It is my understanding that the Chair is one of many on a board of
Trustees. So, for example, Trustees expenses will be recorded with the
Charity Commission annually.
The current issue is Fae. The last time I started to rant, it was about
Roger Bamkin, and Monmouthpedia. In the latter case, he stood down as
Chair for discussions about Monmouthpedia. For me, that does not cut the
mustard. As a Trustee, there are very strict rules about gaining
financially from projects which are run under the umbrella of a charity.
I am informed no rules have been broken.
Wikimedia UK is a very young charity. Soon, let us all hope, it will
become a teenager.
Gordo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19153243
"Just under half of the blue plaques currently shortlisted to go up in
London are being scrapped due to funding cuts.
Beatles manager Brian Epstein and Monty Python's Graham Chapman are among
those who will miss out.
The scheme sees commemorative plaques attached to residences that famous
personalities have lived in.
English Heritage, which runs the scheme, said the cull was due to a 32% cut
in government funding."
Perhaps it would be prudent for WMUK to step in, and fund some QRpedia
plaques?
Richard Symonds
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Thanks Jon. Please terminate my membership of WMUK. This is not without
regret, as my own personal albeit scant interactions with Fae have been
wholly positive, and WMUK has always come across as very professional in
its dealings with me. But, of a group promoting the editing of Wikipedia
whose chairman is banned from editing, I find my membership and indeed the
nature of the arrangement itself, completely incompatible. I hope I can
rejoin at a later date.
William Henderson.
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Hi,
I have confirmed the British Library conference center for Friday 12th
April to Sunday 14th April 2013. They have kindly offered to host us
for our proposed international "GLAMwiki conference" for free and the
venue is suitable for up to 255 attendees.
If you would like to support and prepare for the GLAMwiki conference
and are interested in sharing GLAM best practice with like-minded
Wikimedians, please register now for "GLAMcamp" on Saturday 15th
September to Sunday 16th September, details and registration at
<https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp_London/September_2012>. We are
expecting to host around 40 GLAMmers.
Cheers,
Fae
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Thanks for the suggestions and views about whether/what sort of submission
WMUK should make to the consultation on the CDB.
There isn't a 'response' to comment on at the moment as we agreed as a Board
on Thursday night that WMUK should go ahead and make a submission to the
consultation. The Board agreed that we should keep the WMUK response brief,
more to raise a flag about the Bill needing reconsideration, rather than a
full blown detailed response of the type Open Rights Group is likely to
submit.
I will only get time to work on a response towards the end of next week &/
weekend while being conscious of the deadline of 23rd August. If anyone
would like to kick-start things prior to then, that would be great.
Thanks,
Joscelyn
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Asking people to comment on something they haven't seen would indeed be
unreasonable. Fortunately, Jon did something entirely different:
inviting those interested to get in touch with the person who will write the
response. Why not take up the suggestion?
On 3 August 2012 20:41, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3 August 2012 13:43, Jon Davies <jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>> I sent this around a while back.
>> The ORG would like our support.
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>> Joscelyn Upendram is preparing a simple reponse on our behalf, if
>> anyone wants to offer her ideas contact her directly
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>> Jon Davies.
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I sent this around a while back.
The ORG would like our support.
Joscelyn Upendram is preparing a simple reponse on our behalf, if anyone
wants to offer her ideas contact her directly
Jon Davies.
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>From ORG:
'Peter, is preparing a CDB briefing for companies and holders of user comms
data. This is pretty much where you are as an organisation, although you
may wish to make broader points if you put evidence to the consultation.'
The deadline is August 23, and details are here:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/dr…
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Dear all,
Please help us shape Wikimedia UK's work for 2013!
At the Board meeting on Thursday, we felt that we need more creative ideas
to put into the 2013 plan, as what we currently have is a bit too similar
to the 2012 Activity Plan. Every Board member has committed to coming up
with at least one new idea for a way to spend £10,000 productively. But we
would also like you all to join in! Please submit your ideas, here:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Activity_Plan/Ideas
These should be ideas which are *create impac*t, rather than being internal
matters like governance or fundraising. Please also think about the
likely *resource
implication*. E.g. "Hold Editathons at 50 museums" is a great idea, what
would we need to make it happen in terms of money, volunteer time, or staff
time? And don't be afraid to think big. We will refine, filter and
prioritise ideas at a later date, as well as thinking about what resources
and structures we need to make more cool things happen, but at the moment
we just need more ideas down on-wiki.
Many thanks,
Chris
Hi folks,
In the rare few minutes that I'm borrowing a working laptop, I'd like to remind you all of the Coventry meetup, which is being held in the Litten Tree in Coventry city centre this coming Sunday (5 August) from 13:00 onwards.
Coventry is nice and easy to get to in the car or on public transport, so if you're free on Sunday, please do come along!
Best,
Harry Mitchell
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