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From: Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
Date: 13 August 2014 11:13
Subject: New member signups at Wikimania
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How many new Wikimedia UK members did we sign up, at Wikimania?
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Andy Mabbett
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http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Hi,
Unfortunately I use google calendar. I'm trying to add the events calendar
from https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events to mine. When adding webcal://
h2vx.com/ics/wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events I get
"Could not fetch the URL because robots.txt prevents us from crawling the
URL." Anyone else have this working?
Thanks
Tristan
Hello everyone,
Wikimedia UK is now accepting applications for a Volunteer Support
Organiser (Cover). The role will involve managing the engagement and
development of volunteers in the programme of activities and work of
Wikimedia UK. This is a fixed term position for four months while I'm away
on leave. If you are interested in applying, more details can be found here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_Support_Organiser_(Cover)>. The
deadline for applications is 5pm BST on Tuesday 26th August 2014.
Regards,
Katie
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Katie Chan
Volunteer Support Organiser
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0990
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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.
I spent all day travelling yesterday, but I am dismayed at the threads
running both through this list and on Facebook.
I have spoken to Fae and he has offered to anyone with a bona fide interest
that he would be willing to give them - for their personal avail - a copy
of the document that laid out the complaint against him. That would at
least allow informed opinions, rather than the sort of speculation that
seems to have occurred.
Hopefully all of us concerned enough with the reputation of WMUK will
respect both Fae's privacy and that of others mentioned therein.
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Doug
I thought a thread on Wikimedia-l might be useful for folks to share
feedback and their experiences, good or bad. I understand there is a
survey which we should remember to complete, and there has been a lot
of chat on Facebook, but I have a natural aversion to that space. :-)
My tuppence worth of feedback is that volunteering is fun, I encourage
others to offer to help out with future Wikimanias.
I was on helpdesk at the start of the hackerthon, meaning that for
around 5 hours I sat in the main foyer at a well signed desk wearing a
red volunteer shirt and helping people find things (a great way to say
hello to many old friends arriving at the event), answering all sorts
of questions. This ranged from helping BBC journalists meet up with
their team and work out where best to go to find the action (this
turned into the Newsnight feature that evening), to helping older
ladies find out about the Barbican fashion exhibition. At the same
time I was logged in to the official help desk phone number through
Skype, and keeping an eye on the official twitter, email and IRC
channels to be able to respond to questions from attendees (my puny
netbook was struggling). 5 hours was a long time, but by the end of
lunchtime I had helped a lot of people, which is immensely rewarding.
Tip for the Mexico conference team - I was *very* impressed at how the
conference staff changed processes on the fly (great Agile processes
Ed), so based on me mentioning that people were finding it hard to
find free drinking water, a massive supply of water bottles were
ordered and appeared in the main hackerthon space that afternoon, and
a casual mention that helpdesk folks had varied technical experience
so many would find IRC etc. a struggle, resulted in a change to who
was placed where, so there was always a "brain" handy on each
helpdesk. I guess I was the default brain on the main helpdesk. :-)
All Saturday morning I was officially the "host" for the GLAM stream
of presentations. It was a great excuse to met my friends on the GLAM
network, and having someone with a GLAM background was appreciated, as
this helped me negotiate slight changes to the schedule and put
presenters at their ease, even when we were scrabbling about getting
laptops to display properly on the main screen. The wifi had some
problems late morning, so the IRC channel where volunteers were
coordinating was dropping out, however the "control room" was
responsive to the problem and my "team leader" was physically checking
in with me to make sure I had everything I needed.
On Sunday I was on the other side of things, giving a presentation on
the GLAMwiki Toolset, and the volunteer hosting my session was on the
ball, spotting that my netbook was running out of battery during my
presentation and sorting out the power supply before I had even
noticed myself. What an impressive service!
I was invited to join in with a volunteers party at the end of Sunday,
but after a late Saturday night with the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group on
a gay pub crawl in Soho, I was totally exhausted from several long
days and short nights, so getting home and crashing out on the sofa
with my husband was a treat.
I like to personally thank Ed for pushing and staying incredibly
positive for so long. Back in 2012 Ed was enthusiastically approaching
the Wikimedia UK board when I was a trustee, and I was one of those
giving him a hard grilling on plans and financial controls. I think
the governance structure that resulted from those discussions, along
with feedback from earlier proposals from the Wikimania bid review
team helped to ensure everyone was confident and well prepared for the
2014 Wikimania. It worked, it was a brilliant experience, and when the
final statistics get published, I expect it to be a case study of good
value that we can all learn from.
Thanks,
Fae
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Hi,
I was doubting if it would be worth to miss other sessions (one of which
facilitated by me) to join the WMUK agm this weekend, but I couldn't find
an email announcing the final agenda with prepared motions etc. I was
curious, is such an announcement towards the membership forthcoming, or did
I miss something?
I know it is probably somewhere on the wiki, but this kind of information
would by me be very much appreciated in a push format rather than pull :)
Best,
Lodewijk
Hello everyone,
I'm very happy to report that Wikimedia UK's new overlay website is live.
Just to reiterate that this is intended for people new to our work and
encountering us for the first time. Experienced Wikimedians and our
community are not the primary audience for this. But I'd like to know what
you think, so please do take a look.
https://wikimedia.org.uk/
I expect there are refinements needed and I have spotted a couple myself
but on the whole I am happy with it. I hope you like it.
Huge thanks to everyone who helped on this, especially Emmanul Engelhart
and Tom Morton for their enormous patience and great skill.
Stevie
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Stevie Benton
Head of External Relations
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton
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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.*
VOTING AT THE AGM
Yesterday a number of concerns were raised about expired membership and
voting at the AGM. Evidently this year a number of people’s memberships
have expired without their realising. We adopted a new procedure this year
on AGM voting in response to concerns about security, and sent out voting
forms in the post. It was obviously not clear to everyone that they needed
the form posted to them in order to vote.
After Wikimania I’ll start a discussion on the wiki about whether we should
continue to post voting forms in future years – unless anyone else wants to
start it sooner. As far as voting at this year’s AGM is concerned the
Board has asked me to say the following:
1. 1. If you are a member and for any reason have not
received/forgotten to bring your voting paper, you can ask for a new voting
paper shortly before the AGM. Papers will be available for any member who
needs them. There will be a check to confirm that your membership is
current.
2. 2. As in previous years, it will be possible for applications for
membership to be considered in advance of the AGM, and for the Board to
have oversight when it holds a meeting just before the AGM. If you have
come to Wikimania believing that you are a member and just discovered that
you aren’t any more, and you want to rejoin and vote: you can apply to
rejoin up to noon tomorrow using the online form at
https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4
If you are readmitted you will be given voting papers and may vote.
Apologies for any difficulty caused this year. I hope this answers the
concerns raised.
Thanks
Alastair McCapra
WMUK Secretary
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