On 24 July 2011 10:36, Chris Keating <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It doesn't look like there is much of a UK contingent going to >> Wikimania - we didn't even make the top 5 countries list. There's also >> no mention of WMUK sponsoring anyone despite there being £10k in the >> budget for Wikimania sponsorship. Could someone on the board let us >> know what that money is being spent on? > > I understand we're financially supporting seven or eight people (most of > them not from the UK). Not sure why that is on the list.
Make sure you get on the list - you want the chapter to look good! It's excellent publicity for the chapter within the Wikimedia community. > Your email is written as if you expect "number of people from the UK > attending Wikimania" to be one of the metrics of the Chapter's success - why > is this, out of interest? I think it is self-evident that more people from the UK attending WIkimania would be a good thing. The chapter is in a position to help that. The WMF's sponsorship programme typically doesn't give many (or any) sponsorships to people in the UK, so it would be good if the chapter did instead. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
