On Jan 21, 7:39 pm, Isabell Long isabell...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:24:29PM +, Jonathan Gray wrote:
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One of the things that a few people have mentioned as a real positive
about the chapter is the way that decisions are made openly in
consultation with members and supporters.
The home page makes quite a bg deal about this:
Open decisions
As an organisation promoting open knowledge, we also want
On Dec 7, 12:31 pm, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think we need them until we are ready to use them fully. Do we
have volunteers to be the regional chairs you mention? If they end up
just being figureheads that things are done in the name of, I would be
opposed.
Why?
When we were recognised as a chapter by the Foundation we got
permission to use names like Wikimedia Wales, Wikimedia
Scotland (plus other language derivations) with the thought that some
day they might be useful to have. We haven't yet had the need or
opportunity to use them, but there are a
Thanks everyone for the comments. To respond to three points raised:
On Dec 6, 5:11 pm, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/12/6 AndrewRT andrewrtur...@googlemail.com:
That's pretty much what I've been thinking, although I'm not sure we
need it yet. I think we ought to let
How does everyone think it went on Tuesday? Personally I found the
Skype part to be much more productive than IRC - it was a lot easier
to discuss potentially contentious and complex issues over Skype than
over IRC.
The main negatives were the fact that it wasn't open to our supporters
to listen
Has anyone got any pictures of the AGM? If so, could you upload them
to the wiki at uk.wikimedia.org.
It would be good to have some pics so we can start to illustrate the
site.
Cheers!
Andrew
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We're planning to do a brief Board report (perhaps 1 or 2 pages) to
the AGM summarising the acheivements of the initial Board.
Has anyone got ideas for what they would like it to contain? If so,
please comment here:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Meetings/2009_AGM/Board%27s_Report
Thanks
One of the key things that the chapter does/will do is to do with
media contacts. I've started a section and a page on the wiki -
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page#Media_relations - to record
what we do - please could you edit away!
cheers
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I've created a new template which members can add to their userpages
to advertise WMUK and encourage other people to get involved. Please
edit away if you can improve!
Just add {{WMUK}} to the top of your English Wikipedia or Wikinews
page (feel free to copy across to other projects as required)
I've put together a proposed tempate for sending round everyone who's
previously expressed an interest in the chapter but hasn't joined up
yet.
It's at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AndrewRT/WMUK#Join_up_template
Please let me know if yu have any suggestions for improvements.
Cheers
Andrew
Just a reminder that there are only 25 hours to go before close of
nominations for the new Board! If you are interested in running, all
that is needed is a quick email to tell...@wikimedia.org.uk with the
information requested at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009_AGM/Notice#Nomination
We had a chat at the Board meeting last night and there was a bit of
nervousness at the fewness of people who have expressed an interest in
standing for the Board. The applications are going straight to the
tellers so the current Board members won't actually know who's applied
until they're
I've started a poll at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Water_cooler#Anonymous_editing_poll
on whether we should continue allowing anonymous editing on
uk.wikimedia.org. Please let me know your views.
regards,
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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
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
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
On Mar 18, 12:54 pm, joseph seddon
life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
I think that making preparations for both drafting a complaint to HMRC and
preparing an application to CC should start now. Even if the preparations are
only minor. Delaying either by any real length of time could
One of our tellers has unfortunately had to pull out, so the Board is
looking for a replacement. Is anyone able to volunteer?
We have one teller, so if no-one comes forward we'll just appoint a
second person to count the votes at the AGM. However, it would be
ideal if we could get a second teller
In case you don't have the addresses to hand:
board meeting: #wikimedia-uk-board
discussion: #wikimedia-uk
wikimania: #wikimania-oxford
On Mar 10, 6:40 pm, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
Reminder: There is a board meeting on IRC tonight at 8:30pm.
My main reason for this email,
On Mar 9, 8:15 am, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
At 13:19 + 7/3/09, Andrew Turvey wrote:
Hi all,
Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with finding a suitable free venue
in Birmingham, so we've decided to move to plan B, which is
Manchester.
Does anyone have any contacts -
The Board was very clear to me - only free or nearly free (i.e. £10)
would do!
If we're not able to get a free room, I guess we can start looking at
non-free ones.
On Mar 8, 12:38 am, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/3/7 Andrew Turvey ratur...@yahoo.co.uk:
Hi all,
Personally, I think a meeting in a pub or even a pub room gives a very
different impression to a meeting in a university room, and we need to
bear that in mind. Imagine giving a presentation or holding hustings.
Although we're only small now, I hope this is the start of something
big. I say let's
On Mar 3, 10:26 pm, James Forrester ja...@jdforrester.org wrote:
2009/3/3 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk:
The Board has an action to register with the Charity Commission as
soon as it's likely that our income will be more than £5,000 - which
will be as soon were announced as the winning bid
On Feb 24, 1:46 am, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/2/24 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk:
Just reading the news online and came across this article:
http://euobserver.com/851/27587
Look closely and you can see the picture cites wikipedia
I know pictures often cite AFP like
Just reading the news online and came across this article:
http://euobserver.com/851/27587
Look closely and you can see the picture cites wikipedia
I know pictures often cite AFP like that - but is this enough under
the GDFL? If not, what is the procedure for reporting copyright
abuses?
Andrew
On Feb 10, 8:47 pm, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
It's probably worth pointing out that at the moment less than 7 people
have expressed an interest in standing for the 7 seats on the board,
I don't think we should assume that this will remain the case. Out of
the five current
Just had a listen - you did well, thanks for picking this up!
I guess the main message was flagged revisions are not a fundamental
change, just an extension of existing protection processes which you
put across well, along with the impetus for action from the senators.
Pity you couldn't get the
On Jan 10, 10:56 am, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
How does that sound? Complicated...
Can you suggest any ways of making it simpler?
...and the competitor cannot control
stage 2. So it is no longer a scavenger hunt at that stage,
Yes, I spoke to Pharos about this previously - he
On Jan 5, 10:01 pm, Andrew Cates and...@soschildren.org wrote:
... Can you
accept CAF cheques yet?
I'm afraid not. Looking at the CAF guidelines here:
http://www.cafonline.org/PDF/0650Z_pdfCollection_0708.pdf the charity
must be registered with HMRC before they will pay out on any CAF
cheques
On Jan 3, 7:31 pm, michael west michaw...@gmail.com wrote:
Wikipedia is the encyclopedia *anyone *can edit. I have not been barred from
editing and do edit under a wikiname that wouldn't link me to my past.
I think one of the strengths of wikipedia is that contributions are
taken at face
On Jan 2, 4:22 pm, Andrew Cates and...@soschildren.org wrote:
Any progress on accepting direct debits?
We will be able to accept standig orders as soon as the bank account
is finalised which should be soon after Foundation approval next
Sunday.
I think the Board decided against direct debits as
Hi all,
Happy New Year to everyone!
We're starting to look at the practicalities of the AGM and I though
it'd be useful to get an idea of how many people might attend in
person so we can book a suitable room.
Bearing in mind:
- all members will be able to vote - both for resolutions and for the
Just to let you know the Board meeting today decided to call the next meeting
in a fortnight's time, Tuesday 13th January 2009 at 8:30pm GMT/UTC.
The Agenda is now available here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Board_meetings/2009-01-13/Agenda
Please comment there if you
On Dec 30, 6:45 pm, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
I will be in the room, silent... like an elephant!
Hope you enjoyed it!
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Hi all,
I'm starting to get some more details together about the events at the
Victoria Albert Museum that we're running as part of the Wikipedia
Loves Art project.
The VA are organising their launch event on Sunday 1st February -
time to be confirmed. If you can come down that day or otherwise
On Dec 22, 12:53 am, AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Informed by the discussion we've had here, I'm going to propose that
the next Board meeting on tuesday
I should of course have said _next_ tuesday, i.e. 30th!
Just confusing myself again
On Dec 18, 8:39 am, Kwan Ting Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Board_meetings/2008-
There's nothing on there at the moment other than the standard items and
matter arising from the last meeting.
Thanks for that.
With regard the Election
Informed by the discussion we've had here, I'm going to propose that
the next Board meeting on tuesday decide the location of the AGM so
that we can start organising it.
There seems to be a broad consensus that the location should be easily
accessible by transport and should rotate around several
On Dec 17, 10:19 pm, Mickey Conn mickey.c...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi -
The next board meeting will be in two weeks time, on Tuesday 30th December.
Thanks for these minutes Mickey.
KTC - would it be possible to see an early Agenda for the next
meeting, so we can consider what items the Board may
On Dec 1, 12:37 pm, Michael Shilliday mjshilli...@googlemail.com
wrote:
I have never commented here before, but why the need for a physical AGM?
Incorporated companies have been having online AGMs for years now. It may
be necessary for a small group of people to be sitting in a room together,
I just wanted to hear everyone's views about the role Wiki UK Ltd
played in responding to the IWF issues.
The general consensus among the Board was that we shouldn't really get
involved as we didn't yet have chapter status. Individuals were
encouraged to do what they could but the Board decided
On Dec 14, 9:32 pm, Andrew Cates and...@soschildren.org wrote:
... for this kind of thing I think you
should feel we want you to speak and we'll let you know if we
disagree.
Even before we're officially a WMF chapter?
Andrew
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It seems the IWF are getting so much flak they've put a front page
statement on their website:
http://www.iwf.org.uk/media/news.249.htm
Andrew
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