Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Jimbo at the AGM
2009/3/20 Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com: So what are the interesting parts of the AGM? The BBC / Jimbo / both? The hustings might be fairly interesting, I guess it depends on how many people stand (if the election is uncontested, they will be pretty boring, however eloquent the candidates may be!). I'm looking forward to the BBC talk/discussion if it happens (which I very much hope it does). If Jimbo gives a talk as well, that would probably be quite good, although I think I already know Jimbo's views on most relevant subjects, whereas I don't know the views of the BBC, so the BBC will probably be more interesting. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Jimbo at the AGM
At 12:51 -0700 18/3/09, Cary Bass wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/3/18 Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com: According to Facebook, Jimbo will be at the AGM. Is this true? If it is, there is a minor issue - is he a member? If not, he's not actually welcome at the AGM without an official invite! (It's a minor formality, but the board should actually invite him if he's going to come.) Will you kick me out if I show up too? :-) Cary No, I will buy you a beer! Gordo -- Think Feynman/ http://pobox.com/~gordo/ gordon.j...@pobox.com/// ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm supposed to be one of the judges. I found out that it's a lot of work assessing 6,300 images and haven't yet found much time for it. Cary Gordon Joly wrote: What happened to Wikipedia Loves Art? http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art Did I win? :D Gordo -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJxBWzyQg4JSymDYkRAnIzAJ9EArn6gIwwkfFmm16Hc5Ovb7rz+wCgoObw QUa/Ua1zQUjPwLC/8f66C6Y= =z8IK -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art?
Thanks for the nudge! I've been in touch with the organisers at the Brooklyn; they are currently working through each of the 11,528 images to check they are all copyright-compliant and otherwise ok. They haven't been able to tell me when they'll be finished, but I'll keep hassling them! Hope to be able to announce our winners by the middle of April. regards, On Mar 20, 9:11 am, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: What happened to Wikipedia Loves Art? http://www.flickr.com/groups/wikipedia_loves_art/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art Did I win? :D Gordo -- Think Feynman/http://pobox.com/~gordo/ gordon.j...@pobox.com/// ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.orghttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK:http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Jimbo at the AGM
Jimbo unfortunately has turned his facebook reply from accept to decline which I guess means he pressed the wrong button! Pity! Personally I'm most looking forward to the talks and the discussion on the chapter's priorities. The hustings should also be interesting as it will continue the debate on priorities. The election will almost certainly be contested, in that we've got at least six prospective candidates already and candidates after number 3 need to get more than 50% approval to be elected. Hence even if we get only seven candidates, still every vote will count. Andrew On Mar 20, 10:15 am, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/20 Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com: So what are the interesting parts of the AGM? The BBC / Jimbo / both? The hustings might be fairly interesting, I guess it depends on how many people stand (if the election is uncontested, they will be pretty boring, however eloquent the candidates may be!). I'm looking forward to the BBC talk/discussion if it happens (which I very much hope it does). If Jimbo gives a talk as well, that would probably be quite good, although I think I already know Jimbo's views on most relevant subjects, whereas I don't know the views of the BBC, so the BBC will probably be more interesting. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.orghttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK:http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid update
On Mar 18, 11:39 pm, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: ... CC [Charity Commission] will almost certainly want written confirmation (unconditionally, that is - what we have at the moment is all conditional on us winning the bid) The CC application form (http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Library/ publications/pdfs/cc5atext.pdf) asks, for charities which do not yet have statutory accounts, for the estimated gross income in the first year of operation. The accompanying guidance notes (http:// www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Library/publications/pdfs/cc5btext.pdf) go on to say state that If you do not provide evidence that the gross annual income will exceed £5,000, such as ... a pledge of funding ... we will return your application as incomplete Hopefully we'll have these by the time the bid is decided. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Jimbo at the AGM
2009/3/20 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk: Jimbo unfortunately has turned his facebook reply from accept to decline which I guess means he pressed the wrong button! Pity! Indeed, that is a pity. Personally I'm most looking forward to the talks and the discussion on the chapter's priorities. The hustings should also be interesting as it will continue the debate on priorities. The election will almost certainly be contested, in that we've got at least six prospective candidates already and candidates after number 3 need to get more than 50% approval to be elected. Hence even if we get only seven candidates, still every vote will count. I wouldn't consider that contested. Contested means there is a contest between people - the 50% requirement isn't competitive. I can't see anyone voting against a candidate in an uncontested election based on their hustings. A no vote would require some specific reason to think that someone would be a bad trustee - hustings won't change that. At least, the speeches won't - the QA might. I think the speeches will be very dull unless we get more than 7 candidates, the QA could be interesting, though. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC and Wikipedia - a thought
BUMP! This seems to have been missed by the board - any comments? 2009/3/18 Steve Bowbrick steve.bowbr...@bbc.co.uk: Hi everyone, This is my first post here. I've been responsible for some discussion at the BBC about a possible contribution to the Wikipedia project from the BBC - I think it's come up on the list too. There's no hard proposal or plan, just an ongoing discussion of the appropriate relationship of a national public service content creator and the leading free knowledge source on the net. There's been some discussion of a 'BBC Wikipedia Club' for wannabe contributors/editors who work at the BBC, about more formally gifting content to Wikipedia and - more ambitiously - about hiring a 'Social Media Editor' to manage the corporation's relationship with Wikipedia and other open media sources. Question: would it be appropriate for one or more BBC people with an interest in collaboration to come along to the AGM? If so, should we bring a formal contribution or just sit quietly at the back? If not, is there a more appropriate forum we could get involved with? Steve Some relevant blog posts here: http://commonplatform.co.uk/index.php/2009/01/09/the-bbc-should-engage-w ith-wikipedia/ http://commonplatform.co.uk/index.php/2009/01/12/more-on-the-bbc-and-wik ipedia/ http://commonplatform.co.uk/index.php/2008/11/14/matt-mcdonnell-and-sear ch-as-a-gateway-to-the-bbc/ -- Editor, BBC Radio 4 Blog http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4 07768 257 570 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC and Wikipedia - a thought
2009/3/18 Steve Bowbrick steve.bowbr...@bbc.co.uk: Hi everyone, This is my first post here. I've been responsible for some discussion at the BBC about a possible contribution to the Wikipedia project from the BBC - I think it's come up on the list too. There's no hard proposal or plan, just an ongoing discussion of the appropriate relationship of a national public service content creator and the leading free knowledge source on the net. Does it include anyone who knows about the dirac codec? Medium term that is something wikipedia is going to be looking to use. There's been some discussion of a 'BBC Wikipedia Club' for wannabe contributors/editors who work at the BBC, about more formally gifting content to Wikipedia and - more ambitiously - about hiring a 'Social Media Editor' to manage the corporation's relationship with Wikipedia and other open media sources. People trying to manage their relationship with wikipedia is the kind of thing that gets wikipedians paranoid. -- geni ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK AGM - help start the chapter off in the right direction
Note: This notice has been sent to all directors and all members who have been confirmed as of 20th March. It is also published on the mailing list and the Wikimedia UK wiki. Wikimedia UK Annual General Meeting help start the new chapter off in the right direction Please join us at the Annual General Meeting of Wikimedia UK. The meeting will be held on Sunday 26th April 2009, starting at 1pm, at the University of Manchester Students' Union. University of Manchester Students' Union is located on Oxford Road, 15 minutes walk or a short bus ride away from Manchester Oxford Road train station. Manchester has good rail links to cities across Britain - 3 hours from London, just over 2 hours from Birmingham, an hour from Sheffield and 2.5 from Newcastle. If you are coming by car, central Manchester is easily accessible from the M6/M62 motorway network and nearby parking is widely available on Sundays. Manchester Airport is twenty minutes by train from Manchester Oxford Road station. Further details of the precise location will be sent out closer to the time. The Agenda is: 1pm: Welcome, refreshments and informal discussions 2pm: Discussions led by our invited speakers and the Board 3pm: Formal business of the meeting, including hustings and election of the new Board We expect the meeting to be over by 5pm, with further discussions and the first meeting of the new Board continuing over dinner We are currently confirming the speakers and will provide more information closer to the time. Discussions at the AGM will focus on the priorities of the Board for the forthcoming year and how we can make this new chapter a real success. Set out below is an invitation for people to stand for the Board and details of the formal resolutions which are to be proposed to the meeting. We have set out a form below to use to vote electronically for the resolutions and to put yourself forward as a candidate. If you are attending, please add yourself to the list at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009_AGM/Attendees Hope to see as many of you there as possible! Regards, Board of Wikimedia UK 20 March 2009 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. Invitation for candidates The AGM will elect a new Board of Directors who will run the chapter for the forthcoming year. The directors also function as Trustees of the charity. Are you able to help out the chapter by becoming a Board member? We expect directors will meet at least once per month and hope that directors will take a lead in chapter projects outside meetings; we are particularly keen to encourage candidates who bring experience of media relations, legal matters, charity administration, project organisation or lobbying. However, there is no requirement to dedicate a certain amount of time to the chapter or to have any particular skills - just disclose what you can bring to the table and let the members decide! Legal criteria Before applying to be a candidate, please check that you fulfill the legal criteria to be a director and charity trustee. These are, in summary: 1. You are a member of the chapter, or nominated by a member 2. You are 16 years old or over 3. You are prepared to publicly disclose your real name, date of birth, residential address and the names of any other companies you are the director of 4. You are not an undischarged bankrupt, your estate has not been sequestrated, you have not made an undischarged arrangement with your creditors and you have not granted a trust deed in favour of your creditors 5. You have not been disqualified from acting as a company director or removed as a charity trustee by the Charity Commission, the High Court or the Court of Session (Scotland) 6. You have never been convicted of any offense involving deception or dishonesty which is not a spent conviction - even if it was not in the UK If you have any questions regarding the above you are welcome to contact the Board or take your own legal advice. Duties Once elected as a Board member, Directors and Trustees have certain general legal duties and responsibilities. These include: 1. To act only within the powers given to them by the Articles of Association 2. To act in good faith and with integrity to promote the success of the chapter in achieving its purposes, with regard, where necessary to long term effects and the interests of employees, the community, the environment, relations with suppliers and customers, standards of business conduct and fair acting between members of the chapter 3. To use the chapter's resources reasonably and only for the promotion of its purposes 4. To exercise independent judgement and reasonable care, skill and diligence and
