Meetings/2009-10-20

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Wikimedia UK Board meeting Tuesday 20th October 2009, 9:30pm BST at #wikimedia-uk-board (following informal board meeting at 8:30pm on Skype)

Present: Michael Peel (MP) (Chair); Andrew Turvey (AT) (minutes); Tom Holden (TH); Steve Virgin (SV); Paul Williams (PW); Joseph Seddon (JS)

Apologies: Zeyi He (ZH)

Comment Note: Please mark your actions with one of the following:

* {{done}} if you have completed what was agreed
* {{doing}} if you have started doing what was agreed but haven't finished
* {{cf}} if you have not yet done what was agreed but will do in the future
* {{canc}} if you have not done what was agreed and will not now do it

In addition please mark {{discuss}} if the board needs to discuss the action and add it to the agenda of the next meeting.

Minutes of previous meetings

The minutes of the meetings dated 29 September and 11 October were approved.

The following actions were carried forward:

1. AT will look into where we could produce branded merchandise. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

2. MP to work with SV to do mini press releases, no more than one per month, advertising spikes in traffic per WP:POPULAR related to particular news events. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

3. PW will develop a proposal for buying a computer for the Schools Project with, potentially, peripherals such as a projector, screen, printer etc. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

4. JS to draft an email for the Open Knowledge Foundation mailing list, to recruit new members. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

5. AT to arrange printing of the business cards AT, MP Yes check.svg Done SV, ZH Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

6. MP to investigate moving our wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org to http://www.wikimedia.org.uk subject to technical feasibility re Single User Logins and hosting, with gb.wikimedia.org as a potential alternative. Bug Report. Once this has been completed, MP to follow up with Wikimedia Ukraine regarding the "uk." website conflict. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

7. AT agreed to investigate getting paid legal advice on charitable status, using the Foundation's offer to fund. Symbol wait.svg Doing...

8. JS agreed to follow up with his contacts at the BBC Digital Revolution and click and get them in touch with the Workplace Learning Lunches. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

9. MP agreed to investigate options for a Britain Loves Wikipedia domain name and recommend one to register. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

10. AT agreed to contact each board member to complete the register of interests. Yes check.svg Done

11. MP agreed to arrange CRB checks for board members and Schools Project volunteers. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

12. MP agreed to investigate moving our OTRS system to one hosted by ourselves to reduce the risk that confidential emails are inappropriately viewed by non-WMUK people or emails are sent in the name of the chapter without approval. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

13. MP agreed to follow up with the foundation his request for detailed statistics on the proportion of UK internet users who use Wikipedia. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

14. AT to add to http://board.wikimedia.org.uk/ the press contact lists that PW and SV have emailed round. Yes check.svg Done - [1]

15. AT to ask about Ian Hawkins filming the AGM on the email list and with OKFN and to ask Ian Hawkins if we could have a copyright-free copy of his filming. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

16. MP to follow up with WildScreen. Go-next-red.svg Carried forward

17. AT and MP to negotiate the Chapter Fundraising Agreement with the Foundation. Symbol wait.svg Doing...

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