It's easy, simple, has multi-platform support and keeps private data about volunteers on WMUK-controlled servers, rather than us having to rely on the WMF, which complicates data protection a fair bit! Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Jul 11, 2012 9:58 AM, "geni" <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:

it's on a system which we have full control over, although the servers are run by Google, obviously! The difference is that we have some control over it. What other system would you suggest? happy to hear suggestions! Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Jul 11, 2012 10:07 AM, "geni" <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Which does not work well as soon as you want to modify the booking form - which is crucial in cases like this one where we want lots of additional information from the attendees unfortunately. Hopefully if we get the upgrade this will be resolved, and I will be more than happy to use CiviEvents then. Daria On 11 July 2012 15:17, Michael Peel <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: -- Daria Cybulska - Events Organiser, Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0994 +44 7803 505 170 -- Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, 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).

On 11 July 2012 15:14, Richard Symonds <richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: Well the publicly posted list appeared to be working fairly well and allows people to judge if this is an event they want to attend. The most effective way of dealing with privacy related information is not to collect it in the first place and since Mcdonald Road Library is hardly a controlled area there is no real reason to. -- geni

On the format, a wiki is practical for our users, but not for people new to the system - even if they are comfortable editing, using a complicated table is definitely a deterrent. We actively discourage posting contact details, for obvious reasons, which adds an extra hurdle to confirming - as we need names and contact details, we have to be able to follow up is they don't post them. (unrelatedly, I did sign up, but no email - can someone check if I am in fact registered?) - Andrew. On 11 Jul 2012 15:37, "geni" <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, July 11, 2012 2:58 pm, geni wrote: Not my choice to do so. I believe Peter used this as a form which people who may have little-to-no experience editing a wiki will find the easiest to navigate. Early next week I intend to put together a short welcome email with checklist, which will gently remind people if they don't have an account on a Wikimedia wiki to create one, and point them to basic editing help. Brian.