Hello everyone,
I write regarding the Mozilla Festival. It's taking place this October and
has as its focus the future of the web and all things webmaking.
There's currently a call for session proposals which can be seen here -
http://sessions.mozillafestival.org/about/
If anyone is interested in putting something together that's
Wikimedia-related please do get in touch and let me know if there's
anything Wikimedia UK may be able to do to support you.
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,
We are currently in the process of re-designing Wikimedia UK’s Members
Newsletter, making it more relevant and the different sections more
visible. In order to get a new design, we are looking for volunteers to
create a new title banner. So, we are launching a competition for a new
Membership Newsletter banner. The deadline to submit your entry is 9am
(BST) on Wednesday 17 July.
Requirement: The banner should have dimensions of 500px by 200px, with the logo
of Wikimedia UK <https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_UK_logo.svg> and
the phrase "Members' Newsletter" incorporated somewhere in the banner.
Before you start, please make sure you have read the Wikimedia visual
identity guidelines<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_visual_identity_guidelines>
to
be aware of the acceptable use and combination of colours and the Wikimedia
logo. The entry should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under an accepted
license in the category Wikimedia UK membership
newsletter<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_UK_membership_newslet…>,
with a link to the uploaded file emailed to me at
katie.chan(a)wikimedia.org.uk.
The changes to the newsletter won't just end at the structure. New topics
will be included, such as a regular op-ed piece and the inclusion of
additional quick updates.
If you are interested in becoming part of the editorial team, or have ideas
for new design or topics, please contact volunteering(a)wikimedia.org.uk. All
suggestions are welcome!
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,
I hope you're all well.
Just a quick note to let you know that the Wikimedia UK monthly report for
July template is now live. If you're involved in chapter activity and have
something to share, we'd love to see your contributions. Please do add
content here - http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/July
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.*
Tumblrs are ridiculously easy to set up. I'm currently running one for
English Wikisource (although I haven't done as much as I would like as I'm
limited on time).
If you want a Commons tumblr, you might need Commons itself to buy into it
first. At least, if you want to refer to it as a Commons tumblr; it would
be the polite thing to do if you intend to act in their name. If it's
UK-related (not necessarily WMUK, just generally local), it would be
simpler.
Scope and morality aside, it is, as mentioned, very easy to get going. I
could have set it up faster than composing this e-mail. (NB: I could get
it started for you if you want but other people would need to maintain it
-- ie. post images). Secondary tumblrblogs have "member" and "admin"
statuses; the first can post, the second can grant member/admin powers and
de-member people again. Admins can't be de-admined, they can only
voluntarily quit; which is why you should probably be sure from the start
about who is running it.
TTFN,
Adam
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:41 AM, <wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:41:24 +0100
> From: Stevie Benton <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] National Geographic turns archive into a
> Tumblr
> Message-ID:
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> BV4SWy7Q(a)mail.gmail.com>
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>
> Hello everyone,
>
> New Wikimedia UK Trustee Alastair McCapra has shared this news story with
> us today that National Geographic has been searching through its archives
> and has created a photo blog using the website Tumblr.
>
> As you'll see there are some incredibly striking images there. They are
> using the blog to sell prints so they aren't freely licensed but the idea
> occurs to me that a similar image blog for Commons would be a great idea
> and could also serve as an excellent way to promote Wiki Loves Monuments
> (for example). I wonder if anyone would be inspired to give this a go...
>
> You can see the news story
> here<
> http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2013/06/24/national-geographic-turns-their-mas…
> >and
> visit
> the Tumblr (which I heartily recommend) here<
> http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/>
> .
>
> Thanks,
>
> 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.*
>
Dear all,
I'd just like to draw this to everyone's attention:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Promoting
I'm keen to get input on clarifying what our 'pitch' to potential members
could/should be, and how we might go about integrating recruitment into
events.
Do comment and edit as this is intended as a discussion paper I hope to
evolve into formal processes for staff or volunteers to refer to :)
Thanks,
*Katherine Bavage *
*Fundraising Manager *
*Wikimedia UK*
+44 20 7065 0752
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.*
Forwarding on behalf of Mike Peel, who's having email issue.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment
> Date: 1 July 2013 08:24:30 BST
> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>
> (trying a second time to get this through to the list )
>
> On 30 Jun 2013, at 10:55, Katie Chan <ktc(a)ktchan.info> wrote:
>
>> On 30/06/2013 10:38, Gordon Joly wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have stated in the past (long distant days) that membership can come
>>> in many forms. For example, a registered charity can have no members
>>> others than the Trustees. I was a Trustee of such a charity. Wikimedia
>>> UK decided to have Trustees and members. I am a member of Wikimedia UK.
>>> I have attended AGMs in the past, but took no part in the 2013 AGM.
>>>
>>> The following resolutions were carried without dissent (I asked the
>>> Tellers).
>>>
>>>> The resolutions put forward to the AGM are at EGM 2013/Resolutions.
>>> They are:
>>>> Resolution to set the number of Directors
>>>> Resolution to alter the composition of the Board to introduce co-opted
>>> Directors
>>>> Resolution to revise the Election Rules, replacing Approval Voting
>>> with STV
>>>
>>> Well, apart from my abstention (both in real life and virtually). I
>>> assume there were other abstentions?
>>
>> Yes, they were passed without any opposes vote, but not every one of 200-something members voted.
>
> Indeed. The voting record records the votes that were cast for/against/abstain, either in person or by proxy, with the number of voting members also recorded. If you want to abstain, then you need to vote that way, otherwise you're just absent.
>
> Although in this case, the votes at the EGM weren't unanimous, see the minutes at:
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EGM_2013/Minutes
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
