[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy
Hello folks. If anyone is interested in the sharing economy, and would like to attend this event, please let me know. We can try and arrange something. Thank you, Stevie -- Forwarded message -- From: LLDC and Echo inv...@eventbrite.com Date: 14 March 2014 12:12 Subject: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy To: stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk * Dear Stevie, * You are invited to the following event: Recognising Value - Innovation, Relationships and the Sharing Economy https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recognising-value-innovation-relationships-and-the-sharing-economy-tickets-10922506511?ref=enivtefor001invite=NTM3OTIxMS9zdGV2aWUuYmVudG9uQHdpa2ltZWRpYS5vcmcudWsvMA%3D%3Dutm_source=eb_emailutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=inviteformal001utm_term=eventpage [image: divider] Event to be held at the following time, date and location: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recognising-value-innovation-relationships-and-the-sharing-economy-tickets-10922506511?ref=enivtefor001invite=NTM3OTIxMS9zdGV2aWUuYmVudG9uQHdpa2ltZWRpYS5vcmcudWsvMA%3D%3Dutm_source=eb_emailutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=invitenewutm_term=eventimageref=enivtefor001 Tuesday, 29 April 2014 from 12:00 to 17:30 (BST) *Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park* E20 2ST United Kingdom View Map http://maps.google.com/maps?q=,+,++E20+2ST+United+Kingdomhl=en * Attend Event * https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/recognising-value-innovation-relationships-and-the-sharing-economy-tickets-10922506511?ref=enivtefor001invite=NTM3OTIxMS9zdGV2aWUuYmVudG9uQHdpa2ltZWRpYS5vcmcudWsvMA%3D%3Dutm_source=eb_emailutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=inviteformalv2utm_term=attendref=enivtefor001 [image: divider] Event registration is by invitation only. Register with your email address to attend this event. [image: divider] The sharing economy is the talk of the town. There's certainly been a global shift in the business paradigm towards a new mode of collaborative commerce, followed closely and supported by Central Government. There is much the London Legacy Development Corporation can learn from these models to redefine an approach to regeneration in and around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. But what could the sharing economy bring to established charities or businesses? And what could this landscape look like a decade from now? In your role as innovators, business, thought leaders and practitioners, LLDC and Echo [link] would like to invite you to an opportunity to explore and harness the growth and potential that can be unlocked through the sharing economy - for our industries, and for the communities we sit within. The conversation starts with lunch on 29th April at 12 noon and continues from 5.30 with a drinks reception. [image: eventbrite] [image: Eventbrite] http://www.eventbrite.com/r/enivtefor001?utm_source=eb_emailutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=inviteformalutm_term=eblogofooter This invitation was sent to stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk by LLDC and Echo http://www.eventbrite.com/org/629839 the organiser. To stop receiving invitations from this organiser, you can unsubscribehttp://www.eventbrite.com/inviteunsubscribe?email=stevie.benton%40wikimedia.org.ukoid=6178977sig=AGNbPwEAd1MF5EWmnTgJhObIj7eQr2AsoA. [image: Eventbrite] http://www.eventbrite.com/home/?ref=eemailutm_source=eb_emailutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=inviteutm_term=footer_invite Eventbrite | 651 Brannan St. Suite 110 | San Francisco, CA 94107 -- 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy
On 18/03/2014, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello folks. If anyone is interested in the sharing economy, and would like to attend this event, please let me know. We can try and arrange something. Thank you, Stevie I am unsure as to why Wikimedia UK would want to promote a collaborative commerce conversation (as the LLDC and Echo describe the event), rather than ensuring our members and volunteers take part in open knowledge conferences and events. This appears to be a business/charity networking social of the 'big society' format. Lots of people are interested in the issues of the sharing economy (I am an active support of freecycling); but this seems a long way from Wikimedia projects, if the intention was to pay expenses for someone to attend and write a blog post about it. If anyone has spare time we have a lot of past GLAM (and University) contacts from editathons that could do with practical follow up, or support finishing creating articles and making use of media uploads. The issue for the backlog of properly completing past projects is attracting active and productive volunteers (globally), which seems a pressing issue compared to the benefits to the charity of creating a bigger list of potential commercial, political and NFP partner organizations. Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Letter to MEPs on copyright
Just to be clear, it has been 1.5 working days. The document was posted on the wiki late on Friday afternoon. Thank you to those volunteers who have provided useful feedback. The letter has not yet been sent and amends will be made. A final version will be posted on the wiki when it is sent out. Stevie On 18 March 2014 13:21, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 March 2014 14:18, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 14/03/14 17:54, Fæ wrote: I note that the letter appears to state that the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU is a UK charity, it might be an idea to get the prose slightly more specific. Where exactly? Gordo It's been 4 days, for all I know the letter has already been sent. Sorry Gordo, but until there is some acknowledgement that the feedback that members and volunteers are providing might result in the letter being improved, there does not seem much point in spending our volunteer time discussing it. Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Letter to MEPs on copyright
On 18/03/14 13:21, Fæ wrote: Sorry Gordo, but until there is some acknowledgement that the feedback that members and volunteers are providing might result in the letter being improved, there does not seem much point in spending our volunteer time discussing it. OK. Does that include posting her on the topic? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy
Then if we are to approach this more realistically, the outcomes should be measured on a longer scale. You do not develop a network from a single networking event. And certainly I'd prioritise this for more established community members. Certainly I'd see community integration as a significant positive outcome for the chapter. I'd be very keen to see a dedicated technical community manager as a paid role, who would mostly spend their time going to London tech events and representing the movement. *Edward Saperia* Chief Coordinator Wikimania London http://www.wikimanialondon.org email e...@wikimanialondon.org * facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/edsaperia * twitter http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia * 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 18 March 2014 13:12, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 March 2014 12:12, Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org wrote: Perhaps part of the reason that we struggle to recruit is that we don't publicly take part in events in related topics. An event like this has a communications budget far in excess of our own, we might as well take advantage of it. We should have someone charismatic there to present on behalf of the community. Promotion and networking is a rationale we have put forward many times before for paying for conference/event attendees. Often the money is put up based on commitments to write a blog post or an internal report. For a speculative, principality social networking event, the lost opportunity cost of volunteer and employee time and expenses should be justified with measurable reported outcomes, such as increased project participation, content creation or productive long term partnerships with other organizations. The charity is accountable and committed to transparency, so if money and time is spent in ways with no direct outcome that benefits Wikimedia projects or the open knowledge aims of the charity, we should expect questions to be raised. In my view, and that of several other members, an example of a poor decision was sending an inexperienced new volunteer for an all expenses paid weekend at a Berlin conference last year, there was a blog post afterwards with ideas, none has provided any measurable outcomes in the several months since; in fact the volunteer has been completely inactive in terms of creating educational content for Wikimedia projects.[1][2] If there were a couple of conference that we could see made a real difference to finding new active volunteers for Wikimedia projects or where highly productive long term partnerships with organizations were started, then I would prefer to see the charity provide scholarships for several active volunteers to take part or attend. The key here is measurement of outcomes, something that the new board have made a fuss about in the new strategy and should be a natural part of the way the charity works and makes decisions about where to spend its £700,000+; keeping its active volunteers at the centre of the decision making process. Links 1. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Water_cooler/2013#Diversity_Conference_-_how_many_UK_volunteers_are_going.3F 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kwaku_BBM Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Letter to MEPs on copyright
On 18 March 2014 13:28, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Just to be clear, it has been 1.5 working days. The document was posted on the wiki late on Friday afternoon. Thank you to those volunteers who have provided useful feedback. The letter has not yet been sent and amends will be made. A final version will be posted on the wiki when it is sent out. Stevie Thanks for making us aware of your plan. What was the reason for choosing to write the letter off-wiki and in a non-open format, where volunteers cannot actively help? I was under the impression that the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group was intended to be driven by Wikimedians rather than this being left to Chapter board members and employees who then choose how and whether to consult with volunteers. The process being followed right now seems the opposite of volunteer-centric. PS Gordo - if by her you mean Stevie, then as he posted here, it is reasonable to assume he follows the discussion. Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy
On 18 Mar 2014, at 13:33, Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org wrote: I'd be very keen to see a dedicated technical community manager as a paid role, who would mostly spend their time going to London tech events and representing the movement. That would be really bad on multiple levels - two obvious ones being that staff should be 'supporting' not 'representing' the movement, and such work really shouldn't be London-centric. Thanks, Mike ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy
On 18 March 2014 13:33, Edward Saperia e...@wikimanialondon.org wrote: Then if we are to approach this more realistically, the outcomes should be measured on a longer scale. You do not develop a network from a single networking event. And certainly I'd prioritise this for more established community members. Certainly I'd see community integration as a significant positive outcome for the chapter. I'd be very keen to see a dedicated technical community manager as a paid role, who would mostly spend their time going to London tech events and representing the movement. Luckily Wikimedia UK is not new and there is no need to reset the clock for proposals such as this. Given the several years of history of funding volunteers and employees to attend and support events, it should be possible for the existing employees to analyse the record and work out the true value of outcomes against the major conferences and social events we have supported in the past. If the value is high for some we should send more volunteers (!) if the value is nil, let's stop spending money on it. :-) Per Mike's point, if this were seen as a fund to support tech-aware regular volunteers and appropriately skilled employees to represent the charity at different events, there is less of an issue with London-centrism. In essence we already have the fund, we just lack the process of measurement of outcomes to improve how it is spent. Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy
On 18 March 2014 13:57, Edward Saperia e...@originalcontentlondon.com wrote: That would be really bad on multiple levels - two obvious ones being that staff should be 'supporting' not 'representing' the movement, Surely recruitment of new volunteers is supporting the movement. Note, that for the original socializing event that Stevie posted about, it is very unlikely that attendees will be potential new volunteers. They may represent organizations with their own networks of volunteers, but then we even have trustees on our board who are employed in organizations with extremely large and relevant volunteer networks, and yet this has not resulted in any measurable growth in our membership or active volunteers - in fact the numbers continue to remain almost static when compared to the volunteer led annual doubling in growth we could measure before we set up an office 3 years ago.[1] Links 1. https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Membership/numbers, https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteers/numbers Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Open-education] Scottish Open Education Declaration
Following on last year's announcement of a national Open Education declaration for Welsh Higher Education, some good news from Scotland. The Open Scotland group acknowledge that changing practice is the real goal and the declaration is just a starting point, but it's a significant step. Wikimedia UK are mentioned by name. Acronyms: Cetis = Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards Jisc RSC = Jisc Regional Support Centre SQA = Scottish Qualifications Authority ALT = Association for Learning Technology -- Forwarded message -- From: Lorna M Campbell lorna.m.campb...@icloud.com Date: 17 March 2014 12:57 Subject: [Open-education] Scottish Open Education Declaration To: Open Educational Resources oer-disc...@jiscmail.ac.uk, open-educat...@lists.okfn.org, Open Education Special Interest Group opened...@jiscmail.ac.uk, alt-scotl...@jiscmail.ac.uk Dear all, (Apologies for cross posting.) In order to coincide with Open Education Week last week the Open Scotland initiative released a public draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration http://declaration.openscot.net/ Open Scotland is a a voluntary cross sector initiative led by Cetis, SQA, Jisc RSC Scotland and the ALT Scotland SIG, which aims to raise awareness of open education, encourage the sharing of OER, and promote the development of open policy and practice. One of the primary deliverables we agreed to produce following the Open Scotland Summit ( http://openscot.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/open-scotland-report-and-actions/) held in Edinburgh last year, was a declaration supporting open education in Scotland based on the UNESCO Paris OER Declaration. There was general agreement that the Paris Declaration was a good thing however many participants felt it was too focused on OER and that a Scottish declaration should encompass open education more widely. The result is the Scottish Open Education Declaration, a draft statement adapted from the Paris OER Declaration. The first draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration has been shared online using the CommentPress application to enable all members of the community to add comments and feedback. We invite all those with an interest in open education to comment on and contribute to this draft and to encourage their colleagues to join the debate http://declaration.openscot.net/ Many thanks. Lorna -- Lorna M Campbell -- Assistant Director, Cetis Web: www.cetis.ac.uk Blog: lornamcampbell.wordpress.com Mail: lorna.m.campb...@icloud.com Twitter: LornaMCampbell Skype: lorna120768 ___ open-education mailing list open-educat...@lists.okfn.org https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-education -- Dr Martin L Poulter Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - April 2014 Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Volunteer, Wikimedia UK http://wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulterhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/ Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy
I'd be very keen to see a dedicated technical community manager as a paid role, who would mostly spend their time going to London tech events and representing the movement. That would be really bad on multiple levels - two obvious ones being that staff should be 'supporting' not 'representing' the movement, Surely recruitment of new volunteers is supporting the movement. and such work really shouldn't be London-centric. Well, we can pay for them to travel around as well, but there is a concentration of talent and community activity in London, and our office is located there. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Letter to MEPs on copyright
On 14 March 2014 17:11, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Wikimedia UK is writing to all 73 UK MEPs regarding copyright I would expect to see such a letter signed by the Chair of the board rather than the CEx, or at least by both. The reply address should be copyright@, or some other role-based name, rather than an individual (no offence to Stevie; this is a general point). The FoP image pair is misleading, as the HoP would be out of copyright; a modern building in the UK should be used, perhaps the Welsh Assembly, or the Gherkin? I suggest the reference to pictures taken in Strasbourg be expanded slightly to mention the WikiLovesParliaments event; many MEPs participated and will recall it, hopefully favourably. Thanks for making these representations on our behalf, -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Open-education] Scottish Open Education Declaration
Well done everyone. On 18 March 2014 14:15, Martin Poulter infob...@gmail.com wrote: Following on last year's announcement of a national Open Education declaration for Welsh Higher Education, some good news from Scotland. The Open Scotland group acknowledge that changing practice is the real goal and the declaration is just a starting point, but it's a significant step. Wikimedia UK are mentioned by name. Acronyms: Cetis = Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards Jisc RSC = Jisc Regional Support Centre SQA = Scottish Qualifications Authority ALT = Association for Learning Technology -- Forwarded message -- From: Lorna M Campbell lorna.m.campb...@icloud.com Date: 17 March 2014 12:57 Subject: [Open-education] Scottish Open Education Declaration To: Open Educational Resources oer-disc...@jiscmail.ac.uk, open-educat...@lists.okfn.org, Open Education Special Interest Group opened...@jiscmail.ac.uk, alt-scotl...@jiscmail.ac.uk Dear all, (Apologies for cross posting.) In order to coincide with Open Education Week last week the Open Scotland initiative released a public draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration http://declaration.openscot.net/ Open Scotland is a a voluntary cross sector initiative led by Cetis, SQA, Jisc RSC Scotland and the ALT Scotland SIG, which aims to raise awareness of open education, encourage the sharing of OER, and promote the development of open policy and practice. One of the primary deliverables we agreed to produce following the Open Scotland Summit ( http://openscot.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/open-scotland-report-and-actions/) held in Edinburgh last year, was a declaration supporting open education in Scotland based on the UNESCO Paris OER Declaration. There was general agreement that the Paris Declaration was a good thing however many participants felt it was too focused on OER and that a Scottish declaration should encompass open education more widely. The result is the Scottish Open Education Declaration, a draft statement adapted from the Paris OER Declaration. The first draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration has been shared online using the CommentPress application to enable all members of the community to add comments and feedback. We invite all those with an interest in open education to comment on and contribute to this draft and to encourage their colleagues to join the debate http://declaration.openscot.net/ Many thanks. Lorna -- Lorna M Campbell -- Assistant Director, Cetis Web: www.cetis.ac.uk Blog: lornamcampbell.wordpress.com Mail: lorna.m.campb...@icloud.com Twitter: LornaMCampbell Skype: lorna120768 ___ open-education mailing list open-educat...@lists.okfn.org https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-education -- Dr Martin L Poulter Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - April 2014 Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter Volunteer, Wikimedia UK http://wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulterhttp://uk.wikimedia.org/ Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter http://myspace.com/comapilot Person http://infobomb.org/ ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- *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 UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Letter to MEPs on copyright
Sounds to me like using a non-individual email is a good idea. I'll look into getting something set up. On 18 March 2014 14:36, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 14 March 2014 17:11, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Wikimedia UK is writing to all 73 UK MEPs regarding copyright I would expect to see such a letter signed by the Chair of the board rather than the CEx, or at least by both. The reply address should be copyright@, or some other role-based name, rather than an individual (no offence to Stevie; this is a general point). The FoP image pair is misleading, as the HoP would be out of copyright; a modern building in the UK should be used, perhaps the Welsh Assembly, or the Gherkin? I suggest the reference to pictures taken in Strasbourg be expanded slightly to mention the WikiLovesParliaments event; many MEPs participated and will recall it, hopefully favourably. Thanks for making these representations on our behalf, -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Richard Nevell Assistant Office Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Letter to MEPs on copyright
That's really helpful feedback Andy, thank you. Will certainly take into account. And it's very nice to be thanked, I appreciate it and you're very welcome. Stevie On 18 March 2014 14:45, Richard Nevell richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Sounds to me like using a non-individual email is a good idea. I'll look into getting something set up. On 18 March 2014 14:36, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 14 March 2014 17:11, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Wikimedia UK is writing to all 73 UK MEPs regarding copyright I would expect to see such a letter signed by the Chair of the board rather than the CEx, or at least by both. The reply address should be copyright@, or some other role-based name, rather than an individual (no offence to Stevie; this is a general point). The FoP image pair is misleading, as the HoP would be out of copyright; a modern building in the UK should be used, perhaps the Welsh Assembly, or the Gherkin? I suggest the reference to pictures taken in Strasbourg be expanded slightly to mention the WikiLovesParliaments event; many MEPs participated and will recall it, hopefully favourably. Thanks for making these representations on our behalf, -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Richard Nevell Assistant Office Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org 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.* ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing
Hi all, I think I would have agreed with Fae, were it not for the fact that there is no charge to attend this event. In fact I have contacted Stevie as regards attending on behalf of WMUK (even though I doubt I have the sort of charisma that Ed has suggested would be useful). As I now have an over 60s free travel card, there are no implications as regards travel costs. So bearing in mind the zero impact on the Charities finances, I hope no one regards my attendance as problematic? all the best Fabian User:Leutha Message: 1 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:05:34 + From: Fæ fae...@gmail.com To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Invite - Recognising Value and the Sharing Economy Message-ID: CAH7nnD13p5wP5Yds_ioQXgjMKfi-gPHz82DCAN2_44g9=rh...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 18/03/2014, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hello folks. If anyone is interested in the sharing economy, and would like to attend this event, please let me know. We can try and arrange something. Thank you, Stevie I am unsure as to why Wikimedia UK would want to promote a collaborative commerce conversation (as the LLDC and Echo describe the event), rather than ensuring our members and volunteers take part in open knowledge conferences and events. This appears to be a business/charity networking social of the 'big society' format. Lots of people are interested in the issues of the sharing economy (I am an active support of freecycling); but this seems a long way from Wikimedia projects, if the intention was to pay expenses for someone to attend and write a blog post about it. If anyone has spare time we have a lot of past GLAM (and University) contacts from editathons that could do with practical follow up, or support finishing creating articles and making use of media uploads. The issue for the backlog of properly completing past projects is attracting active and productive volunteers (globally), which seems a pressing issue compared to the benefits to the charity of creating a bigger list of potential commercial, political and NFP partner organizations. Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian in Residence JDs
On 12 March 2014 13:34, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: To help with a project proposal I'm putting together, it would be useful to have copies of UK Wikipedians in Residence's job descriptions - are any available online, or can anyone share their copies please? Also salaries, if advertised publicly. I'm surprised to have had virtually no responses - can anyone help, please - my deadline is looming! I'm only asking for documents that were publicly available when the posts were advertised; not anyone's confidential salary details. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
