members may wish to ask candidates before they cast their vote can be recorded on the Wikimedia UK wiki: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2010_AGM/Candidate_questions ======================================================================== (4) Candidate Statements Each candidate's date of birth, occupation, former names and UK company directorships in the last five years is kept on file and will be made public only if they are elected. Thomas Dalton I am Head of Fundraising of Wikimedia UK and, following the resignation of a trustee, was co-opted onto the board. I ran our recent fundraiser, which was very successful, raising around £50,000 for us (and a similar amount for the Wikimedia Foundation). As a board member I have, among other things, been responsible for organising a global fundraising summit that will be held in the UK in May. I have been active on the English Wikipedia since 2002 in various capacities. I was recently invited to visit the Wikimedia Foundation office in San Francisco, where I met with many of the staff. I also attended a meeting of all chapters in Berlin last year and am in regular contact with many people in other chapters. I feel my strong working relationship with many at the Foundation and other chapters will be very useful for Wikimedia UK. My vision for the chapter is that the board (and staff) will facilitate members conducting all kinds of outreach and content sharing activities and I hope to achieve that by helping the chapter sort out the infrastructure, finances, staff and other behind-the-scenes things so that members can work on various initiatives. Brian McNeil No candidate statement submitted. Michael Peel I have been involved with WMUK since it was rebooted in 2008, serving first as Membership Secretary and then as Chair. My involvement has included talking to the press (I look after the WMUK phone), responding to email queries; assisting technically with the fundraiser (and the website as a whole); running Britain Loves Wikipedia and talking to cultural institutions (including national museums and organizations such as the MLA and CollectionsTrust). I have represented the chapter at the Chapters Meeting in 2009, and (at the time of writing) will shortly be attending the 2010 meeting. I also attended the Multimedia Usability meeting in November 2009. Over the last year, we have sown a lot of seeds, and nurtured the first green shoots, which have led to events like Britain Loves Wikipedia (working with 20 museums nationwide) and the first UK content partnership. A lot more seeds should start growing over the next year, and I would like to help bring them to fruition. I would like to focus more on leading individual tasks rather than leadership of the chapter as a whole, hence I would prefer not to be chair again for the coming year. I would like to see the growth of in-person events throughout the UK over the coming year, building up a geographically distributed core of participants, with the aim of producing freely-licensed content. In addition, I would like to continue liaising with organizations to forge content partnerships. In terms of a direction for the organization of the chapter, I would like to focus on professionalization - hiring an office administrator and technical developers. It has become very apparent over the last year that there is a lot that can be done, but rarely enough volunteer time to make it happen and to do it successfully. Professionalization will greatly ease this, and make the chapter a lot more streamlined and capable. I have been active on Wikipedia for over 5 years (my first edit was in March 2005), during which time I've made around 15,000 edits (although my edit rate has dropped off considerably since being involved with Wikimedia UK). I'm also active on the Commons, where I have made over 3500 edits and uploaded over 650 images of my own creation. I have also made over 2000 edits on Wikisource. In real life, I'm employed as a postdoctoral researcher at Jodrell Bank (part of the University of Manchester). Please don't hesitate to ask me any questions you might have (on my talk page, on irc (nick mpeel) or anywhere else you see me around). Joseph Seddon My name is Joseph Seddon and I have been involved within the Wikimedia projects since November 2006 and a director of Wikimedia UK since April 2009. Outside the chapter I am currently in my second year of an undergraduate Masters degree in Exploration and Resource Geology at Cardiff University. On the wikimedia projects my main area of activity has been on the English Wikipedia and I am a former mediator, arbitratation clerk and administrator. These roles I recently gave up so that I could focus my time on the chapter. I have very specific roles that I see myself undertaking over the next year. The first of these is the organisation of conference to bring together Wikimedia and the Cultural sector within the UK. Work has already begun for and being part of this years new board will greatly assist me in bringing this fantastic opportunity together. Secondly, I want to strengthen our working relationship with free knowledge organisations such as the open knowledge foundation, creative commons uk, icommons and other free culture and software organisations. These groups have been active in the uk for many years and are successful in thier operation and we have so much to learn and gain from them. The contacts, skills and experience that they bring in the technology, culture and education sectors are invaluable in our work to bring the sum of all human knowledge to the UK and internationally. Finally I want to encourage the growth of the chapter professionally. Employing professionals to the chapters increases our efficiency and impact many times over compared to being run by volunteers. It frees up volunteer time and means we can do more. With my knowledge and understanding of our communites and an increasing understanding of the sectors we will work closely with I feel that being part of the new board will be a huge positive to our ever growing chapter. Andrew Turvey I have been on the board for the last two years and would like to stand for a third and final term to see through the things I have been working on, in particular our application to the Charity Commission. I have found the board a very enjoyable and enriching experience, even if sometimes frustrating and time consuming. Sadly I'm not able to devote as much time as I'd like to Wikimedia given the recent changes in my life, but I'm sure that one board meeting per month plus the various commitments outside the board will be achievable. Next year will see some important developments with Wikimedia UK - continued growth in membership, activities and income; employing our first staff member and, hopefully, a successful conclusion to our charity application. It would be a privilege to be part of this! Steve Virgin It has been a privilege to serve during the last year and it has proved both challenging and highly rewarding. Challenging because as a Board we have had to work hard to raise the profile of both the Chapter and the range of projects that Wikimedia UK promote and support. However, although it has been time consuming and the Board had to operate on tight budgets right up until the Fundraiser last winter, this problem is now resolved and the Wikimedia UK chapter has a healthy bank balance which will allow the new Board to push the development of the Chapter further forward. Fortunately, the rewards are plenty and the warm reception that Board members get when they talk about our projects are such that it makes me optimistic about the coming year. My discussions have led to a recent internal BBC Future Media Team proposal to set up a project to channel image donations to Wikimedia Commons. They have led to nearly concluded discussions with ARKIVE/WildScreen about the likelihood of a large content donation of data, images, video and audio archive from its endangered animals and species database. There are on-going talks with one of the oldest Theatres in Britain (Bristol Old Vic) about securing a content donation to Wikimedia Commons. I have worked with the Board on making contacts with the business community. Only last week on behalf of the Board, I persuaded HP in Bristol to donate its high-tech campus facilities to Wikimedia UK for free for a global Wikimedia Foundation Fund Raising Conference that is due to take place mid-May. And in the south-west, where I am based, I have made close contact with many schools, businesses, local councils, community-based local partnerships that are trying to help marginalised people in the city and universities. They have all looked very favourably on the Wikimedia UK chapter and I would expect the new Board to be able to build on these relationships in the coming months. I have spoken on behalf of the Chapter, both with fellow Board members and alone. The most recent occasion was in March at a Bristol City Council led event called 'Green, Open & Social' at which I asked for both the business community and the public sector bodies to consider content donations and ways of engaging with us through joining the Chapter. On all occasions I have been grateful to have had the advice of fellow Wikimedia Board members who have helped me rise up the Wikimedia UK learning curve. As someone with press experience I also feel I have made a contribution to the Board in providing it with contact database information, and expertise in editing and sharpening the statements that we have made to the media. I'd love to be given the chance by the Wikimedia UK community to carry on building on the work of the last twelve months as a Board member as I passionately believe in our projects and our goals. ======================================================================== (5) Ballot Paper If you wish to cast your vote before the AGM, please send the following ballot paper to tellers(a)wikimedia.org.uk before 09:00 BST on Saturday 24 April 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WIKI UK LIMITED (WIKIMEDIA UK) ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Name: Membership number: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ballot Paper Write "YES" or "NO" beside name of each candidate. Thomas Dalton [ ] Brian McNeil [ ] Michael Peel [ ] Joseph Seddon [ ] Andrew Turvey [ ] Steve Virgin [ ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ As ever, any questions about the elections should be directed to tellers(a)wikimedia.org.uk. James Farrar Teller, Wikimedia UK -- Andrew Turvey Director Andrew Turvey Solutions Limited Registered Office: 23 Cartwright Way, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1RL Registered in England, Registration Number 5596974 Information contained in this email may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. Unauthorised copying, forwarding or other use of any confidential information in this email may result in legal action.

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London meetup this Sunday - strategy presentation
by Thomas Dalton 09 Apr '10

09 Apr '10

For people attending the meetup in London this Sunday: Sue Gardner would like to talk to everyone about the new strategy plan. I've put her presentation slides (prepared for the upcoming chapters meeting in Berlin) on the UK wiki here: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Strategy_Project_Cha… You may wish to either print it out or, if you are bringing a laptop, download a copy. I believe Seddon is planning on bringing a few printed copies, but the more people that can see them the better, since we can't do an actual slideshow in a bar. See you all there! Tom

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Fwd: [Foundation-l] Help building "List of things that need to be free"
by David Gerard 09 Apr '10

09 Apr '10

FYI. I know a few people on this list have been pursuing these ideas assiduously. - d. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kristofer Bjornson <dafer45(a)hotmail.com> Date: 9 April 2010 12:19 Subject: [Foundation-l] Help building "List of things that need to be free" To: wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org The Content scope Task Force at strategy.wikimedia.org is at the moment compiling a "List of things that need to be free". The purpose of this list is to list all kinds of content that ought to be available for free, to see what other organizations provide such content, and to judge in which areas WMF can help providing such content. Any help in filling this list in would be very much appreciated. You will find it at http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_that_need_to_be_free /Dafer45 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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Open Knowledge Conference Setup Assistance
by joseph seddon 09 Apr '10

09 Apr '10

Dear list, Will any members be interested and willing to help with the setup for OKCON? Many Thanks Joseph Seddon Wikimedia UK _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/

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Open Knowledge Conference/AGM
by joseph seddon 08 Apr '10

08 Apr '10

Dear Wikimedia UK mailing list, As you are aware, the 2010 AGM is being collocated with the Open Knowledge Conference. The AGM will be free to attend to all members but talks from members of the Wikimedia community are being included as part of the Open Knowledge Conference and therefore registration will be needed to attend this talks. The registration costs £20 + a booking fee. Conference registration can be found at: http://okcon2010.eventbrite.com/ This fee however will be waivered for those that are unable to pay the cost of registration and would therefore prevent them from attending the talks and the rest of the conference. To help us get an idea of numbers for the AGM for health and safety reasons and to assist those that require the fee waiver, we ask that you fill out a VERY brief form by Wednesday 14th April 2010 with regards to whether you will be attending the AGM and/or conference. (All responses from the form will be deleted immediately after the 24th April 2010 [the day of the conference]). Please fill out the following form by Wednesday 14th April 2010: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHkzRk9KTm1KZ0hCMkVvS3NvMEh… Thank You for your time in this Joseph Seddon Conferences & Events Director WIKIMEDIA UK Email: joseph.seddon(a)wikimedia.org.uk Personal Email: josephseddon(a)googlemail.com _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikimedia UK - help us build our future
by brian.mcneil＠wikinewsie.org 08 Apr '10

08 Apr '10

Andrew, Can you forward me as a candidate? My own PC has died and I'm on borrowed time with someone else's Details: Brian McNeil 72 Whitelaw Drive Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1RH D.O.B: 26/02/1969. Thanks! Hopefully have a replacement PSU in the box later today. Brian. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikimedia UK - help us build our future > From: Andrew Turvey <andrewrturvey(a)googlemail.com> > Date: Sat, April 03, 2010 10:53 pm > To: WMUK-L <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > > As promised the AGM notice that was recently sent to all Wikimedia UK members. Please feel free to forward the details to anyone who know who may be interested in attending. > > Regards, > > ----- "Andrew Turvey" <andrewrturvey(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > > From: "Andrew Turvey" <andrewrturvey(a)googlemail.com> > > To: "Wikimedia UK tellers" <tellers(a)wikimedia.org.uk> > > Sent: Wednesday, 24 March, 2010 00:32:38 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal > > Subject: Wikimedia UK - help us build our future > > > > > > Dear Member, > > > > Thank you for being a member of Wikimedia UK - the movement promoting and supporting Wikipedia, its sister projects and open content here in the UK. Wikimedia UK is now one year old. Our voice is starting to be heard - in discussions with museums and the government, engaging with the education sector and defending our communities in interviews with the news media. > > > > This year has seen significant growth in Wikimedia UK: we have raised over £50,000, doubled our membership and increased our activities. We represented the Wikimedia movement at over a dozen events and were quoted numerous times in the national media. Britain Loves Wikipedia expanded to 20 museums across Britain. We arranged content donations from organisations like the Mary Rose Trust and more are in the works. Understanding the many doors it will unlock, we submitted our charity application and instructed solicitors to help with this process. We hope to have a response in time for the AGM. > > > > Next year we hope to do much more, but to do that we need as many members involved as possible. > > > > Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 24th April at the University of London Students' Union. Please come along to hear what we have managed to achieve and help us plan our activities for the future. > > > > The address of the AGM is: > > > > University of London Students' Union > > Malet Street > > London, WC1E 7HY > > > > It's within walking distance of London Euston railway station and several tube lines. Directions: http://www.ulu.co.uk/content/index.php?page=13 > > > > So that we can plan for the right number of people, if you are attending, it would help us if you could add yourself to the list at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2010_AGM/Attendees > > > > The AGM will run alongside the "Open Knowledge Conference" (OKCON), now in its fifth year. The programme will shortly be announced and in previous years has included presentations from MySociety, Open Street Map and OPSI, the government publishers. > > > > More information on OKCon: http://www.okfn.org/okcon/ > > > > Events will start at 10am. The official AGM will run from 2pm to 4pm and cover the annual report, election of a new Board of Trustees and five official motions: > > > > 1. Creating a new class of membership for Member Organisations with two votes each > > 1a Amending the motion to grant only one vote each > > 2. Setting the fees for Member Organisations at £100 per year > > 3. Reducing the fees for Individual Members to £5 per year > > 4. Allowing the Board to waive membership fees in individual cases > > 5. Appointing the people elected under the Election Rules as directors > > > > > > More details of these motions is given below. If you would like to propose an amendment please get in touch by emailing secretary(a)wikimedia.org.uk to discuss. > > > > Please vote on these motions by forwarding this email to "tellers(a)wikimedia.org.uk" and putting "Yes" or "No" against each of the motions above. You may also vote in person at the AGM and you may change your vote at any time. Email votes must be received by 2pm on Friday 23rd April. By forwarding this email with your instructions to the tellers you are agreeing to appoint the tellers as your proxy and they will cast your vote on your behalf. The wording of the proxy declaration is as follows: > > > > "I, the above named member, of the above email address, being a member of Wikimedia UK, hereby appoint James Farrar and James Humphreys ("the Tellers") as my proxy to vote in my name on my behalf at the general meeting of the charity to be held on 24 April 2010 and at any adjournment thereof according to my instruction above. Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy may vote as they think fit where consistent with my instruction or abstain." > > > > Alternatively you have a right to appoint someone else as your proxy to attend the meeting and vote on your behalf. Please use the same wording as above and email it to tellers(a)wikimedia.org.uk. > > > > Hope to see you on 24th! > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Secretary, on behalf of the Board of Trustees > > Wikimedia UK > > Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. > > Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. > > The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom. > > > > > > Details of Resolutions > > > 1. Creating a new class of membership for Member Organisations with two votes each > > > > When Wikimedia UK was originally established, we considered accepting organisations as members where, for instance, they share our values or want to partner with us in our activities. Several other chapters have similar arrangements. We wrote the facility in our articles, but decided to defer the details until a later date when the chapter is more established. > > > > We now think it would be advantageous to activate this clause. The proposal would give each Member Organisations two votes at the AGM to reflect their role as a group of people, although we would always expect there to be many more Individual Members than Member Organisations. > > > > All membership applications, as now, would be subject to the Board agreeing that it would be in the best interests of the chapter to accept the member. > > > > The text of the resolution is: > > > > WHEREAS Article 2 of our Articles of Association states that "Membership is open to other individuals or organisations who apply to the charity in the form required by the Directors and are approved by the Directors." > > > > WHEREAS we currently only have one class of members who are all individual members > > > > WHEREAS Article 3.1 allows the Board to establish classes of membership with different rights and obligations if a general meeting authorises this with a Special Resolution > > > > WHEREAS having organisations as members could significantly assist us further our goals. > > > > WHEREAS this meeting would like to recognise organisations as a separate class of member, and to, reflect their role as a group of people, give them two votes each > > > > This meeting RESOLVES by Special Resolution to authorise the creation of a new class of members called Member Organisations. The existing class of members will henceforth be called Individual Members. Any organisation may apply to become a Member Organisation and, if accepted by the board, such a member will have the same rights and obligations as an Individual Member except that each Member Organisation shall have two votes where each Individual Member has one. > > > > This resolution is a Special Resolution proposed under Article 3.1. It therefore requires support from 75% of the members voting to pass - see http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Article#Members. Please support this motion. > > > > 1a. Amending the motion to grant only one vote each > > > > Two members of the chapter would like to amend the resolution to give member organisations the same voting rights as individual members. > > > > The text of the amendment is: > > > > "WHEREAS this meeting feels that Member Organisations should not have greater influence in decisions than Individual Members, this meeting RESOLVES to amend the motion by deleting "except that each Member Organisation shall have two votes where each Individual Member has one." > > > > Proposed by Mike Peel, seconded by Steve Virgin > > > > 2. Setting the fees for Member Organisations at £100 > > > > This resolution will only be put if the first resolution passes. > > > > The fee level set is consistent with the fee set by other chapters. We think it is at a suitable level that will not deter organisations that want to partner with us or that share our objectives, but reflects the additional voting rights and different role within the chapter of member organisations. > > > > The text of the resolution is: > > > > WHEREAS: this meeting has created a new class of membership for Member Organisations. > > > > WHEREAS: Member Organisations usually have more funds available than Individual Members. > > > > This meeting RESOLVES by Ordinary Resolution to set the fee for all Member Organisations at £100 per year. > > > > 3. Reducing the fees for Individual Members to £5 per year > > > > At last year's AGM, it was decided to set the fees at £12 or £6 for concessions. The intention was to raise enough money in subscriptions to cover our administrative costs, so that donations woud all go to acheiving our objects. Since then our membership has more than doubled and we raised over £50,000 during the annual Wikimedia Fundraiser. > > > > We do not want anyone to be put off from joining the chapter due to the cost and we want to continue to build a mass membership organisation. Therefore we'd like to reduce the fee to £5 per year. In order to simplify the administration, we'd like to have a single fee rather than a separate one for concessions. We have found that many people add a donation to the membership fee, so do not expect this reduction to significantly reduce our overall income. > > > > The text of the resolution is: > > > > "WHEREAS, the Membership Rules require the membership fees to be reviewed by each AGM; WHEREAS, the chapter's successful fundraiser has significantly reduced the charity's reliance of membership fees to fund its operations. This meeting RESOLVES by Ordinary Resolution to set the fee for all Individual Members at £5 per year." > > > > 4. Allowing the Board to waive membership fees in individual cases > > > > There have been a number of cases where the Board has wanted to encourage individuals to join the chapter but they have been unable to due to the cost. They may be a long standing administrator on one of the projects or may have volunteered in some other way but, for whatever reason, not be able to pay the fee. > > > > We'd like the membership's support to allow the board to waive the fee in exceptional cases where it is in the interest of the chapter to accept a new member and the fee is a barrier to joining. > > > > The text of the resolution is: > > > > "WHEREAS, some people may be very active in helping the chapter but are unable to afford the membership fee. WHEREAS, having those people as members would greatly benefit the chapter. > > > > This meeting RESOLVES by Ordinary Resolution to amend the Membership Rules by appending the following clause: "#. The Board of Trustees may, at their discretion, waive the membership fee for Individual Members if they believe it is in the interests of the charity." > > > > 5. Appointing the people elected under the Election Rules as directors > > > > This is a formal requirement of the Companies Act for the meeting to appoint the people who have been elected as Directors. A separate ballot paper for the election will be issued to all members on around 6th April. > > > > The Text of the resolution is: > > > > "WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees have all resigned effective at the end of this meeting, as required by the Articles of Association. WHEREAS, the Election Rules require an election of board members at this meeting. > > > > This meeting RESOLVES by Ordinary Resolution to hold an election in accordance with the Election Rules and then appoint the elected candidates as directors and trustees for the forthcoming year." > ><hr>_______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

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Danese Cooper, CTO Wikimedia at Transfer Summit/UK conference in Oxford in June
by Michael Peel 08 Apr '10

08 Apr '10

Hi all, Just spotted online: http://www.transfersummit.com/programme Conference in Oxford on 24-25 June, which will have "Danese Cooper, CTO Wikimedia" speaking. Mike

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