[Wikimediauk-l] Shaping our programme 2014-19

2014-08-06 Thread Jon Davies
Dear community, We are now preparing for plans for next year. This is a complicated task with many viewpoints and factors to consider. Your views are an important part of this and I am publishing today a discussion paper with suggestions for how the chapter can develop over the next year and

[Wikimediauk-l] Know how to manipulate an Xml database? Want to learn how the new mass upload tool works

2014-08-06 Thread WereSpielChequers
Greetings Wikimanians and Wikimedians in the UK., User Fae is running a session at 2pm tomorrow https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mass_upload_training to cover the technical practicalities of using the new mass upload tool. Fae https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae is one of the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Shaping our programme 2014-19

2014-08-06 Thread Michael Peel
Hi Jon, I've left some comments on the talk page. [1] I found your comment that Wikimedia UK has been inhibited by An Animal Farm culture of ‘Volunteers good, staff bad outrageous. That's never been the case, as is clearly demonstrated by the fact that we have staff rather than being an

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Shaping our programme 2014-19

2014-08-06 Thread Charles Matthews
On 6 August 2014 20:42, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Hi Jon, I've left some comments on the talk page. [1] I found your comment that Wikimedia UK has been inhibited by An Animal Farm culture of ‘Volunteers good, staff bad outrageous. That's never been the case, as is clearly

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Shaping our programme 2014-19

2014-08-06 Thread Michael Peel
On 6 Aug 2014, at 21:15, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 6 August 2014 20:42, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Hi Jon, I've left some comments on the talk page. [1] I found your comment that Wikimedia UK has been inhibited by An Animal Farm culture

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Shaping our programme 2014-19

2014-08-06 Thread Charles Matthews
On 6 August 2014 21:31, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: I'm not interested in a flame war. I'm after clear evidence or an apology, nothing more. Of course the CE of WMUK doesn't have to apologise to you for his opinion, one he is paid to have and to express; or for outraging you. If

[Wikimediauk-l] AGM

2014-08-06 Thread Lodewijk
Hi, I was doubting if it would be worth to miss other sessions (one of which facilitated by me) to join the WMUK agm this weekend, but I couldn't find an email announcing the final agenda with prepared motions etc. I was curious, is such an announcement towards the membership forthcoming, or did

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

2014-08-06 Thread Richard Symonds
Hi Lodewijk, I've sent four emails and a pack in the post... On 7 Aug 2014 00:00, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hi, I was doubting if it would be worth to miss other sessions (one of which facilitated by me) to join the WMUK agm this weekend, but I couldn't find an email

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

2014-08-06 Thread Lodewijk
Might it be that for some reason I did not receive those? I do remember seeing email a while ago (checked: 27 June), when things were preliminary etc, but don't recall anything recent with the final agenda etc? And definitely not four. And don't recall a post package either (but living outside the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM

2014-08-06 Thread Richard Symonds
Ill check tomorrow and send it out again from tell...@wikimedia.org.uk. All members across the world should have it by now... certainly it reached Australia and Japan! Let's talk tomorrow. On 7 Aug 2014 00:11, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Might it be that for some reason I did