Dear all
As has been raised on this mailing list quite recently, Wikimedia UK has
been rather remiss at updating the membership numbers of the charity on the
relevant page (due to a change in staffing). We have decided to move to
doing this quarterly and numbers from the past two quarters are available
here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership/Numbers
As has been previously noted by myself and others, the reason for the jump
in members in May/June 2017 is that the board and I were getting concerned
about the low number of members and did a membership 'push'. As well as
promoting membership through our social media channels I did two other
things:
1. Contacted all previous members of the charity whose membership had
lapsed, encouraging them to renew
2. Contacted all active donors to the charity, inviting them to become
members
Since that 'push', numbers have remained relatively steady at just above
the 500 mark; although of course this involves a degree of turnover as some
memberships lapse and new members sign up.
Thanks and best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
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