Volunteer Strategy Gathering/November 2014
This event took place on Saturday 29 November, 2014 at the Library of Birmingham, Birmingham
Feedback from the day can be found here. The event plus feedback has been central to developing our plans for the next Volunteer Strategy Gathering to be held on 25th July 2015.
Context
Wikimedia UK organised the event to bring together interested stakeholders to consider our Volunteer Strategy. The intention was to see in what ways we can develop the organisation by creating new approach to project-based volunteering.
Christmas market outside venue
Carol Campbel (Trustee) welcoming attendees
Greyham Dawes (Trustee) at the gathering
Ally Crockford and John Cummings
Doug Taylor
Wikimedians in discussion
The Birmingham Wheel, as we left
Etherpad
Programme
| Time | What | Who |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Arrival & Coffee | |
| 10:30am | Welcome & Introduction | Carol Campbell (Wikimedia UK Trustee) and introducing D'Arcy Myers (Interim CEO) |
| 11:00 | Wikimedia UK: what does it do and what roles does it involve? | Fabian Tompsett (Volunteer Support Organiser) |
| 11:30am | How can WMUK better engage and support volunteers? | |
| John Cummings (Volunteer) | ||
| 12:45 pm | Summary of morning | Edward Hands (Volunteer) |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:45 pm | Outline for afternoon | Edward Hands (Volunteer) |
| 2:00 pm | Gender Gap | Raya Sharbain and Natalie Chan (Volunteers) |
| 2:20pm | The changing funding environment | Katherine Bavage (Wikimedia UK Fundraising Organiser) |
| 2:40pm | Approaches to fundraising | Katherine Bavage (Wikimedia UK Fundraising Organiser) |
| 3:00pm | Tea break | |
| 3:15 pm | What characteristics/skills/experience would we like to see in a new CEO? | Michael Maggs (Trustee) |
| 3:45pm | Feedback | |
| 4:15pm | How to take things forward | |
| 4:45pm | End of conference |
Practical details
Travel and parking
Wikimedia UK is happy to pay all reasonable travel expenses for volunteers attending this event. We can also pay for accomodation where this need but please get in touch first (fabian.tompsett(at)wikimedia.org.uk).
Wikimedia will pay for parking and car travel at HMRC rates: See here.
Data and Summary of Evaluation
For Data drawn from event please go here.
| Question | Very easy | Easy | Neither easy nor difficult | Difficult | Very difficult |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How easy was it to travel to Birmingham? | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| How easy was it to find the venue? | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Question | Very high quality | High quality | Adequate | Low quality | Very low quality |
| The event in general was | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| The discussions were | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| The room's facilities were | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lunch and refreshments were | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| The presenters were | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| The programme content was | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Question | responses |
|---|---|
| Did the event help you understand the challenges Wikimedia UK faces? | 10 yes |
| Will you keep in contact with people you met at this event before the second Volunteer Strategy Gathering? | 14 yes, 2 maybe |
| Do you intend to attend the second Volunteer Strategy Gathering? | 15 yes |
| What key things would you like to see arranged for the second Volunteer Strategy Gathering? | here |
Social
Please see talk page
Next Volunteer Strategy Gatherings
- Volunteer Strategy Gathering, February 2015 28 February, venue tbc.
- Possible Technology Workshop. See here for discussion. Early 2015?, venue tbc.