Meetings/2008-12-30

Minutes of the Wikimedia UK v2.0 Board Meeting #wikimedia-uk-board, 20:30 30/12/2008

Constitution

Present with speaking rights: Tom Holden (TH), Mike Peel (MP), Andrew Turvey (AT)

Also voiced during parts of the meeting: PharosAlexandria

Apologies for Absence

Kwan Ting Chan (KTC), Mickey Conn (MC)

Minutes of Last Meeting

Available at [1]. AT has made one minor change [2], otherwise approved by all present.

Matters Arising

Wikipedia Loves Art

AT is willing to donate £50 towards prizes for WLA. Some money should possibly be used for promotion of the event. An IRC chat about the event will be held on Tue 6 Jan 2009 at 21.30.

ACTIONS: AT to email the wikimedia-uk mailing list, TH to investigate sponsorship of prizes.

Election Rules

ACTION: MP to propose some revised wording for the rules. The Rules will be put for approval at the next meeting.

Newsletter - December

Newsletter has been distributed. January edition should probably go out around the 20th, after the WMF board meeting.

ACTION: MP, MC to discuss who should distribute the email version in future.

Accounts management

TH has investigated GnuCash and Microsoft's Small Business Accounting application (both free). GnuCash is preferable - both free software, and multi-platform.

ACTION: TH to start using GnuCash for accounts.

Treasurer's Report

Nothing to report.

Secretary's Report

Nothing to report.

Membership Report

Nothing to report.

Timetable Review

Nothing changed.

Wikimania bid

The Montpellier bid has dropped out, and is now supporting the UK bid.

Travel Visa sponsorship

The current bid page notes that the chapter may be able to act as a visa sponsor. AT raised concerns about the chapter's liability in this case.

ACTION: TH to investigate what being a visa sponsor entails, and what the liabilities are, closer to the bid.

Location of AGM

Discussions on the list have suggested Birmingham or Manchester this year, Oxford next year. Decision on which location to go for was delayed until the next meeting, pending some initial investigation.

ACTION: AT to investigate possible locations in Birmingham for the AGM.

AOCB

ACTION: MP to investigate setting up a wiki for the chapter hosted by the WMF, and to request that one is set up if possible.

Closure

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 13th January at 20:30 (GMT/UTC).