Thanks Jonathan, Roger and David (and anyone else who has responded on this, apologies if I've forgotten you!) Womanthology have been in touch with the office again today and I am going to be responding to some of their questions from an organisational perspective - however I'm sure input from volunteers and/or residents (of either gender!) would be very welcome :) All best, Lucy
On 12 March 2018 at 11:56, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]> wrote: > I was one of the helpers at Alice's women in red event at Imperial last > week. I'll drop her a note. I'm sure she and I suspect the lady from > Imperial would be happy to talk to Womanthology. > > Regards > > WereSpielChequers > > > On 11 Mar 2018, at 14:49, Richard Nevell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think this would be a good opportunity for one of Wikimedia UK's female > volunteers to talk about their work. > > On 11 Mar 2018 13:00, "Roger Bamkin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi David, > > I started Women in Red which moved the needle from 14% to 17.49%. She can > see the twitter page at #wikiwomeninred and there is a women in red > Wikipedia page. We can also talk about the work we hsave done with United > Nations, Unesco, cambridge uni, wikimedia uk, ng, fr, ca, etc and the BBC. > > Happy for you to give her my details. > > regards > > Roger > > On 11 March 2018 at 12:40, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Got a call on Friday from Fiona Tatton from Womanthology. She was >> interested in talking to someone who's worked on improving >> representation of women in Wikipedia, and editing Wikipedia. >> >> Coverage is basically talking to individuals about what they do. >> >> I'm pretty sure this'll be a positive for our work ... >> >> Best method: look at the site, if you'd like to be there then go to >> the contact form. >> >> (She left a phone message with Lucy, but I said I'd forward something >> here too.) >> >> >> - d. >> >> >> ==== >> Great speaking to you just now. Thank you for your time. As >> discussed, I work on Womanthology, a digital magazine that champions >> positive female role models and challenges the stereotypes of what it >> means to be a ‘successful’ woman today. Please have a look: >> >> www.womanthology.co.uk >> >> I’m working on a Women of History issue - I’m interested in >> representation of historical female figures and the way editathons are >> being used to highlight the achievements of women who have been >> previously overlooked. >> ==== >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > -- > Roger Bamkin > *0771 9790901* > 01332 702993 > Google+:Victuallers > Skype:Victuallers1 > Flickr:Victuallers2 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0762 *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement, and a registered charity. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827 Registered Charity No.1144513 Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ 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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