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Last year the Board gave Steve Virgin and I the job of finding new lawyers and progressing the application for Registered Charity status, the top priority of | Last year the Board gave Steve Virgin and I the job of finding new lawyers and progressing the application for Registered Charity status, the top priority of | ||
the membership at the last AGM. | the membership at the last AGM. We did this in four months, despite the summer holidays. I am now assisting with the Treasurer role. | ||
Outside Wikipedia I am a qualified (ICSA) Company Secretary, | Outside Wikipedia I am a qualified (ICSA) Company Secretary, | ||
who worked mostly in reference publishing; I was Company Secretary | who has worked mostly in reference publishing; I was Company Secretary | ||
of the Marshall Cavendish Group, and a Trustee of its Pension Fund. I've set up new subsidiaries which experienced the kind of explosive | of the Marshall Cavendish Group, and a Trustee of its Pension Fund. I've set up new subsidiaries which experienced the kind of explosive | ||
growth in activity that Wikimedia UK now faces, and have experience of a broad range of management issues. I am married with four children and live just | growth in activity that Wikimedia UK now faces, and have experience of a broad range of management issues. I am married with four children and live just | ||
Revision as of 02:41, 18 April 2012
John Byrne
I'm User:Johnbod with 100,000 edits on English Wikipedia since 2006, and 18,000 on Commons, writing mostly on art history (see my user page). I have ten FAs and 189 DYKs, & have presented to various groups and parties, and organized GLAM events and training sessions.
Last year the Board gave Steve Virgin and I the job of finding new lawyers and progressing the application for Registered Charity status, the top priority of the membership at the last AGM. We did this in four months, despite the summer holidays. I am now assisting with the Treasurer role.
Outside Wikipedia I am a qualified (ICSA) Company Secretary, who has worked mostly in reference publishing; I was Company Secretary of the Marshall Cavendish Group, and a Trustee of its Pension Fund. I've set up new subsidiaries which experienced the kind of explosive growth in activity that Wikimedia UK now faces, and have experience of a broad range of management issues. I am married with four children and live just outside London.
WMUK still faces a period of change and growth, putting the funds that are now available to good use. The function of the Board is still changing to a much more supervisory one than at present.
I am mainly a content writer, very conscious of the urgency of expanding our base of editors. I believe this should be our main focus for WMUK activities, moving beyond GLAM to reach other kinds of organizations and groups in new ways. We also need to expand chapter membership and involvement, while accepting that many very active UK Wikipedians prefer only to engage online. I know all the current board and several of the other candidates and I believe I can work well as a member of the new board.