Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2019 AGM in Bristol on Saturday 13th July

[steve virgin]

It has been held in Bristol before here

 

https://www.watershed.co.uk/venue-hire

 

 

 

From: Wikimediauk-l  On Behalf Of 
Lucy Crompton-Reid
Sent: 15 January 2019 21:42
To: Rod Ward 
Cc: UK Wikimedia mailing list 
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2019 AGM in Bristol on Saturday 13th July

 

Hi Rod

 

That's great, thanks so much - will send round a few more details about the 
sort of event we're planning later this week. In the meantime I just wanted to 
clarify that I meant Wikimedia UK members. We have residential addresses for 
all members as part of the information we collect when people sign up, so it's 
on that basis. The next biggest cities as far as our members are concerned are 
Oxford, Glasgow and Cambridge, which I found quite interesting. 

 

Best

Lucy

 

On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 17:53, mailto:r...@rodspace.co.uk> 
> wrote:

Hi Lucy,

Thanks for this advance notice. I have not attended before (largely because 
this and other activities are generally in London).

I work in Bristol and live nearby. I have visited and have some contacts with 
various local venues – have you got any details about the number expected and 
the sort of facilities that are likely to be required – I may be able to 
suggest some suitable locations or provide contact details.

I wonder how the data is obtained about this being the second highest location 
for number of members as the Bristol wikiproject 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bristol ) is not that 
active.

Rod

On 15 January 2019 at 12:23 Lucy Crompton-Reid 
mailto:lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> > wrote: 

Dear all

 

I just wanted to give you all an early heads up that we are planning to hold 
Wikimedia UK's AGM this year on Saturday 13th July. We are looking at holding 
the event in Bristol for various reasons, but primarily because this is the 
city where the second highest number of our members lives (the first is 
London). 

 

My colleague Katie will be starting to look at venues over the next few weeks 
so if you have any suggestions or contacts, please get in touch!

 

Many thanks

Lucy

 

 


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2019 AGM in Bristol on Saturday 13th July

[Lucy Crompton-Reid]

Hi Rod

That's great, thanks so much - will send round a few more details about the
sort of event we're planning later this week. In the meantime I just wanted
to clarify that I meant Wikimedia UK members. We have residential addresses
for all members as part of the information we collect when people sign up,
so it's on that basis. The next biggest cities as far as our members are
concerned are Oxford, Glasgow and Cambridge, which I found quite
interesting.

Best
Lucy

On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 17:53,  wrote:

> Hi Lucy,
>
> Thanks for this advance notice. I have not attended before (largely
> because this and other activities are generally in London).
>
> I work in Bristol and live nearby. I have visited and have some contacts
> with various local venues – have you got any details about the number
> expected and the sort of facilities that are likely to be required – I may
> be able to suggest some suitable locations or provide contact details.
>
> I wonder how the data is obtained about this being the second highest
> location for number of members as the Bristol wikiproject (
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bristol ) is not that
> active.
>
> Rod
>
> On 15 January 2019 at 12:23 Lucy Crompton-Reid <
> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Dear all
>
> I just wanted to give you all an early heads up that we are planning to
> hold Wikimedia UK's AGM this year on Saturday 13th July. We are looking at
> holding the event in Bristol for various reasons, but primarily because
> this is the city where the second highest number of our members lives (the
> first is London).
>
> My colleague Katie will be starting to look at venues over the next few
> weeks so if you have any suggestions or contacts, please get in touch!
>
> Many thanks
> Lucy
>
>
>
> --
> 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.
> ___
> Wikimedia UK mailing list
> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
>
>

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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

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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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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2019 AGM in Bristol on Saturday 13th July

[Lewis Cawte]

Presumably, the addresses that are given through the Chapter's membership
form.

-- Lewis Cawte

On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 17:53  wrote:

> Hi Lucy,
>
> Thanks for this advance notice. I have not attended before (largely
> because this and other activities are generally in London).
>
> I work in Bristol and live nearby. I have visited and have some contacts
> with various local venues – have you got any details about the number
> expected and the sort of facilities that are likely to be required – I may
> be able to suggest some suitable locations or provide contact details.
>
> I wonder how the data is obtained about this being the second highest
> location for number of members as the Bristol wikiproject (
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bristol ) is not that
> active.
>
> Rod
>
> On 15 January 2019 at 12:23 Lucy Crompton-Reid <
> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Dear all
>
> I just wanted to give you all an early heads up that we are planning to
> hold Wikimedia UK's AGM this year on Saturday 13th July. We are looking at
> holding the event in Bristol for various reasons, but primarily because
> this is the city where the second highest number of our members lives (the
> first is London).
>
> My colleague Katie will be starting to look at venues over the next few
> weeks so if you have any suggestions or contacts, please get in touch!
>
> Many thanks
> Lucy
>
>
>
> --
> Lucy Crompton-Reid
> Chief Executive
> Wikimedia UK
> +44 (0) 203 372 0762 <+44%2020%203372%200762>
>
> *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.
> ___
> Wikimedia UK mailing list
> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2019 AGM in Bristol on Saturday 13th July

[rod]

Hi Lucy,

Thanks for this advance notice. I have not attended before (largely because 
this and other activities are generally in London).

I work in Bristol and live nearby. I have visited and have some contacts with 
various local venues – have you got any details about the number expected and 
the sort of facilities that are likely to be required – I may be able to 
suggest some suitable locations or provide contact details.

I wonder how the data is obtained about this being the second highest location 
for number of members as the Bristol wikiproject 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Bristol ) is not that 
active.

Rod

> On 15 January 2019 at 12:23 Lucy Crompton-Reid 
>  wrote:
> 
> Dear all
> 
> I just wanted to give you all an early heads up that we are planning to 
> hold Wikimedia UK's AGM this year on Saturday 13th July. We are looking at 
> holding the event in Bristol for various reasons, but primarily because this 
> is the city where the second highest number of our members lives (the first 
> is London). 
> 
> My colleague Katie will be starting to look at venues over the next few 
> weeks so if you have any suggestions or contacts, please get in touch!
> 
> Many thanks
> Lucy
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 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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> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
> 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2019 AGM in Bristol on Saturday 13th July

[Katie Crampton]

Hi everyone :)

On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 12:31, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Apologies! You can email Katie directly on katie.cramp...@wikimedia.org.uk
>
> Thanks
> Lucy
>
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 12:29, Addshore  wrote:
>
>> I can't find Katie on https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Staff
>>
>> How can we get in touch? :)
>>
>> On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 12:23, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
>> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>> I just wanted to give you all an early heads up that we are planning to
>>> hold Wikimedia UK's AGM this year on Saturday 13th July. We are looking at
>>> holding the event in Bristol for various reasons, but primarily because
>>> this is the city where the second highest number of our members lives (the
>>> first is London).
>>>
>>> My colleague Katie will be starting to look at venues over the next few
>>> weeks so if you have any suggestions or contacts, please get in touch!
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>> Lucy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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.
>>> ___
>>> Wikimedia UK mailing list
>>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
>>
>> ___
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>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
>> 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.
> ___
> Wikimedia UK mailing list
> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk



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Wikimedia UK

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work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting
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Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

[Addshore]

I am also out of the loop when it comes to the chapter but am a Wikimedia /
Mediawiki / Wikidata developer & deployer.
I'm sure I can be of help, although I will be away for a considerable
amount of 2019.

On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 10:18, Katie Crampton <
katie.cramp...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Lewis
>
> Thank you for volunteering your tech skills, I'm sure they'll be very
> helpful. I'm not really involved in the tech side of things, but just
> checked your membership and can say yes it has expired. Feel free to
> contact me or members...@wikimedia.org.uk (which gets directed to me) for
> any member related questions. Thought I'd let you, and anyone else on this
> list who thinks their membership has expired, that you can sign up again on 
> this
> page .
>
> Many thanks
>
> Katie
>
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 19:00, Lewis Cawte 
> wrote:
>
>> I'll guess I'll start this off then -
>>
>> I'm Lewis (and I go by Lcawte in most online spaces), I own
>> ShoutWiki.com, which is a wiki farm powered by MediaWiki. I've been
>> involved in the MediaWiki sphere on and off for a while, I have a few lines
>> of really not very important code running in MediaWiki core, and some other
>> bits in our closed source codebase. Seasoned members of the chapter/list
>> may remember me from that slightly over budget "hackathon" I ran when I was
>> a teenager in... 2011?
>>
>> I am (and where necessary, the small team I work with at ShoutWiki) happy
>> to lend a hand with any MediaWiki related issues in whatever capacity. I
>> can probably lend an ear to other chapter related tech things.
>>
>> I'm a bit out of the loop on chapter business - not even sure I've got a
>> current membership - but feel free to drop me an email offlist if there's
>> anything I can do to help!
>>
>> -- Lewis Cawte
>>
>> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 16:46 Rex X  wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Lucy, for your positive response to the issues raised recently.
>>>
>>> On the technology front, I'm sure I'm not speaking out of turn when I
>>> say that I'd like to see something like the old Technology Committee
>>> revived to give volunteers a defined channel for communication with the
>>> Board and Staff, and also to encourage volunteers to give their time and
>>> expertise to help address technical issues and to expand our technical
>>> capacity in the future.
>>>
>>> To that end, I'd like to survey informally what skills participants on
>>> this list would be willing to bring to help WMUK's technology programme. It
>>> would be also very helpful if those who would be keen to help re-establish
>>> some sort of Tech Committee could express their interest.
>>>
>>> It doesn't matter whether you're just interested in tech or a seasoned
>>> developer - all offers are welcome. Any takers?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11 January 2019 at 16:19 Lucy Crompton-Reid <
>>> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Thanks for your contributions and discussions on here this week. It's
>>> clear that as an organisation we need to reflect on how we're engaging with
>>> the volunteer community, and there has already been quite a lot of internal
>>> discussion about this over the past few months. I would encourage you, if
>>> you can, to attend the meeting on 30th January to help develop our next
>>> three year strategy; however please be assured that in the draft version
>>> I'm working on (based on the 2018 board away day, and to give us a starting
>>> point for discussions) there is a greater focus on both volunteers and
>>> technology, which of course underpin all of our activities.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry that the issue about recent changes and watchlists on the main
>>> Wiki has not yet been resolved. Our technical contractor has been working
>>> to debug this however he has not yet been successful and needs more time to
>>> try to ascertain and address the problem. Obviously if anyone has any
>>> practical suggestions of what the issue might be and how it could be fixed
>>> then please feel free to get in touch :)
>>>
>>> As some of you know, Wikimedia UK has worked with the support of two
>>> technical contractors - both from the Wikimedia community - for a number of
>>> years, however one of them had to step away from the role in September and
>>> it has taken a little time to find a replacement (although we have now done
>>> so). This means that the remaining contractor (Tom Morton) has been working
>>> on his own, and we have needed to try to prioritise his workload. In the
>>> past few months we have undertaken quite a big, although not outwardly
>>> visible, technical project, which has been to migrate all of our websites
>>> to new host servers. In doing this, we needed to employ a specialist
>>> consultancy to upgrade and migrate the Wikimedia CiviCRM installation
>>> such that it could be moved onto the new hosting platform, which has been a
>>> high priority for us as CiviCRM is so central to our work 

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2019 AGM in Bristol on Saturday 13th July

[Lucy Crompton-Reid]

Apologies! You can email Katie directly on katie.cramp...@wikimedia.org.uk

Thanks
Lucy

On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 12:29, Addshore  wrote:

> I can't find Katie on https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Staff
>
> How can we get in touch? :)
>
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 12:23, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> I just wanted to give you all an early heads up that we are planning to
>> hold Wikimedia UK's AGM this year on Saturday 13th July. We are looking at
>> holding the event in Bristol for various reasons, but primarily because
>> this is the city where the second highest number of our members lives (the
>> first is London).
>>
>> My colleague Katie will be starting to look at venues over the next few
>> weeks so if you have any suggestions or contacts, please get in touch!
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Lucy
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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.
>> ___
>> Wikimedia UK mailing list
>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
>
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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
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Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London
SE1 0NZ

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 2019 AGM in Bristol on Saturday 13th July

[Addshore]

I can't find Katie on https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Staff

How can we get in touch? :)

On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 12:23, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I just wanted to give you all an early heads up that we are planning to
> hold Wikimedia UK's AGM this year on Saturday 13th July. We are looking at
> holding the event in Bristol for various reasons, but primarily because
> this is the city where the second highest number of our members lives (the
> first is London).
>
> My colleague Katie will be starting to look at venues over the next few
> weeks so if you have any suggestions or contacts, please get in touch!
>
> Many thanks
> Lucy
>
>
>
> --
> 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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[Wikimediauk-l] 2019 AGM in Bristol on Saturday 13th July

[Lucy Crompton-Reid]

Dear all

I just wanted to give you all an early heads up that we are planning to
hold Wikimedia UK's AGM this year on Saturday 13th July. We are looking at
holding the event in Bristol for various reasons, but primarily because
this is the city where the second highest number of our members lives (the
first is London).

My colleague Katie will be starting to look at venues over the next few
weeks so if you have any suggestions or contacts, please get in touch!

Many thanks
Lucy



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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK Wiki

[Katie Crampton]

Hi Lewis

Thank you for volunteering your tech skills, I'm sure they'll be very
helpful. I'm not really involved in the tech side of things, but just
checked your membership and can say yes it has expired. Feel free to
contact me or members...@wikimedia.org.uk (which gets directed to me) for
any member related questions. Thought I'd let you, and anyone else on this
list who thinks their membership has expired, that you can sign up
again on this
page .

Many thanks

Katie

On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 19:00, Lewis Cawte  wrote:

> I'll guess I'll start this off then -
>
> I'm Lewis (and I go by Lcawte in most online spaces), I own ShoutWiki.com,
> which is a wiki farm powered by MediaWiki. I've been involved in the
> MediaWiki sphere on and off for a while, I have a few lines of really not
> very important code running in MediaWiki core, and some other bits in our
> closed source codebase. Seasoned members of the chapter/list may remember
> me from that slightly over budget "hackathon" I ran when I was a teenager
> in... 2011?
>
> I am (and where necessary, the small team I work with at ShoutWiki) happy
> to lend a hand with any MediaWiki related issues in whatever capacity. I
> can probably lend an ear to other chapter related tech things.
>
> I'm a bit out of the loop on chapter business - not even sure I've got a
> current membership - but feel free to drop me an email offlist if there's
> anything I can do to help!
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 at 16:46 Rex X  wrote:
>
>> Thanks Lucy, for your positive response to the issues raised recently.
>>
>> On the technology front, I'm sure I'm not speaking out of turn when I say
>> that I'd like to see something like the old Technology Committee revived to
>> give volunteers a defined channel for communication with the Board and
>> Staff, and also to encourage volunteers to give their time and expertise to
>> help address technical issues and to expand our technical capacity in the
>> future.
>>
>> To that end, I'd like to survey informally what skills participants on
>> this list would be willing to bring to help WMUK's technology programme. It
>> would be also very helpful if those who would be keen to help re-establish
>> some sort of Tech Committee could express their interest.
>>
>> It doesn't matter whether you're just interested in tech or a seasoned
>> developer - all offers are welcome. Any takers?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
>> On 11 January 2019 at 16:19 Lucy Crompton-Reid <
>> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Thanks for your contributions and discussions on here this week. It's
>> clear that as an organisation we need to reflect on how we're engaging with
>> the volunteer community, and there has already been quite a lot of internal
>> discussion about this over the past few months. I would encourage you, if
>> you can, to attend the meeting on 30th January to help develop our next
>> three year strategy; however please be assured that in the draft version
>> I'm working on (based on the 2018 board away day, and to give us a starting
>> point for discussions) there is a greater focus on both volunteers and
>> technology, which of course underpin all of our activities.
>>
>> I'm sorry that the issue about recent changes and watchlists on the main
>> Wiki has not yet been resolved. Our technical contractor has been working
>> to debug this however he has not yet been successful and needs more time to
>> try to ascertain and address the problem. Obviously if anyone has any
>> practical suggestions of what the issue might be and how it could be fixed
>> then please feel free to get in touch :)
>>
>> As some of you know, Wikimedia UK has worked with the support of two
>> technical contractors - both from the Wikimedia community - for a number of
>> years, however one of them had to step away from the role in September and
>> it has taken a little time to find a replacement (although we have now done
>> so). This means that the remaining contractor (Tom Morton) has been working
>> on his own, and we have needed to try to prioritise his workload. In the
>> past few months we have undertaken quite a big, although not outwardly
>> visible, technical project, which has been to migrate all of our websites
>> to new host servers. In doing this, we needed to employ a specialist
>> consultancy to upgrade and migrate the Wikimedia CiviCRM installation
>> such that it could be moved onto the new hosting platform, which has been a
>> high priority for us as CiviCRM is so central to our work with volunteers,
>> members and donors on a day-to-day basis. Tom has worked with the
>> consultancy on this but has also been required to fix a number of other
>> issues including QRpedia (which still has some bugs), the Board Wiki, and
>> problems with MediaWiki and the visual editor. I'm not trying to excuse the
>> fact that there are still unresolved technical issues, just to put this
>> into context