Dear Fae (and all)
Today's AGM and the reports given were focused on the last financial year,
whereas the membership figures provided by Richard are the current numbers.
The board gave me a target of growing the membership to 500 by the time of
the AGM. I'm very pleased to have grown the membership to the current level
and thank those staff who've been involved in achieving this. I'm more than
happy to give a full update to the mailing list on membership within the
next few weeks. Essentially, we emailed all lapsed members, encouraging
them to renew, and we also encouraged current donors to become members.
All best
Lucy
On 15 July 2017 at 18:28, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
Ringers?
Gordo
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As I was at the AGM, I put the question of the 250% jump in membership
to the two trustees in the room standing for election. Both were
caught out, as neither had been informed about membership numbers and
none of the reports to the AGM mentioned membership increases.
It seems odd that there is no understanding or explanation for the
significant growth in membership and that the board has not taken the
opportunity to discuss the charity governance and obvious stability
risks that come with this sort of growth. Part of this is the absence
of meaningful verification of members, a matter I recall formally
raising back in 2013 when I was on the board. I was not expecting to
catch anyone out, as the board used to regularly track membership
numbers as a means of assessing the effectiveness of activities to
attract and retain members, something I had presumed was still normal.
Fae
On 15 July 2017 at 14:53, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
That's an excellent turn-around to see. :-)
Thanks,
Mike
On 15 Jul 2017, at 09:44, Lucy Crompton-Reid
<lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
Yes, and today :)
On 15 July 2017 at 12:39, Gordon Joly
<gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>
> On 15/07/17 10:21, Richard Nevell wrote:
> > Membership is 498.
>
>
> Wow! That is the number of individuals (to
which date)?
>
> Gordo
>
>
>
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