Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.

2012-10-04 Thread Hasina Khatun
Hello, Just to keep you updated the Penderal's Oak has been booked for the 11th November. Just the cake now :) Hasina. On 3 October 2012 21:19, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 03/10/12 12:54, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 3 October 2012 12:25, Hasina Khatun

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.

2012-10-04 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 4 October 2012 11:27, Hasina Khatun hasina.kha...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello, Just to keep you updated the Penderal's Oak has been booked for the 11th November. Just the cake now :) Great, thanks! You should probably call them a couple of days before to confirm, since they haven't

[Wikimediauk-l] Independent review: timetable

2012-10-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
What is the timetable for the forthcoming independent review? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Office Support Job.

2012-10-04 Thread Thomas Dalton
Is hiring new staff really wise when there is still so much uncertainty surrounding the chapter? Are you that confident that the FDC is going to approve the budget for new staff, given the lack of confidence the WMF has in the chapter? Hiring additional admin support is going to be an essential

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Support service (was:Social enterprise)

2012-10-04 Thread Thomas Dalton
If anyone is interested, I have written up a fuller description of my idea here: https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tango/Consultancy Hopefully, people will see that it isn't such a disgusting, money-grabbing idea after all. I suggest discussion takes place on the talk page, rather than here

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Social enterprise

2012-10-04 Thread fabian
Hi all, Please see my previous e-mail where I suggest that the Wikipedia model does not work on sister sites - such as Wikiversity. Yes, maybe it is not appropriate for Wikipedia, but maybe it could actually help turn Wikiversity into something much more dynamic. Also perhaps it could have a