Reports 8Sep12

Below are the Board and Staff reports to the Board Meeting on 8 September 2012; see Agenda 8Sep12.

Templates for actions: {{done}} Done, {{cf}} Carried forward, {{canc}} Cancelled.

If something needs discussing for longer than a minute, then please add it to the Matters Arising section on the agenda.

Board

Chris Keating (Chair, Fundraiser)

Chair

• Arranging facilitator & programme for 2013 Activity Plan discussion
• Progressing agreement regarding QRpedia

Fundraiser

• Handover of the day-to-day work for the fundraiser to Katherine pretty much completed

Outreach

• Further conversations with JISC and other colleagues regarding University Wikimedians in Residence - hope for progress at EDU-WIKI
• WWI and NMM projects stalled due to lack of my time. Floated the idea of a paid coordinator position for the WWI project (link.

Decisions needed

Michael Peel (Secretary, Tech)

For my work in progress, see the scratchpad at User:Mike Peel/Workspace.

Done:

• Worked through far too many emails.
• Attended Wikimania, talked to many people.
• Have been contributing to discussion about the future of Wikimania scholarships
• Tech:
  • Have set up a blog for GLAM-WIKI US.