Hello again all -
Well, the members survey is now well underway - thank you to all who responded and if you've not had time, do try and complete it soon (it will have to close by the end of the week!) If you are a member you should have had a link via email - if not, check your spam folder and if still no email, email membership@wikimedia.org.uk and we'll figure out the problem!
Meanwhile, the report to the Board of Trustees needs to be finalised by Friday - so any final thoughts on the Membership strategy - please share them herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Membership_strategy_consultation in order to have them included in the report!
Many thanks,
Katherine
On 22 October 2012 15:54, Katherine Bavage < katherine.bavage@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Good afternoon everyone,
Just a reminder that the consultation on membership strategy has been open for ten days - and so far elicited some useful feedback (so thank you to those who have commented) Its looks at how members are different to volunteers, whether we think they should have a more direct role in the governance of the organisation (perhaps by developing chapter policy) and what we think a membership strategy should aim at (a wide membership base paying a nominal joining fee, or a smaller group of more invested people?)
Please have a look and if you've got the time, join in the discussion http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Membership_strategy_consultationwith the benefit of your experiences. The consultation will remain open until the 2nd of November.* *
More pressing - the draft members' survey questions https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_comments#Draft_survey_textare now up! These asks some tricky and varied questions - from trying to see if members think staff are responsive to queries to whether a change in voting system would make them more or less likely to vote in elections.
I would like to send the survey out to members soon to give them time for people to respond and then for me to incorporate response results in a report to Trustees that must be finalised by the 7th November. Therefore I'd be grateful if all comments could be made by *no later than 9am this Friday morning (26th October) *which will allow me time to make any final tweaks prior to sending out the survey via email.
Thanks all - hope you're having a good week!
-- *Katherine Bavage * *Fundraising Manager * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0949
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. United Kingdom. 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).
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On 11 October 2012 11:20, Katherine Bavage < katherine.bavage@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Good morning everyone!
If you have time do look at pages on the UK Wiki about the direction Wikimedia UK's membership can take in future.
Here is the pagehttps://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_commentsdiscussing the kinds of things you think a survey to members should cover - I'd like to get the survey developed soon so contributions made now would be very timely, and I can put up a draft of the survey questions when I've written for further comment.
Here is the page https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangeswith some initial thoughts on building a membership strategy - all comments welcome, including links to previous meeting minutes or otherwise that you think should be considered.
Many thanks,
-- *Katherine Bavage * *Fundraising Manager * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0949
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. United Kingdom. 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.*