On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:37 PM, steve virgin <
steve@mediafocusuk.com>
wrote:
> Mike
>
> What about Roger writing a brief blog post & we
slip it quickly onto the
> facebook site as well?
>
> Steve
>
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On Behalf Of Michael Peel
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> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Could you lead Wikimedia
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> Hi Roger,
>
> I look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
>
> With the Derby museums press release: there was no
board decision to not
> send this out. I think it just got overlooked in the
general madness and
> busy-ness surrounding the 10th birthday. I'm
following up with Gemma about
> this, and it will hopefully go out in the near
future. Sorry about that.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 23 Jan 2011, at 10:45, Roger Bamkin wrote:
>
>> Andrew, yes I am interested and intend to be
there.
>>
>> I must mention the press release about Derby
Museum which as you know
> consumed a bit of effort. Derby Museums released it
locally but as far as I
> can see it was never released by Wikimedia. Was this
a board decision?
>>
>> best regards
>> Roger
>> 01332 702993
>>
>> On 21 January 2011 00:24, Andrew Turvey <
andrewrturvey@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>> From our blog,
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/:
>>
>> Could you lead Wikimedia UK to success?
>>
>> Next year is set to be another big year of growth
for Wikimedia UK: we
>> have just raised over £500,000 in the Wikimedia
Annual Fundraiser.
>> Most of this money will support the technical
side of Wikimedia
>> through donations to the Foundation and the
Toolserver. However, we
>> also plan to use the funds to recruit four more
members of staff.
>> These staff will mean we can scale up our
activities, enable more
>> activity by volunteers and professionalise the
chapter. Our own
>> developer, events organiser, a full time office
manager and a chapter
>> manager pulling everything together will no doubt
transform Wikimedia
>> UK.
>>
>> However, a key factor in our success will still
be the board, which
>> will continue to lead the chapter and be made up
of unpaid volunteers.
>> It will continue to be elected by our members,
ordinary Wikimedians
>> who support our mission and want to make
Wikipedia and free knowledge
>> even more successful.
>>
>> Can you help lead the chapter to success in 2011
by standing for
>> election as a board member? If so, you’re warmly
invited to join us on
>> Saturday 5th February from 5pm where you can find
out more about what
>> is involved in being a board member and have an
opportunity to ask any
>> questions and meet other interested people.
>>
>> This “board interest day” will take place in
central London (venue to
>> be confirmed). If you are interested please drop
me a line to chair @
>>
wikimedia.org.uk
to reserve your place. You can also give me a ring on
>> 07403 216 991 if you would like to discuss
further.
>>
>> Look forward to hearing from you!
>>
>> Andrew Turvey
>> Chair, Wikimedia UK
>>
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>> --
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>> (aka Victuallers)
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