I just want to confirm everything that David's saying. In addition, after today's volume of phone calls, I need to recover, and really lack the energy to go on TV at that time of night. ;-)
Mike On 25 Aug 2009, at 19:48, David Gerard wrote: > 2009/8/25 Ian A. Holton <[email protected]>: > >> Just a quick questin: Why are you doing this, David? Not that I >> think you >> are a bad choice (not at all!), but afaik you were the press >> contact for the >> "old" Wikimedia UK. > > > Basically because they called my number, after Mike Peel put them onto > me. So I supply backup for WMUK as needed in practice. I'm in London > (Newsnight is recorded at TV Centre), Mike's in Manchester, Andrew's > in Nottingham ... > > Before WMUK at all, I was a press volunteer for WMF, and still am. > That's the capacity I do press in. > > >> Maybe it is time to tell the press and get some people from the >> current >> board some airtime, i.e free publicity and establishing some >> involved board >> memebers. > > > More and more has been done by current WMUK people, which is good as > it takes load off me! But once your number's in the media's address > books, your phone will ring forever. Alison still gets calls too ... > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
