Wikimediauk-l December 2012

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Joint statement with the Foundation
by Chris Keating 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Dear all, I'd like to draw to your attention this joint statement with the Foundation which I have just, with the authority of the Board, posted on our blog regarding the management of conflicts of interests and this year's fundraiser. http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/joint-statement-from-wikimedia-foundat… Regards, Chris Keating Chair, Wikimedia UK

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Fwd: [OSGeo-UK] FOSS4G is coming to Nottingham!
by Gordon Joly 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

FYI, No website for 2013 as yet, but see... http://2012.foss4g.org/ http://foss4g.org/ Context: 1) Open Source, Open Knowledge, Open Data. 2) A major international conference comes to the UK. Gordo -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [OSGeo-UK] FOSS4G is coming to Nottingham! Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:32:58 +0100 From: Jo Cook <jocook(a)astuntechnology.com> To: uk(a)lists.osgeo.org uk(a)lists.osgeo.org <uk(a)lists.osgeo.org> Dear All, As you may have heard, FOSS4G will be coming to Nottingham in 2013! Our heartfelt thanks to anyone who helped with the bidding process, particularly those people that wrote a letter of support for the bid. Keep listening for further announcements and news as organisation progresses! Thanks again Jo -- *Jo Cook* Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK t:+44 750 095 8167 iShare - Data integration and publishing platform <http://www.isharemaps.com/> ***************************************** Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. 864201149.

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Christmas and New Year.
by Jon Davies 21 Dec '12

21 Dec '12

I hope you all have a good break. The New Year is going to be really busy from the word go but I look forward to the Chapter's development in 2013. Thanks to everyone for their hard work. We had a bumpy ride at times but we must not forget how much we achieved. We have put up a blog <http://bit.ly/VawSUN> with message from staff and myself. I hope you visit it. Jon. -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk

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Wikimedia UK Draft Security Standards
by Katherine Bavage 21 Dec '12

21 Dec '12

Dear All, I've just put up *a lot* of policy documentation on the UK Wiki as a lovely Christmas gift to you all :) It's the start of a roughly five week period that I hope you will participate in to create Wikimedia UKs security standards policies. You can check out the introductory page with links here<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_Security_Standards> I will be having time off over Christmas, so feel to leave questions I can pick up in January, but even better, feel free to get editing, improving and changing while my 'back is turned' :) These are really quite basic, and I'm sure there are nuances or past problems that I am unaware of and you can bring to my attention where these don't accommodate such examples. In the new year I will come back and push on with reworking the policies based on comments so far, and other improvements I think may need to be made at that point. The basic goal is to ensure our work meets the highest standards in terms of people's privacy and data security, but doesn't restrict volunteers in delivering and enjoying their work within the organisation. So - hack away! -- *Katherine Bavage * *Fundraising Manager * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0949 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Request for consultation on proposed guidelines relating to potential conflicts of interest in requesting Wikimedia resources
by Chris Keating 21 Dec '12

21 Dec '12

I'm forwarding this as it makes interesting reading alongside Wikimedia UK's own management of conflicts of interests, and the likely direction our own policies are moving. Regards, Chris ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Geoff Brigham <gbrigham(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 2:42 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Request for consultation on proposed guidelines relating to potential conflicts of interest in requesting Wikimedia resources To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org *Hi all, * * * *We are asking for community consultation on five proposed guidelines relating to potential conflicts of interest when people ask for resources belonging to the Wikimedia movement. For your review and comments, you may find more information, a proposed Board resolution, and the proposed guidelines here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Guidelines_on_potential_conflicts_of_in… Please feel free to join the discussion on the talk page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Guidelines_on_potential_conflicts_of_interest Thank you for your time and expertise. * Geoff Brigham General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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Fwd: ORG celebrates quadruple win - FYI
by Jon Davies 20 Dec '12

20 Dec '12

Dear Jon Davies, here's your newsletter from the frontline of digital rights: defending and promoting citizens' rights in the digital age This is our last newsletter of 2012. We began the year with three major goals: to defeat ACTA<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2012/acta-you-won>, to prevent the draft Communications Data Bill<http://www.openrightsgroup.orgblog/2012/joint-committee-slams-home-offices-…>becoming law and to stop default censorship of the internet<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/education-consultation-respon…>. After a year of campaigning we have done all that and more, with a swathe of victories in just the last two months (more details below). These successes show why we need you to *join ORG*<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/>. Joining today <http://www.openrightsgroup.org/join>enables us to keep doing essential work like this, and take on more projects as we fight for your rights in the coming year. *Join and boost ORG Law Fund's success* * * *Victory 1*. Thank you to all those who helped our ORG Law Fund!<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2012/org-is-ready-for-legal-action>After just a month and a half of campaigning we have reached our first goal: we have now raised enough new funds to hire a part-time Legal Officer. *Please join now <http://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/> *if you have not yet given your support*; *300 new supporters would enable the new position to work full time and give ORG greater capacity for legal work. We will begin our legal project in the new year and look forward to expanding ORG’s work by tackling digital rights in the courts. *Default Blocking Victory* *Victory 2.* The Government have released their response to the consultation on default blocking. We were delighted<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/education-consultation-respon…>to see that they have listened to your voice and dropped plans for ‘default on’ filters at a network level. The Department should be applauded for this sensible approach. Their response shows that we have overwhelmingly demonstrated the case against internet censorship. The Government agreed that content filters “on their own... are insufficient” and that parents should take responsibility for keeping their children safe online. Thank you to all those who wrote to their to MPs and responded to the consultation questionnaire. *ORG win on the Snoopers’ Charter* *Victory 3.* The Joint Committee have published their report<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2012/joint-committee-slams-home-offices…>on the draft Communications Data Bill after months of receiving evidence from many parties. We were pleased that the report listened to our evidence and your letters. It was very clear that the draft Bill pays "insufficient attention to the duty to respect the right to privacy”. Despite the report's strong criticism of the Home Office, they may simply ignore the pages of evidence and push ahead with their plans, claiming there “can be no delay<http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-12-11/home-office-can-be-no-delay-to-th…> ”. We are determined to ensure that this does not happen. We went to Parliamen<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2012/come-along-to-our-mp-lobby-day>t on Monday to meet MPs and let them know that these plans must be dropped. We need a fundamental review of digital surveillance laws. *Promo Bay back online* *Victory 4.* The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) told Virgin, BT, O2, TalkTalk and Sky <http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2012/promobay-block>to block The Promo Bay, despite there being no copyright infringing material on there. After we contacted the BPI to remove the block, they wrote to us and confirmed that they have now asked the country's four biggest ISPs to remove The Promo Bay from their list of blocked websites<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/bpis-promobay.org-ban-lifted> . The wide range of censoring powers the BPI currently has, and the lack of transparency with which websites have been blocked are clearly shown by this incident. We are planning to produce and maintain a transparency website with a list of all blocked websites to remedy that. Support our essential work *We depend on your support to keep winning these campaigns. Join now<http://openrightsgroup.org/join>as a member, and get a free book! * Without your donations, we would not be able to continue our campaigns. That's why we ask you to support us <http://www.openrightsgroup.org/join>against government and corporate actions limiting your digital rights byjoining today!<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/join> * * * * Fin us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/openrightsgroup> Follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/openrightsgroup> *News in Brief * We took on Golden Eye in court<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/goldeneye-appeal-on-monday-or…>and we’re currently waiting for the verdict which should come this week. We’ve made it clear that Norwich Pharmacal Orders need close examination in court. *Mobile Censorship* The Government decided against default ‘on’ censorship, but mobile blocking continues. This week the website of St Mark’s church was blocked<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2012/another-church-blocked-by-mobile-n…>because it belongs to the ‘New Wine’ denomination. It was classified as ‘alcohol’ despite the use of the word 'wine' not relating to use of alcohol. * * *ORG out and about * Hacio'r iaith <http://haciaith.com/what-is-hacior-iaith-english/>, 19 January ORG at the Welsh language free software, Internet and digital activism day unconference London supporter meet up, 21 January<http://www.meetup.com/ORG-London/events/74016472/> Location TBC Oxford Media Convention, 23 January 11.45<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/2012/nov/13/programme> Jim Killock presenting on the panel: Smart TVs, SmartPhones and Stupid Parents: What should government, business and citizens be doing to provide greater protection for children online? Oxford Media Convention / IPPR Saïd Business School * * Follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/openrightsgroup> | Find us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/openrightsgroup> *Contents CC-BY-SA <http://www.openrightsgroup.org/licence> Open Rights Group 2011 * *Our mailing address is:* 11 Marshalsea Road, Borough, London SE1 1EN We need your help <http://www.openrightsgroup.org/volunteer> to fight for your rights and to keep the web open and free. Unsubscribe from this list<http://action.openrightsgroup.org/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.i…>| Join ORG <http://www.openrightsgroup.org/join> -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk

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Blog: Editor training in "the finest stone town in England"
by Stevie Benton 20 Dec '12

20 Dec '12

Hello everyone, I hope you're well. Some of our volunteers and staff headed to Stamford, Lincs this week to help teach new editors to get involved in Wikipedia. We've published a blog post about the event this afternoon. You can read the post at http://bit.ly/T9P4gB and a huge thanks to KTC, Tom and Edward for taking the time to volunteer to help out! Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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Season's greetings from Wikimedia UK
by Stevie Benton 20 Dec '12

20 Dec '12

Wishing you a very happy Christmas and wonderful 2013, from the staff and trustees of Wikimedia UK! Our office closes on 21 December 2012 and reopens again on Wednesday 2 January 2013. In the meantime we'll be doing our best to keep an eye out for urgent emails. For urgent out of hours media contacts please call 07803 505 173. Have a great break! Image credit: Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0 You can view the original at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trafalgar_Square_Christmas_Carols_-_… -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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2013 Activity Plan
by Chris Keating 19 Dec '12

19 Dec '12

Dear all, Thank you very much to everyone who has commented on the re-drafted 2013 Activity Plan! A few people have mentioned to me that they've had a look but haven't yet had a chance to comment. If that's you - please do add your comments, as it's important we have as much community input into this as possible! We are aiming to agree the budget for the year from 2013 in our Board phone call on January 8th. I know Jon will be continuing to look at the plan and the community comments from time to time over the festive season - so will I. Many thanks, Chris

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Wikimedia UK November report - contributions wanted
by Stevie Benton 17 Dec '12

17 Dec '12

Hello everyone, Work has begun on compiling Wikimedia UK's November activity report. If you were involved in any Wikimedia UK activity throughout the month, please do add some details to the page. I'm looking to publish this report before the Christmas break so contributions soonish please. http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/November#Upcoming_activities_in_D… Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Communications Organiser Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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