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Date: 16 Aug 2012 13:56
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Likewise I think this is a good decision. A truly public mailing list is a
valuable thing in many wa
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do another five year plan based on the last and extending out
another year. This works fairly well and I'd recommend it as an approach.
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pparently chose the wrong words. What I meant to convey
> was "unusual" and unusual enough to warrant further review…
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> Jan-Bart
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> On 29 Sep 2012, at 21:09, Andrew Turvey
> wrote:
>
> Hi Jan-Bart and others,
>
> I would hope we can wait until we hear
;>>
>>>>> Personally I would quite like some progress, and think we ought to use
>>>>> STV - it would be great if people could get drafting resolutions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>
people regardless of their stance on certain controversies then you
> desperately need a system such as STV. If in a divided organisation a
> narrow majority gets a clean sweep in the elections for the committee it is
> very difficult if not impossible for the resulting committee to reunite
> I am proposing this as a way of moving on in a way which keeps people like
> Roger with their brilliant ideas involved but not as trustees.
>
> all the best
>
> Fabian
> (User:Leutha)
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If we pencil in 9-10 Feb for the EGM then we have until, say, the end of
November to discuss and agree on the proposal. I do think we need to have a
reasoned argument set out in favour of the change before we call the EGM
itself - after all a constitution is not something that we should tinker
with
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On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:53 AM, wrote:
>
> Essentially this would require the Board making a decision that it was
> interested in looking into the idea and setting up a steering committee to
> take the matter forward. This could be done with a limited amount of
> officer time.
>
The board would
attention of the Foundation
immediately.
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Regards,
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Andrew Turvey wrote:
> Looking at Companies House, I notice that the annual accounts have yet
> been filed and are due at the end of the month. This caused considerab
o the revised AoA not being filed.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 6 Oct 2012, at 11:17, Andrew Turvey
> wrote:
>
> For completeness, can I also mention that you don't appear to have filed
> the form AP01 with Companies House regarding the appointment of Saad [1]
> nor
onatreesdavies
>
> 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.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK
when it
> goes to wmf and reviewer it has our suggestions for consideration
>
> Joe
> On Oct 11, 2012 8:26 PM, "Andrew Turvey"
> wrote:
>
>> As with many other members I've been quite concerned with recent
>> developments so I dialled into this public b
> > Wikimedia UK mailing list
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On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Tom Holden
wrote:
> Is there a role for an advisory board? It was discussed a while back.
> Perhaps some of the long serving former board members could be invited to
> be on it (Andrew T., Joe S., Tom D.)?
>
> A little bit of an external check of "are we doing some
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Katherine Bavage <
katherine.bav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> ...
> The concern arose from the fact that under the current system, fraudulent
> membership is possible - there are no effective safeguards.
>
I think the concern is not one or two fake memberships b
I see the Foundation has withdrawn their support for the Wikimedia Chapters
Association, the cross-chapters partnership that WMUK backed. Their
statement included some significant criticisms about the way the WCA has
been implemented, something that individual Foundation board members
expanded on i
M, "Thomas Dalton" wrote:
> On 6 February 2013 21:07, Andrew Turvey
> wrote:
> > I see the Foundation has withdrawn their support for the Wikimedia
> Chapters
> > Association, the cross-chapters partnership that WMUK backed.
>
> To be honest, it never really o
EGM? Is this still planned given the governance recommendations?
On Feb 15, 2013 12:23 PM, "Richard Symonds" <
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> All,
>
> At present, myself and LondonStatto are likely to be tellers for the AGM
> (and the planned EGM). However, I'm hoping that there will b
media 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).
> Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990.
>
> Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
>
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ions as drafted by our lawyers: they
> have not yet been reviewed by the Board - obviously it remains important
> that we draft things in public where we can!
>
> Chris
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Are there any wikimedians in the East Midlands on this list or that you
know who may be interested in helping with a meeting with one of our MEPs
on copyright reform? I am working with Dimi who is based in Brussels and
Stevie at WMUK and we are trying to contact all relevant MEPs to brief them
on t
Has anyone heard anything from ChapCom regarding their resolution?
Thanks
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18. These five candidates
>received the support of more than the required 50% of voters:
* Kwan Ting Chan (88.5%; Chair);
* Michael Conn (57.7%; Communication Officer) ;
* Tom Holden (92.3%; Treasurer);
* Mike Peel (53.2%; Membership Secretary);
* Andrew Turvey (73.1%; Secretary).
Of
At the last Board meeting, it was agreed that we would start to draft some
Election Rules to cover the election of the Directors at the AGM. These rules
come under the remit of Article 28
(http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/AoA#Rules) and nothing in
these rules can contradict anyt
,
Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wiki UK Limited
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England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at
23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL
Information contained in this email may be confidential. If you are not the
intended
I was having a think about this project and I wondered what the nascent UK
chapter could easily do to help out for this. Two ideas sprang to mind:
1) Looking at Wikipedia Loves Art on flikr, it mentions "Teams with the most
points at the end of the month will get cool prizes"
(http://www.flickr
The Board has decided to put on its agenda for the next meeting the process for
admitting new members.
One question I wanted to raise for discussion among the community is what kind
of "due diligence" should the Board do when admitting members.
Most of the people who get involved in the wikimed
Q5: Is there any way that you think the election should be run differently to
the election of the interim Board?
I wanted to answer one of the questions I put with a suggestion regarding
minority languages.
Most of the people active in Wikimedia UK seem to be active in the english
Wikimedia pr
UK will end up just being Wikipedia
London; recognising the diversity of UK Wikimedians - across projects,
languages and the constituent countries, would I think be a positive step.
My suggestion of 2 had in mind a board of around seven. Of course it would be
fewer if there were fewer board seats.
Fr
>> From: Andrew Turvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> 1) Looking at Wikipedia Loves Art on flikr, it mentions "Teams with the most
>> points at the end of the month will get cool prizes"
>> (http://www.flickr.com/groups/
We've sent out a message inviting people to apply to join but we're not able to
cash their cheque until we have a bank account. However, do we need to wait to
accept them as members?
Should we not just accept them as members now and then wait until the bank
account is opened before cashing thei
Commission their initial response may
ask for more information to support out status as a charity; however, I'll keep
everyone informed when we hear.
Regards,
Andrew Turvey
Company Secretary
Wiki UK Limited
Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in
England and
Hi all,
Just to let you know the Board meeting today decided to call the next meeting
in a fortnight's time, Tuesday 13th January 2009 at 8:30pm GMT/UTC.
Regards,
Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wiki UK Limited
Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limited by Guarantee
registered in England and
nding that we haven't received a response, and
we will be able to reclaim tax on these donations as soon as we are approved
without having to approach the donors again.
I'll keep everyone informed.
Regards,
Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wiki UK Limited
Wiki UK Limited is a Company Limit
Copy of a message I've sent to the other chapters - I'll let you know what
response I get!
Regards,
Andrew
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From: Andrew Turvey
To: chapt...@wikimedia.ch
Sent: Friday, 16 January, 2009 13:40:04
Subject: Help needed - job spec for Chapter Board member
As per the decision of the Board on Tuesday, I've revised the Election Rules so
that the top three candidates are elected regardless of whether they receive
more than 50% approval.
However, if any of them get less than 50% approval, the powers of the Board are
restricted to force the board to c
t out here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355885
Please let me know if you would like to volunteer to do this for the chapter.
If you would like to volunteer but can't do all the parts please contact me and
we will try to work something out!
Regards,
Andrew Turvey
Secretary
The UK government are currently running a consultation on "Developing a
Copyright Agenda for the 21st century" The website is here:
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/pro-types/pro-copy/c-notice/c-notice-2008/c-notice-2008-consultation.htm
and the deadline for responses is 6th February.
Andrew
you think,
regards,
Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wikimedia UK
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Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales,
Registered No. 6741827.
The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, Unite
pedia for Schools
Please let us know.
Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wikimedia UK
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Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales,
Registered No. 6741827.
The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG
Hi all,
Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with finding a suitable free venue in
Birmingham, so we've decided to move to plan B, which is Manchester.
Does anyone have any contacts - for instance at the University - which would
enable them to book a room for free on Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th A
needs £5,000 of pledged income first.
I will keep everyone informed of any developments with this.
regards,
Andrew Turvey
Company Secretary
Wikimedia UK
Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Company Limited by
Guarantee
Registered in England and Wales, Registered Number 6741
Note: This notice has been sent to all directors and all members who have been
confirmed as of 20th March. It is also published on the mailing list and the
Wikimedia UK wiki.
Wikimedia UK Annual General Meeting
help start the new chapter off in the right direction
Please join us at the Annual G
Is there any way we can opt-out of this for uk.wikimedia.org?
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From: "Co-ordinating grassroots support for UK digital rights"
To: org-act...@lists.openrightsgroup.org
Sent: Friday, 27 March, 2009 17:00:11 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: [ORG-acti
Hi all,
Just a reminder that the deadline for candidates for election to the Board is
this Sunday - I've copied the nomination form below for anyone who wants to
apply!
Regards,
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From: "Andrew Turvey"
To: "Secretary Wikimedia UK"
At what time? During the run up and during the conference or does just during
the conference count?
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From: "joseph seddon"
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Thursday, 2 April, 2009 21:47:36 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
Portugal
Subject: Re: [Wikime
d address here
Alternatively, you may of course vote in person at the AGM itself.
Regards,
Board of Wikimedia UK
2 April 2009
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Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales,
Registered No. 6741827.
We should bear in mind, however, that not all the voters will be at the AGM so
they may want more information before they cast their vote. May be worth
filtering the questions before they're answered so that there's no repetition.
I thought last year's one worked fairly well.
- Original Me
Hi Mike,
I got "content liberation" from the Berlin chapters' meeting
(http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_meeting_2009/Schedule#Content_liberation).
Thinking about it now, I can see why the partner organisations wouldn't be too
keen to hear it described as "liberation"! It would be good t
From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Turvey
Sent: 09 April 2009 22:28
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership drive template
Hi Mike,
I got "content liberation"
and an opportunity for informal
discussions and people to join the chapter if they haven't already
1:30pm: Introduction by the secretary, Andrew Turvey, and the Chair, Kwan Ting
Chan.
1:35pm: Opportunity for further informal discussions
2pm: Discussions led by our invited speakers and
Wikimedia Hungary have recently introduced an online form where applicants can
fill in their details to apply for membership. It looks pretty snazzy - link
below.
Is this something that Wikimedia UK should/could consider?
Andrew
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From: "Nemo_bis"
To: chapt...
Please find below an email from Mike Goodwin, the Wikimedia Foundation's
General Counsel, to the Wikimedia chapters regarding on-going discussions on a
new standard chapters agreement. He has agreed that we can share this
information with chapter members.
This information may also be relevant
Excuse my stupid question, but what's a open source writer? A Linux programmer?
- Original Message -
From: "David Gerard"
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Friday, 24 April, 2009 13:25:23 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Greater London
ift Aid declarations (HMRC have previously
confirmed this was ok) we should probably add a caveat on the form explaining
that our charitable status is contested.
Regards,
Andrew Turvey
Secretary, Wikimedia UK
=
Company Secretary
Wikimedia UK
23 Cartwright Way
B
a.org
Sent: Saturday, 25 April, 2009 12:29:00 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
Portugal
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Charity application rejected
In-Reply-To: <84fd18c8-7bae-4f64-a675-047b6a400...@mikepeel.net>
Two bits one highlighted from what Andrew Turvey said:
> > Whilst w
Looks like my original email to the list bounced - hope this fills in some of
the gaps.
Regards,
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From: "Andrew Turvey"
To: "WMUK" , wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Friday, 24 April, 2009 21:59:07 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Irelan
Hi Alison,
Taking your points in turn:
1. "whomever wrote and signed off on those letters appears to have caused the
initial confusion and, indeed, current problem. Somehow this needs to be
retracted big time."
I put the full letter received from HMRC in my original post. The relevant part
As David Cameron's such a fan, should we sent him a membership form! :)
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From: "James Farrar"
To: "English Wikipedia"
Sent: Sunday, 26 April, 2009 19:45:50 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Politician praises Wikipedia
Well, in rela
I can't see anything (yet) at http://www.theregister.co.uk/
- Original Message -
From: "Gordon Joly"
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Monday, 27 April, 2009 14:11:32 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Charity application rejected
The board has a policy that it will only accept members once payment has
cleared. This means if they pay by cheque, they are approved subject to
clearing and only get a vote from when it clears.
All the four members who signed up at the AGM paid in cash, so they were
approved immediately.
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Of course!
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009-04-26a
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From: "Thomas Dalton"
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Monday, 27 April, 2009 23:37:24 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Politician prai
When the Board discussed it last we said we'd wait until WMF decided - but the
feeling was in favour of opting out.
I've added it to http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009-05-05/Agenda
Let me know if you think it needs to be dealt with before then.
Andrew
- Original Message -
My suggestion from experience with organising the 2009 AGM - only do it where
we have members who can help organise it. Trying to do it remotely because we
think it's a nice idea to have it in a particular place just doesn't work!
- Original Message -
From: "joseph seddon"
To: "wikim
Do we have any supporters who live in Peterborough who would be prepared to
help organise the AGM?
Andrew
- Original Message -
From: "Richard Farmbrough"
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Monday, 4 May, 2009 21:49:02 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re:
Please find below the draft minutes of yesterday's Board meeting. If you have
any questions, comments or corrections please post to the talk page on the wiki
at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/Talk:2009-05-05 or reply to this
email.
Regards,
Andrew Turvey
Secretary, Wikimed
Now posted
- Original Message -
From: "Thomas Dalton"
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 20:38:48 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Logs of last board meeting?
Does anyone have logs of yesterday's board meeting? They
Please find forwarded below a message from our sister chapter, Wikimedia
Italia, regarding the awards they are doing. Please respond directly to them if
you would like to nominate anyone for a prize.
Regards,
Andrew
- Original Message -
From: "Ilario Valdelli"
To: "Wikimedia Foun
- Original Message -
From: "rupert.thurner"
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Sunday, 10 May, 2009 20:12:30 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Minutes of yesterday's Board meeting
>> would it be possible to slightly adjust your "bylaws" a
9:42 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Minutes of yesterday's Board meeting
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Andrew Turvey
wrote:
> We would
> also need the Foundation to approve the change which could take months.
Hmm...? If I remember correct
ia-uk-board
Present: Michael Peel (MP) (Chair); Andrew Turvey (AT) (Minutes); Paul Williams
(PW); Steve Virgin (SV); Joseph Seddon (JS); Zeyi He (ZH) (part)
Apologies: Tom Holden (TH); Zeyi He for late arrival
Minutes of the previous meeting
The minutes of the meeting of the 5 t
I've started a discussion at Talk:Meetings#Public IRC logs about whether we
should continue to make publicly available the IRC logs of old IRC discussions.
Please let me know what you think there or in reply to this message.
Thanks
Andrew
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Tips for our website ?
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From: "Casey Brown"
To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)"
Sent: Sunday, 17 May, 2009 21:58:18 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: [Internal-l] Non Profit Website Design & Fundraising
;''Tuesday 19 th May 2009, 8:30pm BST at #wikimedia-uk-board
Present: Michael Peel (MP) (Chair); Andrew Turvey (AT) (Minutes); Paul Williams
(PW); Steve Virgin (SV); Joseph Seddon (JS); Tom Holden (TH)
Apologies: Zeyi He (ZH)
== Minutes of the previous meeting ==
The [[Meet
ained more staff and changed their computer system to cope with
the backlog and improved their advice to applicants
regards,
Andrew Turvey
Secretary,
Wikimedia UK
Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited.
Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
If anyone happens to be in the Netherlands in June, you might be interested in
this...
Given our proposed "London Loves Wikipedia" event [1] it might be a good idea
to get one of us along to the September event.
Regards,
[1] http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Initiatives/Proposals#London_Loves_Wi
Please find the email below for your information in case you haven't heard the
news elsewhere.
Wikimedia UK took part in these discussions with the other chapters that
resulted in the selection of Arne Klempert and Michael Snow as the two
"chapter-selected" Board members of the Wikimedia Found
- "Thomas Dalton" wrote:
>
> ... You do not
> enter negotiations until you have sought appropriate legal advice.
I look forward to reading the IRC logs with Tom's input - sadly I'm not able to
be at the meeting tonight.
WMUK has to consider the pros and cons of getting legal advice on
Thanks Mike, that's the one! Sorry I didn't make it more explicit. The details
of response times etc. are the same as the details in our letter I previously
typed up here .
regards,
Andrew
- "Michael Peel" wrote:
> From: "Michael Peel"
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Sent
We have recently been approached by a company asking for someone to be video
interviewed on the subject of how Wikipedia can be used in universities.
The company is a spin off from Imperial College in London and is partly public
owned and partly privately owned. They are currently preparing cou
Forwarded below details of another exciting event, this time taking place in
Canberra, Australia. I don't suppose anyone from the UK is going?
It would be great to find out how this goes so we can pick up some tips for the
"London/Britain Loves Wikipedia" event penciled in for next spring.
An
e:
> From: "Andrew Gray"
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Sent: Monday, 1 June, 2009 13:23:58 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Using Wiki software in higher Education:
> Interview request
>
> 2009/5/31 Andrew Turve
iki software in higher Education:
> Interview request
>
>
>
Not a Brit, but IIRC Cormac Lawler was doing his PhD on Wikiversity.
-Original Message-
> From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf
Wikimedia UK, together with the other chapters, are currently drafting the
process that will be used next year to choose the members of the Wikimedia
Foundation's board who sit in the "chapter-selected" seats, We would appreciate
any comments you have on this process, so we can feed them back be
uot;Thomas Dalton" wrote:
> From: "Thomas Dalton"
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 June, 2009 02:16:15 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
> Portugal
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Chapter-selected seats on the Wikimedia
> Foun
Dear all,
The draft minutes of our Board meeting last Tuesday, 2nd June are up at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009-06-02 and copied below. Please let
us know if you have any comments or corrections.
Regards,
Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wikimedia UK
Wikimedia UK is the operating
nds that the mere
increase of knowledge without teaching or education is not
charitable. Andrew Turvey, secretary of Wikimedia UK, said: "Museums
and art galleries are recognised as charities; our argument is that
what we are doing is analogous to that."
He said HMRC had agreed to p
Not at all - I'm sure there are plenty of our supporters who may be interested
in hearing about events like this.
- "Tim Dobson" wrote:
> From: "Tim Dobson"
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Sent: Sunday, 7 June, 2009 23:52:12 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
> Subject
I didn't understand that post. Who is Tristan and where are the comments
attacking him?
- "Peter Cohen" wrote:
> From: "Peter Cohen"
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Sent: Monday, 8 June, 2009 10:12:00 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] In
tp://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Newsletter/June2009#Press_Coverage
[2] http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Media_relations#Media_response
Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wikimedia UK
Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited.
Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England an
MUK"
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 June, 2009 17:30:32 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
> Portugal
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Press response templates
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 17:11, Andrew Turvey
> wrote:
> > Given the amount of recent press cover
Whilst browsing Signpost back issues, I came across this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-02-23/In_the_news
Words of praise from David Mitchell
In an article published on guardian.co.uk , actor and comedian David Mitchell
praised Wikipedia as being "brilliant
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officers and supporters
Board members - please could you mark your actions as {{done}}, {{doing}},
{{cf}} pr {{not done}} as appropriate and also mark {{discuss}} if you think it
needs discussing again.
Regards,
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Andrew Turvey
Secretary
Wikimedia UK
Wikimedia UK is the operating nam
sting - it includes Tom
Steinberg from MySociety (publishers of TheyWorkForYou.com)
----- "Andrew Turvey" wrote:
> From: "Andrew Turvey"
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 June, 2009 01:07:21 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
> Portuga
Has anyone had a read of the Carter Report that's been in the news today. I
wondered if there are any opportunities there for pressing open knowledge?
One quote stood out: "Britain is going to lead the world. This is us taking the
next step into the future, being the digital capital of the worl
Interesting information below.It would be great if they could come up with a form of "Crown Commons" that was compatible with our licenses rather than ending up with something like the BBC's creative license. - Forwarded Message -From: "Steve Virgin" To: "WMUK" Sent: Friday, 19 June, 2009 1
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