Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com

2014-03-20 Thread Jon Davies
They are an independent organisation with whom we have worked and hope to continue to work. We are not currently funding them in any way. We do have an active member of the chapter associated with them, (who has declared any potential conflicts of interest) who is working with us to promote

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com

2014-03-20 Thread
On 20 March 2014 10:39, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: They are an independent organisation with whom we have worked and hope to continue to work. We are not currently funding them in any way. We do have an active member of the chapter associated with them, (who has declared

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com

2014-03-20 Thread Jon Davies
We checked their bona fides before we first worked with them and found no risk. They are funded by the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund and promoted by Brent Council and have some prominent supporters such as Paul Boateng. This would indicate that, as we believe, they are a legitimate

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com

2014-03-20 Thread
On 20 March 2014 11:13, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We checked their bona fides before we first worked with them and found no risk. They are funded by the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund and promoted by Brent Council and have some prominent supporters such as Paul

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com

2014-03-20 Thread Jon Davies
We felt that they were a suitable partner for an editathon. They were. If they ever applied for something like a Wikimedian in Residence we would institute checks at an appropriate level. It is up to you what you wish to spend your time on. On 20 March 2014 11:21, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com

2014-03-20 Thread
On 20 March 2014 11:31, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We felt that they were a suitable partner for an editathon. They were. If they ever applied for something like a Wikimedian in Residence we would institute checks at an appropriate level. Thank you for the clarification. I

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] BritishBlackMusic.com

2014-03-20 Thread
On 20 March 2014 11:49, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 March 2014 11:31, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We felt that they were a suitable partner for an editathon. ... I have checked with Companies House. There are no registered companies that relate to: * British Black Music

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interested in a potential hook-up with a sci-fi film festival?

2014-03-20 Thread Joe Filceolaire
I posted that page on the wikimania wiki so it is independent of your contact. The August SciFi conference at ExCel is Loncon3 - the World Science Fiction convention. It is the weekend after Wikimania. It is very well attended by authors so would be a good place to gather voice intros and even

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interested in a potential hook-up with a sci-fi film festival?

2014-03-20 Thread Jonathan Cardy
Hi Joe, sounds like a grant applicationhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Project_grantswould be worth making Regards Jonathan Cardy GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives Museums) Organiser/Trefnydd GLAM (Galeriau, Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!) Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a