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==FAQ==


===Proposals===
=== How long will the day be? ===
The following are ideas that people may wish to discuss at the gathering and take forward from there.
We are expecting to start at 10:30 and to finish by around 2:30pm. The day will round off with the charity's AGM at 3:00pm. We should be finished by 5:30pm.
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==Suggestions following the November 2014 event==
=== Will food be provided? ===
The following suggestions for this event were made by different people following the previous event.
Yes, there will be a sandwich lunch, tea and coffee.


===Newbies===
===Can you pay for my travel to London, or my accommodation? ===
* Follow-up on progress since the last meeting.
Unfortunately we do not have funds to cover attendees' expenses. Sorry.
* Summary of the Post-It mania {{tick}} (see [[Volunteer Strategy Gathering/November 2014/Data|here]]), and a list of concrete suggestions what the chapter could do, for discussion.


===Project-based volunteering===
==Comments and ideas for the day==
* More workshops, maybe some hack-space e.g. to work on developing tools or ideas on the Wiki.
* More specifics on how project-based volunteering would actually work in practice. Who would decide which projects get supported?  What specific mechanisms would we use to ensure our charitable funds are spent wisely?
* As I said, I think a "teamwork" discussion is needed. There was little enough chance in Birmingham for volunteers to express their views of how the current "volunteer strategy" is run. (...) There really need to be a session to grasp the nettle, and deal with staff and trustees' need to be pro-active in making life easier for volunteers who want to be involved with the chapter, in return for asking that volunteers are more thoughtful about resources and impact.


===Fewer presentations===
== How to get there? ==
* Event organisers: I think the previous event had all of the elements it needed, so I'd like to see more of the same. The only thing I would change is fitting in slightly fewer presentations/activities to leave more time for discussion and getting to know new people. The actual discussions within the activities were brilliant, but we lacked the time to refine any of the ideas proposed.
* Fewer presentations and more discussion. Discussions of the gender gap or fundraising are very interesting and important, but deserve more time than can be afforded in a short slot and aren't directly relevant to the problems of volunteering within WMUK.


===Newbies===
Some tips on this would be helpful. It doesn't seem obvious. [[Special:Contributions/77.100.80.30|77.100.80.30]] 17:53, 24 July 2015 (BST)
* More new people coming
:The staff sent out some information on travel by email a few days ago, but I agree that it would be worth putting on wiki as well.
* Bring more new volunteers in. Volunteers working together on potential projects.
::;Travel advisory note
::Please note that there are planned engineering works taking place across the London public transport network this weekend.
::The London Overground service is not in operation, although there are replacement buses. Shoreditch High Street is the closest station to the venue.
::The District and Hammersmith & City lines on the underground are also affected with buses replacing the Tube between Bromley By Bow and Aldgate East. By this route, Aldgate East is the closest option, around a fifteen minute walk down Brick Lane will take you straight to the venue.
::Aldgate (Circle Line) is another option, although please note that there is also no service on the Metropolitan Line. Liverpool Street (Central, Circle) is also an option and will leave you with about a 15-20 minute walk.
::If you are travelling by bus, routes 8 and 388 both stop directly outside the venue. There will be a pop-up banner posted outside to increase visibility.
::For real time travel information, visit tfl.gov.uk
:--[[User:MichaelMaggs|MichaelMaggs]] ([[User talk:MichaelMaggs|talk]]) 18:03, 24 July 2015 (BST)


===Other===
==Total cost of event==
* It felt like after each talk, we didn't have feedback as to what we could concretely take home and act upon. And the event became a bit too political at the end... unavoidable however it would've been nice to have a healthy debate rather than just sporadic chatter.
* Something on strategic thinking - we had a lot of the ingredients of strategy on the day but…
* The later afternoon lacked structure so people who wanted to swamp the conversation with points of view did so easily rather than help the group to expand their understanding of the topic
* The train journey to Birmingham was fine for me, but I couldn't have arrived at the meeting any earlier than I did (a bit after 10)....so I would prefer something low key to start the meeting. {{tick}} Key note won't be until 11:00 am


==Postponement==
Lunch: £97.76<br />
This event was originally scheduled for February 2015. The primary reason for this postponement is that there is more value to the charity and its volunteers in holding the event later in the year when a budget will be in place, when the charity has a new CEO and any pending structural or other changes to the staff team have taken effect.
:[[Volunteer Strategy Gathering/February 2015|Read more . . .]]


==See also==
Setup costs: £20.00<br />
* [[Technology workshop 2014-15]]
 
Travel expenses and training costs: £296.00<br />
 
&<br />
 
Venue donation in kind: -£1200.00

Latest revision as of 12:26, 12 October 2015

FAQ

How long will the day be?

We are expecting to start at 10:30 and to finish by around 2:30pm. The day will round off with the charity's AGM at 3:00pm. We should be finished by 5:30pm.

Will food be provided?

Yes, there will be a sandwich lunch, tea and coffee.

Can you pay for my travel to London, or my accommodation?

Unfortunately we do not have funds to cover attendees' expenses. Sorry.

Comments and ideas for the day

How to get there?

Some tips on this would be helpful. It doesn't seem obvious. 77.100.80.30 17:53, 24 July 2015 (BST)

The staff sent out some information on travel by email a few days ago, but I agree that it would be worth putting on wiki as well.
Travel advisory note
Please note that there are planned engineering works taking place across the London public transport network this weekend.
The London Overground service is not in operation, although there are replacement buses. Shoreditch High Street is the closest station to the venue.
The District and Hammersmith & City lines on the underground are also affected with buses replacing the Tube between Bromley By Bow and Aldgate East. By this route, Aldgate East is the closest option, around a fifteen minute walk down Brick Lane will take you straight to the venue.
Aldgate (Circle Line) is another option, although please note that there is also no service on the Metropolitan Line. Liverpool Street (Central, Circle) is also an option and will leave you with about a 15-20 minute walk.
If you are travelling by bus, routes 8 and 388 both stop directly outside the venue. There will be a pop-up banner posted outside to increase visibility.
For real time travel information, visit tfl.gov.uk
--MichaelMaggs (talk) 18:03, 24 July 2015 (BST)

Total cost of event

Lunch: £97.76

Setup costs: £20.00

Travel expenses and training costs: £296.00

&

Venue donation in kind: -£1200.00

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