[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeet survey results

[Michael Peel]

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce the results of the wikimeet survey that ran late last 
year. The summary and full details are now on Meta at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/UK_Wikimeet_survey_2015

The key results from the survey that should affect future wikimeets are:
- Organising wikimeets in South East England should be a priority (We are 
assuming that when people selected this, they meant official South East England 
region, which does not include London, since that was a separate option)
- There should be more local wikimeets: ideally they should be no more than 
about 30 minutes away from a number of Wikimedians, who should only have to pay 
£5-£10 to get to the wikimeet by public transportation.
- The best times for a wikimeet are on Saturday or Sunday afternoons, 
preferably in a museum/cultural institute or a cafe rather than a pub.
- Better notifications should be sent around about upcoming wikimeets, ideally 
through email, user talk pages and watchlists, on a regional or UK-wide basis 
about a month in advance of the wikimeet.
- There are a number of people who would potentially be willing to organise a 
local wikimeet, but most need more information about this, and others need 
assistance. WMUK should follow up with those that are willing to organise 
wikimeets to offer them any support/assistance that they need.

Please post any comments on the talk page for the results. Hopefully we can try 
implementing some of the suggested changes to wikimeets and the way that 
wikimeet notifications are circulated in the near future!

Thanks,
Mike
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Affiliate-selected WMF board posts

[Michael Maggs]

Not yet sure when the decision will be made, but feedback "soon-ish" would be 
most helpful. 

Michael 

> On 11 Mar 2016, at 11:23, Katherine Bavage  wrote:
> 
> Thanks Michael
> 
> Is there a deadline for feedback to the board?
> 
>> On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 at 11:02 Michael Maggs  wrote:
>> Hi all
>> 
>> One  of our privileges as a Wikimedia chapter is to vote in the
>> chapter/affiliate election for the so-called "affiliate-selected WMF
>> board posts". Candidate nominations closed this week, and the board now
>> needs to decide which candidate or candidates we wish as a chapter to
>> support.  Members or volunteers who have views on this are welcome to
>> provide input now, either here, on our Engine Room wiki page, or by
>> email to any board member.
>> 
>> You may like to have a look at the current candidates, here
>> 
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations
>> 
>> and their responses to questions from the community:
>> 
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Questions
>> 
>> regards
>> 
>> Michael Maggs
>> Chair
>> Wikimedia UK
>> 
>> 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] An open letter to Rupa Huq, MP, regarding official Parliamentary videos

[Lucy Crompton-Reid]

Back when I was Head of Outreach at the House of Lords, I can remember an
Information Committee meeting (made up of members of the House, but I was
present), where Lord Puttnam - producer of Local Hero, Chariots of Fire and
Bugsy Malone, among many others - was pushing for Select Committee meetings
and other Parliamentary proceedings to be filmed and publicly available.
It's possible that he might be a good internal advocate for you?

On 10 March 2016 at 17:38, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> I've just published this, on my blog:
>
>
> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/open-letter-rupa-huq-mp-official-parliamentary-videos/
>
> calling for the use of an open licence for official videos of
> proceedings in the United Kingdom's Parliament.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] An open letter to Rupa Huq, MP, regarding official Parliamentary videos

[Robin Owain]

Simply said and very effective! Well done Andy! I've just Tweeted Leighton Andrews and Carwyn Jones as @WiciCymru.Juxtaposition, why not start a petition?Robin OwainOn 10 March 2016 at 17:38 Andy Mabbett  wrote:I've just published this, on my blog: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/open-letter-rupa-huq-mp-official-parliamentary-videos/calling for the use of an open licence for official videos ofproceedings in the United Kingdom's Parliament.-- Andy Mabbett@pigsonthewinghttp://pigsonthewing.org.uk___Wikimedia UK mailing listwikimediau...@wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-lWMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
 

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[Wikimediauk-l] Affiliate-selected WMF board posts

[Michael Maggs]

Hi all

One  of our privileges as a Wikimedia chapter is to vote in the 
chapter/affiliate election for the so-called "affiliate-selected WMF 
board posts". Candidate nominations closed this week, and the board now 
needs to decide which candidate or candidates we wish as a chapter to 
support.  Members or volunteers who have views on this are welcome to 
provide input now, either here, on our Engine Room wiki page, or by 
email to any board member.


You may like to have a look at the current candidates, here

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations

and their responses to questions from the community:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Questions

regards

Michael Maggs
Chair
Wikimedia UK



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[Wikimediauk-l] Workshop postponed, was Re: Cambridge Images Workshop 19 March

[Charles Matthews]

Things have not gone well for the Images Workshop over the past week, so I'm
postponing it. Any further developments will be announced here.  Charles___
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