Bear in mind that the request here is for the 3 coolest projects, and that the audience is going to be Wikimania attendees (i.e. mostly Wikimedians), presumably with the hope of getting them to do similar projects in their countries. So as cool as things like direct debits are, I don't think they'll particularly enthuse a room full of Wikimedians to do something similar elsewhere... (but I could well be wrong).
Thanks, Mike P.S. does anyone 'lead the movement'? ;-) I think Jon meant 'Leading the public relations during ...' On 7 Jun 2012, at 16:02, Roger Bamkin wrote: > agree with WSC - the direct debit was the fundraising coup and it was Chris's > "over achievement". £1m was the plan - collecting half of next years was just > showing off > > On 7 June 2012 15:58, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK we shouldn't trumpet Gift Aid until we have our first big fat cheque from > HMRC. > > But it is worth mentioning Direct debits. That may sound dry, but the UK > chapter has a significant longterm income stream whilst the rest of the > movement still depends on the annual fundraiser. > > WSC > > On 7 June 2012 09:45, Jon Davies <jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Have just received the HMRC registration forms so about to make first Gift > Aid claim. > > For my three.. > > Monmouth - volunteers and innovation > > Opening an office with staff (this is BIG in wiki terms and other chapters > want to follow) > > Leading the movement during the Black-out for eight hours while San Francisco > was asleep. > > Jon > > > > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:38 AM, WereSpielChequers > <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > Becoming a registered charity is pretty cool (we were already a charity). > Have we had our first cheque back from the taxman of money reclaimed under > the terms of Gift Aid? If so that would be good to mention. > > WSC > > On 6 June 2012 21:49, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > On 6 June 2012 16:12, Richard Symonds <richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> > wrote: > > > Short version: What are our three coolest projects between Wikimania 2011 > > and Wikimania 2012? > > Monmouthpedia, of course but also, separately, the spread of QRpedia > around the world. > > Becoming a charity for #3? > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. 07976 935 986 > tweet @jonatreesdavies > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513 > Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London > EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. > Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It is an independent non-profit > organization with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its > contents. > > > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > -- > Roger Bamkin > 01332 702993 > 0758 2020815 > Google+:Victuallers > Skype:Victuallers1 > Flickr:Victuallers2 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
