Re: [Wikimedia-l] WG: Invitation to Chapters and Photographers for the European Parliament Project 2014
On 3 January 2014 16:22, Olaf Kosinsky olaf.kosin...@gmail.com wrote: Happy New Year to Everyone! After the holidays I'd like to make another approach to you and your chapters about Wikipedians in the European Parliament. * have you already forwarded this invitation to your local community? I expect that has been done * has you chapter already decided about supporting volunteers participating in this project? Sending people to Brussels and Strasbourg for reasons other than to lobby on IP issues is not a good use of WMF donors money. You want 766 photos total. Find one person in Brussels (not Strasbourg even the majority of MEPs accept that Strasbourg is a bad idea at this point) and give them whatever support they need to get the photos. * have you - if you are interested - already signed up for participation? Of course not. Strasbourg is several hundred miles away across the English channel. -- geni ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] WG: Invitation to Chapters and Photographers for the European Parliament Project 2014
Could actually being there in front of UK MEP's could be one very effective way of bringing our influence to bear? Jon PS Strasbourg slightly closer to London than Edinburgh! On 3 January 2014 17:19, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 January 2014 16:22, Olaf Kosinsky olaf.kosin...@gmail.com wrote: Happy New Year to Everyone! After the holidays I'd like to make another approach to you and your chapters about Wikipedians in the European Parliament. * have you already forwarded this invitation to your local community? I expect that has been done * has you chapter already decided about supporting volunteers participating in this project? Sending people to Brussels and Strasbourg for reasons other than to lobby on IP issues is not a good use of WMF donors money. You want 766 photos total. Find one person in Brussels (not Strasbourg even the majority of MEPs accept that Strasbourg is a bad idea at this point) and give them whatever support they need to get the photos. * have you - if you are interested - already signed up for participation? Of course not. Strasbourg is several hundred miles away across the English channel. -- geni ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies 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). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] WG: Invitation to Chapters and Photographers for the European Parliament Project 2014
Hi Geni, Am 03.01.2014 18:19, schrieb geni: On 3 January 2014 16:22, Olaf Kosinsky olaf.kosin...@gmail.com wrote: [...] * has you chapter already decided about supporting volunteers participating in this project? Sending people to Brussels and Strasbourg for reasons other than to lobby on IP issues is not a good use of WMF donors money. that is your opinion, so are you already a member of the EU policy advocacy group? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy You want 766 photos total. Find one person in Brussels (not Strasbourg even the majority of MEPs accept that Strasbourg is a bad idea at this point) and give them whatever support they need to get the photos. well, a) the minimum is 1,000 (https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grants_talk%3APEG%2FOlaf_Kosinsky%2FWikipedians_in_European_Parliamentdiff=6895596oldid=6895104) b) the EP has invited us to Strasbourg (not Brussels) as that is the place where the MEPs will be available for us c) one person is not enough, according to various calculations you need about 45 people to deal with all those MEPs in a short time (remember they are only available in a short timeframe, after the deliberations) This calculation has been done by people who are more experienced than me with this, as they already did 15 such projects since 2009: (https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grants_talk%3APEG%2FOlaf_Kosinsky%2FWikipedians_in_European_Parliamentdiff=6879964oldid=6879832) ...and by the way, this project does exactly this: Get enough people at the time and place where all the MEPs are and get them what they need. /Manuel -- Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Lausanne, +41 (21) 34066-22 - www.wikimedia.ch ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
