Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

Manchester or Birmingham would be a good bet I think - nice and central to the whole UK, so everyone can get there without travelling too far. James Humphreys From: Sarah McCulloch Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:03 PM To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Loca

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

On Mon, December 1, 2008 08:03, James wrote: > Manchester or Birmingham would be a good bet I think - nice and central to > the whole UK, so everyone can get there without travelling too far. Locations can be so problematic though. I went to the founding meeting of a national organisation years ag

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election Rules (non-english speakers)

I am very interested to see the discussion on the representation of minority languages. The last board meeting agreed a text to go out to Wikimedia projects in other languages used in the UK (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Languages) and I have now started making contact (initial

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

If I may interject, Salford is quite hard to get to, even for locals. Proximity to Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria would be a better criterion. :) Dev 2008/12/1 Alison Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, December 1, 2008 08:03, James wrote: > > Manchester or Birmingham would be a good bet I

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008/12/1 Alison Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, December 1, 2008 08:03, James wrote: >> Manchester or Birmingham would be a good bet I think - nice and central to >> the whole UK, so everyone can get there without travelling too far. > > Locations can be so problematic though. I went to the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If I may interject, Salford is quite hard to get to, even for locals. > Proximity to Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria would be a better criterion. > :) Well, yes, but that doesn't affect Alison's point. Anywhere in Manchester would have been a bad

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

I said that because I suspect all the Londoners didn't realise the unhelpful location of Salford and made the effort, and those nearer didn't bother. 2008/12/1 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > If I may interject, Salford is quite hard to get t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > If I may interject, Salford is quite hard to get to, even for locals. > > Proximity to Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria would be a better > criterion. > > :) > > Well, ye

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008/12/1 Al Tally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> 2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > If I may interject, Salford is quite hard to get to, even for locals. >> > Proximity to Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008/12/1 Al Tally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> 2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > If I may interject, Salford is quite hard to get to, even for locals. >> > Proximity to Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2008/12/1 Al Tally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> 2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> If I may interject, Salford is quite hard to get to, even for locals. P

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:56 PM, AndrewRT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oxford would also be a good choice, as its the location for our > Wikimania 2010 bid so would be a good opportunity to familiarise > ourselves with the city (and have some experience organising an event > - albeit much smaller

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008/12/1 J.A. Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thomas Dalton wrote: >> 2008/12/1 Al Tally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> 2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If I may interject, Salford is quit

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2008/12/1 J.A. Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Thomas Dalton wrote: >> >>> 2008/12/1 Al Tally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

The population center of Great Britain is currently a bit south of Appleby Parva ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_population#Great_Britain ), which is roughly halfway between Birmingham and Leicester: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Appleby%20Parva.&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.m ozilla:en-GB

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Map!

Ok, I have no idea if I've done this right, but please go to http://www.dur.ac.uk/t.m.dalton/wmukmap.html and add yourself so we can get an idea of where people interested in attending the AGM are based. (If it turns out I have done it right, I'll post the link on meta as well.) __

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008/12/1 Tom Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The population center of Great Britain is currently a bit south of Appleby > Parva ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_population#Great_Britain ), > which is roughly halfway between Birmingham and Leicester: The population centre by distance, maybe,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Map!

2008/12/1 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ok, I have no idea if I've done this right, but please go to > http://www.dur.ac.uk/t.m.dalton/wmukmap.html and add yourself so we > can get an idea of where people interested in attending the AGM are > based. (If it turns out I have done it right, I'l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Process for admitting members

At 22:36 + 30/11/08, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > Not a problem to have 1000s of guarantor members? Is that what you mean? > >Yes, what we call "member" is what WMUK v1.0 called "guarantor member". So, is there only one class of membership for WMUK 2.0? BTW, I have just seen an example of an or

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Process for admitting members

2008/12/1 Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At 22:36 + 30/11/08, Thomas Dalton wrote: >> > Not a problem to have 1000s of guarantor members? Is that what you mean? >> >>Yes, what we call "member" is what WMUK v1.0 called "guarantor member". > > > So, is there only one class of membership for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Process for admitting members

At 14:51 -0800 30/11/08, AndrewRT wrote: >On Nov 30, 9:36 pm, Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Not a problem to have 1000s of guarantor members? Is that what you mean? > >I don't understand - why would it be a problem having over 1,000 >members? I think it would be fantastic, personall

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

Just because everyone turned up from Euston in this case simply confirms what I was saying - Londoners thought it was worth making the trip, people from say, Bolton, would have decided Salford was difficult to get to and stayed at home. When considering cities the ease with which the station can be

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Process for admitting members

> I am member of several charities, and a Trustee of one (which has no > members other than the Trustees). > > I have sat in AGMs and wondered what it would be like if people > rocked the boat, which is so easy to do > > Does every member have a voice? Yes, rocking the boat is certainly possib

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Just because everyone turned up from Euston in this case simply confirms > what I was saying - Londoners thought it was worth making the trip, people > from say, Bolton, would have decided Salford was difficult to get to and > stayed at home. When co

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

I'm not considering centrality - I'm considering that if you all come to Manchester I'll be able go to the AGM :P 2008/12/1 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Just because everyone turned up from Euston in this case simply confirms > > what I wa

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm not considering centrality - I'm considering that if you all come to > Manchester I'll be able go to the AGM :P Maybe but what else is there to do in Manchester wikipedia wise? Oxford has pitt rivers. While there is the Museum of Science and In

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:58 PM, geni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm not considering centrality - I'm considering that if you all come to > > Manchester I'll be able go to the AGM :P > > > Maybe but what else is there to do in Manchester wikipedi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location of AGM

2008/12/1 Al Tally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:58 PM, geni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Maybe but what else is there to do in Manchester wikipedia wise? >> Oxford has pitt rivers. While there is the Museum of Science and >> Industry in Manchester I don't know much about it

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Process for admitting members

At 17:33 + 1/12/08, Thomas Dalton wrote: >2008/12/1 Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> At 22:36 + 30/11/08, Thomas Dalton wrote: >>> > Not a problem to have 1000s of guarantor members? Is that what you mean? >>> >>>Yes, what we call "member" is what WMUK v1.0 called "guarantor member".

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Process for admitting members

2008/12/1 Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At 17:33 + 1/12/08, Thomas Dalton wrote: >>2008/12/1 Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> At 22:36 + 30/11/08, Thomas Dalton wrote: > Not a problem to have 1000s of guarantor members? Is that what you mean? Yes, what we cal

[Wikimediauk-l] Reminder : Next board meeting

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Process for admitting members

On Dec 1, 7:05 pm, Gordon Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But really there are two: directors and members, surely? I suppose you could think about it like this, yes, but this could confuse people. Legally speaking the members are the owners of the organisation, who meet annually and elect th