Hi lists
Wikimedia UK is supporting the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest again
this year, and I am looking for 25-30volunteers to help review and
filter the entries.
The contest finishes at the end of September, with reviewing and judging
taking place immediately after that. We normally have several rounds of
reviewing during October, enabling us to reduce the expected 10,000+
entries down to long list of a few hundred from which the winners are
selected by our panel of judges.
You'd need to be able to commit to a minimum of 4-5 hours online
reviewing, during the first two weeks of October. As reviewing is done
online, volunteers can be based anywhere in the world and you don't need
to have any UK connections. We’re not looking for expert photographers,
but you should have a basic ability to be able to distinguish a good
photograph from a poor or mediocre one. Training in the online reviewing
software is available.
The contest website is here: https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/
If you are able to help, or if you'd like more information, please let
me know.
Regards
Michael
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Michael Maggs
WLM-UK lead volunteer
Dear all
We had a well attended and successful AGM on Saturday 13th July. Many
thanks to those who attended the event in person and to members of the
charity who submitted a proxy vote.
You can find out more about the day in our blog here
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2019/07/wmuk-2019-agm-election-results/>,
but I wanted to confirm the election of the following trustees - two of
whom (Andrea and Rod) are new to the board - and congratulate them on their
appointment:
- Sangeet Bhullar
- Lorna Campbell
- Andrea Chandler
- Josie Fraser
- Rod Ward
All best wishes
Lucy
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Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0762
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
No. 6741827
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SE1 0NZ
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
Wikimedia UK's Annual Report and Accounts and our Strategic Report for
2018/19 are now online here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports#Annual_Reports>.
The Annual Report and Accounts is a statutory requirement for an
organisation of our size, and contains detailed figures about the
organisation's finances as well as a narrative overview of our activities
in the last financial year.
The Strategic Report is more of a public facing document and focuses on our
key achievements in 2018/19, with a very brief overview of our finances.
For those people coming to the AGM tomorrow, there will be a hard copy of
the Strategic Report in everyone's delegate packs, and a number of printed
copies of the Annual Report and Accounts available.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers, staff and
trustees for all their work last year, which has made these excellent
reports possible!
All best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0762
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
No. 6741827
Registered Charity No.1144513
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ
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.
Good morning
Yesterday evening, emails were sent to all current members of Wikimedia UK
with more information on this year's AGM in Bristol, which you can sign up
to here
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-2019-agm-tickets-62303110280>.
Volunteers who aren't members are also welcome at this event, although we
would encourage you to become a member
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4>
(for only £5 a year) to enable you to participate fully in the day. If you
believe that you are a member but did not receive this message yesterday,
please let me know.
*Notice of Wikimedia UK’s Annual General Meeting**Saturday 13th July 2019
at Watershed, Bristol*
The next AGM for Wikimedia UK will be held on Saturday 13th July at the
Watershed in Bristol. As a member of the charity this is an important
opportunity for you to have your say about how we work, influence how we
are run and potentially stand for the board, so we would encourage you to
attend.
The AGM itself will start at 2.30pm, however we have planned other
activities from 11am including talks and workshops, a photography walk of
the local area, and the presentations of our Wikimedian of the Year awards
as well as our inaugural Honorary Memberships. We are using eventbrite for
AGM registrations so please sign up here
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-2019-agm-tickets-62303110280> if
you are able to attend.
*Invitation for candidates for election to the Board*
There are *five trustee vacancies* at this year’s AGM, with three existing
trustees likely to stand again. We are particularly keen to have more
people from the Wikimedia community on the board, so please do consider
standing for these elections. Any member fulfilling the criteria has a
right to stand, although we’d particularly appreciate anyone who has
experience in Legal, Fundraising, Communications or HR. If you wish to
stand please follow the procedure here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Board/Becoming_a_trustee> and submit your
application to the teller no later than *Friday 28th June*.
*Voting Papers*
All current members of the charity will be sent AGM papers by post,
including voting papers and proxy forms. We would encourage you to make use
of your voting rights, whether or not you are able to come to the meeting
itself. If you are unable to attend, you can appoint another person -
including the Chair of the Board of Trustees - as your proxy to attend and
vote on your behalf.
If you have moved house in the past year, or you are not sure if we have
your correct postal address details, please do email
membership(a)wikimedia.org.uk with any updates by Monday 1st July. You can
also use this email to contact us if you haven't received your voting
papers by Monday 8th July.
*Annual Report and Accounts*
The draft annual report and accounts are in the process of being signed off
by the board and the Auditors, and will be published online prior to the
AGM. To save paper, we won’t be sending hard copies of the annual report to
all our members this year however copies will be available at the AGM. The
Strategic Report will also be available in hard copy or in a PDF online by
the time of the AGM.
*Lightning Talks*
Lightning Talks have proved a popular feature at past meetings and give
members the opportunity to hear about a wide range of projects and
activities related to Wikimedia and open knowledge more broadly. If you
would like to give a talk, please email membership(a)wikimedia.org.uk and a
member of staff will follow up with you directly.
We would love to see as many of our members, volunteers and other
stakeholders as possible at Bristol’s fantastic Watershed
<https://www.watershed.co.uk/> for our AGM
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2019_AGM> on 13th July, so please sign up
below!
Kind regards
Katie
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Katie Crampton
Membership, Fundraising and Operations Assistant
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0)203 372 0761
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for 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? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ
<https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gm…>
.
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 just wanted to let you know that there are still places available at our
Annual General Meeting this Saturday 13th July, which is taking place in
the beautiful setting of the Watershed in Bristol. If you would like to
come, please register on our eventbrite page
<https://wikimedia.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=737d5ee4324510c66dbee3…>
.
Whilst the day is primarily for members, you don't have to be a member to
attend and the morning's activities will hopefully be of interest to many
of you. We are looking forward to hearing from Brandi Geurkink, European
Campaigner at Mozilla Foundation, about her work to combat disinformation
online. After that, there is going to be a facilitated discussion on
'culture and conflict on Wikipedia'. Alternatively, John Lubbock will be
leading a photography tour of Bristol, so please bring cameras with you if
that's more your thing. There will be a range of lightning talks from
members, and we will be announcing the UK Wikimedian of the Year and
Partnership of the Year Awards, as well as our inaugural Honorary
Memberships.
This year we have eight candidates
<https://wikimedia.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=737d5ee4324510c66dbee3…>
standing for five places on Wikimedia UK’s Board of Trustees, so every vote
counts. If you are a member and can’t attend the AGM in person, please do
email (or send us) your proxy vote. Details for how to do so are in last
Thursday’s email to members and in the voting packs sent by post last week.
Best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0762
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
No. 6741827
Registered Charity No.1144513
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ
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,
We would like to invite you to submit a lightning talk for our upcoming
AGM. These talks are a great chance to showcase your work with Wikimedia
and projects and activities related to open knowledge.
Please email membership(a)wikimedia.org.uk if you'd like to submit a talk
and a member of staff will follow up with you directly.
This year's AGM will take place in Bristol's Watershed
https://www.watershed.co.uk on 13th July.
If you have not signed up to the AGM yet you can do so here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2019_AGM
Best,
*Karla Marte - *Programme Evaluation Assistant
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 0203 372 0769
*I'm in the office Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays *
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work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting
Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 (England &
Wales), SC048644 (Scotland). Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 -
11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ
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.
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
The Wikimedia Foundation's core strategy team has launched a community
survey to get feedback on the scoping documents prepared by the nine
strategy working groups (which each cover key thematic areas such as roles
and responsibilities, capacity building, community health etc). A direct
link to the survey is here:
https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d718KRfJ5W3OVYV
Or you can go in through the 'participate' section of the Wikimedia 2030
pages on meta - which will give you some more background about the work so
far - here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Partici…
At a time when tensions between the Foundation and the volunteer community
are running rather high, I think this is an important opportunity to have
your say on the issues that are important to you.
I think I’ve heard from everyone who wanted to be involved in an in-person
strategy conversation, however please let me know ASAP - and *by the end of
this week at the latest* - if you are keen to discuss these issues with
other members of the UK community.
Thanks and best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0762
*Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open
knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from
individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you
considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk
Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered
No. 6741827
Registered Charity No.1144513
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ
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.