All,
Just to let you know that all but one of the candidates for the board have
now answered at least some of the questions on the UK wiki. I am sure they
will make interesting reading for everyone, and I want to apologise for the
delay in getting these out to everyone. I also have a few points to remind
you about (sorry for the email overload):
- There won't be the opportunity to ask formal questions tomorrow, but
each candidate will have the opportunity, if they wish, to make a 2 minute
speech.
- The deadline for proxy voting is, of course, tonight at 23:59 BST
(that's local London time, NOT UTC OR GMT) - if you can't make the AGM
tomorrow, PLEASE ensure you get your votes in on time!
- There will be cameras and filming equipment around, however, if you
don't want to be filmed, you'll be able to have a sticker on your attendees
badge to indicate this to everyone.
- Remember to bring your cameras and smartphones for the museum tour.
Photographs will be allowed throughout the museum, and the venue is quite
impressive inside!
All the best,
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
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Hello everyone,
Just thought I'd drop a line to see if anyone has any recommendations
for a pub near the Science Museum for everyone to retire to after the AGM.
I used to drink in the Hoop and Toy (a couple of minutes away)
occasionally but reviews suggest it's gone downhill a little.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Stevie
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Still tryinng to sort this one out...
On open office I cannot get the template to use Arial as a default font.
Can anyone help?
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Hi all,
I'm planning to travel down to London on Friday (because I can't be doing
with a 6am start on Saturdays :P). Anyone else in the same situation?
Happy to organise an informal social/dinner (I for one will be hungry!) for
anyone who is around :)
Tom
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this - here are the decisions that
were reached:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Train_the_Trainers_Tender#Decision_of_WMUK
Daria Cybulska will be organizing things from the office end with Martin
Poulter and I putting everything together to make a really exciting
programme.
Jon
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All,
There was a little bit of discussion as to what we do in the office. I kept
a rough timetable on a couple of post-its today, and I'm transcribing them
below:
10:00 - 10:50 - Answering & Reading Emails, replying to urgent ones
10:50 - 11:00 - Post (posting competition prizes overseas)
11:00 - 12:00 - More emails, doing WMUK AGM teller work (see my 11:16
contribution on uk.wikimedia.org)
12:00 - 12:30 - Finance (invoices, expenses etc)
12:30 - 12:45 - Preparing for Board meeting
12:45 - 13:15 - Finance (checking and paying expenses)
13:15 - 15:00 - Finance (invoices, filing paperwork)
15:00 - 15:30 - Emails, various governance issues. A Chinook came overhead
and circled, and landed about 100 metres away from the office - I admit
that I attempted to take a few photos of it from the window for Commons.
However, the windows were too dirty, the attempt was unsuccessful!
15:30 - 16:00 - Lunch! Carrot and Coriander soup, and half a baguette.
16:00 - 19:00 - Preparing financial reports for AGM, updating supplier
details on Sage, tracking down 2011 payments, bank reconciliation
19:00 - 19:30 - Relaxing a bit, preparing for board meeting
19:30 - 22:30? - Minuting the Board Meeting (see
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_8May12)
Interspersed throughout this were two or three phone calls, with Mike, Fae,
Chris Keating, and a couple of suppliers. I hope this all makes sense,
please ask me if you have any questions. I did have short breaks here and
there, because today is a long day, as I'm minuting the board meeting. I
hope this helps satiate your thirst for knowledge for a short while :-)
PS: Don't worry, I'm complying with the appropriate working time
regulations - Jon is very strict about that!
All the best,
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
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FYI,
Close by (the South East coast).....
http://exhibitions.europeana.eu/exhibits/show/wiki-loves-art-nouveau
*Join Wikimedia and Europeana in our first user-generated exhibition and
explore some of the finest examples of Art Nouveau architecture from
across Europe.*
Gordo
Dear Jon, Daria, Stevie and Richard
Hope this doesn't sound like too much of a silly question, but I would love to know what you guys do throughout the week :) I dont just mean like on average. But I would love to be able to see what projects staff are working on, how projects are progressing etc. I suppose not just to be interesting but it would be great to build on the transparency that we have institutionalised into our board. I would love to get the same or at least closer level of openness with our staff. I think the community would appreciate that openess too and also it helps us better understand the roles our staff play :) Right now although I know all your job titles, and we have job descriptions. I have seen from my own eyes at the foundation that they don't necessarily reflect on what a person is actually doing. I would be interested in knowing how much time they are spending on different things, as well as what things they are doing. This in particular applies to managing budgets since we should really measure the cost of our staff time to allow us to monitor accurately what is actually getting spent where.
Anyway it would good to hear your thoughts on not just what you guys are up to at the moment, but also what is feasible for you guys to do to be able to feed this kind of info back to the community in the long term.
ThanksSeddon