[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2010 - BT proposal

[joseph seddon]

Some of you may be aware that I have been in contact with the Director of Open 
Source Innovation at BT.
For those that did not know, this has been in relation to seeking out 
sponsorship for the 2010 Wikimania Bid. 
So far I have had a positive response and I have been asked to create a brief 
proposal for him to use at his 
end for him to look into the possibilities of sponsorship. BT sponsored wikisym 
(Wiki Symposium) last year,
and I felt that it was a good lead to look into.
 
I have had a particularly busy week with an assignment due in on friday so it 
has been difficult to fully 
dedicate my time to producing a 5 star proposal that will get us this 
sponsorship. I have posted all that I 
have managed to write on the WMUK wiki at the following URL: 
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/BT_Proposal
 
I encourage you all to help work on this in the good old wiki way, and 
hopefully it will be at a good standard 
within the next few days and I will be able to finish working on layout and 
will send it to him in a PDF format
by hopefully the beginning of next week. This may also be a suitable template 
for approaching other companies.
 
The length needs to be kept to a minimum. No more than two A4 side's with all 
layout etc.  If you have any 
questionsregarding the proposal, please email me at:
life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.com or josephsed...@googlemail.com. 
 
I would also like to remind people that the bidding period officially started 
today and so ask you all to do what 
you can to work on the Oxford bid page: 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford
 
Many Thanks 
 
User:Seddon @ en-wiki
 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK January newsletter

[Thomas Dalton]

> We have requested a new wiki
> from the WMF, and hope to have this up and running soon as our new
> website.

Things are moving so quickly the newsletter is already out of date!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk.org

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/1/28 Gordon Joly :
> Thanks for that. And yes, the strict rules ensure that the company
> (and hence the charity later) would have a 100% watertight control
> over the domain.

We're a charity now - a charity is just a non-profit with
charitable objectives, you don't need to register to be a charity.
Once we register we will be a "Registered Charity", at the moment we
are an "Exempt Charity" (due to being very small).

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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK January newsletter

[Mickey Conn]

The January newsletter has been published at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Newsletter/January2009
and is copied below for your convenience:

Summary: We lead with the exciting news that we are now recognised as
Wikimedia UK by the Wikimedia Foundation. This means that we can
shortly open a bank account and approve membership applications.
Planning is also underway for a new website and for the upcoming
Annual General Meeting. Meanwhile, we continue to support Wikipedia
Loves Art, which will launch on 1st February and the bid to hold
Wikimania 2010 in Oxford, and bring news of recent and upcoming
meet-ups.

In this month's newsletter:

   1. WMF approval and chapter formation process
   2. New website
   3. Annual General Meeting
   4. Wikipedia Loves Art
   5. Oxford Wikimania bid
   6. Meet-ups

1. WMF approval and chapter formation process

The chapter has been officially approved by the WMF, and the chapter
agreement is currently being signed by us and the WMF. As soon as this
is signed, we will be able to proceed with opening the bank account,
after which we'll start accepting members.

Want to be one of our first members? Now's your chance.

2. New website

Thus far the chapter has had a web presence on the WMF's Meta website,
with the now defunct former Wikimedia UK having a website at
wikimedia.org.uk. Now that we're officially a chapter, it's time to
start up our own, independent website. We have requested a new wiki
from the WMF, and hope to have this up and running soon as our new
website. Part of this will be permanently protected, as it will
represent the chapter, but other parts will be editable by all - of
course, this includes all of the talk pages. We hope that you'll all
join in with populating the website.

3. Annual General Meeting

We're getting ever closer to being able to set the date of our first
AGM, but we're not quite there yet. The location has however been
decided as Birmingham, and an agenda is currently being sketched out.

4. Wikipedia Loves Art

We are pleased to announce the prizes for the Wikipedia Loves Art
competition, running throughout February at the Victoria and Albert
Museum in London. Up for grabs will be:

* 2 tickets to a V&A exhibition of your choice
* 4 packs from Moo.com, where each pack comprises 50 Classic Stock
Business Cards (with your own art) and 20 Postcards (again with your
own art)
* a 16" x 20" giclee print of one of your photos on a Soft
Textured fine art paper, care of Robbie's Photographics

Moo.com are also providing 20% off the first order of any attendees.
Sign up to the Facebook event here, or come along to the launch on 1
February, in order to get the code.

5. Oxford Wikimania bid

The Oxford Wikimania bid is progressing, with both User:Seddon and
User:Cfp investigating accommodation. A new idea is offering cheaper
accommodation in Oxford's youth hostel for those who cannot afford to
pay Oxford college rates. The sponsors we have obtained for Wikipedia
Loves Art are also good news for our bid, since (small) successful
partnerships now will increase the likelihood of larger sponsorship
later on. Why not sign up to support the bid and get involved?

6. Meet-ups

The 17th London Wikimeet happened on the 11th January, with the topics
of conversation including the WikipediaWeekly podcast, Wikimedia
project predictions for 2009, Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art#London
V&A|Wikipedia Loves Art, and all that's wrong with the UK's education
system.

The 18th London Wikimeet will be taking place on the 8 February at the
Victoria and Albert Museum, as part of Wikipedia Loves Art. Meetups
are also being planned in Manchester on the 14 March, and in
Birmingham at a date yet to be decided.

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk.org

[Gordon Joly]

At 23:27 + 26/1/09, James Hardy wrote:
>2009/1/26 Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com>
>
>
>Could go for something in ltd.uk (as well)?
>
>
>Nominet have strict rules on use of .ltd.uk domains, 
>and an algorithm for their generation
>
>The only two possibilities for Wiki UK Ltd are 
>wikiuk.ltd.uk or 
>wiki-uk.ltd.uk; anything else fails their 
>tests. As the intention is to trade as Wikimedia UK that would 
>probably not be advisable as it could cause confusion amongst 
>potential donors.
>
>Additionally as the .ltd.uk second level is not as 
>widely used, public awareness of it is very low. Use of less popular 
>domains tends to cause problem with people "filling in the blanks". 
>Plenty of people complain to me that they get a bounce message when 
>emailling me, only for me to discover they have attempted to email 
>me at someth...@weebbiz.com or 
>someth...@weeb.biz.co.uk or some 
>other mangled variation of my domain.
>
>James

Thanks for that. And yes, the strict rules ensure that the company 
(and hence the charity later) would have a 100% watertight control 
over the domain.

Gordo

-- 
"Think Feynman"/
http://pobox.com/~gordo/
gordon.j...@pobox.com///

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