That it's a non-commercial licence is really disappointing, but that's
still a little better than nothing…
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/04/28/british-museum-makes-1-9-millio…
The British Museum has revamped its online collections database, making
over 1.9 million photos of its collection available for free online under a
Creative Commons license.
Under the new agreement the majority of the 1.9 million images are being
made available for anyone to use for free under a Creative Commons 4.0
license <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/>. Users no
longer need to register to use these photographs, and can now download them
directly from the British Museum.
Under the terms of the Creative Commons license, you are free to share and
adapt the images for non-commercial use, but must include a credit to the
British Museum.
[continues]
--
Owen Blacker, London GB
@owenblacker <http://twitter.com/owenblacker>
Hello,
Nominations are open for the UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards. If you have
been inspired by an individual or organisation's WMUK-related work over the
past 12 months, putting them forward is a great way of recognising
their efforts. Go here to nominate:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yaSKU6vJbglgBvPENTMCMEa2RG54-nELMvivaq5JJP…
The deadline is 15 July and the results will be announced on 18 July, the
same day as the AGM
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-2020-agm-tickets-105946892006>.
Kind regards,
Richard
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Dr Richard Nevell
Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
020 3372 0765
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Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent
non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility
for its contents.
Morning all
As some of you will already know, the Wikimedia Foundation is currently
exploring whether or not it should rebrand. The impetus for this is the
2030 movement strategy, and the objective of better communicating who we
are in order to attract billions of new users into the movement.
Phase 1 of the rebrand has been completed, which resulted in the creation
of the design concept of ‘Interconnection’. You can watch the concept
presentation here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS72O6Si94Q>. The
branding team are now in Phase 2, which focuses on potential new naming
conventions for the Wikimedia Foundation (and potentially other
organisations within the movement). The naming convention proposals will be
released for movement-wide feedback via a live YouTube presentation
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfJAZEkDVIY> from the Foundation’s
branding team this Thursday 7th May at 6pm BST.
Wikimedia UK will be holding a video conference on Thursday 14th May at
1-2pm to gather feedback on the proposals. The discussion will focus on how
well each naming proposal fulfils the six branding objectives
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_moveme…>
as defined by the Wikimedia Foundation. You can give feedback directly in
this meeting - either verbally or in the chat - or on this page on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brand_Network/Wikimedia_UK>. If you have
any questions or would prefer to give feedback by email, please contact me
at katie.crampton(a)wikimedia.org.uk.
We are currently working on the agenda for this hour long meeting, in which
we will summarise the current status of the branding project and the
proposed new naming conventions, and facilitate feedback from participants.
The meeting will be taking place on Zoom so please use the following
meeting link:
Wikimedia branding meeting
<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84923705171?pwd=dXBaRTZXbTNQVDJianlxb0xZL3U5Zz09>
Meeting ID: 849 2370 5171
Password: 916100
Wikimedia affiliates <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brand_Network>, such
as chapters and user groups, will have the option of whether to opt in to
the new brand and change their own organisational names. However the
meeting on 14th May is not to decide whether Wikimedia UK should rebrand,
but to discuss the risks and rewards of each naming proposal. We will
collate your feedback into a form and submit this to the branding team by
the deadline of 21st May. If you’d prefer to give your feedback as an
individual there will be a seperate form available.
We want to create a friendly space for discussion to ensure we’re hearing
from as many voices in our diverse community as possible. If you have any
questions prior to the meeting, please get in touch.
Best wishes
Katie
--
Katie Crampton
Communications & Governance Assistant
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0)203 372 0761
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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
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Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. 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.*
Hello all,
Hope you're having a good Friday! Glasgow has promised a thunderstorm, but
has not yet delivered....
Just a reminder that we're on the lookout for members and volunteers who
would like to deliver a lightning talk at our AGM on Saturday 18th July
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-2020-agm-tickets-105946892006?a…>.
If there's a project or piece of work that you'd like to tell the community
about, please do get in touch!
If you've never given a lightning talk before, or have an idea but aren't
sure exactly how you'd like to present it, I'm more than happy to chat and
see if I can help, just drop me a line.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Best,
Sara
--
Dr Sara Thomas
Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland
*I work part time and am not in the office on Mondays. *
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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
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Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. (England &
Wales), SC048644 (Scotland). 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.*
Nominations are now (until 30 June) open(!) for the OpenUK Awards 2020:
https://openuk.uk/nominations/
It would be good to see some Wikimedia projects & people recognised.
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Hello,
This year's Celtic Knot Conference takes place on 9 and 10 July. It's an
online event and is jointly organised by Wikimedia Community Ireland
<https://wikimedia.ie/> and Wikimedia UK. There will also be
satellite events taking place between 6 and 12 July. The programme is a
mixture of live sessions
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020/Live_program>
and prerecorded talks
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020/Videos_pool>.
The Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference aims to bring people together
to share their experiences of working on sharing information in minority
languages. We aim to help people learn how to direct the flow of
information across language barriers and support their communities. As in
previous years we will have a strong focus on Wikidata and its potential to
support languages.
Registration is open now, so please:
- Register on Eventbrite
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celtic-knot-wikimedia-language-conference-20…>
- Sign up on the public participants list
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2020/Participants_li…>
- Join the announcement channel <https://t.me/CKC2020> (Telegram)
- Join the discussions group <https://t.me/CKC2020chat> (Telegram)
- In case you need to contact the organizers: wikimediaireland(a)gmail.com
Hope to see you online in July!
>From the organising team,
Richard Nevell
--
Dr Richard Nevell
Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
020 3372 0765
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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
If you haven't signed up for the Annual General Meeting, which will be held
online on Saturday 18th July, please do so on Eventbrite here
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-2020-agm-tickets-105946892006>.
You don't have to be a member to attend, but only members are entitled to
vote.
Nominations for Wikimedia UK's board of trustees are now open. There are
three vacancies at this year's AGM, with two existing trustees standing for
reelection. If you wish to stand for the board, please submit a Candidate
Statement
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2020_Annual_General_Meeting/Candidate_Stateme…>
by 6pm on 3rd July 2020. Statements are to be sent to me (Katie) via this
email address. You must be a member
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership> of Wikimedia UK to stand for the
board and you must have joined as a member by Monday 29th June.
Members can propose and second candidates for the board, but it is not a
requirement for candidates to have a proposer or a seconder, as
self-nomination is sufficient.
If you would like an informal conversation about standing for the board
prior to submitting your candidacy, please let me know and I'll set up a
call with Lucy Crompton-Reid, Wikimedia UK's Chief Executive.
As all voting for this year's elections will be done by proxy - the
deadline for which is 48 hours before the start of the AGM - I wanted to
highlight the opportunity for members to ask candidates questions either by
editing this page
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2020_Annual_General_Meeting/Candidate_Questio…>
or by sending them to me to add to the page on your behalf.
Many thanks
Katie
--
Katie Crampton
Communications & Governance 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
Last Friday, emails were sent to all current members of Wikimedia UK
regarding our upcoming AGM, which will take place on Saturday 18th July 2020
online. Details of what video conferencing platform we'll be using will be
sent with next month's email, so please be sure to sign up on Eventbrite
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-2020-agm-tickets-105946892006?a…>
to book your ticket.
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 a message this morning,
please email me at membership(a)wikimedia.org.uk.
Below is a copy of what members were sent. Please note that the full agenda
will be sent out next month, but that we are envisaging the event will
start at 11am and finish at 3.30pm, with the AGM itself taking place 2 -
3pm.
About the day
Although we will be meeting virtually rather than in person, we are hoping
to make the day as interactive as possible - packed with interesting
presentations and discussion, and maybe even some fun activities!
We will be talking about and encouraging feedback on some big changes in
the global Wikimedia movement - such as implementing the 2030 strategy and
rebranding Wikimedia - and inviting lightning talks from members and
volunteers. If you would like to give a short presentation about your work
as part of our lightning talks session, please contact Sara at
sara.thomas(a)wikimedia.org.uk.
Next month we will be inviting nominations for Wikimedian and Partner of
the Year, awards which recognise people and institutions that have made a
particularly significant contribution to Wikimedia over the past year.
AGM and elections
In the afternoon we will hold the official Annual General Meeting prior to
the presentation of awards. The AGM will include reports from the Chair,
Treasurer and Chief Executive, and an opportunity for questions on reports
or other relevant issues.
There are three trustee vacancies at this year’s AGM, with two existing
trustees likely to stand again. Members are warmly encouraged to stand for
the board, and we are particularly keen to hear from potential candidates
from traditionally underrepresented groups, such as those with protected
characteristics as defined by the Equality Act. We will share more details
of how to stand for election next month, but in the meantime you can find
out more about the Wikimedia UK board here
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=…>
.
Wikimedia UK’s Articles of Association do not currently allow us to have an
online vote, so all voting will be by proxy for this year’s trustee
elections. Candidate statements will go up on our Wiki as usual, but as
proxy voting closes 48 hours before the AGM we want to highlight the
opportunity to ask candidates questions, which you can do so by editing this
page
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=…>
or by emailing us.
Board and members resolutions
The board is proposing ordinary resolutions which are on our wiki here
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=…>.
This year there will also be special resolutions to allow online voting and
electronic voting packs for future AGMs. The text of these resolutions will
be published on wiki as soon as possible.
Members are also entitled to propose resolutions for consideration at the
AGM. Any member who wishes to do so must let us know, with a copy of the
suggested text, by Monday 8th June. The text may either be sent by email to
the charity at info(a)wikimedia.org.uk or may be posted online at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2020_Annual_General_Meeting/Resolutions
Anyone who wants to attend must register in advance, so please sign up on
the Eventbrite
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=…>
page. Please note that you must register for the AGM on Eventbrite rather
than on wiki as we need your full name, not Wikimedia user name, and we’ll
be sending out video conference links to all Eventbrite attendees closer to
the event.
If you have any questions or more general comments, please do get in touch
with me on this email, or on membership(a)wikimedia.org.uk.
Best wishes
Katie
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Katie Crampton
Communications & Governance 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.*
Hi all,
Since in-person meetups aren't an option at the moment, I've started a
discussion about taking meetups online:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:UK_Wikipedians%27_notice_board…
Richard
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Dr Richard Nevell
Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
020 3372 0765
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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.
