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:''Proposals for talks are now being accepted. See [[WikiConference UK 2013/Talk submissions]] to submit your idea!''
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'''WikiConference UK 2013''' is an annual event incorporating both presentations and talks about Wikipedia/Wikimedia, as well as Wikimedia UK's [[2013 AGM|Annual General Meeting]]. It was organised by the [[Conference Committee]] in collaboration with the office and other volunteers. The purpose of the conference was to:
# Provide an annual weekend forum for Wikimedians and other interested parties in the UK
# Provide a venue for community building and celebrating the free knowledge movement
# Raise awareness of and participation in the goals of the Wikimedia movement.
 
[[File:Deans Sport & Leisure.JPG|thumb|Lincoln College Deans Sport and Leisure centre, the venue for the conference]]
[[File:Deans Sport & Leisure.JPG|thumb|Lincoln College Deans Sport and Leisure centre, the venue for the conference]]
{{In a nutshell|
{{In a nutshell|
*'''When:''' 8 June 2013
*'''When:''' 8 June 2013
*'''Where:''' [http://www.deans-sport.co.uk/ Lincoln College Deans Sport and Leisure Centre], Lincoln, England
*'''Where:''' [http://www.deans-sport.co.uk/ Lincoln College Deans Sport and Leisure Centre], Lincoln, England LN2 5HQ (53.230964,-0.532386); see also: [[WikiConference UK 2013/Getting to Lincoln]]
*'''Cost:''' Free to attend.
*'''Cost:''' Free to attend but registration required
*'''Social media:''' Hashtag: {{Hashtag|WMUK}}, [http://lanyrd.com/2013/wikicon-uk/ Lanyrd]
*'''Social media:''' Hashtag: {{Hashtag|WMUK}}, [http://lanyrd.com/2013/wikicon-uk/ Lanyrd]
*'''Calendar:''' [http://microform.at/hcalendar/http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013#Metadata Download as an ics file]
*'''Accommodation:''' [[WikiConference UK 2013/Accommodation]]
*'''Any questions?''' Email Conference-committee-l@wikimedia.org.uk
*'''Videos from the event''': [[:Commons:Category:WikiConference UK 2013 videos|here!]] - includes the talks and Board candidate statements
*'''Presentations and photos''': [[:Commons:Category:WikiConference UK 2013|here]]
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WikiConference UK 2013 is an annual event incorporating both presentations and talks about Wikipedia/Wikimedia, as well as Wikimedia UK's [[2013 AGM|Annual General Meeting]]. It is being organised by the [[Conference Committee]] in collaboration with the office and other volunteers. The purpose of the conference is to:


# Provide an annual weekend forum for Wikimedians and other interested parties in the UK
# Provide a venue for community building and celebrating the free knowledge movement
# Raise awareness of and participation in the goals of the Wikimedia movement.
Please help us shape the event by suggesting external speakers, or other things we can do.
==Outreach==
In the months leading up the conference, Wikimedia UK want to increase outreach and events in the region. If you have ideas for events, training or any other forms of outreach please get in touch.


__TOC__
==Programme==
==Programme==
Friday, 7 June:
===Friday, 7 June===
*Dinner/drinks for early arrivals
*Dinner/drinks for early arrivals


Saturday, 8 June:
===Saturday, 8 June===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 50%;"
: '''[http://microform.at/hcalendar/http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013#Metadata Add event to your calendar (.ics download)]'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width: 80%; background: #ffffff; text-align: center;"
|-
|-
! Time !! style="width: 25%;" | Speaker !! style="width: 65%;" | Event
! scope="col" rowspan=2 style="width: 10%;" | Time
! scope="col" colspan=2 style="width: 45%;" | Plenary room
! scope="col" colspan=2 style="width: 45%; | Breakout room
|-
|-
| From 09:00 || colspan=2 | Arrivals; tea and coffee
! scope="col" style="width: 20%;" | Speaker
! scope="col" style="width: 25%;" | Title
! scope="col" style="width: 20%;" | Speaker
! scope="col" style="width: 25%;" | Title
 
|-style="background: #F8F8F8;"
! scope="row" style="background: #F8F8F8;" | 09:00
| colspan=4 | Arrivals – tea & coffee
|-
|-
| 09:30 || Local team | Welcome to Lincoln
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 09:30
| Venue Duty Manager (Sam Hill - tbc)
| Fire safety outline, venue orientation
| —
| —
|-
|-
| 09:45 || Chair/Chief Exec? | Convene; welcome
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 09:40
| Conference Committee
| Welcome
| —
| —
|-
|-
| 10:00 || colspan=2 | Morning talks
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 09:45
| Chair
| Convening
| —
| —
|-
|-
| 11:30 || colspan=2 | Tea break?
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 10:00
| Ed Saperia & James Knight
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Wikimania_London|Wikimania 2014 (London)]]
| —
| —
|-
|-
| 11:40 || colspan=2 | Morning talks resume
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 10:30
| Martin Poulter
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Three_prongs_of_outreach|Three Prongs of Outreach]] ''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Poulter_slides_from_Wikiconference_UK_2013.pdf Slides on Commons]''
| —
| —
|- style="background: #F8F8F8;"
! scope="row" style="background: #F8F8F8;" | 10:50
| colspan=4 | Tea break
|-
|-
| 12:30 || colspan=2 | Lunch
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 11:00
| Stevie Benton
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Wikimedia_UK.27s_Virtual_Learning_Environment|Wikimedia UK's Virtual Learning Environment]]
| Tom Morton
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#All_is_not_as_it_seems|All is Not As it Seems]]
|-
|-
| 13:30 || Chair/Secretary || Introduction to the AGM
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 11:15
| Toni Sant
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Wikimedia UK.27s_Education Projects But Were Afraid To Ask|Education Projects]]
| [[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Have_you_heard.3F|Have You Heard?]]
|-
|-
| 13:35 || Tellers || Explanation of election procedure
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 11:30
| Darren Stephens
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Malta_Music_Memory_Project|Malta Music Memory Project]]
| Katherine Bavage
| Attracting New Members
|-
|-
| 13:40 || Tellers || Candidate hustings & questions
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 11:45
| Chair
| [[UK Wikimedian of the Year 2013]]
| —
| —
|-
|-
| 14:30 || Tellers || Voting
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 12:00
| CEO
| [[Towards a five year plan 2013-18|Five-year planning discussion]]
| —
| —
|- style="background: #F8F8F8;"
! scope="row" style="background: #F8F8F8;" | 12:30
| colspan=4 | Lunch (and [[Agenda 8Jun13a|pre-AGM Board Meeting]])
|-
|-
| 14:30 || Secretary || Approval of [[Annual Conference 2012 AGM Minutes]]
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 13:30
| Chair
| Introduction to the AGM
| —
| —
|-
|-
| 14:35 || Chair || Board report
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 13:35
| Secretary
| Approval of minutes: [[Annual Conference 2012 AGM Minutes|2012 AGM]], [[EGM 2013/Minutes|2013 EGM]]
| —
| —
|-
|-
| 15:20 || Treasurer || Finance report
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 13:40
| Tellers
| Explanation of election procedure
| —
| —
|-
|-
| 15:30 || Secretary || [[WikiConference UK 2013/Resolutions|Resolutions]]
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 13:45
| Tellers
| [[WikiConference UK 2013/Elections|Election hustings & questions]]
| —
| —
|-
|-
| 15:55 || colspan=2 | Tea break?
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 14:30
| Tellers
| Voting
| —
| —
|-
|-
| 16:00 || Tellers || Announcement of election results
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 14:35
| Chair
| Board report
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 15:00
| Treasurer
| Finance report
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 15:15
| Secretary
| [[WikiConference UK 2013/Resolutions|Resolutions]]
| —
| —
|- style="background: #F8F8F8;"
! scope="row" style="background: #F8F8F8;" | 15:45
| colspan=4 | Tea break
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 16:00
| Tellers
| Announcement of election results
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 16:05
| Simon Knight
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#MediaWiki_for_OER_and_Learning_Analytics|MediaWiki for OER and Learning Analytics]]
| Robin Owain
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Wicipedia_Cymraeg|Wicipedia Cymraeg]]
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 16:20
| Martin Eve
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Opening_Up_Humanities_Sources|Opening Up Humanities Sources]]
| Dan Garry
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Privacy_Policy_Complaints:_The_Ombudsman_Commission|Ombudsman Commission]]
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 16:35
| Andy Mabbett
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Natural_History_Museum_and_Science_Museum_Wikimedian_in_Residence|Wikimedians in Residence]]
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 16:50
| Michael Maggs
| [[WikiConference_UK_2013/Talk_submissions#Wiki_Loves_Monuments|Wiki Loves Monuments]]
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 17:10
| Chair & CEO
| Wrap-up
| —
| —
|-style="background: #F8F8F8;"
! scope="row" style="background: #F8F8F8;" | 17:30
| colspan="2" | Close of meeting
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row" style="background: #ffffff;" | 18:00
| —
| —
| colspan="2" | [[Agenda 8Jun13b|post-AGM Board meeting]]
|-
|-
| 16:15 || colspan=2 | Continuation of Conference
|}
|}
*Social at [http://greendragonlincoln.co.uk/ Green Dragon pub] down the road for a quiz, buffet at 6:30pm, and drinks.


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Sunday, 9 June:
===Sunday, 9 June===
[[File:WikiConference UK 2013 Lincoln tour.jpg|thumb|right|Tour photo]]
*A room was available for members and volunteers to drop in at Lincoln College between 9am and 5pm, for a place to relax, use the internet to upload photos etc.
*Morning:
*Morning:
**Guided tour/history walk taking in some of the historic buildings in the city  
**'''10:30am''': Guided tour/history walk taking in some of the historic buildings in the city centre. Leaving from Lincoln College.
*Afternoon:
*Afternoon:
**[[Wikipedia Takes Lincoln]]/social event (details TBC)
**'''1pm''': Guided tour of Lincoln Castle (maximum 20 people). Leaving from Lincoln College at 12:30pm to meet outside Lincoln Castle.


==Speakers==
==Speakers==
Speakers have yet to be confirmed, if you have any suggestions please add them to [[/Speakers|this page]]. We are looking to organise ~2 keynote speakers as well as talks from community members (calls for this will go out later in the year).
Speakers were the members of the Wikimedia community, who gave short talks about issues or projects that matter to them.  


==Media==
==Media==
* [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/11/lincoln-to-host-wikimedia-uk-agm-and-wikiconference-2013/ Wikimedia UK announcement (26/11/2012)]
* [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/11/lincoln-to-host-wikimedia-uk-agm-and-wikiconference-2013/ Wikimedia UK announcement (26/11/2012)]


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[[Category:Events in the East Midlands]]

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Historical
This page is kept as an archival reference.
If you want to raise a point about it, please start a discussion thread on the community forum.

WikiConference UK 2013 is an annual event incorporating both presentations and talks about Wikipedia/Wikimedia, as well as Wikimedia UK's Annual General Meeting. It was organised by the Conference Committee in collaboration with the office and other volunteers. The purpose of the conference was to:

  1. Provide an annual weekend forum for Wikimedians and other interested parties in the UK
  2. Provide a venue for community building and celebrating the free knowledge movement
  3. Raise awareness of and participation in the goals of the Wikimedia movement.
Lincoln College Deans Sport and Leisure centre, the venue for the conference

WikiConference UK 2013 - In a nutshell


Programme

Friday, 7 June

  • Dinner/drinks for early arrivals

Saturday, 8 June

Add event to your calendar (.ics download)
Time Plenary room Breakout room
Speaker Title Speaker Title
09:00 Arrivals – tea & coffee
09:30 Venue Duty Manager (Sam Hill - tbc) Fire safety outline, venue orientation — —
09:40 Conference Committee Welcome — —
09:45 Chair Convening — —
10:00 Ed Saperia & James Knight Wikimania 2014 (London) — —
10:30 Martin Poulter Three Prongs of Outreach Slides on Commons — —
10:50 Tea break
11:00 Stevie Benton Wikimedia UK's Virtual Learning Environment Tom Morton All is Not As it Seems
11:15 Toni Sant Education Projects Andy Mabbett Have You Heard?
11:30 Darren Stephens Malta Music Memory Project Katherine Bavage Attracting New Members
11:45 Chair UK Wikimedian of the Year 2013 — —
12:00 CEO Five-year planning discussion — —
12:30 Lunch (and pre-AGM Board Meeting)
13:30 Chair Introduction to the AGM — —
13:35 Secretary Approval of minutes: 2012 AGM, 2013 EGM — —
13:40 Tellers Explanation of election procedure — —
13:45 Tellers Election hustings & questions — —
14:30 Tellers Voting — —
14:35 Chair Board report — —
15:00 Treasurer Finance report — —
15:15 Secretary Resolutions — —
15:45 Tea break
16:00 Tellers Announcement of election results — —
16:05 Simon Knight MediaWiki for OER and Learning Analytics Robin Owain Wicipedia Cymraeg
16:20 Martin Eve Opening Up Humanities Sources Dan Garry Ombudsman Commission
16:35 Andy Mabbett Wikimedians in Residence — —
16:50 Michael Maggs Wiki Loves Monuments — —
17:10 Chair & CEO Wrap-up — —
17:30 Close of meeting — —
18:00 — — post-AGM Board meeting
  • Social at Green Dragon pub down the road for a quiz, buffet at 6:30pm, and drinks.

Sunday, 9 June

Tour photo
  • A room was available for members and volunteers to drop in at Lincoln College between 9am and 5pm, for a place to relax, use the internet to upload photos etc.
  • Morning:
    • 10:30am: Guided tour/history walk taking in some of the historic buildings in the city centre. Leaving from Lincoln College.
  • Afternoon:
    • 1pm: Guided tour of Lincoln Castle (maximum 20 people). Leaving from Lincoln College at 12:30pm to meet outside Lincoln Castle.

Speakers

Speakers were the members of the Wikimedia community, who gave short talks about issues or projects that matter to them.

Media

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