Dear Alison
Thank you for letting us all know of the situation. As one of those sitting on the outside looking in, wondering what has been happening since those initial, enthusiastic meetings where we discussed objects etc., I really appreciate that you decided to communicate this widely.
I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting to thank you for all that you have done, and tried to do.
As someone who administers a small membership organisation, (where all the board members are volunteers, with real jobs) I appreciate how difficult it is when one or more directors don't quite deliver as promised, and how tricky it is to work around that - the workload usually seems to fall back to the chair.
As for where WER/Wikimedia UK goes from here... I guess that is in the hands of the other remaining directors, as no-one but them are members or directors of the company.
For what it is worth, in reference to the "absent" director - the articles (31) allow for "A Director shall cease to hold office if he or she: (f) is absent without the permission of the Directors from all their meetings held within a period of six consecutive months and the Directors resolve that his or her office be vacated, subject to the agreement of the other Directors."
I do hope that this is a stumble rather than a fall for Wikimedia-UK. There is the support in the wider community for such a thing existing, for it raising funds and undertaking projects that would benefit the wider wiki* community.
Best wishes
Scott
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