Unfortunately, we ran out of time to talk more about the potential projects and non-admin targets for the chapter, so those sections are particularly abbreviated (there was a lot to discuss at this meeting...). I'd like to encourage everyone to give input to this in particular - what projects/targets should the chapter be aiming to carry out/achieve over the next three years?
Thanks, Mike On 23 Sep 2010, at 22:29, Andrew Turvey wrote: > Earlier this month, the board sat down for our first in-person meeting since > the AGM. We talked about our plans and achievements so far this year and > wrote down where we wanted the chapter to be in three years' time. > > Below are the notes we made on the day, which we'd like to share with you. By > their nature they are abbreviated. Please let us know any comments or input > you have to these, or if you have any queries about what this would mean for > the chapter. > > Regards, > > Andrew Turvey > Chair > Wikimedia UK > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > > Wikimedia UK Book Sprint: where do we want to be in 2013? > - Fully professionalised chapter > - Supporting non-UK chapters with historical links to the UK > > Projects: > - Culture > - Education > - Academic > - Community > - Multilingual > > - Wikipedia Academies / Workshops. Target audiences/locations aimed at > getting people involved in editing Wikipedia. Two Wikipedia academies a year? > Also workshops (~6 per year?). > - Academic/external peer review process of Wikipedia articles? > - Content partnerships (led by board members) > - Fostering Wikimeets in different cities > - Community editing sessions in libraries/museums/universities/schools/etc. > (parallel to meetups?) > - Yearly UK Wikimedia conference > - Fundraising/international meetings > - Wikimania??? > > 5 November 2013: WMUK 5th birthday celebrations > > > Budget FTE staff > 2010 £50,000 0.2 > 2011 £125,000 1.5 (+ events, 0.5 x admin [starting from > August with managed office]) > 2012 £200,000 3 (+ fundraiser/sponsorship) > 2013 £300,000 5 (+ developer, CEO/grants) > Other possibilities: media contact. > (All amounts are 50% of the total raised - starting to get grants etc. in > 2013) > > Also contractors for tech work etc. Potentially sharing full-time staff with > like-minded organisations? > > Asking Foundation to pay for first year of fundraiser/grants staff member? > > WMUK Board: aim to diversify it and make it richer in experience > - Board Interest meeting on Saturday 12 February. First of an annual event? > - Trustee Proposition. Separation of executive decisions from the full Board. > - 7 board members (maybe 9 by 2013) > - 4 community-elected members, 3 expert seats proposed by the outgoing > community-elected members of the Board at the AGM (subject to community > approval) - 2012? > - Quarterly in-person meetings (in addition to AGM). 2011: also interim > online meetings in between in person meetings. > - ExecCom for 2011, transitioning to CEO in 2013 (with ExecCom oversight). > ExecCom meetings as required. > - Community appointments for 2 years (half elected each year) - avoids 'lame > duck' period, adds continuity. Institutional memory. 2011. > > - Advisory Board??? > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
