Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.
Hi, Sorry for the late reply. The booking has been made for the downstairs area. I will also leave a note before I leave to the office, to call before The Penderal's Oak meet up to make sure they are still aware of the booking. On 4 October 2012 17:00, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 04/10/12 12:23, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 4 October 2012 11:27, Hasina Khatun hasina.kha...@wikimedia.org.**ukhasina.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 managed to forget such bookings in the past. Can I assume that the booking is for the downstairs room? Gordo __**_ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Hasina Khatun - Intern, Wikimedia UK 02070650994 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] An interesting blog from Africa.
We do have a systematic bias that leads us to under-represent Africa, and anywhere else where secondary sources are sparse. But otherwise I believe the blogger is misinformed. Our page views aren't flat, they are growing faster than the average for the Internet. And while the number of new articles per day is below our peak, that isn't the main area of improvement in Wikipedia, we already have over 4 million articles, most of the editing and much of the new content is to maintain and improve the articles we have. This is an inevitable transition in a growing project, at the beginning all articles had to be started, now in many topic areas the main need is for article improvement. WSC On 11 October 2012 09:21, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: http://joeldmitchell.com/?p=17 -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey
Good morning everyone! If you have time do look at pages on the UK Wiki about the direction Wikimedia UK's membership can take in future. Here is the pagehttps://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_commentsdiscussing the kinds of things you think a survey to members should cover - I'd like to get the survey developed soon so contributions made now would be very timely, and I can put up a draft of the survey questions when I've written for further comment. Here is the page https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges with some initial thoughts on building a membership strategy - all comments welcome, including links to previous meeting minutes or otherwise that you think should be considered. Many thanks, -- *Katherine Bavage * *Fundraising Manager * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0949 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.
On 11/10/12 09:55, Hasina Khatun wrote: Sorry for the late reply. The booking has been made for the downstairs area. I will also leave a note before I leave to the office, to call before The Penderal's Oak meet up to make sure they are still aware of the booking. So. downstairs room booked from 1pm onwards, to closing time, Sunday 11th November? And the cake? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey
Hi Everyone! Deryck and Gordon have kindly pointed out the second link goes to Recent changes, when I wanted it to re-direct to herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Membership_strategy_consultation . Thanks for your patience all - and do take a look, it's really helpful for me to get a feel for the thought of our most involved volunteers and members :) -- *Katherine Bavage * *Fundraising Manager * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0949 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* -- Forwarded message -- From: Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk Date: 11 October 2012 11:20 Subject: [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Good morning everyone! If you have time do look at pages on the UK Wiki about the direction Wikimedia UK's membership can take in future. Here is the pagehttps://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_commentsdiscussing the kinds of things you think a survey to members should cover - I'd like to get the survey developed soon so contributions made now would be very timely, and I can put up a draft of the survey questions when I've written for further comment. Here is the page https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges with some initial thoughts on building a membership strategy - all comments welcome, including links to previous meeting minutes or otherwise that you think should be considered. Many thanks, -- *Katherine Bavage * *Fundraising Manager * *Wikimedia UK* +44 20 7065 0949 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.
The downstairs area has been booked for 1pm onwards, till closing time on the day. I am still waiting for news on the budget before I order a cake. Hasina On 11 October 2012 11:42, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 11/10/12 09:55, Hasina Khatun wrote: Sorry for the late reply. The booking has been made for the downstairs area. I will also leave a note before I leave to the office, to call before The Penderal's Oak meet up to make sure they are still aware of the booking. So. downstairs room booked from 1pm onwards, to closing time, Sunday 11th November? And the cake? Gordo __**_ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lhttp://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- Hasina Khatun - Intern, Wikimedia UK 02070650994 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Independent review: timetable
As with many other members I've been quite concerned with recent developments so I dialled into this public board meeting to hear for myself what was happening. I hope that showing an interest can be some help to the board in pulling together and repairing the damage. I was actually quite impressed with what I heard. Although trustees seem to be feeling bruised by it all, it was good to see the board starting to pull together and start focussing on what can be done in the future. The board seemed very well advised both from their lawyers Stone King and from Jon who are both playing a very positive role in all this. I would definitely recommend anyone else who is interested and available to dial in as well and hear for themselves. Regarding the terms of reference of the review, the minutes mention that they have been approved by WMUK. I got the impression that they still need to be signed off by the WMF and presumably the reviewer themselves may also have tweaks they want to make. When this is all done, would the board be prepared to publish the Terms of Reference so the community can see what's happening, see the timetable and can put their tu-p-orth in as they feel inclined? Given that the final report is going to be published (according to the blog post [1] that announced the review) and the report will clearly include a description of the terms of reference, I can't see to be any reason on the surface not to do this at this stage. Many thanks, [1] http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/joint-statement-from-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-uk/ Andrew On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Charity Commission indeed. On 10 October 2012 14:45, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Minutes have been posted of a 9Oct12 meeting discussing the appointment of the independent reviewer: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes_9Oct12 Just out of interest, where it refers to a preference to the ex-CC candidate, am I correct in assuming that CC stands for Charity Commission rather than Creative Commons? Andreas On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: We are still discussing this and will publish the details as soon as possible. On 4 October 2012 15:52, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: 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: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 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 216 991 @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...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Independent review: timetable
Can we have a look before it gets to the final 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 to hear for myself what was happening. I hope that showing an interest can be some help to the board in pulling together and repairing the damage. I was actually quite impressed with what I heard. Although trustees seem to be feeling bruised by it all, it was good to see the board starting to pull together and start focussing on what can be done in the future. The board seemed very well advised both from their lawyers Stone King and from Jon who are both playing a very positive role in all this. I would definitely recommend anyone else who is interested and available to dial in as well and hear for themselves. Regarding the terms of reference of the review, the minutes mention that they have been approved by WMUK. I got the impression that they still need to be signed off by the WMF and presumably the reviewer themselves may also have tweaks they want to make. When this is all done, would the board be prepared to publish the Terms of Reference so the community can see what's happening, see the timetable and can put their tu-p-orth in as they feel inclined? Given that the final report is going to be published (according to the blog post [1] that announced the review) and the report will clearly include a description of the terms of reference, I can't see to be any reason on the surface not to do this at this stage. Many thanks, [1] http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/joint-statement-from-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-uk/ Andrew On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Charity Commission indeed. On 10 October 2012 14:45, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Minutes have been posted of a 9Oct12 meeting discussing the appointment of the independent reviewer: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes_9Oct12 Just out of interest, where it refers to a preference to the ex-CC candidate, am I correct in assuming that CC stands for Charity Commission rather than Creative Commons? Andreas On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: We are still discussing this and will publish the details as soon as possible. On 4 October 2012 15:52, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.ukwrote: 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: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 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 216 991 @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
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Independent review: timetable
I got the impression it had been negotiated in conjunction with the WMF and the reviewer candidates so I think it's too late for that - but the board/Jon can confirm. On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Joe Filceolaire filceola...@gmail.comwrote: Can we have a look before it gets to the final 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 to hear for myself what was happening. I hope that showing an interest can be some help to the board in pulling together and repairing the damage. I was actually quite impressed with what I heard. Although trustees seem to be feeling bruised by it all, it was good to see the board starting to pull together and start focussing on what can be done in the future. The board seemed very well advised both from their lawyers Stone King and from Jon who are both playing a very positive role in all this. I would definitely recommend anyone else who is interested and available to dial in as well and hear for themselves. Regarding the terms of reference of the review, the minutes mention that they have been approved by WMUK. I got the impression that they still need to be signed off by the WMF and presumably the reviewer themselves may also have tweaks they want to make. When this is all done, would the board be prepared to publish the Terms of Reference so the community can see what's happening, see the timetable and can put their tu-p-orth in as they feel inclined? Given that the final report is going to be published (according to the blog post [1] that announced the review) and the report will clearly include a description of the terms of reference, I can't see to be any reason on the surface not to do this at this stage. Many thanks, [1] http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/joint-statement-from-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-uk/ Andrew On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Charity Commission indeed. On 10 October 2012 14:45, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Minutes have been posted of a 9Oct12 meeting discussing the appointment of the independent reviewer: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes_9Oct12 Just out of interest, where it refers to a preference to the ex-CC candidate, am I correct in assuming that CC stands for Charity Commission rather than Creative Commons? Andreas On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We are still discussing this and will publish the details as soon as possible. On 4 October 2012 15:52, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.ukwrote: 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: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 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 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 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
