Reports 8Sep12

Below are the Board and Staff reports to the Board Meeting on 8 September 2012; see Agenda 8Sep12.

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

Chris Keating (Chair, Fundraiser)

Chair

• Arranging facilitator & programme for 2013 Activity Plan discussion
• Progressing agreement regarding QRpedia

Fundraiser

• Handover of the day-to-day work for the fundraiser to Katherine pretty much completed

Outreach

• Further conversations with JISC and other colleagues regarding University Wikimedians in Residence - hope for progress at EDU-WIKI
• WWI and NMM projects stalled due to lack of my time. Floated the idea of a paid coordinator position for the WWI project (link.

Decisions needed

Michael Peel (Secretary, Tech)

For my work in progress, see the scratchpad at User:Mike Peel/Workspace.

Done:

• Worked through far too many emails.
• Attended Wikimania, talked to many people.
• Have been contributing to discussion about the future of Wikimania scholarships
• Tech:
  • Have set up a blog for GLAM-WIKI US.

Decisions requested (aside from those on the main agenda):

• With our new structure of Committees, I would like to propose that we set out a requirement that only current members of Wikimedia UK can serve on a WMUK committee. This proposal is more aimed at encouraging our key volunteers to become members, rather than trying to discourage people from getting involved in our work. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:19, 29 August 2012 (UTC)