Reports 26Apr11

Below are the Board reports to the Board Meeting on 26 April 2011; see Agenda 26Apr11.

Templates for actions: Done, Carried forward, Cancelled.

Roger Bamkin (Chair)

Done recently

• Info Shock: Getting to grips with information and responsibilities - still in progress. Thanks to all for patience
• Rock Drum: Made clear that we are happy for Fae to attend and RD under WMF funding but we are not responsible for RD.
• Meeting with National Railway Museum. They will use Wikipedia for new gallery and are keen to hold events and do more.

Actions

• All to produce a short profile for the website. Also to put together a summary of what they 'bring to the party'.

Mike Peel (Secretary)

Done recently

• Change of board: email addresses (see [1]), mailing lists (board, office, chapters), wikis (board, office, chapters); internal-l subscriptions (thanks to dungodung)
• Facebook: please add me as a friend ([2]) so that I can add you as an admin to http://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK . Note that we also have a 'group' at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5678482133 - which I propose we delete.
• Blog: Martin Poulter is now an admin. Please can everyone else register at http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/wp-login.php?action=register so that I can make you an admin.
• Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester 7 happened on 24 April (total of 4 attendees; low numbers due to the timing...); will be followed up by Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester 8 some time in June. All welcome!
• OTRS queue access update requested (see email as of 25 April).

Tasks to do

• Sort through / close off old email addresses

Actions

• MP to sort out email addresses + board and office lists for new board members. Done
• MP to set up access to blog for board members, and admins on facebook. Carried forward (see above)
• MP to remove TD from CiviCRM, and to add CK. Other board members not to be added at this time. Done
• All to produce a short profile for the website. Also to put together a summary of what they 'bring to the party'. Done

Andrew Turvey (Treasurer)

Report

Discussion / review items

• Review of upcoming fundraising-related deadlines
• Participation in 2011-12 fundraiser; meta:Fundraising 2011/Chapter Fundraising Agreement
• Membership approvals

Actions

• AT to notify Companies House and Charities Commission of the election of the new board.
• AT to send a memento of our gratitude to the teller, outgoing board members, and speakers (excluding new board members), from WikiConference UK 2011
• AT to investigate debit cards for bank account signatories.
• AT to investigate how we can move to multiple signatories for large transactions.
• AT to investigate term deposits and return to the board with options.
• AT to email around details of the interested candidate to be an office manager, and to also advertise the position externally.
• TD to give AT the password for the main paypal account. AT to give all board members read-only access to the paypal account.
• AT to send around detailed information about the facilitation for the strategy discussion; decision to be made by email. Fæ to look into background, and to pin down specific outcomes (with SV). CK has contacts in this sector; will ask for a competitive quote. Fæ to take the lead with this topic.
• All to produce a short profile for the website. Also to put together a summary of what they 'bring to the party'.

Chris Keating (Director)

Report

Actions

• CK to email around a summary of his internal communications review.
• AT to send around detailed information about the facilitation for the strategy discussion; decision to be made by email. Fæ to look into background, and to pin down specific outcomes (with SV). CK has contacts in this sector; will ask for a competitive quote. Fæ to take the lead with this topic.
• All to produce a short profile for the website. Also to put together a summary of what they 'bring to the party'.

Martin Poulter (Director)

Report

Actions

• All to produce a short profile for the website. Also to put together a summary of what they 'bring to the party'.

Fæ (Director)

Report

Actions

• AT to send around detailed information about the facilitation for the strategy discussion; decision to be made by email. Fæ to look into background, and to pin down specific outcomes (with SV). CK has contacts in this sector; will ask for a competitive quote. Fæ to take the lead with this topic.
• All to produce a short profile for the website. Also to put together a summary of what they 'bring to the party'.

Steve Virgin (Director)

Report

Actions

• All to produce a short profile for the website. Also to put together a summary of what they 'bring to the party'.