Good afternoon everyone,
Just a reminder that the consultation on membership strategy has been open
for ten days - and so far elicited some useful feedback (so thank you to
those who have commented) Its looks at how members are different to
volunteers, whether we think they should have a more direct role in the
governance of the organisation (perhaps by developing chapter policy) and
what we think a membership strategy should aim at (a wide membership base
paying a nominal joining fee, or a smaller group of more invested people?)
Please have a look and if you've got the time, join in the discussion
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Membership_strategy_consultationwith
the benefit of your experiences. The consultation will remain open until
the 2nd of November.* *
More pressing - the draft members' survey questions
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_comments#Draft_survey_textare
now up! These asks some tricky and varied questions - from trying to see if
members think staff are responsive to queries to whether a change in voting
system would make them more or less likely to vote in elections.
I would like to send the survey out to members soon to give them time for
people to respond and then for me to incorporate response results in a
report to Trustees that must be finalised by the 7th November.
Therefore I'd be grateful if all comments could be made by *no later than
9am this Friday morning (26th October) *which will allow me time to make
any final tweaks prior to sending out the survey via email.
Thanks all - hope you're having a good week!
--
*Katherine Bavage *
*Fundraising Manager *
*Wikimedia UK*
+44 20 7065 0949
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
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United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
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over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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On 11 October 2012 11:20, Katherine Bavage <
katherine.bavage@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> Good morning everyone!
>
> If you have time do look at pages on the UK Wiki about the direction
> Wikimedia UK's membership can take in future.
>
> Here is the page
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_commentsdiscussing the kinds of things you think a survey to members should cover -
> I'd like to get the survey developed soon so contributions made now would
> be very timely, and I can put up a draft of the survey questions when I've
> written for further comment.
>
> Here is the page
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangeswith some initial thoughts on building a membership strategy - all comments
> welcome, including links to previous meeting minutes or otherwise that you
> think should be considered.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> --
> *Katherine Bavage *
> *Fundraising Manager *
> *Wikimedia UK*
> +44 20 7065 0949
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
>