On the WMUK water cooler I have asked:[1]
* "In terms of timing, Alastair, nor any other member of the board,
has yet confirmed in writing exactly when he first informed the board
about accepting the job." @26 September 2013
* "What was the date of the first email to the board from Alastair
bringing up the issue of his relationship with CIPR as a potential
conflict of loyalties?" @2 October 2013
I am increasingly concerned that no trustee is willing to openly share
a date of an email from Alastair with the members of the charity, or
instead explain that the board of trustees were made aware of
Alastair's conflict of loyalties only after CIPR made public
announcements, or after it was posted on Wikipediocracy and then
raised for their attention, possibly not by Alastair. It should not
take more than a week to answer this question, especially when so many
other prompt replies to selected parts of the discussion have been
made by the board.
Chris Keating as the Chairman of the charity stated that this
assertion is factually inaccurate: "Alastair failed to declare his
conflict of loyalties to either the board or the membership until
immediately after a public fuss about it was made on Wikipediocracy.
Alastair knew about this conflict of loyalties before running to be a
trustee at the AGM, he failed to discuss it with the board of trustees
then or declare it so that members voting had the full facts." but
despite being quick to reply on other issues, has yet to provide
demonstrable facts to show what parts of this assertion are
inaccurate.
In terms of an indisputable timeline:
* CIPR publicly became a working partner with WMUK during 2011/2012,
making a presentation at the 2012 AGM
* Alastair was running for the CIPR job before the AGM
* Alastair became a WMUK trustee on 8 June 2013 at the AGM
* CIPR made a public announcement of Alastair's becoming their CEO on
27 August 2013
* the thread on Wikipediocracy was started on 10 September 2013
* Alastair publicly declared his conflict of loyalties the day
afterwards, 11 September 2013
* no provision has been made for the conventional 6 month grace period
that should pass between being a trustee of WMUK and taking paid
employment with a partner of the charity as has been enforced for
other trustees in the past[2]
With relatively few active members of the charity it falls to the same
old hands to raise questions for the board about their serious
concerns, or to provide feedback and context. This would be a good
time to have other members contribute on the Water cooler with varying
viewpoints.
Links:
1. https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Water_cooler#Alastair_has_provided_a_ful…
2. https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/COI#Employment_related_to_the_Charity
Thanks,
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Hi Folks,
I hope everyones having a great week. Plans for Wikimania are coming along well and we'll be running a few events before the end of the year to get additional community feedback.
I finally had a chance to meet with Kat Bavage at the office in Old Street today to talk about approaching partners for Wikimania 2014, whether as sponsors of the event, giving us in-kind support (such as a venue or equipment) or helping us market the event to its potential audience and get the message out to the media.
We are drawing up a list of organisations we think we should be approaching (in existing some pre-existing partners), broadly under the themes of 'Education', 'Cultural', 'Open Source', 'Financial', 'Tech', 'Public institutions', 'Media' and 'Outreach' (by which we mean professional associations/networks for groups the movement is keen to engage with such as women, older people and ethnic minority groups)
If you have ideas for organisations you think we might not have thought of but should approach then it would be great if you could refer them to us. Any institution/organisation with which you have a personal connection and would be prepared to make an introduction would be helpful - in which case please email the details to sponsors(a)wikimanialondon.org.
So do feel free spam us with links - either by dropping a message on Kat's talk page on the UK wiki or reply here - whichever is easiest.
Have a great weekend.
Kind Regards,
James
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Hi all,
Just a reminder to anyone with photographs of (Grade I / Grade II* /
Category A / Grade A / Grade B+) listed buildings hanging around on
your hard drives, now is the time to upload them.
The easiest way to do this is to find each building's listing on
Wikipedia (e.g. [1]), and follow the upload link there.
Even if you took the photographs ages ago, they will still qualify for
Wiki Loves Monuments, the world's largest photography competition --
assuming you upload them before midnight.
Why participate in Wiki Loves Monuments rather than upload them, say, next week?
* Your photographs can win prizes
* You'll be helping make this year's WLM the largest ever (14,000
more uploads needed!) [2]
* You'll help the UK overtake India into 8th place in the country
rankings ) 600 uploads needed!) [3]
For more general information on WLM, see http://wikilovesmonuments.org/ .
All the best,
Harry
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grade_B%2B_listed_buildings_in_County…
[2] http://www.geobib.fr/mh/stats/
[3] http://wikizabytki.pl/stats/
For your diaries:
We will be repeating last year's successful (NOT A CHRISTMAS PARTY) Open
House for the community and friends at our offices on Tuesday December 10th
from 4pm until 8ish
Refreshments will be provided but if you can bring a bottle or snack (we
still remember Johnbod's smoked salmon last year) and enjoy a chance to
chew over the past year and the exciting one to come.
Jon
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Dear all,
Next week's GLAM committee is going to be an open one at 7pm on the 9th
October. If you are interested in taking part email me with your Skype ID.
Provisional agenda
1. Glam Booklet <https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/GLAM_Booklet_2013>
2. Glam Program <https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events>
1. Do we have sufficient diversity of subject, type of event,
geography?
2. How do we gear up for 19th Oct and avoid similar clashes in future?
3. Prospects
4. AOB
If you aren't free or don't want to join the whole call feel free to
comment by email to me or join in on wiki.
Many Thanks
Jonathan Cardy
GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser/Trefnydd
GLAM (Galeriau,
Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!)
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The board of Wikimedia UK is pleased to be able to announce today the co-option for a two year term of two new trustees, Carol Campbell and Kate West, both of whom have specialist expertise. Carol has extensive experience of volunteer organisations and brings strong conflict-management and relationship-building skills to the board. She was previously Cathedral Executive Officer at Ely Cathedral. Kate is Chief Operating Officer at the Electoral Reform Society, and brings strong governance, management, policy and planning skills. We welcome them both.
Further enlargement of the board can be expected soon, particularly with a view to increasing the proportion of trustees who are active members of the Wiki community.
Michael Maggs
Governance Committee chair
I would hope we could see who wins and if they are all from Inverness then
so be it. Off to Inverness Michael M! If not we will consider paying travel.
On 30 September 2013 19:10, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
> That might be difficult for any non-London-based winners to attend.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 30 Sep 2013, at 19:01, Jon Davies <jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > That sounds like a good hook for the party.
> >
> >
> > On 30 September 2013 18:52, Michael Maggs <Michael(a)maggs.name> wrote:
> > Would it be sensible to hand out the WLM prizes during this party? Or
> would that be too long after the close of the competition? (the awards
> could be announced before they are presented, of course)
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > On 20 Sep 2013, at 13:47, Jon Davies wrote:
> >
> >> For your diaries:
> >>
> >> We will be repeating last year's successful (NOT A CHRISTMAS PARTY)
> Open House for the community and friends at our offices on Tuesday December
> 10th from 4pm until 8ish
> >>
> >> Refreshments will be provided but if you can bring a bottle or snack
> (we still remember Johnbod's smoked salmon last year) and enjoy a chance to
> chew over the past year and the exciting one to come.
> >>
> >> 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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> >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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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> > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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Travel for the winners might be covered by expenses
On 30 September 2013 19:10, Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
> That might be difficult for any non-London-based winners to attend.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 30 Sep 2013, at 19:01, Jon Davies <jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > That sounds like a good hook for the party.
> >
> >
> > On 30 September 2013 18:52, Michael Maggs <Michael(a)maggs.name> wrote:
> > Would it be sensible to hand out the WLM prizes during this party? Or
> would that be too long after the close of the competition? (the awards
> could be announced before they are presented, of course)
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > On 20 Sep 2013, at 13:47, Jon Davies wrote:
> >
> >> For your diaries:
> >>
> >> We will be repeating last year's successful (NOT A CHRISTMAS PARTY)
> Open House for the community and friends at our offices on Tuesday December
> 10th from 4pm until 8ish
> >>
> >> Refreshments will be provided but if you can bring a bottle or snack
> (we still remember Johnbod's smoked salmon last year) and enjoy a chance to
> chew over the past year and the exciting one to come.
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Wikimedia UK mailing list
> >> wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org
> >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wikimedia UK mailing list
> > wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org
> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
>
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