On 22 June 2017 at 13:31, Lucy Crompton-Reid <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all > > > The formal notice of Wikimedia UK's 2017 Annual General Meeting was sent to > members by email earlier today, on behalf of the board of trustees. If you > are a member and don't receive the email by tonight, please get in touch > (after checking your spam box!) so that we can check that your membership is > current and that we have the correct email address for you. > > > If you are not currently a member of the charity, I would urge you to join > here or email [email protected]. For just £5 a year you can help > shape the direction of the charity and stand for election to our board of > trustees, as well as submit motions and vote in General Meetings. As a > membership organisation it's vital for Wikimedia UK to have a vibrant, > diverse and active membership body so please consider showing your support > for open knowledge and for the chapter in this way. > > > > As previously confirmed on this mailing list, the next AGM for Wikimedia UK > will be held on Saturday 15th July at Senate House Library in London and all > volunteers, editors and partners are welcome, although only members of the > charity can vote (in person or by proxy). The day starts at 11am and we aim > to finish by 4.30pm, and we will be keeping you fed and watered throughout. > The agenda for the day is on wiki here. Following the AGM there is an > evening networking and refresher event for previous participants of the > Train the Trainer course, starting at 5pm, and the rest of us will be > heading to a nearby pub I imagine :) > > > > We would like to invite people attending the AGM and meet up to give a short > lightning talk - for example on your own work with Wikimedia, or > developments within open knowledge - so please email > [email protected] if you would like to participate. There are > limited slots available and talks should be no longer than five minutes. > > > > We would love to see as many of our members, volunteers and other > stakeholders as possible on 15th July, so please sign up through eventbrite > here. > > > With very best wishes > > Lucy
I'll plan to reapply for membership on the 5th July, unless someone wants to propose a different date based on my last application. I think it's been 4 years since I was last allowed to become a member of the charity. In wiki terms, that may as well have been a lifetime ban. Thanks, Fae -- [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
