Good morning
Yesterday evening, emails were sent to all current members of Wikimedia UK
with more information on this year's AGM in Bristol, which you can sign up
to here
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-2019-agm-tickets-62303110280>.
Volunteers who aren't members are also welcome at this event, although we
would encourage you to become a member
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4>
(for only £5 a year) to enable you to participate fully in the day. If you
believe that you are a member but did not receive this message yesterday,
please let me know.
*Notice of Wikimedia UK’s Annual General Meeting**Saturday 13th July 2019
at Watershed, Bristol*
The next AGM for Wikimedia UK will be held on Saturday 13th July at the
Watershed in Bristol. As a member of the charity this is an important
opportunity for you to have your say about how we work, influence how we
are run and potentially stand for the board, so we would encourage you to
attend.
The AGM itself will start at 2.30pm, however we have planned other
activities from 11am including talks and workshops, a photography walk of
the local area, and the presentations of our Wikimedian of the Year awards
as well as our inaugural Honorary Memberships. We are using eventbrite for
AGM registrations so please sign up here
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-2019-agm-tickets-62303110280> if
you are able to attend.
*Invitation for candidates for election to the Board*
There are *five trustee vacancies* at this year’s AGM, with three existing
trustees likely to stand again. We are particularly keen to have more
people from the Wikimedia community on the board, so please do consider
standing for these elections. Any member fulfilling the criteria has a
right to stand, although we’d particularly appreciate anyone who has
experience in Legal, Fundraising, Communications or HR. If you wish to
stand please follow the procedure here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Board/Becoming_a_trustee> and submit your
application to the teller no later than *Friday 28th June*.
*Voting Papers*
All current members of the charity will be sent AGM papers by post,
including voting papers and proxy forms. We would encourage you to make use
of your voting rights, whether or not you are able to come to the meeting
itself. If you are unable to attend, you can appoint another person -
including the Chair of the Board of Trustees - as your proxy to attend and
vote on your behalf.
If you have moved house in the past year, or you are not sure if we have
your correct postal address details, please do email
membership(a)wikimedia.org.uk with any updates by Monday 1st July. You can
also use this email to contact us if you haven't received your voting
papers by Monday 8th July.
*Annual Report and Accounts*
The draft annual report and accounts are in the process of being signed off
by the board and the Auditors, and will be published online prior to the
AGM. To save paper, we won’t be sending hard copies of the annual report to
all our members this year however copies will be available at the AGM. The
Strategic Report will also be available in hard copy or in a PDF online by
the time of the AGM.
*Lightning Talks*
Lightning Talks have proved a popular feature at past meetings and give
members the opportunity to hear about a wide range of projects and
activities related to Wikimedia and open knowledge more broadly. If you
would like to give a talk, please email membership(a)wikimedia.org.uk and a
member of staff will follow up with you directly.
We would love to see as many of our members, volunteers and other
stakeholders as possible at Bristol’s fantastic Watershed
<https://www.watershed.co.uk/> for our AGM
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2019_AGM> on 13th July, so please sign up
below!
Kind regards
Katie
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Katie Crampton
Membership, Fundraising and Operations Assistant
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0)203 372 0761
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our
work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting
Wikimedia?
https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ
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.
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.*