At 06:17 + 11/12/08, Theresa Knott wrote:
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:57 PM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/12/10 Theresa Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
One of my key talents in this appears to be that I've been very good
so far at winging it.
Yes and that's a very important
At 15:34 + 10/12/08, Thomas Dalton wrote:
There is a bigger discussion needed here than just gathering some
volunteers to appear on TV. We need to work out how we want to handle
press in the UK, with relation to the (imminent) new chapter. There
are two ways we can talk to the press, as
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Might be worth adding that all journalists are trustworthy and have
no axes to grind.
Well, of course. So much so, that one set of people I know who ran science
fiction conventions took to telling journalists who turned up at the door
expecting free entry that
There is also the matter of 'keeping one's powder dry' in that
this is a public-accessible list and to discuss possible media interaction
here is, in some ways, a redundant activity.
Indeed, such discussions need to take place somewhere more private -
when a quick decision is required, phone
2008/12/11 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com:
But to what extent is David (and you) in them as a representative of
WMUK as opposed to as a WMF press contact? I believe David was a WMF
press contact before WMUK was created, so how many in the media
updated their directories to add that
2008/12/11 James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com:
Spokesperson offends me.
Spokesman or spokeswoman (as appropriate) are perfectly acceptable.
We are talking about wikipedians here. Spokesbeing is probably about
the only term inclusive enough and given the regular comparisons to
Hitchhiker's
2008/12/11 geni geni...@gmail.com:
2008/12/11 James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com:
Spokesperson offends me.
Spokesman or spokeswoman (as appropriate) are perfectly acceptable.
We are talking about wikipedians here. Spokesbeing is probably about
the only term inclusive enough and given the
At 15:22 + 11/12/08, Alison Wheeler wrote:
On Thu, December 11, 2008 14:06, Thomas Dalton wrote:
Yes, but WMUK 1.0 was always very small and wasn't really noticed by
anyone (some in the media may have known it existed, but that's about
it).
Before David gets in and screams how wrong
At 21:10 + 11/12/08, Thomas Dalton wrote:
2008/12/11 geni geni...@gmail.com:
2008/12/11 James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com:
Spokesperson offends me.
Spokesman or spokeswoman (as appropriate) are perfectly acceptable.
We are talking about wikipedians here. Spokesbeing is probably
On Thu, December 11, 2008 22:46, Gordon Joly wrote:
Can I also Alison to the list of good public speakers, who can think
on their feet?
Thankyou ;-P
I seem to recall a certain Wiki Wednesday where Sue was late and I did a
vamp until ready talk for a half-hour... ho hum.
Alison
There is (or at least, should be) discussion going on on meta about
board election rules and membership. It's important for everyone to
contribute to those discussion - if you don't, don't expect anyone to
listen to your complaints after the fact! This particularly applies to
the board who all
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