Hi Stuart,

I *might* be interested in the Palestine Exploration Fund, depending on what it covered. I know a little about the history of that part of the world - I'm not so active in the area these days but I used to be the main admin dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict on Wikipedia. Please do keep us updated on how things go with them, and of course with all these projects.

But much more importantly, thank you for sending this and thank you for sending it to an open forum. It's really encouraging to see the staff engaging and letting us know what's going on from the early stages of conversations. Not knowing what was going on or who was talking to whom about what was one of the recurring themes in the volunteer survey; I don't know if this is in response to that or just a new initiative you're trying, but either way I think it's a step towards narrowing the gulf between the chapter and the community and I'd love to see more of it.

None of us doubt that you guys work hard, but it's a lot easier to feel like we're a part of it if we know what's actually going on. I really hope that this is the first of many of these emails, and that they're a sign of things changing and WMUK opening up again.

Best,

Harry Mitchell
http://enwp.org/User:HJ
+44 (0) 7507 536 971
Skype: harry_j_mitchell

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Stuart Prior <stuart.prior@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hello all,

I wanted to make people aware of some of the partnerships we are developing, and wanted to know of any volunteers that might be interested in working on these, either training at events or looking at the potential for content releases.

Palestine Exploration Fund - Fantastic collection, interested in doing some training for their members, yet to be scheduled.

Tate Britain - Looking for a trainer for an event on 22nd of May covering Queer British Art.

Amnesty International - Approached about potential editathon in June, to expand articles on Human Rights.

Cancer Research UK - We successfully ran some training for some PhD students in Cardiff recently, but they would like to continue training for their researchers at venues around the country. Such as Manchester and Edinburgh.

British Heart Foundation - Are interested in getting some training for their staff.

If any of the above is of interest, let me know.

Best

Stuart

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