Reports 11Feb12
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Below are the Board reports to the Board Meeting on 3 January 2011; see Agenda 3Jan12.
Templates for actions: {{done}} Done, {{cf}}
Carried forward, {{canc}}
Cancelled.
If something needs discussing for longer than a minute, then please add it to the Matters Arising section on the agenda.
Board
All board
- All board members to look at the Executive Committee proposed definition, and to ask members for input.
Roger Bamkin (Chair)
- Actions
- RB, AT, JD to decide on success points on a successful Wikimania bid
- RB and JD to prepare a draft on Metrics by 3 jan
- RB to invite WMDE/WMF/WMNL trustees/execs to give feedback on the WMUK board, and to assemble a summary paragraph for the annual report.
- Other stuff
- Coming up
Michael Peel (Secretary)
Split into roles:
- Board
- Membership approvals - see in-camera report for list of names and locations.
- Need to know attendance numbers, and number of votes, for Annual Conference 2011 AGM Minutes (AT recorded these)
- Grants
- Microgrants/Microphone needed approved, but the funds have not yet been spent.
- Microgrants/World War I resources pending
- Microgrants/Core Contest (prizes) under discussion - likely to approve shortly.
- Microgrants/Wikinews reporter IDs new today, under discussion
- WikiSym Scholarships - being closed off (only outstanding thing is transferring money for SanFran hotel to WMF)
- WikiConference India Scholarships - now closing off (still pending expense claims)
- Need to reformat Microgrants to incorporate standard grants.
- Need to set up a page for operating Microgrants/BL photocopies
- Administrative
- Reports/2011/November, Reports/2011/December, Reports/2012/January - need completing and sending out.
- Need to improve Minutes 27Aug11, Minutes 19Nov11, Minutes 14Dec11 and get Minutes 1Nov11 online
Carried forward (Not had time to improve layout and verbosity of these)
- Keeping track of budget expenditure at [1] (office only - can we open this up?) (Needs updating.)
- Sysadmin
- Volunteer
- OTRS workshop - went well, came in under budget. See OTRS workshop/Wrap-up.
- Wiki Loves Monuments brainstorm - handed over to Harry.
- Geocamp - on back burner at the moment, will pick up again once we have events organiser in place.
- Closing off Britain Loves Wikipedia
Doing... - two prizes now awarded, with the rest in progress. Need to give Jon info about this.
- Actions
- MP to rework Minutes 27Aug11 for approval at the next meeting.
Carried forward
- JD, MP, SV and CK to assemble a first draft of the Annual Report by February for the Board to review it.
Carried forward not due yet
Andrew Turvey (Treasurer)
Main activity has been:
- Actions
- AT - In camera minutes of 2 February 2011
- AT - written legal advice onto wiki
- AT to transfer the funds for the £10k grant to WMDE to support the Toolserver
- AT to contact WMF board member Jan-Bart to discuss how to locate new trustees.
- RB, AT, JD to decide on success points on a successful Wikimania bid
- AT and JD to organise the pensions scheme
Chris Keating (incl Fundraiser)
- Actions
- JD, MP, SV and CK to assemble a first draft of the Annual Report by February for the Board to review it. Not started - will liaise
Fae (and GLAM programme)
- Actions (all open)
- Fæ to compile a briefing for partners on issues and expectations surrounding in-residency projects.
- MP/Fæ Blogs or reports from the recent India scholarships to be received and published, may require re-prompting.
- Fæ/JD/PW Trustee training recommendation
- Fæ/JD/RS Strategy 2 day
- JD/Fæ Horniman Museum approach
- Fæ with GTF 1 to establish GLAM Task Force 2 (it's time)
Martin Poulter (incl Education budget)
- Actions
- Strategy, publicity & event preparation for Wikimedia Universities Programme: aiming for a conference in the Easter holiday. A host institution has been identified: now waiting agreement from the institution on finances.
Doing...
- Follow up on scholarly society contacts, including Food Standards Agency (FSA will get back to us after they have recruited new staff): ongoing
Doing...
- MLP to put together a full proposal on a Wikipedia trainers course, assessment and accreditation program, in coordination with Fæ and Jon. - in progress
Doing...
- MLP to talk to Candy regarding training the trainers
Carried forward
- MLP to finish off spreadsheet of education contacts and share with Jon in case MLP goes under a bus
Carried forward
Steve Virgin (incl Wikimania Bid)
- Actions
- Seeking sign off for a Case Study for ARKIVE - thinking approach Andy Mabbett to write it if we get ARKIVE agreement
Carried forward
- Set up small scale Back Stage Pass Events based around Science Museum archive at Wroughton near swindon - purpose to find volunteers from the University of Bristol Societies that can work with this (open to all W'pedians of course as well) - attempting to use link up to consolidate the relationship with the Univ of Bristol and begin one with Science Museum (this end of M4)
Carried forward
- JD, MP, SV and CK to assemble a first draft of the Annual Report by February for the Board to review it.
- Worked with JB on Charity Commission rationale (vis sign off and publication of documentation) - 2-3 calls - JB - available to Board members in mail
Done
- Spotted another PR agency 'manipulating entries' from a non-Neutral Point of View - in discussion with RB and RS
Volunteers
Andy Mabbett
- AM to provide JD with an estimate for the costs of a web-streaming system.
Staff
Jon Davies (CEO)
- Actions
- RB, AT, JD to decide on success points on a successful Wikimania bid
- JD/Office to look into a software solution to track actions and plans.
- JD and SV to redraft job description for Comms staff
- AT and JD to prepare a draft 2012-13 budget by 3 Jan
- RB and JD to prepare a draft on Metrics by 3 jan
- JD, MP, SV and CK to assemble a first draft of the Annual Report by February for the Board to review it.
- JD to set up the process of a trustee induction for new trustees by February
- AT and JD to organise the pensions scheme
Richard Symonds (Office Manager)
- Actions
- RS to assist with chasing and clearing the backlog of outstanding submission of expense claims.
Carried forward
- RS to include disputed transactions in the weekly backlog reports. (???? Victuallers 17:10, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Carried forward
- Refers to paypal donations that have been disputed on paypal for some reason by the donor - e.g. if they accidentally donated twice. Mike Peel 18:50, 3 January 2012 (UTC))