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The next Board Meeting will happen in the irc:wikimedia-uk-board IRC channel on Tuesday 5th May 2009 at 20:30-22:30 BST. (an agenda is available here) All are welcome to attend, but only board members will be voiced. General discussion will be in irc:wikimedia-uk.

About Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the local Wikimedia chapter covering the United Kingdom. The chapter is incorporated under the name "Wiki UK Limited" and uses Wikimedia UK as its operating name. It was approved as a chapter by the Wikimedia Foundation on 12 January 2009. The chapter's Constitution consists of the Memorandum of Association and the Articles of Association. The first Board of Trustees were elected in September 2008, and the company was incorporated on 5 November 2008. Our first first Annual General Meeting was held on April 26th, where a new board was elected. Membership applications are being processed. Get involved See Membership We are inviting applications for membership! Membership is open to all; there are no restrictions in the location or age of members, and members do not need to be editors of any of the Wikimedia Foundation projects. Members have the right to elect the Board, submit motions and vote at AGMs, thereby playing a central role in determining the activities of the chapter. The current annual subscription costs £12 (£6 for concessions). Please apply using the form and note that applicants under 18 need to have the form countersigned by their parent or guardian. You can also join the Wikimedia UK email list (archive) and discuss chapter activities in the following IRC channels: Wikimedia UK, and Oxford Wikimania.

Latest activities The latest board meeting was on 26 April 2009; minutes are available here. The next meeting is on the 5 May 2009. The latest Newsletter is from March 2009. You can subscribe here! Our first AGM was on 26 April 2008; minutes will be available soon! Projects We are currently working on three projects: Oxford's bid to host Wikimania 2010 Wikipedia Loves Art - this project generated over 11,000 free-content photographs in February 2009, which are currently being processed Copyright law consultation - we responded to an issues paper from the UK Intellectual Property Office in February 2009, and are expecting a follow up discussion paper in the autumn. We are currently seeking proposals for new projects in the forthcoming year. Suggestions so far have included: London Loves Wikipedia - a follow up to Wikipedia Loves Art to be held in February 2010 Wikipedia For Schools Content liberation project, along the lines of Wikimedia Germany's successful projects Over twenty project ideas are also listed here.