Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Meeting tonight?

2009-02-10 Thread Kwan Ting Chan
Thomas Dalton wrote: Is the meeting tonight still on? If so, is there an agenda? Sorry, it's on now. Partly my internet as always, partly it feels like I'm cramming for an exam over here. Preparing for interview FTW! KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interview with MD of Britannica UK

2009-02-10 Thread Sean Whitton
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 18:13, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: Q. How much of a problem is the popularity of Wikipedia? A. I think the comparison is a non-debate, because we offer something very different. Translation: We tried ignoring and slandering them and kept losing. I once

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chapters Meeting

2009-02-10 Thread Gordon Joly
At 20:47 + 10/2/09, Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/2/10 Andrew Turvey ratur...@yahoo.co.uk: We would like to ask people their suggestions as to the best way forward. Should we restrict it to current Board members, or is it reasonable to say that anyone who puts themself forward as a candidate

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chapters Meeting

2009-02-10 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/2/10 Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com: Why are there seven seats on the board? I can see why there might be seven roles, but why seven people? Because we had a discussion (on meta, I think) and that's what we decided. We thought there was too much work for 5 people and 9 people seemed

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chapters Meeting

2009-02-10 Thread AndrewRT
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

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chapters Meeting

2009-02-10 Thread David Gerard
2009/2/10 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk: Just out of interest, which other number would you have prefered? Keep the current 5 or expand to 9? Five to seven at a *maximum*. Parkinson wrote a good essay on this. - d. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chapters Meeting

2009-02-10 Thread Andrew Gray
2009/2/10 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: 2009/2/10 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk: Just out of interest, which other number would you have prefered? Keep the current 5 or expand to 9? Five to seven at a *maximum*. Parkinson wrote a good essay on this. ...which was, for those interested,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chapters Meeting

2009-02-10 Thread Casey Brown
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: 2009/2/10 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: 2009/2/10 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk: Just out of interest, which other number would you have prefered? Keep the current 5 or expand to 9? Five to seven at a *maximum*.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chapters Meeting

2009-02-10 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/2/11 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126901.300-explaining-the-curse-of-work.html?full=true It's nice to note, that article links to Wikipedia! (The last sentence links to our article on the English Civil War.) Even New Scientist endorses us.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Meeting tonight?

2009-02-10 Thread Theresa Knott
I'm not the only one that leaves marking until the day before, then? Speaking of which, I'd better go and collect the next batch... I leave it to the hour before most of the time. Theresa ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org