Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Brian McNeil

[Katherine Bavage]

Oh no :( That's really sad - I'd lost contact a bit after deleting my old
facebook  profile so thank you for letting the list know Andy.

I'll keep an eye out/help if any form of tribute or homage in prospect for
his work as a wikipedian.

On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 at 10:12, Andy Mabbett 
wrote:

> Some sad news - it seems that Brian has passed away. I'm seeing
> tributes from a number of his friends on his Facebook page.
>
> Does anyone know more?
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Birmingham event this Sunday

[Katherine Bavage]



Well in that case - how did it go?

On Thu, 7 Jun 2018, 16:09 Andy Mabbett,  wrote:

> Thank you, Katherine. It seems your northern train delays are even
> worse than I feared - the event was two weeks ago.
>
> On 7 June 2018 at 15:08, Katherine Bavage 
> wrote:
> > Ah this looks fab! Roger is right, its a great place.
> >
> > I can't make it, but if I can spot an edit and chip in during I shall :)
> >
> > On Sun, 27 May 2018 at 08:43 Roger Bamkin  wrote:
> >>
> >> Good luck with this Andy. We are now far away in Scotland but will be
> >> thinking of iKON today. It was one of our favourite galleries and we
> bought
> >> several paintings locally.
> >>
> >> R
> >>
> >> Roger 01835 864317
> >>
> >> On Fri, 25 May 2018, 7:59 p.m. Andy Mabbett,  >
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> As part of my new Wikipedia Residency, I'm running an event at
> >>> Birmingham's Ikon Gallery:
> >>>
> >>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikon_Gallery
> >>>
> >>> on Sunday. There are still a few places available. Come along, and
> >>> write or update articles about contemporary art & artists.
> >>>
> >>> The event is free, lunch will be provided, but please bring a laptop.
> >>> Training will be available for new editors.
> >>>
> >>> Book at:
> >>>
> >>>https://www.ikon-gallery.org/event/wikipedia-editathon/
> >>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Birmingham event this Sunday

[Katherine Bavage]

Ah this looks fab! Roger is right, its a great place.

I can't make it, but if I can spot an edit and chip in during I shall :)

On Sun, 27 May 2018 at 08:43 Roger Bamkin  wrote:

> Good luck with this Andy. We are now far away in Scotland but will be
> thinking of iKON today. It was one of our favourite galleries and we bought
> several paintings locally.
>
> R
>
> Roger 01835 864317
>
> On Fri, 25 May 2018, 7:59 p.m. Andy Mabbett, 
> wrote:
>
>> As part of my new Wikipedia Residency, I'm running an event at
>> Birmingham's Ikon Gallery:
>>
>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikon_Gallery
>>
>> on Sunday. There are still a few places available. Come along, and
>> write or update articles about contemporary art & artists.
>>
>> The event is free, lunch will be provided, but please bring a laptop.
>> Training will be available for new editors.
>>
>> Book at:
>>
>>https://www.ikon-gallery.org/event/wikipedia-editathon/
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Give a lightning talk at this Saturday's AGM and meet up!

[Katherine Bavage]

*waves goodbye to life for next few months*

Can't wait to cross-post to the LSBG <http://lbsg.org/> mailing list :D

On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 at 17:43 Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

> On 17 July 2017 at 16:49, Katherine Bavage <katherine.bav...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I need to see what capacity OSM has to tag postboxes
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dpost_box
>
> Don't forget to specify which royal cypher!
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Give a lightning talk at this Saturday's AGM and meet up!

[Katherine Bavage]

Afternoon,

Harry how did the lightning talk go? Well I hope! Still keen to see some of
this written up and on the WMUK blog - I'm happy to help with writing it up
if you like?

Also Fae's post reminds me I need to see what capacity OSM has to tag
postboxes :D

On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 at 13:15 Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Harry,
>
> If you are still thinking about it, it would be neat to cover any
> experiences you have had in use of the projects for mapping,
> successful or not. I play around with OSM, and have remained impressed
> at how nicely the editing tools work there. At the 'meta' level we
> have a big gap between the idea of navigating or discovering by place
> and what Commons/Wikidata/Wikipedia can provide using integrated
> methods.
>
> Three to four years ago the UK chapter was encouraging projects around
> geomapping, but the only place I have noticed innovation recently was
> last year by Commons enthusiasts on better tools for individual maps;
> though there's been a lot of discussion (and investment) within
> Wikidata I have not followed.
>
> Thanks,
> Fae
>
> On 13 July 2017 at 09:31, Harry Mitchell <hjmw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There isn't even an *un*written version yet. It's been a long time since
> I
> > stood up and spoke to a room full of Wikimedians. Also, I didn't think
> > anyone else would be interested! Something to occupy me on the journey
> > tomorrow! ;)
> >
> > Harry Mitchell
> > http://enwp.org/User:HJ
> > +44 (0) 7507 536 971 <+44%207507%20536971>
> > Skype: harry_j_mitchell
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Katherine Bavage
> > <katherine.bav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Harry - that sounds really good! If you've got a written version
> anywhere
> >> and it isn't on the WMUK blog can you make that a thing for those of us
> >> (like me) who sadly won't make it.
> >>
> >> I have voted by proxy though :)
> >>
> >> On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 at 09:23 Harry Mitchell <hjmw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I assumed all the slots would be taken, but I'd be happy to give a talk
> >>> if there's space. Let's go with "War Memorials, Wikipedia, and Why You
> >>> Should Care", just because I appreciate alliteration. (Hi Nicola! If
> you
> >>> need more detail, please do email me offlist.)
> >>>
> >>> Is there somewhere public we can put these things and/or sign up for
> the
> >>> event in general? I know it's a crazy Wikipedian thing, but it might
> inspire
> >>> someone else.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>>
> >>> Harry Mitchell
> >>> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
> >>> +44 (0) 7507 536 971 <+44%207507%20536971>
> >>> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Lucy Crompton-Reid
> >>> <lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Dear all
> >>>>
> >>>> There are quite a few places left at Saturday's AGM so please sign up
> >>>> here if you'd like to come. As well as the AGM, this is a key
> opportunity to
> >>>> feed into the final cycle of the global Wikimedia movement strategy
> process,
> >>>> as there will be a workshop/facilitated discussion on the emerging
> strategy
> >>>> in the morning. We will be joined, virtually, at this session by
> Ravishankar
> >>>> Ayyakkannu from the Wikimedia Foundation's Global Reach and
> Partnerships
> >>>> team, who will give a short summary of the New Voices strategy track
> and
> >>>> will be available to answer questions during the discussions.
> >>>>
> >>>> One of the highlights of last year's event for me was the 'lightning
> >>>> talks' session, but so far this year we only have one person signed
> up.
> >>>> Please consider giving a lightning talk and sharing some of your wiki
> >>>> wisdom! Talks should generally be about five minutes long, although of
> >>>> course if we don't have many people signed up the timings will be a
> bit more
> >>>> relaxed. You can sign up by emailing nicola.furn...@wikimedia.org.uk
> with
> >>>> your name and a title for your talk.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at Senate House Library on
> >>>> Saturday.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best wishes
> >>>> Lucy
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> Lucy Crompton-Reid
> >>>>
> >>>> Chief Executive
> >>>>
> >>>> Wikimedia UK
> >>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Give a lightning talk at this Saturday's AGM and meet up!

[Katherine Bavage]

Yay - yes please. Might even be worth thinking about putting it in front of
http://www.nhmf.org.uk/ in due course.

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 at 09:31 Harry Mitchell <hjmw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> There isn't even an *un*written version yet. It's been a long time since I
> stood up and spoke to a room full of Wikimedians. Also, I didn't think
> anyone else would be interested! Something to occupy me on the journey
> tomorrow! ;)
>
> Harry Mitchell
> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
> +44 (0) 7507 536 971 <+44%207507%20536971>
> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Katherine Bavage <
> katherine.bav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Harry - that sounds really good! If you've got a written version anywhere
>> and it isn't on the WMUK blog can you make that a thing for those of us
>> (like me) who sadly won't make it.
>>
>> I have voted by proxy though :)
>>
>> On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 at 09:23 Harry Mitchell <hjmw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I assumed all the slots would be taken, but I'd be happy to give a talk
>>> if there's space. Let's go with "War Memorials, Wikipedia, and Why You
>>> Should Care", just because I appreciate alliteration. (Hi Nicola! If you
>>> need more detail, please do email me offlist.)
>>>
>>> Is there somewhere public we can put these things and/or sign up for the
>>> event in general? I know it's a crazy Wikipedian thing, but it might
>>> inspire someone else.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Harry Mitchell
>>> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
>>> +44 (0) 7507 536 971 <+44%207507%20536971>
>>> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
>>> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all
>>>>
>>>> There are quite a few places left at Saturday's AGM so please sign up *here
>>>> <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-agm-2017-tickets-34718203080>*
>>>> if you'd like to come. As well as the AGM, this is a key opportunity to
>>>> feed into the final cycle of the global Wikimedia movement strategy
>>>> process, as there will be a workshop/facilitated discussion on the emerging
>>>> strategy in the morning. We will be joined, virtually, at this session by 
>>>> Ravishankar
>>>> Ayyakkannu from the Wikimedia Foundation's Global Reach and
>>>> Partnerships team, who will give a short summary of the New Voices strategy
>>>> track and will be available to answer questions during the discussions.
>>>>
>>>> One of the highlights of last year's event for me was the 'lightning
>>>> talks' session, but so far this year we only have one person signed up.
>>>> Please consider giving a lightning talk and sharing some of your wiki
>>>> wisdom! Talks should generally be about five minutes long, although of
>>>> course if we don't have many people signed up the timings will be a bit
>>>> more relaxed. You can sign up by emailing
>>>> nicola.furn...@wikimedia.org.uk with your name and a title for your
>>>> talk.
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at Senate House Library on
>>>> Saturday.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes
>>>> Lucy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Chief Executive
>>>>
>>>> Wikimedia UK
>>>>
>>>> +44 (0) 207 065 0991
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
>>>> Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
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>>>>
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>>>> Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
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>>>> for its contents.*
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Give a lightning talk at this Saturday's AGM and meet up!

[Katherine Bavage]

Harry - that sounds really good! If you've got a written version anywhere
and it isn't on the WMUK blog can you make that a thing for those of us
(like me) who sadly won't make it.

I have voted by proxy though :)

On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 at 09:23 Harry Mitchell  wrote:

> I assumed all the slots would be taken, but I'd be happy to give a talk if
> there's space. Let's go with "War Memorials, Wikipedia, and Why You Should
> Care", just because I appreciate alliteration. (Hi Nicola! If you need more
> detail, please do email me offlist.)
>
> Is there somewhere public we can put these things and/or sign up for the
> event in general? I know it's a crazy Wikipedian thing, but it might
> inspire someone else.
>
> Best,
>
> Harry Mitchell
> http://enwp.org/User:HJ
> +44 (0) 7507 536 971 <+44%207507%20536971>
> Skype: harry_j_mitchell
>
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> There are quite a few places left at Saturday's AGM so please sign up *here
>> *
>> if you'd like to come. As well as the AGM, this is a key opportunity to
>> feed into the final cycle of the global Wikimedia movement strategy
>> process, as there will be a workshop/facilitated discussion on the emerging
>> strategy in the morning. We will be joined, virtually, at this session by 
>> Ravishankar
>> Ayyakkannu from the Wikimedia Foundation's Global Reach and Partnerships
>> team, who will give a short summary of the New Voices strategy track and
>> will be available to answer questions during the discussions.
>>
>> One of the highlights of last year's event for me was the 'lightning
>> talks' session, but so far this year we only have one person signed up.
>> Please consider giving a lightning talk and sharing some of your wiki
>> wisdom! Talks should generally be about five minutes long, although of
>> course if we don't have many people signed up the timings will be a bit
>> more relaxed. You can sign up by emailing nicola.furn...@wikimedia.org.uk
>> with your name and a title for your talk.
>>
>> I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at Senate House Library on
>> Saturday.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Lucy
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
>> Chief Executive
>>
>> Wikimedia UK
>>
>> +44 (0) 207 065 0991
>>
>>
>>
>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
>>
>> Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The
>> Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
>> Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent
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>> for its contents.*
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Edit-a-thon

[Katherine Bavage]

If you ran it w/c 5th June I can be there! If not, happy to assist remotely
and promote :)

PS I've already stalked all the democracy club stuff happening - there's
some good work going on.

On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 at 10:29 Edward Saperia  wrote:

> I'm looking at the feasibility of setting up a temporary office at
> Newspeak House in London for the next 6 weeks for people coming together to
> work on tech & democracy projects.
>
> It might make sense to do a politics/elections edit-a-thon in the space at
> some point(s) in this period. Any interest?
>
> http://bit.ly/GE2017WarRoomAtNewspeakHouse
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK press corps - do we have editors on hand?

[Katherine Bavage]

I'm always happy to do this, but would have wanted more briefing than would
been available after the DM stuff 'hit' for Newsnight - I wouldn't have had
time to read through the WP thread. Having said that I have done the
charity's media training plus had a fair amount of experience anyway.

However, it is better to have london-centric people if possible for the big
stories.

On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 at 19:53 Chris Keating 
wrote:

> Now I'm no longer on the board I'm probably a more useful potential
> spokesperson (though still mildly terrified of the whole concept ;) )
>
> Chris
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Charles Matthews <
> charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 11 February 2017 at 00:45 David Gerard  wrote:
>
> I suspect we need to build up the UK press corps again. The call comes
> maybe every 1-2 years, but when it happens we need people. So if you see an
> email come by, you can *SPRING* into action and represent editors on the
> BBC ...
>
> Last night's Newsnight didnt happen, because the Daily Mail bottled it.
> Possibly because Alastair Campbell offered to speak up on our behalf, ahem.
> I'm regretting I couldn't make it now ...
>
> So! Who thinks they could do well off the cuff about the view of Wikipedia
> editors? I think Lucy would like all your names :-)
>
> I did some live telly in 2009: see transcript
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Charles_Matthews/Interview
>
> Newsnight being rather late in the day if you want to get a train back to
> Cambridge, this was early evening.
>
> As I recall, getting prepped was serious business, but paid off. If there
> is something you want to put across, or even more if you aim to "turn the
> tables" by deflecting the argument, you are not going to be successful just
> spontaneously. What I said about "come back in a year’s time" was something
> I intended to get in.
>
> But then, I wasn't dealing with an interlocutor advocating solely for the
> other side. The Beeb's folk are not so hard to deal with.
>
> Charles
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[Wikimediauk-l] Request for trainer assistance at an LGBT+ editathon next weekend

[Katherine Bavage]

Hi all,

I've rather had this event fall in my lap - a friend mentioned she was
helping Bradford council manage the marketing for it's LGBT+ History month
activities, she put me in touch with the local council lead, and they've
agreed to provide a venue for free and help us get new editors along. I'm
working on a collections or archives partner or presence, failing that
we'll rely on online resources. The downside is to fit in with their
availability its come up at short notice.

Having checked in with a couple of regional trained trainers, they were not
available, and currently I'm running the event as the solo wikimedian - far
from ideal both because I'm not a trained trainer (or a hugely experienced
editor) but more importantly, having had to run an Art+Feminism workshop
solo last year, I just know how hard it is to run a high-quality session
for newbies single handed.

Would anyone be prepared to travel and help out? The session is 12 - 3pm on
the 11th of February in a building near both of bradfords city centre
stations or I'm confident I can book a parking space. Travel expenses can
be met by WMUK (with the caveat that there is a limit so at this late
notice that might rule out those of you very far away)

We really don't do a lot in this part of the world at the moment, and there
is no reason we could embed this as a repeat thing - the local Councillor
who is leading the activities programme is keen and they have the
facilities and captive student and resident audiences - they just need the
wikipedians with a will!

Let me know directly and by reply all. I will also share the event page
when I've finished draft (H/t to Fae whose Bishopgate event I've shameless
borrowed)  so you can suggest content/sign up as a remote participant/make
better.

Thanks

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia developers discussion

[Katherine Bavage]

I'm not planning to join because I don't code (though I'm happy to join a
channel if you get to a stage where end user or design process feedback is
useful) but I would note that asking people to adopt new platforms 'just
because they are open source', rather than ones that are used by a lot of
people/ a lot of people are already familiar with, is pretty daft when your
ultimate goal is to benefit the open source community through the work the
channel fosters.

As far as I know, for this type of work, Slack is the go to for most devs.
The Foundation use it without issue.

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 at 12:24 Gordon Joly  wrote:

> On 17/01/17 00:38, John Lubbock wrote:
> > It costs a lot of money, as far as I can see (it says Try for Free and
> > then takes you to a page where it asks you to pay $100 a month).
>
> 
> We wrote Discourse, and we can host it for you, too.
> 
>
> Yes, that is a hosting option. You can download and install for free. I
> am suggesting WMUK host the code on their own server...
>
> Gordo
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK SSL Issues

[Katherine Bavage]

Nice one! And three years before we have to worry about it again A+++ :D

On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 at 08:45 Gordon Joly  wrote:

> On 11/10/16 21:43, Thomas Morton wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for everyone that chipped in to this.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tom
>
>
> Well done Tom!
>
> :-)
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

[Katherine Bavage]

We'll always have incredibly unflattering photos of me making courgette
kebabs for the Development House Barbeque...

I would say 'you will be missed' but you won't because I full intend to
keep turning up at your flat for American national holidays/on your
facebook page with memes that cause Liam Wyatt to despair.

So I will say GOOD LUCK (not to your new employers who are clearly already
very lucky - boo hiss etc) and to offer to chip in to any collection to buy
you a jar of pickled fox as a parting pressie...

On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 at 15:57 Katie Chan <k...@ktchan.info> wrote:

> It was a pleasure working with you Richard. Thank you for all your hard
> work with Wikimedia UK over the years. Best wishes in your new job, and
> looking forward to seeing you around as a volunteer in future Wikimedia
> events.
>
> Katie
>
> On 03/08/2016 15:32, Richard Symonds wrote:
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
> > Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
> > August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London,
> > but doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more
> > responsibility. Those of you who are my friends will know what this new
> > job entails - I'd ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who
> > don't, you're free to ask me on Facebook!
> >
> > I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and
> > Lucy. It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the
> > years - from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless
> > opportunities, to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity
> > with a solid track record of events and partnerships, and with what I
> > firmly believe to now be (post-governance-review) the best governance in
> > the movement.
> >
> > I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
> > things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
> > castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
> > and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
> > pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
> > towards our metrics.
> >
> > On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:
> >
> >   * Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
> > might be a video)
> >   * Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
> > "pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on
> > Commons, except perhaps in the background)
> >   * The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed
> > Victorian Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
> >   * Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
> > Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the
> > inevitable deletion request from someone who takes this too
> seriously)
> >   * Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
> > World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people
> > making chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating
> > chutney)
> >   * Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can
> > /truly/ understand (pictures on Commons, I imagine, although I tried
> > to avoid them)
> >
> > I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
> > especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
> > member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience,
> > but also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.
> >
> > {{Template:Witty sign-off}},
> >
> > Richard Symonds
> > Wikimedia UK
> > 0207 065 0992
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Current partnerships updates. Interested?

[Katherine Bavage]

Fae it would be better to chase an off-list email...off list? Or call the
office - they pick up whenever I call!

I meant to reply before; I'm happy to provide support with organizing any
CRUK event organised in Manchester if you give me a heads up, though I
wouldn't want to be  the lead trainer, having not been trained as such. Let
me know if useful :)

On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 at 11:17 Fæ  wrote:

> On 10 May 2016 at 15:22, Stuart Prior 
> wrote:
> ...
> > Palestine Exploration Fund - Fantastic collection, interested in doing
> some
> > training for their members, yet to be scheduled.
> >
> > Tate Britain - Looking for a trainer for an event on 22nd of May covering
> > Queer British Art.
> >
> > Amnesty International - Approached about potential editathon in June, to
> > expand articles on Human Rights.
> >
> > Cancer Research UK - We successfully ran some training for some PhD
> students
> > in Cardiff recently, but they would like to continue training for their
> > researchers at venues around the country. Such as Manchester and
> Edinburgh.
> >
> > British Heart Foundation - Are interested in getting some training for
> their
> > staff.
> >
> > If any of the above is of interest, let me know.
> ...
>
> Are there any updates on these, have any happened?
>
> I would appreciate an answer to my email of 13 May offering to
> volunteer, it seems to have been lost.
>
> Thanks,
> Fae
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge Images Workshop 19 March

[Katherine Bavage]

Typo! But, also, yes lets not train newbies to add images of genocide :/

Anyway, lets head off a debate about how much genocide is too much...thanks
Jonathan, that's handy :)

On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 at 16:34 Gordon Joly  wrote:

> On 09/03/16 16:32, Richard Symonds wrote:
> > I think that word is "geocode", rather than genocide. But yes, if the
> > word was genocide, then yes, that would be too genocidey.
> >
>
>
> Are you sure?
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge Images Workshop 19 March

[Katherine Bavage]

That's excellent, and now in my watchlist BUT (but)...could we change the
examples to something less...genocidey?

Just a thought

On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 at 16:12 WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Coming from the opposite end of the scale,
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers/image_adding is an
> exercise I've been building up and testing on newbies. It is based on some
> lists from Rich Farmbrough and some sessions that Fabian and I ran.
>
>
> WSC
>
> On 9 March 2016 at 16:03, Katherine Bavage <katherine.bav...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This looks fab - sorry I can't be there!
>>
>> Can you feedback how it goes/slides/what was useful because I led my
>> first training session last weekend and I was already getting into image
>> questions I couldn't answer and it would be good to have a few more
>> introductory resources.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 at 15:17 Richard Symonds <
>> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Marvellous!
>>>
>>> Richard Symonds
>>> Wikimedia UK
>>> 0207 065 0992
>>>
>>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
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>>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
>>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
>>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>>
>>> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
>>> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>>>
>>> On 4 March 2016 at 10:46, Charles Matthews <
>>> charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This event is confirmed, and basic details are on
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Cambridge_Images_Workshop_2016
>>>>
>>>> More about the programme is on the way. The first session will start at
>>>> entry level, but will be looking at Commons in the round as well as the
>>>> usual introduction to uploading; there will be hands-on work.
>>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Cambridge Images Workshop 19 March

[Katherine Bavage]

This looks fab - sorry I can't be there!

Can you feedback how it goes/slides/what was useful because I led my first
training session last weekend and I was already getting into image
questions I couldn't answer and it would be good to have a few more
introductory resources.

Thanks!

On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 at 15:17 Richard Symonds <
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Marvellous!
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
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> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
> On 4 March 2016 at 10:46, Charles Matthews <
> charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> This event is confirmed, and basic details are on
>>
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Cambridge_Images_Workshop_2016
>>
>> More about the programme is on the way. The first session will start at
>> entry level, but will be looking at Commons in the round as well as the
>> usual introduction to uploading; there will be hands-on work.
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Commons image request help

[Katherine Bavage]

That's perfect thanks

Yes any ideas on how you've had success getting people to see the benefits
to them would be good, and defo some advice on uploading process (I assume
it's going to be a case of forwarding their email giving permission to
OTRS?)

On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 at 16:43 Richard Nevell <richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:

> There are some example letters on Wikipedia
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Example_requests_for_permission> 
> which
> do a good job of explaining the implications of a CC-BY-SA licence but from
> a quick read they don't seem to make a good case for why people should
> donate image.
>
> Richard
>
> On 23 February 2016 at 16:29, Katherine Bavage <katherine.bav...@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Sorry if this is something I really ought to know :/
>>
>> Is there a standard form of words - either from OTRS wiki or that you
>> have used - that is helpful when you are contacting organisations or
>> individuals to ask for image donations?
>>
>> Context: I would like to contact artists to ask if they have image shots
>> they would be prepared to donate to commons to support creation of articles
>> about them.
>>
>> Problem: I need to be able to say a) What the benefit of donating the
>> image is to them and to us b) what the consequences of CC-BY-SA donation
>> are in terms of that images use for a non expert.
>>
>> Also it would help if anyone can share the easiest process for managing
>> uploading when you don't hold the copyright but the image donor does (but
>> they are a non-expert/non editor)
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Commons image request help

[Katherine Bavage]

Hi all,

Sorry if this is something I really ought to know :/

Is there a standard form of words - either from OTRS wiki or that you have
used - that is helpful when you are contacting organisations or individuals
to ask for image donations?

Context: I would like to contact artists to ask if they have image shots
they would be prepared to donate to commons to support creation of articles
about them.

Problem: I need to be able to say a) What the benefit of donating the image
is to them and to us b) what the consequences of CC-BY-SA donation are in
terms of that images use for a non expert.

Also it would help if anyone can share the easiest process for managing
uploading when you don't hold the copyright but the image donor does (but
they are a non-expert/non editor)

Thank you!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] ? template press release for local press

[Katherine Bavage]

Ahah! Somewhat better than the DYK I scored once!

This is awesome. Rod I'm happy to help with drafting a press release if you
want? Also make sure you get WMUK to share on twitter as tbh thats where a
lot of journos pick things up when they're trying to put together web or
broadcast items of interest for the afternoon

:)

On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 at 11:13 Richard Nevell <richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm not aware of such a press release, but I'll ask round the office.
>
> TFA stands for Today's Featured Article. Each day the front page has a
> different article which has gone through Wikipedia's review processes and
> has been assessed as one of its best articles. You can spot Featured
> Articles by the little bronze star in the top right hand corner of the
> article.
>
> When articles appear on the front page they typically see a big spike in
> reader numbers. So yesterday's TFA was seen by 37,000 people
> <https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/#start=2016-01-29=2016-02-17=en.wikipedia.org=all-access=user=Myles_Standish>
>  compared
> to its usual level of 250
> <https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/#start=2016-01-28=2016-02-16=en.wikipedia.org=all-access=user=Myles_Standish>.
> TFA is the top left section on desktop view, and the first thing you see
> after the search option on mobile.
>
> Richard
>
> On 18 February 2016 at 10:51, Katherine Bavage <katherine.bav...@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> PS If NOT happy to work with people on the UK wiki to draft something :)
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 at 10:50 Katherine Bavage <katherine.bav...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Pardon my ignorance - what's TFA?
>>>
>>> However, I echo the question as would be handy for the Leeds
>>> Art+Feminism event
>>>
>>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 at 10:25 Rod Ward <r...@rodspace.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have a “template” press release they have used for the
>>>> local press?
>>>>
>>>> Bristol will be TFA on 7 March and I wondered if it would be worth
>>>> putting out a press release to local papers etc to encourage more people
>>>> to edit.
>>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] ? template press release for local press

[Katherine Bavage]

PS If NOT happy to work with people on the UK wiki to draft something :)

On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 at 10:50 Katherine Bavage <katherine.bav...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Pardon my ignorance - what's TFA?
>
> However, I echo the question as would be handy for the Leeds Art+Feminism
> event
>
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 at 10:25 Rod Ward <r...@rodspace.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have a “template” press release they have used for the local
>> press?
>>
>> Bristol will be TFA on 7 March and I wondered if it would be worth
>> putting out a press release to local papers etc to encourage more people
>> to edit.
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] ? template press release for local press

[Katherine Bavage]

Pardon my ignorance - what's TFA?

However, I echo the question as would be handy for the Leeds Art+Feminism
event

On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 at 10:25 Rod Ward  wrote:

> Does anyone have a “template” press release they have used for the local
> press?
>
> Bristol will be TFA on 7 March and I wondered if it would be worth putting
> out a press release to local papers etc to encourage more people to edit.
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] FDC recommendations for WMUK grant

[Katherine Bavage]

In the current climate that is good news, and I hope reflective of the
potential the charity has to continue to deliver after all the changes this
year.

A very big well done to staff who helped develop the plan and we wish you
luck in delivering it!

Kat

On 30 November 2015 at 11:30, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) has recommended that the Wikimedia
> Foundation awards Wikimedia UK £277,300 towards our work in 2016/17. Their
> comments on our proposal are here, along with the other organisations being
> assessed in this round:
>
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2015-2016_round1#Wikimedia_UK
>
> This is around 12% less than we had requested, so we will need to look at
> our plans next year in order to balance the budget, however it is still a
> good result and I would like to thank Daria and the rest of the team for
> all their work on the proposal this year.
>
> Best wishes
> Lucy
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[Wikimediauk-l] Changes to timings of membership approvals

[Katherine Bavage]

Hello everyone,

I am copying here from a post I've just made on the Engine room
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room#Changes_to_timings_of_membership_approvals
:

At the meeting of the Board of Trustees on 7th March a decision was made in
lieu of a permanent Chief Executive appointment that the full board of
trustees would return to considering and approving applications for
memberships i.e. these will not be done under the scheme of delegation by a
staff member until a permanent appointment is made and following induction.

In practical terms this means new members (whether a former lapsed member
applying or a brand new member) will apply for membership as before, but it
will not be approved and therefore active until the date of the next
meeting of the board of Trustees.

The language on our sign up page now reads:

*New member:*
*Your application to become a member of Wikimedia U.K. is now pending
approval. If you are applying following a previous membership expiring then
you will need to be re-approved. Following a decision made by Trustees on
7th March 2015 memberships will be approved by the full board of Trustees
pending the recruitment of a permanent Chief Executive. The dates of board
meetings for the year are 20th June, 25th July (AGM), 12th September, 12th
December. New memberships, including those of former members who have
lapsed and are re-applying will not be approved until these dates. If you
wish you application to be approved today, for example, in order to apply
for a micro-grant, please contact members...@wikimedia.org.uk
members...@wikimedia.org.uk with your request and reasons.*

Please do continue to encourage supporters and event attendees to consider
applying for membership, only make them aware that there will be a wait for
approval unless there is an urgent need to consider sooner based on project
support (Grant application/Equipment loan)

If you have questions or concerns you can reply in the Engine room, email
members...@wikimedia.org.uk or reply here.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Planned downtime for Civi CRM database development: Monday 24th November at 17:00 UTC

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear All,

We are working with a contractor to make improvement to Civi CRM, the
database the charity uses to manage its contact records.

We need to allow our developers to take the database offline on Monday
evening of next week to work on some configuration and set up tasks.

This means from 17:00 on 24th to 08:00 25th November the parts of our sites
supported by Civi CRM will be inaccessible, including membership sign ups,
events sign ups, equipment booking and donations forms.

Obviously this is an inconvenience which is why we have scheduled it for
out of office hours, but we hope it will lead to improvements in lots of
the services we offer.

If you have any questions, or notice issues after the downtime is over you
can reply to this email, or email the Technology Committee mailing list at
t...@wikimedia.org.uk

Many thanks,

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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Join the Grant Advisory Committee!

[Katherine Bavage]

Hello all,

I wanted to highlight to those of you that missed it that the WMF has put a
call out for volunteers to act as a part of the grants advisory committee -
the deadline is the 30th December.

This is a really interesting role within the movement, scrutinizing
applications for project funding. You would get to review everything from
engagement events, to research proposals to software projects - you might
end up approving a pilot that turns into the next Wikidata or
WikiLovesMonuments.

I would be happy to talk to and encourage any UK based wikimedian volunteer
who is interested and would like to chat more about this type of movement
role as it would be great to get more members of our community involved who
could perhaps help engage more UK contributors in grant applications. Its
also fantastic stuff to have on a CV as a volunteer.

The criteria for candidates are as follows:

 *Mandatory*:

   1. Experience with the Wikimedia movement and at least one Wikimedia
   project https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_projects.
   2. Ability to edit basic wiki-markup (grant proposal discussions are
   largely conducted on Meta).
   3. Understanding of diversity, including cultural, linguistic, and
   gender differences. Reasonable facility with English, for reviewing and
   discussing grant proposals.
   4. Experience with programmatic or project-based work, e.g. editor
   engagement, outreach, events, partnerships, research, education.
   5. Have a track record of constructive engagement in community
   discussions and an orientation toward collaborative problem solving.
   6. Ability to actively engage in the review process at least once every
   2 months. Members who have not engaged for at least two months will be
   asked privately if they're still interested in serving on the GAC. GAC
   membership of those who do not step down but who remain inactive for
   another month will expire.

*Preferable*:

   1. Experience leading, coordinating, or managing projects with an
   intended on-wiki impact.
   2. Experience applying for grants or working in grants programs (in the
   Wikimedia, academic, or wider non-profit world).
   3. Experience handling externally provided money and working with and
   within budgets, preferably in a non-profit context.
   4. Experience with organizational issues, including governance, due
   diligence, accountability processes, auditing, and finance.
   5. Ability to read and write in multiple languages.


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-- Forwarded message --
From: Alex Wang aw...@wikimedia.org
Date: 18 November 2014 22:28
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Join the Grant Advisory Committee!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org


Hello Everyone!

We're sending out another call for new Grant Advisory Committee (GAC)
members!

The GAC are community volunteers who are explicitly invited[1] to review
and evaluate grant proposals made in the Wikimedia Foundation Project and
Event Grants Program[2], and offer advice to both grant applicants and the
Foundation.

Read all about it on the Candidates page[3]. The deadline for signing up
for this round is December 30, 2014, so be sure to step forward before
then. New members will be inducted by the middle of January 2015.

Please help this message reach as many people as possible, by relaying it
to appropriate lists and village pumps.

And many thanks to our current and former GAC members[4]!

Cheers,

Alex

[1] _everyone_ is implicitly invited!
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Candidates
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisory_Committee

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals

[Katherine Bavage]

Morning all,

Just to reflag up that the Wikimedia foundation's Individual Engagement
Grants round 2 is now open and there is a google hangout scheduled for this
evening at 5pm - 6pm

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/events/cdece8njsfrljs8see1h9rbss4k?source=email

Engagement grants support tools, research and community building and I or
another WMUK member of staff are always on hand to offer feedback or advice
if you would like to apply for one.

Thanks,


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On 3 September 2014 08:42, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Just in case anyone missed this.

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 From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org
 Date: 2 September 2014 18:26
 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals
 To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org


 Greetings! The Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grants program is
 accepting proposals for funding new experiments from September 1st to 30th.
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG

 Your idea can improve Wikimedia projects by building a new tool or gadget,
 organizing a better process on your wiki, conducting research on an
 important issue, or providing other support for community-building. Whether
 you need $200 or $30,000 USD, Individual Engagement Grants can cover your
 own project development time in addition to funding for a team to help you.
 The program has a flexible schedule and reporting structure, and
 Grantmaking staff are there to support you through all stages of the
 process.

 Do you have have a good idea, but you are worried that it isn’t developed
 enough for a grant?  Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff
 can give you advice and guidance on how to bring it to life. 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab  Also, IEG will be hosting
 three Hangout Sessions for real-time discussions to help you make your
 proposal better - the first will happen on September 16th. 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events

 For inspiration, you can read more about past projects 
 https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/individual-engagement-grants/ that
 received
 funding or review open proposals 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-reviewing. We are excited
 to see some of the new ways your grant ideas can support our community and
 make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects.

 Submit your proposal in September! 
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply

 Warm regards,
 Siko

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry

[Katherine Bavage]

Just seen this - well done Andy :) I look forward to hearing about what you
get up to in role!

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On 11 September 2014 13:49, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:



 On 10 September 2014 12:51, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk
 wrote:

 I have some news:


 http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/wikimedian-residence-royal-society-chemistry/

 I'll set up on-wiki pages in a couple of weeks.


 [BCC to several mailing lists; please set replies accordingly]

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 See if they have anyone crazy enough to take a better photo of:

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Expired security certificate

[Katherine Bavage]

Morning all,

Can I suggest we hang on until a planned phone call with Tom this afternoon
when I will make a decision about re-directs, after consultation with
Stevie? I ask because I may have resolved the issue sooner and so don't
want to have to unpick changes in a few hours time.

Thank you

On Monday, 1 September 2014, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com
wrote:
 Great!

 I think Stevie has access to the WP admin interface? Other than Emmanuel.
So he could look to fix this?

 Tom

 On 1 Sep 2014 09:51, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote:

 On 1 Sep 2014, at 08:39, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com
wrote:

  Not a bad idea. However, I think a decision on that needs to come from
staff.
 
  And, also, Emmanuel might need to look at how to do it because it’s
his config that manages the current site layout and I don’t want to break
it :D

 Sounds like that might be due to:
 WP admin panel - 'Settings' - 'General' - 'WordPress Address (URL)'
and 'Site Address (URL)'
 Change them to 'http' rather than 'https' for now. (I don't think //
works in these fields)?

 (This is one reason why it's better to always enable *both* http and
https rather than forcing one option...)

 Thanks,
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK are looking for a Fundraising Assistant

[Katherine Bavage]

Hey Mike and everyone,

I think Jon and others have replied in my stead (sorry, I was on holiday
this weekend and yesterday) on most points but I'd like to speak
particularly to the points about longer term planning and volunteers having
opportunities in this area.

So, this post will essentially deputize for me while I do a large piece of
work requested by the board of trustees and it will essentially focus on
three key areas; donor stewardship, donor data and records management, and
reporting and finance - especially gift aid claims.  The idea has been to
take off my hands really vital work that would otherwise get delayed and
ensure that on a day to day basis the charity retains a commitment to donor
services.

I don't know if you agree with me, but I think these tasks are a poor fit
for volunteers for several reasons. The first is, frankly, they aren't fun
(well, honestly donor correspondence can be REALLY fun but generally its
just change of address or cancellation queries and the like). The next is
they are very detail oriented and need to be done on a day to day basis -
this is poor fit for a lot of volunteers who want less time sensitive
projects they can dip in an out of. The final part is, despite what Andy
says, to some extent data protection and legal considerations because the
gift aid claims especially contain financial info and it is also extremely
important they are done to a very very high standard. I cannot ask the same
minimum considerations of a volunteer as a member of staff because legally,
I cannot place demands like that on people we do not pay, and also because
that is life - volunteers sometimes need to prioritise their personal lives
and we need to be able to guarantee outcomes with work like that. I believe
we did ask for a volunteer to help me with this work in September or
October 2013 and no offer was forthcoming and I had to spend three weeks of
working to 10pm to get it done.

Now, the good news. The reason I need to be taken off admin tasks is
because the Trustees have asked me to scope out a formal, measurable,
inscrutable ( ;) ) fundraising strategy and then develop a plan to support
it. The research report will be public and in front of the board (and
therefore the community!) in September. There will also be a public survey
for volunteers to complete next month. It will give consideration to ways
in which volunteers can input into fundraising activities. Some examples
over the last months of this have been; helping deliver surveys, ideas for
grant application opportunities, my supporting volunteers to make grant
applications and working with volunteers to deliver a donor event. So this
stuff is happening. The tricky part is always trying to segment work so
volunteers do fun stuff that is useful to the charity (otherwise we can't
really justify the use of my paid time) but that we guarantee hard outcomes
around our Fundraising promise are delivered to a professional, timely
standard.

I can't pre-empt Trustee discussion and decision making about staffing
capacity, budgetary resources and volunteer led fundraising (I privately
have concerns that the latter though the most in line with our mission and
indeed, what I'm used to in the university sector, requires more staff
support than we currently have - but that is a point we could debate) but
it would certainly inform their thinking and mine if people gave their
thoughts on ways volunteers can lead fundraising either here or in the
August survey.

Final thought - I apologise that the staffing advert went out without a
better explanation like this first - I think I was a bit wrapped up in the
report process and I see now it's important to explain things too. Happy to
keep discussing here or on wiki as required.

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On 21 July 2014 10:25, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Good morning Mike, (and Charles and Harry),

 Answers in-line.


 On 20 July 2014 00:07, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote:

 Hi Richard/WMUK staff,

 I'm rather puzzled by this. Given that:

 1) WMUK cannot raise funds through the Wikimedia annual fundraising
 campaign any more, which means that the number of donors through that
 method will not be increasing, and that the apparent alignment of this
 position with the fundraising period (the position wraps up at the end of
 Jan 2015) is rather misleading (unless WMUK is planning

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK are looking for a Fundraising Assistant

[Katherine Bavage]

Probably easier to make less bitey if you check that was what I intended to
insinuate :)

Volunteers can do things to a very high standard. We definitely have
volunteers who have been or are fundraisers and administrators. However,
the consequences of mistakes in gift aid claims or stewarding gifts are
serious. What I mean about a high standard is that it requires a high level
time commitment and focus. So its about availability, not ability per se. I
hope that clears up any insinuations.

In my experience the nature of admin tasks (day to day, time limited,
serious consequences for error) are poorly suited to what our volunteers
have traditionally wanted to do. Can I reiterate: in the past no one wanted
to do this. I did ask.

As for how entirely volunteer led and run orgs do it...In my experience
working for orgs the involvement of volunteers in back office admin can
create issues, requires support (which totally defeats the point of
unburdening me and freeing up time), and may not be a like for like
comparison in terms of the nature or volume of the work. Still, assuming
that you may have examples of excellence do let me know because me and Katy
could usefully look at or talk to them.

Anyway - I'm surprised to hear anyone from the community say volunteers
should be doing administrative support work. Historically this is more or
less the exact opposite of what I've been given to understand. If anyone
wants to speak to that point I'd be grateful.


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On 22 July 2014 15:17, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:

 On 22 July 2014 14:24, Katherine Bavage
 katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

  The final part is, despite what Andy says, to some
  extent data protection and legal considerations

 My comment was Data protection is not a reason for volunteers not to
 undertake a task.

  because the gift aid claims especially contain
  financial info and it is also extremely important they
  are done to a very very high standard.

 I'm surprised by the apparent insinuation that volunteers can't work
 to a very very high standard.

 One wonders how all the charities who do use volunteers for such tasks
 - including those without any paid staff - cope.

 [I've tried to find a way to make this email less bitey, but really,
 I can't. Sorry.]

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[Wikimediauk-l] Calling London based volunteers: Wiki takes at the Olympic parks

[Katherine Bavage]

Hi all,

We've been offered an opportunity to look at running a Wiki Takes event and
possibly also edithathon on site at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - with
the latter possibly targeted at encouraging local donors who want to learn
to edit to come along.

Me and Richard S are keen to make it happen and looking for interest from
volunteers would help organise and run the two different events. This would
be with support from staff and other volunteers (For example, HJ and
Rockdrum have run very successful Wiki Takes events in the past and I hope
would be able to advise on what you need to think about as a start)

Currently we are planning to go on a site visit to see the park and talk to
the management about what they can offer us and whether what we would want
to do meets their expectations and ours.

*I would like to invite anyone available on the afternoon of the 15th July
to join me and Ricahrd there if you are interested in helping organise and
run the events. Travel expenses can be reimbursed. *

Please note that I am certain there are those from further afield who will
be interested in both helping organise, run and/or attend the event but I'm
looking for local volunteers at this stage with a site visit. Hopefully
when we have a better idea of what we/they want to do a wiki event page can
be set up and more detailed planning from everyone wherever they are can
continue.

Thanks all -

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[Wikimediauk-l] Working to update and review Charity's security and privacy policies

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear all,

I am working on a set of proposed amends to standard policies covering how
the charity treats data that may be of interest.

I posted about this yesterday in the Engine room, and am now sharing here
in case anyone didn't see it but would like to contribute.

I will aim to 'fix' the proposed amends after discussion by next Friday
(23rd) with a caveat that if anything is seen to be really complex or
controversial I will hold off on recommending that in time for the board
meeting in June, and we can propose it to them later after fuller
discussion.

A lot of this is pretty non-controversial and standard, but I am conscious
that we do have some people who are very knowledgeable in our community and
welcome your input as ever - thank you!

See my post and links
herehttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room#Proposed_amendments_to_update_charity.27s_security_and_data_protection_policies

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[Wikimediauk-l] Open Access Reader - your thoughts

[Katherine Bavage]

Hi all,

Ed Saperia has been developing project called Open Access Reader

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenAccessReader

I'm going to support him to develop this into a proposal for an individual
engagement grant here over the weekend

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Open_Access_Reader

If anyone wants to help with either the project plan developing or making a
more robust and well thought through application please get involved on the
talk pages. Constructive criticism as well as positive feedback all
gratefully received.

Similarly, if you can think of project pages or other parts of our movement
we might want to see input please reply here and I'll get it linked to.

Thank you

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[Wikimediauk-l] Server upgrade and database migrations - possible downtime

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear all,

I pass on the following message:

---

Hi All,

We're seeing a sudden and unexpected ramp up in load on the Wiki and Blog
in the last week or so (nearly doubled over this time in February, I
think!). Which is causing a bit of slow down.

We have a mitigation plan which looks like this:

* Tonight upgrade the server to be much more beefy
* Over the next week work on an aggressive schedule to migrate the
databases to the new DB instance
* Assess whether we can then downgrade the server a little once it is free
of MySQL

This does mean some downtime tonight during the upgrade (say, 15 minutes).
And potentially a little more downtime over the next week as I move things
around.



Please email t...@wikimedia.org.uk if you experience issues or need
assistance.

Regards,

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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK is hiring

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear All,

I just want to bring this post to the attention of the list, advertised
today.

https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Technical_Programme_Manager

The deadline for applications is Friday 7th March at 17:00. You can get in
touch for a chat about the post if you have questions.

Thank you!

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[Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia transfer update

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear all,

In January it was announced that Wikimedia UK had reached an agreement with
Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden  to accept the donation of the intellectual
property rights of QRpedia to Wikimedia UK. WMUK are choosing to do this
via a company called Cultural Outreach limited.

This will mean that in future the site qrpedia.org will be managed by
Cultural Outreach Ltd and governed by the Wikimedia UK Website Privacy
Policy.

Both the domains qrpedia.org and qrwp.org were transferred to the registrar
maintained by Cultural Outreach Ltd today. This is a notice that the server
hosting for the sites will be changed at 22:00 on Sunday 22nd December.
Users should not notice any difference, however there is the very slight
chance that in some cases QR codes may not work for short periods during
the switch.

If you experience a problem you can report it by emailing
t...@wikimedia.org.uk or by logging a bug at the Wikimedia UK install of
bugzilla (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org.uk/)

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[Wikimediauk-l] Seeking input on gender identity questions from affected individuals

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear all,

I am currently drafting a survey for members - here
https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_2013/Survey_draft#Gender-
which by the way anyone is welcome to review and critique/edit as they wish
(I'd like to draw it up to a final draft state by mid-next week) It will be
sent out to Wikimedia UK members of which there are about 225.

However, I had aspired to administer a survey following on the from the
main one that asked demographic questions. It would always be anonymous,
and all questions optional, to try and encourage people to complete as much
as they wanted to. The idea would be to get a sense of how diverse our
membership is, and in the long term, tackle under-representation.

One section that I am particularly sensitive about is whether and how we
ask questions about gender identity - the current question draft is
herehttps://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_2013/Survey_draft#Gender-
and I have been having a discussion on wiki exploring the concerns
herehttps://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Talk:WMUK_membership_survey_2013/Survey_draft#Gender_questions
.

What I would like is for anyone who is affected by these issues as a result
of their gender identity and experience to drop me a private email if they
have any thoughts on the matter.

It boils down to a basic problem of leaving groups invisible by not
monitoring them as a part of community versus intruding into people's
private experiences.

What matters most is that those it could affect have a chance to contribute
to that discussion so I'd be grateful if anyone this relates to gets in
touch - I'm katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk

Thanks all!

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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Migration of the UK Wiki on 27th September 2013

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear all!

We have under three hours until migration commences!

Do please bear with us over the weekend and report bugs as they occur. Make
sure you've updated your preferences to:

Enable email from other users
Download your watch list text before the migration

See you on the other side :)

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-- Forwarded message --
From: Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk
Date: 12 September 2013 14:19
Subject: Migration of the UK Wiki on 27th September 2013
To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org


Dear All,

If I could direct your attention to this page on Wikimedia UK's site:
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_wiki_migration

It contains the details of the migration, the impact it will have on users
of the UK wiki who have user accounts, and how the old wiki will be
archived as a read only document. You will also notice a site notice go
live for the next two weeks reminding readers to do the following...

*The most important things to do in the next two weeks are: *

Enable email from other users
Download your watch list text before the migration (put in your diary for
the day before)

*Following the migration you will need to:*
Check your email for your new password to a stub account on the migrated
site
Reimport your watch list data
Update your bookmarks in your browser or phone
Log any emerging errors on our bugzilla - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org.uk/

The above is only necessary if you currently have a registered user account.

If you don't have an account on the UK wiki but follow this list then, why
not 
register?https://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogintype=signupreturnto=Special:Searchreturntoquery=search%3Dregistercampaign=loginCTALogged
in users can interact better with other members of the community
around Wikimedia UK business by adding agendas and topic pages to their
watch list and staying up to day with chapter business :-)

Thanks,

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[Wikimediauk-l] Migration of the UK Wiki on 27th September 2013

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear All,

If I could direct your attention to this page on Wikimedia UK's site:
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_wiki_migration

It contains the details of the migration, the impact it will have on users
of the UK wiki who have user accounts, and how the old wiki will be
archived as a read only document. You will also notice a site notice go
live for the next two weeks reminding readers to do the following...

*The most important things to do in the next two weeks are: *

Enable email from other users
Download your watch list text before the migration (put in your diary for
the day before)

*Following the migration you will need to:*
Check your email for your new password to a stub account on the migrated
site
Reimport your watch list data
Update your bookmarks in your browser or phone
Log any emerging errors on our bugzilla - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org.uk/

The above is only necessary if you currently have a registered user account.

If you don't have an account on the UK wiki but follow this list then, why
not 
register?https://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogintype=signupreturnto=Special:Searchreturntoquery=search%3Dregistercampaign=loginCTALogged
in users can interact better with other members of the community
around Wikimedia UK business by adding agendas and topic pages to their
watch list and staying up to day with chapter business :-)

Thanks,

*Katherine Bavage *
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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK contact database migration

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear All,

This weekend wikimedia uk will be migrating its contact records management
database, Civi CRM from its current platform hosting (Joomla) to a new
platform (Drupal) and the most up to date version of the software
available.

This will mean at some points of the weekend users will notice changes on
the donate.wikimedia.org.uk domain as the new database and web forms are
migrated and re-established.

If you experience an issue please log it on the WMUK instance of Bugzilla -
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org.uk/ - you can register an account with your
email of choice and this will be activated for you,

User testing of the migrated version will commence on Monday and will
hopefully establish quickly any remaining issues, allowing the chapter to
continue to use the database as before, with a view to moving on to adding
new features that will allow for a better experience all round (including
better sign-up forms for new and renewing members, events forms and so on)

Please do feel free to reply here or email me directly (
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk) with questions.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment

[Katherine Bavage]

So,

I was away yesterday and am just coming back to this.

Can I nudge the discussion back to where it started - are we comfortable
with the proposals for how we could describe the reasons why different sets
of people (broadly: editors v non editors) would benefit/enjoy being
members, AND how we might share these messages appropriately around our
events?

I found Fabian's point interesting re: As long as there are enough people
to maintain WMUK, why do we need to
worry about recruitment? And if there are not enough people, then
perhaps there is no need for WMUK? and linking this to broader movement
goals. However, we're not just a chapter, we're a charity, and we have
public benefit as a part of that charity's objects. Further, the movement
itself has expressed the desire to increase the reach of the projects
coverage and participation in content creation.

Increasing membership is a valid goal for this organisation because it
delivers in all these ways - supporting established editors to network, set
the strategy for the charity and receive micro grants, and drawing in new
editors from a broader range of perspectives and backgrounds to widen and
strengthen the established editing community.

Increasing membership isn't contradictory but complementary to the
movements broadest and most dearly held goals because it facilitates this.
So I'd really appreciate input into and support for this work because I
think it will succeed if we all work on it, including constrictive
criticism of course :)


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On 1 July 2013 18:46, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:

 On 01/07/2013 10:18, James Farrar wrote:

 The total number of votes can be inferred as the resolutions were voted
 on by the same people who participated in the Board election, so 44.


 Overall yes, but not exactly. I can think of a few (e.g. me) that voted
 for the resolutions but not in the board election.


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[Wikimediauk-l] Putting this out there - any volunteer time to help with data processing

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear all,

You may have picked up the odd mention in staff reports to the board or
passing conversation, but one of the pieces of work I'm responsible for is
the Charity's gift aid records and claims.

After delay getting our first claim through, then needing to update our
records with HMRC so the right people and bank details were on our record,
I'm ready to work on the outstanding data files for the claims for last
financial year.

However, it's a big job that can't really be automated - it involves
reformatting and then checking through spreadsheets with mixture of search
and replace and common sense to make sure the claim records we're
submitting are those of individuals (not companies) and include real name
data.

Is there someone who would be interested and able to help? It would require
at least a couple of days in the office next month - its not really
appropriate to do remotely and you would have to sigh an undertaking to
treat the data confidentially.

We can support some expenses here (travel, lunch/per diem) but I'm not sure
we could pay for accommodation - its therefore most probably an appeal to
those who are in/near london based to help.

Do let me know if you think this could be something you could do.

Thanks,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment

[Katherine Bavage]

The page I linked to in my opening email -
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Promoting - discusses this exactly
and suggests how we could describe the benefit of membership to potential
members.

So, to return to Stevie's point, when Gordo, says:

This issue is not about privacy or openness. It is about what a member
gets that others do not.  At the moment, voting at the AGM comes to mind,
paying dues and *not much else. *(my emphasis) the question that
historically we haven't answered is: *should* members get privileges?

How does that square with the fact other wikimedia chapter memberships
don't really seem to get specific benefits and privileges? Would it be
consistent with what the movement and our chapter in it are trying to
achieve?

I think the answer is 'probably not'. It's not up to me to decide, but I
don't think we can afford to keep getting stuck/vague on this point. It
will harm recruitment.

I think the descriptions of what people can gain through joining that I
laid out on the page sum up why new and established editors would benefit
from becoming members without offering them discounts, private emails,
special extras etc.

I am up for the idea of a lapel pin though - it might be nice for people to
have this to demonstrate their support.


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On 28 June 2013 15:37, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:

 On 28/06/13 15:31, Stevie Benton wrote:


 Thanks for your email. The membership email is made openly available in
 accordance with our values. To ask a genuine question, do you think members
 in general would prefer it to be private and would you prefer it to be
 private?



 This issue is not about privacy or openness. It is about what a member
 gets that others do not. At the moment, voting at the AGM comes to mind,
 paying dues and not much else.

 Oh, and that warm fuzzy feeling and something to tell the grandchildren
 about


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[Wikimediauk-l] Membership recruitment

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear all,

I'd just like to draw this to everyone's attention:

http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Membership/Promoting

I'm keen to get input on clarifying what our 'pitch' to potential members
could/should be, and how we might go about integrating recruitment into
events.

Do comment and edit as this is intended as a discussion paper I hope to
evolve into formal processes for staff or volunteers to refer to :)

Thanks,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call out - Volunteer with mark up editing skills to help design a portal!

[Katherine Bavage]

*bump*

Please note, if access to a laptop/internet are a barrier we can support
that by either arranging for you to come to the office, or perhaps by
arranging for a loan of a volunteer laptop in our area.

We can support this with expenses so you wouldn't be out of pocket - plus
if you can come to the office its a good opportunity to meet the staff team
and try out our new bean bags :)

The portal 'how to' on wiki is
herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portal_guidelines- it may
be you haven't written this type of template before but could
figure it out :)

Thanks!

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On 18 June 2013 14:31, Katherine Bavage
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:

 Hi all,

 I'm working on an ongoing basis to develop our introduction/induction
 process for new members.

 Some of you may have been in the mini-session I led at the AGM asking for
 feedback/ideas on this very topic. One valuable insight that came out of
 that was that we have two broad groups we want to attract to volunteering
 opportunities - including membership - in the Chapter; those who have
 edited before and those who have not.

 One idea I'm exploring is reformulating the currently separate sections on
 the UK Wiki on 'Volunteering' and 'Join us' into a 'Volunteer portal' which
 brings together these resources underneath an introductory landing page
 which directs people to further information based on whether they have
 editing experience. Sadly however my lack of experience working with
 complex templates, and lack of time to get up to speed to deliver this
 myself is proving an obstacle.

 What I would love is if some wonderful person/persons could offer a few
 hours of their time in the next fortnight to work with me on internal wiki
 to develop a portal template we can then move onto the UK wiki when the
 content to compliment it is ready - again, I'm drafting the content for new
 members on the UK wiki, and welcome input from anyone who has time or
 inclination.

 Drop me a line if you think you can help (or indeed, reply here!) I
 understand that there are probably many of you who *could* do this but
 might struggle to find the time in the next few weeks :)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] If you are interested in the google grants results.

[Katherine Bavage]

Staff capacity is /an/ issue. With the benefits of collaboration on wiki in
drafting applications, bid writing needn't be staff led but staff supported
(you guys write the pitch, I support it with numbers/details where
possible).

The challenge is that good funding bids do require quite a lot of worth to
write, deliver, and evaluate to report back to funders, and will need
approval by the board because they commit the charity to delivering
outcomes not envisioned by current staffing levels or activity programme.

If capacity isn't forthcoming from the community to deliver this then we
have a problem -  but it so not think it is an insoluble one.

What about putting together a group of volunteers who are 1) Good at
writing copy 2) Interested in generating fundable-project ideas 3)
Interested in identifying funding opportunities 4) Interested in looking at
how we make ourselves 'nimble' etc (probably collating the type of
information needed to support bids (impact stats) and developing supporting
processes to get approval for applications).

I've discussed some of this with Charles and Fabian in person before but
I'd be happy to look at maybe putting together a working group and having a
Skype meeting to throw together some ideas and start writing some of this
up on wiki?

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On 23 May 2013 13:39, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.comwrote:

 On 23 May 2013 11:19,  fab...@unpopular.org.uk wrote:

  I would suggest that if people are serious about going for a substantial
  slice of funding, then they work up the idea and then see if the
 concensus
  of the community is ready to back them. At that stage, it will then be a
  matter of finding funders interested in the project.

 I think Fabian's comment has merit. But there is surely more going on here.

 Taking the Wikimania bid as a relevant example: yes, a motivated
 smallish group is a good place to start. To avoid chicken-and-egg
 issues, I don't think people beginning with a blank sheet of paper, in
 a complete vacuum of prospects, is likely to be the most fruitful in
 terms of outcomes.

 Any application by the charity is going to have to be signed off by
 the Board. Some sort of incubator for ideas would seem to be
 required, that had input from the Board, probably only via vague
 steers though.

 Jon used the word nimble, which sums up fairly well what Google can
 be presumed to have sought in giving a timescale of just a few weeks.
 That sort of timescale is certainly not compatible with building a
 consensus from scratch.

 Finally, WMUK does have a fundraiser. Katherine Bavage (I know) was
 dealing with key Gift Aid matters when the bid came up, which is a
 classic bird in hand versus two in bush situation. External grant
 funding would end up on her desk, in any practical scenario with forms
 to fill. Said nimbleness and agility would probably be based on
 position papers, and the office staff having been given time to
 anticipate the issues.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Lets recruit the next generation of volunteers and members!

[Katherine Bavage]

Morning all,

So, myself and Katie are moving on with a long-planned but yet to be
delivered hand-out to support recruitment of members and volunteers for the
chapter - and we'd value your input.

I've posted the following on the water cooler too -

I've started a drafting page today (see
herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer/Join_us_handout%7C)
to put together the content and ideas for a dual purpose handout the
chapter can use to get expressions of interest from volunteers or potential
members.

You can all help massively by dropping by and adding a sentence or two
about how either volunteering and membership has led to interesting
experiences, projects, or other outcomes. Also, I'm happy for use to draft
section content - what would YOU say to get people to get involved?

There is no hard deadline on completing this, though I will probably be
running around at the AGM session on writing the new members pack asking
similar sorts of questions, so I would hope to see the first draft of that
and this ready by the end of June!

Ping me on talk page or email me if you have questions - happy to answer
and listen to advice :-)

*
*

*So - suggest away!*

*
*

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Lets recruit the next generation of volunteers and members!

[Katherine Bavage]

http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer/Join_us_handout

The link in the original email is wrongThis is definitely right!

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On 22 May 2013 12:00, Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:

 Morning all,

 So, myself and Katie are moving on with a long-planned but yet to be
 delivered hand-out to support recruitment of members and volunteers for the
 chapter - and we'd value your input.

 I've posted the following on the water cooler too -

 I've started a drafting page today (see 
 herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Volunteer/Join_us_handout%7C)
 to put together the content and ideas for a dual purpose handout the
 chapter can use to get expressions of interest from volunteers or potential
 members.

 You can all help massively by dropping by and adding a sentence or two
 about how either volunteering and membership has led to interesting
 experiences, projects, or other outcomes. Also, I'm happy for use to draft
 section content - what would YOU say to get people to get involved?

 There is no hard deadline on completing this, though I will probably be
 running around at the AGM session on writing the new members pack asking
 similar sorts of questions, so I would hope to see the first draft of that
 and this ready by the end of June!

 Ping me on talk page or email me if you have questions - happy to answer
 and listen to advice :-)

 *
 *

 *So - suggest away!*

 *
 *

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Privacy Policy - please comment and edit

[Katherine Bavage]

Morning all,

Darn my smartphone, I read this and couldn't resist logging in to reply to
reassure

The idea that this needed to be put in place originated from conversations
with Geoff. I hope to be meeting with LCA  staff when in the foundation
offices at the end of the month too.

The policy is not a polished/finished version - I just needed to get it out
on the wiki before leaving the office yesterday. It will have a through
tidy up/go through in due course (so, interlinking etc) but I wanted to get
any community input at this stage. Feel free to correct mistakes you find
as per usual :)

Lets deal with the hosting of the UK wiki at Tech Comm -
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/18_April_2013Thedecision
to move was made by the Board in March - we'll discuss the issues
next week (all welcome to join what will be a telecon) and draw up
proposals to mitigate/tackle issues. We've been in touch with WMF staff
about the issue too.

Have a lovely weekend all!

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On 12 April 2013 08:04, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 12 Apr 2013, at 07:34, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:

  Ultimately? As far as I understand, the board, based on recommendation.
 
  Staffs  our lovely technology contractor have been looking into the
 technical details over such a move, what it entails etc. The technology
 committee is due to meet on 18th to discuss this (among other topics) - 
 https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/18_April_2013.
 Feel free to join in and take part in the discussion! :)

 Thanks for sharing that link - one of the biggest problems I see with
 moving off the Foundation servers is the lack of SUL.

 There's also the issue of keeping it updated etc, but that's less of a
 problem now that we have Tom and Emmanuel.

 Sent from my iPhone

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[Wikimediauk-l] Privacy Policy - please comment and edit

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear All,

Just following the quick note I've put on the water cooler today: the
Chapter is continuing to develop a privacy policy that will govern the
usage and management of data in connection with the sites we host.

'Yawn' you say? Well, the sooner we can get a robust policy drafted and
then approved by the board, the sooner we can move on with the formal
transfer of the QRpedia domain, and getting to do all the fun stuff with
the technology in the future :)

Link to the policy is: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy

Feel free to ask questions in reply and on wiki, but I am on annual leave
tomorrow (Friday 12th) so may have to ask others to answer in my stead
until Monday!

Thanks :)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK activity report, February 2013

[Katherine Bavage]

Yep, not sure what more needs to be explained but happy to help if any
further queries :)

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On 29 March 2013 01:15, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:

 Yes - about 1/3 of our income is from donors who give directly to
 Wikimedia UK by monthly or quarterly direct debits.

 I'm sure Katherine, our fundraiser, can explain more!
 On Mar 29, 2013 12:56 AM, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com
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 Hi stevie, what are these 5000 direct debits you mention? is this
 something regular?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Call for content: Wikimedia UK monthly report - February 2013

[Katherine Bavage]

Finally done my bit :)

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On 26 March 2013 11:06, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:

 Hello everyone,

 This is a last call for content for the Wikimedia UK monthly report for
 February 2013. If you've any news or content you'd like to share in the
 report please do so herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/February.
 I'm going to publish the report on Thursday.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] First meeting of the Technology Committee - Postponement

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear All

Very sorry, but I've been reminded this afternoon that I had a pre-existing
arrangement of some weeks for tomorrow evening that, while in my own diary,
wasn't in my work calendar and so I failed to factor in when picking the
time. I can't cancel it :(

Obviously if people still wish to meet tomorrow without me that's
absolutely fine, but I was meant to take the notes and update from the
office, so it may be better to postpone. I'm conscious that Loopzilla
couldn't attend tomorrow anyway, not could Andrew Grey, so perhaps
rearranging would be a better choice.

What do people think? I'll check in again tomorrow morning, and if the
general feeling is to postpone I'll put a new doodle poll up.

Once again, I'm very sorry, I've had an unusually busy few days and
something finally slipped :/

Katherine

On 7 February 2013 12:28, Katherine Bavage 
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Hi All,

 As staff member responsible for liaising with our development contractors
 I've taken responsibility for initially convening the first meeting of the
 Chapter's Tech Committee for next Tuesday evening - my hope is a Community
 member will chair it and convene future meetings with my support as needed.

 The agenda is 
 herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/12_Feb_2013-
  please feel free to add items or ask for topics/questions to be
 discussed/answered on the talk page.

 As a quick reminder - the Technology 
 Committeehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technology_Committeeis meant to 
 become the vehicle through which members of the community can
 review opportunities for the Chapter to collaborate in and lead on
 development work, contribute to the strategy for the Chapter in this area,
 and assist staff and Trustees by evaluating and monitoring work in this
 area.

 If you have any interest whatsoever then please do consider dropping in to
 the meeting next week between 19.00 - 21.00 UTC (add wmukskype as the
 Chapter staff contact) or adding your name to the list of interested
 members to be kept up to date on future meetings and opportunities for
 involvement.

 Thanks :)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia

[Katherine Bavage]

*We've been very lucky in finding two developers who know how to keep their
eye on the community pulse and are willing to go the extra mile for us
when we need them.*

I'll second that!

As its likely we're changing the date of its meeting, anyone interesting in
knowing more/getting involved in discussions about the planned development
work could do worse than come to the next Tech committee meeting -
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technology_Committee

:)


On 11 February 2013 20:40, rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:

 Agree with Mike on that - and I hope everyone will be pleased to learn
 that we've already been talking to our developers about how best to
 implement a system to ensure a seamless changeover. We've been very lucky
 in finding two developers who know how to keep their eye on the community
 pulse and are willing to go the extra mile for us when we need them.

 Thanks to all involved in making sure the technology works!
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 On 11 February 2013 20:31, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:


 On 11 Feb 2013, at 20:02, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:

  On Feb 11, 2013 7:59 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
  
   For example the next issue is how WMUK plans to pay for the upkeep of
   QRpedia given that it wasn't in the budget.
 
  There shouldn't be an issue there. The costs are minimal. Renewal costs
 for two domain names and maybe a few hours work by the existing IT
 contractors to transition things and sort out the security concerns that
 have been raised. The budget can absorb that.

 The need to have developer resources available to set up QRpedia on WMUK
 servers, and to maintain and improve it, has been thought about for a while
 now and was incorporated into this year's developer budget (although the
 activity plan doesn't explicitly state this).

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

[Katherine Bavage]

Lol, at least you're honest about repeated reminders necessary (I'm the
same myself)

Thanks for the feedback - I'll do my best to balance time limitations I
have for membership stuff and reminding people frequently - I need to make
sure I'm making the most of automation and templates.

Don;t worry - the 'newsletter' reminder will be in the email that links
through to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself - and people
do get an independent auto-reminder email, but I think you (and others in
this discussion) are right - there needs to be two of these.

I'll keep thinking/tinkering and write up the process on wiki as I go.
Please all keep feeding back on here, on the UK Wiki or by emailing
membership@ as I'm finding the insight is useful :)

Kat

On 8 February 2013 15:43, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote:

 Hi Kat,

 sounds all great! However, if I may suggest, including it in the
 newsletter is unlikely to be a very helpful reminder. I myself at least
 ignore at least 75% of every newsletter I actually open, and this includes
 everything that looks too structured (such as these fields). If you want
 these people to remain active, I suggest to send at least two reminders (as
 seperate emails) which look very different from regular WMUK mail (from a
 special email address, without usual tags in the topic, etc) to avoid that
 they get cought in automated email filters that put WMUK news letters in
 the WMUK-never-to-look-at-folder (yeah, people do that - so horrible!).
 Having the status in the newsletter besides that might be helpful though -
 because it gives positive confirmation that everything is all right.

 Best,
 Lodewijk (notorious for forgetting to pay on first notice)


 2013/2/8 Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk

 Hello all,

 Well all I shall happily say in reply is '*be careful what you wish for*'
 I shall consider myself to have been given a mandate To Nag (nicely, of
 course) and (as far I can tell) there's no appetite to reduce the grace
 period.

 To come back on specific points:

- Now we have a separate bank account for membership fees its
certainly possible to set up a standing order for the fee - I'll look into
direct debits too and update you all with some 'How-to' instructions on
wiki next week. We've previously been cautious in setting this up because
we have had a problem in the past with standing orders with no useful
reference number against them, and therefore not being to identify who the
money came from and for what when it was all going into the same account.
- Yes, you can pay for x number of years in advance - we can record
longer terms on the database, and append notes to the contact record
explaining why.
- No, if someone's term ended due to, say resignation or expulsion,
but they paid for a longer period than that n advance, I don't' think we
could prudently refund the money (money laundering regs - yes I know, a 
 bit
of an OTT application in this context, but still). So, people would have 
 to
accept that in paying, say £10 for a two-year membership term that if they
resigned etc then the additional sum would be taken to be a donation.
- *At the moment* everyone who is approaching expiry will get an
automated email - however, as we've all identified, one isn't enough. It's
my intention now that each monthly newsletter email contain a field
indicating if the recipient's membership is current or grace and the date
of their term end. I'm hoping that improvements in our database hosting 
 may
mean that members can check this online in the future - however, I need to
investigate the challenges this may present too, so I can't promise
anything just yet (but I'm aware it would be a good feature to offer)
- If you want to know if you membership is current, email
members...@wikimedia.org.uk and I can check for you! Or check your
most recent newsletter from this month on...
- Gift aid - yes, membership fees are eligible. I'm acutely aware the
online gift aid form is currently on the fritz and have requested this be
fixed - when it is, again, we can include mention in the newsletter that
members should make a declaration if they want their fees to attract this
tax relief. In the meantime, any keen bean who wants a paper form to fill
in, again, members...@wikimedia.org.uk

 Thanks for the quick and helpful responses all :)

 Kat

 On 8 February 2013 14:12, Doug Weller dougwel...@gmail.com wrote:

 How do we check our membership?
 Doug


 On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote:

 I think this is already possible :) I actually paid for two years at
 once, because that was the amount of pounds I happened to have left over -
 not sure if people will get mad at me now if I make their lives more
 complicated, but asking nicely brings you a long way! :)

 Lodewijk


 2013/2/7 Tom

[Wikimediauk-l] First meeting of the Technology Committee - Tuesday 12th February 2013

[Katherine Bavage]

Hi All,

As staff member responsible for liaising with our development contractors
I've taken responsibility for initially convening the first meeting of the
Chapter's Tech Committee for next Tuesday evening - my hope is a Community
member will chair it and convene future meetings with my support as needed.

The agenda is 
herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/12_Feb_2013-
please feel free to add items or ask for topics/questions to be
discussed/answered on the talk page.

As a quick reminder - the Technology
Committeehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technology_Committeeis meant
to become the vehicle through which members of the community can
review opportunities for the Chapter to collaborate in and lead on
development work, contribute to the strategy for the Chapter in this area,
and assist staff and Trustees by evaluating and monitoring work in this
area.

If you have any interest whatsoever then please do consider dropping in to
the meeting next week between 19.00 - 21.00 UTC (add wmukskype as the
Chapter staff contact) or adding your name to the list of interested
members to be kept up to date on future meetings and opportunities for
involvement.

Thanks :)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] First meeting of the Technology Committee - Tuesday 12th February 2013

[Katherine Bavage]

Yep - I know - I think we agreed in the Jan developer meeting we'd start
with Skype and move to mumble further down the line when we had more
members etc - partly because I've not used Mumble before!

If participants want Mumble I will endeavour to catch up :)

On 7 February 2013 15:34, rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:

 FYI

 https://mmo-mumble.com/help/ComparisonChart

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mumble

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 Hi All,

 As staff member responsible for liaising with our development contractors
 I've taken responsibility for initially convening the first meeting of the
 Chapter's Tech Committee for next Tuesday evening - my hope is a Community
 member will chair it and convene future meetings with my support as needed.

 The agenda is 
 herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development/Progress_meetings/12_Feb_2013-
  please feel free to add items or ask for topics/questions to be
 discussed/answered on the talk page.

 As a quick reminder - the Technology 
 Committeehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technology_Committeeis meant to 
 become the vehicle through which members of the community can
 review opportunities for the Chapter to collaborate in and lead on
 development work, contribute to the strategy for the Chapter in this area,
 and assist staff and Trustees by evaluating and monitoring work in this
 area.

 If you have any interest whatsoever then please do consider dropping in
 to the meeting next week between 19.00 - 21.00 UTC (add wmukskype as the
 Chapter staff contact) or adding your name to the list of interested
 members to be kept up to date on future meetings and opportunities for
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[Wikimediauk-l] Membership grace period

[Katherine Bavage]

Hi all,

I've been having a look at membership numbers. Generally speaking, we have
had a high proportion of 'current' members in grace since I took up this
post i.e. people seem to chose to leave it quite a while before getting
round to renewal.

I asked for clarification on why historically we chose to have a six month
grace period - Mike suggested that it came from the model document for the
Articles from the charity commission, namely article 4.3: [Membership is
terminated if:] any sum due from the member to the charity is not paid in
full within six months of it falling due.
(Seehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Association#Termination_of_Membership
our
articles)

In addition to this I'm aware that other groups (certainly UK political
parties) have a six month grace period, and that the general idea is to
enable as many as possible to be eligible to vote at a given EGM or AGM.

So - I'm not advocating FOR a reduction in limiting the grace period to a
shorter time span (say, three months) but rather seeking your thoughts on
whether that would be a good or a bad idea and why, much like I did when
asking about verifying the identity of members applying for membership.
Candid responses welcome.

For the record, I don't think reducing the grace period will mean we have
more members, I just think that in terms of keeping people engaged allowing
the long lapse mightn't be helpful. You'll be glad to know the next
membership newsletter email will indicate the status of the recipients
membership as current or grace and include a link to the renewals page :)

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[Wikimediauk-l] New members pack - let's write one together!

[Katherine Bavage]

Hi all,

So, I'd like to put together a pack for new members, and I'd appreciate
your thoughts.

Page is 
herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Membership_strategy_consultation/Planningon
the UK Wiki - no time limit on comments yet. Please get involved - in
particular with writing an introduction for new members (many of you having
been so at one point) and a FAQ section.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Draft Security Standards

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear All,

I've just put up *a lot* of policy documentation on the UK Wiki as a lovely
Christmas gift to you all :)

It's the start of a roughly five week period that I hope you will
participate in to create Wikimedia UKs security standards policies. You can
check out the introductory page with links
herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_Security_Standards

I will be having time off over Christmas, so feel to leave questions I can
pick up in January, but even better, feel free to get editing, improving
and changing while my 'back is turned' :) These are really quite basic, and
I'm sure there are nuances or past problems that I am unaware of and you
can bring to my attention where these don't accommodate such examples.

In the new year I will come back and push on with reworking the policies
based on comments so far, and other improvements I think may need to be
made at that point. The basic goal is to ensure our work meets the highest
standards in terms of people's privacy and data security, but doesn't
restrict volunteers in delivering and enjoying their work within the
organisation.

So - hack away!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Verifying membership applications - Suggestions and comments

[Katherine Bavage]

Morning all,

So, I'm sensing that while there is some acceptance that a bit more
gatekeeping may be warranted, we don't want anything heavy handed, and that
verifying identity prior to voting each time isn't practicable.

How do we feel about Jon's suggestion of confirming address? I can easily
set up a join process whereby:

1. Member indicates wanting to join by filling out application form (online
or paper)
2. Office logs application on Civi CRM and sends potential member a
postcard and sticker in an envelope. Postcard has our freepost address on
once side, and bullet points on the other side briefly explaining:


   1. The membership approval process (some new members aren't always clear
   on being approved and the delay until the next round of approvals by the
   board)
   2. Signposting to our events page in the meantime
   3. That returning the card is an effective declaration that their
   address and name as provided are genuine (and they will undertake to update
   us if this changes)
   4. That if they have not applied for membership they should inform us of
   the error via email

3. Member receives postcard at genuine address if given. Enjoys sticker
(yay) and drops postcard into the post.
4. Office receives postcard, and marks address as verified against
membership record.

The downside if this approach is we can't verify that a person's name is
what they have declared it is. However, the upsides are having not only
verified they live where they say they do, but this being at a minimal
expense, and providing more information and an opportunity to engage them
early in the process. Currently becoming a member can be a bit
underwhelming.

Also, I should add, I strongly agree with the idea that the best overall
way to combat the problem is to have a larger, more active membership,
complemented by staff, Trustees and volunteers to continue to be alert
to any unusual patterns of recruitment or behaviour in a new crop of
unknown volunteers. I think this approach will add a layer of security to
that however.

Katherine

On 21 November 2012 08:19, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:

 On 20/11/12 20:12, Chris Keating wrote:


 Another step some organisations take is to say that someone has to be a
 member for a certain length of time before conferring voting rights on
 them, though the only time I've seen this is enacted is when there have
 been serious problems with people joining to push particular agendas. (Also
 worth nothing that this in our case would need an amendment to the
 Articles.)

 I am reminded that we have an EGM in the pipeline to change (or not) the
 voting processes of AGMs.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Verifying membership applications - Suggestions and comments

[Katherine Bavage]

Just a few thoughts in reply.

Yep, I'm a member of several organisations including a political party, as
of course will be some of our Trustees, and true, not all of them verify
applications but rely on the caveat of kicking people out if caught doing
something 'naughty'.  I don't think the rationale should be that we do
things the same way, it certainly doesn't hurt to discuss alternatives. I
can assure you we're fairly 'real world' about this.

The concern arose from the fact that under the current system, fraudulent
membership is possible - there are no effective safeguards. Perhaps the
Trustees will decide this is an acceptable risk.

Verifying new membership applications are valid isn't our primary concern -
the 20 page membership report submitted to the board that is entirely
dedicated to better understanding what our members want, delivering that,
and therefore expanding our membership through strategic recruitment
underlines the priorities. Do have a
readhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_UK_Membership_Development_report.pdf,
and feel free to add any thoughts on my talk page.

Approaching other organisations - naturally that's something I'm already
doing. I've asked the mailing list as well because many of it subscribers
are concerned and interested parties when it comes to how the Chapter is
run and I value their feedback on matters like this - good and bad. I'll
certainly factor in the comments of respondents who aren't pro any checking
such as yours in my feedback to Trustees.

Kat

On 22 November 2012 12:58, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 22 November 2012 12:44, michael west michaw...@gmail.com wrote:

  Just to put this into a real world perspective. I  an a member of the
  Labour Party which gives me certain rights to vote. I've never once in
  23 years been asked to provide evidence of who I am. In terms of
  entryism the Labour Party has had a long history and the problem is
  dealt with not with postcards or expensive credit checks or heaven
  forbid notorised copies of documents but with a simple acceptence that
  you abide by the constitution. If you don't you get kicked out and if
  you disagree you take the party to court at your own expense. For a
  post that has had so many contributions I haven't seen much
  justification for any change in what you do already. The fear of reds
  under the bed or freak cabals seems to more important that actually
  signing up members and supporters and bogging them down with what if
  requirements. Maybe an approach to another charity or the electoral
  reform society and ask how they deal with ghost members might be more
  enlightening, than throwing it open to a public mailing list.


 +1

 The real solution is more members.


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Verifying membership applications - Suggestions and comments

[Katherine Bavage]

Morning -

All members are voting members...unless I've missed something?

Yes, the credit checking thing occurred to me but seemed a little excessive
- plus it would complicate our obligations in terms of possible data
protection (if it was part managed by staff) or I suspect would be really
expensive.

I suppose what we need to demonstrate is that, say 'Joe Bloggs' is a) Is
who he says he is (proof of photo ID) and b) Lives at the address he says
he does (utility bill? Electoral roll?). If people pay from a verified
paypal account the need to check is superseded, because Paypal requires all
this information.

Finally, not sure whether we are strictly legally obliged or not is the
point - even if we aren't, 'should we put some safeguard against
entryism/vote fraud in place' is the premise on which I've been asked to
raise the issue.

Kat

On 19 November 2012 17:15, Harry Burt harryab...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Katherine Bavage 
 katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Hey Harry,

 I'm not sure if ii) *is* easier. Compare the work of verifying members
 before every AGM and EGM or merely at the point of joining.

 We don't really have formal check on membership at the moment - no
 applicant is asked to prove their residency at their address of that they
 have provided their real name.


 It depends, I suppose, on what kind of check you have in mind. I was
 imagining show us proof of identity (with a large burden on the
 information supplier) rather than a cheap automated check. By cheap I
 also mean monetarily: it's probably not a good use of WMUK money verifying
 the addresses of non-voting members if WMUK is not legally obliged to.

 Harry (User:Jarry1250)

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[Wikimediauk-l] Verifying membership applications - Suggestions and comments

[Katherine Bavage]

Hi All,

At the board meeting on Saturday a valid point was made that currently the
verification process for membership applications doesn't really prove a
barrier to fraudulent or duplicate applications.

I'd like to look at ways of improving this, so as we aim to expand our
membership numbers we're also making sure fairness is enshrined in a
checking process that means people can only have one vote.

If people pay their membership fee with Paypal, this isn't so much of a
problem, as having a verified paypal account has already required this
person to link their identity to their postal address - but we want to be
as open as possible and so there will be people who give us 'a form and a
fiver'.

What checking processes do we think would be acceptable without being
invasive/onerous? At a basic level, we should be confirming that the
applicant is the named person at the address given.

Please flag up concerns, suggestions for services or resources we can use,
and so on. It may be that we can't completely eliminate the risk of
fraudulent applications, but we can make it more difficult and provide a
measure or reassurance that no individual has more power than any other by
being able to vote twice etc .

Thanks!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Verifying membership applications - Suggestions and comments

[Katherine Bavage]

I don't know, but I'm guessing by definition that people who are trying to
commit fraud might not be put off by that, plus if we don't have effective
checking mechanisms we're not going to be able to know and pursue action
even if so.

Still, any legal types on the list who can answer the question?

Kat

On 19 November 2012 13:27, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:

 On 19/11/12 10:54, Katherine Bavage wrote:


 At the board meeting on Saturday a valid point was made that currently
 the verification process for membership applications doesn't really prove a
 barrier to fraudulent or duplicate applications.



   fraudulent or duplicate applications.


 Isn't that illegal? That is join a body twice or more, or be ineligible?




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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Verifying membership applications - Suggestions and comments

[Katherine Bavage]

Hey Harry,

I'm not sure if ii) *is* easier. Compare the work of verifying members
before every AGM and EGM or merely at the point of joining.

We don't really have formal check on membership at the moment - no
applicant is asked to prove their residency at their address of that they
have provided their real name.

In terms of Wikimedia U.K. as a company it is required to keep an accurate
list of members addresses and names (
http://www.companylawsolutions.co.uk/topics/statutory_registers.shtml#Ins)
(apologies if you knew that already) I don't think it's *required* to check
validity of address. While, the legal view (on whether in creating a false
membership invalidates any voting rights) will be informative, I'm still
not seeing how that is material unless we have a mechanism for ID'ing false
applications.

Therefore, I still think the key question is one of 'How should we check
those members' names and addresses are valid' in a way that isn't too
invasive, expensive or time consuming. No suggestions yet...

Kat

On 19 November 2012 15:19, Harry Burt harryab...@gmail.com wrote:

 Aren't there really two points here:
 (i) Should we enforce more checks on prospective members?
 (ii) Should we enforce more checks on members before we let them vote at
 AGMs, whether in person or by proxy?

 I think the legal question is a good one. Are charities required to do
 neither/either/both? Legal issues aside, surely (ii) but not (i) is the
 easiest by quite a margin.

 Harry

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 On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Katherine Bavage 
 katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Hi All,

 At the board meeting on Saturday a valid point was made that currently
 the verification process for membership applications doesn't really prove a
 barrier to fraudulent or duplicate applications.

 I'd like to look at ways of improving this, so as we aim to expand our
 membership numbers we're also making sure fairness is enshrined in a
 checking process that means people can only have one vote.

 If people pay their membership fee with Paypal, this isn't so much of a
 problem, as having a verified paypal account has already required this
 person to link their identity to their postal address - but we want to be
 as open as possible and so there will be people who give us 'a form and a
 fiver'.

 What checking processes do we think would be acceptable without being
 invasive/onerous? At a basic level, we should be confirming that the
 applicant is the named person at the address given.

 Please flag up concerns, suggestions for services or resources we can
 use, and so on. It may be that we can't completely eliminate the risk of
 fraudulent applications, but we can make it more difficult and provide a
 measure or reassurance that no individual has more power than any other by
 being able to vote twice etc .

 Thanks!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Operation Cowboy: OpenStreetMap editathon in London

[Katherine Bavage]

Sadly I'm not in London that weekend :(

However, as I said on Sunday Tom, I'm a n00b with OSM stuff but I'd like to
be able to log in for an hour or two and do my part remotely. Is this
really feasible i..e to 'learn how to map' if you're not there?

If not, no worries, I don't doubt this will be a success and I'd be keen to
help/join another event in future!

Kat

On 12 November 2012 15:30, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:

 Over the last day or so, I've been working on putting together a new event
 in London, Operation Cowboy. The plan is for it to be the weekend after
 next, which is very soon, I know.

 http://lanyrd.com/2012/cowboy-london/
 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/London_OPC2012

 Operation Cowboy is a plan for an all-night OpenStreetMap editathon
 (mapathon!) focussed around improving OpenStreetMap for the United States,
 an area OpenStreetMap is known to be not quite so good (compare San
 Francisco with London: on OpenStreetMap, damn near every pub, bar and shop
 in central London is on the map, in San Francisco, it's not nearly as good).

 Though the best mapping we can do generally involves getting a GPS out and
 walking or cycling the streets yourself, there's plenty of work that can be
 done to improve OSM from your armchair.

 You can read more about Operation Cowboy at:
 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Operation_Cowboy

 Part of the point of the Operation Cowboy event is to be a place where
 Wikimedians and others who haven't played around with OpenStreetMap and
 want to learn can come along, learn how to set up an account and start
 editing. Though we'll use the US as the focus of the event, the skills
 people learn improving the US map will be applicable to improving the map
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey - 1st deadline 26th October (Friday)

[Katherine Bavage]

Afternoon all,

I'd always prefer to torture English than exclude anyone, but point taken!

Tom (Morris) - as I said when we spoke yesterday - I'll get involved in the
Meta discussions as I think they're a really valuable conversation to have
across Chapters. I totally agree on matching the questions to ONS data
questions were possible to improve direct comparison - having only realised
this would have been a better approach after the survey closed when wanting
to contextualise results in national averages :(

As for the anonymity of the survey or not - I did answer these questions
already on wiki (
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_comments
).

As I said there, I'm happy to make lots of improvements, and certainly
revisit the question of anonymous/non anonymous surveys. On the one hand,
anonymity protects people when answering questions with sensitive personal
data such as income or sexuality, and may ensure the results are more
genuine. On the other, it can give people licence to give unconstructive or
malicious responses which can skew results in small data sets. What we want
is the maximum number of responses that genuinely reflect what people feel,
without opening the survey up to potential abuse.

There isn't a perfect solution with Survey Monkey, our survey service. An
anonymous survey with a password protected link can still be accessed by
non recipients if someone emailed them the link and password - generally
not a likely scenario but possibly of concern.

If we use Survey monkey to administer anonymously emailing recipients with
unique links that cannot be used if the email is forwarded, we lose the
details of the mailing from Civi CRM (although we can create a dummy
activity log against people's records), it goes in a plain text email,
rather than our own HTML template, which could decrease responses, and we
can't follow up any questions that indicate people want to know more about
a specific service or opportunity (such as wanting to do more editing).

Conclusion: I shall think'pon this some more, ask around amongst colleagues
in my field what they do and why for more insight, and of course, will
start on-wiki discussions in good time prior to the next survey so we can
all discuss pros and cons and help edit better questions.

On balance, I'm inclined to think that we should aim for the next survey to
be anonymous, if we can get gatekeeping against potential misuse right, and
have an option for people to provide an email address if they're happy for
their results to be followed up or shared. I'm particularly keen on the
latter, as it would allow us to ask their permission to quote individual
comments in publications, and allow us to email people with relevant follow
up info.

Thanks again for the thoughts!

Katherine


On 10 November 2012 08:39, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:

 On 09/11/12 19:22, Katie Chan wrote:


 With respect, it's simply not a case of merely appearing as politically
 correct.

 Indeed. Somebody should have carried out an Equality Impact Assessment on
 the survey and the methods used.

 I also question the fact that the first survey was tied to a member's
 identity and a member had to request an anonymous survey. Why not make the
 survey anonymous (with an identity token given to all members to ensure
 that only members replied) with an option to sign the survey?

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey - 1st deadline 26th October (Friday)

[Katherine Bavage]

How about 'Trial and error'...

I think these are all sage suggestions for a future survey...

Seriously though - the phrasing came following reading a blog I read that
talks about why this type of question is better for people who identify as
trans (
http://tranifesto.com/2009/07/06/multiple-choice-is-rarely-trans-friendly/)
- I went with a mixed approach of providing options but a more openly
phrased question. I'm open to use redrafting the questions, but only if the
redrafted versions were accommodating in this respect.

Always happy to take suggests in advance (I think your timing here of the
day I post up the report on results from said survey particularly cruel :p)
As for the editing question - I was very keen that the focus be on members
and membership role, not 'members as editors' etc However, it seems like a
good question to include in the standard precursor section on demographics
next time.

I could go into it more, but it's Friday afternoon. Suffice to say I will
ping you next time in advance so you can have input into the questions
early next time :D

Have a good weekend (and see some of you at the meet up on Sunday
hopefully!)

Katherine


On 9 November 2012 16:40, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote:

 I'm very lazy and managed to not fill in the survey or give feedback.

 But I just had to note that the questions How do you identify your
 gender? and How do you identify your sexual orientation? are most
 amusing to me.

 The answers it's on my birth certificate, after a lot of soul searching
 and teenage anxiety and well, duh, have you seen my browsing history? do
 not seem to be on there. Nor indeed is with a recent gas bill and a
 passport. ;-)

 (Seriously though: what you identify as is different from how you identify
 it.)

 It might also be useful next time to include a question about how exactly
 members participate. I'd love to know whether, say, the rough breakdown of
 the membership who edit different projects. It might be useful so we can
 support projects that aren't either English Wikipedia or Commons.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey - 1st deadline 26th October (Friday)

[Katherine Bavage]

Hello again all -

Well, the members survey is now well underway - thank you to all who
responded and if you've not had time, do try and complete it soon (it will
have to close by the end of the week!) If you are a member you should have
had a link via email - if not, check your spam folder and if still no
email, email members...@wikimedia.org.uk and we'll figure out the problem!

Meanwhile, the report to the Board of Trustees needs to be finalised by
Friday - so any final thoughts on the Membership strategy - please share
them herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Membership_strategy_consultation
in
order to have them included in the report!

Many thanks,

Katherine

On 22 October 2012 15:54, Katherine Bavage 
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Good afternoon everyone,

 Just a reminder that the consultation on membership strategy has been open
 for ten days - and so far elicited some useful feedback (so thank you to
 those who have commented) Its looks at how members are different to
 volunteers, whether we think they should have a more direct role in the
 governance of the organisation (perhaps by developing chapter policy) and
 what we think a membership strategy should aim at (a wide membership base
 paying a nominal joining fee, or a smaller group of more invested people?)

 Please have a look and if you've got the time, join in the discussion
 http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Membership_strategy_consultationwith
 the benefit of your experiences. The consultation will remain open until
 the 2nd of November.* *

 More pressing - the draft members' survey questions
 https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_comments#Draft_survey_textare
 now up! These asks some tricky and varied questions - from trying to see if
 members think staff are responsive to queries to whether a change in voting
 system would make them more or less likely to vote in elections.

 I would like to send the survey out to members soon to give them time for
 people to respond and then for me to incorporate response results in a
 report to Trustees that must be finalised by the 7th November.
 Therefore I'd be grateful if all comments could be made by *no later than
 9am this Friday morning (26th October) *which will allow me time to make
 any final tweaks prior to sending out the survey via email.

 Thanks all - hope you're having a good week!

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 On 11 October 2012 11:20, Katherine Bavage 
 katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Good morning everyone!

 If you have time do look at pages on the UK Wiki about the direction
 Wikimedia UK's membership can take in future.

 Here is the 
 pagehttps://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_commentsdiscussing
  the kinds of things you think a survey to members should cover -
 I'd like to get the survey developed soon so contributions made now would
 be very timely, and I can put up a draft of the survey questions when I've
 written for further comment.

 Here is the page https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangeswith 
 some initial thoughts on building a membership strategy - all comments
 welcome, including links to previous meeting minutes or otherwise that you
 think should be considered.

 Many thanks,

 --
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[Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

[Katherine Bavage]

Morning all,

Harry popped by the office yesterday and had the pleasure of seeing me
battle with our database's WISIWYG editor to try and design a HTML email
template. It was not pretty.

I'm thinking of purchasing/downloading something better that will allow me
to design newsletter and mailing templates, preferably with a split view
option so I can tinker with the code and have a WISIWYG option too. This
will mean over time I can build a repository of templates to support my
post's needs (Membership and Development comms) and hopefully over time
other staff members can develop their own to support their roles (For
events, or volunteer specific communications etc).

Recommendations would be welcome - I'm looking to get something in place
soon so suggestions by the end of the week if you can!

Also, anyone with experience or interested in helping develop high quality
mailing templates we can release as CC BY SA to benefit other chapters too,
do put your name forward :)

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] HTML editor software

[Katherine Bavage]

Hi Tom,

So there are a couple of issues.

There would be no problem using templates we design and releasing CC BY SA,
hence starting with that premise, but you suggested Mail Chimp on the basis
it would have appropriate mark up. I see you're not sure we can actually
use the templates and release them CC BY SA - I not confident they would be
ok with that.

If we administer campaigns in Mail Chimp we don't then have the data that
generates (bounce backs, click throughs etc) in our database - it's stuck
in theirs. What we want is to have the templates in our system and
distributed from it. I'm v familiar with Mail Chimp by the way, and had in
fact already been using it in this way, but as a stop gap precisely because
of these issues. Also, frankly, the templates are only OK - they aren't up
to scratch in the long term in terms of quality - having looked at the
mailings WMDE and other chapters do, we should aim higher.

Perhaps suggestions about a how we can ensure that the appropriate mark up
issues are dealt with - any tips on good training manuals or courses we
could look into would be welcome :) Any suggestions about other HTML
editors too... :)

Katherine

On Tuesday, 30 October 2012, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com
wrote:
 MailChimp lets you export/import templates, but I can't find anything
about licensing.
 However, I doubt there is any issue with templates you build yourself!

 They have decent support though, so I am sure an email will clarify this.
 Tom

 On 30 October 2012 12:26, Richard Symonds 
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 With MS Office costing £25, and Windows Server 2012 at £34, cost is
generally low, But then, it depends on the software! Mailchimp is good, but
can we release the code generated by it under a free licence, for other
chapters to use?
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 On 30 October 2012 12:18, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:

 On 30/10/12 12:02, Richard Symonds wrote:

 Bear in mind that we get a massive charity discount for a lot of these
products via CTX, so cost isn't necessarily an issue.



 Cost is an issue. Value for money!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey - 1st deadline 26th October (Friday)

[Katherine Bavage]

Good afternoon everyone,

Just a reminder that the consultation on membership strategy has been open
for ten days - and so far elicited some useful feedback (so thank you to
those who have commented) Its looks at how members are different to
volunteers, whether we think they should have a more direct role in the
governance of the organisation (perhaps by developing chapter policy) and
what we think a membership strategy should aim at (a wide membership base
paying a nominal joining fee, or a smaller group of more invested people?)

Please have a look and if you've got the time, join in the discussion
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Membership_strategy_consultationwith
the benefit of your experiences. The consultation will remain open until
the 2nd of November.* *

More pressing - the draft members' survey questions
https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_comments#Draft_survey_textare
now up! These asks some tricky and varied questions - from trying to see if
members think staff are responsive to queries to whether a change in voting
system would make them more or less likely to vote in elections.

I would like to send the survey out to members soon to give them time for
people to respond and then for me to incorporate response results in a
report to Trustees that must be finalised by the 7th November.
Therefore I'd be grateful if all comments could be made by *no later than
9am this Friday morning (26th October) *which will allow me time to make
any final tweaks prior to sending out the survey via email.

Thanks all - hope you're having a good week!

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On 11 October 2012 11:20, Katherine Bavage 
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

 Good morning everyone!

 If you have time do look at pages on the UK Wiki about the direction
 Wikimedia UK's membership can take in future.

 Here is the 
 pagehttps://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_commentsdiscussing
  the kinds of things you think a survey to members should cover -
 I'd like to get the survey developed soon so contributions made now would
 be very timely, and I can put up a draft of the survey questions when I've
 written for further comment.

 Here is the page https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangeswith 
 some initial thoughts on building a membership strategy - all comments
 welcome, including links to previous meeting minutes or otherwise that you
 think should be considered.

 Many thanks,

 --
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] September 2012 report

[Katherine Bavage]

I has actually achieved this prior to the deadline. I am excite!

On 8 October 2012 17:20, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:

 Hello everyone,

 Just a gentle reminder that if you have anything to add to the WMUK report
 for September 2012, please do so this week. I'll be sending the report out
 at the beginning of next week. You can find it at
 http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2012/September

 Many thanks,

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[Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey

[Katherine Bavage]

Good morning everyone!

If you have time do look at pages on the UK Wiki about the direction
Wikimedia UK's membership can take in future.

Here is the 
pagehttps://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_commentsdiscussing
the kinds of things you think a survey to members should cover -
I'd like to get the survey developed soon so contributions made now would
be very timely, and I can put up a draft of the survey questions when I've
written for further comment.

Here is the page https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges with
some initial thoughts on building a membership strategy - all comments
welcome, including links to previous meeting minutes or otherwise that you
think should be considered.

Many thanks,

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[Wikimediauk-l] [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey

[Katherine Bavage]

Hi Everyone!

Deryck and Gordon have kindly pointed out the second link goes to Recent
changes, when I wanted it to re-direct to
herehttp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Membership_strategy_consultation
.

Thanks for your patience all - and do take a look, it's really helpful for
me to get a feel for the thought of our most involved volunteers and
members :)

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-- Forwarded message --
From: Katherine Bavage katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk
Date: 11 October 2012 11:20
Subject: [Consultation] Members strategy and members survey
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org


Good morning everyone!

If you have time do look at pages on the UK Wiki about the direction
Wikimedia UK's membership can take in future.

Here is the 
pagehttps://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMUK_membership_survey_-_suggestions_and_commentsdiscussing
the kinds of things you think a survey to members should cover -
I'd like to get the survey developed soon so contributions made now would
be very timely, and I can put up a draft of the survey questions when I've
written for further comment.

Here is the page https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges with
some initial thoughts on building a membership strategy - all comments
welcome, including links to previous meeting minutes or otherwise that you
think should be considered.

Many thanks,

-- 
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*Fundraising Manager *
*Wikimedia UK*
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[Wikimediauk-l] Request for comment - 2012 Donor Newsletter Review - Updated

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear All,

I have now updated in detail the section on this Wiki regarding the survey
questions that we would like to ask donors. I am keen to resolve these and
look to open the survey by the end of next week if possible.

I would be grateful if you could have a look and make changes/leave comment
by mid-next week (Wednesday 8th August) so I can then aim to get the survey
live and the link emailed to donors at the beginning of the following week.

There are bits that may interest you all - such as the examples of projects
we fund (are they summarised effectively? Are there some we much
include/exclude?)

Also - I'm very happy to take further suggests for online survey tools -
I'm due to speak to Qualtrics representatives for an online demo this
afternoon.

Thanks,
-- 
*Katherine Bavage - Fundraising Organiser Wikimedia UK*.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Request for comment - 2012 Donor Newsletter Review

[Katherine Bavage]

Dear All,

Please see the following page on the UK Wiki which I've created to start a
conversation about a specific element of our donor communications - namely
a regular newsletter.

http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Donor_Newsletter_Review

Please make comments, give advice, express concerns on the discussion page,
and of course feel free to edit the article directly with ideas for content
etc.

I would draw particular attention to the fact I am hoping to design and
distribute a survey that will go out to donors in the coming weeks, with
the express aim of better understanding what they want in hearing from us,
and what they understand about the work of WMUK in relation to WMF and
wikipedia. I would be grateful for suggestions on questions and suitable
online survey  tools - you can edit the article to add this directly.

One final things - if you want an opportunity to have a broader chat about
this beyond the discussion page, feel free to call me directly
(07803505172) or email directly.

Many thanks,

Katherine Bavage
Fundraising Organiser

PS Please not my subscription to the list is currently to a personal email
- I've asked for this to be moved to my work email for future reference
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK appoint fundraiser

[Katherine Bavage]

Hello Everyone!

Thanks for the welcome, and I look forward to meeting and speaking with you
all over the coming weeks/months as we work towards the 2012 fundraiser and
a broader fundraising strategy - exciting stuff.

I will be at the meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 30th, and will
spend the next weeks wrapping up my current job and reading around - so any
resources you think might be a 'must see' do feel free to email me directly
on katherine.bav...@gmail.com or on here

Thanks,

Katherine
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