Newsletter/March2009

Wikimedia UK Newsletter

March 2009 Issue

Summary:

In this month's newsletter:

Chapter formation process

Annual General Meeting and Board elections

We are pleased to annouce that the first AGM of Wikimedia UK v2 will be on Saturday 25th April 2009, starting at 12pm. The AGM will elect a new Board for 2009-10 and debate the priorities of the chapter - including Wikimania if we win the bid! All members can take part in the election or stand for the Board - this page has details of how to join and this page how to stand for the board.

When the initial board was elected in September 2008, we agreed that we would stand down if we hadn't incorporated the company within six months, and we would hold an AGM within six months of incorporation. Despite the delays experienced first in getting chapter approval and then opening the bank account, we are very happy to have met both of these deadlines.

[note: details to be confirmed]

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Oxford Wikimania bid

Meet-ups

Since the last newsletter, meet-ups have occurred in Cambridge, London and, as we go to press, Manchester.

Sunday 8 March saw the 19th London Wikipedia meetup. The meetups have been running since June 2004 and currently take the form of an afternoon at the Penderel's Oak in Holborn on the second Sunday of every month, with people dropping in and out, as and when they can. Ten wikipedians came along, most falling within the stereotypical Wikipedia demographic of 20 to 40 year-old winter-warmer-and-cranberry-juice-drinkers, slightly too knowledgeable of wiki markup for their own good. Topics discussed included Wikimania, adminship, copyright law, hoax articles and the featured article process. The meetups are a good opportunity to meet other Wikipedia contributors and several projects have come about as a result of discussions at these meetups. The next one is due to be held in April (see this poll for the next date, as the second Sunday of April is Easter Sunday).

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