Wikimediauk-l December 2013

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Wikimedia UK Board update
by Chris Keating 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

Dear all, I just wanted to let you know that Michael Maggs has taken over from me as Chair of Wikimedia UK. Michael has served as chair of the Governance Committee since his election to the Board in June, is a long-serving Wikimedia Commons bureaucrat, and I am sure he will do an excellent job. Greyham Dawes continues as Treasurer and Alastair McCapra continues as Secretary. Regards, Chris

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Michael Maggs takes over as Chair of Wikimedia UK
by Stevie Benton 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

Hello everyone, Please see the below short statement from Wikimedia UK. Thanks and regards, Stevie Wikimedia UK today announces that Michael Maggs has been elected as the new Chair of the charity, succeeding Chris Keating. Chris remains a trustee and will continue to serve on the board. Chris stepped down at the charity’s board meeting in Edinburgh this weekend, having served as Chair since August 2012. The board then unanimously elected Michael as replacement Chair. Chris Keating said: “It has been a privilege to serve as Chair of Wikimedia UK for the last sixteen months and seeing the charity develop over that time has been very satisfying. I look forward to continuing to act as a trustee until my current term concludes at the charity’s next AGM in August 2014.” Michael Maggs said: “On behalf of the board I would like to place on record our thanks to Chris for his excellent leadership of the charity over the last sixteen months. I am happy that he will remain a trustee and will continue to provide the board with his expert advice. I look forward to continuing his good work.” -- 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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Academic praise
by Martin Poulter 07 Dec '13

07 Dec '13

I thought colleagues might be interested in this comment from Cambridge chemist and Open Science advocate Peter Murray-Rust, from a blog post that came out yesterday: "Wikipedia and Mozilla (and others) have shown that concerned citizens can create massive value, which, being Open is at a high level of Truth. [...] Wikipedia is already the best scholarly publishing system in C21[.]" http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2013/12/06/can-we-trust-commercial-publishers… Good to see yet another bold advocate within academia. I'm in contact with Peter as part of my Jisc project. -- Dr Martin L Poulter Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - March 2014 Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Volunteer, Wikimedia UK http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter<http://uk.wikimedia.org/> Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia conclusion
by Michael Maggs 07 Dec '13

07 Dec '13

The board of Wikimedia UK is delighted to report that Roger Bamkin has signed the final agreement which formally transfers ownership of the intellectual property in QRpedia to Wikimedia UK. Accordingly, as of yesterday all of the IP rights in QRPedia are held by Wikimedia UK. The final stage in the process is to get the Domain Name Registrars to update their online domain name records to reflect the new ownership. This is purely an administrative procedure which can now be initiated immediately. We regret the delay in achieving this outcome for the community but we are very happy that the technology has been secured for the global Wikimedia community to use. We would like to once again thank Roger and Terence Eden for their generous donation of QRpedia intellectual property rights and for their patience during the process. Michael ____________ Michael Maggs For the WMUK board

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GLAM-out, tomorrow evening 8pm
by Stevie Benton 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Hello everyone, I've just noticed that some folks have a planned Google Hangout at 8pm tomorrow evening (UK time) for those interested in GLAM - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMout/2013/December They are calling it a GLAMout and anyone is welcome to listen in. 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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Fwd: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] A five-minute task new volunteers can do
by rupert THURNER 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Hi, would be any wikimedia experienced volunteers be interested in subscribing to the Ghana mailing list and give advice should any questions arise how to best proceed? Ghana has about 15 editors who slowly expand the community via outreach activities, but many of them are quite new and, at least imo, hints are always welcomed. Rupert ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Von: "Enock Seth Nyamador" <kwadzo459(a)gmail.com> Datum: 05.12.2013 11:35 Betreff: Re: [Wikimedia-GH] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] A five-minute task new volunteers can do An: "Planning Wikimedia Ghana Chapter" <wikimedia-gh(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Rupert Good one. :-), I passed it on via social media yesterday. Thinking of categorizing Ghana related ones soon. On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:47 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Fyi > ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- > Von: "Andy Mabbett" <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> > Datum: 03.12.2013 16:21 > Betreff: [Wikimedia-l] A five-minute task new volunteers can do > An: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > I've just blogged about a five-minute task new volunteers can do: > > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/help-wikipedia-wikimedia-commons-transcribe-tex… > > transcribing small pieces of text in images such as foundation stones > or signposts. > > Please feel free to circulate that through your networks, especially > outside the existing Wikimedia community > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > -- Best, | +Enock Seth Nyamador <http://google.com/+EnockSethNyamador> *| C: +233 (0)27 565 7589 <%2B233%20%280%2927%20565%207589>* | Planning Wikimedia Ghana <http://planningwikimediaghana.blogspot.com/> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-GH mailing list Wikimedia-GH(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh

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Some interesting ideas from the Foundation
by Jon Davies 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_r… . This is likely to be a long term project but it has come a long way since the summer in Hong Kong when I first saw the presentation. It has massive potential. I am sure Tilman will be interested in your thoughts. Jon PS It takes a while to download the presentation but it is worth it. -- *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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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser Launch Today
by Andrew Gray 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

FYI. Andrew. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Megan Hernandez <mhernandez(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 2 December 2013 23:22 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser Launch Today To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi all, The fundraising team is kicking off our year-end campaign in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand at midnight UTC on December 3, 2013. SF staff - banners are going up in a few minutes. Check out our latest banner. http://en.wikipedia.org/?banner=B13_1202_clr_blgs_enYY&reset=1 Quick reminder: We have been running banners at a low-level since the start of the fiscal year in July. In that time, we have continuously tested new banners to find improvements that will allow us to reduce the number of banners people see each year. This is our first year experimenting with year-round fundraising. We've already raised over $13 million USD -- which is roughly equal to about how much we raised after our first full week of the 2012 fundraising campaign. During this year-end campaign, banners will be displayed to 100% of readers. *A few key facts:* - Amount raised in testing prior to the year-end campaign: Roughly $13.5 million USD - Campaign goal: $20 million USD - Banners will run to 100% of English readers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - Previous donors will receive a reminder to donate email during the month of December - Mobile banners will be displayed in the US - We will run campaigns in other countries and languages in 2014 If you spot any errors, please let us know on the meta talk page<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising_2013>. Feel free to ask questions there as well. More background info on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2013 Thanks for your help! Megan -- Megan Hernandez Director of Online Fundraising Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance
by fabian＠unpopular.org.uk 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

Hi all, As Jonathan suggested some time ago, in the publicity we can offer a gift voucher of a given value, and allow the recipient to chose what is easiest for them. This has also been repeated once or twice. I am surprised that we can't reach consensus around this. That way WMUK is not taking a public stance as regards any business, and our private views on this or that company can be discussed elsewhere. Likewise, there would be no need to publicise how any recipient may choose to receive their prize. I would hope people would see this as a suitable solution. all the best Fabian User:Leutha

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£20 or $2M
by fabian＠unpopular.org.uk 01 Dec '13

01 Dec '13

The issue which was raised was the reputation of the charity, not the cost of the vouchers. Bear in mind that WMF received £2M from Google in 2010 which falls within the period covered by the Public Accounts Committee report on Google published this summer: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/… The companys highly contrived tax arrangement has no purpose other than to enable the company to avoid UK corporation tax. Googles reputation has been damaged by these revelations of aggressive tax avoidance. That damage will not be repaired until the company arranges to pay its fair share of tax in the country where it earns the profits from the business it conducts." So, the Wikimedia movement in general, through this donation to the WMF can be seen as benefiting from Tax Avoidance. Whilst I do not think WMUK's reputation is necessarily damaged by this historic situation, I do feel that it would be helpful if staff, trustees and members all had a certain sensitivity to this issue, as this still remains a matter for public concern. all the best Fabian User:Leutha > Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 03:01:07 +0000 > From: Michael Maggs <Michael(a)maggs.name> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Amazon Tax avoidance > Message-ID: <D7C05583-4632-4A3B-A144-21804C9F2209(a)maggs.name> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > On 30 Nov 2013, at 22:01, Charles Matthews > <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >> Actually, I despair of the entire thread. There is all of Â£20 at stake >> here. There is every reason to economise on staff time, on this scale. >> The waste of volunteer time and good will that has been generated is >> unconscionable. The object of the exercise has been completely >> forgotten. The objects of the charity hardly enter. >> >> Charles > > Absolutely. After 43 emails all we have learned that the mailing list is > not a remotely efficient way of deciding how the charity should spend > Â£20. The staff have plenty to go on, and they should be perfectly able > to move ahead now without need for any further commentary. > > I suggest that this thread should be treated as closed. Thank you for your > comments everybody. > > Michael > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediauk-l mailing list > Wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > > End of Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 101, Issue 1 > ********************************************* >

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