2017 Annual General Meeting/planning
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The 2017 Annual General Meeting will be held in London on Saturday 15th July.
Deadline and ToDo list
Items in italics are legal deadline/limit, and not necessarily a scheduled date.
| Deadlines | Item | What | By whom | Notes | Progress |
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| Date | Confirm date | Board | Less than 15 months from last AGM |  Done
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| Venue | Confirm venue | Board | Done
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| 13/09/2016 | Minutes of 2016 AGM | Type up and circulate for correction | CEO | Done
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| 20/05/2017 | Agenda | Outline basic agenda | Chair and CEO | Done
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| 20/05/2017 | AGM Agenda | Circulate drafts of Agenda & Resolutions for Board comment | CEO | Done
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| 30/05/2017 | Send Article 5.4 notice by email regarding members' resolutions | As part of more general email with advance (non-statutory) warning of AGM | CEO and Chair (Office) | Done
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| 06/06/2017 | Confirm tellers | Decide who will be teller for AGM | Board | Done
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| 07/06/2017 | ARC meeting | Endorse draft Annual Accounts for Board approval | Audit & Risk Committee | Done
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| 08/06/2017 | Deadline for board papers | Deadline for board papers | Board & Office | Done
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| 09/06/2017 | Deadline for members to propose draft resolutions for AGM | Members | Done
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| 10/06/2017 | Earliest day notice of Director nomination can be received | AoA#17.3(b) | Done
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| 15/06/2017 | Finalise draft 2016 minutes | Agree minutes to be put forward to AGM at board meeting | Done
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| 15/06/2017 | Agree agenda for AGM | at board meeting | Done
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| 15/06/2017 | Approve Annual Report and Accounts | at board meeting | Done
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| 15/06/2017 | Agree board resolutions going forward to AGM | at board meeting | Done
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| 20/06/2017 | Annual Review | Text written | CEO / Communications Co-ordinator | Done
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| 20/06/2017 | Annual Review | Text to designer | CEO / Communications Co-ordinator | ||
| 22/06/2017 | Formal notice of AGM sent to members by email | Include agenda, reminder to update address, and call for board candidates with link to Board/Becoming a trustee. Also include if possible Annual Report and Accounts. | CEO and Chair | AoA#26, ER | Done
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| 23/06/2017 | Draft delegate packs | CEO and Membership, Fundraising and Operations Assistant | |||
| 24/06/2017 | Formal notice of AGM legally given | AoA#6.1, ER | Done
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| 30/06/2017 | Deadline for members to suggest amendments to proposed resolutions | (This deadline may not apply to obvious corrections of minor errors) | Members | ||
| 30/06/2017 | Deadline for receipt of Director nominations at the Wikimedia UK offices | Office | AoA#17.3(b) | ||
| 03/07/2017 | Prepare papers | Print proxy and voting forms, agenda, resolutions etc. Envelope stuffing | Membership, Fundraising and Operations Assistant (Office) | ||
| 05/07/2017 | Notice of Directors' election sent to members by post | Include voting forms, resolutions & amendments. | Office | AoA#17.4, ER | |
| 07/07/2017 | Notice of Directors' election legally given to members | AoA#26.6 | |||
| 07/07/2017 | Deadline for membership eligibility prior to AGM | Office | |||
| 10/07/2017 | Annual Review complete, and approved | Publish online | Communications co-ordinator | ||
| 10/07/2017 | Delegate packs | Print agenda. feedback sheet. Prepare delegate packs. | Office | ||
| 11/07/2017 | Name badges | Print badges for attendees | Office | ||
| 13/07/2017 | Deadline for receipt at the WMUK offices of AGM proxy appointments | Members | AoA#11.3 | ||
| 15/07/2017 | AGM | ||||
| 15/07/2017 | AGM quorum | Greater of 10 or 10% in person or by proxy. | Chair | AoA#7 | |
| 31/10/2017 | Annual accounts filing with Companies House & circulation to members | Office | CA2006#424CA2006#442 | ||
| 30/11/2017 | Annual return filing with Charity Commission | Include Annual Report & independent examiner's report | Office | CA2011#163 |