Hi all, It would definitely be good to see more local outreach; what we've been doing so far in the UK isn't really sustainable (myself and other board members can only spend so much time traveling to meet other organisations. ;-) ). What Martin's started writing looks great to me, and I really hope that a Bristol community can develop out of it that is regularly interacting with all of the appropriate local organisations in Bristol.
With a private workspace: we have a Wikimedia UK 'internal' wiki, which we used to organise GLAM-WIKI. I can't foresee any problems with giving 'trusted wikimedians' access to this as a private workspace for GLAM, or anything else Wikimedia and UK related. Would this be suitable? If not, it's trivial for us to set up a new wiki if you want. I've now got experience from a number of meetings with museums around the UK, without as detailed a plan of the meeting as the new page sets out - so if there are questions that you think might be raised that would be difficult to answer, let me know and I'll explain what response I would give. Thanks, Mike On 20 Jan 2011, at 20:12, steve virgin wrote: > Roger > > We have approached the Bristol Museum (about a year ago) in an attempt to get > them involved in Britain Loves Wikipedia. Although there was goodwill and > interest, there was a lack of commitment at the top and this led nowhere back > then. All of the museums FIVE of them, are owned by the City Council. They > sponsored Jimmy Wales’ talk in Bristol & gave us a live webcast of the event > for free. Therefore, I think the ‘ice’ at the top of the Council organisation > is beginning to ‘thaw’ & that the Wikimedia team down here in Bristol has to > go back in & speak to the people behind the museum. This is likely to be a > direct outcome of Jimmy’s visit. > > There is added impetus as well. There is a new museum being built in Bristol > that may be opening later this year (don’t know for sure). If I am right the > council/museum organisers are going to be looking at ways to promote the new > collection so the next couple of months might be perfect to go back in. > > Therefore, I for one, am very interested in what you are doing in Derby. > Please keep me posted. Maybe we can share the lessons if we get the five > Bristol Museums back onside > > Steve > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Bamkin > Sent: 20 January 2011 19:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ideas for local engagement > > Martin, > Looks good. (Flattered to see you included the bit about the increased > traffic on A History of the World in 100 Objects.) and the large increase in > traffic. As you note the museums have the suff but we have the 400,000,000 > visitors per month. Mike Peel took a photo at the BM amnd 3.8 million people > saw it. > > I'm keen to see the UK initiatives to be seen as competing and co-operative. > Is there opportunity to link up Bristol Museum with the project announced in > Derby? I have suggested elsewhere that we have people learning from the > collaboration day that happens before them and carrying the good points to > the next. I have been after another museum outside London and yours seem > close to being approached. > > I'm sad I didnt make it to Bristol but I will be there for the wikimedia > meeting later this year > > cheers > Roger > aka Victuallers > > Link here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby > Press release > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/First_GLAMWIKI_outside_Capital > > > On 20 January 2011 16:03, Martin Poulter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > we had a small meetup in Bristol after Jimmy's talk, where we > discussed potential partners such as museums, libraries and societies > and how we can make use of meetings with them. I've written up some > ideas here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Bristol/Local_outreach > > Clearly some fantastic work is already going on with the GLAM sector > nationally, and locally Steve Virgin has been up to an enormous amount > of local networking that this would build on. It would be great to get > together a list of contacts and where we are with them. The above page > could be used to list partners we're engaging with, and perhaps there > should be a private page somewhere for sharing contact names, phone > numbers and finding dates when we and the contacts are available. > > It may seem odd to put it in Wikiproject Bristol, and it's not ideal, > but frankly I'm a bit confused by all the different places where > WP/WM outreach material is supposed to go, and most importantly there > are local Wikipedians who are crucial to the success of this effort, who > can't be assumed to be watching the other sites (until we get interwiki > watchlists). > > Any input welcome, > -- > Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager, The Economics Network > Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ > > The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ > Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter > Bias research: http://biasandbelief.wordpress.com/ > Comedy music: http://www.myspace.com/glandscape > Community blog: http://doodznchyx.wordpress.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > -- > Roger Bamkin > (aka Victuallers) > > _______________________________________________ > 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
