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Below are the [[Board]] reports to the [[Meetings|Board Meeting]] on 11-12 June 2011; see [[Agenda 11June11]].

Templates for actions: {{done}}, {{cf}}, {{canc}}.

Template to mark something as needing discussion: {{discuss}}

== Roger Bamkin (Chair) ==
; Done recently
* Sorted out a lead person for National Railway Museum and several assists
* Re-launched Wright Challenge which is over achieving. 500 articles.
* Organised Birmingham Board meeting
* Found lead for matching Birmingham wiki meet
* Attended UGC4GLAM meeting in Vienna

; Actions
* Close out GLAMDerby - publicise Wright Challenge - help? {{doing}}
* Organise face to face Board meeting in Birmingham {{done}}
* Attend meeting in Vienna on behalf of WMF Glam May 16-17  {{done}} 
* RB to talk to the Foundation about the fundraiser
* RB to talk to CK about the resource requirement for the fundraising.
* RB to approach Steve Virgin regarding him leading an EDU-WIKI conference later this year. To be discussed at the next telephone full board meeting.
* RB to talk to Martin Poulter regarding the Campus Ambassadors program to determine how well it will succeed in the future.
* RB to recommend to Fæ that the facilitator aims to produce a more structured meeting with clear deliverables from the day.
* RB to find out location and time of the Birmingham wikimeet. {{doing}} MP to help advertise the wikimeet.

== Mike Peel (Secretary) ==
; Done recently
* New board members now bureaucrats on the WMUK wiki. Tango has been de-bureaucrated (as per request at [[:meta:Steward_requests/Permissions#Removal_of_access]] [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests/Permissions&oldid=2529588])
* Requested access to ComCom for MLP and CK - both of whom are now subscribed (thanks to Moka).
* OTRS access updated so that the new board members have access (thanks to Casey).
* 20 'Welcome to Wikipedia' leaflets sent to the British Library
* Following a request to use the Wikipedia trademark in an Animal Planet TV show (originally sent to WMUK; passed on to the Foundation)
* Virtually attended the Wikimedia Foundation's Metrics and Activities meeting on 5 May
* Will be on a panel at the 'Investigating Academic Impact' conference at the London School of Economics on 13 June. "Panel 3: Innovative Approaches to Impact and Engagement", talking about Wikipedia. See [http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/impact-conference-2011/] for more details.
* Set up http://stream.glamwiki.org/ for Rock drum's GLAMcamp NYC mashup
* Responded to Lodewijk's request for the 'top 3 coolest projects'
* Joomla and CiviCRM updated to the latest versions - tidying still in progress...
* Stood down as a Wikimedia cultural-partners mailing list admin
* Spoke to freelance journalist about PR companies editing Wikipedia articles (7 June)

; Discussions needed {{discuss}}
* None

; Tasks to do
* Closing off Britain Loves Wikipedia
* Sort through / close off old email addresses
* Working on [[Reports/2011/May]]
* Prepare blog post on POTY competition, to be put out once winner has been announced
* Update blog to use Vector skin [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Blog&diff=0&oldid=2076803]; specify license (the standard CC-BY-SA?)

; Things to keep track of
* <s>Transfer of €4k to WMDE for sponsorship of the chapters meeting</s> - transfer complete; now awaiting receipt.
* Transfer of £293k to WMF as a grant towards their general operating funds
* <s>Returning of new Wikipedia banner from Trevor to Steve/Martin</s> - returned to Martin
* Possibility of a Wiki session at [http://www.scienceonlinelondon.org/ Science Online London 2011] - suggested by CRUK

; Recent media coverage of Wikipedia in the UK
* Injunctions + info in the history of Wikipedia articles - enquiry from the Telegraph responded to by David Gerard. Covered by the [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/8479272/Wikipedia-users-name-celebrities-with-gagging-orders.html Telegraph] - then picked up by [http://www.tntmagazine.com/tnt-today/archive/2011/04/28/wikipedia-names-super-injunction-celebs.aspx TNT Magazine], [http://www.techdigest.tv/2011/04/superinjunction.html Tech Digest], [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381487/Wikipedia-names-4-UK-celebrities-sex-scandal-super-injunctions.html Daily Mail], [http://www.examiner.com/uk-headlines-in-national/wikipedia-reveals-the-super-injunctions-names examiner.com], [http://www.metro.co.uk/news/862006-wikipedia-names-super-injunction-celebrities metro], and even [http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/famous-british-star-who-had-fling-with-wayne-rooney-prostitute-named-on-wikipedia/story-e6frg30c-1226046828880 Perth Now].
** Also [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13372839 BBC article] featuring interview with Jimmy Wales (with a correction requested by Gem, and made by BBC).
* Defamation on Wikipedia: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/09/us-billionaire-wikipedia-defamation Guardian article]

; Actions
* MP to set up access to blog for board members, and admins on facebook.{{done}}
* MP to offer OTRS access to specific known and trusted volunteers
* MP to put together how-to pages for managing the budgets, authorising expenditure and requesting reimbursement {{done}} see [http://office.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expenses/How-to]
* RB to find out location and time of the Birmingham wikimeet. MP to help advertise the wikimeet.

== Andrew Turvey (Treasurer) ==

; Activities to report

; Discussion / review items:

; Actions
# AT to contact Charity Commission requesting a meeting (top priority)
# AT to arrange internet banking for MP, RB and AT {{doing}}
# All to produce a short profile for the website and to put together a summary of what they 'bring to the party'. {{cf}}
# AT to complete and send charity reply to lawyers {{cf}}
# AT to send a memento of our gratitude to the teller, outgoing board members, and speakers (excluding new board members), from WikiConference UK 2011 {{doing}}
# AT to email around details of the interested candidate to be an office manager, and to also draft a blog post to advertise the position {{cf}}
# AT to add RB as signatory and remove TD {{cf}}
# AT - Staff roadshow {{cf}}
# AT to investigate how we can move to multiple signatories for large transactions. {{doing}}
# AT to investigate debit cards for bank account signatories. {{doing}}
# TD to give AT the password for the main paypal account. AT to give all board members read-only access to the paypal account. {{cf}}
# AT to investigate term deposits and return to the board with options. {{cf}}
# AT - Sign NMM MoU (Monday) {{cross}} --> transferred to MP & CK
# AT - In camera minutes of 2 February 2011 {{cf}}
# AT - written legal advice onto wiki {{cf}}
# AT to circulate results from WikiConference survey once complete
# AT to work on the overdue fundraising reports
# AT to contact lawyers regarding how a cap on growth in the fundraising agreement with the WMF affects our independence.
# AT to prepare a new budget reflecting the costs of the new profile of staff recruitment
# AT to phone the co-op regarding the bank transfer of the WMF grant
# AT to discuss financial regulations with the co-op bank, particularly with regards the transfer of signatories after the AGM.
# AT to investigate alternative banks, with a recommendation to be made at the in-person board meeting
# AT to talk to Chris Keating with regards advertising the availability of sponsorship for Wikimedia
# AT (or CK) to contact the WMF to see whether they have any recommendations for international Wikimedians to sponsor
# AT to request a quote for insurance for board members against the risk of personal liability and negligence.
# AT to follow up outstanding payment of previous office manager with payroll.

== Chris Keating (Director) ==
; Report
* Internal Comms;
# I am almost at the stage where we can make use of CiviCRM's mailing capabilities - thanks to Mike for his very considerable ongoing help with the technical side of things
# 3 blog posts in May (thanks Ashley and Roger) - will continue to request these of people / write them / etc
# A few tweets now and again.
# Have made suggestions on how to improve the WMUK mainpage - will implement time permitting.

* Fundraiser;
# Had handover phone call with Seddon and have reported to the Board regarding resource implications.
# Drafted followup/thankyou email to last year's donors. (hopefully sent by the time of the meeting)
# Started to build relationships with Foundation fundraising staff

* NMM - still waiting for them to sign off MOIU.

; Actions
* AT to send around detailed information about the facilitation for the strategy discussion; decision to be made by email. Fæ to look into background, and to pin down specific outcomes (with SV). CK has contacts in this sector; will ask for a competitive quote. Fæ to take the lead with this topic. {{done}}
* All to produce a short profile for the website. Also to put together a summary of what they 'bring to the party'. {{done}}

== Martin Poulter (Director) ==
; Report

; Actions
* Investigate whether we could arrange a "pro-forma" adult education course for September on "Making your Wikipedia page" and how we might publicise
* MLP to talk to Alex about what's been achieved so far, what can be achieved before he leaves, his involvement afterwards and how WM-UK might help further; and will report back to the board on this.

== Fæ (Director) ==
; Report

; Actions
* AT to send around detailed information about the facilitation for the strategy discussion; decision to be made by email. Fæ to look into background, and to pin down specific outcomes (with SV). CK has contacts in this sector; will ask for a competitive quote. Fæ to take the lead with this topic.
* All to produce a short profile for the website. Also to put together a summary of what they 'bring to the party'.
* Fæ to send consent to act to AT.

== Steve Virgin (Director) ==
; Report

; Actions