Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk.org

2009-01-28 Thread Gordon Joly
At 23:27 + 26/1/09, James Hardy wrote: >2009/1/26 Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> > > >Could go for something in ltd.uk (as well)? > > >Nominet have strict rules on use of .ltd.uk domains, >and an algorithm for their generation >

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK January newsletter

2009-01-28 Thread Mickey Conn
The January newsletter has been published at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Newsletter/January2009 and is copied below for your convenience: Summary: We lead with the exciting news that we are now recognised as Wikimedia UK by the Wikimedia Foundation. This means that we can shor

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk.org

2009-01-28 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/1/28 Gordon Joly : > Thanks for that. And yes, the strict rules ensure that the company > (and hence the charity later) would have a 100% watertight control > over the domain. We're a charity now - a charity is just a non-profit with charitable objectives, you don't need to register to be a c

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK January newsletter

2009-01-28 Thread Thomas Dalton
> We have requested a new wiki > from the WMF, and hope to have this up and running soon as our new > website. Things are moving so quickly the newsletter is already out of date! ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wiki

[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - BT proposal

2009-01-28 Thread joseph seddon
Some of you may be aware that I have been in contact with the Director of Open Source Innovation at BT. For those that did not know, this has been in relation to seeking out sponsorship for the 2010 Wikimania Bid. So far I have had a positive response and I have been asked to create a brief pr