March 26th 2013 CE report

Chief Executive report to Board for 26th March 2013

1. For Decision:

1.1 Surplus cash. The first tranche of FDC grant received need to decide where to place it for good return. JD/RS/GD to decide?

1.2 Annual awards – to proceed or not?

2012 UK Wikimedian of the Year.

John Byrne, for his work getting Wikimedia UK Charity Status

Rock drum, for his work with the GLAM sector and with the GLAM newsletter

James Forrester, for organising over 50 Wikimeets in the UK

2012 GLAM of the Year

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, for helping launch QRpedia codes in the UK (and worldwide)

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, for fully embracing the Wikimedia movement, releasing content, and holding regular events

National Maritime Museum, for releasing thousands of historical records of ships under the CC-BY-SA licence

2012 Educational Institution of the Year

Oxford Internet Institute

University of Bristol

Cancer Research UK

2012 Honourable Mention

Geograph Britain and Ireland

Lvova Anastasiya

Richard Power

2. For information;

2.1. Train the Trainers

Will be starting review of scheme in April.

2.2 Signatures on wiki

Risk identified. No new signatures of trustees being uploaded. Looking for systems to avoid all signatures being uploaded. Have asked for trustees to identify any documents that need redacting. Risk seen as low as office wiki is relatively secure.

2.3 Thefts from stolen Alto Card details. Mostly returned by Bank – being chased.

2.4. Altering Daria's Job Description to reflect her new duties. No financial implications.

2.5. Annual report and audit Awaiting numbers from accountants, all going well 'much better than last year' plus sign-off on Chair and CE paras.

2.8 Ongoing matters

QRpedia – press release imminent.

New staff. Katie Chan and Toni Sant have started. Jonathan Cardy on 3rd April.

Jon Davies (WMUK) (talk) 12:58, 26 March 2013 (UTC)