Dear all
Many thanks to those of you who 'attended' our AGM on Saturday and to those
members who submitted a proxy vote. I'm very pleased to announce that the
three trustees who stood for the board were all elected, as follows:
Kelly Foster
Nick Poole
Doug Taylor
Nick and Doug have both been on the board since July 2015 and so were
re-elected on Saturday. Kelly is a new trustee who I'm delighted to welcome
to the board for the first time.
All ordinary resolutions were passed by a majority vote. A special
resolution was also passed, to enable us to hold online or hybrid general
meetings in future.
We heard from Gavin Willshaw, Mass Digitisation Service Manager at the
National Library of Scotland, who gave a brilliant keynote
presentation on *Editing
Wikisource: how the National Library of Scotland responded to the
Coronavirus crisis. *There were also three really interesting, insightful
and varied lightning talks - from Andy Mabbett ('Wiki Hates Newbies'), Lesley
Mitchell and Dr tara Beall ('Protests and Suffragettes:
Highlighting 100 years of women’s activism in Govan/Glasgow,
Scotland') and Jason
Evans ('An update from Wales'). We will share videos from these talks soon.
I gave a short presentation with some updates from the global Wikimedia
movement - highlighting the current status of Wikimedia 2030 (the movement
strategy project), the rebranding project, the drafting of the Universal
Code of Conduct, and Wikipedia's upcoming 20th birthday.
As usual, the AGM was also an opportunity to present our annual awards,
which were as follows:
- *UK Wikimedian of the Year* - Caroline Ball for education work and
advocacy. She led a high-impact module at the University of Derby (124
articles improved, adding 50,000 words) and has been actively sharing her
experience and encouraging others to work with Wikipedia.
- *Honourable Mention* - Ian Watt for outreach work, training, and
efforts around Scotland's COVID-19 data
- *Partnership of the Year* - National Library of Scotland for the
renaissance in wiki work, spearheaded by Gavin Willshaw and the WikiSource
chapbooks project
- *Honourable Mention* - University of Edinburgh for their trailblazing
work in education and Wikidata
- *Up and Coming Wikimedian* - A joint win for Emma Carroll (for the
phenomenal work on the Scottish Witch data project) and Laura Wood Rose
(excellent work supporting the Edinburgh residency and Women in Red events)
We also presented *Michael Maggs* with an Honorary Membership, in
recognition of his very significant contribution to the charity over a
number of years.
Many thanks to all staff, trustees and volunteers who contributed to the
day; and thanks again to those who attended.
If anyone has any questions about the AGM or related governance issues, do
please feel free to contact me (although I'm on annual leave for most of
this week so unless it's super urgent, I may not get back to you
immediately).
Best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0762
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for its contents.
Hi all
Yesterday we sent out AGM voting packs by email to all of our members. If
you didn't receive one and you think you should have, please let me know.
Thanks
Katie
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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
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
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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
As many of you will probably be aware, the Wikimedia Foundation is leading
the development of a Universal Code of Conduct
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct>which will apply
to everyone involved with the Wikimedia movement. They are in the process
of forming a Drafting Committee for the code, and are inviting applications
to the committee *by 15th July*. More details about what will be involved,
and how to sign up, are on meta here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee>
.
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.
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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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.
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
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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.*
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
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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. *
*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. (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
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Dr Richard Nevell
Project Coordinator, Wikimedia UK
020 3372 0765
*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.
