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Revision as of 01:46, 6 March 2009
Location
Following discussion with the community on the email list, the Board decided to hold the AGM in Birmingham, or Manchester if it was not possible to find a free or low cost venue in Birmingham.
The rationale was that Birmingham is a central location with good transport links to the rest of the country, London hosted the first WMUKv1 meeting and Oxford in being considered for the 2010 AGM in the run up to Wikimania 2010.
We are currently investigating the possibility of holding the AGM at the.
Date
The board has identified six possible dates for the AGM: Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th, Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th April; or Saturday 2nd or Sunday 3rd May 2009.
Notices
The following notices will need to be sent out:
Agenda
- 1. Report
Report from the initial board on their activities.
- 2. Election of the Board
Including hustings, where candidates can make speeches and answer questions.
Votes cast, to be counted during the AGM and announced at the end.
- 3. Formal business
Discussion about, and approving or rejecting, the resolutions listed here.
- 4. Priorities of the chapter
Non-binding debate on the priorities of the chapter.
- 5. Talks
One or two presentations from various people on possible activities the chapter could get involved in followed by questions and answers and a discussion.
Ideas about possible speakers/talks:
- Wikipedia Loves Art at the V&A
- Someone from mySociety to talk about lobbying
- A techie to talk about squid servers and what we can do to help that
- Add your ideas here
- 5a. (Discussion about Wikimania, if we've won the bid)
- 6. Announcement of election results
Following the counting of the votes during the meeting.
- 7. Close
Decide date of next general meeting and/or next board meeting?
Surrounding events
Have AGM in afternoon (the best time for people far away, as it lets them get there and back in a day), and some informal events in the morning and evening?
Possible ideas:
- Talks?
- Discussions (informal) / debates (formal)
- Meal / discussion in pub in the evening, along the lines of a wikimeet?
- In-person collaborative editing, working to improve some wikipedia articles?
- First meeting of the new Board, inclusing election of officers
- Add your ideas here