Volunteer Strategy Gathering/November 2014
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This event will take place on Saturday 29th November, 2014 at the Library of Birmingham, Birmingham
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
| 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