Dear all
Our excellent Chair of Trustees, Nick Poole, will be stepping down at the
AGM in July after six years as a trustee (which is the maximum term) and
just over a year as Chair. We are therefore recruiting for a new Chair, and
are advertising the role externally as well as promoting the opportunity
amongst our existing trustees, committee members, volunteers and wider
networks.
*Please do consider whether this might be the right opportunity for you*.
If so, do feel free to contact our Communications and Governance
Co-ordinator Katie on katie.crampton(a)wikimedia.org.uk to arrange an
informal conversation about the role. If not, we would be very grateful if
you could help us to promote the role by circulating it amongst your own
networks. Katie will be promoting the opportunity on social media so if you
follow us there, please do share/retweet etc.
The ideal candidate might come from a wide range of professional
backgrounds but will have a good understanding of charity governance, the
skills and experience to run productive meetings, and a collegiate,
collaborative approach in keeping with the ethos of the Wikimedia movement.
They will also bring a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
and understand how important this is to an organisation like Wikimedia UK.
It goes without saying that they will need to be passionate about open
knowledge and understand the importance and value of Wikipedia and the
other Wikimedia projects.
To see the role description and/or download the recruitment pack, please go
here:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Chair_of_the_Board_of_Trustees
The deadline is Sunday 6th June and interviews are likely to be on 14th
June.
Thanks and best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/>
Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for
the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by
Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ
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Hi all
We're in need of a volunteer to help us add captions and alt text to the
images on our website, likely through doing reverse google searches to
identify the images. Let me know if anyone's able to give us a hand.
Best
Katie
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Katie Crampton (she/her)
Communications & Governance Coordinator
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/>
Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for
the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by
Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
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…>
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Dear all
The Wikimedia Foundation Community Resources team is setting up new
Regional Committees for Grants, as part of their grants strategy relaunch
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunc…>.
They encourage Wikimedians and free knowledge advocates to be part of these
committees, which will act as key strategic thought partners to help
understand the complexities of any region, provide knowledge and expertise
to applicants, support successful movement activities and make funding
decisions for grant applications in the region. Committees will be
established for the following regions:
- Middle East and Africa
- SAARC region (Includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka)
- East, Southeast Asia, and Pacific (ESEAP) region
- Latin America (LATAM) and The Caribbean
- United States and Canada
- Northern and Western Europe
- Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
All details about the Committees and how to apply can be found on meta here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/Grants_Strategy_Relaunc…>.
The deadline is 4th June. If you have questions or comments, the grants
team at the Foundation asks that you add them to the discussion page for
the relaunch (link above).
Best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/>
Wikimedia UK <https://beta.wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for
the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513.Company Limited by
Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
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…>
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Dear colleagues,
There is still time to book a place to join us Monday lunchtime 12-1pm for a celebration of Wikipedia #KnowledgeActivism in Scotland!
This event for the University of Edinburgh’s Digital Skills Festival discusses the efforts of the ScotWiki community and the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh<https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikime…>; highlighting its efforts working with Wikipedia both as an ally in its mission to disseminate verifiable open knowledge and an important tool in its information literacy and digital skills strategy.
Volunteer editors (staff, students and members of the public) over the last 5 years have helped address content online that was missing, skewed or less than fulsome. Particularly where Scotland had a rich story to tell.
Line-up of speakers
* 5 years of Wikipedia in teaching & learning at the University of Edinburgh: condensing course programmes and projects the Wikimedia residency has been involved in supporting inc. Witches; Suffragettes; The Edinburgh Seve; Global health; Islamic Art; Scotland, Slavery and Black History and more - Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence)
* Wikipedia and the gender gap - Sarah Lappin, President of the University of Edinburgh Women in STEM society, will outline her motivations and the outcomes of the editing events she organised this year.
* Representing the History of HIV and AIDS activism on Wikipedia - Lorna Campbell, OER Service at University of Edinburgh, discuss the collaboration with HIV Scotland to improve Wikipedia pages related to the history of HIV awareness and activism in Scotland.
* Wikimedia in Scotland projects, and Scots Wikipedia - Dr. Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Co-ordinator at Wikimedia UK, will outline the brilliant projects taking place throughout Scotland to address knowledge gaps online and the work being done by a group of volunteers to improve Scots Wikipedia.
* Making Wikipedia easier to learn and engage with, a student perspective - Hannah Rothmann, Classics undergraduate, will outline how and why she spent lockdown creating easy-to-follow 'how to edit' videos so that anyone at any university can contribute to Wikipedia.
* Wikimedia UK and the road ahead - Lucy Crompton-Reid, CEO at Wikimedia UK, will outline some of the work being supported by the charity and the road ahead for work in the UK as we navigate our way through the post-pandemic world.
This is a free event, open to all.
Full details of the event can be found on Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-skills-festival-wikimedia-in-scotlan…>, where you can book a place and receive the Zoom webinar invite. More details about Wikipedia supporting teaching and learning at the University of Edinburgh (along with student-created ‘how to edit’ resources) can be found on our IS Skills website<https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikime…>.
very best,
Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence
Website for the residency<https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikime…> and Map of Accused Witches site<http://witches.is.ed.ac.uk/>
Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk> Blog: WiR blog<https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/>
Tel: 07867 593450 Subscribe to the Scotwiki mailing list<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctpnDjO_PHZeOTrA0yjtVLqE4oDfjLtYh…>
My working hours are 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
Wikipedia Project Page: Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh>
Media Hopper channel: Videos and video tutorials<https://media.ed.ac.uk/channel/Wikimedian%2Bin%2BResidence%2BChannel/510201…>
YouTube: Wikimedian in Residence channel<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSDRSVKM4ceUSPI-7-BFeoQ?view_as=subscriber>
Wikimedia in Education: New booklet of UK Case Studies<https://open.ed.ac.uk/wikimedia-in-education/>
Join Wikimedia in Scotland<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland> events and UoE events<https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?eventssearch=wikipedia&event=search&e…>.
The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR.
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