Still trying to find out what the deal is with Derby Museum, which gather is not involved in Britain Loves Wikipedia competition, right? Doug
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:37 PM, steve virgin <st...@mediafocusuk.com> wrote: > Mike > > What about Roger writing a brief blog post & we slip it quickly onto the > facebook site as well? > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Michael Peel > Sent: 24 January 2011 22:13 > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Could you lead Wikimedia UK to success? > > Hi Roger, > > I look forward to seeing you at the meeting. > > With the Derby museums press release: there was no board decision to not > send this out. I think it just got overlooked in the general madness and > busy-ness surrounding the 10th birthday. I'm following up with Gemma about > this, and it will hopefully go out in the near future. Sorry about that. > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 23 Jan 2011, at 10:45, Roger Bamkin wrote: > >> 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) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- Doug Weller http://www.ramtops.co.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
