2014 Annual General Meeting

Wikimedia UK's 2014 AGM will coincide with Wikimania, which will take place on Saturday August 9th at 4. The Barbican will be hosting Wikimania and the AGM.

An outline order for the AGM might be:

Speaker	Title
N/A	pre-AGM Board Meeting
Chair	Introduction to the AGM
Secretary	Approval of 2013 AGM minutes
Tellers	Explanation of election procedure
Tellers	Election hustings & questions
Tellers	Voting
Chair	Board report
Treasurer	Finance report
Secretary	Resolutions
Tellers	Announcement of election results

Members should be provided with copies of:

• 2013 AGM minutes
• 2012-13 and 2013-14 audited accounts
• 2013-14 annual report
• Election candidate statements
• Proposed resolutions

Resolutions

Note

None of these resolutions have yet been proposed. They are still being drafted.

A special motion to be proposed by the board to tidy up an issue from previous AGMs

The Meeting hereby resolves that Art.30 (compliance with Scottish charity law), which was added to the Company's Articles by Special Resolution passed at the 2012 AGM and retrospectively sanctioned by the Charity Commission on the basis that it is deemed to be a "regulated amendment" that can only take effect with the Commission's concurrence, shall be deemed to come into effect herewith."

A motion to appoint board members

Whereas, those trustees whose term ran until 2014 have resigned effective at the end of this meeting, as required by the Articles of Association. Whereas, the Election Rules require an election of board members at this meeting.

This meeting resolves by Ordinary Resolution to hold an election in accordance with the Election Rules and then appoint the elected candidates as members of the Board of Trustees for the next two years.

A motion to set membership fees

Whereas, the Membership Rules require the membership fees to be reviewed by each AGM.

This meeting resolves by Ordinary Resolution to maintain the membership fees unchanged for Individual Members at £5 per year and for all Member Organisations at £100 per year.

A motion to appoint auditors

Whereas Messrs UHY Hacker Young of 22 The Ropewalk Nottingham have been appointed by the directors as auditors of the company,

This Meeting resolves to reappoint them as auditors until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting.