Agenda 5Oct10/Chair's Report

Activities to report

Office manager

• With MP, attended second interveiw with Charles Matthews in Birmingham
• Discussed with other board members, appointed CM
• Drafted contract with lawyers - for approval Discuss
• Appointed payroll managers as per email approval
• Assigned work to CM per list on office wiki; highlights:
  • Proposal for a restarted newsletter Discuss
  • Getting up to speed with various systems we use

Solicitors

• Agreed letter of advice regarding the 2009 Fundraising Agreement
• Sent letter to the WMF, who have now agreed the solution outlined
• Raised concerns about standard of work - see emails Discuss

Accountants

• Arranged letter of advice regarding tax treatment (awaiting written confirmation)

Outstanding actions

• AT and TD to revisit the annual report, updating actions and setting things going to produce this. Carried forward
• AT and TD prepare a report for the WMF chapters grant, for email approval, and to approach the Foundation to extend the grant Carried forward
• AT to judge BLW prizes Carried forward
• AT to respond to ORG re their grant application Discuss
• Andrew to see if there is interest in Wiki Takes Liverpool amongst local Wikimedians Carried forward
• AT to send BLW domain name renewal invoice to TD to pay. Carried forward
• AT to update Companies House with TD's new address. Carried forward
• AT to investigate the situation with paying VAT on Liam's pay. Doing...
• AT to go forward with Wikipics/usability (see 2010 Budget) Carried forward
• AT to contact WMDE about how we spend the toolserver-allocated money Carried forward