Hi All,
At the board meeting on Saturday a valid point was made that currently the
verification process for membership applications doesn't really prove a
barrier to fraudulent or duplicate applications.
I'd like to look at ways of improving this, so as we aim to expand our
membership numbers
On 19/11/12 10:54, Katherine Bavage wrote:
At the board meeting on Saturday a valid point was made that currently
the verification process for membership applications doesn't really
prove a barrier to fraudulent or duplicate applications.
fraudulent or duplicate applications.
Isn't
Thanks for your reply Seddon. I'm really keen for this to be driven by
volunteers to the fullest extent possible.
Just a quick reminder to all that there's a wiki page set up for useful
suggestions, ideas and to put yourself forward to get involved! It's at
I don't know, but I'm guessing by definition that people who are trying to
commit fraud might not be put off by that, plus if we don't have effective
checking mechanisms we're not going to be able to know and pursue action
even if so.
Still, any legal types on the list who can answer the
Aren't there really two points here:
(i) Should we enforce more checks on prospective members?
(ii) Should we enforce more checks on members before we let them vote at
AGMs, whether in person or by proxy?
I think the legal question is a good one. Are charities required to do
neither/either/both?
Indeed. Delivery is relatively easy - there are several bots on various wikis
already dedicated to delivering various newsletters.
What I'd really like to see is a newsletter for the UK community and not just
the chapter, which the current reports cover to an extent. Having such a
newsletter
This is really useful Harry, thank you.
It's certainly something we can do, assuming there are enough members of
the editing community that want to contribute. We certainly wouldn't go
short of content.
Thanks,
Stevie
On 19 November 2012 15:31, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote:
Indeed.
Hello everyone,
Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce that we've appointed two excellent
contractors to provide us with some tech support. You can meet them, and
find out more, on our blog at
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/11/announcing-the-appointment-of-two-technology-contractors/
If you
Hey Harry,
I'm not sure if ii) *is* easier. Compare the work of verifying members
before every AGM and EGM or merely at the point of joining.
We don't really have formal check on membership at the moment - no
applicant is asked to prove their residency at their address of that they
have provided
The only way I can think of for verifying identities like this is a credit
check. For example, this service offered by Experian:
http://www.experian.co.uk/qas/qas-authenticate.html
I'm not sure what that would cost or what data protection restrictions
there are on its use.
On Nov 19, 2012 4:32
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Katherine Bavage
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hey Harry,
I'm not sure if ii) *is* easier. Compare the work of verifying members
before every AGM and EGM or merely at the point of joining.
We don't really have formal check on membership at the
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