I know that the London Wikimeet was shifted ..... to January 15th....
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/53
but I thought there were some plans for an "unconference" that weekend
(14th / 15th)?
And yes, there is also an OTRS workshop on 7th / 8th ...
Gordo
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Don't Leave Space To The Professionals!
Congratulations on a superb result! Actually my recollection on looking
at typical figures released by other charities is that even 60% Gift Aid
sign-up is pretty good - remember not everyone can sign up. But usually
the higher the donation the more likely they are to sign up. The direct
debit figure seems an excellent result to me as well, and the increase
in big single donations. The rise in donations from Dec 20 on is
interesting - was this the emails? 43,700 donors in total, vs 30K last
year, is worth highlighting too! Well done everyone concerned.
John
Hi all,
We're currently working through some of the necessary paperwork that comes
with setting up an office, and we'd love to have a chat with anyone in our
community who has previous professional experience with pensions. If this is
you, please get in touch with me or Jon (we're both cced).
Many thanks,
Richard Symonds
Office & Development Manager
Wikimedia UK
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All,
There's been an awful lot of fundraiser emails coming in from donors who are
asking about how to edit. The following statements aren't direct quotes -
I've reworded them for privacy's sake, but they're 'based on a true story'
and indicative of the sort of emails we're getting:
Some of the emails are very keen:
" I know how to use a computer, and was wondering if I could
proof read for you!"
"I can't donate each month, but maybe I can help you run the
Wikipedia? "
Some are confused about policies:
"I'm afraid that if I edit about X, I'll contravene the
second and third pillars, but I'm not sure about the fifth pillar."
Some are just confused about editing:
"How do I edit a page? This is all very difficult"
One or two are genuinely thrilled at the idea of being able to edit:
"I would love to be part of a thing as amazing as this - my
generation would never have dreamt of something as wonderful as wiki. I
think Wikipedia is great, and I'd really like you to teach me how I can be a
part of it"
Rather than point them straight at some tutorial page on Wikipedia (which
may not be helpful), or at OTRS (which tends to be a hit hit-and-miss) I am
hoping we can run a 'learn to edit' session, advertised to those donors who
have expressed an interest, at some point in the new year. It'd be aimed at
complete beginners, and probably somewhere with a dense population, like
Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cardiff, London etc.
Potentially there would be businesswomen, elderly war veterans, foreign
students all at the same event: we'd try to target it as much as possible,
but that might not be easily possible.
Is there anyone who'd be interested in running this, or helping out at it?
All the best,
Richard Symonds
Office Manager
Wikimedia UK
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Wikimedia UK is the local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit
organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its
contents.
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Hi all,
The UK OTRS workshop is coming up this weekend. We currently have 16 confirmed attendees. If you're coming to the workshop, and you're not listed as 'confirmed' athttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS_workshop#Participants and/or you haven't received a link to the Google docs spreadsheet for planning this event (with estimates for your travel expenses), then please let me know ASAP so that we can ensure that we can cater for you during the workshop, and/or cover your travel expenses.
I've booked hotel accommodation for a total of 5 people, whom I've just emailed with details about the hotel. If you haven't received the hotel information, but you're expecting us to provide accommodation for the night of Sat 7th September, then please get in touch with me ASAP - otherwise we won't be able to guarantee that we can provide overnight accommodation for you.
We're currently planning on an 'unconference'-style workshop including a fair amount of time for informal discussion and responding to tickets. If you have particular presentations/discussion sessions/breakout sessions that you'd like to give/lead, then please add them to the wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS_workshop#Agenda . If you want to give a 'lightning talk' then you can either sign up on-wiki or let us know on the day.
If you have any questions, then please ask them on the wiki page (or it's talk page) at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS_workshop, or email me directly.
Thanks,
Mike
On 25 Dec 2011, at 11:56, Michael Peel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Following from this, my understanding is that, as things currently stand, WMUK will be covering travel expenses and booking accommodation for Shimgray, Doug, Mentifisto and myself. We'll only be covering lunch+saturday evening meal costs for confirmed attendees as per the on-wiki list (currently 11 people) . If you will also be attending, please confirm this on-wiki asap - especially if you also need your travel expenses covering, and/or accommodation booking. As a reminder, the on-wiki page is:
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS_workshop#Participants
>
> On 24 Dec 2011, at 18:41, HJ Mitchell wrote:
>
>> I'd just buy 'em if you've run it past Mike and he's happy. I think we're pretty sure it's going ahead - the room's booked (I was there the other day and it looks ideal), and we have enough people confirmed for it to be worthwhile.
>>
>> (I won't be able to reply to anything else this side of Christmas)
>>
>> Harry
>>
>> From: Doug Weller <dougweller(a)gmail.com>
>> To: English OTRS discussion list <otrs-en-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, 22 December 2011, 16:44
>> Subject: Re: [Otrs-en-l] OTRS workshop in London, 7-8 January
>>
>> I was wondering if I should buy train tickets (they'll get more
>> expensive shortly if they haven't already), but as there are very few
>> confirmations I'm thinking I should wait until it's sure it will take
>> place. Any advice?
>> Doug
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Michael Peel
>> <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>> > Hi Doug,
>> >
>> > On 18 Dec 2011, at 20:09, Doug Weller wrote:
>> >
>> >> What's the story about accommodation, do you find a hotel or do we? If
>> >> the latter, any suggestions?
>> >
>> > If you want us to cover your accommodation costs (and request that on the wiki), then we will find you a hotel room and will book you into it. Otherwise, we'll provide general suggestions for hotels in the next few weeks (we're currently in the process of investigating options for hotels close to our new office). If you can't wait, and/or you want to sort out accommodation for yourself, then please try to find a hotel that is near to our office, the details for which are at:
>> > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Mike
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