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
There has been some effort put into the bid for Wikimania 2007 by
Alison Wheeler and James Forrester.
The announcement of which city will host Wikimania 2007 is due today.
I was on the IRC yesterday, but I since I did not contribute to the
London bid, I just asked questions of some of the other bidders.
Gordo
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