Meetings/2008-12-30
Minutes of the Wikimedia UK v2.0 Board Meeting #wikimedia-uk-board, 20:30 30/12/2008
Constitution
Present with speaking rights: Tom Holden (TH), Mike Peel (MP), Andrew Turvey (AT)
Also voiced during parts of the meeting: PharosAlexandria
Apologies for Absence
Kwan Ting Chan (KTC), Mickey Conn (MC)
Minutes of Last Meeting
Available at [1]. AT has made one minor change [2], otherwise approved by all present.
Matters Arising
Wikipedia Loves Art
AT has not yet emailed the email list regarding this.
AT asked the company to provide £50 in prizes for this competition on the basis that he will give a matching donation of £50. Some money should possibly be used for promotion of the event. The Board agreed to do this and TH agreed to investigate sponsorship of prizes, failing which AT's donation will be used.
ACTIONS: AT to email the wikimedia-uk mailing list, TH to investigate sponsorship of prizes.
An IRC chat about the event will also be held on Tue 6 Jan 2009 at 21.30.
Election Rules
It was decided to put the Rules for approval to the next meeting.
ACTION: MP to propose some revised wording for the rules.
Newsletter - December
Newsletter has been distributed. January edition should probably go out around the 20th, after the WMF board meeting.
ACTION: MP, MC to discuss who should distribute the email version in future.
Accounts management
TH has investigated GnuCash and Microsoft's Small Business Accounting application (both free). GnuCash is preferable - both free software, and multi-platform.
ACTION: TH to start using GnuCash for accounts.
Treasurer's Report
Nothing to report.
Secretary's Report
Nothing to report.
Membership Report
Nothing to report.
Timetable Review
Nothing changed.
Wikimania bid
The Montpellier bid has dropped out, and is now supporting the UK bid.
Travel Visa sponsorship
The current bid page notes that the chapter may be able to act as a visa sponsor. AT raised concerns about the chapter's liability in this case.
ACTION: TH to investigate what being a visa sponsor entails, and what the liabilities are, closer to the bid.
Location of AGM
Discussions on the list have suggested Birmingham or Manchester this year, Oxford next year. Decision on which location to go for was delayed until the next meeting, pending some initial investigation.
ACTION: AT to investigate possible locations in Birmingham for the AGM.
AOCB
ACTION: MP to investigate setting up a wiki for the chapter hosted by the WMF, and to request that one is set up if possible.
Closure
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 13th January at 20:30 (GMT/UTC).