[Wikimediauk-l] Advisory Board
Members, As many of you may remember, I made a suggestion at the AGM to bring into existence an advisory board/commitee of experts to support Wikimedia UK in its growth. I feel that this is apllicable even with the larger baord. Although the necessity for such a thing may not be right now, it is worth discussing. Most organisations have such a board, especially those which are volunteer driven. I wrote this on the train, so I don’t have any specific url examples for you to see but they aren’t difficult to find. What thoughts or comments do you have on this? Method of appointing people? Etc etc The floor is yours Joseph Seddon Events and Conferences, Director Wikimedia UK _ Share your photos with Windows Live Photos – Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] 2010 WMUK AGM/CONFERENCE
Wikimedia UK Members, As you all may be aware I have been tasked to over see Wikimedia UK’s operation of and participation in conferences in the UK’s large open knowledge and free software movement. The participation of the chapters members is instrumental in getting our name out there and to move forward. The Wikimedia UK AGM will be used as an opportunity for those involved/interested in open knowledge and free software to come and help teach the chapter something and likewise for those people to find out more about the movement we are part of. This years AGM was held in Manchester in (what I thought) was a very nice venue. After only 2 months of existence we managed to reach 26 members., of which over 90% were present. I hope and expect our AGM’s to grow and to continue with such a high participation rate. For the 2010 AGM, I am looking to hold it in or a location south of Birmingham. This is to enable those from London etc a shorter journey to travel. This city rotation will happen for much of the foreseeable future, but it is not guaranteed. What I need from the members is the following: Recommended city Possible Venues Although a whole year ahead, given that there will likely be other project I would like to get as much of a head start as possible on those we know will occur. No dedication of time will be required so don’t feel that by suggesting a city and venue that you are then committed to help out. Volunteers will be dragged in at a later date. Things to look at when suggesting venues is cost, wifi, food, access and size. For the time being, assume participation of 50+ people. This isn’t an official bidding thing like wikimania, just simply to get ideas on the table for me to put together for future discussion. Yours Joseph Seddon Events and Conferences, Director Wikimedia UK _ Share your photos with Windows Live Photos – Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
[Wikimediauk-l] AGM pictures
Has anyone got any pictures of the AGM? If so, could you upload them to the wiki at uk.wikimedia.org. It would be good to have some pics so we can start to illustrate the site. Cheers! Andrew ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Advisory Board
2009/5/1 joseph seddon life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.co.uk: Members, As many of you may remember, I made a suggestion at the AGM to bring into existence an advisory board/commitee of experts to support Wikimedia UK in its growth. I feel that this is apllicable even with the larger baord. Although the necessity for such a thing may not be right now, it is worth discussing. Most organisations have such a board, especially those which are volunteer driven. I wrote this on the train, so I don’t have any specific url examples for you to see but they aren’t difficult to find. What thoughts or comments do you have on this? Method of appointing people? Etc etc The floor is yours I would suggest a nominations committee be formed to suggest people to the board (people not on the committee could send suggestions to the committee). The committee would gather some names, work out who would be useful, find out if they were interested and then the board would pretty much just rubber stamp it. I would suggest a committee of 4 people, with a mixture of board and non-board people. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2010 WMUK AGM/CONFERENCE
My suggestion from experience with organising the 2009 AGM - only do it where we have members who can help organise it. Trying to do it remotely because we think it's a nice idea to have it in a particular place just doesn't work! - Original Message - From: joseph seddon life_is_bitter_sw...@hotmail.co.uk To: wikimediau...@wikimedia.org wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, 1 May, 2009 23:28:27 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] 2010 WMUK AGM/CONFERENCE Wikimedia UK Members, As you all may be aware I have been tasked to over see Wikimedia UK’s operation of and participation in conferences in the UK’s large open knowledge and free software movement. The participation of the chapters members is instrumental in getting our name out there and to move forward. The Wikimedia UK AGM will be used as an opportunity for those involved/interested in open knowledge and free software to come and help teach the chapter something and likewise for those people to find out more about the movement we are part of. This years AGM was held in Manchester in (what I thought) was a very nice venue. After only 2 months of existence we managed to reach 26 members., of which over 90% were present. I hope and expect our AGM’s to grow and to continue with such a high participation rate. For the 2010 AGM, I am looking to hold it in or a location south of Birmingham. This is to enable those from London etc a shorter journey to travel. This city rotation will happen for much of the foreseeable future, but it is not guaranteed. What I need from the members is the following: • Recommended city • Possible Venues Although a whole year ahead, given that there will likely be other project I would like to get as much of a head start as possible on those we know will occur. No dedication of time will be required so don’t feel that by suggesting a city and venue that you are then committed to help out. Volunteers will be dragged in at a later date. Things to look at when suggesting venues is cost, wifi, food, access and size. For the time being, assume participation of 50+ people. This isn’t an official bidding thing like wikimania, just simply to get ideas on the table for me to put together for future discussion. Yours Joseph Seddon Events and Conferences, Director Wikimedia UK Upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 Optimised for MSN. Download Now ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2010 WMUK AGM/CONFERENCE
2009/5/2 Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: My suggestion from experience with organising the 2009 AGM - only do it where we have members who can help organise it. Trying to do it remotely because we think it's a nice idea to have it in a particular place just doesn't work! That is a very good point. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2010 WMUK AGM/CONFERENCE
This shouldn't be restricted just to members ... :-) My suggestion would be either Oxford, based on the Wikimania bid, or London itself, perhaps at one of the universities/colleges. It would be nice if we could do something at the same time (or located at) with The British Library or similar, but that's possibly a bit ambitious right now. Mike On 1 May 2009, at 23:28, joseph seddon wrote: Wikimedia UK Members, As you all may be aware I have been tasked to over see Wikimedia UK’s operation of and participation in conferences in the UK’s large open knowledge and free software movement. The participation of the chapters members is instrumental in getting our name out there and to move forward. The Wikimedia UK AGM will be used as an opportunity for those involved/interested in open knowledge and free software to come and help teach the chapter something and likewise for those people to find out more about the movement we are part of. This years AGM was held in Manchester in (what I thought) was a very nice venue. After only 2 months of existence we managed to reach 26 members., of which over 90% were present. I hope and expect our AGM’s to grow and to continue with such a high participation rate. For the 2010 AGM, I am looking to hold it in or a location south of Birmingham. This is to enable those from London etc a shorter journey to travel. This city rotation will happen for much of the foreseeable future, but it is not guaranteed. What I need from the members is the following: Recommended city Possible Venues Although a whole year ahead, given that there will likely be other project I would like to get as much of a head start as possible on those we know will occur. No dedication of time will be required so don’t feel that by suggesting a city and venue that you are then committed to help out. Volunteers will be dragged in at a later date. Things to look at when suggesting venues is cost, wifi, food, access and size. For the time being, assume participation of 50+ people. This isn’t an official bidding thing like wikimania, just simply to get ideas on the table for me to put together for future discussion. Yours Joseph Seddon Events and Conferences, Director Wikimedia UK Upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 Optimised for MSN. Download Now ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
