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Full results were released in late October, confirming that all five candidates had received the support of more than the required 50% of voters. Final figures were: KTC (88.5% voting to support); Warofdreams (57.7%); Cfp (92.3%); MikeP (53.2%); AndrewRT (73.1%). Overall, well over 50% of users who registered in time to vote cast their ballots. | Full results were released in late October, confirming that all five candidates had received the support of more than the required 50% of voters. Final figures were: KTC (88.5% voting to support); Warofdreams (57.7%); Cfp (92.3%); MikeP (53.2%); AndrewRT (73.1%). Overall, well over 50% of users who registered in time to vote cast their ballots. | ||
| s2_title = Status of | | s2_title = Status of Company Formation | ||
| s2_content = | | s2_content = The board has set up a [[Wikimedia UK v2.0/Timeline|timeline of objectives]]. Good progress is being made. Following extensive discussions, a company named '''Wikimedia UK Ltd''' has been set up. The company's [[Wikimedia UK v2.0/MoA|Memorandum of Association]] and [[Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/AoA|Articles of Association]] have been agreed, and these include the organisation's objectives: | ||
{{quote|The charity's Object is to aid and encourage people to collect, develop and effectively disseminate knowledge and other educational, cultural and historic content in the public domain or under a license that allows everyone to freely use, distribute and modify said content, by means including (but not limited to): | |||
# promoting freely accessible online information repositories whose content is freely and collaboratively editable; | |||
# acting as a voice and representative for the community of UK residents and citizens who use and edit such repositories; | |||
# preserving world heritage, and particularly that of the UK, through such repositories; | |||
# supporting the charitable work of the Wikimedia Foundation; | |||
# enabling, assisting, promoting and promulgating wider participation in the creation, dissemination and expansion of information and educational resources covering the world's knowledge and languages to all persons, everywhere; | |||
# furthering the development of electronic, printed, and other resources required to support such participation; | |||
# producing, publishing and developing, or cause to be produced, published and developed, information resources, whether in printed, electronic, or other forms; | |||
# making use of or encouraging the use of information resources for the advancement of education; and | |||
# encouraging the adoption of practices and policies to widen education, participation and dissemination of information worldwide; | |||
|[[Wikimedia UK v2.0#Objectives|Objectives of Wiki UK Ltd]]}} | |||
A decision from the [[chapters committee]] on whether to propose that the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] accept the organisation as a chapter is expected on Friday '''[to update]'''. | |||
Once a decision is made, the board will begin accepting applications for membership (see below for details), and will also be setting up a bank account. '''[to update]'''. | |||
| s3_title = Membership | | s3_title = Membership | ||
| s3_content = Status of membership given here | | s3_content = Status of membership given here | ||
Revision as of 20:09, 13 November 2008
Summary: This is the summary of the newsletter, which will cover everything below very briefly.
In this month's newsletter:
Results of elections
The community of Wikimedians in the United Kingdom has come together to form a chapter of Wikimedia. The community elected an initial board of five members to create the new organisation, set up a bank account, request charitable status and arrange the first Annual General Meeting:
- Kwan Ting Chan (KTC)
- Michael Conn (Warofdreams)
- Tom Holden (Cfp)
- Michael Peel (MikeP)
- Andrew Turvey (AndrewRT)
Full results were released in late October, confirming that all five candidates had received the support of more than the required 50% of voters. Final figures were: KTC (88.5% voting to support); Warofdreams (57.7%); Cfp (92.3%); MikeP (53.2%); AndrewRT (73.1%). Overall, well over 50% of users who registered in time to vote cast their ballots.
Status of Company Formation
The board has set up a timeline of objectives. Good progress is being made. Following extensive discussions, a company named Wikimedia UK Ltd has been set up. The company's Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association have been agreed, and these include the organisation's objectives:
- promoting freely accessible online information repositories whose content is freely and collaboratively editable;
- acting as a voice and representative for the community of UK residents and citizens who use and edit such repositories;
- preserving world heritage, and particularly that of the UK, through such repositories;
- supporting the charitable work of the Wikimedia Foundation;
- enabling, assisting, promoting and promulgating wider participation in the creation, dissemination and expansion of information and educational resources covering the world's knowledge and languages to all persons, everywhere;
- furthering the development of electronic, printed, and other resources required to support such participation;
- producing, publishing and developing, or cause to be produced, published and developed, information resources, whether in printed, electronic, or other forms;
- making use of or encouraging the use of information resources for the advancement of education; and
- encouraging the adoption of practices and policies to widen education, participation and dissemination of information worldwide;
A decision from the chapters committee on whether to propose that the Wikimedia Foundation accept the organisation as a chapter is expected on Friday [to update].
Once a decision is made, the board will begin accepting applications for membership (see below for details), and will also be setting up a bank account. [to update].
Membership
Status of membership given here
Anything else
Mention Wikimeets, recent news from UK-based Wikiprojects, etc. here? Anyone at want to write a report?