Thanks Mike .... we are doing something!
On 9 July 2011 19:20, Michael Peel <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly
report<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports>for the period 1 to 30 June 2011. If you
want to keep up with the chapter's
activities as they happen, please subscribe to our
blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk>,
join our mailing
list<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l>-l>,
and/or follow us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/wikimediauk>. You can find
this report online at
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2011/June . If
you have any queries, please leave a comment on the talk
page<http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2011/June&am…
.
Board activities
The Board met in person on 11-12 June in
Birmingham<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_11Jun11>11>.
The first day was spent on strategy discussions, and included the writing of
a vision statement - "free knowledge for all" - and a mission statement. The
second day was spent on formal business, particularly our charity status
application, our plans for recruitment of full time staff, the upcoming
fundraiser and reallocation of budget holders. Key decisions included the
decision to proceed with hiring a 'chapter manager' and office manager, and
to participate in the fundraiser this Autumn/Winter.
A summary of the meeting was posted on the Wikimedia UK
blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/06/shaping-the-future-of-wikimedia-uk/>
.
Education
Mike Peel spoke at the Impact of Social Sciences conference, hosted by the
London School of
Economics<http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/impact-conference-2011/>,
talking about Wikipedia as an innovative approach to academic impact. A podcast
recording of the talk is
available<http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/podcasts/>
.
A call for applicants was put out for a Wikimedia Outreach Ambassador
position at the University of
Bristol<http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2011/7672.html>.
Samuel Knight from the University of Bristol was selected, and is due to
start in July.
Additionally, Campus Ambassador <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ambassadors>training
event took place in London on 18 June, where four people from three
different universities were trained to support the use of Wikipedia in
higher education.
GLAM
Several GLAM events happened this month, including:
- 4th, British Library English and Drama
behind-the-scenes<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editathon,_British_Librar…ry>,
which had around 20 attendees, saw the creation of 24 new Wikipedia articles
and improvement of various other articles - full details are at Editathon,
British
Library#Output<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editathon,_British_Library#O…
.
- 22nd, National Railway Museum Wikimedia
workshop<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/National_Railway_Museum>- the agenda and
participants of which are listed on
- 24th, GLAMcamp London <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMcamp_London>had a
range of Wikimedian and museum representatives meeting to discuss
approaches to taking UK Wikimedia-GLAM relations forward in new and
innovative ways.
The latter two events were written up in the GLAM
newsletter<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2011/…
a Wikimedia
UK blog post <http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/06/glamcamp-london/>
Press coverage
- 1 June, Hundreds of GPs admit to using the website Wikipedia as a
medical research tool <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13615420>, BBC
News
- 10 June, Mystery of the Wikifixer: who is the secret image-cleansing
agent?<http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/mystery-of-the-wikifixer-who-is-the-secret-imagecleansing-agent-2295497.html>,
The Independent
- For a summary of this story, see the Wikipedia Signpost
write-up<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-…
.
Miscellaneous
- There were 4 UK Wikimeets this month:
Birmingham<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Birmingham_3>… 12
June),
Edinburgh<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Wikipedia:Meetup/Edinbur… 20
June),
London <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/London_46> (Sun
12 June) and
Manchester<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Manchester_8>… 25
June).
- A UK Community IRC
meeting<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_IRC_meetings>was held on the 14th
June.
- Steve Virgin spoke at the Mashable Social Media Day Bristol - info
about which is on
facebook<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122287527856952>and
mashable<http://mashable.com/2010/06/08/join-mashable-in-celebrating-soc…
.
- Martin Poulter wrote a blog post on "Six unorthodox ways to use
Wikipedia<http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/06/six-unorthodox-ways-to-use-wikipedia/>
".
Upcoming activities in July
- *2011-07-01* - Medical Research Council
Workshop<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Medical_Research_Council_Workshop&…
- *2011-07-04* - Bristol Wiki Academy
2<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Wiki_Academy_2>
- *2011-07-05* - Fæ <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:F%C3%A6> in BBC
Radio Scotland interview for Culture
Cafe<http://liveweb.archive.org/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01294sz…
- *2011-07-06* - 6-8 July, Johnbod part of Wikilounge team for "Communicating
the Museum" conference <http://www.communicatingthemuseum.com/2011/>,
Dusseldorf
- *2011-07-07* - 7-9 July, Martin Poulter attending the Wikipedia in
Higher Education
Summit<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_Higher_Education_…
- *2011-07-09* - Executive board
meeting<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_9Jul11>
- *2011-07-10* - London
meetup<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/47>
- *2011-07-11* - 11-12 July, Wikipedia stand at the
CILIP<http://www.cilip.org.uk/>conference, Hatfield
- *2011-07-16* - V&A
Wikilounge<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/V%26A_Wikilounge>
- *2011-07-21* - Steve Virgin talking about 'What is your Wikipedia
Business Strategy', Business West event at Cheltenham Racecourse &
Gloucestershire Cricket Club
- *2011-07-25* - Board
meeting<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_25Jul11>
- *2011-07-26* - Steve Virgin talking about 'What is your Wikipedia
Business Strategy', Business West event at Cheltenham Racecourse &
Gloucestershire Cricket Club
For events in August and onwards, please see
Events<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events>
.
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