[Wikimediauk-l] Poll: Wikimedia UK OTRS workshop dates

2011-11-01 Thread Fae
If you are interested in the OTRS workshop, please add your name to http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/OTRS_workshop. It is currently envisaged that the workshop would run over a weekend. A poll on preferred dates is running at http://www.doodle.com/4nf6siv8dibhbr7p, please tick any weekends that you

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day 2012

2011-11-01 Thread Charles Matthews
On 31 October 2011 20:42, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 October 2011 19:25, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 31 October 2011 17:19, Tim Dobson li...@tdobson.net wrote: Just added my great grandfather, Max Plowman (A Subletern on the Somme) to the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Poll: Wikimedia UK OTRS workshop dates

2011-11-01 Thread HJ Mitchell
I notice two of the dates coincide with the London meetups. It would be nice, if possible, to avoid clashing with them.   Harry From: Fae fae...@gmail.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 10:00 Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Poll:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Poll: Wikimedia UK OTRS workshop dates

2011-11-01 Thread Fae
Excellent point, I have taken Sunday 11 December and Sunday 15 January off the table and added in the remaining weekends in January. I have left the related Saturdays in, as we have yet to work out if the general preference is for a whole weekend (which may suit some attendees planning to stay

[Wikimediauk-l] Should we join in the Foundation grants scheme?

2011-11-01 Thread Chris Keating
The Foundation, and Wikimedia Deutschland, have set up a participation grants initiative to fund people going places to do things in the Wikimedia movement. We've already identified giving travel grants of this nature as something we should do in 2012. We've been invited to take part and commit a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Should we join in the Foundation grants scheme?

2011-11-01 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 1 November 2011 12:48, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: The Foundation, and Wikimedia Deutschland, have set up a participation grants initiative to fund people going places to do things in the Wikimedia movement. We've already identified giving travel grants of this nature as

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [GLAM] Soldiers' letters

2011-11-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 25 October 2011 22:55, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote: Following on from Fae and myself meeting Robin Urquart of the National Archives of Scotland, I'm looking for people who may be interested in working on a WW-I related GLAM project. This is also pertinent: