Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Michael Maggs takes over as Chair of Wikimedia UK

2013-12-09 Thread James Forrester
On 9 December 2013 06:06, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Hello everyone, Please see the below short statement from Wikimedia UK. Thanks and regards, Stevie Wikimedia UK today announces that Michael Maggs has been elected as the new Chair of the charity, succeeding

[Wikimediauk-l] List reply-to setting (was: 2013 Developer proposal)

2012-08-22 Thread James Forrester
An 22 August 2012 12:14, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: Sending this again because it went off-list by accident. Anyone know why Tom's email didn't have a reply-to header? Yes; as part of the changes we made to the list last week, we set it so that reply will by default only reply

[Wikimediauk-l] Status of this list and its archives

2012-08-15 Thread James Forrester
All, Over the past few months a number of individuals have asked for some, many, or all e-mails they have written to be removed from the archives. In general, our answer has been a holding 'no', but the mailing list's archives were nevertheless temporarily hidden from view. This was

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Draft Communications Bill

2012-07-01 Thread James Forrester
On 1 July 2012 13:00, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: None of which will matter if the law is so broadly drawn that Wikimedia UK or even an individual Wikimedian could be held to be an operator of a telecommunications system. It's entirely foreseeable that UK police would consider anyone

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK's coolest projects

2012-06-08 Thread James Forrester
On Thursday, June 7, 2012, Gordon Joly wrote: On 07/06/12 10:42, Roger Bamkin wrote: *Wikimeets* - We are not Wikimedia London (although they did well as well) It will not be the same without James F BTW, have we decided if he is a spy? And for which side? :-) I continue to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election and resolution results

2012-05-12 Thread James Forrester
On 12 May 2012 22:44, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: What membership email list Gordon wants to trigger a CiviCRM all-current-members mass e-mail to update all Members of the Charity (i.e., trigger the no-you-can't-really-unsubscribe list). James has said it'll be done

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 'twas the night before the AGM...

2012-05-11 Thread James Forrester
On 11 May 2012 18:54, Tom Holden tom.hol...@economics.ox.ac.uk wrote: Should we have had confirmation of our proxy votes? I've emailed mine twice (the second time following the reminder email) and received nothing. I believe that the Tellers are going to get back to everyone to confirm today.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2014

2012-05-05 Thread James Forrester
On 5 May 2012 17:23, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: It is clear that a lot of people want to come but can't make the proposed date. I've created a doodle poll here for people to specify what dates they can make so we can find a date and time that best suits everyone:

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Internal-l] Fwd: Volunteers Wanted: Funds Dissemination Process Advisory Group

2012-04-09 Thread James Forrester
Please see the below if of interest to you UK-based Wikimedians. J. -- Forwarded message -- From: Barry Newstead bnewst...@wikimedia.org Date: 9 April 2012 20:10 Subject: [Internal-l] Fwd: Volunteers Wanted: Funds Dissemination Process Advisory Group To: Local Chapters, board and

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb

2012-02-17 Thread James Forrester
On 17 February 2012 17:58, Roger Bamkin victuall...@gmail.com wrote: Ive been persuaded to go to this event. I think this will work out well as I'm keen to see a fresh look at WLM which you guys should be able to find. Fae will be there to represent the board and I know James F will also be

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The new British standard for copyright infringement...

2012-01-25 Thread James Forrester
On 25 January 2012 19:18, Magnus Manske magnusman...@googlemail.com wrote: ...photos that somehow look similar: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/photographers_face_copyright_threat_after_shock_ruling__news_311191.html Good heavens. That's bonkers; there's possibly a trademark

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Chapters Committee Call for Candidates

2012-01-22 Thread James Forrester
For those not on foundation-l - ChapCom is hugely important in how the movement as a whole operates, and it might be of interest to some of the readers of this list. J. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com Date: 21 January 2012 20:25 Subject: [Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Laptop recommendations?

2012-01-14 Thread James Forrester
On 14 January 2012 22:39, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hi all, I'm currently putting together a proposal for purchasing tech equipment to support future events/activities at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Event_Tech Input on this would be very welcome - please edit

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Editing sessions in the new year

2011-12-09 Thread James Forrester
On 9 December 2011 19:36, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: This is basically what we've been doing with the Girl Geeks. I'd be more than happy to help out. If possible, it would be good to put it in a location that's easiest to get to for most of the 'customers'. Or perhaps holding

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Suggestions for Merchandise

2011-09-13 Thread James Forrester
On 12 September 2011 21:08, Richard Symonds chasemew...@gmail.com wrote: Something that’d encourage people to upload to commons would be good though – I did get a WM Commons Christmas card last year from Mr Forrester! Postcards would be cheap, easy to make, and we’ve got some wonderful

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] September London wikimeet and candidate WMUK chief execs

2011-09-05 Thread James Forrester
On 5 September 2011 09:12, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: I humbly assert that this process (many Wikipedians, face to face, in a pub in London) breaks any modern standards of the selection process (e.g. all candidates being asked the same set of questions). Well, the way I see it

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets - best place to organise them online?

2011-07-02 Thread James Forrester
On 2 July 2011 10:24, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to figure out where the best place to do the online organisation of wikimeets is. I can think of four different places, each with pros and cons, which I'd appreciate others' views on. [Snip] 3) Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] - a reply and a suggestion on diversity in the membership basis

2011-04-20 Thread James Forrester
On 20 April 2011 18:04, Isabell Long isabell...@gmail.com wrote: Suggestions as to how I can get more involved are welcome!  I do plan to come to one of the London meetups *soon*.  :-) Though I'd be the last to discourage people from coming to the meetups (and especially my meetups in London),

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] July 4 meetup

2010-06-22 Thread James Forrester
On 22 June 2010 17:25, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is anyone interested in my doing a Facebook event page for the London meetup on July 4? I've done this for San Francisco with some success, and have recently created pages for the DC

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania attendees?

2009-08-24 Thread James Forrester
All, I'm in Buenos Aires for the Wikimania conference in a few days, and was wondering if there are any Wikimedia UK-related people around. I'm getting asked questions and invited to things as if I can talk 'officially' for the chapter (which of course I cannot). Is there going to be someone

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania attendees?

2009-08-24 Thread James Forrester
2009/8/24 Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com: At 12:46 -0400 24/8/09, James Forrester wrote: 2009/8/24 Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com:  Line James up for Poland next year? Well, I'd like to think that the Board will ensure at least one (ideally all) of them attend Wikimania when it's

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: UK Deletionists - a request

2009-08-11 Thread James Forrester
2009/8/11 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: 2009/8/11 geni geni...@gmail.com: 2009/8/10 Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net: Hi all, Anyone interested in the below? As I understand it, they want to cover the range of philosophies on Wikipedia - they already have people involved with an

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Phorm opt-out for wikimedia.org.uk?

2009-04-28 Thread James Forrester
2009/4/28 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: Has James sent a Phorm opt-out email for wikimedia.org.uk yet? I ask because wm.de and wm.fr have just opted out too. The canonical web address is now http://uk.wikimedia.org , but opting out provides a nice public message. For publicity purposes, I'd

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM Resolutions

2009-03-03 Thread James Forrester
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 for Wikimania 2010 (- grin-), or, failing that, when our donations

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008-12-18 Thread James Forrester
2008/12/14 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: 2008/12/14 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: 2008/12/14 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk: There are advantages in having in person meetings as well, though - it gives us an opportunity to discuss things more informally and get to know each other