Conference Committee/Planning meeting 5

26th August 2012 1400hrs BST, Mumble meeting wikimedia-uk-confcom

Actions from last meeting

• EdSaperia to discuss treasury with KTC
• Tom Morris to Contact Harej (James Hare) re WMF support to DC2012, esp timing (when did they find out the WMF pledge?)
• Tom Morris to Contact Harej (James Hare) re WMF support for DC bid
• EdSaperia to contact Jon Davies about WMUK support for London bid

Agenda

• Wikimania bid:
  • Update on progress from ES
  • Community involvement in bid
  • Review of decisions made by the working group
  • Contract from London First
    • Discussion over necessity of contracting LF or any third party
    • Discussion of competing bids
    • Discussion of cost of contracting a third party
  • What expertise do we have in-house?
  • What expertise do we lack, and what is the best way to rectify this?

• WikiConference UK 2013:
  • Process for determining host city
  • Budget for venue hire

• Internal:
  • Membership/leadership of the committee
    • New chair?
  • Wikimania 2014 working group
  • Pattern of Confcom meetings/date for next meeting

• September board meeting:
  • ConfCom, given its status (as of the alst baord meeting) as a WMUK subcommittee, is expected to prepare a report to the WMUK board (Reports 8Sep12).

• AOB
• Next meeting?
• Wikipedia Takes Coventry?