[Wikimediauk-l] London pub meetups, November and December 2012

2012-10-23 Thread Gordon Joly
4th Birthday bash, with cake? See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/63 December meeting - note change of pub! http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/64 * There has been a lot of talk about the pros and cons of Penderel's Oak, so in December 2012, we will try

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Having an advisory board

2012-10-23 Thread David Gerard
On 23 October 2012 16:19, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: Advisory board? Why? Why not just put petrol on the flames? A charity that is as small as Wikimedia U.K. has no need of more dimensions of governance... An advisory board is conventionally advisory, per the name: they're

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WikiConference 2013: Where will you be travelling from?

2012-10-23 Thread Thomas Morton
Hello All, Thanks to everyone who has responded so far! We currently have 20 responses, which is not an insignificant portion of the attendees! I have begun compiling stats based on the replies so far. If you still have not answered the survey please do so ASAP so I can collate the results. Tom

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Having an advisory board

2012-10-23 Thread Gordon Joly
On 23/10/12 16:26, David Gerard wrote: On 23 October 2012 16:19, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: Advisory board? Why? Why not just put petrol on the flames? A charity that is as small as Wikimedia U.K. has no need of more dimensions of governance... An advisory board is

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Having an advisory board

2012-10-23 Thread Thomas Dalton
What do you want to ask the charity commission? I think the guidance is pretty clear. You just need to have it written down somewhere what their role is and what authority they have (ie. none). What is the difference between the CIC approach and our approach of having members that hold the board

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

2012-10-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
It appears that this is still an issue. On 5 October 2012 12:57, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Have just chased this up with the WMF. Thanks for reminding me Andy! On 5 October 2012 12:49, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: It's difficult to promote

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

2012-10-23 Thread Stevie Benton
I'm still having problems too. Stevie On Oct 23, 2012 7:09 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: It appears that this is still an issue. On 5 October 2012 12:57, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Have just chased this up with the WMF. Thanks for reminding

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

2012-10-23 Thread Damokos Bence
I think this issue affects all *.wikimedia.org addresses (at least the ones of chapters hosted by the WMF); a workaround is to change the user-agent setting in your mobile browser, if possible. Best regards, Bence On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Having an advisory board

2012-10-23 Thread Gordon Joly
On 23/10/12 17:45, Thomas Dalton wrote: What do you want to ask the charity commission? I think the guidance is pretty clear. You just need to have it written down somewhere what their role is and what authority they have (ie. none). I would ask them, given the current age of the charity,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Having an advisory board

2012-10-23 Thread Thomas Dalton
On Oct 23, 2012 10:23 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 23/10/12 17:45, Thomas Dalton wrote: What do you want to ask the charity commission? I think the guidance is pretty clear. You just need to have it written down somewhere what their role is and what authority they have (ie.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Having an advisory board

2012-10-23 Thread Gordon Joly
On 23/10/12 22:31, Thomas Dalton wrote: We could have quarterly general meetings if we wanted to. We don't need to change legal structure for that. But stakeholder groups in CICS can be a subset of the membership, I believe. The CIC decides at the start how to run the stakeholder function.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Mobile uk.wikimedia.org still failing

2012-10-23 Thread Michael Peel
I've raised this on bugzilla at: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41334 Please add any clarifying comments there that you think would be useful. Thanks, Mike On 23 Oct 2012, at 19:46, Damokos Bence damokos.be...@wikimedia.hu wrote: I think this issue affects all *.wikimedia.org