I thought a thread on Wikimedia-l might be useful for folks to share
feedback and their experiences, good or bad. I understand there is a
survey which we should remember to complete, and there has been a lot
of chat on Facebook, but I have a natural aversion to that space. :-)
My tuppence worth
We're looking a year ahead, so we should have plenty of time to sort
things out. But, the UK has some particularly-talented Wikinewsies
(I'm looking at Iain Macdonald, Tom Morris and Paul Williams in
particular).
It would be short-sighted, in the extreme, not to ask the UK-resident
Brian -
Is the fact that Wikimedia UK is currently supporting a Wikimedian in
Residence at the National Library of Scotland of any relevance to
developing your idea?
See
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/08/a-month-as-wikimedian-in-residence-at-the-national-library-of-scotland/
More than this,
Brian,
The obvious opportunity would be to take the fringe to the fringe. Every
Wikimania needs some events for the day after Wikimania, why not make one
option be to spend a few days at the fringe? I started the category
fringe http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fringeon
the
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[mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Richard Symonds
Sent: 19 March 2013 12:52
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2014 in London.
It's a complex set of affairs - but this is something that we'll have to
discuss
On 18/03/13 22:57, Katie Chan wrote:
On 18/03/2013 22:47, Gordon Joly wrote:
Seems that Wikimedia UK are the body involved in running this event
Wikimedia UK is supporting the bid, offering advice and support where
it can. The actual bid itself is led by volunteers Ed, James, Kimi,
On 18/03/13 23:15, Michael Peel wrote:
The thing I'm personally worried about is that not enough WMUK volunteers are
engaging with the bid. So if you're reading this and you're not already
involved in the bid, then please involve yourself!
The bid mentions the 70,000 volunteers (Games Makers)
Will Wikimedia UK be company doing the business (hiring, contracts,
publicity, registration, etc), or will a new company be formed for the
purpose?
We are looking at these kinds of details at the moment and haven't reached
a firm decision, but I think we're tending towards the former.
(For
On 18 March 2013 23:16, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 18 March 2013 23:10, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:
In this case, the bid isn't being submitted by volunteers and members of
Wikimedia UK as part of Wikimedia UK.
The bid is funded by WMUK, the bid team are operating
Perhaps I'm being particularly dumb this early in the morning, but I
can't actually see why these semantics matter - certainly compared
with, for example, delivering a high-quality bid.
On 19 March 2013 08:26, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 18 March 2013 23:16, Thomas
On 19/03/13 08:18, Chris Keating wrote:
Will Wikimedia UK be company doing the business (hiring,
contracts, publicity, registration, etc), or will a new company be
formed for the purpose?
We are looking at these kinds of details at the moment and haven't
reached a firm decision,
On 19/03/13 08:40, James Farrar wrote:
Perhaps I'm being particularly dumb this early in the morning, but I
can't actually see why these semantics matter - certainly compared
with, for example, delivering a high-quality bid.
Very high quality. And that may be an issue the Barbican,
On 19 March 2013 08:40, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps I'm being particularly dumb this early in the morning, but I
can't actually see why these semantics matter - certainly compared
with, for example, delivering a high-quality bid.
On 19 March 2013 08:26, Charles Matthews
On 19/03/13 08:44, Gordon Joly wrote:
On 19/03/13 08:40, James Farrar wrote:
Perhaps I'm being particularly dumb this early in the morning, but I
can't actually see why these semantics matter - certainly compared
with, for example, delivering a high-quality bid.
Very high quality. And that
Some interesting comments here!
First of all the idea of WMUK supporting the bid has been chewed over by
the board for many months. In the end they agreed to support the bid.
Wikimania bids have not come from chapters traditionally but from
volunteers in the local community. The support of the
On 19 March 2013 08:40, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps I'm being particularly dumb this early in the morning, but I
can't actually see why these semantics matter - certainly compared
with, for example, delivering a high-quality bid.
They don't. This thread is mostly
On 19 March 2013 09:39, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 March 2013 08:40, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps I'm being particularly dumb this early in the morning, but I
can't actually see why these semantics matter - certainly compared
with, for example,
On 19 March 2013 09:52, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 19 March 2013 09:39, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 March 2013 08:40, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps I'm being particularly dumb this early in the morning, but I
can't actually
On 19 March 2013 09:59, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 March 2013 09:52, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
On 19 March 2013 09:39, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 March 2013 08:40, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps I'm being
On 19 March 2013 09:41, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
A subsidiary company?
That would be my suggestion. It isolates the charity's main funds from
the risks of the event (which will have a budget roughly equal to the
annual budget of the rest of the charity, so the risks are pretty
It's a complex set of affairs - but this is something that we'll have
to discuss in part with the WMF's financial and legal teams, once the
UK team win the bid. We're still in the first stages at the moment.
Rest assured that we will be taking professional advice - but that any
other opinions or
On 19 March 2013 15:42, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote:
[putting WM2013 hat on]
Wikimedia Hong Kong thought about setting up a subsidiary company for
Wikimania 2013 but decided against it. This is because the subsidiary
company (and therefore Wikimania) will not enjoy charity benefits,
On 19/03/13 12:52, Richard Symonds wrote:
It's a complex set of affairs - but this is something that we'll have
to discuss in part with the WMF's financial and legal teams, once the
UK team win the bid. We're still in the first stages at the moment.
Rest assured that we will be taking
Seems that Wikimedia UK are the body involved in running this event
Gordo
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On 18/03/13 22:47, Gordon Joly wrote:
Seems that Wikimedia UK are the body involved in running this event
Gordo
And we are all volunteers! They need 50 per day
Gordo
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Did you have a point?
On 18 March 2013 22:47, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
Seems that Wikimedia UK are the body involved in running this event
Gordo
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On 18/03/2013 22:47, Gordon Joly wrote:
Seems that Wikimedia UK are the body involved in running this event
Wikimedia UK is supporting the bid, offering advice and support where it
can. The actual bid itself is led by volunteers Ed, James, Kimi,
Anastasia, ...
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Katie Chan
Any views
On 18 March 2013 22:57, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:
On 18/03/2013 22:47, Gordon Joly wrote:
Seems that Wikimedia UK are the body involved in running this event
Wikimedia UK is supporting the bid, offering advice and support where it
can. The actual bid itself is led by
Alternatively, we need to get used to the idea that if all the lead
organisers are members and volunteers of WMUK, and WMUK as an organisation
also claims to support the event, it will be considered as run by WMUK
whatever we say otherwise.
On Mar 18, 2013 11:02 PM, Thomas Dalton
On 18 March 2013 23:10, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:
In this case, the bid isn't being submitted by volunteers and members of
Wikimedia UK as part of Wikimedia UK. They are doing it as individuals with
the support of Wikimedia UK the organisation. Going with your wording, just
because
On 18 March 2013 23:10, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote:
In this case, the bid isn't being submitted by volunteers and members of
Wikimedia UK as part of Wikimedia UK.
The bid is funded by WMUK, the bid team are operating out of the WMUK
office and the intention is for everything to be booked
The deadline for people the create bids for Wikimania 2014 has now
passed. London is the only official bid on the bidding page, although
there is an unofficial bid from Tanzania that is active so will
probably more up the page soon. So far, the Tanzanian bid doesn't look
particularly credible
As some of the members of this list will be aware, there was a meeting
yesterday morning of parties interested in a UK bid for Wikimania 2012. The
minutes of the meeting are available
at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2014/Planning_meeting_1/Notes for
those who are interested.
As a
On 5 May 2012 17:23, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
It is clear that a lot of people want to come but can't make the
proposed date. I've created a doodle poll here for people to specify
what dates they can make so we can find a date and time that best
suits everyone:
On 5 May 2012 17:46, James Forrester ja...@jdforrester.org wrote:
There's a lot of time until the 2014 bidding process starts (indeed,
we need to work out what the new process /is/), so there's no reason
we couldn't do two meetings, say one next Sunday (after the
WikiConference), and one on
demand.
Harry
From: Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Saturday, 5 May 2012, 18:04
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2014
On 5 May 2012 17:46, James Forrester ja...@jdforrester.org wrote:
There's a lot
On 5 May 2012 21:12, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote:
As I think I said somewhere before, there isn't going to be a perfect date.
So far, the morning after the AGM has more yess than any other date, and
several of the proposed alternatives clash with meetups/events in Liverpool,
Folks,
Jon has very kindly offered to open up the office the WMUK office on the Sunday
morning after the AGM (that's the 13th) for a planning meeting to discuss a
London bid for Wikimania 2014 if there is demand.
If you're interested in attending the meeting (you won't be committing yourself
On 4 May 2012 13:34, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote:
For those of us outside London, putting as many WMUK events on the same
weekend might be a bonus.
Just to say :)
True, although I would expect the ratio of Londoners to non-Londoners
at a London Wikimania planning meeting
May 2012, 13:28
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimania 2014
I think there is a monthly London meetup that afternoon. If we have a
planning meeting that morning, then that is the entire weekend
dedicated to Wikimedia... that might be a bit much for people! I
suggested the afternoon of the 27th May
Why not discuss the whole of the UK as some of the lessons will be the same?
That way we can learn form a whole load of lessons.
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote:
On 4 May 2012 13:34, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote:
For those of us
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