Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 153, Issue 7

[Katie Chan]

My phone must have sent you a different email than what I typed on it, 
because I don't recall typing the word "only" anywhere on my previous 
reply. Maybe my memory's going, but I also vaguely recall typing 
something about them being criticised for not doing something AND being 
criticised for doing that very thing they were previously criticised for 
not doing, which is rather more specific than "the chapter getting 
criticised".


Regards,

KTC

On 10/04/2018 19:05, John Byrne wrote:
Once again my post is (to me) a header and blank text, but others can 
evidently see it, which is something.  Katie seems to see the only 
possible problem as the chapter getting criticised...


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers

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Oh I don't know, maybe this "yawning gap" wouldn't be so wide if the chapter 
don't get criticised for both not increasing its membership numbers and having 
increased its membership numbers.
Just a wide guess
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] #4947276 Invoice secondary Notice

[Katie Chan]

On 21/08/2017 21:34, Gordon Joly wrote:

On 21/08/17 17:16, Rex X wrote:

For those that are interested, the spammer's IP seems to be 189.223.76.180,
which geolocates to Rosarito, Estado de Baja California, Mexico and their ISP is
Telefonos del Noroeste, S.A. de C.V. if anyone wants to complain. They are
simply using Ewan's name in the From: field, but it's worth him running a
malware check just in case.


How did they link Ewan's email address to this email list?


Perhaps the dozens of messages that Ewan has posted to this email list 
FROM that email address on the many archive publicly available of 
wikimediauk-l?


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

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On 16/07/2017 10:07, Gordon Joly wrote:

On 15/07/17 22:39, Katie Chan wrote:

The staff already worked most of a Saturday. People may want to give
them a chance at a (rest of the) weekend?

Katie



Of course. But why send to the mailing list *FIRST*?


I wasn't aware Richard Farmbrough is a member of staff. If I missed 
that, much congratulations on whatever role he's in. Or maybe you're 
proposing that the mailing list should be moderated and the original 
email shouldn't had been allowed through until after an email to the 
members?


Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

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The staff already worked most of a Saturday. People may want to give 
them a chance at a (rest of the) weekend?


Katie

On 15/07/2017 21:30, Gordon Joly wrote:

On 15/07/17 16:24, Richard Farmbrough wrote:

All candidates were voted in, and all resolutions passed,  nearly
unanimously.



I hope the membership are emailed as well, since members might not be on
this discussion list?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon

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On 21/04/2017 11:27, Edward Saperia wrote:

I think it'd be good to have the GE candidates as they're announced as
well, maybe we can do something around that?


Notability would be issue with candidates.

Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Spam email (Was: interesting reading)

[Katie Chan]

Spam/scam, with a forged from email address field.

Apology to anyone who received the original email(s).

KTC

On 15/03/2017 09:55, Andrea Zanni wrote:

mmm, scam?

Aubrey



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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

[Katie Chan]

It's been called Friends' Newsletter since April 2014 when it started 
going to company members, those who signed up independently (either 
through an online form or on one of WMUK flyers), and some who said yes 
during a post WLM survey. It replaced the previous Members' Newsletter 
which only went out to company members.


KTC

On 08/02/2017 17:01, Lucy Crompton-Reid wrote:

Hi Gordo (and all)

I'm not sure exactly when the name changed (certainly before Autumn
2015) but we only produce one newsletter, which is currently called the
Friends' Newsletter. It's meant to indicated 'friends' in the broadest
sense, meaning allies, rather than the traditional voluntary sector use
of 'Friends' which would tend to mean donors. The newsletter goes to
paying members but also a much wider group of subscribers.

Best
Lucy


On 8 February 2017 at 16:55, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com
<mailto:gordon.j...@pobox.com>> wrote:


Is the "Friends Newsletter" what was formerly the "Members Newsletter"?

Gordo


On 08/02/17 14:38, John Lubbock wrote:
> Hi Gordon, I'm trying to ensure the newsletter is quarterly this year.
> I'm happy to take suggestions from the mailing list about projects
that
> we could be covering for future editions.
>
> John
>
> On 8 February 2017 at 09:17, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com
<mailto:gordon.j...@pobox.com>
> <mailto:gordon.j...@pobox.com <mailto:gordon.j...@pobox.com>>> wrote:
>
> On 08/02/17 00:51, geni wrote:
> > For those that didn't read the Friends' Newsletter


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK SSL Issues

[Katie Chan]

Great job Tom!

KTC

On 11/10/2016 21:43, Thomas Morton wrote:

Hi All,

Just a quick message to say, I've sorted out the SSL certificates
problem we've been seeing with FireFox (which was to do with certificate
ordering on the server, wierd behaviour).

I've also hardened the server significantly, it's now rated A on SSLlabs :)

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=wikimedia.org.uk=2a00%3a1a48%3a7803%3a107%3aed9f%3a35b6%3aff08%3a610

Thanks for everyone that chipped in to this.

Cheers,
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[Wikimediauk-l] Website certificate (again)

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Firefox (Win & Linux) & https://wikimedia.org.uk/ results in a 
SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER error message and the associated warning that 
"Your connection is not secure".


Okay in Chrome & IE.


Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

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It was a pleasure working with you Richard. Thank you for all your hard 
work with Wikimedia UK over the years. Best wishes in your new job, and 
looking forward to seeing you around as a volunteer in future Wikimedia 
events.


Katie

On 03/08/2016 15:32, Richard Symonds wrote:

Hello everyone!

I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London,
but doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more
responsibility. Those of you who are my friends will know what this new
job entails - I'd ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who
don't, you're free to ask me on Facebook!

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and
Lucy. It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the
years - from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless
opportunities, to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity
with a solid track record of events and partnerships, and with what I
firmly believe to now be (post-governance-review) the best governance in
the movement.

I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
towards our metrics.

On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:

  * Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
might be a video)
  * Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
"pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on
Commons, except perhaps in the background)
  * The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed
Victorian Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
  * Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the
inevitable deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously)
  * Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people
making chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating
chutney)
  * Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can
/truly/ understand (pictures on Commons, I imagine, although I tried
to avoid them)

I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience,
but also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.

{{Template:Witty sign-off}},

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What Volunteer Equipment should we buy?

[Katie Chan]

On 21/07/2016 14:24, geni wrote:

Hmm the usual rule I have with photographic equipment is don't buy
until there is an active need. What are you and volunteers doing?

Looking through the list:

Shoulder rig--some people like these, some don't. Are you doing a lot
of mobile video?
Video light box.--don't you have a couple of these already? If you
have an event where you need more they might be worth renting.


A pair of this 
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PhotoSEL_LS21E52_Softbox_Studio_Lighting_Kit.JPG> 
exist.



Filters--could have sworn you have some. Anyway circular polarisers
are pretty useful. Anything else I'd wait for a specific need.


These 
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opteka_58mm_lens_filter_set.JPG> 
exists.



Extra batteries and memory cards.--Yup.


I can't comment on the battery life of the EOS M, or the 1100D in Wales, 
but the 60D don't really need extra batteries. There's already 2 Canon 
original batteries each of which last more than enough for most if not 
all use cases.


Memory cards though, yup.


A bigger telephoto lens--You've got a fair bit of reach with your
current setup and there aren't really any cheap ways of doing this. If
you really want more than the cheapest decent option would be a second
hand Canon 100-400mm L IS MK1 which london camera exchange are
currently selling for as low as £650.
https://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Canon-EF-100-400mm-L-IS-USM_153926.html
ebay may be cheaper.


It's not so much the need for a bigger one, but rather another one. 
There's currently one for the 3 cameras that can use it. Personally, 
there's events I can certainly photograph much better/at all with 
another telephoto lens given the existing one being used in Wales currently.


KTC


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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

[Katie Chan]

Forwarding to the intended list :)

 Forwarded Message 
Subject: 	[Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members 
of the WMF Board

Date:   Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:51:39 +
From:   Michael Maggs 
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To: Wikimedia Mailing List 



Forwarding to our local UK list, as requested by Chris. If anyone in the
UK would like to put themselves up as a candidate, or knows of someone
suitable, now's your chance.

Best regards


Michael


Wikimedia_UK_logo_40px.png

Michael Maggs

Chair, Wikimedia UK


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From: *Chris Keating* >
Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 9:29 AM
Subject: Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board
To: Wikimedia Mailing List >


Dear Wikimedia friends,

**Call for Nominations - Affiliate Selected Board Seats**

This year the Wikimedia chapters and Thematic Organisations will select
two members of the Wikimedia Foundation Board.

We would like to invite nominations for candidates to be elected to the
WMF board in this process.  Please help us by distributing this call for
candidates as widely as possible through such forums as mailing lists,
village pumps, and blogs.

*Role of WMF Board members*

The Wikimedia Foundation board provide governance and strategic
oversight of the WMF. The role of Wikimedia Foundation board members is
set out in detail here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_member

Successful candidates will bring expertise and understanding to help the
Board further its goals and ability to work effectively at a strategic
and governance level. The work of the Board is conducted in English
(though fluency in additional languages is an advantage) and the role
involves a significant commitment, including travel to several in-person
meetings in California or worldwide.

*Nominations and selection process*

Nominations should be posted using this form on Meta-Wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations

If you need assistance completing the wiki-template, please contact one
of the election facilitators who will be happy to assist.

Nominations are open until the end of 8 March 2016 (midnight UTC). To be
entered into the ballot, a candidate's nomination must be accompanied by
a statement of support from a Chapter or Thematic Organisation, which
may accompany the nomination or be received no later than 22 March 2016.

The timeline for the selection process can be seen here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016

There is also a selection FAQ here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats_election_FAQ

  Many thanks,

Chris Keating
Lorenzo Losa
Lane Rasberry
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] First trustee candidate

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On 02/07/2015 15:13, Richard Symonds wrote:

All,

The first nomination for the board elections at the AGM has been
received and can be viewed at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2015_AGM/Elections.



I quite like the candidate 504 Gateway Time-out. ;-)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Deadline for Members' Resolutions

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On 21/06/2015 10:41, Gordon Joly wrote:

On 21/06/15 01:38, Katie Chan wrote:


Well, you can't give a formal notice of a general meeting containing the
resolutions to be considered if you don't know what the resolutions are
yet.



A moot point. Or a chicken and an egg issue?

I was not allowed to raise a motion from the floor that the question be
not put at the 2014 AGM (with regard to a Members' Resolution). In
other words, after some discussion, I wanted discussion of the item
stopped and no decision being taken.


The formal legal notice of a general meeting of a company must state 
the general nature of the business to be dealt with at the meeting and 
A resolution of the members of a company is validly passed at a general 
meeting if (a)notice of the meeting and of the resolution is given .


Last year, a (non-statutory) email was sent on 27/06/2014 to all members 
telling them to propose any resolutions by 06/07/2014.


Regarding that resolution last year well, I don't think an ultra 
vires proposal should have ever got to the meeting, but the board wanted 
differently.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Deadline for Members' Resolutions

[Katie Chan]

On 19/06/2015 22:10, Michael Peel wrote:




And there will be elections to the Board.


Details to come soon?


1 July - Formal notice of AGM sent to members by email - Include  
call for board candidates. 


*shrug*

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Deadline for Members' Resolutions

[Katie Chan]

On 20/06/2015 23:20, Andy Mabbett wrote:

On 20 June 2015 at 16:41, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:


1 July - Formal notice of AGM sent to members by email - Include  call
for board candidates. 


The deadline for members' resolutions expires *before* they are
formally notified of the event?



Well, you can't give a formal notice of a general meeting containing the 
resolutions to be considered if you don't know what the resolutions are yet.


Having said that, the planning timeline did contain: 12 June - Warning 
notice transmitted by email - Include deadline for resolutions, which 
is apparently {{done}}, except the include deadline for resolutions 
has since disappeared from the table. I am assuming Stuart's email [1] 
to this list (rather than explicitly to all members) stating the same 
day as our AGM is what Michael had in mind when he marked this item as 
done.


I also see a number of the dates have moved later than was originally on 
there, which is fine except the formal notice of AGM containing the 
proposed resolutions (by board or other members) now won't be legally 
given until July 3, the same day as members are supposed to proposed any 
amendments. Deadline for that was originally scheduled to be the same as 
board nominations, which has move a week to July 10. I don't see why the 
amendments deadline can't be moved likewise.


KTC

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[Wikimediauk-l] Contribute to Wikimedia UK Friend's Newletter

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Do you have a project or event you want to promote? Have you been to an
event, a meetup, or even just have an opinion on an open knowledge topic
dear to your heart? If so, then the Wikimedia UK Friends' Newsletter
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Friends%27_Newsletter is for you! We are on
the lookout for contributors for content that you think the UK Wikimedia
community will find interesting.

Please contact me by email if there's something you want to shared with the
rest of the community.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania Mexico City scholarships call for presentations

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Wikimania 2015 is taking place at Mexico City on July 15-19. Both the call
for submissions https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
and scholarships
applications https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships are
now opened. The deadlines are February 28  February 16 respectively.

UK based Wikimedians looking for travel grant to this year Wikimania should
apply via the Wikimedia Foundation Scholarships Program linked to above.

Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia-l on Googlegroups?

[Katie Chan]

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-January/076316.html

Unsubscribe, report it as abusive, change your settings so that you can't
be added to groups directly by group managers if you wish.

Katie


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 It's a long-running banned troll making trouble.

 On 9 January 2015 at 10:04, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
 
 
  wikimedi...@googlegroups.com
 
  When did this happen (last few days?)?
 
  Why? I thought the policy was to use Mailman inside the wikimedia.org
  domain (see below) for all mail lists!
 
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[Wikimediauk-l] Upcoming Training for Trainers session in Edinburgh

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Wikimedia UK is running another of its Train the Trainers workshop. This
will take place on the weekend of *1-2 November in Edinburgh*, and we would
particularly encourage anyone from Scotland and the north of England to
attend.

The workshop will be delivered by a professional training company and aims
to improve delegates’ abilities to deliver any training workshop. It’s
especially relevant to anybody who already runs Wikimedia-related training,
or is very interested in doing so in near future.

The workshop is a chance to:

   - Get accredited and receive detailed feedback about your presenting and
   training skills
   - Get general trainer skills which you can then apply when e.g.
   delivering specific Wikipedia workshops
   - Share your skills with others
   - Help design a training programme that serves Wikimedia UK in the long
   term.

The course will run from 9:30 am-6:30pm on Saturday and 9am-5pm on Sunday.
A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. We should also be able to
cover travel and accommodation if you let us know in advance.

If you are interested in attending, please indicate your commitment by
registering on this page
https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=117reset=1 but
please note that places are limited.

If you are not able to attend this time but would like to take part in the
future, please let us know by email to volunteer...@wikimedia.org.uk – we
will be offering more sessions in the future.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. We can also put
you in touch with past participants who will be able to share their
experiences with you.

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Applications for a Volunteer Support Organiser (Cover)

[Katie Chan]

Hello everyone,

Wikimedia UK is now accepting applications for a Volunteer Support
Organiser (Cover). The role will involve managing the engagement and
development of volunteers in the programme of activities and work of
Wikimedia UK. This is a fixed term position for four months while I'm away
on leave. If you are interested in applying, more details can be found here
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_Support_Organiser_(Cover). The
deadline for applications is 5pm BST on Tuesday 26th August 2014.

Regards,

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Reminder: UK Wikimedian of the Year awards nominations

[Katie Chan]

Don't forget to nominate
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2014/Nomination
someone who you think should be recognised by Sunday.

Katie


On 13 June 2014 15:47, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Hi all,

 It's that time of the year where we are looking for nominations for UK
 Wikimedian of the Year. The UK Wikimedian of the Year is an annual award
 given by Wikimedia UK to thank those in the UK or abroad who have helped
 the UK Wikimedia movement. These volunteers and institutions have gone
 above and beyond the call of duty to help bring open knowledge to all.

 We would like to invite your nomination for this year winners on 
 https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2014/Nomination
 by end of Sunday 29 June.

 Regards,

 Katie




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[Wikimediauk-l] UK Wikimedian of the Year awards nominations

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

It's that time of the year where we are looking for nominations for UK
Wikimedian of the Year. The UK Wikimedian of the Year is an annual award
given by Wikimedia UK to thank those in the UK or abroad who have helped
the UK Wikimedia movement. These volunteers and institutions have gone
above and beyond the call of duty to help bring open knowledge to all.

We would like to invite your nomination for this year winners on 
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2014/Nomination by
end of Sunday 29 June.

Regards,

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Scholarship for Wikimania

[Katie Chan]

Application for scholarship support to attend this year Wikimania is now
open. Wikimania 2014, the 10th annual international conference of the
Wikimedia movement, is being held between 6 and 10 August 2014. The venue
is in the Barbican Centre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbican_Centre,
London.

To qualify for assistance, you must either be based in the UK or a UK
citizen living abroad, and agree to produce a public report (which may be
published on the Wikimedia UK blog and/or in our newsletters) summarising
the key things that you have taken from the event. Applications may be made
for the cost of conference registration, accommodation for the duration of
Wikimania, and/or travel within the UK.

Application should be made by completing this application
formhttp://bit.ly/wm2014scholar.
The deadline for application is Sunday 8 June. After the deadline, we will
be in touch to offer scholarships as soon as possible. Anyone UK residents
who have previously made an application for scholarship through the
Wikimedia Foundation process and had agreed to share their application
details with their local chapter need not apply again.

Regards,

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Scholarships available to OKFestival OpenSym

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Wikimedia UK is offering up to two scholarships each to both the Open
Knowledge Festival 2014 http://2014.okfestival.org/ (15-17 July)  OpenSym
2014 http://www.opensym.org/os2014/ (27-29 August), both of which are
being held in Berlin, Germany.

OKFestival, run by the Open Knowledge Foundation is an open data and open
knowledge conference that will bring together over 1,000 people from more
than 60 countries in a bid to encourage innovation in the open sector
through sharing experiences and skills. Furthermore, the event is a
celebration of the open movement itself and what it has already achieved.

OpenSym, previously known as WikiSym, is the International Symposium on
Wikis and Open Collaboration where researchers from all over the world
gather to present their latest research and practice on open access, open
data, open education resources, IT-driven open innovation, open source,
wikis and related social media, and Wikipedia.

To qualify for either scholarship, you must be based in the UK, be able to
travel to Berlin and attend all days of the event, and agree to produce a
public report (which may be published on the Wikimedia UK blog and in our
newsletters) summarising the key things that you have taken from the event.
Applicants for OpenSym must also be engaging in research about Wikimedia or
other free content projects. The scholarship will cover conference
registration fee, travel, accommodation, along with a per diem allowance to
cover local expenses.

To apply for the scholarship to OKFestival, complete this online
formhttps://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/grant/transact?reset=1id=1by
Sunday 20th April. The deadline for OpenSym scholarship is Sunday 30th
April, and you can apply
herehttps://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/grant/transact?reset=1id=2
.

Regards,

Katie


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

[Katie Chan]

There were two valid applications, which we are both funding.

Regards,

Katie



On 26 March 2014 16:22, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:

 On 13 March 2014 14:08, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
  A remainder that deadline for this is this Sunday. Don't
  forget to apply if you haven't already!

 What was the uptake like?

 Annoyingly, I didn't think I'd be free, but now find that I am. *kicks
 self*

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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata workshop 2014

[Katie Chan]

Do you want to learn more about Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/?
On Saturday 26 April, Wikimedia UK is organising a one day workshop
focusing on Wikidata, its tools ecosystem, and what you can do with it.
More details and registration can be found at 
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikidata_workshop_2014.

Regards,

Katie


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Allegation of thefts at London wikimeets

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

I can confirm that no Wikimedia UK equipment has gone missing. All of
Wikimedia UK's laptops and cameras are either currently with the office, or
based in Wales as part of the 'Living Paths!' project. The Wikimedia UK
office has also never received any complaint about personal properties
being stolen as a result of attending a Wikimedia UK organised event. Were
such a complaint to be received, it will be treated seriously and we will
assist the police in any investigation they may conduct.

Whether we are talking about a community organised event such as the London
Meetup, or a Wikimedia UK organised event, I would encourage participants
to exercise care for their belongings just as they would anywhere else.

The office operates an internal record of the chapter's volunteer equipment
both for tracking who has what and for how long, but also to enable us
produce appropriate reporting for the Board of Trustees and FDC.

Regards,

Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

[Katie Chan]

A remainder that deadline for this is this Sunday. Don't forget to apply if
you haven't already!

Katie



On 26 February 2014 18:45, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Hi all,

 Wikimedia UK will be offering two to three 
 scholarshipshttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_scholarshipsto
  the international Wikimedia
 Hackathon in 
 Zürichhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_2014this year. 
 Application will be taken through the registration page for the
 Hackathon. The deadline for application is 16 March.

 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

 Looking forward to seeing your applications,

 Katie

 --
 Katie Chan
 Volunteer Support Organiser
 Wikimedia UK
 +44 (0) 20 7065 0990
 +44 (0) 7885 980 534

 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales.
 Registered Company 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.




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Volunteer Support Organiser
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0990
+44 (0) 7885 980 534

Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales.
Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
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London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom.
Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The
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[Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Wikimedia UK will be offering two to three
scholarshipshttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_scholarshipsto
the international Wikimedia
Hackathon in 
Zürichhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_2014this
year. Application will be taken through the registration page for the
Hackathon. The deadline for application is 16 March.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Looking forward to seeing your applications,

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Accounts on the Wikimedia UK wiki

[Katie Chan]

Dear all,

As you may be aware, Wikimedia UK
wikihttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Pagewas migrated from WMF
servers https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page to that of WMUK back in
September. If you previously had an account on the old wiki, but have not
requested password for your account on the new wiki, please do so now.

With the aid https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56938 of the
WMF server ops, we are looking to shut off the old wiki in the next few
days or as soon as possible thereafter. If you haven't gotten your password
to an account on the new wiki yet by that point, and especially if your
account is not unified https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Unified_login,
then we will have no way of confirming your identity and you will require a
new account.

Regards,

Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK slide scanner

[Katie Chan]

On 19 February 2014 13:08, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:



 One question: if one scanned a whole set of images using WMUK
 resources--say, a few hundred slides--and one or two of them were personal
 (in the case of my grandfather's photos, there might be a few showing my
 grandmother and/or my mother), can those be exempted from being uploaded
 or licensed for Commons?



Of course.

Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK slide scanner

[Katie Chan]

Yes, we have the Ion Film2SD Pro as shown on 
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_equipment#Multimedia.

Let me know if you want to borrow it.

Katie


On 14 February 2014 15:54, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:

 There was talk, some time ago, of WMUK buying a slide (i.e. 35mm
 transparency) scanner, and loaning it to people with collections of
 photos, who could use it and in return agree to upload their pics to
 Commons.

 Did anything come of that?

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Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fw: [Wikimania-l] Reminder: Wikimania 2014 scholarship deadline 17 February

[Katie Chan]

Hi Harry,

I can confirm Wikimedia UK will run a separate process closer to Wikimania.
Any one from the UK who has already made an application through the
Wikimedia Foundation scholarship process and has agreed to share [their]
information with chapters and thematic organizations for purpose of
selecting and awarding scholarships will *not* need to make another
application. Anyone else can wait until Wikimedia UK own application are
open.

Regards,

Katie
Volunteer Support Organiser, Wikimedia UK


On 11 February 2014 18:53, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote:

 Hi Katie,

 I asked this a while ago and your answer was essentially we're working on
 it, but I don't think I'm the only one wondering, so I'll ask on this list.

 What do UK (in particular non-London)  residents who want financial
 support to attend do? Is there going to be a separate process or do we need
 to apply for a scholarship through the WMF (which would be a bit silly
 imho)?

 I'm sure it would be useful to know before the scholarships deadline.

 Thanks,

 Harry Mitchell
 http://enwp.org/User:HJ
 Phone: 024 7698 0977
 Skype: harry_j_mitchell


   On Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 15:13, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:
  If you were thinking of applying for a scholarship from either the
 Wikimania Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland, or Wikimedia Österreich,
 the deadline is end of the day UTC this coming Monday. Don't miss it!

 Katie

 On 08/01/2014 17:37, Katie Chan wrote:
  Hi all,
 
  Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being
  accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17
  February.
 
  Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to
  enable them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014.
 
  Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia
  Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will
  cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged
  by the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as
  arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania.
 
  Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and
  selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine
  which are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships,
  please visit https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships.
 
  To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on
  http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply. It is highly recommended
  that applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page
  and the associated FAQ before submitting an application.
 
  If you have any question, please contact
  wikimania-scholarsh...@wikimedia.org or leave a message on
  https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships.
 
  Katie Chan
  Chair, Scholarship Committee
 


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invitation to Chapters and Photographers for the European Parliament Project 2014

[Katie Chan]

Just to note that I've already communicated the possibility of volunteer
support and equipment loan to the organiser. Waiting for the decision from
the WMF on the project  event grant application related to this, but do
express your interest now if this is something you may like to take part in.

Katie


On 30 December 2013 09:31, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Is there anyone volunteering to take this forward? We can offer financial
 support and the loan of equipment.
 Jon


 On 23 December 2013 01:42, Harry Burt harryab...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey all.

 If you haven't seen it already, UK Wikimedians, and the chapter, will
 probably be interested in [1], a proposal to film, photograph, and
 talk to MEPs.

 Having only had a brief glance over the email, it seems like a very
 credible opportunity that Wikimedia UK will want to support in spirit,
 if not in more concrete terms. I post an extract below.

 I apologise if someone has already posted this, but I can't recall
 anything.

 Best,
 Harry

 
 Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250)

 [1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/418449

 After contacting the European
 Parliament I was able to get their approval, the support by the parties
 and
 a date [to meet, photograph and film with MEPs in February].
 ... [The 2014 European]
 elections are a great
 opportunity to raise awareness on our material we have in Wikipedia and on
 Commons. It is also an excellent opportunity to bring together volunteers
 in doing our core work together, maybe we can transfer the idea of
 Parliament Projects to other countries. Volunteers get the opportunity to
 learn from each other - the EP is a very challenging project, having more
 than 700 MEPs to be handled within a few days.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Training the Trainers November 2013

[Katie Chan]

Wikimedia UK is committed to supporting our volunteers and to encourage
them to teach others how to edit Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, we
are running a weekend training workshop. This will take place on the
weekend of 23—24 November 2013 in Cardiff. This session is targeted at
volunteers in Wales and the immediate surrounding areas. We are especially
interested in editors of Wicipedia Cymraeg who work through the Welsh
language. However, both English and Welsh language editors will be welcomed.

The workshop will be delivered by a professional training company and aims
to improve delegates’ abilities to deliver any training workshop. It’s
especially relevant to anybody who already runs Wikimedia-related training,
or is very interested in doing so in near future.

The workshop is a chance to:

   - Get accredited and receive detailed feedback about your presenting and
training skills
   - Get general trainer skills which you can then apply when delivering
specific Wikipedia workshops
   - Share your skills with others
   - Help design a training programme that serves Wikimedia UK in the long
term.

The course will run from 9:30 am—6:30pm on Saturday and 9am—5pm on Sunday.
A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. We should also be able to
cover travel and accommodation if you let us know in advance.

If you are interested in attending, please indicate your commitment by
signing up on 
https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Training_the_Trainers/November_2013_event.
Spaces are limited to 12 places.

If you are not able to attend this time but would like to take part in the
future, please add it to the event page or let me know by email to 
katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk — we will be offering more sessions in the
future.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. I can also put you
in touch with past participants who will be able to share their experiences
with you.

Regards,

Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: New display on Higgs boson at the National Museum of Scotland

[Katie Chan]

There's a time lapse video of ATLAS construction out there somewhere.
I wonder whether we can get the copyright owner to release it under a
free license.

Katie

On 25 September 2013 11:19, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
 On 25 September 2013 11:16, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
 On 25 September 2013 11:11, Richard Symonds
 richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Perhaps we can get someone to take a photo of the Higgs Boson for Commons? 
 Surely not that hard, right?

 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CMS_Higgs-event.jpg



 Whoops, that's just simulated! So bring your phones along ;-)


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Education] Registration for Wikimedia Diversity Conference is now open!

[Katie Chan]

A reminder that deadline for this is tomorrow. Don't miss out!

On 5 September 2013 10:39, Daria Cybulska
daria.cybul...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
 Please see below. Wikimedia UK is offering scholarships for participants and
 contributors to the Diversity Conference - to be eligible just apply via the
 main booking page. Anyone with an interest in the topic is encouraged to
 attend!

 Kind regards,
 Daria

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 Date: 4 September 2013 15:11
 Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Registration for Wikimedia Diversity
 Conference is now open!
 To: educat...@lists.wikimedia.org


 Hey all,

 you may already have seen the announcement on the meta page [1] or on
 Facebook [2]; nevertheless we would like to inform you that the official
 registration [3] for the Wikimedia Diversity Conference is now open!

 For details of the conference, please check out the meta page [1]. The
 conference will be addressing an international audience and therefore be
 held in English.

 The registration form allows to propose your submissions for the conference
 and to apply for a scholarship. If you would like to be part of this
 conference, please do not forget to register until the 20 September, which
 is the final deadline.

 If you are not yet sure about attending, but are interested in the topic,
 feel free to ask us [4] anything you’d like or engage on the talk page [5].

 Best regards,
 Conny


 [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference
 [2] https://www.facebook.com/events/279067432232107/?fref=ts
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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training workshop

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

There will be a Wikidata training workshop on Saturday 28 September at
Development House. The event will be led by Addshore, who is part of the
Wikidata development team. As a volunteer, he is an administrator on the
project. Places are limited, if you would like to attend, please sign up on
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_training.

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Design a new banner!

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Hi,

We are currently in the process of re-designing Wikimedia UK’s Members
Newsletter, making it more relevant and the different sections more
visible. In order to get a new design, we are looking for volunteers to
create a new title banner. So, we are launching a competition for a new
Membership Newsletter banner. The deadline to submit your entry is 9am
(BST) on Wednesday 17 July.

Requirement: The banner should have dimensions of 500px by 200px, with the logo
of Wikimedia UK https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_UK_logo.svg and
the phrase Members' Newsletter incorporated somewhere in the banner.

Before you start, please make sure you have read the Wikimedia visual
identity 
guidelineshttps://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_visual_identity_guidelines
to
be aware of the acceptable use and combination of colours and the Wikimedia
logo. The entry should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under an accepted
license in the category Wikimedia UK membership
newsletterhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_UK_membership_newsletter,
with a link to the uploaded file emailed to me at
katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk.

The changes to the newsletter won't just end at the structure. New topics
will be included, such as a regular op-ed piece and the inclusion of
additional quick updates.

If you are interested in becoming part of the editorial team, or have ideas
for new design or topics, please contact volunteer...@wikimedia.org.uk. All
suggestions are welcome!

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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Fwd: Membership recruitment

[Katie Chan]

Forwarding on behalf of Mike Peel, who's having email issue.


Begin forwarded message:


From: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment
Date: 1 July 2013 08:24:30 BST
To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org

(trying a second time to get this through to the list…)

On 30 Jun 2013, at 10:55, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:


On 30/06/2013 10:38, Gordon Joly wrote:




I have stated in the past (long distant days) that membership can come
in many forms. For example, a registered charity can have no members
others than the Trustees. I was a Trustee of such a charity. Wikimedia
UK decided to have Trustees and members. I am a member of Wikimedia UK.
I have attended AGMs in the past, but took no part in the 2013 AGM.

The following resolutions were carried without dissent (I asked the
Tellers).


The resolutions put forward to the AGM are at EGM 2013/Resolutions.

They are:

Resolution to set the number of Directors
Resolution to alter the composition of the Board to introduce co-opted

Directors

Resolution to revise the Election Rules, replacing Approval Voting

with STV

Well, apart from my abstention (both in real life and virtually). I
assume there were other abstentions?


Yes, they were passed without any opposes vote, but not every one of 
200-something members voted.


Indeed. The voting record records the votes that were cast for/against/abstain, 
either in person or by proxy, with the number of voting members also recorded. 
If you want to abstain, then you need to vote that way, otherwise you're just 
absent.

Although in this case, the votes at the EGM weren't unanimous, see the minutes 
at:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/EGM_2013/Minutes

Thanks,
Mike





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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Fwd: Membership recruitment

[Katie Chan]

On 01/07/2013 09:46, Katie Chan wrote:

Forwarding on behalf of Mike Peel, who's having email issue.


Begin forwarded message:


From: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment
Date: 1 July 2013 08:24:30 BST
To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org

(trying a second time to get this through to the list…)

On 30 Jun 2013, at 10:55, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:


On 30/06/2013 10:38, Gordon Joly wrote:




I have stated in the past (long distant days) that membership can come
in many forms. For example, a registered charity can have no members
others than the Trustees. I was a Trustee of such a charity. Wikimedia
UK decided to have Trustees and members. I am a member of Wikimedia 
UK.

I have attended AGMs in the past, but took no part in the 2013 AGM.

The following resolutions were carried without dissent (I asked the
Tellers).


The resolutions put forward to the AGM are at EGM 2013/Resolutions.

They are:

Resolution to set the number of Directors
Resolution to alter the composition of the Board to introduce 
co-opted

Directors

Resolution to revise the Election Rules, replacing Approval Voting

with STV




Just to clarify since I didn't notice it until Mike pointed it out. The 
AGM 2013 resolutions [1] were passed without opposition as I indicated 
before. The quoted resolutions were from the EGM 2013 which were passed 
with some opposition, with the exact number available on the page Mike 
linked to.


KTC

[1] https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Resolutions

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment

[Katie Chan]

On 01/07/2013 10:18, James Farrar wrote:
The total number of votes can be inferred as the resolutions were 
voted on by the same people who participated in the Board election, so 44.


Overall yes, but not exactly. I can think of a few (e.g. me) that voted 
for the resolutions but not in the board election.


KTC

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment

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On 30/06/2013 10:38, Gordon Joly wrote:




I have stated in the past (long distant days) that membership can come
in many forms. For example, a registered charity can have no members
others than the Trustees. I was a Trustee of such a charity. Wikimedia
UK decided to have Trustees and members. I am a member of Wikimedia UK.
I have attended AGMs in the past, but took no part in the 2013 AGM.

The following resolutions were carried without dissent (I asked the
Tellers).

 The resolutions put forward to the AGM are at EGM 2013/Resolutions.
They are:
 Resolution to set the number of Directors
 Resolution to alter the composition of the Board to introduce co-opted
Directors
 Resolution to revise the Election Rules, replacing Approval Voting
with STV

Well, apart from my abstention (both in real life and virtually). I
assume there were other abstentions?


Yes, they were passed without any opposes vote, but not every one of 
200-something members voted.


KTC

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment

[Katie Chan]

https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer/Join_us_handout

It's still being drafted at the moment.

Katie


On 30 June 2013 05:52, i...@cymruwales.com i...@cymruwales.com wrote:

 **
  Kath

  You mentioned: ' new members pack and recruitment leaflet'. Can you give
 me a link, please?

  Regards

  Robin


 On 28 June 2013 at 16:12 Katherine Bavage 
 katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

  The page I linked to in my opening email -
 http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Promoting - discusses this
 exactly and suggests how we could describe the benefit of membership to
 potential members.

  So, to return to Stevie's point, when Gordo, says:

   This issue is not about privacy or openness. It is about what a member
 gets that others do not.   At the moment, voting at the AGM comes to
 mind, paying dues and *not much else. *(my emphasis) the question that
 historically we haven't answered is: *should*  members get privileges?

  How does that square with the fact other wikimedia chapter memberships
 don't really seem to get specific benefits and privileges? Would it be
 consistent with what the movement and our chapter in it are trying to
 achieve?

  I think the answer is 'probably not'. It's not up to me to decide, but I
 don't think we can afford to keep getting stuck/vague on this point. It
 will harm recruitment.

  I think the descriptions of what people can gain through joining that I
 laid out on the page sum up why new and established editors would benefit
 from becoming members without offering them discounts, private emails,
 special extras etc.

  I am up for the idea of a lapel pin though - it might be nice for people
 to have this to demonstrate their support.


  *Katherine Bavage *
 *Fundraising Manager *
  *Wikimedia UK*
 +44 20 7065 0752

 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.*


  On 28 June 2013 15:37, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:

  On 28/06/13 15:31, Stevie Benton wrote:


 Thanks for your email. The membership email is made openly available in
 accordance with our values. To ask a genuine question, do you think members
 in general would prefer it to be private and would you prefer it to be
 private?


  This issue is not about privacy or openness. It is about what a member
 gets that others do not. At the moment, voting at the AGM comes to mind,
 paying dues and not much else.

 Oh, and that warm fuzzy feeling and something to tell the grandchildren
 about


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment

[Katie Chan]

On 30/06/2013 21:33, Gordon Joly wrote:

On 30/06/13 10:55, Katie Chan wrote:




Yes, they were passed without any opposes vote, but not every one of 
200-something members voted.


KTC

Do you have the exact figures?



No. Since there were no opposition, an exact count of votes in the room 
wasn't taken. Base on how many total votes were received for the board 
election, I would guess mid to high forties voted including proxy.


KTC

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[Wikimediauk-l] Lists of UK listed buildings

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

One of the task that needs to be completed for WLM to happen is to have
exhaustive lists of all eligible listed buildings on Wikipedia, using
appropriately formed templates instead of wiki tables directly. To get
everyone going, I have created the templates[1], which everyone is of
course encouraged to improve.

In terms of the actual lists themselves, I have created a tracking table[2]
so that everyone can see where we are and where work needs to be done. All
the columns should be fairly self explanatory, aside from the one on images
which is intended to track when someone has searched through Commons 
Wikipedia for existing images and added them to the respective list.

Except for Wales, where lists didn't exist before, you can navigate to the
existing lists from [3]. As you can see, I have made a start on at least
one counties per countries so that everyone can see what I envisage them
looking like[4]. You can find a copy of the source data for England[5],
Wales[6], Scotland[7] and Northern Ireland[8] at the respective links
provided. There's also PHP scripts for manipulation of geo-coordinates
(latitude/longitude) to[9] and from[10] OS grid references, and also one
for conversion between WGS-84 datum (as used by GPS) and OSGB-36 datum (as
used by the Ordnance Survey)[11]. They may come in useful for manipulation
of the source data when creating the lists.

I should say here that the English list is brand new courtesy of English
Heritage who have recently completed a review of their licensing and
released the information where they previously declined to!

Aside from making WLM happen, completing these lists would improve a lot of
the existing lists on Wikipedia or create new ones where they didn't exist
before. This is something that can be done by everyone as time permits,
whether that is mass converting the source data into templated lists, a few
minutes spent looking for existing images and adding them to a list, or
copyediting the generated list.

Plese contribute when and where you can!

Katie

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:EH_listed_building_header, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:EH_listed_building_row, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:Cadw_listed_building_header, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:Cadw_listed_building_row, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/HS_listed_building_header, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:HS_listed_building_row, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:NIEA_listed_building_header, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/Template:NIEA_listed_building_row.
[2]: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the_United_Kingdom/planning/lists

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_the_United_Kingdom
[4]: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Isle_of_Wight, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Bridgend, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_A_listed_buildings_in_East_Renfrewshire,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grade_A_listed_buildings_in_County_Fermanagh

[5]:
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYOidG1DXzhscDFFSHFZOTNSd0NGakJNNlE#gid=0,

https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYOidG5MMU1lM0RwemZ1bmVVUnRyT3g0MGc#gid=0,

http://data.gov.uk/data-requests/list-of-grade-i-and-ii-listed-buildings-in-england

[6]: 
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3ePnspksYOiV2YzSTlpNXFvc28/edit?usp=sharing,

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3ePnspksYOiN2VMbzFHcTk1SWM/edit?usp=sharing,
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/listed_buildings_in_wales
[7]: 
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYOidE1nWWtRQURfTWxsc3pNaksyU0VMX0E#gid=0

[8]: 
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYOidHRORGNLaHR6WVJsZ2QxUEYxVVJBRkE#gid=0,

https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org.uk/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnePnspksYOidF8tdjFBeER4QXRaa3I4bU5ZeW12eVE#gid=0

[9]: http://pastie.org/private/uoljp6fge3rgf24fju3xug
[10]: http://pastie.org/private/tojd2r3a7w4emiag46n1lw
[11]: http://pastie.org/private/e32ndvonwgqofv9odduy4w


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wlm2013-l] Lists of UK listed buildings

[Katie Chan]

Unless as a research project, someone go through every entries to see what
each particular listing covers and count manually, no one have the answer
to how many independent buildings or structures are listed. That's why the
heritage organisations talks about listed building entries instead, which
is also how I counted Scotland, Wales  Northern Ireland.

The template for England is particular crude and in need of improvement.
The headers are chosen based on what headers are on the various existing
lists so that changing to templates don't lose us any existing information.
Some of the headers, such as architect and date listed could probably do
with being made optional. I'll see about doing that unless someone beat me
to it. The UID (or HB number) field is essential for WLM as tagging an
upload with that is how we know an upload on Commons is eligible for the
competition so yes, that would need to be added. With the number, we can
also link directly to each individual entries page on English Heritage
(likewise for Scotland  Northern Ireland), instead of say Images of
England or some other website. The templates don't actually currently have
a separate column for references as I was having a little problem with
making template variables work inside a ref tag. I guess the solution
will be having to do it manually. Again, unless someone beat me to it, I'll
add that sometime.

Katie


On 19 June 2013 16:12, Rod Ward r...@rodspace.co.uk wrote:

 Hi Katie,

 ** **

 This looks as if you have done a tremendous amount of work.

 ** **

 However I have some questions..

 When I created
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Somerset and its
 7 sub lists I was asked “How many listed buildings are there” as part of
 various review processes -  even having studied all the source I can find
 for year I can mot answer that. In Bath whole streets (of 30-50 buildings)
 can be under one listing and yet in other examples the house may be one
 listing, the walls several more and the fountain a listing on its own.
 Therefore what figure should be put in the first “number” column on the
 tracking table?

 ** **

 ** **

 If a list created some years ago (eg
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_South_Somerset)
 has references for each one which use Images of England, and was completed
 before the National heritage list was available are you asking for an extra
 column to be added with the NHLE Unique ID number?

 ** **

 Do we need to include columns for architect and date list?

 ** **

 Rod

 ** **

 ** **

 *From:* wlm2013-l-boun...@wikimedia.org.uk [mailto:
 wlm2013-l-boun...@wikimedia.org.uk] *On Behalf Of *Katie Chan
 *Sent:* 19 June 2013 15:11
 *To:* WLM 2013 UK mailing list
 *Cc:* Wikimediauk-l
 *Subject:* [Wlm2013-l] Lists of UK listed buildings

 ** **

 Hi all,

 ** **

 One of the task that needs to be completed for WLM to happen is to have
 exhaustive lists of all eligible listed buildings on Wikipedia, using
 appropriately formed templates instead of wiki tables directly. To get
 everyone going, I have created the templates[1], which everyone is of
 course encouraged to improve.

 ** **

 In terms of the actual lists themselves, I have created a tracking
 table[2] so that everyone can see where we are and where work needs to be
 done. All the columns should be fairly self explanatory, aside from the one
 on images which is intended to track when someone has searched through
 Commons  Wikipedia for existing images and added them to the respective
 list.

 Except for Wales, where lists didn't exist before, you can navigate to the
 existing lists from [3]. As you can see, I have made a start on at least
 one counties per countries so that everyone can see what I envisage them
 looking like[4]. You can find a copy of the source data for England[5],
 Wales[6], Scotland[7] and Northern Ireland[8] at the respective links
 provided. There's also PHP scripts for manipulation of geo-coordinates
 (latitude/longitude) to[9] and from[10] OS grid references, and also one
 for conversion between WGS-84 datum (as used by GPS) and OSGB-36 datum (as
 used by the Ordnance Survey)[11]. They may come in useful for manipulation
 of the source data when creating the lists.

 I should say here that the English list is brand new courtesy of English
 Heritage who have recently completed a review of their licensing and
 released the information where they previously declined to!

 ** **

 Aside from making WLM happen, completing these lists would improve a lot
 of the existing lists on Wikipedia or create new ones where they didn't
 exist before. This is something that can be done by everyone as time
 permits, whether that is mass converting the source data into templated
 lists, a few minutes spent looking for existing images and adding them to a
 list, or copyediting the generated list.

 ** **

 Plese contribute when and where you can

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wlm2013-l] Lists of UK listed buildings

[Katie Chan]

No, splitting it into multiple lists as it exist now are perfectly fine.


On 19 June 2013 17:42, Rod Ward r...@rodspace.co.uk wrote:

 Hi Katie,

 ** **

 Thanks – I guess I will be going through the Somerset ones when I get some
 time.

 ** **

 Does it matter that a county (ie Somerset) has too many entries to fit on
 one list?

 ** **

 Rod

 ** **

 *From:* Katie Chan [mailto:katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk]
 *Sent:* 19 June 2013 17:21
 *To:* Rod Ward
 *Cc:* WLM 2013 UK mailing list; Wikimediauk-l
 *Subject:* Re: [Wlm2013-l] Lists of UK listed buildings

 ** **

 Unless as a research project, someone go through every entries to see what
 each particular listing covers and count manually, no one have the answer
 to how many independent buildings or structures are listed. That's why the
 heritage organisations talks about listed building entries instead, which
 is also how I counted Scotland, Wales  Northern Ireland.

 ** **

 The template for England is particular crude and in need of improvement.
 The headers are chosen based on what headers are on the various existing
 lists so that changing to templates don't lose us any existing information.
 Some of the headers, such as architect and date listed could probably do
 with being made optional. I'll see about doing that unless someone beat me
 to it. The UID (or HB number) field is essential for WLM as tagging an
 upload with that is how we know an upload on Commons is eligible for the
 competition so yes, that would need to be added. With the number, we can
 also link directly to each individual entries page on English Heritage
 (likewise for Scotland  Northern Ireland), instead of say Images of
 England or some other website. The templates don't actually currently have
 a separate column for references as I was having a little problem with
 making template variables work inside a ref tag. I guess the solution
 will be having to do it manually. Again, unless someone beat me to it, I'll
 add that sometime.

 ** **

 Katie

 ** **

 On 19 June 2013 16:12, Rod Ward r...@rodspace.co.uk wrote:

 Hi Katie,

  

 This looks as if you have done a tremendous amount of work.

  

 However I have some questions..

 When I created
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Somerset and its
 7 sub lists I was asked “How many listed buildings are there” as part of
 various review processes -  even having studied all the source I can find
 for year I can mot answer that. In Bath whole streets (of 30-50 buildings)
 can be under one listing and yet in other examples the house may be one
 listing, the walls several more and the fountain a listing on its own.
 Therefore what figure should be put in the first “number” column on the
 tracking table?

  

  

 If a list created some years ago (eg
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_South_Somerset)
 has references for each one which use Images of England, and was completed
 before the National heritage list was available are you asking for an extra
 column to be added with the NHLE Unique ID number?

  

 Do we need to include columns for architect and date list?

  

 Rod

  

  

 *From:* wlm2013-l-boun...@wikimedia.org.uk [mailto:
 wlm2013-l-boun...@wikimedia.org.uk] *On Behalf Of *Katie Chan
 *Sent:* 19 June 2013 15:11
 *To:* WLM 2013 UK mailing list
 *Cc:* Wikimediauk-l
 *Subject:* [Wlm2013-l] Lists of UK listed buildings

  

 Hi all,

  

 One of the task that needs to be completed for WLM to happen is to have
 exhaustive lists of all eligible listed buildings on Wikipedia, using
 appropriately formed templates instead of wiki tables directly. To get
 everyone going, I have created the templates[1], which everyone is of
 course encouraged to improve.

  

 In terms of the actual lists themselves, I have created a tracking
 table[2] so that everyone can see where we are and where work needs to be
 done. All the columns should be fairly self explanatory, aside from the one
 on images which is intended to track when someone has searched through
 Commons  Wikipedia for existing images and added them to the respective
 list.

 Except for Wales, where lists didn't exist before, you can navigate to the
 existing lists from [3]. As you can see, I have made a start on at least
 one counties per countries so that everyone can see what I envisage them
 looking like[4]. You can find a copy of the source data for England[5],
 Wales[6], Scotland[7] and Northern Ireland[8] at the respective links
 provided. There's also PHP scripts for manipulation of geo-coordinates
 (latitude/longitude) to[9] and from[10] OS grid references, and also one
 for conversion between WGS-84 datum (as used by GPS) and OSGB-36 datum (as
 used by the Ordnance Survey)[11]. They may come in useful for manipulation
 of the source data when creating the lists.

 I should say here that the English list

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia Foundation elections

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Now that the Wikimedia UK AGM is over, there’s a couple of other important
elections going on within the Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia Foundation
is electing three (3) community members to its Board of Trustees, the
ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition, the
community is also electing two (2) members to the Funds Dissemination
Committee (FDC) and also the FDC Ombudsperson.

You can find more information on all of this, including the candidate
statements, ask the candidate questions, list of eligibility requirements
for voters and information on how to vote on 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013.

As the work of the Foundation Board of Trustees impacts the ways the
movement pursuit its goals, and the FDC are involved in the grants making
process which the chapter was involved in last year and expects to be again
this year, I would encourage as many of you as possible to take an interest
and vote in these elections.

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] WMUK Volunteer strategy

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

A draft volunteer strategy for Wikimedia UK have been posted at 
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteers_strategy. Please have a look,
comment or even rewrite or expand it as you see fit.

Thanks,

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Scholarships to OSM State of the Map

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Wikimedia UK is planning to offer two (2) scholarships to OpenStreetMap's
State of the Map 2013 conference, taking place on 6-8 September in
Birmingham. Applicants must be based in the UK and be a contributor to both
OSM and Wikimedia. Please see 
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OSM_State_of_the_Map_scholarships for more
details.

The deadline for application is this coming Monday 10 June 2013.

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] WLMuk planning meeting 2 Friday 31st at 2pm BST

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

The next planning meeting for Wiki Loves Monuments in the United Kingdom
will take place this Friday 31 May at 2pm BST (13:00 UTC). This will take
place using Wikimedia UK phone conference call system, free from the UK and
low local cost from a number of European countries, South Africa  USA.
Please email me for the call in details if you are interested in joining us.

See 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the_United_Kingdom/planning/Meeting_2
for more details.

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference evening social

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

For the evening of the AGM and WikiConference in Lincoln on 8 June, we are
planning to gather in a pub for some drinks and a little food to eat. Would
there be a volunteer to run say an hour long pub quiz?

Katie

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[Wikimediauk-l] WMUK Wikimedian of the Year award

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Some of you may remember from last year Wikimedia UK AGM, we gave out a few
awards to thank those in the UK or abroad who have helped the UK Wikimedia
movement. The idea was that this is going to be an annual thing. In light
of that, we would like to invite nomination for this year winners. Please
add your nomination on 
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/UK_Wikimedian_of_the_Year_2013/Nomination by
5pm on 10 May.

For the WMUK Conference Committee,

Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Elections 2013

[Katie Chan]

On 02/05/2013 09:36, Thomas Morton wrote:
Given that there is at least one incumbent not standing, and possibly 
two (last time SJ said he probably would not seek a further term) this 
would be a good time to consider standing!!


Tom



Do remember this there is *3* elections going on here, community seats 
for the WMF Board, additional seats on the FDC and the FDC Ombudsperson.


Regards,

KTC
(Member of the election committee, speaking in a personal capacity etc. 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2014: London

[Katie Chan]

Congratulations to everyone who's been involved with the London bid.

Looking forward to seeing many of you in London next year!


On 1 May 2013 18:10, James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com wrote:

 Dear Wikimedians,

 On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and
 evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to
 London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who
 also put forward a solid effort.

 We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward
 proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the
 Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid
 for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget
 and lower-cost options for attendees.

 The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core
 budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding
 ways to reduce the cost for community attendees.

 We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep
 aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit
 of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited
 resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting
 out clearer guidelines on these principles.

 The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time
 investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions
 and hard work.

 Yours,

 James Forrester
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Deadline for talk submissions for WikiConference UK 2013 [Correction]

[Katie Chan]

On 24/04/2013 20:10, Harry Mitchell wrote:

Hi all,

This is just a quick note to let you know that we have set a date of Sunday 21 
May as a deadline for talk submissions. If you want to give a talk, please get 
your proposal in before then.


That should say Sunday *12* May.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WLM planning meeting

[Katie Chan]

This is a reminder that this is taking place at 7pm UK time today (3 hours
from now).

Katie


On 23 April 2013 10:15, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Hi all,

 The initial planning meeting for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United
 Kingdom have been scheduled for this Thursday at 7-8pm BST (20:00–21:00
 UTC). More details may be found on 
 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the_United_Kingdom/planning/Meeting_1.
 This will take place using Wikimedia UK phone conference call system.
 Please contact me if you would like the details on how to phone-in.

 Hope to talk to some of you then.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Spam] Re: Nice piece from another country.

[Katie Chan]

On 24/04/2013 22:05, Stevie Benton wrote:

Hello again,

I've had a response from the BBC and they have fixed those two things now.


24 April 2013 Last updated at 01:46 

Don't appear to have been changed over here.

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[Wikimediauk-l] WLM planning meeting

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

The initial planning meeting for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United
Kingdom have been scheduled for this Thursday at 7-8pm BST (20:00–21:00
UTC). More details may be found on 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the_United_Kingdom/planning/Meeting_1.
This will take place using Wikimedia UK phone conference call system.
Please contact me if you would like the details on how to phone-in.

Hope to talk to some of you then.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WLM planning meeting

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On 23 April 2013 10:15, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Hi all,

 The initial planning meeting for Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 in the United
 Kingdom have been scheduled for this Thursday at 7-8pm BST (20:00–21:00
 UTC). .


That should say (18:00-19:00 UTC)...

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence, National Library of Scotland

[Katie Chan]

In the meantime, if anyone have any suggestions on how Wikimedia UK can
better communicate with speakers/readers/writers of non-English indigenous
languages of the UK, or for that matter foreign languages community of the
UK, then I and I'm sure Stevie and others will love to hear about it.

Regards,

Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Visiting London

[Katie Chan]

On 18/04/2013 19:08, Erik Moeller wrote:

Thanks all for the offlist offers for accommodation. I'm covered -
look forward to meeting folks when I'm there. :)


Looking forward to finally meeting. :)

Katie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Privacy Policy - please comment and edit

[Katie Chan]

On 12/04/2013 00:44, Thehelpfulone wrote:


This policy describes what happens to personal information obtained
through the websites hosted at uk.wikimedia.org
http://uk.wikimedia.org and wikimedia.org.uk
http://wikimedia.org.uk. This policy will be updated periodically. -
WMUK wiki is currently on the Foundation's servers so is subject to the
Foundation's privacy policy - not this one if I understand correctly?


Doesn't mean it can't be subject to both. And there are currently plans 
for WMUK wiki hosting to be moved away from WMF servers.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Privacy Policy - please comment and edit

[Katie Chan]

On 12/04/2013 07:16, Andrew Gray wrote:

Is the hosting switch actually going ahead? I know we'd been discussing
this, but I'd lost track of who was going to make the decision...


Ultimately? As far as I understand, the board, based on recommendation.

Staffs  our lovely technology contractor have been looking into the 
technical details over such a move, what it entails etc. The technology 
committee is due to meet on 18th to discuss this (among other topics) - 
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/18_April_2013. 
Feel free to join in and take part in the discussion! :)


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[Wikimediauk-l] Wiki Love Monuments 2013

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

It's that time of the year when planning for Wiki Loves Monuments picks up
for those countries interested in taking part. In both 2011  2012, there
were discussions about the UK taking part, but for various reasons it never
ends up happening. I would really like to see it happen this year, and to
that end have started the associated page on Wikimedia Commons.

For those who don't k now, Wiki Loves Monuments is an annual photography
competition running in September around cultural heritage monuments, which
in the UK has in the past taken to mean listed buildings. Participants
upload their photos to Wikimedia Commons, identifying it the subject of the
photo to be one of the qualifying monuments with the best photos nationally
and internationally winning prizes.

If you are interested in joining a working group to help with the
organisation, even just a little bit when you have time, please sign up on 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2013_in_the_United_Kingdom.
I would plan to have a phone conference in the near future to discuss what
needs to be done, when it needs to be done by, who might be interested in
doing it etc.

Regards,

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[Wikimediauk-l] Talk submissions for WikiConference UK 2013

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Wikimedia UK Conference Committee is still seeking submissions from the
community for talks at this year WikiConference, which is to be held in
Lincoln on Saturday 8 June. If you are interested in giving a talk, please
add to 
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions. We
are looking for as wide a selection in topics as we can, so all suggestions
would be welcome!

Regards,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Anyone interested in Lua and PIzza one day?

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

This has been arranged for Sunday 19 May. For those interested, please sign
up on https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lua_on_Wikimedia!

Katie


On 16 March 2013 10:18, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Well Rexx have already expressed an interest, and I'm hoping other board
 members may be interested as well, so I'm not sure about the 11 May.


 On 16 March 2013 09:56, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.comwrote:

 If no-one wants to attend both events, and the building has rooms to
 cope, then holding both this and the board meeting on the 11th May would be
 a great opportunity for synergy. Who knows, the following year you might
 get someone from the Lua event standing to be a trustee, or a trustee
 standing down to spend more time coding in Lua.

 Jonathan


 On 16 March 2013 09:31, jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 But building open and we could share lunch.
 Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange

 -Original Message-
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 May 11th is a board meeting, so the basement might be crowded!

 Andrew.

 On 15 March 2013 15:13, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  May 11th would be the day before the May London meetup, that might be
  convenient for some people.
 
  WSC
 
 
  On 15 March 2013 12:42, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk
 wrote:
 
  Hey why not?
 
  I think there is interest in this so we should think how and where we
  should advertise it. Obviously on the UK Wiki.
 
  Not a huge fuss to do - someone to open the office on a Saturday?
 
  Skype or whatever and lots of pizza.
 
  Tom's offer is kind. Can you suggest a date?
 
 
  On 15 March 2013 12:18, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
 
 
 
  I thought you said luau and pizza...
 
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luau
 
  Silly me,
 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK EGM Saturday 18th April.

[Katie Chan]

On 03/04/2013 21:43, Gordon Joly wrote:


Was the EGM announced here, or to members via CiviCRM?


Members entitled to vote should have received an email notice of EGM 
individually. As a member, I received an email from 
fundrais...@wikimedia.org.uk on 20 March with the subject Katie - 
please vote in our Extraordinary General Meeting.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Volunteer equipment

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

I would just like to note that suggestion on what equipment Wikimedia UK
should buy for use by volunteers are still very much welcome at 
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Activity_Plan/Volunteer_equipment.
Whether it's equipment that you would find useful yourself, or just ideas
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Volunteer equipment

[Katie Chan]

Thanks, will definitely take a look.


On 18 March 2013 11:16, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote:

 Dear Katie,

 hope you had a good start with your new job, congratulations!

 Don't know if it helps, but maybe our Technikpool can give you some
 inspiration.

 * http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TECH
 * http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Technikpool/Ger%C3%A4teliste
 * http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fototechnik

 Best regards from Berlin,
 Nicole

 On 18 March 2013 11:52, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
  Hi all,
 
  I would just like to note that suggestion on what equipment Wikimedia UK
  should buy for use by volunteers are still very much welcome at
  https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Activity_Plan/Volunteer_equipment.
  Whether it's equipment that you would find useful yourself, or just
 ideas on
  equipment that you think other people would find useful, we would love to
  hear it!
 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2014 in London.

[Katie Chan]

On 18/03/2013 22:47, Gordon Joly wrote:


Seems that Wikimedia UK are the body involved in running this event


Wikimedia UK is supporting the bid, offering advice and support where it 
can. The actual bid itself is led by volunteers Ed, James, Kimi, 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Anyone interested in Lua and PIzza one day?

[Katie Chan]

Well Rexx have already expressed an interest, and I'm hoping other board
members may be interested as well, so I'm not sure about the 11 May.


On 16 March 2013 09:56, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.comwrote:

 If no-one wants to attend both events, and the building has rooms to cope,
 then holding both this and the board meeting on the 11th May would be a
 great opportunity for synergy. Who knows, the following year you might get
 someone from the Lua event standing to be a trustee, or a trustee standing
 down to spend more time coding in Lua.

 Jonathan


 On 16 March 2013 09:31, jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 But building open and we could share lunch.
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 May 11th is a board meeting, so the basement might be crowded!

 Andrew.

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  May 11th would be the day before the May London meetup, that might be
  convenient for some people.
 
  WSC
 
 
  On 15 March 2013 12:42, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
 
  Hey why not?
 
  I think there is interest in this so we should think how and where we
  should advertise it. Obviously on the UK Wiki.
 
  Not a huge fuss to do - someone to open the office on a Saturday?
 
  Skype or whatever and lots of pizza.
 
  Tom's offer is kind. Can you suggest a date?
 
 
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  I thought you said luau and pizza...
 
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luau
 
  Silly me,
 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedians: your Conference Committee needs YOU!

[Katie Chan]

On 12/03/2013 22:13, Gordon Joly wrote:

On 12/03/13 20:10, Harry Mitchell wrote:

While I'm here, it's a good excuse to remind you that we are still
accepting talk submissions for said annual conference:
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions




Care to re-confirm that URI?


That's the right page, what's the issue?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review

[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 ?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Recent Changes on the UK wiki

[Katie Chan]

On 15/01/2013 23:55, Richard Symonds wrote:

All,

If you check recent changes, I was a bit /too /'bold' on the UK wiki
tonight - testing out AWB to see if it'll be of use in correcting
mispellings, tagging uncategorised pages, keeping track of board actions
etc. Unfortunately, I edited some historical pages too without
realising, so I've rolled back all my edits. The test was promising, at
least - although the 'recent changes' page has an extra hundred or so
edits on it!

Thanks for participating in my grand experiment!

Sorry once again,


*Show last 500 changes*

Ah, that's better!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey - 1st deadline 26th October (Friday)

[Katie Chan]

On 12/11/2012 13:31, Gordon Joly wrote:

On 12/11/12 13:21, Katherine Bavage wrote:

. On the one hand, anonymity protects people when answering questions
with sensitive personal data such as income or sexuality, and may
ensure the results are more genuine.



Surely, like job applications, these can processed separately, or made
anonymous before Wikimedia UK sees them?


Who's going to do the anonymousing? When it happens in a job application 
(for a large enough company), the company (HR) still see the data, it's 
just that the persons making the hiring decision doesn't.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey - 1st deadline 26th October (Friday)

[Katie Chan]

On 09/11/2012 16:40, Tom Morris wrote:

I'm very lazy and managed to not fill in the survey or give feedback.

But I just had to note that the questions How do you identify your gender? and 
How do you identify your sexual orientation? are most amusing to me.

The answers it's on my birth certificate, after a lot of soul searching and teenage anxiety and 
well, duh, have you seen my browsing history? do not seem to be on there. Nor indeed is with a recent 
gas bill and a passport. ;-)

(Seriously though: what you identify as is different from how you identify it.)


Personally, I would word it as Do you identify as...? or What do you 
identified as your gender?.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey - 1st deadline 26th October (Friday)

[Katie Chan]

On 09/11/2012 17:38, Thomas Dalton wrote:


What you're really doing there, though, is asking How do you answer
the question What is your gender?? which is logically equivalent to
just asking What is your gender?.

Including enough options that everyone will fall into one of the boxes
(or at least Other) is a good idea, but torturing the English
language in an attempt to appear politically correct doesn't actually
achieve anything!


With respect, it's simply not a case of merely appearing as politically 
correct.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Edinburgh area volunteers for a workshop?

[Katie Chan]

On 03/11/2012 10:25, Joe Filceolaire wrote:

Which day?

Joe

On Nov 1, 2012 10:49 PM, Andrew Gray wrote:

but one of them, on Thursday 8th at the
university, is proving a bit of a problem


  ^^

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: Drinks with Sue Gardener, Garfield, Asaf WMUK

[Katie Chan]

On 09/10/2012 09:57, Gordon Joly wrote:

On 08/10/12 15:52, Richard Symonds wrote:


Sue Gardner, from the WMF, is in our office today, along with a few
others (Garfield and Asaf from the WMF). She's keen to meet UK
Wikipedians for a drink - is anyone available for drinks in the Old
Street area of London this afternoon/evening? If so, drop me an email
directly!


When does Asaf leave?


From the previously posted link:

I will be in London until Thursday morning


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: Drinks with Sue Gardener, Garfield, Asaf WMUK

[Katie Chan]

On 08/10/2012 16:40, rexx wrote:




Asaf posted a message on the wiki a few days ago regarding his 
availability 
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Water_cooler#Visiting_WMUK_next_week. Did 
you take up his offer?


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal of trustees collective responsibility

[Katie Chan]

On 07/10/2012 13:14, Richard Farmbrough wrote:

Couldn't you just say not a good idea?

On 06/10/2012 17:36, Katie Chan wrote:

an absolutely horrendous proposal


I could, I didn't. I could also had said it was a good idea or even 
that it was a great idea but I didn't.


All the best to you!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Proposal of trustees collective responsibility

[Katie Chan]

On 06/10/2012 18:32, Chris Keating wrote:

Katie - the trustees already have collective responsibility for the
organisation. See, for instance, the Charity Commission guidelines here:
http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/publications/cc3.aspx#e8

  I am not exactly sure what Fae thinks is being proposed. Certainly,
we've received advice saying that on issues like those we've been
dealing with in the last couple of weeks, we ought to minute which
trustees are in favour of, and which against, particular proposals.
(i.e. putting us more in line with the Wikimedia Foundation's practice).
I don't know where the idea  It /may/ also be used to ensure all
trustees vote the same way in a public vote comes from.

The relevant part of the existing Trustee Code of Conduct says; I will
participate in collective decision making, accept a majority decision of
the board and will not act individually unless specifically authorised
to do so.


The collective decision making process in the Trustee Code of Conduct 
and CC's advice is not the same as what Fae said was being proposed. I 
can't help if trustees doesn't seems to agree on what's actually being 
proposed.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location for WikiConference UK 2013

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

A meeting of the Conference Committee took place yesterday 
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conference_Committee/Planning_meeting_6/Minutes#WikiConference_UK_2013.


We've basically narrowed the potential selection to Greater Manchester 
and Lincoln. Currently we're looking at The Lowry in Salford, Manchester 
University and New Life Conference Centre in Lincoln, with potential for 
couple others nearby.


If you haven't already, or even if you have and have something new to 
add, please comment on these potential choices (both cities and venues) 
either on the wiki 
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_UK_2013 or on this 
mailing list.


Regards,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Status of the five year plan

[Katie Chan]

Oh FFS. Can everyone please talk about the issues, in this case the plan 
itself, rather than people? If you (still) have problems with the 
content of the plan, then list those issues and discuss it. We don't 
need a dozen emails back and forth arguing whether the existing changes 
constitute a rewrite.


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

[Katie Chan]

On 29/09/2012 16:28, Jan-bart de Vreede wrote:

Hi James (and others)

What I find puzzling in your reasoning is that you automatically assume
bad faith on the part of the WMF. At this point everyone should be
concerned about the fact that over the past months we have had several
(highly) irregular activities within the UK chapter. It is important
that we (as in the movement) conduct a thorough review to see what the
complete facts are so that we can make sure that we can learn from this
and draw proper conclusions.


Woah, hold it right there Jan-bart. What *I* find puzzling is how you 
(personally and WMF in general) assumes that Wikimedia UK has done wrong 
before this supposedly independent review has started never mind been 
completed.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Paid editing by Roger Bamkin

[Katie Chan]

On 20/09/2012 02:46, Chris McKenna wrote:


In the messages I've read (not all), it has been stated at least twice
that the process transferring this to WMUK (i.e. exactly what is being
asked for) is ongoing, and has been for some time (held up by
complicated legal issues, rather than a lack of desire from either party).

How many times do the same questions need to be answered?

(feel free to forward this to wikimedia-l, I don't subscribe to that list)


Those were posted to this list. If people from the UK community and 
subscribed to the UK list wasn't aware of it (before), how can you 
expect someone from aboard who might not be subscribed to this list to 
have know?


I've already copied Chris' response as a reply to that point on Wikimedia-l.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Location for WikiConference UK 2013

[Katie Chan]

Hi,

The Wikimedia UK Conference Committee is currently considering location 
for the 2013 WikiConference UK and AGM. So far we have quotes for the 
following locations.


  * Birmingham x 1
  * Coventry x 1
  * Edinburgh x 1
  * Lincoln x 1-2
  * Manchester x 3
  * Oxford x 2-3

Do you consider that's enough to make a decision from, or do you believe 
the committee should gather more quotes from possibly other cities first?


Please comment at 
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_UK_2013#Location_decision 
regarding the above, including any specific comments on the location itself.


Thanks,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

[Katie Chan]

On 17/09/2012 23:03, James Farrar wrote:

Certainly my sense of the various discussions over the past 18 months is
that there's near-consensus on STV as the best alternative to the
current system. I intend to draft a motion with new election rules for
STV; if anyone has other systems they'd like to put forward I'll be
happy to draft election rules for them.


Well, the WMF use the Schulze method [1] for its board election so that 
could be considered as an option.


KTC

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

[Katie Chan]

On 17/09/2012 23:50, rexx wrote:


The only problem is likely to be finding a good implementation in
software. There is a refinement of Schulze described at the article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_STV which has a python
implementation at
https://github.com/bradbeattie/python-vote-core/blob/master/pyvotecore/schulze_stv.py
but more interestingly, an online voting service at
https://modernballots.com/


It's available as part of MediaWiki extension [1] from the 2008 WMF 
board election onwards, since superseded by [2].


On 17/09/2012 23:40, James Farrar wrote:

 I'm very keen that the election method we choose is (in theory)
 hand-countable (that's one reason why I propose STV-ERS97 rather than
 a different variant (the other is that I've been counting elections
 under STV-ERS97 since 1998...)).

 Frankly, I have never trusted electoral systems that rely on
 computers to the point that the votes go in, a button is pushed, and
 a black box churns out a result. I'd be much happier with a system
 that can if necessary be recounted by hand so that there's a backup
 just in case.

Schulze is hand countable. It just get awfully long very quickly if the 
the number of voters / candidate increases. This is certainly something 
that will have to be considered.


KTC

[1]: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BoardVote
[2]: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SecurePoll

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

[Katie Chan]

On 15/08/2012 22:53, HJ Mitchell wrote:

It is disingenuous to suggest that, in posting to a *public* mailing
list, the risk that your post will be public is not clear.

I think it's a shame that a trustee doesn't wish to be subscribe to the
mailing list that is the primary method of communication between WMUK
and the UK Wikimedia community and of discussion amongst the UK
community, and I honestly think that such a refusal to engage with the
community would hamper one's effectiveness as a trustee.

I applaud and thank the list admins for finally restoring this list to
public status - we shouldn't be seen to be discussing things behind
closed doors, not least because it goes against the very principles of
openness on which the Wikimedia projects and Wikimedia UK were founded,
and there was a consensus to do so some considerable time ago.


I'll like second the above statement.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

[Katie Chan]

On 01/08/2012 14:47, Richard Symonds wrote:


The board statement was sent to the mailing list and put on the blog,
but I simply haven't had time (or the thought) to send out an email
about it to the entire membership list. We very rarely send out emails
to the entire membership list - usually only once a year, just before
the AGM. It's not good practice to simply hit email all, because it
tends to swamp uninterested people, who then end up unsubscribing from
the list. The majority of our communications are done through this
mailing list, or on the UK wiki, as all of our active members read this
list. Certainly, all our members are encouraged to join the UK Wikimedia
mailing list when they join the chapter. We're actively reviewing the
way through which we communicate with everyone, however - the 2012 Comms
Review has been seen by a few volunteers, and should be ready for
general feedback soon.


I would say a public statement from the board re. its chair on the 
current subject qualify as important enough to merit an email to the 
entire membership.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

[Katie Chan]

On 01/08/2012 20:09, Richard Symonds wrote:

240, including pending members who are yet to be approved.



That's quite a bit lower than the approx. 300 we've been working with 
since around the AGM. Has there been quite a few lapse in memberships in 
recent months?


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call for an EGM

[Katie Chan]

As I recall from the AGM, there was a suggestion that an EGM be call 
sometime during the year to discuss changes to the voting system for the 
board. If an EGM were to be call, I would suggest some time be set aside 
for such discussion if possible.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [WMUK Board] Statement regarding Ashley Van Haeften, Chair of Wikimedia UK

[Katie Chan]

On 27/07/2012 12:04, Deryck Chan wrote:

I think Jon Davies has done so already.



I'm not sure whether that was an email to all members of Wikimedia UK, 
or just those who have commented publicly and or privately on the matter.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The situation with the chair

[Katie Chan]

On 25/07/2012 23:12, David Gerard wrote:

It should be kept in mind that the en:wp arbcom is pretty much batshit
insane these days.  Hooking WMUK's fortunes to said body strikes me as
ill-advised.


I'm sorry David, but one can't have an organisation that's so closely 
associated with said project and then just completely ignore the 
project's community recognised dispute resolution body whenever we feel 
like it. If you believe the decision is incorrect in this instance, then 
address the issue at hand and why it's in WMUK interest for Fae to 
remain where he is.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser.

[Katie Chan]

On 08/06/2012 13:22, Jon Davies wrote:

We are very pleased to announce that we have appointed a fundraiser.
Katherine Bavage will be starting at WMUK on July 2nd.
She has a professional background in fundraising and will be here to:



Welcome! :) *wave*

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