Actually, I've looked at this a bit more deeply and it appears it could be the same conference after all. It sounds like lots of people already have this in hand. To avoid duplication then, I'll leave it with you and concentrate on the film festival later in the year.
Thank you, Stevie On 20 March 2014 23:00, Jonathan Cardy <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Joe, sounds like a grant > application<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Project_grants>would be worth making > > Regards > > Jonathan Cardy > GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser/ > Trefnydd GLAM (Galeriau, Llyfrgelloedd, Archifdai a llawer Mwy!) > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0990 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. > > > Press Enter to send your message. > > > On 20 March 2014 18:49, Joe Filceolaire <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I posted that page on the wikimania wiki so it is independent of your >> contact. >> >> The August SciFi conference at ExCel is Loncon3 - the World Science >> Fiction convention. It is the weekend after Wikimania. It is very well >> attended by authors so would be a good place to gather voice intros and >> even interviews. >> >> >> - It will have an exhibition hall with dealers tables, art >> exhibition, poster displays. Do we want a table there for our voice intro >> booth? >> - It will have a large program of panels on all kinds of stuff SF >> fans are interested in. Do we have a photographer interested in hanging >> out >> in the Green room taking pics of panel members? >> - It will have the Hugo award ceremony (If you buy membership you get >> to vote and you get a copy of most of the nominated works included in your >> membership). >> - It will have a multimedia stream and a music stream and a lot of >> hanging out in bars discussing stuff till late. >> >> >> Is WMUK interested in participating? Is WMUK interested in paying for >> memberships for volunteers who would be willing to man a booth? Loncon3 is >> starting to finalise their arrangements so we need to decide what we are >> interested in doing. >> >> Yours >> >> Joe >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Michael Peel < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 19 Mar 2014, at 16:01, Richard Symonds < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Perhaps something to be taken offlist with those interested, so we >>> don't break any confidences? >>> >>> Or keep things on-list/on-wiki for transparency? >>> >>> I'd be potentially interested in helping do something here. >>> >>> With the August SciFi conference in London - I know one of the >>> organising committee for that, and previously put them in touch with >>> Ed/James/Saad to see if anything could be done. I'm not sure whether the >>> page on the Wikimania wiki is related to that contact, or if it's an >>> independent activity. If it is separate, then I'd be happy to provide >>> another introduction here... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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