Meetings/2009 AGM
Location
Somewhere fairly central with good transport links to the rest of the country with rotation
One of:
- London (largest city)
- Birmingham/Manchester (most central)
- Oxford (as Wikimania bid is here)
Agenda
- 1. Report
Report from the initial board on their activities.
- 2. Election of the Board
Including hustings, where candidates can make speeches and answer questions.
Votes cast, to be counted during the AGM and announced at the end.
- 3. Formal business
Discussion about, and approving or rejecting, the resolutions listed here.
- 4. Priorities of the chapter
Non-binding debate on the priorities of the chapter.
- 5. Talks
One or two presentations from various people on possible activities the chapter could get involved in followed by questions and answers and a discussion.
Ideas about possible speakers/talks:
- Wikipedia Loves Art at the V&A
- Someone from mySociety to talk about lobbying
- A techie to talk about squid servers and what we can do to help that
- Add your ideas here
- 6. Announcement of election results
Following the counting of the votes during the meeting.
- 7. Close
Decide date of next general meeting and/or next board meeting?
Surrounding events
Have AGM in afternoon (the best time for people far away, as it lets them get there and back in a day), and some informal events in the morning and evening?
Possible ideas:
- Talks?
- Discussions (informal) / debates (formal)
- Meal / discussion in pub in the evening, along the lines of a wikimeet?
- In-person collaborative editing, working to improve some wikipedia articles?
- First meeting of the new Board, inclusing election of officers
- Add your ideas here
Future
Ideas for a UK conference, please add/modify/discuss:
- Every January
- Moving around - at least alternating between London and Birmingham, perhaps other places as well
- One day, lunch included
- Cost included in membership fee (should give better turnout than charging separately and means we don't have to worry about too few people turning up and it making a loss)
- Talks, discussion and debates about Wikimedia projects and the UK community
- Talks from external speakers
- Talks from WMF
- AGM: Annual report, board election, any other business