I just wanted to highlight this page on the WMUK wiki:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Potential_partners
It's a place to keep a list of other groups and organisations who are
working on free content, open source and similar projects in the United
Kingdom. Contributions would be very welcome.
Ed
In-Reply-To: <5010FB35.9010701(a)pobox.com>
> I was recently involved in the interviews for the position of Chair
> of a large body (much bigger than Wikimedia UK). This was a public
> appointment, since the body is funded by government funds (but it
> is not a registered charity).
>
> Every candidate was asked the same question (at the end of the
> interview). I paraphrase....
>
> "Is there anything in your past which, if were it to come to light,
> would harm yourself or this organisation?"
>
> I believe this is standard practice for public appointments.
Unfortunately the WCA did not do so when electing its chair. Fae failed to
warn those present that he was the subject of an Arbcom case which had
reached its proposed decision stage that already had substantial support
for a number of motions critical of him. The ban proposal didn't yet exist
but any Signpost article on the WCA meeting would still have been likely
to have been overshadowed by the case.
By allowing Fae to go ahead in having himself put forward as chair of the
WCA, the Chief Executive and Trustees of WMUK have already scored an own
goal as far as future relations with other Chapters are concerned.
Hi,
I would like to confirm that we are holding a GLAMcamp networking
event on the weekend of 15-16 September 2012 in the British Library
conference centre. Please see
<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp_London_2012> for details and
registration.
The GLAMwiki conference has been deferred until April or May 2013, a
date should be confirmed within the next 10 days by our contacts in
the British Library. With two months to go before the original date,
we realize that the response was insufficient to guarantee an event
attractive to leading GLAM professionals, or an event to be called a
global conference to truly represent GLAM related open knowledge
programmes and innovation.
The two key outcomes from the September GLAMcamp will be to plan a
world class conference that is attractive to cultural sector
professionals and leading open knowledge specialists, and assemble an
international team to ensure logistics, planning and communications
run effectively. If you want to be part of ensuring this critical
event can meet our high expectations for the future of the Wikimedia
GLAM movement, please register now.
Cheers,
Fae
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Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) fae(a)wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK Chairman http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Boardhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer
Dear All,
I am planning on ordering Wikimedia UK branded lanyards, polo shirts and
notepads to be used at events. If you would like to send across any ideas
concerning the design of these, then please do send them here - ideally by
3 August.
Polo shirts:
- These would be stitched on, so the smaller design the better. I have seen
a couple of chapters having the polo shirts with just the Wikimedia... logo
in the upper left corner, and that looked quite professional.
As for the lanyard:
- 4 colour print on one side
- Another option would be to only use one colour, which is much cheaper
As for the notebook, a cost effective way would be to have:
- A5 Wirebound Book with 350gsm Card Cover
- Cover printed 4 colour (allowing for Wikimedia UK logo)
- 50 insert sheets printed 1 colour both sides
The bigger quantity I order, the cheaper the items get, so it is best if
the merchandise designed is of general character and not geared towards a
specific event.
I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts. You can also jot them down
here<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Activity_Plan/Outreach_merchandise_%26_pu…>
Many thanks,
Daria
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Daria Cybulska - Events Organiser, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
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over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
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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).
http://tinyurl.com/WN-London-Workshop-0812
The dates on-offer are August 25th or 26th. With the 25th clashing with
the Manchester meetup.
I'll be seeing what I can cobble together presentation-wise and
training-material-wise over the next couple of weeks whilst I'm
Stateside. What is going to be very useful is if, as well as getting a
good number of UK people to come along, someone has a video camera (or
even just a decent phone that can capture video).
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Brian McNeil
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