Hi all,
Last-minute reminder: the deadline for talk submissions for
the AGM is midnight tonight. If you want to talk at the conference,
please get your proposal in by then.
Regardless of whether you want to
talk or not, comments on the existing submissions would be most useful
and will be taken into account by the Conference Committee in deciding
which talks are scheduled.
The link is
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions
[1]
Thanks,
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Harry Mitchell, Wikimedia UK Conference
Committee
Tel: +44 (0) 24 7698 0977
Mob: +44 (0) 7585 357 416
Skype:
harry_j_mitchell
Links:
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[1]
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions
Congratulations to everyone who's been involved with the London bid.
Looking forward to seeing many of you in London next year!
On 1 May 2013 18:10, James Forrester <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and
> evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to
> London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who
> also put forward a solid effort.
>
> We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward
> proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the
> Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid
> for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget
> and lower-cost options for attendees.
>
> The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core
> budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding
> ways to reduce the cost for community attendees.
>
> We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep
> aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit
> of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited
> resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting
> out clearer guidelines on these principles.
>
> The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time
> investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions
> and hard work.
>
> Yours,
>
> James Forrester
> Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury
> For the Wikimania 2014 Jury
> --
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> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal
> capacity)
>
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Wikimedia UK
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+44 (0) 7885 980 534
Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales.
Registered Company 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.
[please pardon this crossposting]
Hello everyone!
I am pleased to announce the first Program Evaluation and Design Workshop!
- *When*: 22–23 June 2012
- *Where*: Budapest, Hungary
The application process is now open. We have only 20 slots available for
this workshop and the application deadline ends on May 17th. This two-day
event will be followed by a pre-conference workshop at Wikimania 2013.
Ideally, applicants would commit to attending both events.
*Why are we offering this workshop?* Over the next couple of years, the
Wikimedia Foundation will be building capacity among program leaders around
evaluation and program design. A better understanding of how to increase
impact through better planning, execution and evaluation of programs &
activities will help us to move a step closer to achieving our mission of
offering a free, high quality encyclopedia to our readers around the world.
*What will take place at this and the following workshops?* Our long-term
goals are:
1. Participants gain a basic shared understanding of program evaluation
2. Participants will work collaboratively to map and prioritize
measurable outcomes, beginning with a focus on the most common program &
activities
3. Participants will gain increased fluency in common language of
evaluation (i.e. goals versus objectives, inputs & outputs versus outcomes
& impact)
4. Participants will learn and practice how to extract and report data
using the UserMetrics API
5. Participants will commit to working as a community of evaluation
leaders who will implement evaluation strategies in their programmatic
activities and report back at the pre-conference workshop at Wikimania 2013
6. …and participants will have a lot of fun and enjoy networking with
other program leaders!
We will publish a detailed agenda for the event in Budapest soon on meta.
*Which programs & activities are we going to focus on?* During the workshop
in Budapest, we will only have a limited amount of time. Therefore, we will
be focusing on the some of the more common programs & activities:
- *Wikipedia editing workshops* where participants learn how to or
actively edit (i.e. edit-a-thon, wikiparty, hands-on Wikipedia workshop)
- *Content donations* through partnerships with GLAMs & related
organizations
- *Wiki Takes/Expeditions* where volunteers participate in day/weekend
events to photograph site specific content
- *Wiki Loves Monuments* which takes place in September
- *Education program/classroom editing* where volunteers support
educators who have students editing Wikipedia in the classroom
- *Writing competitions* which generally take place online in the form
of contests, WikiCup, and challenges – often engaging experienced editors
to improve content.
*Who should apply?* Community members who play an *active role* in
planning and executing programs & activities as described above in the
Wikimedia community. Your experience and knowledge will make this workshop
a success!
*What about the costs for travel and accommodation?* Hotels, flights and
other transportation costs will be on your chapter; the Wikimedia
Foundation will provide the venue, handouts, breakfasts and light lunches,
and a dinner for all participants on Saturday. If you're not affiliated
with a chapter and cannot afford to attend the event, please send me a
private email – we have a small amount of money set aside for those cases.
Applications are open until May 17. You can apply via this Google
Form<https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/forms/d/11yCoOls5ae8FqAXIdp9Tua76il…>
.
Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to a great group of
participants!
Sarah
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*Sarah Stierch**
Wikimedia Foundation Program Evaluation & Design Community Coordinator
*Donate<http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Donate/en&utm_source=&utm_…>today
and keep it free!
Visit me on Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch>!
Dear All,
Would anyone be interested in submitting a paper for the Museum
Metamorphosis conference? The deadline is 31 May. It would be interesting
to have a representation at the event. Do get in touch with the office if
we can help.
Regards,
Daria
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Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
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Museum Metamorphosis
The Adaptable and Changing Museum
Tuesday 5— Wednesday 6 November 2013
A Two-Day Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference hosted by the
School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, in partnership with
Leicester Arts & Museums Service
This conference seeks to explore the phenomenon of metamorphosis — or
change — in the museum. Museums are often perceived to arrest time, or go
beyond it, yet they are not fixed or static entities. It has often been
claimed that in order to become meaningful, museums should change by
addressing and responding to the needs of society. Is this the case? Museum
Metamorphosis —The Adaptable and Changing Museum will be the fifth
conference organised by the PhD community at the School of Museum Studies,
University of Leicester, and follows last year's highly successful Museum
Utopias.
AIMS AND TOPICS
We aim to discuss and share ideas on some of the most seminal issues in
museums today. Papers addressing the following themes and questions are
encouraged, but we also welcome new suggestions and creative proposals.
• How might we define metamorphosis in the context of the museum?
• Metamorphosis is a concept that resonates across many disciplines,
from biology and geology to literary studies. How can such different
conceptions of metamorphosis be harnessed in order to consider change in
the museum?
• How do museums deal with resistance to change, both internally and
externally?
• What are some of the opportunities and/or risks arising from
constant and never-ending change in the museum?
• Historically, how has the museum changed from its early inception?
• What organisational changes have museum institutions implemented,
and how has the museum profession responded to these?
• How have digital and other technological trends impacted upon the
way we conceive museums and the ways in which museums relate to their
communities?
• Have collections and displays been made relevant for contemporary
audiences? If so, how? If not, why not?
• How have museological concepts such as learning, interpretation and
collection adapted to new contexts?
• How, and to what extent, are new trends in exhibition-making
creating the museum anew? How have museum-making processes changed?
• How can we describe changing understandings of museum space?
• How has our knowledge of the complex range of visitor experiences
shifted? What impact has this had?
• How are museums used to create identity on different levels, and
how are museums' identities created in turn by the communities they serve?
• To what extent are museums an instrument for social change, and to
what extent is change forced upon them?
• How can museums explore and reflect contemporary discussions in
society?
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
The conference team welcomes all postgraduate students and early career
researchers, as well as professionals who are interested in and researching
topics related to the museum field. All disciplines and nationalities are
invited to participate.
FORMAT AND STYLE OF PRESENTATIONS
We welcome and encourage alternative presentational styles, besides the
traditional paper. Workshops, panel debates, creative writing and film,
installations, visual creations and displays will all be considered.
Presenters will have 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes Q & A) to deliver their
papers. Workshops and panel debates will be up to 60 minutes in duration.
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts should include the following information:
1) title of abstract
2) author(s)' name and contact information
3) biography (max. 100 words)
4) format and style of presentation
5) abstract of no more than 250 words
6) optional: up to two jpg images, each under 2MB, to complement your
proposal
Abstracts should be sent by email to Sarah Hughes, Conference Secretary, by
midnight GMT on 31 May 2013, to msphdconf(a)gmail.com.
Successful participants will be notified by early July 2013.
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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.*
Hi all,
Some of you may remember from last year Wikimedia UK AGM, we gave out a few
awards to thank those in the UK or abroad who have helped the UK Wikimedia
movement. The idea was that this is going to be an annual thing. In light
of that, we would like to invite nomination for this year winners. Please
add your nomination on <
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2013/Nomination> by
5pm on 10 May.
For the WMUK Conference Committee,
Katie
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Katie Chan
Volunteer Support Organiser
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0990
+44 (0) 7885 980 534
Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales.
Registered Company 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.
Hello everyone,
The British Library Labs have let us know about a competition they're
running which might interest people on this list. The original blog
post<http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/05/labs-compet…>
is
below:
"Details have been released for the first British Library Labs
competition<http://labs.bl.uk/Competition+2013>
...
[image: BL_labs_picture] <http://labs.bl.uk/>*Calling all researchers and
software developers!*
"Propose an innovative and transformative project that answers a research
question using the British Library's digital collections /
data<http://labs.bl.uk/Digital+Collections> and
if your idea is chosen, the Labs team will work with you to make it happen
and you could win a prize of up to £3,000.
"From the digitisation of thousands of books, newspapers and manuscripts,
the collecting of UK websites, bird sounds or location data for our maps,
over the last two decades we’ve been faithfully amassing a vast and
wide-ranging digital collection for the nation. What remains elusive
however is understanding what researchers need in place in order to unlock
the potential for new discoveries within these fascinating and diverse
digital collections.
"The Labs competition is designed to attract scholars, explorers and
trailblazers to the Library who see the potential for new and innovative
research lurking within these immense digital collections. Through
soliciting innovative and transformative projects utilising this content
you will be giving us a steer as to the types of platforms, arrangements,
services and tools needed to surface it. We’ll even throw the Library’s
resources behind you to make your idea a reality.
"To find out more, visit the
competition<http://labs.bl.uk/Competition+2013> pages
(deadline for submission of ideas is the 26 June 2013), sign
up<http://www.wikispaces.com/user/join?goto=http%3A%2F%2Flabs.bl.uk%2Fspace%2F…>
to
the wiki, express your
interest<http://labs.bl.uk/Competition+2013+-+Expression+of+interest>
and
participate in one of the related events,
virtually<http://labs.bl.uk/Competition+2013+-+Virtual+Events> (17
May 2013, 1500 GMT), at one of our roadshow events<http://labs.bl.uk/Calendar>,
or hack event <http://labs.bl.uk/Competition+2013+-+Hack+Event> in London
on the 28 and 29 May, 2013.
"Good luck!"
Richard Nevell
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Richard Nevell
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0753
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.*
Dear All,
Earlier this week I have attended a Diversity Day at the Royal
Society. It was an event to showcase what the society is doing within
its programme of removing barriers to increasing diversity in the
scientific workforce. One strand of what they do within the programme
is specific activities/events, such as the Ada Lovelace Day organised
by Wikimedia UK in 2012.
In fact we have been highlighted in their progress report for March
2013, which you can access here:
http://royalsociety.org/uploadedFiles/Royal_Society_Content/policy/projects…
(page 6).
Best wishes,
Daria
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Daria Cybulska - Programme Manager, Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 207 065 0994
+44 7803 505 170
--
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.
Should anyone be considering standing...
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Risker*
Date: Thursday, 2 May 2013
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Elections 2013
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are now being accepted for
the 2013 Wikimedia Foundation Elections. This year, elections are being
held for the following roles:
-
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately
responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we value
wide input into its selection. There are three positions being filled.
More information about this role can be found at <
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/Board_el…
>.
-
Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
The Funds Dissemination Committee
(FDC)<
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_…
>makes
recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia
movement <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia> funds to eligible
entities. There are two positions being filled. More information about
this role can be found at <
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/FDC_elec…
>.
-
Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) Ombud
The FDC Ombud receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process,
investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and
summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an
annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this
role can be found at <
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/FDC_Ombu…
>.
The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 24 to 23:59 UTC
May 17. More
information on this election can be found at <
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013>.
Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village
pump, or to translate it and distribute it on other Wikimedia movement
mailing lists. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the
talk page
on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list,
<board-elections AT wikimedia.org>
On behalf of the Election Committee,
Risker
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