We are happy to announce that the board has decided to co-opt Thomas Dalton onto the board of trustees to replace Paul Williams who recently resigned. I'm sure Tom needs no introduction here: he currently serves as our Head of Fundraising and has been involved in the setting up of Wikimedia UK "v2" from the start. Tom, like the rest of the Board, will serve until the AGM in April when a new election will be held.

Regards,

Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom.

----- "Michael Peel" email@mikepeel.net wrote:

From: "Michael Peel" email@mikepeel.net To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009 23:35:34 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Board member vacancy

Hi all,

It is with regret that I announce that Paul Williams (Skenmy) is leaving the WMUK Board for personal reasons.

This obviously leaves a vacancy on the board between now and the next AGM, which we would like to fill if a suitable candidate can be found. Who would be interested in joining the Board until the next AGM (24 April)?

The legal duties and the eligibility criteria for being on the board are described at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Duties

You would be expected to attend the board meetings online, which currently take place fortnightly by Skype. You would also participate in the organization of the various initiatives that are currently being planned, and the development of future initiatives, as well as the forthcoming AGM. Whether the role of 'volunteers director' is kept has not yet been decided; in general however there is a lot of freedom to focus on what you're interested in, or help out with bits of everything, rather than being tied to specific areas.

If you are interested, please email the board at board@wikimedia.org.uk . A brief background of yourself would be useful, as would a description of what you would like to achieve by being on the Board. If you have any queries, please don't hesitate to ask me or any of the other current (or past) board members

Thanks, Mike Peel Wikimedia UK