Perhaps part of the reason that we struggle to recruit is that we don't publicly take part in events in related topics. An event like this has a communications budget far in excess of our own, we might as well take advantage of it. We should have someone charismatic there to present on behalf of the community.
*Edward Saperia* Chief Coordinator Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email <[email protected]> * facebook<http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> * twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> * 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 18 March 2014 12:05, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18/03/2014, Stevie Benton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello folks. > > > > If anyone is interested in the sharing economy, and would like to attend > > this event, please let me know. We can try and arrange something. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Stevie > > I am unsure as to why Wikimedia UK would want to promote a > collaborative commerce conversation (as the LLDC and Echo describe the > event), rather than ensuring our members and volunteers take part in > open knowledge conferences and events. This appears to be a > business/charity networking social of the 'big society' format. Lots > of people are interested in the issues of the sharing economy (I am an > active support of freecycling); but this seems a long way from > Wikimedia projects, if the intention was to pay expenses for someone > to attend and write a blog post about it. > > If anyone has spare time we have a lot of past GLAM (and University) > contacts from editathons that could do with practical follow up, or > support finishing creating articles and making use of media uploads. > The issue for the backlog of properly completing past projects is > attracting active and productive volunteers (globally), which seems a > pressing issue compared to the benefits to the charity of creating a > bigger list of potential commercial, political and NFP partner > organizations. > > Fae > -- > [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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