Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

2012-06-12 Thread Gordon Joly
On 11/06/12 22:53, geni wrote: On 11 June 2012 09:28, Katherine Bavage wrote: Hello Everyone! Thanks for the welcome, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with you all over the coming weeks/months as we work towards the 2012 fundraiser and a broader fundraising strategy - exciting stuff.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

2012-06-12 Thread Gordon Joly
On 11/06/12 21:01, Michael Peel wrote: Sorry - if I gave a different answer, then James and KTC's answer is the one I should have given! The main point of this change was that it means that our working and legal name are exactly the same, hence saving much typespace, ink and confusion. Thanks

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

2012-06-11 Thread geni
On 11 June 2012 09:28, Katherine Bavage wrote: > Hello Everyone! > > Thanks for the welcome, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with you > all over the coming weeks/months as we work towards the 2012 fundraiser and > a broader fundraising strategy - exciting stuff. > > I will be at the mee

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

2012-06-11 Thread Michael Peel
Welcome Katherine! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the board meeting at the end of the month! When you have the time, I would recommend having a look at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2012 for the starting pages for the 2012 fundraiser (kicking off in November), and: http://met

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

2012-06-11 Thread Michael Peel
On 11 Jun 2012, at 12:28, Katie Chan wrote: > On 11/06/2012 10:51, Gordon Joly wrote: >> On 11/06/12 10:20, James Farrar wrote: >>> >>> For those who weren't there, I think the answer to that was that as a >>> charity we're exempt from the normal limited company requirement for >>> the name to e

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

2012-06-11 Thread Katie Chan
On 11/06/2012 10:51, Gordon Joly wrote: On 11/06/12 10:20, James Farrar wrote: For those who weren't there, I think the answer to that was that as a charity we're exempt from the normal limited company requirement for the name to end with "Limited" - and since we would continue to use simply "W

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

2012-06-11 Thread Gordon Joly
On 11/06/12 10:20, James Farrar wrote: On 11 June 2012 09:45, Gordon Joly > wrote: And the charity has a new name! How does that affect fund raising? I asked at the AGM why "Wikimedia UK" was chosen in favour of "Wikimedia UK Ltd". Small point I guess...

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

2012-06-11 Thread James Farrar
On 11 June 2012 09:45, Gordon Joly wrote: > And the charity has a new name! How does that affect fund raising? I asked > at the AGM why "Wikimedia UK" was chosen in favour of "Wikimedia UK Ltd". > Small point I guess but then I am pedant. > For those who weren't there, I think the answer to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

2012-06-11 Thread Gordon Joly
On 11/06/12 09:28, Katherine Bavage wrote: I will be at the meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 30th, and will spend the next weeks wrapping up my current job and reading around - so any resources you think might be a 'must see' do feel free to email me directly on katherine.bav...@gmail.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

2012-06-11 Thread Katherine Bavage
Hello Everyone! Thanks for the welcome, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with you all over the coming weeks/months as we work towards the 2012 fundraiser and a broader fundraising strategy - exciting stuff. I will be at the meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 30th, and will spend th

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser.

2012-06-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
Welcome aboard! On 8 June 2012 13:22, Jon Davies wrote: > We are very pleased to announce that we have appointed a fundraiser. > Katherine Bavage will be starting at WMUK on July 2nd. > She has a professional background in fundraising and will be here to: > > Manage the day to day work around the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser.

2012-06-08 Thread Peter Coombe
Excellent news! Welcome Katherine, look forward to meeting you at some point :) Pete / the wub On 8 June 2012 13:22, Jon Davies wrote: > We are very pleased to announce that we have appointed a fundraiser. > Katherine Bavage will be starting at WMUK on July 2nd. > She has a professional backgrou

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser.

2012-06-08 Thread Richard Symonds
Katherine is already signed up to this list - and has been for a while. She's also been editing for a few weeks already! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser.

2012-06-08 Thread Katie Chan
On 08/06/2012 13:22, Jon Davies wrote: We are very pleased to announce that we have appointed a fundraiser. Katherine Bavage will be starting at WMUK on July 2nd. She has a professional background in fundraising and will be here to: Welcome! :) *wave* KTC -- Experience is a good school but t

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser.

2012-06-08 Thread Jon Davies
We are very pleased to announce that we have appointed a fundraiser. Katherine Bavage will be starting at WMUK on July 2nd. She has a professional background in fundraising and will be here to: - Manage the day to day work around the annual fundraiser. - Build relations with our donor base.