Good morning all
I'm pleased to confirm that this year's Wikimedia UK AGM will be taking
place on *Saturday 14th July* at the Flett Lecture Theatre, the Natural
History Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2HF.
The detailed schedule for the day <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2018_AGM> is
currently being finalised. But we will start the event at 10:30am with
talks and workshops from 11am, including a keynote speech from the
Campaigns Director of Liberty, Corey Stoughton, a look at our work with the
Welsh Government from Welsh Digital Language Specialist, Gareth Morlais,
and an introduction to the challenges and successes of the Natural History
Museums' new Data Portal <http://data.nhm.ac.uk/> with Helen Hardy.
The actual AGM order of business is scheduled for 3 pm - 4.30 pm, but we
would encourage you to come and stay for the whole day. All volunteers,
editors and partners are welcome, but only members will be eligible to vote
on AGM matters.
To attend, you must please let us know you're coming. The registration page
on Eventbrite can be found here
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-agm-2018-tickets-46366475376>.
For security and catering we must have an up to date attendee list, so if
you can no longer attend after registering please email me at
katie.crampton(a)wikimedia.org.uk
Any member who wishes to bring forward a resolution for consideration at
the AGM must inform the charity, and supply a copy of the suggested text,
by no later than *Friday 8th June 2017*. The suggested text may either be
sent by email to the chair of the board at info(a)wikimedia.org.uk or may be
posted online at
*https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2017_Annual_General_Meeting/Resolutions
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2017_Annual_General_Meeting/Resolutions>*
If you have any questions do let me know. I'll be emailing and updating the
wiki with further details, including the agenda, over the coming weeks.
With best wishes
Katie
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Katie Crampton
Membership, Fundraising and Operations Assistant
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0)203 372 0761
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A nudge for your calendar, Pride in London is going to be on Saturday
7th July. Just a month away if you want to plan a big day out in
London! The parade itself is for registered groups, but is a lot of
fun to watch and makes a great photography subject. If you want to
officially take photographs for Wikimedia Commons and get privileged
access, media passes can be requested up until 22 June.[1] Remember
that we have an easy way to put freely released LGBT+ related
photographs on Wikimedia Commons, see the LGBT Free Media
collective.[2]
Throughout June the international WikiLovesPride is running, so
regardless of where you are, it's a great time to take a look at
improving Wikipedia articles on LGBT+ history or biographies.[3] The
history of the London gay rights marches and Pride parades looks
skimpy and out of date, missing changes like the growing size of the
event, now the third largest LGBT+ parade in the world, being awarded
the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, and there being no mention of
UK Black Pride events which run in parallel and are notable enough for
a stand alone article. It's these primary Wikipedia articles and
related photographs that journalists rely on when they are reporting
on Pride events.[4]
Pride in London training for stewards has started, and lots more
volunteers are needed (it takes hundreds of stewards for the Parade
alone). It's easy to book yourself in and the session lasts an hour.
If you cannot get to Southwark for training, there will be remote
digital training sessions too. I went on the first course last
weekend, and for the first time I'll be a senior steward on the day.
Drop me a note if you want to ask about it. If you are media savvy and
can help out with tweets and photographs to support the event, there
are calls for volunteers for those activities too.[5][6]
Links
1. https://prideinlondon.org/media-centre
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:LGBT_Free_Media_Collective
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Pride/2018
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_London
5. https://prideinlondon.org/volunteer
6. https://twitter.com/PrideInLondon/status/1003924645106671616
Cheers,
Fae
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faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae
Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT+
Hello UK Wikimedians, Mozilla have issued a call for proposals for sessions
at this year's Mozfest. I'd like Wikimedia UK to have a presence there, so
if anybody has any ideas for sessions, why not let us know and we will see
if we can support it?
https://mozillafestival.org/proposals
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1,
Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge
movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make
knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate
here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>.
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.*
As you probably know, the EU is considering changes to copyright law which
could have serious negative effects on Wikipedia, as well as on the ability
to share article abstracts and memes. We encourage our community to take a
look at the following petition and consider adding your voice to calls to
MEPs to vote against this poorly considered law when it comes before the
European Parliament.
https://saveyourinternet.eu/
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1,
Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge
movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make
knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate
here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>.
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 all, I am thinking about making a video to promote WLM 2018. What I
would like to do is to find a photographer who may be going somewhere
interesting to take photos of a particular monument, and to go along with
them to film their expedition and do a short video about why they
contribute to the competition, to give an idea of why people participate
and how easy it is. If anybody is doing any photography expeditions for
WLM, or would like to organise one with me and RockDrum coming along to
film, please let me know.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1,
Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge
movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make
knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate
here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>.
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.*
As part of my new Wikipedia Residency, I'm running an event at
Birmingham's Ikon Gallery:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikon_Gallery
on Sunday. There are still a few places available. Come along, and
write or update articles about contemporary art & artists.
The event is free, lunch will be provided, but please bring a laptop.
Training will be available for new editors.
Book at:
https://www.ikon-gallery.org/event/wikipedia-editathon/
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Hello, I'm looking for someone to help upload some maps created by the
Twitter account Election Maps UK. As you can see from this tweet
<https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1005779832490168320>, the
account says they're all CC licensed anyway, but they're quite busy, and
would need help with the uploading.
Anyone who could help us upload them to Commons please get in touch. Thanks!
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1,
Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge
movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make
knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate
here <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk>.
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.*