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The Wikimedia UK board has executed a number of governance tasks effectively. Key amongst these has been:
- registering as both a charity and company limited by guarantee
- setting up and codifying policies and procedures for its governance
- seeking advice from governance specialists and lawyers
- using guidance notes published by the Charity Commission
- developing and refining conflict of interest policies
- establishing a trustee code of conduct
- appointing a Chief Executive and staff
- engaging in a proactive search for new trustees prior to the last AGM, including from outside the Wikimedia movement.
There have also been some governance areas in which progress at times has been faltering or slow or somewhat lacking. Key amongst these has been:
- managing conflicts of interest in line with agreed policies, and making good judgements about them (see sections 3.3 and 4.4)
- involvement in the application for the use of trademarks (see sections 3.3 and 4.5)
- developing the most productive relationship between board and staff (see sections 3.2 and 4.4)
- developing the most effective relationship with the Wikimedia Foundation (see sections 3.3 and 4.5).
In several of these areas progress has been made of late.
In the next chapter we assess Wikimedia UK’s governance in more detail and in chapter 4 we offer recommendations which are designed to reinforce good practice and address areas that would benefit from attention.
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