Thanks for the reply Steve, I'd be happy to help bring them in if you feel there is a chance. A possibility is to invite someone to Derby if it looks good in March (ie a month before). There is meant to be a planning meeting a month before Derby which interested parties could attend. I suspect that museums may be £encouraged up the aisle" if they see other museums getting "unfair?" attention. Bristol may see the value of announcing their event to a room full of wikipedians. Still your call. I attended Bristol Museum when then had "Bristol Museum versus Banksy" and was impressed that they (and Banksy) allowed free photography.
regards Roger aka Victuallers On 20 January 2011 20:12, steve virgin <[email protected]> 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 > > -- Roger Bamkin (aka Victuallers)
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