Agenda 13Jul13

Agenda for Board meeting on 13-14 July 2013, times TBC.

Attendees:

• Board:
  • ...
• Staff:
  • ...

Saturday

Board Orientation & Teambuilding

(All provisional titles! Suggestions for other topics to cover, or speakers on this, would be very welcome. Certainly preferred to get some non-Board and ideally non-UK perspectives.) Orientation to cover;

1. Welcome
2. Legal responsibilities of a Trustee
3. A Brief History of the Wikimedia Movement & Wikimedia UK
   1. History, culture, values, and impact of the Wikipedia projects
   2. Wikimedia Foundation, Chapters and Chapters Association
   3. Wikimedia UK's history
4. Wikimedia UK Governance Review
5. Finances
   1. UK fundraising
   2. Global funds - Funds Dissemination
6. WMUK's Constitution, with a focus on the Finance Policy and Conflict of Interest policy
7. Working effectively as a Trustee

Teambuilding activities!

Strategic planning

Update on strategic planning process. What steer is needed from the Board about this Autumn's FDC proposal Volunteer review paper, or update, might go in here.

Sunday

Aiming for an early afternoon finish.

Board meeting

Agenda:

1. Apologies for absence
2. Approval of agenda
3. Declarations of Interest Relevant to Matters on the Agenda
4. Noting WikiConference UK 2013/AGM Minutes (the board needs to be happy with these minutes, which are to be approved at the next AGM.) [MP]
5. Reports
   1. Chief Executive
      1. Traffic light report against plan
      2. Risk report
6. Board structures
   1. "Officer" posts and job descriptions
   2. Co-opted seats: Approach to take, skills gaps remaining identified by Governance Committee
   3. Consideration of the proposal to have Vice-Chairs for all Committees
   4. Committee memberships & confirmation of;
      1. Audit and Risk Committee charter
      2. Governance Committee Charter
7. ...
8. Date and agenda of next meeting
9. Any Other Business