Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Jimbo at the AGM

2009-03-20 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/20 Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com: So what are the interesting parts of the AGM? The BBC / Jimbo / both? The hustings might be fairly interesting, I guess it depends on how many people stand (if the election is uncontested, they will be pretty boring, however eloquent the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Jimbo at the AGM

2009-03-20 Thread Gordon Joly
At 12:51 -0700 18/3/09, Cary Bass wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/3/18 Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com: According to Facebook, Jimbo will be at the AGM. Is this true? If it is, there is a minor issue - is he a member? If not, he's not

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art?

2009-03-20 Thread Cary Bass
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm supposed to be one of the judges. I found out that it's a lot of work assessing 6,300 images and haven't yet found much time for it. Cary Gordon Joly wrote: What happened to Wikipedia Loves Art?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia Loves Art?

2009-03-20 Thread AndrewRT
Thanks for the nudge! I've been in touch with the organisers at the Brooklyn; they are currently working through each of the 11,528 images to check they are all copyright-compliant and otherwise ok. They haven't been able to tell me when they'll be finished, but I'll keep hassling them! Hope to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Jimbo at the AGM

2009-03-20 Thread AndrewRT
Jimbo unfortunately has turned his facebook reply from accept to decline which I guess means he pressed the wrong button! Pity! Personally I'm most looking forward to the talks and the discussion on the chapter's priorities. The hustings should also be interesting as it will continue the debate

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Gift Aid update

2009-03-20 Thread AndrewRT
On Mar 18, 11:39 pm, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: ... CC [Charity Commission] will almost certainly want written confirmation (unconditionally, that is - what we have at the moment is all conditional on us winning the bid) The CC application form

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Jimbo at the AGM

2009-03-20 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/3/20 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk: Jimbo unfortunately has turned his facebook reply from accept to decline which I guess means he pressed the wrong button! Pity! Indeed, that is a pity. Personally I'm most looking forward to the talks and the discussion on the chapter's priorities.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC and Wikipedia - a thought

2009-03-20 Thread Thomas Dalton
BUMP! This seems to have been missed by the board - any comments? 2009/3/18 Steve Bowbrick steve.bowbr...@bbc.co.uk: Hi everyone, This is my first post here. I've been responsible for some discussion at the BBC about a possible contribution to the Wikipedia project from the BBC - I think

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BBC and Wikipedia - a thought

2009-03-20 Thread geni
2009/3/18 Steve Bowbrick steve.bowbr...@bbc.co.uk: Hi everyone, This is my first post here. I've been responsible for some discussion at the BBC about a possible contribution to the Wikipedia project from the BBC - I think it's come up on the list too. There's no hard proposal or plan, just

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK AGM - help start the chapter off in the right direction

2009-03-20 Thread Andrew Turvey
Note: This notice has been sent to all directors and all members who have been confirmed as of 20th March. It is also published on the mailing list and the Wikimedia UK wiki. Wikimedia UK Annual General Meeting help start the new chapter off in the right direction Please join us at the Annual