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Our members are fundamental to our activities and we welcome everyone who supports our aims to join us. Please see the Organisational Membership page to find out about the benefits of becoming an Organisational member of Wikimedia UK.

Individual Membership

Benefits

You are supporting our goals and our work
You can vote at our Annual General Meetings, where our Board is elected and administrative motions are passed
You can apply for project grants
You can join our discussion mail list to participate in planning new events and policy improvement; however it is not essential to be a member to join this list.
Trusted volunteers can borrow Wikimedia UK volunteer equipment for use related to our charitable goals

Eligibility

Membership is open to all; you do not have to live in the UK, be over a certain age or be editors of any of the Wikimedia Foundation projects. All we ask is that members agree to support our Objects and not to bring Wikimedia UK into disrepute.

Members must disclose to Wikimedia UK their full name and residential address; but they don't have to disclose their username on any of the Wikimedia projects. The personal data is included in the chapter's Register of Members, and this is made available to anyone with reasonable cause requesting the information. If you aren't comfortable disclosing this information, please still consider donating to the chapter instead, and supporting our activities by your participation.

Membership fee

The current membership fee is £5 per year for individuals and £100 for organisations.

Membership FAQ

You may find it useful to look at the information on our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Join

Our preferred way for you to join and donate is online. The link also gives details of membership handling, and corporate membership. Please note that by becoming a member of Wikimedia UK you are consenting to us keeping and using the information you provide. This is in accordance with our Data Protection Policy.


Join us

To pay offline

Bank transfers should also use your email contact as reference; for our bank account details Please contact:

info@wikimedia.org.uk
membership@wikimedia.org.uk
Tel: 0203 3720 760

Please email membership@wikimedia.org.uk to confirm you have made the transfer to ensure your renewal is managed promptly, or if you have any additional queries.

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-This is a draft version of the informal membership application "Rules" prior to the first General Meeting. It is still a work in progress; please leave comments on the talk page, or on the mailing list. The current Membership Secretary is [[User:Mike Peel]].
+{{Membership}}
+__NOTOC__
-== Membership levels ==
+'''Our members are fundamental to our activities and we welcome everyone who supports [[Objects|our aims]] to join us. Please see the [[Organisational Membership]] page to find out about the benefits of becoming an Organisational member of Wikimedia UK.'''
-Membership initially consists solely of what WMUK1 called "Guarantor Membership", but here is simply called "Membership". Other membership levels, e.g. Friends (non-voting) and Corporate Membership, are left to be decided on by the next Board. Membership is open to all; there is no restriction in terms of location, age or activity on the Wikimedia Foundation projects.
-Membership is not transferable. There will be an annual fee, the amount of which is not yet decided; it may be free until the first board meeting at which point a membership fee will be due, or it may require payment up front.
+== '''Individual Membership'''==
-== Application form ==
+=== Benefits ===
-Details required on the Application Form for guarantor membership will be:
+* You are supporting our goals and our work
-* Full name (required)
+* You can vote at our Annual General Meetings, where our Board is elected and administrative motions are passed
-* Wikimedia foundation username (optional; specifying which project)
+* You can apply for [[project grants]]
-* Full address, including postcode (required)
+* You can join our [[:mail:wikimediauk-l|discussion mail list]] to participate in planning new events and policy improvement; however it is not essential to be a member to join this list.
-* Country of residence (required)
+* Trusted volunteers can borrow Wikimedia UK [[volunteer equipment]] for use related to our charitable goals
-* Email address (optional?)
-* Checkbox to state whether the applicant is over 18
-* Signature and date (required)
-* If under 18, then signature of parent or guardian (required if under 18)
-== Possible reasons for rejection of application ==
+=== Eligibility ===
-The Board may reject a membership application if it is considered by the Board to be in the best interests of the charity. This may include:
+Membership is open to all; you do not have to live in the UK, be over a certain age or be editors of any of the Wikimedia Foundation projects. All we ask is that members agree to support our [[Objects]] and not to bring Wikimedia UK into disrepute.
-* Applicant has not provided, or has obviously fabricated, any of the required details on the application form
-* Applicant does not agree to support the Object of the charity (indicated by signing the application form)
-* Applicant does not agree to not bring the charity into disrepute (indicated by signing the application form)
-* Applicant is under the minimum age of 16, or is not a resident of the UK
-* Applicant has not provided payment of the appropriate membership fee
-Invalid reasons for outright rejection of a membership application include behaviour, activity or inactivity on the Wikipedia Foundation websites (excluding that used by WMUK2, i.e. (currently) the Meta pages, the mailing list and the IRC channels).
+Members must disclose to Wikimedia UK their full name and residential address; but they don't have to disclose their username on any of the Wikimedia projects. The personal data is included in the chapter's Register of Members, and this is made available to anyone with reasonable cause requesting the information. If you aren't comfortable disclosing this information, please still consider [[donate|donating]] to the chapter instead, and supporting our activities by your participation.
-All rejected membership applications should be raised and discussed at the next available General Meeting (subject to the data protection act).
+=== Membership fee ===
+The current membership fee is £5 per year for individuals and £100 for organisations.
-== Data retention ==
+=== Membership FAQ ===
-Names, addresses and dates of start (and if appropriate, end) of membership, the member's class ("Guarantor") and the member's number will be recorded in the Register of members, which will exist in digital form on the computers of the Membership Secretary and the Secretary (the Secretary's copy will be the "master" copy, otherwise notification must be given to the registrar: section 114 of the Company's Act 2006). The legal requirement is that member's names will stay on this register for at least 10 years from the date at which they cease to be a member.
+You may find it useful to look at the information on our [[Volunteers_-_Frequently_Asked_Questions#Members|Frequently Asked Questions]] page.
-The register of members may be inspected, and a copy taken of, by any member without charge, and anyone can make a request to inspect and/or take a copy of it subject to a fee. The latter can be refused only by application to the court.
+=== Join ===
-Successful membership applications will probably also be retained by the Membership Secretary for at least 10 years from the date at which the person ceases to be a member (legal requirement?). Unsuccessful applications will be retained until after the General Meeting at which they are discussed.
+'''Our preferred way for you to join and donate is online. The link also gives details of membership handling, and corporate membership. Please note that by becoming a member of Wikimedia UK you are consenting to us keeping and using the information you provide. This is in accordance with our [[Data Protection Policy]]. '''
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+! scope="col" | <div class="about-buttons" id="about-buttons-join" style="background-color: #009966;"><span class="plainlinks">[https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4 Join us]</span></div>
+|}
+==== To pay offline ====
+Bank transfers should also use your email contact as reference; for our bank account details Please contact:
+*info@wikimedia.org.uk
+*membership@wikimedia.org.uk
+*Tel: 0203 3720 760
+Please email membership@wikimedia.org.uk to confirm you have made the transfer to ensure your renewal is managed promptly, or if you have any additional queries.
+[[Category:Membership]]