[Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.

2012-10-02 Thread Gordon Joly
Is it now agreed that the London Wikimeet will be the time to celebrate four years of Wikimedia UK (5th November 2008)? WIKIMEDIA U.K. Company No. 06741827 Are there any funds to support a special meetup (Jon)? Is the current default venue suitable? There has been some discussion on the me

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Location for WikiConference UK 2013

2012-10-02 Thread Katie Chan
Hi all, A meeting of the Conference Committee took place yesterday . We've basically narrowed the potential selection to Greater Manchester and Lincoln. Currently we're looking at The Lowry in

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.

2012-10-02 Thread Jon Davies
Ask Mike Peel about a special project grant. On 2 October 2012 13:51, Gordon Joly wrote: > > Is it now agreed that the London Wikimeet will be the time to celebrate > four years of Wikimedia UK (5th November 2008)? > > WIKIMEDIA U.K. Company No. 06741827 > > Are there any funds to support a spec

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread Gordon Joly
This could run and run! How about a guillotine motion? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.

2012-10-02 Thread Gordon Joly
On 02/10/12 14:21, Jon Davies wrote: Ask Mike Peel about a special project grant. OK. Mike, what say you? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikime

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread Jon Davies
Is that when the candidates put their head under a sharp pointy obejct and we see who has the thickest neck? On 2 October 2012 14:32, Gordon Joly wrote: > > This could run and run! How about a guillotine motion? > > Gordo > > > > __**_ > Wikimedia UK

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread Alison M. Wheeler
- Original Message - > From: "Gordon Joly" > > This could run and run! How about a guillotine motion? Seems a little drastic to chop the heads off the losing candidates ;-0 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mai

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.

2012-10-02 Thread Michael Peel
On 2 Oct 2012, at 14:33, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 02/10/12 14:21, Jon Davies wrote: >> Ask Mike Peel about a special project grant. > OK. Mike, what say you? Sounds good, but please can you ask me via a microgrant application, with a budget request and breakdown? http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 2 October 2012 14:49, Alison M. Wheeler wrote: > > > - Original Message - >> From: "Gordon Joly" >> >> This could run and run! How about a guillotine motion? > > Seems a little drastic to chop the heads off the losing candidates ;-0 Recent evidence suggests that it is the heads of the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.

2012-10-02 Thread Richard Symonds
Well, let's brainstorm this. Hasina, the intern, will be taking the lead from the office side of things (with help from the rest of us as needed). What do we want? Presumably a cake would be a good start. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee re

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

2012-10-02 Thread Roger Bamkin
Hi, I've taken a while to respond for a number of reasons. As Tom M notes this is upsetting. The other reason is that I'm not reading all of this because as Tom says its sticky. I'm sure that when he says " but the solution is not to use the charity to pay your wage" he didnt mean that as I think

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

2012-10-02 Thread Thomas Dalton
Since you still don't understand what you did wrong, I think you made the right decision by resigning. On Oct 2, 2012 7:58 PM, "Roger Bamkin" wrote: > Hi, > > I've taken a while to respond for a number of reasons. As Tom M notes this > is upsetting. The other reason is that I'm not reading all of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

2012-10-02 Thread Roger Bamkin
Tom, Neat, insightful, philosophical. Its tricky to decide how best to describe your considered contribution maybe empathetic? I can see with 20/20 hindsight see lots of things I did wrong or could do better. The most recent was to offer some comments here. Apologies to those who might have l

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Joint statement with the Foundation

2012-10-02 Thread Thomas Dalton
I don't know why you've bothered making any statements here. You just keep leveling accusations against the people that have complained about you rather than actually trying to recognise and address their concerns. When you accepted the contract with Monmouthshire council, you asked me for my thou

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread James Farrar
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread James Farrar
Well, certainly at some point the Board will call an EGM and so I strongly suggest anyone with alternative systems to be discussed mention them soon. As it stands we'll be choosing between Approval, STV and Schulze. On 2 October 2012 14:32, Gordon Joly wrote: > > This could run and run! How abo

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread Andrew Turvey
If we pencil in 9-10 Feb for the EGM then we have until, say, the end of November to discuss and agree on the proposal. I do think we need to have a reasoned argument set out in favour of the change before we call the EGM itself - after all a constitution is not something that we should tinker with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread James Farrar
I missed a bit... On 1 October 2012 18:31, Alison M. Wheeler wrote: > I have seen almost entire committees wiped out in this way despite - once > you looked at the lower-preference votes - them retaining wide support. > The two-year term mitigates aginst this. __

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] WMUK board election process

2012-10-02 Thread Gordon Joly
On 02/10/12 23:03, Andrew Turvey wrote: after all a constitution is not something that we should tinker with lightly, hence the requirement for it to pass with a 75% change. 75% of those present and voting (and those voting by proxy?)? Gordo ___ Wik

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] London Wikimeet, November 11th and Wikimedia UK 4th Anniversary.

2012-10-02 Thread Gordon Joly
On 02/10/12 14:51, Michael Peel wrote: On 2 Oct 2012, at 14:33, Gordon Joly wrote: >On 02/10/12 14:21, Jon Davies wrote: >>Ask Mike Peel about a special project grant. >OK. Mike, what say you? Sounds good, but please can you ask me via a microgrant application, with a budget request and br