Hello
In the absence of other replies to this email, I noticed this in an
email on foundation-l from Angela <beesley(a)gmail.com> (Sun, 24 Sep 2006
13:21:56 +1000), in reply to a request from Erik on things he should do
as a trustee:
"In conjunction with the chapter's committee, make sure every chapter
is allowed official recognition and have a clear process for obtaining
that (Wikimedia UK is still denied this recognition)."
What's the problem? Why the denial? Or is this something I should be
asking on foundation-l?
Scott
On Saturday, September 23, 2006, at 02:29 am, Scott Keir wrote:
Hello everyone
On Saturday, September 23, 2006, at 01:29 am, David Gerard wrote:
There *must* be efforts to this end. If not,
it'd be an ideal project
for Wikimedia UK to look at when it's operational.
What's the current status of Wikimedia UK?
I ask, as I recall being at some of the real and online meetings which
were held to create Wikimedia UK. There was a great sense of passion
then, and a great sense of urgency - we have to create this *now*, we
have to incorporate *now*, we have to get this started *now*.
And huge progress was made with deciding what W-UK would be legally
called, what the memo and arts would be, who the directors would be,
conversations between then wiki foundation and the uk crew, etc etc
etc. All done with great speed, enthusiasm and a real sense that there
was a need, a call for urgency.
And now...? External progress seems to have slowed - other than the
occasional post on this list, and the occasional media interaction
(which was also happening pre-incorporation), there's no external
signs of progress. The front page of
http://wikimedia.org.uk/ has not
been changed in months. Nor has, as far as I can tell,
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
What's going on? Is there progress? Is help needed somewhere with
something? There was a heck of a lot of enthusiasm and goodwill
floating around in January, when WER, its directors and aims were
finalised. It would be a great shame if that petered away.
Scott
___________________________________________________________
Inbox full of spam? Get leading spam protection and 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail.