Hello everyone
On Saturday, September 23, 2006, at 01:29 am, David Gerard wrote:
There *must* be efforts to this end. If not, it'd
be an ideal project
for Wikimedia UK to look at when it's operational.
What's the current status of Wikimedia UK?
I ask, as I recall being at some of the real and online meetings which
were held to create Wikimedia UK. There was a great sense of passion
then, and a great sense of urgency - we have to create this *now*, we
have to incorporate *now*, we have to get this started *now*.
And huge progress was made with deciding what W-UK would be legally
called, what the memo and arts would be, who the directors would be,
conversations between then wiki foundation and the uk crew, etc etc
etc. All done with great speed, enthusiasm and a real sense that there
was a need, a call for urgency.
And now...? External progress seems to have slowed - other than the
occasional post on this list, and the occasional media interaction
(which was also happening pre-incorporation), there's no external signs
of progress. The front page of
http://wikimedia.org.uk/ has not been
changed in months. Nor has, as far as I can tell,
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK
What's going on? Is there progress? Is help needed somewhere with
something? There was a heck of a lot of enthusiasm and goodwill
floating around in January, when WER, its directors and aims were
finalised. It would be a great shame if that petered away.
Scott
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