[Wikimediauk-l] Should all open knowledge advocacy be paid positions?

Hi Lucy, Just a couple of years ago, when the number of employees in the UK was measured between zero or two, unpaid volunteers like me used to go along and sit in on and give views in parliamentary discussions, meet and share ideas with other unpaid volunteer representatives from advocacy groups

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Should all open knowledge advocacy be paid positions?

Dear Fae Many thanks for your email and you raise some very valid points. What I meant in my message was that strategic responsibility for advocacy would no longer form part of the communications role, as we are appointing this at a lower level and will no longer have a Head of External

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Should all open knowledge advocacy be paid positions?

Thanks for the clarification. I look forward to seeing an advocacy group working at the beginning of 2016. Unfortunately as there is a new requirement that to take part in committees you must be a member of WMUK[2], this ensures that I will be unable to contribute. Links: 2.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Should all open knowledge advocacy be paid positions?

Hi Fae Just to clarify even further(!), the code of conduct you're referring to is specifically for non-trustee members of Board Committees, which are currently ARC (Audit and Risk Committee) and GovCom (Governance Committee). Working groups (and the advocacy group will fall into this category)