On 6 March 2014 17:29, Fæ <faewik@gmail.com> wrote:
On 06/03/2014, Michael Peel <michael.peel@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 6 Mar 2014, at 16:30, Richard Nevell <richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk>
> wrote:
...
>> As a chapter we have run the Wikimedian in Residence (WIR) programme since
>> May 2012, when Andrew Gray started his residency at the British Library.
>
> You've missed out a couple of years of history there - British Museum,
> Derby, ARKive...

It's worth noting that the British Library WIR programme was set up
and negotiated by myself as a volunteer. It took no Chapter or WMF
funding, hardly any staff support, and to date had the highest
remuneration package all WIR projects that I am aware of, globally.

Good points. Also WMUK was not involved in the interview process; and the advance notice to the community didn't really tally with what they were looking for.  (Plus you were supposed to type all your O-levels/GCSEs into their system. and bring the certificates to the interview. I did skip the latter, on a hunch.)

Charles