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Reminder about the PARTY tomorrow!
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Dear all This is just a quick reminder about the 15th Birthday Party for Wikipedia that WMUK are holding tomorrow evening: Saturday 16th January 7.30 - 10.30pm Newspeak House 133 Bethnal Green Road London E2 7DG The nearest station is Shoreditch High Street, just a few minutes away, and Liverpool Street and Bethnal Green tube stations are pretty much equidistant - about a 10 - 15 minute walk depending on your stride! There will be speeches from several people involved in the movement, including Jimmy Wales, who will also cut the (rather magnificent) cake. Wine, beer and soft drinks are provided, along with some nibbles. I hope to see many of you there. There's still time to sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikipedias-15th-birthday- party-tickets-20509187532 Or just let us know you're coming via this mailing list. Best wishes Lucy -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. 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.*

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Cambridge meetup #30 on the 30th
by Charles Matthews 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

The next Cambridge meetup will be on 30 January: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/30 We hope to be planning some local event(s) for 2016, to diversify. Charles

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Party invitation
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Dear all Here is the link to register on eventbrite for the party on Saturday 16th January. Do feel free to bring partners/friends but if you're planning to do so, please book a ticket for them so we have a good idea about numbers. We're very pleased that Jimmy Wales has confirmed that he can attend. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikipedias-15th-birthday-party-tickets-20509… I mentioned before our thanks to Ed - but spelt his surname wrong! Thanks, Ed Saperia, for the venue :) Best Lucy -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. 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.*

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Should all open knowledge advocacy be paid positions?
by Fæ 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Hi Lucy, Just a couple of years ago, when the number of employees in the UK was measured between zero or two, unpaid volunteers like me used to go along and sit in on and give views in parliamentary discussions, meet and share ideas with other unpaid volunteer representatives from advocacy groups such as the Open Knowledge Foundation, Creative Commons etc. This no longer seems to happen, nor does it seem expected. It is still the norm for open knowledge groups apart from WMUK to have unpaid volunteers as their leading advocates and main points of contact. Considering that the FDC has already stated that:[1] A. "The FDC is concerned about very low targets for WMUK’s program work." B. "The FDC believes that WMUK's advocacy work and work on influencing policy towards Open Knowledge in the UK and EU has potential." Would you consider keeping the staff focus firmly on delivering more ambitious outcomes in programme work, and stepping back from controlling advocacy work yourself? You could try approaching or encouraging volunteers, such as the couple of trustees that are seen at wikimeets, to take responsibility to push our advocacy for open knowledge forward and enthuse some of their fellow UK Wikimedians. With volunteers taking an active role, this brings relevance and urgency to our volunteer groups and restores the organization to one where the volunteers are central and leading change, rather than joining projects where employees are the default top of the hierarchy. In terms of meaningful metrics, if hardly any volunteers are interested in finding out more or getting directly involved with suggested political or legislative advocacy even with supporting WMUK employee time, then it seems a poor strategic choice to just proceed with that work regardless. Links: 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2… Thanks, Fae (past trustee and chair for WMUK, no longer a member of WMUK) On 30 November 2015 at 13:00, Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: ... > on hold while we were awaiting the FDC's recommendations for our annual > grant from the Wikimedia Foundation; however I'm now hoping to advertise for > a new Communications Co-ordinator in the new year. This post will be at a > lower level than Stevie - mainly for financial reasons - and will have a > slightly different emphasis. The advocacy work that Stevie was managing > brilliantly will now be led by me, but will also involve staff from our > programmes team as well as an advocacy working group that is being set up. ... > Lucy -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae

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Take the Lead!
by Richard Nevell 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Hello everyone, We're supporting the Take the Lead! contest <http://bit.ly/1ZilCn5> which runs throughout January. It's aimed at rewriting the lead sections of articles. If you're looking for something to get stuck into, go ahead and join the contest. Richard -- Richard Nevell Project Coordinator Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0921 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. 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.*

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Mix'n'Match: UK school IDs - also OpenStreetMap
by Andy Mabbett 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Magnus has kindly added UK schools to his Mix'n'Match tool: https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/?mode=catalog_details&catalog=141 this coincides with an OpenStreetMap "quarterly project", running from now until the end of March, to improve the mapping of UK schools: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2016-January/018133.html We'll be adding Wikidata tags to objects representing schools in OSM, too. Do join in, in any way you feel you can. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Today in London.
by Gordon Joly 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

The 101st London Wikimeet. The usual suspects, and in the time I was there, nobody of the female gender. I asked once participant if identified as a male. After some discussion, we agreed that gender was no longer binary. Also, no caek.... Just wondered if these two are related? :-) Gordo

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Thank you, Jan-Bart and Stu
by Michael Maggs 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

I'd like to add my word of thanks from Wikimedia UK, as well. Both Jan-Bart and Stu as long-standing and experienced trustees have been notably welcoming, friendly and open, and both have been extremely helpful in maintaining good WMF board / chapter board relations. I know I can speak for others at Wikimedia UK as well, who have had excellent relations with them over the years. It has been a pleasure to work with you both, and I and my colleagues wish you all the best for the future. Best regards Michael ______________ Michael Maggs Chair, Wikimedia UK Lodewijk wrote: > While we have long discussions on this list about board composition, we > seem to almost ignore the fact that two long time veterans are leaving the > Wikimedia Foundation board, as scheduled. Jan-Bart de Vreede and Stu West > have been around longer than many regular editors nowadays, and I think > there are not many people who can recall the days that the board didn't > have them on it. I have never had the pleasure to serve on the board with > them, but a little thank-you from our community side, would seem in place. > > Stu joined the board already in 2008 (filling Michael Davis' seat), and has > been a solid power on the board's audit responsibilities (I believe he > chaired the audit committee for quite a while) and was a force behind the > accountability of movement affiliates. While we often strongly disagreed on > affiliate issues, I appreciate the fact that he always remained > constructive and wanted to think about solutions rather than problems. He > served both as treasurer and vice chair. > > Jan-Bart was on the board even longer, since early 2007, and I recall > already working with him through Kennisnet (a Dutch foundation for > education and IT) before that. Jan-Bart is one of those rare people who > went to ALL wikimania conferences, and can be easily recognised there with > his big smile. I can't remember a theme Jan-Bart didn't work on in the past > years (Affiliates, HR, searching a new Executive Director) and he served > the board in many positions, including as chair. > > I'm sure that the WMF communications staff and/or board has a nice thankyou > coming up - with a more accurate description of the awesome work they did, > that I now made up from the top of my head. But in the mean time, I'd like > to do it myself: Thank you Jan-Bart and Stu for all the time, energy and > effort that you poured into our movement. I know that not all of us > appreciate this as much as we perhaps should, and sometimes you may even > have perceived us as hostile. I do sincerely hope that you had fun with us > though, and I'm confident that you made a big dent in our impossible > mission of sharing the sum of all knowledge with everyone. > > I hope to meet you again soon, at least in Italy at Wikimania, and I hope > to see you around in our movement in many different ways. > > Best, > > Lodewijk > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,<mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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15th Birthday Party on Saturday 16th January from 7.30pm
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Dear all Wikimedia UK would like to invite volunteers, editors and partners to a drinks party from 7.30pm on *Saturday 16th January* at Newspeak House, Bethnal Green, to mark the 15th birthday of Wikipedia. This will be a small, informal gathering to thank those involved in WMUK and the Wikimedia projects, and to hear some short speeches from key people involved with the charity and the movement. I'm sorry for the short notice, however we have only just been able to confirm the venue. We are setting up an eventbrite page for registrations, however for now please save the date. With many thanks to Ed Sapeira for kindly hosting us! We look forward to seeing you there. The staff team at WMUK -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. 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.*

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London Wikimeet #100
by Gordon Joly 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

The 100th London Wikimeet took place at Penderel's Oak, and was a very pleasant event. Lucy Compton-Reid was there, and I saw at least one Trustee (and some staff). The first was on 5th June 2004. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/London_1 The next will be meeting number 101 with caek, since Wikipedia is 15 Years Young! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/101 I think we managed to confuse the staff with the continuous food orders. Somebody had "Old Growler" (from Nethergate)... each to their own! Gordo

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