[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [PSCI-COM] Job vacancy: Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry

2014-07-28 Thread Daria Cybulska
Dear All, The message below may be of interest - please spread widely. Many thanks, Daria -- Forwarded message -- From: Chiara Ceci Date: 28 July 2014 13:57 Subject: [PSCI-COM] Job vacancy: Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry To: psci-...@jiscmail.ac.uk

[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] I need help from people with access to a library in London

2014-07-28 Thread Chris Keating
Forwarding in case anyone here can help! -- Forwarded message -- From: "Amir E. Aharoni" Date: 27 Jul 2014 15:27 Subject: [Wikimania-l] I need help from people with access to a library in London To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" < wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org> Cc:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] I need help from people with access to a library in London

2014-07-28 Thread Jon Davies
Westminster Reference Library. https://www.westminster.gov.uk/how-do-I-join-a-library You can be a guest member. The Barbican also has a library. http://www.barbican.org.uk/visitor-information/barbican-library On 28 July 2014 14:39, Chris Keating wrote: > Forwarding in case anyone here can

[Wikimediauk-l] Bring your old broken laptops to Wikimania!

2014-07-28 Thread HJ Mitchell
Hi all, One of our volunteers asked me to put out a call for broken laptops. If you have a broken laptop and you want somebody to help you fix it or you just want to see it recycled, please bring it along to Wikimania! I imagine lots of us will have broken laptops knocking around, and this coul

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK are looking for a Fundraising Assistant

2014-07-28 Thread Michael Peel
Hey Katherine, Thanks for sharing this background. I'm really glad to hear your good news - a solid fundraising strategy for WMUK is long overdue, and it's great to hear that you'll be working on this and will have the time to focus on it. :-) On the volunteers point: I've always advocated this

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimania-l] Bring your old broken laptops to Wikimania!

2014-07-28 Thread Michael Peel
Note that these rules only apply to hand luggage, not to luggage that is checked in and stored in the hold. (as far as I can see, and bearing in mind that IANAL...) Thanks, Mike On 28 Jul 2014, at 19:59, Ellie Young wrote: > > > On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Patricio Lorente > wrote: > >

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimania-l] Bring your old broken laptops to Wikimania!

2014-07-28 Thread Chris McKenna
From what I have read about these new rules, it seems that they apply only to hand luggage so a broken laptop in your luggage case would seem OK (why you'd want a broken laptop with you on a flight I'm not sure anway!). It will be worth checking with a more authorative source than me if you pl

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimania-l] Bring your old broken laptops to Wikimania!

2014-07-28 Thread Patricio Lorente
I don't know the English word for "aguafiestas", but anyway: in the security checks at the airports, if you can't turn on your laptop, they may confiscate it and you are going to have a bad time. Be careful with that. Patricio 2014-07-28 15

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimania-l] Bring your old broken laptops to Wikimania!

2014-07-28 Thread Andrew Lih
As Patricio said -- you're likely to get into trouble by bringing inoperable laptops into the UK. Guardian UK (July 8, 2014): "Britain follows US in banning powerless electronic devices from flights -- All air passengers must demonstrate that mobiles and other devices are powered up and functionin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimania-l] Bring your old broken laptops to Wikimania!

2014-07-28 Thread Ellie Young
On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Patricio Lorente wrote: > I don't know the English word for "aguafiestas", wet blanket > but anyway: in the security checks at the airports, if you can't turn on your > laptop, they may confiscate it and you are going to have a bad time. Be > careful with