Thanks for a fantastic report! Asaf On Oct 15, 2011 4:49 AM, "Michael Peel" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly > report<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports>for the period 1 to 30 September > 2011. If you want to keep up with the > chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our > blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk>, > join our mailing > list<http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l>, > and/or follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/wikimediauk>. If you have > any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk > page<http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2011/September&action=edit&redlink=1> > . > This report is also available, complete with pictures, on our website at > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September . > > Contents > > - 1 > Recruitment<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Recruitment> > - 2 Program > activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Program_activities> > - 2.1 Education > projects<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Education_projects> > - 2.2 GLAM > activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#GLAM_activities> > - 2.3 Other > activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Other_activities> > - 2.4 UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & > activities)<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#UK_press_coverage_.28and_coverage_of_UK_projects_.26_activities.29> > - 2.5 Upcoming activities in > October<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Upcoming_activities_in_October> > - 3 Administrative > activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Administrative_activities> > - 3.1 Board > activities<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Board_activities> > - 3.2 Charitable > status<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Charitable_status> > - 3.3 > Fundraising<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/September#Fundraising> > > Recruitment > > This month we completed our recruitment of our new Chief Exec: Jon > Davies<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/welcoming-our-new-chief-executive/>will > start work on 1 October. Andrew Turvey, who led the recruitment, blogged > about the process of recruiting our Chief > Exec<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/help-us-choose-our-chief-executive/>; > one of the last steps in this process was the presence of the final three > candidates at the 49th London > Meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/49>so that the community > could provide their input. > > Our new full-time Office > Administrator<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_Administrator>, > Richard Symonds, known as Chase me ladies, I'm the > Cavalry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chase_me_ladies,_I%27m_the_Cavalry>on > Wikipedia, started work this month to assist specifically with the > fundraiser work, and also more generally with WMUK's administrative needs. > His contract runs until mid-January. > Program activities Education projects > > On the 1st September, Martin Poulter and > User:Martinvl<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Martinvl>ran a > workshop for members of the Institute of > Physics<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Physics_Workshop>. > The event was written up in a blog > post<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/wikimedia-uk-at-the-institute-of-physics/> > . > > We funded two > scholarships<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiSym_Scholarships>to attend > WikiSym > 2011 <http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/start> in October 2011. The > scholarships were awarded to Dr Mark Graham, and Han-Teng Liao, both from > the Oxford Internet Institute. Following from the visit, they will also > present about their work at the Wikimedia Foundation offices. > GLAM activities > > Two ARKive project <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/ARKive_project> events > were held in Bristol on 15 September (one in the afternoon, the other in the > evening), led by Andy Mabbett > (User:Pigsonthewing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pigsonthewing>), > details of which are at Wiki Wildlife > Bristol<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wildlife_Bristol>. > These were part of a larger collaboration to improve Wikipedia articles on > threatened species, full information for which is available at > Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/ARKive>. > The events were covered by a number of local blogs and media organisations. > > QRPedia saw extensive media coverage this month, mostly following from the WMF > blog post about it<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/09/28/qr-codes-wikipedia/>. > See below for links to the news stories. > > A number of other GLAM activities also took place, including: > > - 3rd - The Mayor of Derby awarded prizes by a webstream to winners in > Russia, > France and > Indonesia<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoolserver.org%2F%7Epara%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkmlexport%3Farticle%3DWikipedia_talk%3AGLAM%2FDerby%2FMultilingual_Challenge%26usecache%3D1>for > the Derby > Multilingual > challenge<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby/Multilingual_Challenge> > - 8th - the first Wikipedia editing training session at the British > Museum was, with nine BM people present (a mix of curators, curatorial > interns and volunteers) and three Wikimedians. More details are on the > Wikipedia project > page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BM/Ice_Age_art/training> > . > - 14th - A workshop for > GLAMs<http://museumnetworkwarwickshire.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/something-wiki-this-way-comes-workshop-14th-september/>was > run at the Herbert > Art Gallery and > Museum<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Art_Gallery_and_Museum>. > For more information on this, see the 'This month in GLAM' UK > report<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2011/Contents/UK_report> > . > - 27th - A presentation was given to all staff at the British Library > by Fae and Roger > - 30th - Fae meet with Museums Galleries > Scotland<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museums_Galleries_Scotland>to talk > about an upcoming partnership. > > Other activities > > - UK Wikimeets this month: > London<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/London_49>(11th) and > Manchester <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester> (17th) > - 2nd-3rd - Mike Peel > <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel>presented at Science > Online London <http://www.scienceonlinelondon.org/> in the "How are > wikis being used to carry out and communicate science?" session, and also > the 'Micro-attribution' session. > - 8th - Steve Virgin and Roger Bamkin presented at TEDx > Bristol<http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2246> > - 13th - Jimmy Wales uses QRpedia in > Indianapolis<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2011/Contents/USA_report> > - 14th - Editathon in > Barcelona<http://theglamwikiexperience.blogspot.com/2011/09/edit-thon-at-fundacio-joan-miro.html>creates > articles to support QRpedia at Foundation Joan Miro > - 27th - Fiona Apps (User:Panyd<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Panyd>) > spoke about Women and Wikipedia at Manchester Girl Geek > Dinner<http://www.manchestergirlgeeks.com/upcoming-event-girl-geek-dinner-at-b-hive/>at > B-Hive, Manchester. A report > is available on the > wiki<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Girl_Geek_Dinner#Girl_Geek_Dinner_2:_Manchester> > . > - We have offered travel grants to support UK residents' attendance of > WikiConference India in > November<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/wikiconference-india-travel-grants/> > . > > UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities) > > Press coverage of Wikimedia in UK publications this month included: > > - 1st - QRpedia and Lori on Indianapolis local > radio<http://www.wfyi.org/podcast/newscasts/NEWS_1108310830.mp3> > - 8th - Wikipedia creator’s keynote speech at radio > festival<http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/arts-news/2011/09/08/wiki-creator-s-keynote-speech-at-radio-festival-61634-29384251/>, > JournalLive > - 9th - Wikipedia founder wows Cambridge Network > audience<http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=85087>- > *"Wikipedia attracts more readers than the top 20 newspapers in the > world combined. "*, also covered in > Cabume<http://www.cabume.co.uk/blog/running-wikipedia-possibly-not-as-easy-as-jimmy-wales-makes-it-look.html>(13th) > - 12th - Joan Collins Corrects Wikipedia > Entry<http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/270706>, > Express > - 14th - Johann Hari: A personal > apology<http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-a-personal-apology-2354679.html>, > Independent. Also covered in The > Guardian<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/14/johann-hari-apologises-orwell-prize>and > Periscope > > Post<http://www.periscopepost.com/2011/09/johann-hari-apologises-for-plagiarism-and-wikipedia-edits-or-does-he/> > . > - 15th - QR Codes at the National Archives: National archives > news<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/620.htm>& > > GovernmentNews<http://www.government-news.co.uk/national-archives/201109/the-national-archives-museum-tests-wikimedia-qr-codes.asp?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter> > - 16th - coverage of ARKive event: > - Life’s wild editing > Wikipedia<http://www.bristolwireless.net/2011/09/lifes-wild-editing-wikipedia/>, > Bristol Wireless > - Bristol ‘Wikipedians’ taught to edit online > encylopaedia<http://www.bristol247.com/2011/09/16/bristol-wikipedians-taught-to-edit-online-encylopaedia-26319/>, > Bristol 24/7 > - ARKive on the Road: Wiki ‘Wildlife editathon’ in Bristol, > UK<http://blog.arkive.org/2011/09/arkive-on-the-road-wiki-%E2%80%98wildlife-editathon%E2%80%99-in-bristol-uk/>, > ARKive blog. > - 24th - QRpedia on Spanish Discussion > programme<http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/para-todos-la-2/para-todos-2-23-09-11/1205515/>as > part of 40 minute programme on Wikipedia - one of three Spanish TV > interviews > - 28th - 维基百科推出可能有史以来最酷的QRpedia » > 竹筱杰<http://zhuxiaojie.sinaapp.com/?p=2086>QRpedia and also in two other > places. > - 29th - coverage of QRPedia (a project developed by UK wikimedian and > Terence Eden): > - Wikipedia launches QR code creation service to assist museum > visitors <http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/79515/>, PanArmenian > - QRPedia: Wikipedia makes visiting museums more > fun<http://memeburn.com/2011/09/qrpedia-wikipedia-makes-visiting-museums-more-fun/>, > MemeBurn > - QRpedia creates multilingual QR codes for Wikipedia > articles<http://thenextweb.com/media/2011/09/29/qrpedia-creates-multilingual-qr-codes-for-wikipedia-articles/>, > The Next Web > - QRPedia: Wikipedia launches QR code tool for > museums<http://www.techworld.com.au/article/402669/qrpedia_wikipedia_launches_qr_code_tool_museums/?fp=16&fpid=1>, > Australian Techworld > - Several others that day > - 30th More coverage of QRpedia > - How Wikipedia Is Making QR Codes Useful > Again<http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/09/how-wikipedia-is-making-qr-codes-useful-again/> > - 维基百科二维码移动应用 QRpedia，简单并且好用，堪称应用典范！ | > TechFrom科技源<http://www.techfrom.com/16401.html>TechFrom and several others > that day > > Upcoming activities in October > > - 1st - Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Backstage > Pass<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Backstage_Pass> > - 1st - Warwick University Freshers fair - Panyd organising stall > - 1st - Edinburgh > meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Edinburgh_3>- run by Fæ and > Brian McNeil > - 1st - Tom Morris attending Over the > Air<http://overtheair.org/blog/category/about/about-over-the-air/>at > Bletchley Park where Terence Eden did keynote on QRpedia > - 5th - Martin Poulter speaking on "Common pitfalls in engaging with > Wikipedia" at Bathcamp #26, the Innovation Centre, > Bath<http://bathcamp.org/events/event/open-spirit/> > - 5th - Roger Bamkin speaking at Europeana Conference at Austrian > National Library on "WLM, GLAM and QRpedia" > - 7th - 13.30-17.00 British Museum internal training workshop. > - 7th - Meeting with Central Midlands Archives, Derby City Council re > QRpedia > - 8th - Andy Mabbett - "GLAM and QRpedia" at Library Camp UK in > Birmingham > - 8th - Cambridge meetup > - 11th - Board meeting <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_11Oct11> > - 13th - 10.00-17.00 British Museum Ice Age art "Behind the Scenes" > event. > - 15th - Largest Joan Miro exhibition for 20 years in Barcelona uses 17 > QRpedia codes which access English articles (Oh and some in Catalan) > - 16th - London meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/50> > - 16th - EGM - see below > - 24th - 10.00-18.00 Wikipedia Lounge at The University of > Manchester<http://manclounge.eventbrite.com/> > - 28th - Meeting scheduled in Monmouth to try and launch partnership > with the town > > For events in November and onwards, please see > Events<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events> > . > Administrative activities Board activities > > We held an In-person executive board > meeting<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_18Sep11>on 18 September in Derby. > Discussions focused on plans for our upcoming EGM > (see below) and on the induction process for our new chief exec. > > Draft reports from board members on their recent activities are available > on the WMUK wiki <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports_11Oct11> in > preparation for the next board meeting on 11 October. > Charitable status > > Our application to be recognised as a charity by the UK's Charity > Commission was significantly progressed this month. We will be holding an > Extraordinary > General Meeting on 16 October 2011 <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EGM_2011>to > pass a special resolution to change our Objects to bring them in line > with the Charity Commission's view of what a charity is. See our blog post > on this > subject<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/09/egm-16th-october-help-us-become-a-charity/>for > more information. > Fundraising > > In preparation for the upcoming fundraiser, we have run a series of > fundraising tests this month. The tests and their outcomes are described > on meta <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2011/Local_testing/GB> > . > > We received £3624.73 in paypal donations from 272 donors this month - more > than twice what we received in August. We have also started accepting monthly > and quarterly Direct Debits <http://directdebit.wikimedia.org.uk/>: this > month we recieved eight new Direct Debit instructions, averaging £22/month. > All but one of these came in during the hour-long fundraising test on 28 > September. > > For more information please see our monthly fundraising report at Fundraising > Report - Monthly Totals > 2011<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_Report_-_Monthly_Totals_2011> > . > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia > Foundation and its projects. 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