Agenda 11Sep10/Chair's Report

Two candidate applied by the original closing date
Therefore, asked the boadr to extend the closing date by a week and to advertise more
Drafted blog post, email to list and spread link on facebook
Proposed to board that both candidates be given a first interview
Six more candidates applied by the next deadline
Four of these were non-UK resident so wrote to say we could not consider them
Of the other two, proposed that one be given a first interview
Held [two] interviews - summary sent round on email and notes will be put up on board wiki
Obtained a quote from UHY regarding the payroll
Spoken to some boadr members about how I propose to manage their workflow - would appreciate the board's agreement to this Discuss

Received employment contract - went back on one issue but otherwise, good to use
Received incomplete draft of 2009 Fundraising Agreement advice; went back to them on some queries and awaiting final letter of advice
They have sent through their proposed response to the Charity Commission, but have held off dealing with this until the FA advice is finished, which is the current priority
WMF have been in touch: they have appointed lawyers in the US to help them resolve the Fundraiser Agreement issues; they have been in touch with our lawyers, who have told them a brief outline of where we are.

Working with TD to put together pack of information so our accounts can be prepared. Now >1m late, which means fine is £375. If we don't get filed before 5 November, fine will increase to £750.
Note we may not be able to sign off the accounts without the legal advice on the fundraising agreement.

AT and TD to revisit the annual report, updating actions and setting things going to produce this.
AT and TD prepare a report for the WMF chapters grant, for email approval, and to approach the Foundation to extend the grant
chased Guillaume re the usability project (see 2010 Budget)
AT to judge BLW prizes
AT to respond to ORG re their grant application
Andrew to see if there is interest in Wiki Takes Liverpool amongst local Wikimedians
Budget & Blog Post for staff advertisement Done
AT to request an invoice for the participation in the toolserver working group. Done
AT to approach the Toolserver group to clarify whether we can have a second representative, and if so TD will be added to the list. Discuss
AT to ask UHY how much it would cost for them to run our payroll (1-5 employees). Done
AT to send around an email to the wikimediauk-l mailing list and draft a blog post to advertise the office administrator position. Done

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