I‘d like to second Cormac as a speaker (if it means anything).
And Mr. Wikipedia Weekly, Liam, and privatemusings (from the Aussie end).
Wayne from Wikieducator would probably be a good person for someone with UK
roots and a global wiki perspective. HYPERLINK
"http://wikieducator.org/Wayne_Mackintosh%E2%80%99s_Presentation"http://wiki
educator.org/Wayne_Mackintosh%E2%80%99s_Presentation
(Canadian based)
.
BTW Cormac. I don’t know if yu can get any of your playmates from OpenLearn
involved with WMF stuff, but Patrick would seem like a bridgebuilder.
HYPERLINK
"http://ochre.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/hewlett-closing-session/"http://ochre
.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/hewlett-closing-session/
Jay, would you also consider the idea of extending something like Wikipedia
Weekly into a WMF sponsored project? I’m starting to get a bit of interest
around some of the global traps of running a regular
radio/conference/podcast . The idea is to encourage a bit of conversation
above the radar between people who wear more than one hat. Open Education
Resources seems to be the banner on which to float it. Maybe the WMF could
go to HP, with a few mates, as a sponsor for it.
HYPERLINK
"http://www.hewlett.org/Programs/Education/OER/OpenContent/Hewlett+OER+Repor
t.htm"http://www.hewlett.org/Programs/Education/OER/OpenContent/Hewlet…
Report.htm
regards,simonfj
_____
From: Cormac Lawler [mailto:cormaggio@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2008 9:14 PM
To: jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org; wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Looking for UK speakers
Hi Jay, I'd be happy to volunteer for this, unless someone else has already
said they would do it. My 'speciality' is wikis and education - specifically
Wikiversity - as well as research (open, collaborative research is the theme
of my submission to this year's Wikimania). I've spoken on these issues at
all three previous Wikimanias, and OpenLearn, ALT-C, and Wikimedia Nederland
conferences in 2007. Even if someone else is doing this, you can add me to
your list for future events.
Cheers,
Cormac
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Jay Walsh <HYPERLINK
"mailto:jwalsh@wikimedia.org"jwalsh@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all,
I've received the following invitation for a speaker in the UK, and I
thought it
most efficient to share this with the UK list to gauge interest.
I'm also in the process of developing a volunteer speaking list for each of
the
major territories, so I can send requests to people directly.
If you're interested in being added to that list (or if there already is one
you
might know of...) feel free to send me your contact information directly.
Please
also provide some information about areas of interest, your background on WP
or
the other WM projects, and what experience you have when it comes to
speaking or
lecturing.
Thanks in advance,
--
Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
WikimediaFoundation.org
+1 (415) 839 6885 x 609
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Talk Invitation: Sheffield UK
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:33:52 +0000
From: Susheel Varma <HYPERLINK
"mailto:susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk"susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk>
Reply-To: HYPERLINK
"mailto:susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk"susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk
To: HYPERLINK "mailto:jwalsh@wikimedia.org"jwalsh@wikimedia.org
CC: Wales PA <HYPERLINK
"mailto:wikispeaker@gmail.com"wikispeaker@gmail.com>
References: <HYPERLINK
"mailto:7488e7730803181442t798c409fm304bad207de05f5c@mail.gmail.com"7488e773
0803181442t798c409fm304bad207de05f5c(a)mail.gmail.com>
<HYPERLINK
"mailto:282a01800803191053i5bbc3a58i63a8851979905329@mail.gmail.com"282a0180
0803191053i5bbc3a58i63a8851979905329(a)mail.gmail.com>
Dear Jay Walsh,
The Kroto Research Podium Seminars is a long running seminar series
organised weekly by The Kroto Research Institute(KRI) at Sheffield,
UK. The series is mainly aimed at young researchers and participants
to gain access to and interact with distinguished speakers on a wide
range of research topics. The seminars are usually held every Friday
between 10am-12pm and is designed to be informal and free and open to
all members of the University across disciplines.
We have heard that you are a wonderful speaker and deeply passionate
about the work that you do at HYPERLINK "http://Wikimedia.org"
\nWikimedia.org We are particularly
interested in the work your organisation does in the field of Openness
and IP, and we imagine there to be a wide range collaborative
interests between us. We would additionally like to extend the
invitation to any other suitable spokesperson from your organisation
to Sheffield. We would be deeply indebted to you if you could spare
some of your time to give us a talk at the North Campus Conference
Centre here in Sheffield about your thoughts, opinions and comments on
Open Research. We would be able to cover all reasonable travels
expenses within the UK and lunch afterwards. We have listed a number
of possible dates/time for your visit to Sheffield below:
20th June 2008 (11am-12pm)
11th,18th July 2008 (11am-12pm)
8th August 2008 (11am-12pm)
Our research websites (HYPERLINK "http://www.shef.ac.uk/dcs/research/"
\nhttp://www.shef.ac.uk/dcs/research/ and
HYPERLINK "http://www.shef.ac.uk/northcampus/"
\nhttp://www.shef.ac.uk/northcampus/) will provide an overview of some
the work carried out by our research staff, and may hint at some of
the collaborative ideas that may be possible. Should you have any
questions or need additional information regarding our request, please
feel free to reply to any of my contact addresses below.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to your
reply to our request.
Sincerely,
Susheel
--
Susheel Varma
Computational Systems Biology | Tel : +44 (0) 114 22 25931
Department of Computer Science | Fax : +44 (0) 114 22 21810
The Kroto Research Institute | Web : HYPERLINK
"http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~susheel" \nwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~susheel
University of Sheffield | Email: HYPERLINK
"mailto:susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk"susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk
Broad Lane, Sheffield, S3 7HQ, UK | Email: HYPERLINK
"mailto:susheel@dcs.shef.ac.uk"susheel@dcs.shef.ac.uk
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