[Wikimediauk-l] East Midlands Wikimedians?

2014-09-01 Thread Andrew Turvey
Are there any wikimedians in the East Midlands on this list or that you know who may be interested in helping with a meeting with one of our MEPs on copyright reform? I am working with Dimi who is based in Brussels and Stevie at WMUK and we are trying to contact all relevant MEPs to brief them on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Draft EGM resolutions

2013-03-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
that we draft things in public where we can! Chris ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Greyham Dawes co-opted to the Board of Wikimedia UK

2013-02-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey http://en.wikipedia.org/User:AndrewRT http://englishwikipedian.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call for Tellers

2013-02-15 Thread Andrew Turvey
EGM? Is this still planned given the governance recommendations? On Feb 15, 2013 12:23 PM, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: All, At present, myself and LondonStatto are likely to be tellers for the AGM (and the planned EGM). However, I'm hoping that there will be

[Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
I see the Foundation has withdrawn their support for the Wikimedia Chapters Association, the cross-chapters partnership that WMUK backed. Their statement included some significant criticisms about the way the WCA has been implemented, something that individual Foundation board members expanded on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF withdraws support from WCA

2013-02-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 February 2013 21:07, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: I see the Foundation has withdrawn their support for the Wikimedia Chapters Association, the cross-chapters partnership that WMUK backed. To be honest, it never really offered any

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Latest WMUK blog post - message from our Board

2012-10-13 Thread Andrew Turvey
-- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey http://en.wikipedia.org/User:AndrewRT http://englishwikipedian.blogspot.co.uk/ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Independent review: timetable

2012-10-11 Thread Andrew Turvey
) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Independent review: timetable

2012-10-11 Thread Andrew Turvey
version so that when it goes to wmf and reviewer it has our suggestions for consideration Joe On Oct 11, 2012 8:26 PM, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: As with many other members I've been quite concerned with recent developments so I dialled into this public board meeting

[Wikimediauk-l] Annual accounts

2012-10-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
this to the attention of the Foundation immediately. Regards, -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey http://en.wikipedia.org/User:AndrewRT http://englishwikipedian.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Annual accounts

2012-10-06 Thread Andrew Turvey
://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/wikimedia-uk-appoints-saad-choudri-to-its-board/ Regards, On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: Looking at Companies House, I notice that the annual accounts have yet been filed and are due at the end of the month

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Daily Telegraph error

2012-10-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Social enterprise

2012-10-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:53 AM, fab...@unpopular.org.uk wrote: Essentially this would require the Board making a decision that it was interested in looking into the idea and setting up a steering committee to take the matter forward. This could be done with a limited amount of officer time.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread Andrew Turvey
If we pencil in 9-10 Feb for the EGM then we have until, say, the end of November to discuss and agree on the proposal. I do think we need to have a reasoned argument set out in favour of the change before we call the EGM itself - after all a constitution is not something that we should tinker

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] social enterprise

2012-10-01 Thread Andrew Turvey
/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey http://en.wikipedia.org/User:AndrewRT http://englishwikipedian.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-30 Thread Andrew Turvey
. If in a divided organisation a narrow majority gets a clean sweep in the elections for the committee it is very difficult if not impossible for the resulting committee to reunite the organisation and defuse tensions. WSC On 29 September 2012 21:55, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.comwrote

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

2012-09-29 Thread Andrew Turvey
wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey http://en.wikipedia.org/User:AndrewRT http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

2012-09-29 Thread Andrew Turvey
the wrong words. What I meant to convey was unusual and unusual enough to warrant further review… Jan-Bart On 29 Sep 2012, at 21:09, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Jan-Bart and others, I would hope we can wait until we hear the results of the review before jumping

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-09-29 Thread Andrew Turvey
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey http://en.wikipedia.org/User:AndrewRT http://englishwikipedian.blogspot.co.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

2012-09-28 Thread Andrew Turvey
wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey http://en.wikipedia.org/User:AndrewRT http

[Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

2012-09-28 Thread Andrew Turvey
year plan based on the last and extending out another year. This works fairly well and I'd recommend it as an approach. -- Andrew Turvey -- 07403 216 991 @AndrewTurvey https://twitter.com/#!/AndrewTurvey http://www.facebook.com/andrew.turvey http://en.wikipedia.org/User:AndrewRT http

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of this list and its archives

2012-08-17 Thread Andrew Turvey
-- Forwarded message -- From: Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com Date: 16 Aug 2012 13:56 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of this list and its archives To: HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com Likewise I think this is a good decision. A truly public mailing list

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK staff policies

2012-02-09 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:57 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: On Feb 10, 2012 12:48 AM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On Feb 9, 2012 4:14 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 09/02/2012 15:14, Richard Symonds wrote: Hope this makes

[Wikimediauk-l] Survey about WikiConference UK 2011

2011-04-22 Thread Andrew Turvey
For people who are on this list but didn't register via EventBrite. Apologies to anyone who gets this message twice. -- Forwarded message -- From: Wikimedia UK cont...@eventbrite.com Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:24 AM Subject: Message to attendees of WikiConference UK 2011 To:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-12 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: Totally agree.  I think it is reasonable that candidates should be asked to reveal their wikimedia user names (I'm not sure it should be made compulsory though), but demanding that they reveal all their multifarious

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-10 Thread Andrew Turvey
I think it would probably sit better in the election rules - these have been entrenched so have the same status as the articles. I'm happy to assist anyone who wants to have this change debated at the agm. Andrew Turvey This message was sent from my mobile On 9 Apr 2011 13:23, Thomas Dalton

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Annual Conference AGM

2011-04-02 Thread Andrew Turvey
for next year at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings#2011-2012 (subject of course to the agreement of the next board) if you want a better picture of what is involved. Please get in touch with me or any other board member if you have any questions on this. Regards, Andrew Turvey Company Secretary

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Wikimedia UK Annual Conference AGM

2011-03-24 Thread Andrew Turvey
/Membership If you are a member but haven't received the message below please let me know as we may have an error in your records. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair Company Secretary, Wikimedia UK -- Forwarded message -- From: Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com Date: Thu, Mar 24

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Fundraising Report

2011-03-01 Thread Andrew Turvey
We have today published on the Wikimedia UK wiki our report on the 2010-11 fundraiser and I include a link below for your information. Please let me know if you would like any further information about this. Regards, -- Forwarded message -- From: Andrew Turvey andrewrtur

[Wikimediauk-l] job descriptions

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
In advance of the board meeting next Tuesday, I've started drafting up some job descriptions on the wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Job_Descriptions for the new members of staff that we are recruiting. Please add your contributions on the main and talk page to develop this. Many thanks,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] job descriptions

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
on expenditure priorities. Tom -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Turvey Sent: 27 February 2011 15:57 To: WMUK-L Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] job descriptions In advance of the board

[Wikimediauk-l] AGM tellers - can you help?

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
with this please could you email me by next Sunday 6th March with details of any previous similar experience. Many thanks, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827

[Wikimediauk-l] Motions for AGM

2011-02-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
to help. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Could you lead Wikimedia UK to success?

2011-02-07 Thread Andrew Turvey
of the existing board members. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL On Fri, Jan

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal to Strike off

2011-01-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
morning and hope to have a better idea of progress after then. It's great to have this cloud lifted from us and to get the chapter back on track so we can focus again on our objectives and events. My personal thanks to everyone who helped resolve this immediate situation. Regards, Andrew Turvey

[Wikimediauk-l] Ockham Blue Plaque

2011-01-10 Thread Andrew Turvey
Just noticed this posting on the Wikipedia @ 10 website. Is anyone interested in taking this forward? A Wikipedia drinks reception sounds like a great way to involve a new group of people in the things we do, although 10th April is a little close to the Annual Conference AGM on 16th.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal to Strike off

2011-01-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
are putting in additional processes to ensure that nothing like this happens again. Thank you for bearing with us over this and please let me know if you have any queries on this situation. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal to Strike off

2010-12-05 Thread Andrew Turvey
for your continued understanding with this and our apologies once more for any concern caused. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair, Wikimedia UK On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: Dear All, Just to follow up from Mike's previous email. I spoke to our

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal to Strike off

2010-11-29 Thread Andrew Turvey
. However, we fully understand that this looks alarming and creates a bad impression. I apologise for any concern this has caused to any of our donors, members or supporters. I'll make sure I keep this list informed so you can monitor our progress with this matter. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair

[Wikimediauk-l] Person of the year

2010-10-31 Thread Andrew Turvey
Are there any open source people we can promote as a person of the year? -- Forwarded message -- From: steve virgin st...@mediafocusuk.com Date: 28 Oct 2010 19:32 Subject: Just a thought To: Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelnoer/2010/10

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK in 2013

2010-09-23 Thread Andrew Turvey
. By their nature they are abbreviated. Please let us know any comments or input you have to these, or if you have any queries about what this would mean for the chapter. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair Wikimedia UK - Forwarded Message - Wikimedia UK Book Sprint: where do we want

[Wikimediauk-l] Part time office manager

2010-08-11 Thread Andrew Turvey
for applications is 31 August. To apply please send a CV and covering letter detailing your skills and experience in this area. Please feel free to forward this on to anyone you know who may be interested. Regards, Andrew Turvey Chair Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name

[Wikimediauk-l] New board of trustees

2010-04-25 Thread Andrew Turvey
into the position of Secretary and Tom Dalton became Treasurer. Regards, Andrew Turvey ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

[Wikimediauk-l] Help elect a new board of trustees for Wikimedia UK

2010-04-17 Thread Andrew Turvey
. With my knowledge and understanding of our communites and an increasing understanding of the sectors we will work closely with I feel that being part of the new board will be a huge positive to our ever growing chapter. Andrew Turvey I have been on the board for the last two years and would like

[Wikimediauk-l] Talk in Bristol

2010-02-23 Thread Andrew Turvey
Steve Virgin, one of the Wikimedia UK board members, recently gave a talk at a Bristol Social Media forum about various things happening with Wikimedia projects in Britain. The talk was positively covered in a blog from a participant:

[Wikimediauk-l] Geograph images

2010-01-30 Thread Andrew Turvey
Could anyone help us draft a blog post about this? I've started a page at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/Geograph_images - Forwarded Message - From: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net To: bo...@wikimedia.org.uk WMUK Board bo...@wikimedia.org.uk Sent: Saturday, 30 January,

[Wikimediauk-l] Budget for next year

2010-01-25 Thread Andrew Turvey
? If you've managed to read this far then I'm impressed and thank you! All comments are gratefully received whether on our general approach or on specifics. We look forward to hearing your ideas! Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Board member vacancy

2010-01-18 Thread Andrew Turvey
v2 from the start. Tom, like the rest of the Board, will serve until the AGM in April when a new election will be held. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England

[Wikimediauk-l] Next board meeting: 19th January

2010-01-12 Thread Andrew Turvey
Hi all, Unfortunately the board meeting this evening has had to be cancelled due to lack of quorum. The meeting will be deferred until next Tuesday, 19th January 8:30 - 10:30. As before, The meeting will primarily be via Skype, but we'll also be in #wikimedia-uk on IRC and everyone is more

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Andrew Turvey
Well worth doing and well written - many thanks for this. We're getting together quite a list of press contacts and it's the kind of story in a news-light time of the year that could fly well. When should it be put out? Given that 1 Jan falls on a Friday and the previous Monday is a bank

[Wikimediauk-l] Computer quote

2009-12-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
As discussed at last week's board meeting, the chapter has been given a £500 grant to fund the purchase of a computer to help with outreach work. As per previous discussions, it would be useful to have a projector at the same time so that we can do presentation on the go. I've had a look on

[Wikimediauk-l] First Wikmedia Seminar

2009-12-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Speakers Regards, -- Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way

[Wikimediauk-l] URGENT: Conference this Thursday in West Midlands

2009-11-22 Thread Andrew Turvey
We've been invited to a conference in Birmingham this Thursday and are urgently seeking anyone who may be able to go along and is able to speak on Wikimedia's perspective. The conference is called Digital Treasures and is being organised by the museum sector. It's a very important event for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Notes from the Cbinet Forum

2009-10-27 Thread Andrew Turvey
@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, 27 October, 2009 17:56:31 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Notes from the Cbinet Forum On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 17:10 +, Andrew Turvey wrote: - SIon Simon, another politician present, mentioned that the copyright debate

[Wikimediauk-l] What should we spend our money on?

2009-10-19 Thread Andrew Turvey
The 2009 Annual Wikimedia Fundraiser is just round the corner and we need to crystallize the list of items that we will use our income for so that we can encourage people to donate. I've done a first draft at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2009_Winter_Fundraiser#Use_of_funds - please could you

[Wikimediauk-l] Cbinet Forum

2009-10-19 Thread Andrew Turvey
We've been invited to go along to a conference next week organized by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on creative industries. Although we made it clear to them that we are not-for-profit and a lot of the programme is not particularly relevant, they were very keen to get us to go

[Wikimediauk-l] Multimedia Usability Project Meeting in France - Call for participation

2009-10-05 Thread Andrew Turvey
. Is anyone on this list interested in attending? If so, please could you email me offlist with brief details of your technical experience on Wikimedia. Many thanks -- Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited

[Wikimediauk-l] Microgrants strategy workshop

2009-10-02 Thread Andrew Turvey
Wikimedia Poland has just published their latest chapter report which contains two interesting ideas: a) A Wikicontestmicro grants scheme b) A workshop for strategy planning Could/should we do something similar for WMUK? Andrew - Forwarded Message - From: Tomasz Ganicz

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM dates

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Al Tally majorly.w...@googlemail.com wrote: also, where is it going to be? That's the biggest factor for me. I think the idea was London - Seddon could you confirm? Andrew ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

[Wikimediauk-l] Online libel law consultation launched by the government

2009-09-17 Thread Andrew Turvey
Online libel law consultation launched by the government http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.28413 Sound interesting - any idea how it will affect Wikipedia? Andrew ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Merchandising

2009-09-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Sep 13, 11:04 pm, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: We've received approval from the Wikimedia Foundation to produce merchandising with Wikimedia trademarks and copyrighted logos on it for sale to our members - anything from mugs and mouse-mats to cufflinks and ties. The plan

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Merchandising

2009-09-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
: At 23:40 +0100 13/9/09, Andrew Turvey wrote: Hopefully it will be the kind of perk that will attract people who are already active in the projects to become members. As to selling at above cost, the Foundation wasn't too keen on that - worried that we would develop into some kind of commercial arm

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Merchandising

2009-09-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
Re-reading my original email and the reaction to it I should clarify: - Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: The plan is to sell them at cost price to members only. Cost price isn't a restriction from the Foundation - their main restriction is that it must be either sold

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art winner in London

2009-09-04 Thread Andrew Turvey
One of the winners of the Wikipedia Loves Art project that we ran in February is in London later this month (she lives in France) - would anyone be interested in meeting up? Please let me know. Andrew === Forwarded message: Andrew, I just booked a Eurostar ticket for Sept. 23rd.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Daily Mail on Flagged Revisions

2009-08-26 Thread Andrew Turvey
lists is a copyright violation. Brian. - Forwarded Message - From: Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com To: English Wikipedia wikie...@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, 26 August, 2009 13:20:00 GMT + 00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland , Portugal Subject: Daily Mail

[Wikimediauk-l] Interview on Dublin Radio 4, ~1:30

2009-08-26 Thread Andrew Turvey
) Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom

[Wikimediauk-l] Digitisation equipment

2009-08-26 Thread Andrew Turvey
We had a discussion at a recent Wikimedia UK board meeting about potentially buying some digitisation equipment which could be used to generate content for the Wikimedia projects. This recent email to the EN-WP list sparked my interest. Does anyone have any experience with equipment like

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Flagged Protection in the UK press

2009-08-25 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: and Andrew Turvey should be talking on Tom McGurk’s Irish radio show as I type this (6.45pm BST). They didn't get the email in time unfortunately, so will be doing it tomorrow instead. Andrew

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Y! Alert: Wikimedia UK Blog

2009-08-25 Thread Andrew Turvey
Now that we've got this new blog, it would be useful if we could get the various media integrated so that the message is getting through all the different channels. I've been looking at ways to get blog posts automatically fed into the email list. I've come across Yahoo Alerts, which runs off

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Reminder: Next WMUK board meeting this evening (Tuesday 18 August), 8.30pm BST

2009-08-19 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: From: Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com 2009/8/19 Bod Notbod bodnot...@gmail.com: ... do you think you might ever be able to use someone to transcribe audio files? ... I wouldn't mind having a transcription of our AGMs (at

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art - prizes

2009-08-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
Kwan Ting Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote: From: Kwan Ting Chan k...@ktchan.info To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Saturday, 15 August, 2009 02:29:51 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art - prizes Andrew Turvey wrote

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Pausing revision of the chapters agreement

2009-08-12 Thread Andrew Turvey
developments. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Archive pictures of North East Midlands, England

2009-08-10 Thread Andrew Turvey
better if we could try to co-operate with them to upload their photos to Wikipedia, complete with metadata, etc. As such, I've just emailed them to see if they're interested in uploading some of their images to Commons. Mike On 10 Aug 2009, at 18:56, Andrew Turvey wrote: I've

[Wikimediauk-l] Last meeting

2009-08-09 Thread Andrew Turvey
, -- Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom

[Wikimediauk-l] Last week's board meeting summary

2009-08-04 Thread Andrew Turvey
and let us know what we can do to help! Regards, -- Andrew Turvey Director Andrew Turvey Solutions Limited Registered Office: 23 Cartwright Way, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1RL Registered in England, Registration Number 5596974 Information contained in this email may be confidential

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Geonotice

2009-07-22 Thread Andrew Turvey
Indeed - it's up to them whether they publish it or not. We're just asking like any other editors - they're free to say no. - Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org wrote: From: Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, 22 July, 2009 00:47:33

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Geonotice

2009-07-22 Thread Andrew Turvey
@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, 22 July, 2009 00:30:19 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Geonotice 2009/7/22 Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: Following a discussion after the Board, someone suggested putting up a geonotice on Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Loves Wikipedia

2009-07-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
Before we start running ahead of ourselves on this, please remember that we need to get volunteers to help out first! Please spread the word and ask anyone who you think might be able to help. I'm happy to lend a hand - I had the discussions with the VA last time - but would prefer someone

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Presentation - Wikipedia in Schools

2009-07-19 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Wikipedia in Schools 2009/7/19 Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: All comments gratefully received! I'll comment as I read - please excuse me not using a sandwich technique! Slide 2: Where does the 900,000 contributors come from? http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN

[Wikimediauk-l] Open Source Schools conference, Nottingham, Monday 20th July

2009-07-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
I'm pleased to share with everyone that I've managed to get myself in as a speaker in the Open Source Schools unconference in Nottingham next Monday 20th July. Although it's primarily focused on open source software, they have agreed to extend it to talking about open source content as well.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Source Schools conference, Nottingham, Monday 20th July

2009-07-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
- Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: From: Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, 14 July, 2009 16:50:09 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Source Schools conference, Nottingham,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Who in the UK has done museum negotiations?

2009-07-12 Thread Andrew Turvey
The Victoria and Albert Museum worked with us on the Wikipedia Loves Art project - that involved licensing photographs of their work under CC-BY-SA. - David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: From: David Gerard dger...@gmail.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sunday, 12

[Wikimediauk-l] Tuesday's Board meeting

2009-07-08 Thread Andrew Turvey
a reasonable time of receiving the donation, notwithstanding our previous correspondence with HMRC. We have therefore started work on this immediately. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Speakers

2009-07-08 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Jul 8, 3:17 pm, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: Here we assume! http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Speakers Gordo -- Indeed! Although, http://uk.wikimedia.org/Speakers automatically redirects there and it's shorter to type! :) ___

[Wikimediauk-l] Speakers

2009-07-07 Thread Andrew Turvey
A few opportunities are coming up for members who may be willing to speak on behalf of the chapter in lunchtime meetings, conferences etc or as interviewees. We will sometimes, but not always, be able to pay for travel and subsistence expenses. This is a great way of helping the chapter

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Phorm opt-out for Wikimedia.org.uk

2009-07-07 Thread Andrew Turvey
: Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com To: website-exclus...@webwise.com Sent: Tuesday, 7 July, 2009 17:40:37 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Phorm opt-out for Wikimedia.org.uk To whom it may concern, Wikimedia UK requests that the following website, owned by us

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Interview request

2009-06-28 Thread Andrew Turvey
I've replied to Ian volunteering to be interviewed, as no one else has expressed an interest. I'll let you know what he comes back with - sounds interesting! On Jun 25, 5:56 pm, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/25 geni geni...@gmail.com: 2009/6/25 Thomas Dalton

[Wikimediauk-l] Board meeting - membership recruitment, fundraising, initiatives

2009-06-28 Thread Andrew Turvey
Williams, our Volunteers Director (ccd above) . Finally, we noted that our response to HMRC has now been sent in, and we are waiting to see how that is received. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: worth watching

2009-06-21 Thread Andrew Turvey
Interesting information below.It would be great if they could come up with a form of "Crown Commons" that was compatible with our licenses rather than ending up with something like the BBC's creative license. - Forwarded Message -From: "Steve Virgin" steve.vir...@dowjones.comTo: "WMUK"

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digital Britain

2009-06-16 Thread Andrew Turvey
- it includes Tom Steinberg from MySociety (publishers of TheyWorkForYou.com) - Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: From: Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, 17 June, 2009 01:07:21 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland

[Wikimediauk-l] Tuesday's board meeting

2009-06-14 Thread Andrew Turvey
and supporters Board members - please could you mark your actions as {{done}}, {{doing}}, {{cf}} pr {{not done}} as appropriate and also mark {{discuss}} if you think it needs discussing again. Regards, -- Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki

[Wikimediauk-l] Press response templates

2009-06-09 Thread Andrew Turvey
://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Media_relations#Media_response Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Press response templates

2009-06-09 Thread Andrew Turvey
If you could fetch it out and put it up on the wiki that would be extremely helpful! presume it's ok to make this stuff publicly available? cheers - Sean Whitton s...@silentflame.com wrote: From: Sean Whitton s...@silentflame.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: WMUK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Independent: Wikipedia 'sentinel' quits after usi

2009-06-08 Thread Andrew Turvey
I didn't understand that post. Who is Tristan and where are the comments attacking him? - Peter Cohen pet...@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: From: Peter Cohen pet...@cix.compulink.co.uk To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 10:12:00 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain,

[Wikimediauk-l] Board minutes - 2nd June

2009-06-05 Thread Andrew Turvey
Dear all, The draft minutes of our Board meeting last Tuesday, 2nd June are up at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009-06-02 and copied below. Please let us know if you have any comments or corrections. Regards, Andrew Turvey Secretary Wikimedia UK Wikimedia UK is the operating

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chapter-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation's board

2009-06-03 Thread Andrew Turvey
2009/6/3 Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: Proposal: Every even numbered year the chapters will select two people to take seats on The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) board. The chapters and WMF board agree that these board members are not intended to represent

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Announcing GLAM-WIKI in Australia

2009-06-01 Thread Andrew Turvey
Forwarded below details of another exciting event, this time taking place in Canberra, Australia. I don't suppose anyone from the UK is going? It would be great to find out how this goes so we can pick up some tips for the London/Britain Loves Wikipedia event penciled in for next spring.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Using Wiki software in higher Education: Interview request

2009-06-01 Thread Andrew Turvey
...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: From: Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 1 June, 2009 13:23:58 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Using Wiki software in higher Education: Interview request 2009/5/31 Andrew Turvey

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Using Wiki software in higher Education: Interview request

2009-06-01 Thread Andrew Turvey
] Using Wiki software in higher Education: Interview request Not a Brit, but IIRC Cormac Lawler was doing his PhD on Wikiversity. -Original Message- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Turvey

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Minutes of the last meeting

2009-05-31 Thread Andrew Turvey
Thanks Mike, that's the one! Sorry I didn't make it more explicit. The details of response times etc. are the same as the details in our letter I previously typed up here . regards, Andrew - Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: From: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net To:

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