Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK staff policies

2012-02-17 Thread Thomas Morton
Or to break it down; it is not a policy *for *volunteers. But a policy for staff interacting with volunteers. Right? Tom On 18 February 2012 00:21, Chris Keating wrote: > >> The housing association has a "volunteer policy", and the application >> pack was 34 pages in length (I think that has c

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK staff policies

2012-02-17 Thread Chris Keating
> > > The housing association has a "volunteer policy", and the application pack > was 34 pages in length (I think that has changed). They have a lot of > volunteering effort. But there is a real divide between those are > "official" volunteers and those who contribute to the community in > differe

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fw: Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb

2012-02-17 Thread HJ Mitchell
Yes, come to Coventry! http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coventry/1 - first-ever Coventry meetup. In the Litten Tree. Sunday, 13:00. :)   Harry From: Roger Bamkin To: HJ Mitchell ; wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, 17 February 2012, 23:26

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fw: Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb

2012-02-17 Thread Roger Bamkin
Its nothing personal. Its my need to see my wife who will go to a backstage pass .. and actually JamesF is quite special, as is Harry, and Fae and John and Jon. You will meet John Cummings which I must say is where my enthusiasm lies at the moment. I just want to add a QR code to everything! If yo

[Wikimediauk-l] Fw: Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb

2012-02-17 Thread HJ Mitchell
(woops, cut off from the list somehow!) I guess it's "my" event, in the sense that I organised it, but that really means very little - I'm just helping to facilitate the discussion of Wiki Loves Monuments. Harry From: James Forrester To: wikimediauk-l@lists

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK staff policies

2012-02-17 Thread HJ Mitchell
If I'm reading Gordon's post right, I think I share some of his hesitancy. I'm very wary of anything that makes what we do more formal, and I think it needs to be made as easy as possible to start doing things for WMUK - anything that makes it more difficult for people to just turn up is a bad t

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK staff policies

2012-02-17 Thread Gordon Joly
On 17/02/2012 19:05, Gordon Joly wrote: On 09/02/2012 17:51, Chris Keating wrote: Gordon - have you actually read the draft policy - if so is there anything you particularly object to about it? Yes, I have. Thanks for asking. Gordo Apologies Chris. Let me explain. I was in full time wo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb

2012-02-17 Thread James Forrester
On 17 February 2012 17:58, Roger Bamkin wrote: > Ive been persuaded to go to this event. I think this will work out well as > I'm keen to see a fresh look at WLM which you guys should be able to find. > Fae will be there to represent the board and I know James F will also be > there. Much as Roge

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK staff policies

2012-02-17 Thread Gordon Joly
On 10/02/2012 00:57, Thomas Dalton wrote: On Feb 10, 2012 12:48 AM, "Andy Mabbett" > wrote: > > > On Feb 9, 2012 4:14 PM, "Gordon Joly" > wrote: > > > > On 09/02/2012 15:14, Richard Symonds wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hope this makes se

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK staff policies

2012-02-17 Thread Gordon Joly
On 09/02/2012 17:51, Chris Keating wrote: Gordon - have you actually read the draft policy - if so is there anything you particularly object to about it? Yes, I have. Thanks for asking. Gordo -- Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com http://www.joly.org.uk/ Don't Leave Space To The Professiona

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb

2012-02-17 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 17 February 2012 12:21, geni wrote: > On 7 February 2012 12:19, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I have been provided with some information about a backstage pass >> event at the Black Country Living Museum, a week on Saturday: >> >>   http://westmidlandsmdo.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/call

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb

2012-02-17 Thread Roger Bamkin
Ive been persuaded to go to this event. I think this will work out well as I'm keen to see a fresh look at WLM which you guys should be able to find. Fae will be there to represent the board and I know James F will also be there. On 17 February 2012 12:31, HJ Mitchell wrote: > I did put a Geon

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb

2012-02-17 Thread HJ Mitchell
I did put a Geonotice up, FWIW. It does clash with the Wiki Loves Monuments meeting, which is unfortunate. Harry  From: geni To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, 17 February 2012, 12:21 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Backstage Pass, Black Country Living Musuem, 18 Feb

2012-02-17 Thread geni
On 7 February 2012 12:19, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have been provided with some information about a backstage pass > event at the Black Country Living Museum, a week on Saturday: > >   http://westmidlandsmdo.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/calling-wiki-editors/ > > Please note that I am not