Hi all. Just to let you know that the Royal Society have shuffled some rooms around and found a lot more tickets for the evening panel session, so if you're in London on Friday evening, please do come along!
http://royalsociety.eventbrite.com/ to book. - Andrew. On 17 September 2012 16:49, Daria Cybulska <daria.cybul...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Dear all, > > It's Ada Lovelace Day on 16 October and it's most suitable for Wikimedia UK > to get involved. The day exists to celebrate the contributions of women in > the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As you may > know, Ada Lovelace is considered the first programmer, due to her work on > Charles Babbage's analytical engine. As such, she's someone we can very much > hold up as a role model. Wikimedia UK is organising a Women in Science > themed editing event for Ada Lovelace Day on Friday 19 October 2012 and > would like to invite you to attend! > > We have organised a group 'Edit-a-thon' to improve Wikipedia articles about > women in science, held at the Royal Society's library, London, 2:30-6pm. We > had a very high response from the academic community, and we filled many > more spaces than expected! However, there are still a couple of places free > for people who would like to help train new contributors - please get in > touch if you are interested. There will also be opportunities to get > involved online, which we will publish at our Wikimedia UK event's page (see > below). > > Following the Edit-a-thon there will be an panel discussion with Uta Frith > from the Royal Society and other female scientists on women in science (the > focus will be much broader than just the representation of the topic on > Wikipedia). The panel discussion will take place from 6:30pm - 8:00pm, and > you are most welcome to attend - there are still free places available, so > please feel free to register here > http://royalsociety.org/events/2012/wikipedia-workshop/ > > Wikimedia UK also has a page for the event, which you can see here > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace_Day_2012 > > Hope to see many of you there. > > Best, > Daria > > > -- > Daria Cybulska - Events Organiser, Wikimedia UK > +44 (0) 207 065 0994 > +44 7803 505 170 > -- > > 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. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over > Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- - Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
