Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

2013-02-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Press coverage: http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Governance/article/1170282/review-urges-major-overhaul-governance-wikimedia-uk/ http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/14428/wikimedia_uk_trustees_have_been_too_involved_to_govern_the_charity

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

2013-02-09 Thread Thehelpfulone
Thanks Andreas for that. A few comments in-line for some corrections - Stevie can you contact them? On 8 February 2013 17:20, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Press coverage: http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Governance/article/1170282/review-urges-major-overhaul-governance-wikimedia-uk/

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

2013-02-09 Thread Katie Chan
On 09/02/2013 13:08, Thehelpfulone wrote: 1) Using the WMF logo instead of Wikimedia UK one (do we allow use of logos for press purposes?) Fair use and or fair dealing ? KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

2013-02-09 Thread David Gerard
On 9 February 2013 13:08, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote: [not speaking for anyone but myself] 1) Using the WMF logo instead of Wikimedia UK one (do we allow use of logos for press purposes?) WMF used to explicitly say on the press page that use of the logos in press

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

2013-02-09 Thread Gordon Joly
I got revison 5. Can we see 1 thru 4? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania London

2013-02-09 Thread Richard Symonds
All, I've just seen a rather impressive presentation from the London Wikimania bid team. I thought it best to let you know that last night there was a raft of updates to the public bid page at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014_bids/London, including some videos, a (draft) budget, and

[Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread Chris Keating
Dear all, I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia UK has reached an agreement with Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden regarding the ownership of QRpedia. The intellectual property in QRpedia and the qrpedia.org and qrwp.orgdomains will be transferred to Wikimedia UK, which will maintain and support

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread Joe Filceolaire
Thanks to all involved. This sounds like a good solution. Joe On Feb 9, 2013 5:10 PM, Chris Keating chris.keat...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Dear all, I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia UK has reached an agreement with Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden regarding the ownership of QRpedia. The

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
This is great news. Well the fuller announcement include an explanation of why this took so long? It sounds like a very straightforward agreement... On Feb 9, 2013 5:10 PM, Chris Keating chris.keat...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Dear all, I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia UK has reached an

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread rupert THURNER
excellent to hear! many thanks to you (wmuk) as well to terence and roger. On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Chris Keating chris.keat...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Dear all, I am pleased to announce that Wikimedia UK has reached an agreement with Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden regarding the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread David Gerard
On 9 February 2013 17:41, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: This is great news. Well the fuller announcement include an explanation of why this took so long? It sounds like a very straightforward agreement... You were on the board and don't remember the speed of charities? - d.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread Roger Bamkin
Why thank you Andreas, Joe etc On 9 February 2013 17:51, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks indeed. Good luck to all going forward. Andreas On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Joe Filceolaire filceola...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks to all involved. This sounds like a good solution.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread David Gerard
On 9 February 2013 18:39, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: Now this has been transferred to Wikimedia UK, would it be possible to remove the access logging on QRpedia to ensure it complies with both the letter and spirit of the WMF privacy policy. I am happy to provide a simple patch to

[Wikimediauk-l] Never the Twain shall be misquoted

2013-02-09 Thread fabian
/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20130209/9f4391cf/attachment.html -- ___ Wikimediauk-l mailing list Wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l End of Wikimediauk-l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 9 February 2013 18:39, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: Now this has been transferred to Wikimedia UK, would it be possible to remove the access logging on QRpedia to ensure it complies with both the letter and spirit of the WMF privacy policy. Is it possible to do that and retain the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread Jessica Taylor
Thanks for the good news. Also, thanks to Roger and Terence for their hard work and willingness to be honorary advisers without pay. Finally, thanks to everyone like Andy who contributed to these projects. It's a testament to how productive WMUK is as part of the Wikimedia movement. Jess On

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-09 Thread Jessica Taylor
I like the idea of updating the pages regarding membership on the WMUK site. Also, I agree multiple reminders are helpful. I think the idea of changing the address so that the renewal isn't automatically fed to an archive folder would be helpful for people like me. Excuse me for not having

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 9 February 2013 17:10, Chris Keating chris.keat...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: The intellectual property in QRpedia and the qrpedia.org and qrwp.org domains will be transferred to Wikimedia UK It would be a good idea to update

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

2013-02-09 Thread Richard Symonds
No Jess - each individual is due to renew at a different time each year, depending on when they joined. I joined on 5 December, I think: That means that I am due for renewal on 4 December. I will get an email just before that date. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

2013-02-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 9 February 2013 13:08, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/14428/wikimedia_uk_trustees_have_been_too_involved_to_govern_the_charity This also refers to an an intellectual property dispute over QRPedia, which is, of course,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

2013-02-09 Thread David Gerard
On 9 February 2013 20:56, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 9 February 2013 13:08, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/14428/wikimedia_uk_trustees_have_been_too_involved_to_govern_the_charity This also refers to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

2013-02-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Not from me, if that is what you are implying. I have not been in touch with either publication. As for the Signpost piece, it is a fair summary of what they wrote, which is the Signpost's job to deliver. Andreas On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:01 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 9

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

2013-02-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
Dispute may be putting it a bit strongly but obviously there was a disagreement or it wouldn't have taken this long to reach an agreement. Dispute does suggest a dispute over who owns it, which was never true. Any dispute was over the future, not the past. On Feb 9, 2013 8:57 PM, Andy Mabbett

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread Tom Morris
On Saturday, 9 February 2013 at 20:08, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 9 February 2013 18:39, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org (mailto:t...@tommorris.org) wrote: Now this has been transferred to Wikimedia UK, would it be possible to remove the access logging on QRpedia to ensure it complies with both

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

2013-02-09 Thread Joe Filceolaire
If we are looking at refactoring code then we should look at eventually moving to wikidata for language links. Joe On Feb 9, 2013 10:39 PM, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: On Saturday, 9 February 2013 at 20:08, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 9 February 2013 18:39, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org