Dear all
The formal notice of the 2016 AGM for Wikimedia UK was sent to members by
email yesterday on behalf of the board of trustees. If you are a member and
haven't received the email, please do check your spam box and/or ask us for
a copy of the email.
As previously confirmed on this mailing list, the next AGM for Wikimedia UK
will be held at 3pm on Saturday 9th July at Impact Hub Birmingham, Walker
Building, 58 Oxford St, Birmingham B5 5NY. We have also planned a
'Wikimedia UK meet up' beforehand with training, talks and time for
informal networking amongst existing trustees, members, staff, volunteers
and other interested stakeholders. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless
of your membership status, however please do register your attendance on
eventbrite (link at the bottom of this email), so that we know how many
people to expect and how many to cater for.
Schedule for the day
10.30am Arrive, tea and coffee
11.00am Welcome and overview of the day (Lucy)
11.10am The Open Movement (Andy Mabbett)
11.45am Morning breakout sessions
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Lightning Talks
2.45pm Set up for AGM
3.00pm AGM
5.00pm Wrap up and close
For the morning breakout sessions attendees will have a choice of Wikidata
training with Andy Mabbett or Wiki Takes Birmingham, which will be a
photographic excursion in the local area. We will circulate more details of
these beforehand.
AGM Agenda
The agenda for the AGM is as follows:
1. Welcome, and introduction to the AGM (Chair)
2. Approval of 2015 AGM minutes
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2015_AGM/Minutes> (Secretary)
3. Board report (Chair)
4. Finance report (Treasurer)
5. Activity report (Chief Executive)
6. Resolutions <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2016_AGM/AGM_Resolutions>
(Chair)
7. Explanation of election procedure (Teller)
8. Questions to candidates and election (Teller)
9. Discussion of reports and the work of the charity (Chair)
10. Announcement of election result (Teller)
11. Closure of formal business
The meeting will start promptly at 3pm and we anticipate that formal
business will close at 5pm.
In the formal notice of the AGM, there is an invitation for candidates to
stand for election to the board. More details of this can found here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Board/Becoming_a_trustee>.
We would love to see as many of our members and volunteers as possible at
the full day of events or for either element, so please register your
attendance here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-agm-2016-tickets-26093909586
In the meantime, best wishes for the weekend.
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0991
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.
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.*