On 18 March 2014 13:33, Edward Saperia <[email protected]> wrote: > Then if we are to approach this more realistically, the outcomes should be > measured on a longer scale. You do not develop a network from a single > networking event. And certainly I'd prioritise this for more established > community members. Certainly I'd see community integration as a significant > positive outcome for the chapter. > > I'd be very keen to see a dedicated technical community manager as a paid > role, who would mostly spend their time going to London tech events and > representing the movement.
Luckily Wikimedia UK is not new and there is no need to "reset the clock" for proposals such as this. Given the several years of history of funding volunteers and employees to attend and support events, it should be possible for the existing employees to analyse the record and work out the true value of outcomes against the major conferences and social events we have supported in the past. If the value is high for some we should send more volunteers (!) if the value is nil, let's stop spending money on it. :-) Per Mike's point, if this were seen as a fund to support tech-aware regular volunteers and appropriately skilled employees to represent the charity at different events, there is less of an issue with London-centrism. In essence we already have the fund, we just lack the process of measurement of outcomes to improve how it is spent. 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
