Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The V&A doesn't want your money

2010-02-06 Thread Gordon Joly
On 05/02/2010 18:38, Bod Notbod wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: > >> Yes, odd that. What do other museums do? >> >> Gordo >> > Well, it rather depends. Some museums show bones of dinosaurs, stuffed > walruses (walri?), a collection of moths, a few skulls. Othe

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The V&A doesn't want your money

2010-02-05 Thread Bod Notbod
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: > > Yes, odd that. What do other museums do? > > Gordo Well, it rather depends. Some museums show bones of dinosaurs, stuffed walruses (walri?), a collection of moths, a few skulls. Others have artefacts from Egypt (usually a mock up of The Invis

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The V&A doesn't want your money

2010-02-05 Thread Gordon Joly
Yes, odd that. What do other museums do? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The V&A doesn't want your money

2010-02-03 Thread Isabell Long
On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 06:17:16PM +, James Hardy wrote: > Googling for "victoria and albert museum donations" gives this page as the > first http://www.vam.ac.uk/support_us/giving_va/index.html I think it was more the principle of them not replying to emails that David was trying to get acro

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The V&A doesn't want your money

2010-02-03 Thread James Hardy
Googling for "victoria and albert museum donations" gives this page as the first http://www.vam.ac.uk/support_us/giving_va/index.html On that page it says that you can donate through the Charities Aid Foundation website and it provides a link t

[Wikimediauk-l] The V&A doesn't want your money

2010-02-03 Thread David Gerard
http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2009/12/28/dear-museums-help-me-to-help-you/ I emailed them asking how to give them a chunk of cash and got no answer in a month. Same from their Twitter. Well done. - d. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikim