Dear all

This morning, emails have been sent to all current members of Wikimedia UK regarding our upcoming AGM, which will take place on Saturday 13th July 2019 at the Watershed https://www.watershed.co.uk/about-us on the riverside in Bristol. This is an important annual opportunity for members and other stakeholders to meet staff and trustees of the charity, network with other Wikimedians, find out more about our work and have your say in the way the charity is run and who is on the board - so please put the date in your diary and sign up 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 a message this morning, please email membership@wikimedia.org.uk; although do be aware that Katie (who manages this email address and membership enquiries) is on leave until next Thursday so won't be able to respond immediately.

About the day

The day will start at 11am with a varied and interesting programme of talks and workshops, plus the presentation of the UK Wikimedian of the Year awards. This year, for the first time, we will also be presenting our inaugural Honorary Memberships. We would love to hear from members of our community and beyond in our lightning talks session, and details of how to sign up for that will be circulated in June. We will also be looking for nominations for the different categories in our awards, which recognise people and institutions that have made a particularly significant contribution to Wikimedia over the past year.

We are currently exploring different speaker and workshop ideas so if you have any suggestions or requests, do feel free to get in touch.

AGM and elections

The Annual General Meeting itself will be held during the afternoon and will include reports from the Chair, Treasurer and Chief Executive, questions on these reports or other relevant issues, the election for trustees of the Wikimedia UK board as well as voting on resolutions.

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. We will share more details of how to do so next month, but in the meantime you can find out more about the Wikimedia UK board here https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Board.

Board and Members Resolutions

The board is proposing a number of ordinary resolutions and one special resolution at this year’s AGM, which are on the wiki pages about the event here https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2019_Annual_General_Meeting/Resolutions. Members are also entitled to propose resolutions for consideration at the AGM. Any member who wishes to do so must let us know, with a copy of the suggested text, by Friday 7th June at the latest. The suggested text may either be sent by email to the charity at info@wikimedia.org.uk or may be posted online at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2019_Annual_General_Meeting/Resolutions

Register your attendance

With such a great spot on the Bristol harbourside, and a full schedule of discussions, workshops and presentations, we’re very much hoping that you will join us for the full day and participate in shaping the UK chapter for the global Wikimedia movement.

Anyone who wants to attend must register in advance, so please sign up on the Eventbrite page here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-2019-agm-tickets-62303110280. (Please note that you must register for the AGM on eventbrite rather than on wiki as we need your full name, not Wikimedia user name, in order to cross-reference with our members database. If you would prefer, you can email us to confirm your attendance).

If you have any questions or more general comments, please do get in touch with me or Katie Crampton - who will be leading on the logistics for the day - on the membership email on our office number 020 3372 0761.

Very best wishes

Lucy