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The next Board Meeting will happen in the irc:wikimedia-uk-board IRC channel on Tuesday 14 April 2009 at 20:30 BST. All are welcome to attend, but only board members will be voiced. General discussion will be in irc:wikimedia-uk.

About Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the local Wikimedia chapter covering the United Kingdom. The chapter is incorporated under the name "Wiki UK Limited" and uses Wikimedia UK as its operating name. It was approved as a chapter by the Wikimedia Foundation on 12 January 2009. This is the second attempt at a Wikimedia chapter for the UK. The earlier chapter was wound up due to external problems and is being dissolved. Board members were elected in September 2008, and the company was incorporated on 5 November 2008. Membership applications are now being processed in time for our first Annual General Meeting Get involved

Latest activities Projects We are currently working on three projects: Oxford's bid to host Wikimania 2010 Wikipedia Loves Art - this project generated over 11,000 free-content photographs in February 2009, which are currently being processed Copyright law consultation - we responded to an issues paper from the UK Intellectual Property Office in February 2009, and are expecting a follow up discussion paper in the autumn. We are currently seeking proposals for new projects in the forthcoming year. Suggestions so far have included: London Loves Wikipedia - a follow up to Wikipedia Loves Art to be held in February 2010 Wikipedia For Schools Content liberation project, along the lines of Wikimedia Germany's successful projects Over twenty project ideas are also listed here.