Re: [Wikimedia-l] internet-in-a-boxs to the refugee camps?

2015-09-16 Thread Simon Knight
Hi all https://openideo.com/challenge/refugee-education/brief may be of interest looking for innovation around: 'How might we improve education and expand learning opportunities for refugees around the world? ' The call for that has now closed, but it may be useful to look at how people intend

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Advocacy Advisors] Transparency and right to be forgotten notices from search engines

2014-08-07 Thread Simon Knight
Bear in mind Pine that the RTBF request need not be from the subject of the article (so BLP NPOV are less relevant), it could be someone mentioned peripherally. The link suppression would also only relate to search terms about /that/ person, rather than the main subject, just to muddy the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons and OCILLA

2014-06-08 Thread Simon Knight
Hi Matanya I'm sure there are others with more expertise than me on this list but a) isn't Commons the place to start this process, and b) have you looked at Michael Maggs' proposal (see email copied below from April) to relax the scope of the precautionary principle? That, and the discussion

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons and OCILLA

2014-06-08 Thread Simon Knight
See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Wikimedia_Server_Location_and_Free_Knowledge -Original Message- From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of rupert THURNER Sent: 08 June 2014 17:27 To:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons and OCILLA

2014-06-08 Thread Simon Knight
and OCILLA Simon, this answers a different question. from wikimedia foundation standpoint, domain in its posession, domain registered in the u.s. Am 08.06.2014 18:29 schrieb Simon Knight sjgkni...@gmail.com: See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Non-renewal of Wikimedia UK fundraiser agreement

2014-05-21 Thread Simon Knight
To offer a clarification, SORP stands for Statement of Recommended Practice and offers a standard for best practice in charitable accounting. http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Charity_requirements_guidance/Accounting_and_reporting/Preparing_charity_accounts/sorpfront.aspx Cheers Simon

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Timothy Sandole and (apparently) $53, 690 of WMF funding

2014-04-19 Thread Simon Knight
Bear in mind her email address has now changed as she's moved to @wikiedfoundation.org E.g. this link re: quality http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/10/04/spring-2012-wikipedia-education-program-quality/ but I've seen more recent stuff Simon -Original Message- From:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] United Nation of Wikimedia

2014-04-07 Thread Simon Knight
This is very interesting Ting just to reply to one (fairly minor!) part re: WMUK WMDE strategy, I agree further sharing and coordination would be a good thing (indeed, we did try to look to other chapters/organisations for guidance) but I also think thinking about localisation of strategy is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cost of Wikimedia Conference 2014

2014-03-31 Thread Simon Knight
The additional trustee is also talking so Jon's points stand. It's great that Wikimania representatives will be there, and that a WMUK member will also be there as part of the FDC. However, while I certainly hope those individuals are happy to represent WMUK, they're really not relevant to