Re: [Wikimediauk-l] - a reply and a suggestion on diversity in the membership basis

2011-04-22 Thread Gordon Joly 
On 20/04/2011 23:48, Isabell Long wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:27:53PM +0100, James Forrester wrote:
>> On 20 April 2011 18:04, Isabell Long  wrote:
>>> Suggestions as to how I can get more involved are welcome!  I do plan to
>>> come to one of the London meetups *soon*.  :-)
>> Though I'd be the last to discourage people from coming to the meetups
>> (and especially "my" meetups in London), they are primarily social
>> affairs and we don't get much done at them. We sometimes discuss doing
>> something, arrange them, or raise awareness of them, but if you're
>> looking to devote time in meat-space for Wikimedia-related things,
>> they are very much the start rather than the end. :-)
> I'm social amongst groups of like-minded people!  And the meets (the
> Sunday ones?) are in a nice, seemingly friendly venue.  :-)
>
> Thanks James,
>
> Isabell.
>
The Sunday meetings in London are held in Wetherspoons pub (Lloyds 
Number 1 bar?). Hence, food is available, and there is wide range of 
drinks (hot, cold, alcoholic and non-alcoholic). Set Sunday lunches are 
popular, cheap and include a free drink.

Future meets...

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/45

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/46

Content? Yes, it is a Wikimeet

Gordo


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] - a reply and a suggestion on diversity in the membership basis

2011-04-22 Thread Michael Peel 

On 22 Apr 2011, at 11:11, Gordon Joly wrote:

> On 20/04/2011 23:48, Isabell Long wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:27:53PM +0100, James Forrester wrote:
>>> On 20 April 2011 18:04, Isabell Long  wrote:
 Suggestions as to how I can get more involved are welcome!  I do plan to
 come to one of the London meetups *soon*.  :-)
>>> Though I'd be the last to discourage people from coming to the meetups
>>> (and especially "my" meetups in London), they are primarily social
>>> affairs and we don't get much done at them. We sometimes discuss doing
>>> something, arrange them, or raise awareness of them, but if you're
>>> looking to devote time in meat-space for Wikimedia-related things,
>>> they are very much the start rather than the end. :-)
>> I'm social amongst groups of like-minded people!  And the meets (the
>> Sunday ones?) are in a nice, seemingly friendly venue.  :-)
>> 
>> Thanks James,
>> 
>> Isabell.
>> 
> The Sunday meetings in London are held in Wetherspoons pub (Lloyds 
> Number 1 bar?). Hence, food is available, and there is wide range of 
> drinks (hot, cold, alcoholic and non-alcoholic). Set Sunday lunches are 
> popular, cheap and include a free drink.
> 
> Future meets...
> 
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/45
> 
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/London/46
> 
> Content? Yes, it is a Wikimeet

The easiest way of getting involved is definitely to come along to Wikimedia 
events like the wikimeets or backstage passes. There's a UK-focused events list 
on the WMUK wiki, at:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Events
There's also the on-wiki projects like WP:GLAM/BM, /BL, /DERBY, etc. which have 
plenty of things on their to-do lists that you can help out with.

There are many different ways of being involved more actively, which mostly 
rely on individuals taking the initiative, either by leading events (organise a 
wikimeet in your city [they don't just need to be in London!]; talk to local 
organisations and see if they want a Wikipedia Workshop, or a Backstage Pass 
event; ...), or putting together online projects (focus on a specific topic; 
run an online competition; ..), or anything else you can think of.

Thanks,
Mike


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[Wikimediauk-l] Survey about WikiConference UK 2011

2011-04-22 Thread Andrew Turvey 
For people who are on this list but didn't register via EventBrite.
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Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Subject: Message to attendees of WikiConference UK 2011
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 If you joined us at the WikiConference UK
2011last weekend, we hope
you enjoyed it and welcome any feedback about the
event. We have created a short survey at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MKT3Q6N - please take a short time to complete
this so we can see what people enjoyed and how we can make it even better
next year!

Many thanks!



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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] - a reply and a suggestion on diversity in the membership basis

2011-04-22 Thread Gordon Joly 
On 22/04/2011 11:24, Michael Peel wrote:
> There are many different ways of being involved more actively, which mostly 
> rely on individuals taking the initiative, either by leading events (organise 
> a wikimeet in your city [they don't just need to be in London!]; talk to 
> local organisations and see if they want a Wikipedia Workshop, or a Backstage 
> Pass event; ...), or putting together online projects (focus on a specific 
> topic; run an online competition; ..), or anything else you can think of.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
Indeed. There are various ways to get involved!!

Gordo


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