Ringers?
Gordo
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From: Fæ Sent: 15 July 2017 17:59 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Annual Report and Accounts
As I was at the AGM, I put the question of the 250% jump in membership to the two trustees in the room standing for election. Both were caught out, as neither had been informed about membership numbers and none of the reports to the AGM mentioned membership increases.
It seems odd that there is no understanding or explanation for the significant growth in membership and that the board has not taken the opportunity to discuss the charity governance and obvious stability risks that come with this sort of growth. Part of this is the absence of meaningful verification of members, a matter I recall formally raising back in 2013 when I was on the board. I was not expecting to catch anyone out, as the board used to regularly track membership numbers as a means of assessing the effectiveness of activities to attract and retain members, something I had presumed was still normal.
Fae
On 15 July 2017 at 14:53, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
That's an excellent turn-around to see. :-)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK_membership_over_time.jpg
Thanks, Mike
On 15 Jul 2017, at 09:44, Lucy Crompton-Reid lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Yes, and today :)
On 15 July 2017 at 12:39, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
On 15/07/17 10:21, Richard Nevell wrote:
Membership is 498.
Wow! That is the number of individuals (to which date)?
Gordo
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