Hi all,
Please find copied below the minutes of the Board meeting that was held last Tuesday, which have also been published on the wiki at [1].
The meeting focused on the three initiatives that the chapter has agreed to focus on and aim to complete by the next AGM in spring next year:
- The Schools Project
- Britain Loves Wikipedia
- Workplace Learning Lunches
Work is continuing on the planning of these initiatives, with a full plan, timetable and budget being prepared for each one by the end of August. Two schools are already lined up for the Schools Project, we have expressions of interest from two museums - the V&A and the British Postal Museum and Archive - for Britain Loves Wikipedia and discussions have been held with senior BBC managers regarding Workplace Learning Lunches.
In other news, we approved our 29th member and reported the launch of the Wikimedia UK blog [2] and twitter account.
As always corrections, questions or comments are always welcome either in reply here or on the wiki.
Regards,
Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wikimedia UK
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Wiki UK Ltd 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, United Kingdom.
[1] http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009-08-18
[2] http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/
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Wikimedia UK Board meeting Wednesday 18th August 2009, 8:30pm BST at #wikimedia-uk-board
Present: Michael Peel (MP) (Chair); Andrew Turvey (AT) (minutes); Zeyi He (ZH); Joseph Seddon (JS); Paul Williams (PW); Steve Virgin (SV)
Apologies: Tom Holden (TH);
Minutes of previous meetings
The minutes of the meeting dated 5 August was approved.
The following actions were carried forward:
1. AT to draft an email to the WMF formalising the agreement to use Wikimedia Foundation trademarks in members-only merchandising and to look into where we could produce merchandise.
2. MP to draft templates for the six press scenarios identified at Media relations#Media response .
3. MP to work with SV to do mini press releases, no more than one per month, advertising spikes in traffic per WP:POPULAR related to particular news events.
4. JS to get a copy of the WMF's press release contact list in the UK.
5. MP agreed to add the HMRC letter appendices as attachments to section C of the Charity Commission application
6. JS agreed to look into CRB checks for directors and Schools Project volunteers - their transferability, who to approach for them and how much they will cost.
7. PW will develop a proposal for buying a computer for the Schools Project with, potentially, peripherals such as a projector, screen, printer etc.
8. JS to draft an email for the Open Knowledge Foundation mailing list, to recruit new members.
9. AT to arrange printing of the business cards
10. AT will reply to the charity sponsorship request as proposed.
11. MP to investigate moving our wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org to http://www.wikimedia.org.uk subject to technical feasibility re Single User Logins and hosting, with gb.wikimedia.org as a potential alternative. Bug Report
12. Once this has been completed, MP to follow up with Wikimedia Ukraine regarding the "uk." website conflict.
13. AT to investigate NCVO and other charity support groups for guidance on setting up procedures
14. AT agreed to investigate getting paid legal advice on charitable status, using the Foundation's offer to fund.
15. JS to start drafting child protection policies.
16. PW, MP to deliver newsletter.
Matters arising
MP has established his relationship with the Communcations Committee is " either be as mailing list subscriber, or representative of Wikimedia UK ". Therefore, for the purposes of the conflicts of interest policy, it was agreed he would not be treated as a Foundation committee member.
Reports
Secretary
The Secretary's Report was noted.
Treasurer
There was no Treasurer's Report. However, TH had sent a previous email regarding a membership application that had been received.
The board went in camera for a discussion
Member number 29 confirmed by a majority decision subject to cheque clearing. TH will respond to the member and update the Register of Members.
ACTION: TH
Chair
The Chair's Report was noted. MP also mentioned that he had received an offer of a free ticket to the "C&binet" conference on 26-28 October - a "not-for-profit network, created by the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport to link the international creative and commercial communities to grow the global creative economy" SV and AT had both volunteered to attend. It was agreed that AT would attend and MP would ask for a second ticket for SV if possible.
ACTION: MP
The board discussed having an in-person board meeting around the "Pictures in Public" symposium on 10-11 September in Oxford which MP and TH will be attending. The London Wikimeet is also that weekend on the Sunday morning, so we could like it with that. JS, SV, ZH and PW could not confirm if they could attend. MP agreed to email round suggested dates and locations to see what people could make.
ACTION: MP
Initiatives
No report was available. It was agreed to discuss with the initiatives discussion later in the meeting.
Conferences
JS gave a verbal report; he hadn't found anywhere where he could get free CRB checks. It was estimated they will cost around £500 (£38 for ~13 people) and it was agreed we should ask the Foundation to reallocate some of the existing schools budget to cover this. At the same time the budget for a computer would be extended to cover other ancillary hardware.
JS has also prepared a blog post on the joint 2010 WMUK/OKCON Conference.
JS has had some discussions on a future Wikimania in Manchester and has been told that continent rotation "is considered the most minor criterion", opening the door to a Wikimania 2011 bid.
Corporate relations
SV gave a verbal report. He has been approached by a school in Wrexham which is interested in working with us. SV will forward to PW who will follow up as part of the Schools Project .
ACTION: SV
Steve Bowbrick has met with some senior BBC managers to discuss collaboration; SV will chase him to get an update on how it went. Progress on this has been slow, and we are unsure of timetables or outcomes at the moment.
ACTION: SV
Volunteers
PW had nothing to report on this.
Charity Commission application
AT gave an update and a summary of the current situation: there are three things that need finalising - the conflicts of interest policy , section D of the Charity Commission application and the child protection policy . The last item is waiting for the example policies that AT has ordered from NCVO. Given that the application can't be sent off until this is complete, it was agreed to hold off on discussions until the next meeting. AT will chase the NCVO for an eta.
ACTION: AT
In the meantime, AT is continuing to look for paid legal advice to assist with the application.
Initiatives
The Board discussed the milestone listed on the initiatives timeline to "establish a plan for each initiative including timetable, aim and outline costing" by the end of August. It was agreed that this would still be done, except for the Workplace Learning Lunches where it might not be possible to complete before mid September.
Workplace Learning Lunches
As noted above, SV will follow up with SB regardng progress with the BBC. The milestone above may be delayed until mid September.
JS agreed to follow up with his contacts at the BBC Digital Reolution and click and get them in touch with SB and SV.
ACTION: JS
Schools project
PW hopes to start talking to schools at the start of September when they return from holidays, with most progress made after the half term 23rd October and the first visits possibly in the second half term. JS may be able to arrange a visit to his college earlier. PW will start discussion on the schools email list after the meeting regarding the project plan and arrange to get a timetable and budget approved by the end of August
ACTION: PW
Britain Loves Wikipedia
There was a discussion on whether the initiative should restrict to just London or cover the whole of Britain. AT mentioned that Wikipedia Loves Art project had 15 museums, but over half the images were generated from the 6 clustered in New York. The Dutch Wiki Loves Art had 43 museums around the country, but generated fewer images than Wikipedia Loves Art. MP suggested we have clusters of museums in several locations. MP will start a discussion on the mailing list and defer a decision depending on the response from museums. MP will also pencil in a timetable and budget by the end of August.
ACTION: MP
AOB
MP mentioned that the blog is now up and running. A Twitter account has also been set up - it was agreed any board member is encouraged to make appropriate twitter posts without need for prior approval. AT, JS agreed to email round draft blog posts for approval.
ACTION: AT, JS
MP and SV agreed to work on a press release for the 5 million media files on Commons milestone.
ACTION: MP, SV
MP and JS may be meeting with the V&A in London on Friday to discuss Britain Loves Wikipedia and GLAM-WIKI-UK respectively. It was agreed JS could claim travel out of the content access funds.
Next meeting
The next meeting was agreed for Tuesday 1st September, 8:30pm.
Hello gentlemen,
I'm assuming that most, if not all, of you are trying to fit in your
Wikipedia work around jobs.
I just happened to put "lecture" into YouTube's search box. It could
have returned a lecture on *any* subject, of course, but it just so
happens that one of the top hits was this lecture on time management:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTugjssqOT0
It's good because it's not dry: engaging speaker, several cameras so
you're not just staring at a face all the time, tried and tested
methods.
I've noticed from looking at the wiki that you're embarking on a
number of projects at the moment so this may help you to accomplish
them.
----- "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> From: "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>
>
> 2009/8/19 Bod Notbod <bodnotbod(a)gmail.com>:
>
> > ... do you think you
> > might ever be able to use someone to transcribe audio files?
>
> ... I wouldn't mind having a transcription of our AGMs (at least the
> important parts of them).
I second this - that would be very useful! Next AGM is planned for early next year, so we can keep this in mind for then.
In the meantime:
Please consider signing up as a member - the form is at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership and subscription fees start from just 50p per month. We're keen to have the widest possible membership base so we can support our activities and get input from UK Wikimedians on our direction and focus.
If you haven't already, please sign up to our monthly newsletter at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletter
Please add any ideas you have for new initiatives at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Initiatives and get involved in any of the ones listed there that interest you - quite a few of them need just online help.
Let me/us know if you want any help with anything.
Regards,
Andrew
Wikimedia UK have partnered with the
Open Knowledge foundation to run the 2010 Open Knowledge Conference,
planned to be held in London next spring. In conjunction with this
event, Wikimedia UK will also be holding our AGM.
As part of this partnership, the OKF are
looking for members of WMUK who would be interested in the organisation
of the conference. The two committees that have been formed to organise
the conference are as follows:
Organising commitee - This committee will be responsible for
organising the venue, materials, call for participation, seeking
sponsors etc. No prior experience is need in conference organising, just
the ability to have some good ideas and to work in a team.
Research track committee - This committee will be responsible
for selecting research papers about "open knowledge" for the conference
research track. Reasearch experience is recommended, although not
required and the research experience does not have to be in open knowledge.
You can be a member of more than one committee so if
you are interested in helping out, please email conferences(a)wikimedia.org.uk . If your not a member of Wikimedia UK,
please read http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership with regards to joining the chapter.
Joseph Seddon
Conference Director
Wikimedia UK
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Hi all,
Anyone interested in the below? As I understand it, they want to
cover the range of philosophies on Wikipedia - they already have
people involved with an inclusionist or middle-ist point of view, but
no-one from a deletionist viewpoint.
Thanks,
Mike
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Catherine Edwards-BBC People" <Catherine.Edwards(a)bbc.co.uk>
> Date: 10 August 2009 18:15:10 BDT
> To: <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
> Subject: UK Deletionists - a request
>
> Dear Michael,
>
> Thanks very much for helping us out with this.
>
> We're making a documentary about the history of the World Wide Web,
> Digital Revolution, for BBC Two. A major part of our first
> programme, about power on the web, centres around Wikipedia. As
> part of this, we're hoping to find a UK Wikipedian who is a
> passionate Deletionist - someone who identifies with the goals of
> Deletionism to create a high quality encyclopaedia, and does
> Deletionist-type quality control themselves - perhaps someone who
> is a member of the Association of Deletionist Wikipedians?
>
> A bit more about the series: we're marking the 20th anniversary of
> the creation of the World Wide Web with a major multi-platform
> event: Digital Revolution (working title). This comprises an
> interactive website/blog, already launched ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/
> digitalrevolution/), and four landmark documentaries for broadcast
> on BBC Two at the beginning of 2010, in the UK and across the
> world. Revealing the longer hidden history of technological
> innovation, we will assess the meaning of an extraordinary
> phenomenon now transforming our everyday lives, communities and
> institutions.
>
> If you fit the description and would like to be involved, it'd be
> great to hear from you! Get in touch by email -
> catherine.edwards(a)bbc.co.uk, or by phone - 07800 794299.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Cathy
>
> Cathy Edwards
> Digital Revolution
> Room MC4 C6, BBC Media Centre, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TQ
> M 07800 794299
>
> digital revolution (working title) is an open and collaborative
> documentary about how the web is changing our lives
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Earlier this year, the Victoria & Albert Museum and Wikimedia UK took part in “Wikipedia Loves Art”, a free content photography contest.
We had over 30 people attend the Victoria and Albert event, and over 460 photographs submitted to Flickr. Globally, more than 50 teams from fourteen museums submitted over 5,000 photographs, with London submitting the second highest number of photographs from any location.
All of these photographs have now been assessed and processed and are now being prepared for upload to Wikimedia Commons and use on Wikipedia. We can now announce the winners from the V&A, as follows:
Team (members) – Points
1 st place: vavaval - Val_McG and dj_photo – 142 points
2 nd place: opalartseekers4 - Forever Wiser – 88 points
3 rd place: ukfgr - the wee pixie and mrsraggle – 82 points
4 th place: veronikab – 75 points
Vavaval win a large print of one of their photos on soft textured fine art paper, courtesy of Robbies Photographers, plus two tickets to a V&A exhibition of their choice.
The four winners also win a pack from moo.com comprising 50 Business Cards and 20 Postcards featuring photographs of their choice.
We are contacting the winners individually with details of how to claim their prizes.
The Digital Team at the V&A and Wikimedia UK really appreciate the effort that all the teams made to photograph so many objects as well as the time they spent uploading their work.
Thank you for your patience with us whilst we have processed these photographs, and we hope you enjoyed participating in this event. If you have any comments about this event or how it could be improved in the future, please let us know.
Regards,
--
Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wikimedia UK
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Wiki UK Ltd 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, United Kingdom.
Early heads up about a potential workshop that is being discussed in France. May be worth getting some WMUK people in here - particularly the "content partnerships" track.
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Erik Moeller" <erik(a)wikimedia.org>
To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Friday, 14 August, 2009 18:56:15 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: [Foundation-l] RfC: Multimedia workshop
Wikimedia France and the Wikimedia Foundation are currently
considering the idea of a multimedia-focused workshop and planning
event to take place in October 2009. Rather than an open community
conference like Wikimania, this would be a workshop targeting skilled
practitioners who want to help transform our approach to rich media
throughout the Wikimedia universe.
This event will most likely happen in France, as Wikimedia France will
be providing logistical support and most of the funding, with a goal
to ensure that the most relevant people can be present at the event.
One of the key objective of this meeting would be to help inform the
recently funded Multimedia Usability Project to improve the usability
of Wikimedia Commons. This meeting should help to immerse the project
team in the complex world of multimedia in Wikimedia projects today.
It should also help to start building a core group of volunteers as
well as chapter support for the project.
Beyond the Multimedia Usability Project, we're hoping that useful
practical discussions will lead to outcomes positively driving
approaches to sharing and collaborating multimedia in the Wikimedia
universe forward.
We're thinking of a three-day event with a group of 30 people total,
who could receive travel scholarships if they don't have any other
organizational funding support. The meeting could potentially be
divided into three tracks: technology, content partnerships, and
community practices. Participants would be a combination of people
directly invited because of their known high value contributions, and
people applying or being nominated.
We're currently envisioning that the tracks could be structured as follows:
* Technology track: This would include hammering out specs and code
for key technological improvements deemed necessary for rich media in
WMF projects in areas such as upload usability and workflow, search
and tagging (including multilingual search), permissions workflow,
deletion workflow, and so forth. It could also address next-generation
technologies such as video editing tools, as well as operational
issues associated with large scale content delivery.
* Content partnerships track: This would look at best practices, and
could perhaps be used to hammer out a "content partnerships manual"
for working with institutions as in the case of the German archive
partnerships. It could also be used to prioritize partnership
opportunities.
* Community practices track: Here we would discuss constructive ways
for the Commons and local project communities to interact, existing
deletion and arbitration practices, legal issues with different types
of media, and other day-to-day issues that Commons community members
deal with.
Ideally the outputs of the process would also feed into the Wikimedia
Foundation strategy planning process. This workshop is not designed to
address "content creation" questions, i.e., how to shoot a good photo,
how to restore an image, etc. It's intended to identify practical
solutions and approaches for challenges in the above three areas.
Please give us your feedback
* Does this basic division make sense? Might another track setup be
more helpful?
* In the above tracks, which other issues should be addressed? Which
issues should be avoided?
* Any other comments and suggestions welcome.
Also, if you'd like to participate in such an event, or if you want to
nominate someone else to do so, feel free to send us an initial note.
We may decide to not hold the event, or to alter its shape, but a
provisional expression of interest will help us plan. Currently we're
holding October 9-11 as the dates.
Please leave comments on the talk page here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Usability_Project_Meeting_October…
Or if you want to express interest privately, please e-mail both me
and Delphine Ménard:
erik(a)wikimedia.org
delphine.menard(a)wikimedia.fr
Thanks!
Erik
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Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
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Just a reminder that the DFEY-NW meeting is taking place tomorrow in
Manchester from 12:00pm -> ~3:30pm
For more info go to DFEY.org
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DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group
aiming to provide a social space for young people interested in
technology, issues of freedom and technology in relation to education.
www.dfey.org
== Young Rewired State ==
This is all falling together! So far 8 young people from DFEY will be
attending this 2 day event at Google HQ in London next weekend.
If you are free on 22nd and 23rd August 2009 and wish to go get in
touch ASAP.
There will some assistance with travel and accommodation for those
wishing to attend, but DFEY is trying to sort things out as a group and
so all stay in the same place. If you are interested in coming, contact
me(or team(a)dfey.org) ASAP. We're trying to get *everything* sorted by
Saturday the 15th if possible
For those already intending on going, p-lease make sure your name is on
the DFEY wiki page:
http://dfey.org/wiki/London,_August_2009
To find out more about the event visit:
http://rewiredstate.org/young
From the website:
"How about we give you Google's offices in the heart of London,
technology and a tonne of the country's best programmers and hackers to
help and teach you along the way? We'll also give you food and drink to
keep you going.
If so, and you're aged between 15 and 18, we'd love you to come to our
free weekend to see what you can come up with. We think we're all in for
a big surprise."
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In case you need it, here's some contact information:
Tim's mobile: 07922334403
Email: team(a)nw.dfey.org
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