Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List participation

2015-03-09 Thread Gordon Joly
On 06/03/15 11:08, HJ Mitchell wrote: As long as the board keep their heads in the sand it'll all be all right. Not at all. The Board are working on the collapse of WMUK finances! They even have a camera: they are looking into it. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Minutes_2014-12-13 Gordo

[Wikimediauk-l] New images on Commons

2015-03-09 Thread Jason J. Evans
Hello! Just a quick message to let everyone know that the National Library of Wales has just contributed 450 images from Welsh Photo Journalist Geoff Charles. These images highlight the advance of modernity into rural Wales c.1940-1960. The images were added using the Flickr2Commons tool but

[Wikimediauk-l] Review of Wikimedia UK structure

2015-03-09 Thread Michael Maggs
/Statement by D'Arcy Myers, interim chief executive:/ As a part of my work as the interim chief executive of Wikimedia UK the board asked me to undertake a review of our structure and organisation. This task has been ongoing for some time and concluded with the board meeting held this

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List participation

2015-03-09 Thread James Farrar
I suggest adding number of sarcastic comments on the list as a new KPI. Something the whole community can get behind. On 9 Mar 2015 13:43, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 06/03/15 11:08, HJ Mitchell wrote: As long as the board keep their heads in the sand it'll all be all

[Wikimediauk-l] You are invited to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich

2015-03-09 Thread Jonathan Cardy
Dear all, Wikimedia UK and the National Maritime Museum would like to invite you to an editathon in Greenwich on the 15th April re the Board of Longitude. Our partners at the NMM are supplying lunch and several experts on the subject who want to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the search for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List participation

2015-03-09 Thread Gordon Joly
On 07/03/15 18:02, HJ Mitchell wrote: At a basic level, yes, but salaried staff have responsibilities beyond what volunteers have, as do the trustees - who take on a legal duty to ensure the proper running of the charity, and who are asleep at the wheel in my opinion. Salaried staff, who

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List participation

2015-03-09 Thread Gordon Joly
On 09/03/15 17:44, James Farrar wrote: I suggest adding number of sarcastic comments on the list as a new KPI. Something the whole community can get behind. All of us? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org