Harry, if you're going to keep starting list emails with "I'm sick of...." or "...getting on my nerves..." you really need to make sure you have a valid complaint, or it kinda backfires. When people use that sort of construction, it also gives the impression that the email is primarily about them, rather than the topic. Just a bit of advice,
On Tuesday, 25 September 2012, Thomas Dalton wrote: > Harry, I'm not sure I understand your objection. What aspect of the > expenses policy is being contradicted? > On Sep 25, 2012 4:57 PM, "HJ Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm sure this isn't your fault, Hasina, but this is something that's > getting on my nerves, and those of other volunteers. We have an expenses > policy ( > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Finance_Policy_2012#Reimbursement_of_Expenses), > which specifies when the chapter will cover expenses and what expenses they > will cover. For people to start applying their own, contradictory policies > is only going to confuse matters and is likely to lead to the kind of > confusion that the office was (at least in part) established to prevent. > > If the policy is inadequate, it should be modified, but until it is, it > should be applied to every case. > > Harry Mitchell > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > Phone: 024 7698 0977 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Hasina Khatun <[email protected]> > *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 14:12 > *Subject:* [Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry > > Dear Wikimedians, > Wikimedia UK has been invited recently invited to an event in Coventry > on 19 October - CiyCamp Coventry (www.citycampcov.org.uk). CityCamp aims > to encourage and enable local government, businesses, community > organisations and academia to share knowledge, web technologies and > experience to help shape the future of Coventry. > This event will be held on Friday 19 October 2012 at 13:00 till Sunday 21 > October 2012 at 16:30 at the City Council Offices. We have managed to get a > slot to speak on the Friday afternoon at 3pm, for 20 minutes. If anyone > is free and would like to discuss Wikimedia UK's work at this event, please > let us know as it would be great to engage with as many people as possible > about sharing knowledge. > > We could be able to cover your travel, but not the accommodation, so this > might be an ideal opportunity for a person based locally. Please let me > know if your are free to attend the whole weekend or just to go and speak. > I will be looking forward to hearing back from you. > > Hasina > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikime<http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l> > > -- Dr Martin L Poulter Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Associate, Wikimedia UK http://uk.wikimedia.org/ Musician http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/
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