Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's 2019 AGM - agenda, board elections, voting papers & lightning talks

2019-07-10 Thread Michael Peel
Thanks Michael, that resolves my concern. Thanks, Mike > On 10 Jul 2019, at 20:40, Michael Maggs wrote: > > Hello Mike > > I'll be taking the chair during the election portion of the AGM, and in that > role I'll be responsible for the proxy votes. > > Michael > > > Michael Peel wrote on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's 2019 AGM - agenda, board elections, voting papers & lightning talks

2019-07-10 Thread Michael Maggs
Hello Mike I'll be taking the chair during the election portion of the AGM, and in that role I'll be responsible for the proxy votes. Michael Michael Peel wrote on 10/07/2019 7:53 pm: Hi Katie and all, I’ve just noticed that the proxy vote is given by default to the chair of the meeting.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's 2019 AGM - agenda, board elections, voting papers & lightning talks

2019-07-10 Thread Michael Peel
Hi Katie and all, I’ve just noticed that the proxy vote is given by default to the chair of the meeting. However, the WMUK board chair, Josie Fraser, is also standing in the election. It doesn’t seem right for proxy votes to be cast by a person who is standing in the election - is there a way

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM voting

2019-07-10 Thread Katie Crampton
Hi Fae Your membership expired before we gave the formal notice for the AGM, so I'm afraid you're not eligible to vote in this AGM as the deadline for renewal was 1st July. An email was sent to all 'in grace' members as part of their voting pack for the last AGM on 5th July 2018, including the

[Wikimediauk-l] AGM voting

2019-07-10 Thread
Could someone confirm if there is going to be any member voting on anything this year? As a member I was expecting there to be some information about proxy voting, presumably the board does not expect everyone to travel to Bristol to use their vote. So far, there has been no information sent out.