Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry

2012-09-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 25 September 2012 14:12, Hasina Khatun wrote: > Wikimedia UK has been invited recently invited to an event in Coventry on 19 > October - CiyCamp Coventry (www.citycampcov.org.uk). CityCamp aims to > encourage and enable local government, businesses, community organisations > and academia to sh

[Wikimediauk-l] Training opportunity: central London, mon 8 October

2012-09-25 Thread Martin Poulter
Hi all, The JISC Digital Infrastructure team have called me in to give them a day of training on the above date, and I am seeking one or two people to assist. JISC are an extremely important organisation to collaborate with, and this team in particular is concerned with librarianship, scholarship a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry

2012-09-25 Thread Martin Poulter
Harry, if you're going to keep starting list emails with "I'm sick of" or "...getting on my nerves..." you really need to make sure you have a valid complaint, or it kinda backfires. When people use that sort of construction, it also gives the impression that the email is primarily about them,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry

2012-09-25 Thread Thomas Dalton
Harry, I'm not sure I understand your objection. What aspect of the expenses policy is being contradicted? On Sep 25, 2012 4:57 PM, "HJ Mitchell" wrote: > I'm sure this isn't your fault, Hasina, but this is something that's > getting on my nerves, and those of other volunteers. We have an expense

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry

2012-09-25 Thread Roger Bamkin
I can see Richard's point although in this case the conference is free although I guess there is still transport. I'm quite willing to pick up Harry if it makes some kind odf sense (I'm there all three days) I'm willing to be the reserve speaker or to share or whatever Roger On 25 September 2012

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry

2012-09-25 Thread Richard Symonds
Thanks for the email Harry - I'm sorry to hear that people are worried about our expenses policy. Any concerns should go to Jon. I think that in this case, we weren't as clear as we could be when sending out the initial email. I think that the policy is applied thoroughly and fairly, and it's bein

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry

2012-09-25 Thread HJ Mitchell
I'm sure this isn't your fault, Hasina, but this is something that's getting on my nerves, and those of other volunteers. We have an expenses policy (http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Finance_Policy_2012#Reimbursement_of_Expenses), which specifies when the chapter will cover expenses and what expense

[Wikimediauk-l] CityCamp Coventry

2012-09-25 Thread Hasina Khatun
Dear Wikimedians, Wikimedia UK has been invited recently invited to an event in Coventry on 19 October - CiyCamp Coventry (www.citycampcov.org.uk). CityCamp aims to encourage and enable local government, businesses, community organisations and academia to share knowledge, web technologies and exper

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Toolserver-l] Future of the toolserver

2012-09-25 Thread Charles Matthews
On 25 September 2012 05:50, Doug Weller wrote: > Thanks for that. The toolserver is vital. if DE isn't going to support > it properly, then we should. The "labs is coming" argument is interesting, surely, but I was writing a module on the Toolserver not long ago, and the concrete information I co

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Toolserver-l] Future of the toolserver

2012-09-25 Thread Pavel Richter
Just to clarify: As I have stated many time before, Wikimedia Deutschland is committed to run and maintain the Toolserver as long as Wikilabs are not in position to offer the same level of service as the Toolserver. This committment includes the purchase of new hardware, where necessary to keep the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Birthday

2012-09-25 Thread Gordon Joly
On 25/09/12 07:39, David Gerard wrote: On 25 September 2012 07:21, Gordon Joly wrote: On 24/09/12 12:21, David Gerard wrote: I've been at meets for other things up to about 12-13 people around one of the big round tables and the main inconvenience is sending someone to get the drinks. There i