Andrew, yes I am interested and intend to be there. I must mention the press release about Derby Museum which as you know consumed a bit of effort. Derby Museums released it locally but as far as I can see it was never released by Wikimedia. Was this a board decision?
best regards Roger 01332 702993 On 21 January 2011 00:24, Andrew Turvey <andrewrtur...@googlemail.com>wrote: > From our blog, http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/: > > Could you lead Wikimedia UK to success? > > Next year is set to be another big year of growth for Wikimedia UK: we > have just raised over £500,000 in the Wikimedia Annual Fundraiser. > Most of this money will support the technical side of Wikimedia > through donations to the Foundation and the Toolserver. However, we > also plan to use the funds to recruit four more members of staff. > These staff will mean we can scale up our activities, enable more > activity by volunteers and professionalise the chapter. Our own > developer, events organiser, a full time office manager and a chapter > manager pulling everything together will no doubt transform Wikimedia > UK. > > However, a key factor in our success will still be the board, which > will continue to lead the chapter and be made up of unpaid volunteers. > It will continue to be elected by our members, ordinary Wikimedians > who support our mission and want to make Wikipedia and free knowledge > even more successful. > > Can you help lead the chapter to success in 2011 by standing for > election as a board member? If so, you’re warmly invited to join us on > Saturday 5th February from 5pm where you can find out more about what > is involved in being a board member and have an opportunity to ask any > questions and meet other interested people. > > This “board interest day” will take place in central London (venue to > be confirmed). If you are interested please drop me a line to chair @ > wikimedia.org.uk to reserve your place. You can also give me a ring on > 07403 216 991 if you would like to discuss further. > > Look forward to hearing from you! > > Andrew Turvey > Chair, Wikimedia UK > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- Roger Bamkin (aka Victuallers)
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