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This Volunteer Strategy Gathering will take place in London on 25th July 2015.
This '''Volunteer Strategy Gathering''' will take place in London on 25th July 2015.  


Start at 10:30, finish by 15:00 to be followed by the [[2015 Annual General Meeting|AGM]].
The purpose of the day is to get a better understanding of how Wikimedia UK works with its members and the olunteer community to further the work of the Wikimedia movement.
There will be a short presentation about our new project planning process, designed to ensure we have ambitious and sustainable projects. This will be followed by sessions discussing our proposed structures and mechanisms for interacting with volunteers and engaging them in our work.


We hope to be joined for the day by our CEO-elect. He or she should have been appointed by then, but will probably not yet have started work.
It will be held at Top Office Machines, 133 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG
The space has been kindly donated by WMUK member [[User:EdSaperia]].  


===Draft agenda===
The official schedule is to follow, but we start at 10:30, finish by 15:00 and then this will be followed by the [[2015 Annual General Meeting|AGM]].
Lunch will be provided.


# Welcome and introduction to the day
We hope to be joined for the day by our CEO-elect. He or she should have been appointed by then, but will probably not yet have started work.
# Call to action
# Thoughts from our CEO-elect
# Introduction to the project-based approach
# Proposals: volunteer structures and processes
# Round table discussions 1
## Project-based approach and procedures (incubation and evaluation)
## Volunteer structures
# What you can do for the staff and what the staff can do for you
## 'what you can help me do'
## 'what I can help you do'.
# Round table discussions 2: Best practices for volunteer-staff liaison
# Round table discussions 3: How would this work in practice?
## Groups to select an idea to 'incubate' and 'evaluate'
# Next steps
# Thanks and close
 
===Expected outcomes===


# We develop a shared understanding of these proposals, including the new volunteer structures and working processes
# We develop a shared understanding of these proposals, including the new volunteer structures and working processes

Revision as of 12:21, 15 June 2015

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This Volunteer Strategy Gathering will take place in London on 25th July 2015.

The purpose of the day is to get a better understanding of how Wikimedia UK works with its members and the olunteer community to further the work of the Wikimedia movement. There will be a short presentation about our new project planning process, designed to ensure we have ambitious and sustainable projects. This will be followed by sessions discussing our proposed structures and mechanisms for interacting with volunteers and engaging them in our work.

It will be held at Top Office Machines, 133 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG The space has been kindly donated by WMUK member User:EdSaperia.

The official schedule is to follow, but we start at 10:30, finish by 15:00 and then this will be followed by the AGM. Lunch will be provided.

We hope to be joined for the day by our CEO-elect. He or she should have been appointed by then, but will probably not yet have started work.

  1. We develop a shared understanding of these proposals, including the new volunteer structures and working processes
  2. We gain insights from volunteers and staff as to how both could work most effectively together to achieve our common goals
  3. The next steps and the timeline for achieving those are clear
  4. We provide an opportunity for the CEO-elect to meet our community and to start working together.

AGM

The 2015 AGM will immediately follow the close of the Volunteer Strategy Gathering.

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