Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-03-06 Thread AndrewRT
Thanks for setting up the page, Mike. Perhaps I should reword: > > Unfortunately, the Board is pretty busy at the moment organising the > > AGM and related matters, so we don't really have the time to organise > > anything on this by the deadline. However, if any--- _group of people_ in > > the c

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-03-06 Thread Michael Peel
Can I disagree with Andrew's email? This sort of thing's best done collaboratively, rather than coming from a single person, and that's what a wiki's best at. I've just set up a proposals page at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projects/Proposals Please could people go there to submit ideas, fle

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-03-03 Thread AndrewRT
On Feb 18, 9:33 am, Michael Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > The WMF has just announced grants for chapters: "If a chapter has   > work it wants to get done in the furtherance of our overall mission   > and goals during the fiscal year 2009-2010 (July 1, 2009 -June 30,   > 2010), but it cannot do it with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-02-18 Thread Theresa Knott
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Michael Peel wrote: > If you're interested in going to schools, then you may find that the > schools are willing to cover the travel costs etc. in exchange for a > good educational session. > > Something else to factor in, though, is the development of the > sessio

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-02-18 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/2/18 Michael Peel : > If you're interested in going to schools, then you may find that the > schools are willing to cover the travel costs etc. in exchange for a > good educational session. Schools have very limited funds, I think they would be far more interested in having us visit if we pai

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-02-18 Thread Michael Peel
If you're interested in going to schools, then you may find that the schools are willing to cover the travel costs etc. in exchange for a good educational session. Something else to factor in, though, is the development of the session content and any necessary materials. That can of course b

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-02-18 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/2/18 Theresa Knott : > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Thomas Dalton > wrote: > The only real cost for >> that is travel - picking some numbers out of thin air, if we say we >> want visit 5 schools, with a team of 3 going to each school, and it >> costs £100 per person to get there, that c

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-02-18 Thread joseph seddon
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Thomas Dalton > wrote: > The only real cost for > > that is travel - picking some numbers out of thin air, if we say we > > want visit 5 schools, with a team of 3 going to each school, and it > > costs £100 per person to get there, that comes to £1500, a reas

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-02-18 Thread Theresa Knott
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: The only real cost for > that is travel - picking some numbers out of thin air, if we say we > want visit 5 schools, with a team of 3 going to each school, and it > costs £100 per person to get there, that comes to £1500, a reasonable > amount

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMF Chapter's Grants

2009-02-18 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/2/18 Michael Peel : > Hi all, > > The WMF has just announced grants for chapters: "If a chapter has > work it wants to get done in the furtherance of our overall mission > and goals during the fiscal year 2009-2010 (July 1, 2009 -June 30, > 2010), but it cannot do it without financial support,