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Minutes of the meeting of the Wikimedia UK Board on Skype 19:30 on 2 November 2010. | |||
Present on Skype: Board trustees Andrew Turvey (AT), Mike Peel (MP), Tom Dalton (TD), Steve Virgin (SV), Joseph Seddon (JS); with Charles Matthews (CM) taking notes. | |||
Skype connection: | Meeting got under way 19.44 on Skype. | ||
'''Skype connection troubles''': The meeting had to be rehosted at 21:16 and 21:30. AT (Chair) suffered from ongoing problems with breaking up. {{action}} AT to investigate audio conferencing facilities as substitute. | |||
Agenda handling: The community IRC meeting from earlier in the evening was inserted at A3.2. B2 was substituted (Spending plans for Media strategy) in the absence of Gemma Griffiths. | Agenda handling: The community IRC meeting from earlier in the evening was inserted at A3.2. B2 was substituted (Spending plans for Media strategy) in the absence of Gemma Griffiths. | ||
A: | ==A: Minutes and Reports== | ||
A1. Apologies: N/a. | A1. Apologies: N/a. | ||
===A2: Approval of minutes=== | |||
A2: The minutes for the meetings of 22 October and 2 November 2010 were approved unchanged. CM was given notes on presentation. | A2: The minutes for the meetings of 22 October and 2 November 2010 were approved unchanged. CM was given notes on presentation. | ||
===A3: Decisions taken by email=== | |||
The issue of email list discussion and subsequent ratification by the Board at its meetings was slated as an item for the February meeting in person. On the current handling, MP asked for active moderation/chairing of Board email list discussions. AT asked for clear, explicit indications in the subject line for threads when there is a decision required. | |||
* Approval of Donor Privacy Policy: the very minor diff from the WMF version should be noted at the end of the page, with the banner template. | |||
* Approve Guidelines for responding to queries: it was agreed that this could be modified at need by a Board list decision; and that the existing skills of staff assigned to the OTRS duty can and should be taken into account. | |||
The following decisions were also ratified: | |||
* Decision to sign the agreement to participate in the Annual Fundraiser | |||
* Appointment of Gemma Griffiths as Head of PR (on a one day per week basis) | |||
* Approval of associated blog post on GG | |||
* Approval of Press Release re the Fundraiser | |||
* Approval of text for promotional material for Jimmy's talk in Bristol | |||
* Grant permission to Festival of Ideas for use of WMUK logo to advertise the Jimmy Wales talk. | |||
[[Category: Meeting minutes]] | |||
Revision as of 10:47, 8 December 2010
Minutes of the meeting of the Wikimedia UK Board on Skype 19:30 on 2 November 2010.
Present on Skype: Board trustees Andrew Turvey (AT), Mike Peel (MP), Tom Dalton (TD), Steve Virgin (SV), Joseph Seddon (JS); with Charles Matthews (CM) taking notes.
Meeting got under way 19.44 on Skype.
Skype connection troubles: The meeting had to be rehosted at 21:16 and 21:30. AT (Chair) suffered from ongoing problems with breaking up. ACTION: AT to investigate audio conferencing facilities as substitute.
Agenda handling: The community IRC meeting from earlier in the evening was inserted at A3.2. B2 was substituted (Spending plans for Media strategy) in the absence of Gemma Griffiths.
A: Minutes and Reports
A1. Apologies: N/a.
A2: Approval of minutes
A2: The minutes for the meetings of 22 October and 2 November 2010 were approved unchanged. CM was given notes on presentation.
A3: Decisions taken by email
The issue of email list discussion and subsequent ratification by the Board at its meetings was slated as an item for the February meeting in person. On the current handling, MP asked for active moderation/chairing of Board email list discussions. AT asked for clear, explicit indications in the subject line for threads when there is a decision required.
- Approval of Donor Privacy Policy: the very minor diff from the WMF version should be noted at the end of the page, with the banner template.
- Approve Guidelines for responding to queries: it was agreed that this could be modified at need by a Board list decision; and that the existing skills of staff assigned to the OTRS duty can and should be taken into account.
The following decisions were also ratified:
- Decision to sign the agreement to participate in the Annual Fundraiser
- Appointment of Gemma Griffiths as Head of PR (on a one day per week basis)
- Approval of associated blog post on GG
- Approval of Press Release re the Fundraiser
- Approval of text for promotional material for Jimmy's talk in Bristol
- Grant permission to Festival of Ideas for use of WMUK logo to advertise the Jimmy Wales talk.