Wikimediauk-l November 2008

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art & Wiki UK Ltd
by Andrew Turvey 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

________________________________ >> From: Andrew Turvey <raturvey(a)yahoo.co.uk> said: >> 1) Looking at Wikipedia Loves Art on flikr, it mentions "Teams with the most points at the end of the month will get cool prizes" (http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/). Could/should Wiki UK maybe put up a prize for the best team at the Victoria & Albert? Say budget £50 and get a gift (somthing like this maybe: http://www.vandashop.com/product.php?xProd=142&s=1 with a message from the chapter?) > geni said: > We don't have the money at the moment. £50 is less than five members. We expect to have at least 20 members by the AGM according to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Business_Plan#Membership If people see us doing concrete things supporting the projects they may be more likely to join! Andrew

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership applications for Wiki UK Limited are now being invited!
by michael west 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Just a credit crunch thought, but some of us don't like cheques sitting ideal. A cheque that is cashed up2 a couple of weeks after I have posted it, I can cope with, but a cheque that is going to be cashed months later isn't a good idea. Instant transactions are the norm now and it is so easy to forget that a cheque was written after say a month. Many of us donate to WMF anyway, how about if we can prove we donate we get an associate membership without voting rights if we send in all our WMF paypal receipts? Although associates would have voting rights on constitutional matters. Michael

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Minutes 24th November
by Andrew Turvey 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

I have written up the dratf minutes of our meeting on Tuesday and put them on meta here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Board_meetings/2008-11-25 The main decisions concerned the bank account opening. Any comments/corrections to me/on meta please by next Monday. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wiki UK Limited Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL Information contained in this email may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. Unauthorised copying, forwarding or other use of any confidential information in this email may result in legal action.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership applications for Wiki UK Limited are now being invited!
by Michael Bimmler 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote: > At 20:51 +0000 20/11/08, Michael Peel wrote: >>On 20 Nov 2008, at 17:25, Gordon Joly wrote: >> >>> At 15:50 +0000 20/11/08, Michael Peel wrote: >>>> Ian, >>>> >>>> On further investigation, a bank account is not needed to open a >>>> paypal account, but it is required to withdraw funds from the paypal >>>> account.[...] >>> >>> >>> But you can transfer to another PayPal account of course! >> >>True. Perhaps I should have said "get the money off Paypal". >> >>Mike > > > The Foundation have a PayPal account,,,, > Yeah but ... well, I'm not going to patronise you here... but it would be a bit boring if the only thing you could do with the money was to transfer it to the Foundation, wouldn't it? ;-) It might also not look so good when you apply for tax exemption / deductibility (I don't know whether British authorities really scrutinize each applicant...but in Switzerland, something like this, viz. only spending money by forwarding, would be a major obstacle for the application to succeed). Michael -- Michael Bimmler mbimmler(a)gmail.com

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Wikipedia Loves Art
by Michael Peel 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

I'm forwarding the message below on the behalf of a non-subscriber to this list, Pharos. Mike Begin forwarded message: > Hi folks, > > Greetings from sister chapter-in-formation Wikimedia New York City. > > We've been looking to follow up on our Wikipedia Take Manhattan > events: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan > > with a museum photography contest. > > We've been in touch with the local Brooklyn Museum, and they've in > turn reached out to a number of other world museums on Flickr: > > http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/ > > The result? An event planned for February 2009: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art > > And the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is one of the > institutions that -is participating- in this project. > > It would great if you could put together a small local team to work > with the V&A on this. Let me know when you have, so I can forward the > right folks the appropriate contact information. > > BTW, please CC replies to me, because I am not a member of this list. > > Thanks, > Pharos

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Membership applications for Wiki UK Limited are now being invited!
by Michael Peel 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

All, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wiki UK Limited is now inviting membership applications! You can download the application form in PDF format from: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ Image:Wiki_UK_Ltd_membership_application_form.pdf Information is given on the form about membership fees (£12/year standard, £6 for concessions); these need to be paid by cheque initially, although we hope to accept other forms of payment in the future. Applications should be submitted to me at the address given on the form. If you have any queries about the application process, please let me know. We will formally start accepting members once we have a bank account, as we cannot process membership fees until that time. We will be submitting our application for a bank account in the very near future, and we hope to have this set up by the end of December at the latest. Thank you for your support so far; I look forward to receiving your membership applications. Mike Peel Membership Secretary, Wiki UK Limited P.S. if you haven't already, please subscribe to our newsletter! See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Newsletter for more information and to subscribe. Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL.

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Election Rules
by Andrew Turvey 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

At the last Board meeting, it was agreed that we would start to draft some Election Rules to cover the election of the Directors at the AGM. These rules come under the remit of Article 28 (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/AoA#Rules) and nothing in these rules can contradict anything that is written in the Articles of Association themselves. I have put some questions below that people might want to consider and I'd appreciate other peoples' input as I put a draft together. Many thanks! Note: relevant clauses in the Articles of Association include: 14.1 A Director must be a natural person aged 16 years or older except that a person aged under 18 may not be appointed a Director if after their appointment a majority of Directors would be aged under 18. 14.3 The number of Directors shall be not less than three but (unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution) shall not be subject to any maximum. 16.1 Providing that one or more valid nominations for Directors are received, all Directors shall retire from office at each Annual General Meeting 17.2 No person may be appointed a Director at any general meeting unless (a) he or she is retiring as a Director; or(b) not less than fourteen nor more than thirty-five clear days before the date of the meeting, the charity is given notice 17.4 Where a vacancy has arisen due to the resignation, death or ineligibility of a Director, the remaining Directors may by a unanimous decision at a meeting of the Directors appoint a person who is willing to act to fill the vacancy. Regarding the number of Directors, when these articles were being drafted, the Board agreed they would put an Ordinary Resolution to the first AGM establishing a cap (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Board_meetings/2008-10-13#…). So the first question is: The interim Board has five directors, but at the time it was stated that "A smaller Board is beneficial in the early stages as it helps with certain approvals especially Bank Account opening. The intention is that subsequent Boards will be larger." (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Candidate_FAQs#Why_is_the_…) A quick review of other chapters shows the German one has 7 Directors (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland#Vorstand), the Austrian 8 (http://www.wikimedia.at/node/8), the French 9 (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France) and the Australian has 7 (http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Committee) Q1: How many directors do you think the first permanent board should have as a maximum? The interim Board was elected using the "approval voting" system. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting) When the Board was discussing these Articles, (http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Board_meeting… see ~22:20) the general feeling was that approval voting should be used again, but this would be left to the Election Rules to specify. Q2: Do you agree that the Board should be elected using the "Approval Voting" system? Under the approval voting system, the candidates who receive the greatest number of positive votes are elected. For the interim Board, a proviso was added that candidates would only be elected if they received a majority of votes. When discussing the articles, it was agreed that there should be an exception to this so that the candidate who receives the most votes will always be elected - even if they dont get more than 50%. Q3: Do you agree that candidates who receive 50% or less of the vote will not be elected? Q4: Do you agree that as an exception to this rule, the candidate who receives the most votes will always be elected - even if they dont get more than 50%? Q5: Is there any way that you think the election should be run differently to the election of the interim Board? Thanks for your help with these questions. regards,

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Reminder : Next board meeting
by ktc＠ktchan.info 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

This is a reminder that the next board meeting of Wiki UK Ltd. will be held on IRC tonight at 8:30pm GMT (20 minutes!). Agenda can be found at the usual place - <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Board_meetings/2008-11-18/ Agenda>. Regards, KTC -- Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint

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Newsletter - November
by Andrew Turvey 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

The November newsletter has been published at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Newsletter/November2008 and is copied below for your convenience: Summary: Wikimedians in the United Kingdom are working to set up a chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, which will aid and encourage people to collect, develop and effectively disseminate knowledge. A board of five members has been elected, and a company has now been set up. Membership applications are now invited, and will be processed as soon as we have a bank account. The organisation needs the support and involvement of people like you. Creating a chapter Wikimedians in the United Kingdom have been working since 2006 to create a chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation. A company - Wiki Educational Resources Ltd - was incorporated on 14 February 2006. This company had several problems with recognition from the Foundation and opening bank accounts which meant the decision was made in August 2008 to wind the company up. The community decided to start the process to create a new company, firstly electing an initial Board. Elections From 20 - 27 September, the community voted for an initial board of five members to incorporate the new organisation, set up a bank account, request charitable status and arrange the first Annual General Meeting (AGM). Nine people put their names forward to stand and eight were accepted as candidates - the ninth being rejected as they were under 18. These five candidates received the support of more than the required 50% of voters: * Kwan Ting Chan (88.5%; Chair); * Michael Conn (57.7%; Communication Officer) ; * Tom Holden (92.3%; Treasurer); * Mike Peel (53.2%; Membership Secretary); * Andrew Turvey (73.1%; Secretary). Of the 37 people who registered in time to vote, 26 (70%) cast their ballots. The board members took up the positions listed alongside their names. New board elections will be held at the first AGM. Status of Company Formation The board has agreed a timeline of objectives. Good progress is being made. Following extensive discussions, a company named '''Wiki UK Ltd''' has been set up and was incorporated on 5 November. The company's Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association have been agreed, and these include the organisation's objectives: The charity's Object is to aid and encourage people to collect, develop and effectively disseminate knowledge and other educational, cultural and historic content in the public domain or under a license that allows everyone to freely use, distribute and modify said content, by means including (but not limited to): 1 promoting freely accessible online information repositories whose content is freely and collaboratively editable; 2 acting as a voice and representative for the community of UK residents and citizens who use and edit such repositories; 3 preserving world heritage, and particularly that of the UK, through such repositories; 4 supporting the charitable work of the Wikimedia Foundation; 5 enabling, assisting, promoting and promulgating wider participation in the creation, dissemination and expansion of information and educational resources covering the world's knowledge and languages to all persons, everywhere; 6 furthering the development of electronic, printed, and other resources required to support such participation; 7 producing, publishing and developing, or cause to be produced, published and developed, information resources, whether in printed, electronic, or other forms; 8 making use of or encouraging the use of information resources for the advancement of education; and 9 encouraging the adoption of practices and policies to widen education, participation and dissemination of information worldwide; The chapters committee has passed a resolution to support us becoming a chapter of Wikimedia. This does not yet give us chapter status, as the board of the Wikimedia Foundation must decide on this, and their next meeting is from 9th-11th January. Membership We have decided to have one membership level to start with. Members will have the right to elect the Board, submit motions and vote at AGMs, thereby playing a central role in determining the activities of the organisation. The membership fee will be £12/year, reduced to £6/year for concessions. These fees may be revised, and additional levels of membership created, at an AGM or by future Boards. We are now inviting applications for membership of Wiki UK Limited; you can get the application form from http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Wiki_UK_Ltd_membership_application_for…. We will process these as soon as we have a bank account. We are currently applying for a bank account and hope that this will be up and running by late December. More information on membership can be found at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Membership. Getting involved In order to aid and encourage people to collect, develop and effectively disseminate knowledge, the chapter needs the support and involvement of people like you. Now is a great time to get involved. If you haven't already done so, you can subscribe to this newsletter. You may also like to subscribe to the WikimediaUK mailing list, where discussion on the chapter is taking place. You can additionally pose questions or make suggestions on Meta Wiki, where you can also respond to the items raised for consultation by the Board. Our Board Meetings held on irc are generally open to the public to listen and contribute and the agenda, reports, minutes and IRC log are posted on the wiki Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL

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Wikipedia Loves Art! photo contest at London's V&A Museum
by Pharos 22 Nov '08

22 Nov '08

Hi folks, Greetings from sister chapter-in-formation Wikimedia New York City. We've been looking to follow up on our Wikipedia Take Manhattan events: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan with a museum photography contest. We've been in touch with the local Brooklyn Museum, and they've in turn reached out to a number of other world museums on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/ The result? An event planned for February 2009: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art And the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is one of the institutions that -is participating- in this project. It would great if you could put together a small local team to work with the V&A on this. BTW, please CC replies to me, because I am not a member of this list. Thanks, Pharos

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