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Wikimedia UK is happy to pay all reasonable travel expenses for volunteers attending this event. We can also pay for accomodation where this need but please get in touch first (fabian.tompsett(at)wikimedia.org.uk).
Wikimedia UK is happy to pay all reasonable travel expenses for volunteers attending this event. We can also pay for accomodation where this need but please get in touch first (fabian.tompsett(at)wikimedia.org.uk).


The venue is near [[en:w:Birmingham New Street Station]]
The venue is near [[:en:Birmingham New Street Station]]


==Accommodation==
==Accommodation==

Revision as of 14:31, 19 November 2014

This event will take place on Saturday 29th November, 2014 at the Library of Birmingham, Birmingham

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Context

Wikimedia UK is organising this event to bring together interested stakeholders to consider our Volunteer Strategy. The intention is to see in what ways we can develop the organisation by creating new approach to project-based volunteering.

Agenda

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Programme

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Time What Who
10:00 Arrival & Coffee
10:30am Welcome & Introduction Carol Campbell (Wikimedia UK Trustee) and introducing D'Arcy Myers (Interim CEO)
11:00 Wikimedia UK: what does it do and what roles does it involve? Fabian Tompsett (Volunteer Support Organiser)
11:30am How can WMUK better engage and support volunteers?
John Cummings (Volunteer)
12:45 pm Summary of morning Edward Hands (Volunteer)
1:00 pm Lunch
1:45 pm Outline for afternoon Edward Hands (Volunteer)
2:00 pm Gender Gap Raya Sharbain and Natalie Chan (Volunteers)
2:20pm The changing funding environment Katherine Bavage (Wikimedia UK Fundraising Organiser)
2:40pm Approaches to fundraising Katherine Bavage (Wikimedia UK Fundraising Organiser)
3:00pm Tea break
3:15 pm What characteristics/skills/experience would we like to see in a new CEO? Michael Maggs (Trustee)
3:45pm Feedback
4:15pm How to take things forward
4:45pm End of conference

Travel and parking

Wikimedia UK is happy to pay all reasonable travel expenses for volunteers attending this event. We can also pay for accomodation where this need but please get in touch first (fabian.tompsett(at)wikimedia.org.uk).

The venue is near en:Birmingham New Street Station

Accommodation