Dear all
As some of you may be aware, Wikimedia UK and the Wikimedia Foundation have
been working together over the past months to advocate for changes to the
UK Online Safety Bill which is currently going through Parliament. Today,
we launched an open letter (with a consortium of signatories from the
civil society sector) and would appreciate the wider Wikimedia community's
support in amplifying this through your social media channels, if that
feels appropriate.
Here are some possible tweets that you may want to send - with the first
linking directly to the open letter and the bottom two linking to a blog
post, published yesterday (which now links to the open letter):
Click to tweet: <https://ctt.ac/KubhY> I signed the @Wikimedia Foundation
and @WikimediaUK's open letter to UK government leaders asking to exempt
@Wikipedia and other public interest projects from the Online Safety Bill.
If you care about free knowledge, join me. #ForFreeKnowledge
https://wikimedia.org.uk/2023/06/online-safety-bill-open-letter/
Click to tweet: <https://ctt.ac/3e1T0> The UK's Online Safety Bill is a
threat to @Wikipedia and other public interest projects. I join the
@Wikimedia Foundation and @WikimediaUK's call for changes to the Bill
before it becomes law. #ForFreeKnowledge
https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/protect-the-futu…
<https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/protect-the-futu…>
Click to tweet: <https://ctt.ac/B6g3l> I share the @Wikimedia Foundation
and @WikimediaUK's concerns about what the UK's Online Safety Bill means
for the future of @Wikipedia. Here's why. #ForFreeKnowledge
https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/protect-the-futu…
With many thanks
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her)
Chief Executive
Somewhat off-topic, hope you do not mind, but it seems that MediaWiki farm
Miraheze.org has been failing to get its legal entity Miraheze ltd.
recognized as non-profit. Anyone informed of what went wrong?
Is it as hard toget and keep as US 503c status?
Best Z. Blace
Dear all
Just a reminder that it is *Wikimedia UK's AGM this Saturday 1st July*,
from 10am to 12noon. This is your chance to hear about the activities of
the charity directly from the board and executive, and ask questions about
our past work and future plans and priorities. There is a board election,
and the announcement of new Honorary Memberships.
Please register on eventbrite here
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uks-2023-agm-tickets-639329851797> to
receive the meeting zoom link.
Those of you who are members should have received a Voting Pack last week,
to whatever email you used when you applied for membership. Please can you
contact Katie.Crampton(a)wikimedia.org.uk (or just reply to this email) if
you haven't received a pack and think that you should have.
If you are unable to attend the AGM we would be grateful if you could *please
take a minute to complete your voting proxy form*, included in the email
sent with the voting pack. The deadline for submitting proxy votes is this
Thursday at 10am. Whilst it isn't a competitive election this year, with
one candidate standing for one place on the Board of Trustees, we do need
to be quorate in order to elect that candidate (software engineer and long
time Wikimedia contributor, Sammy Tarling) to the board.
If you have any questions about the AGM or voting, please don't hesitate to
ask.
Thanks and best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her)
Chief Executive
Dear all
I just wanted to remind you all that the deadline to stand in our upcoming
trustee election is tomorrow (Friday 16th June) at midnight. The process is
straightforward and detailed here Becoming a Trustee
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Board/Becoming_a_trustee#Expectations_of_trus…>.
This year there is one vacancy, and we are particularly keen for members of
the Wikimedia community to put themselves forward.
The elections will be held at our forthcoming AGM on *Saturday 1st July* from
10am to 12noon. Please book a place on Eventbrite here: 2023 AGM
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uks-2023-agm-tickets-639329851797>
Remember that in order to vote you need to be a current member of Wikimedia
UK
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4>.
Please join or rejoin by Monday 19th June to ensure you receive your voting
pack.
All best
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her)
Chief Executive
Hi all
As you may have seen on our social media, next week we are hosting an
online session on the report *Wikimedia and Democracy – The impact of
Wikimedia UK's information literacy work on citizen engagement
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_and_Democracy_-_Wikimedia…>*
.
You can sign up to attend Wednesday's session on eventbrite
<https://bit.ly/42eq0L1>, which will include an overview of the report's
findings and a curated Q&A. You can also read the blog
<https://bit.ly/42vOCQn>, which includes commentary from individuals across
the Wikimedia movement.
I'd like to commend the report's authors, Agnes Bruszik and Daria Cybulska,
on a fantastic piece of research, and thank WMUK Trustee Sangeet Bhullar
for joining Daria to host next week's session.
Hope to see you there, and let us know if you have any questions.
Best wishes
Katie
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Katie Crampton (she/her)
Communications Coordinator
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