Dear all
Ahead of our Annual General Meeting this Saturday 15th July, our Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31st January 2017 have been published online here https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Wikimedia_UK_Annual_Report_2017_(signatures_redacted).pdf. Our Annual Review - with the narrative highlights of the Annual Report - will be published online later this week, with hard copies included in delegate packs at the meeting.
For those of you who have already registered to attend the AGM https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2017_AGM, we are looking forward to seeing you. We have now reopened registration with some limited tickets still available. Unfortunately we do have a limited capacity, so we ask that anyone who has registered but is no longer able to make it to please cancel your registration to allow space for others. Please do not attend the AGM without having registered - we don't want to have to turn people away on the day.
Best wishes
Nicola Furness
Membership, Fundraising and Operations Assistant
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0)20 7065 0990
Having read through the report, I can see no direct statement of membership numbers apart from an income from membership fees, which does not break down individuals from organizations.
Could someone point me to where the membership statistics are on the WMUK site? I recall this page of stats showed trends in membership over the years, which was handy to assess if the charity was growing in membership.
P.S. It is a pity that the entire report is all rights reserved, and the PDF has been released in a non-searchable format.
Thanks, Fae
On 12 July 2017 at 13:57, Nicola Furness nicola.furness@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Dear all
Ahead of our Annual General Meeting this Saturday 15th July, our Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31st January 2017 have been published online here. Our Annual Review - with the narrative highlights of the Annual Report - will be published online later this week, with hard copies included in delegate packs at the meeting.
For those of you who have already registered to attend the AGM, we are looking forward to seeing you. We have now reopened registration with some limited tickets still available. Unfortunately we do have a limited capacity, so we ask that anyone who has registered but is no longer able to make it to please cancel your registration to allow space for others. Please do not attend the AGM without having registered - we don't want to have to turn people away on the day.
Best wishes
Nicola Furness
Membership is 498.
On 15 July 2017 at 07:47, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
Having read through the report, I can see no direct statement of membership numbers apart from an income from membership fees, which does not break down individuals from organizations.
Could someone point me to where the membership statistics are on the WMUK site? I recall this page of stats showed trends in membership over the years, which was handy to assess if the charity was growing in membership.
P.S. It is a pity that the entire report is all rights reserved, and the PDF has been released in a non-searchable format.
Thanks, Fae
On 12 July 2017 at 13:57, Nicola Furness nicola.furness@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Dear all
Ahead of our Annual General Meeting this Saturday 15th July, our Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31st January 2017 have been published online here. Our Annual Review - with the narrative highlights
of
the Annual Report - will be published online later this week, with hard copies included in delegate packs at the meeting.
For those of you who have already registered to attend the AGM, we are looking forward to seeing you. We have now reopened registration with
some
limited tickets still available. Unfortunately we do have a limited capacity, so we ask that anyone who has registered but is no longer able
to
make it to please cancel your registration to allow space for others.
Please
do not attend the AGM without having registered - we don't want to have
to
turn people away on the day.
Best wishes
Nicola Furness
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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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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 mailto: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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If Harry joins it will be 499.
On 15 Jul 2017 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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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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Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0991
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.
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.
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Ringers?
Gordo
Sent from my Windows 10 phone
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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Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0991
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.
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.
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Dear Fae (and all)
Today's AGM and the reports given were focused on the last financial year, whereas the membership figures provided by Richard are the current numbers. The board gave me a target of growing the membership to 500 by the time of the AGM. I'm very pleased to have grown the membership to the current level and thank those staff who've been involved in achieving this. I'm more than happy to give a full update to the mailing list on membership within the next few weeks. Essentially, we emailed all lapsed members, encouraging them to renew, and we also encouraged current donors to become members.
All best Lucy
On 15 July 2017 at 18:28, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
Ringers?
Gordo
Sent from my Windows 10 phone
*From: *Fæ faewik@gmail.com *Sent: *15 July 2017 17:59 *To: *UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org *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
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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wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
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Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
4LT.
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.
Wikimedia UK mailing list
wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org
WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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On 15/07/17 14:53, Michael Peel wrote:
That's an excellent turn-around to see. :-)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK_membership_over_time.jpg
Thanks, Mike
Very troubling. The trends are unreal.
Gordo
I can't agree. The previous numbers were troubling. The number of core volunteers was given as around 200, we should definitely have a substantially larger membership than that. I am pleased that Wmuk has addressed the first step of growing membership.
On 15 Jul 2017 21:29, "Gordon Joly" gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
On 15/07/17 14:53, Michael Peel wrote:
That's an excellent turn-around to see. :-)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK_membership_over_time.jpg
Thanks, Mike
Very troubling. The trends are unreal.
Gordo
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