Hi all,
2014 is quite a long way off, but we've identified two ways we could really
use volunteers right now;
1/ We're looking for community liaisons to reach out to various wikimedian
and wikimedian-related communities about the conference.
2/ We're looking for ideas for bold Wikimedian-in-Residence type activities
to try at The Barbican.
Lots more detail about both here, take a look:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteers
Ed Saperia
Lead Coordinator
Wikimania London 2014
Hello everyone,
As you may know, Wikimedia UK held its AGM yesterday in Lincoln. This
included elections for trustees to serve on the Board of the charity.
You can find details of the elected candidates on our blog at
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/06/wikimedia-uk-announces-election-of-new…
Many thanks to all candidates, both successful and unsuccessful, for taking
part.
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
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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.*
Hi all,
A quick reminder/notification (as appropriate!) about two upcoming
events in London this month:
* Royal Opera House editathon, 22 June
* WWI workshop, British Library, 29 June
The Royal Opera House event will be focusing on the ballets of Sir
Frederick Ashton, one of the UK's most prominent choreographers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ballet/Royal_Opera_Hous…
The British Library event will be a chance to use some of the newly
digitised (and not yet online) Europeana WWI material to help build
articles, or to work on any other projects that might be of interest:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/British_Library/WWI
Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested!
Thanks,
- Andrew.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk
Hi all,
Now that the Wikimedia UK AGM is over, there’s a couple of other important
elections going on within the Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia Foundation
is electing three (3) community members to its Board of Trustees, the
ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition, the
community is also electing two (2) members to the Funds Dissemination
Committee (FDC) and also the FDC Ombudsperson.
You can find more information on all of this, including the candidate
statements, ask the candidate questions, list of eligibility requirements
for voters and information on how to vote on <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013>.
As the work of the Foundation Board of Trustees impacts the ways the
movement pursuit its goals, and the FDC are involved in the grants making
process which the chapter was involved in last year and expects to be again
this year, I would encourage as many of you as possible to take an interest
and vote in these elections.
Katie
--
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.
All,
I'm happy to announce the results of the 2013 Trustee Elections. A more
formal email, attaching the breakdown for those who wish to observe how the
votes were counted, will go out to all WMUK members as soon as I can write
one!
The winners, elected for the next two years, are Greyham Dawes, Michael
Maggs, Saad Choudri and Alastair McCapra.
Kind regards,
Richard Symonds & James Farrar
Tellers
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
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.*
Hi all,
A draft volunteer strategy for Wikimedia UK have been posted at <
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteers_strategy>. Please have a look,
comment or even rewrite or expand it as you see fit.
Thanks,
Katie
--
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,
This is a quick note to let you know that the Wikimedia UK monthly report
for May 2013 needs to be finalised soon. If you have any contributions to
make to the report it would be great to get them added as soon as possible.
If you have something you'd like to share but want to discuss first, please
do drop me a line or give me a call.
You can see the report as it currently stands here -
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/May
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.*
Hi all,
Wikimedia UK is planning to offer two (2) scholarships to OpenStreetMap's
State of the Map 2013 conference, taking place on 6-8 September in
Birmingham. Applicants must be based in the UK and be a contributor to both
OSM and Wikimedia. Please see <
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OSM_State_of_the_Map_scholarships> for more
details.
The deadline for application is this coming Monday 10 June 2013.
Katie
--
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,
There's a new draft of the five year plan on the UK wiki ahead of the AGM
this weekend. It would be great to discuss the strategy at the AGM, and in
the meantime comments are more than welcome on the talk page.
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Towards_a_five_year_plan_2013-18/Draft_plan
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.*