Hi Mike,

It's not the first time the work has been discussed. It's been noted on wiki that it's been happening several times over the last few months, including calls to invite people to get involved.

The reason we're hiring someone to work on this as a project is because there's a need for focused attention on getting the web presence, bringing together the various organisations, setting up the event and so on. The board agreed to fund the project at the December board meeting. The work is funded by Wikimedia UK but the person will be working with several organisations. There is also the opportunity to attract match funding from the other groups involved in the project to extend the work if it's successful and I know this is being considered.

The fact we're recruiting someone to work on the project shouldn't put off anyone volunteering with this work. In fact, one of the aims of the project will be to bring together lots of different volunteer communities.

Thanks,

Stevie

On 17 January 2014 17:23, Michael Peel <michael.peel@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:

(Re-sending from my work address as emails from my personal address still don’t get through to this list. :-( )

On 17 Jan 2014, at 17:18, Michael Peel <email@mikepeel.net> wrote:

> Hi Stevie,
>
> That’s the first I’ve heard about it - has anything been posted about this before on the wiki or the mailing list? Why are you choosing to hire someone rather than to seek volunteers to do some of this work?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

>
> On 17 Jan 2014, at 17:14, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> As you may know, Wikimedia UK has been working with other organisations such as Creative Commons, Mozilla and Open Knowledge Foundation to build closer working relationships and collaborations between organisations working in the open space. We're currently calling this the "open coalition".
>>
>> The work has progressed to the point where we are looking to recruit someone for a six month project to develop this more fully. There's a role profile and full details on the Wikimedia UK wiki here - https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Open_Coalition_Project_Co-ordinator
>>
>> The closing date for the position is Monday 3 February. Please do apply or, if not applying, please tell your friends!
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>>
>> Stevie
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