On 11/06/12 09:28, Katherine Bavage wrote: Greetings! I guess this is all quite new. The charity is very young, and your experience will be a major asset, along with Jon Davies' charity experience (and others including the Board). http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/11/charity/ And the charity has a new name! How does that affect fund raising? I asked at the AGM why "Wikimedia UK" was chosen in favour of "Wikimedia UK Ltd". Small point I guess.... but then I am pedant. Gordo

Welcome Katherine! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the board meeting at the end of the month! When you have the time, I would recommend having a look at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2012 for the starting pages for the 2012 fundraiser (kicking off in November), and: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011 for what happened in last year's fundraiser. Also, the page at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012-13_Fundraising_Agreement_%28UK%29 is the current draft of the fundraising agreement we'll be operating under this year, and: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_and_Funds_Dissemination gives some of the background with the global fundraising strategy for the future. I'd also recommend reading: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Draft_FDC_Prop… which gives an idea of where Wikimedia's heading in the future with fundraising and distributing funds. For all of these pages, be sure to also read (and if you have questions, contribute to) the 'Talk' pages for discussion about the documents. (And ditto everyone else reading this email!) Hope this helps. :-) Thanks, Mike On 11 Jun 2012, at 09:28, Katherine Bavage wrote: