I thought this appropriate for the UK chapter list...
Richard
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Subject: [cultural-partners] Invitation to attend WCI 2011 in Mumbai
Dear Wikipedians,
Apologies if you have already received this message - Iv sent it to all the
country lists as well.
Kindly find attached herewith a formal invite from the Indian Wikimedia
Community to attend WikiConference India 2011.
We hope some if not all of you can make it.
Kind Regards,
Pranav Curumsey
Chairperson - Organising Committee
WCI 2011
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011
Dear Wikipedians in UK,
Kindly find attached herewith a formal invite from the Indian Wikimedia
Community to attend WikiConference India 2011.
We hope some if not all of you can make it.
Kind Regards,
Pranav Curumsey
Chairperson - Organising Committee
WCI 2011
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2011
Those of you with easy access to London might want to attend:
http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com/
"A meetup for people interested in the applications of linked and open
data for cultural heritage."
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
In the Wikimeet thread, Gordon said:
> Here is my question in advance: when will WMUK become a registered
> charity, and what will you do to accelerate that process?
As if reading Gordon's mind, the Charity Commission sent us a letter
yesterday. This was in response to our lawyers' letter to them of some
weeks ago.
The Commission's reply was more positive than previously and suggested
specific areas in which our current Objects could be changed to enable
us to become a charity. They also asked more questions about how our
activities fit in with charity law.
We will now, with our lawyers, answer those questions and begin
working on a revised set of objects which we hope to agree with the
Commission in the coming weeks. When this is concluded, this will
require an EGM to approve the amended objects.
The changes to the Objects will very likely be quite technical - i.e.
they will be aimed at clarifying our claim to charitable status under
English law, rather than changing our actual nature as an
organisation.
What involvement the Chief Executive has in this process depends on
how quickly we make progress with the Commission (and how quickly they
respond to letters is down to them, not us) - but hopefully the Chief
Exec will be appointed towards the end of the process.
Regards,
Chris
Wikimedia UK Board
Forwarding, might be of interest to those working on GLAM…
Mike
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Jodi Schneider <jschneider(a)pobox.com>
> Subject: [Wikimedia IE] Fwd: [LOD-LAM] Open data in cultural heritage (LODLAM-London), October 6th
> Date: 6 September 2011 08:56:31 GMT+01:00
> To: open-data-ireland(a)googlegroups.com, Wikimedia IE <wikimediaie(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Reply-To: jschneider(a)pobox.com, Wikimedia IE <wikimediaie(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>
> If you're working with cultural heritage data, this free open data-related event in London this October may be of interest:
>
> http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com/
>
> Mia is still looking for a few good speakers, as well.
>
> -Jodi
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mia <mia.ridge(a)gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:14 PM
> Subject: [LOD-LAM] Open data in cultural heritage (LODLAM-London), October 6th
> To: lod-lam(a)googlegroups.com
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I thought you might be interested in this LODLAM-ish event in London,
> 'Open data in cultural heritage' (info below). You can get free
> tickets at http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com. Europeana's
> 'EuropeanaTech' event will have been the day before, so I'm sure we
> can also report back on any developments there.
>
> Also, if you can think of anyone who'd make a good speaker, let me
> know! I figure this group will know people who can speak for five
> minutes on their open data projects - I'm particularly interested in
> people who've run successful projects in cultural heritage
> institutions, or created something that has changed how a LAM thinks
> about open data.
>
> Cheers, Mia
>
> --------------------------------------------
> http://openobjects.org.uk/
> http://twitter.com/mia_out
>
> Open data in cultural heritage (LODLAM-London)
>
> A meetup for people interested in the applications of linked and open
> data for cultural heritage.
>
> Building on earlier 'linking museums' and London #OpenData
> (#opendataLDN) meetups, this event is an opportunity to think more
> widely about Linked Open Data in Libraries Archives and Museums
> (LODLAM) and bring together a wider community of people interested in
> open data. It will focus on the success stories for open data in
> cultural heritage (with a nod to the barriers to publishing usable
> open data).
>
> We'll have some interesting speakers with short talks on their work
> with open data in cultural heritage, including Paul Rowe, Joint CEO at
> Vernon Systems in New Zealand, and potentially Leif Isaksen, who could
> share his experiences with the Google Ancient Places (GAP) and
> PELAGIOS projects.
>
> We'll also have small discussion sessions to think creatively about
> how we can overcome the barriers. We want to gather together success
> stories for open data projects, and address the issues that limit the
> publication of open data in cultural institutions.
>
> Who?
>
> You! If you're interested in using or publishing open cultural data
> and want to help getting better data out there for people to use... Or
> if you work with a cultural institution and are curious to know why
> people care so much, have experience to share, or want to know how
> open data might help your organisation, we'd love you to come along to
> find out more.
>
> Where?
>
> Thanks to the Open Knowledge Foundation we have a great space at the
> Centre for Creative Collaboration (#c4cc), 16 Acton Street, London,
> WC1X 9NG [map and directions].
>
> http://lodlamlon11.eventbrite.com/
>
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Wikipedia has been doing things the non-standard way since 2001 :)
I think the London meetup is fine as part of the selection process, because
everyone sees everyone, and the final decision is still with the board.
On Sep 5, 2011 4:13 PM, "Gordon Joly" <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
This Thursday there will be the first Wikipedia training session for
British Museum volunteers and other staff. The idea was to have ideally
4 Wikimedians on hand, so we can help editing individually & answer
queries when the session becomes a general drop-in wikilounge type event
from c. 4.30. So far we have 1.5 Wikimedians!
This is from the message sent to the BM people attending:
"The session will be held in the Moser Room downstairs, starting at
3.30, but please come a little early so we can sort out pc connections
etc, and be ready to get straight into the training at 3.30. There will
be a formalish session for an hour, and then a further 30 mins or more
if people want to stay on and discuss things, ask questions or carry on
editing. This period will also be advertised as general drop-in session
for queries to BM staff. Then probably to the pub.
There should be enough Wikipedians around to offer individual help where
needed, and on-line follow-up help will be available afterwards. The
intention of the session is to provide basic editing skills to the point
where a short article can be started by - hopefully - each participant.
It is important that as many as possible of you have a laptop or netbook
to work on. We can provide some of these, but please each let me know
if you will be able to bring your own or not. Wifi will be available.
We will pretty much follow the tutorial here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial, and please by all means
look through this in advance of the session. Please also read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars , which sets out in
a few hundred words the essentials of the principles behind editing. I
would also like all participants to register an account, which involves
giving no personal details whatsoever (email address optional). This
could also be done beforehand. "
If you can come, please bring any laptop/net books you can. These are
total beginners, so the ground covered will be very basic. You can take
a part of the main presentation to the class, or just help round the
group, as you like.
All help greatly appreciated,
John Byrne/ Johnbod
Dear all,
Please join me in welcoming Richard Symonds as our Office
Administrator, starting today. You may well already know Richard as an
extremely experienced and committed Wikipedian under the name
User:Chase me ladies I'm the cavalry
Richard will be providing some vital support to the Board this autumn
and we are very pleased to have him on board. His work email address
is richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk
You will also be aware that we're in the process of recruiting a Chief
Executive, which is moving along smoothly, but I will leave it to
others to talk about.
Regards,
Chris
Wikimedia UK Board