EGM 2013/Notice
Notice of meeting
As you know, Wikimedia UK will be holding an Extraordinary General Meeting on Saturday 13th April 2013 at British Library Conference Centre, Chaucer room, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB.
At this meeting special resolutions will be put forward that will change the organisation's governance arrangements, including the voting system by which Directors are elected. Details of can be found at EGM_2013/Resolutions
The official EGM will run from 15.30 (UTC+1) - 16:30 (UTC+1) The address of the venue is:
- British Library Conference Centre
- Chaucer room
- 96 Euston Road
- London
- NW1 2DB
If you will be attending, please let us know by adding your name to the list of attendees
Voting by Proxy
If you wish to vote by proxy, then please forward this email to "tellers@wikimedia.org.uk" with the following text at the top of the email:
- "I, [Name] of [Email or postal address], being a member of Wiki UK Ltd, hereby appoint James Farrar and Richard Symonds (the Tellers) of tellers@wikimedia.org.uk as my proxy to vote in my name on my behalf at the extraordinary general meeting of the company to be held on 13th April 2013 and at any adjournment thereof.
- Resolution 1: [Insert "For" or "Against"].
- Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy may vote as s/he thinks fit or abstain from voting.
- Signed on [Date]."
You may also vote in person at the EGM and you may change your vote at any time. Email proxies must be received by 15:30 British Summer Time (UTC+1) on Friday 12th April 2013. By forwarding this email with your instructions to the tellers you are agreeing to appoint the tellers as your proxy and they will cast your vote on your behalf. Alternatively you have a right to appoint someone else as your proxy to attend the meeting and vote on your behalf. Please use the same wording as above and email it to tellers@wikimedia.org.uk.