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| {{notice|The next Board Meeting will happen in the [[irc:wikimedia-uk-board]] IRC channel on<br />'''Tuesday 14 April 2009 at 20:30 BST'''.<br />All are welcome to attend, but only board members will be voiced. General discussion will be in [[irc:wikimedia-uk]]. | | {{language bar}} |
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| '''Wikimedia UK''' is the local [[:m:Wikimedia chapter|Wikimedia chapter]] covering the [[:wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. The chapter is incorporated under the name "''Wiki UK Limited''" and uses ''Wikimedia UK'' as its operating name. It was approved as a chapter by the Wikimedia Foundation on 12 January 2009. | | </div> |
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| | If you'd like to see what Wikimedia UK is working on, our website is the best place for our community of volunteers, donors and members to stay up to date. |
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| | ! {{Header blue|[[About us|{{white|About Wikimedia UK}}]]|margin-bottom: 0;}} |
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| | General inquiries: info{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk<br> |
| | Media: press{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk |
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| This is the second attempt at a Wikimedia chapter for the UK. The [[:m:Wikimedia UK v1.0|earlier chapter]] was wound up due to external problems and is being dissolved.
| | You can follow us on Twitter (<span class="plainlinks">[http://twitter.com/wikimediauk @wikimediauk]</span>) or Like us on Facebook (<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK WikimediaUK]</span>). |
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| [[#Board members|Board members]] were elected in September 2008, and the company was incorporated on 5 November 2008. [[Membership|Membership applications are now being processed]] in time for our [[Meetings/2009 AGM|first Annual General Meeting]] | | You can also sign up to the <span class="plainlinks">[https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l email discussion list]</span> for the Wikimedia community in the UK. |
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| == Objectives ==
| | :'''''[[contact us|More contact details]]''''' |
| :''See also [[Wikimedia UK v2.0/AoA]]'' | | |} |
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| The [[Wikimedia UK v2.0/MoA|Memorandum of Association]] sets out a formal "''Object''" of the company which forms an absolute restriction on its activities. The contents are hard to change and therefore have been drafted in a general form so that the chapter has maximum flexibility for its future operations, yet also complies with the requirements of the [[:wikipedia:Charity Commission|Charity Commission]], [[:wikipedia:Companies Act|Companies Acts]] and [[:m:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]]'s [[:m:Requirements for future chapters|Requirements for future chapters]] including Wikimedia's [[:m:Mission|Mission]] Statement. We have also considered the Wikimedia Foundation's [[:m:Guidelines for future chapters|Guidelines for future chapters]] where appropriate.
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| :''The charity's Object is to aid and encourage people to collect, develop and effectively disseminate knowledge and other educational, cultural and historic content in the public domain or under a license that allows everyone to freely use, distribute and modify said content, by means including (but not limited to):
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| # ''promoting freely accessible online information repositories whose content is freely and collaboratively editable;
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| # ''acting as a voice and representative for the community of UK residents and citizens who use and edit such repositories;
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| # ''preserving world heritage, and particularly that of the UK, through such repositories;
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| # ''supporting the charitable work of the Wikimedia Foundation;
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| # ''enabling, assisting, promoting and promulgating wider participation in the creation, dissemination and expansion of information and educational resources covering the world's knowledge and languages to all persons, everywhere;
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| # ''furthering the development of electronic, printed, and other resources required to support such participation;
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| # ''producing, publishing and developing, or cause to be produced, published and developed, information resources, whether in printed, electronic, or other forms;
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| # ''making use of or encouraging the use of information resources for the advancement of education; and
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| # ''encouraging the adoption of practices and policies to widen education, participation and dissemination of information worldwide|[[Wikimedia UK v2.0/MoA|Memorandum of Association]] (extract)
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| == Keep in touch ==
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| If you would like to be kept informed of developments, please sign up to receive a copy of our [[Newsletter|monthly newsletter]].
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| You can also join the [[mail:WikimediaUK-l|Wikimedia UK email list]] ([[mailarchive:wikimediauk-l|archive]]) and discuss chapter activities in the following IRC channels:
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| * [[irc:wikimedia-uk|Wikimedia UK]], and
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| * [[irc:wikimania-oxford|Oxford Wikimania]].
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| This wiki publishes details of the [[Projects|chapter's activities]] and all [[Meetings|minutes of Board meetings]].
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| == Projects ==
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| We are currentlly working on three projects:
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| * [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2010/Bids/Oxford Oxford's bid to host Wikimania 2010]
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| * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art/V%26A_rules Wikipedia Loves Art] - this project generated over 11,000 free-content photographs in February 2009, which are currently being processed
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| * [[Copyright consultation|Copyright law consultation]] - we responded to an issues paper from the UK Intellectual Property Office in February 2009, and are expecting a follow up discussion paper in the autumn.
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| We are currently seeking [[Projects/Proposals|proposals]] for new projects in the forthcoming year. Suggestions so far have included:
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| * London Loves Wikipedia - a follow up to Wikipedia Loves Art to be held in February 2010
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| * Wikipedia For Schools
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| * Content liberation project, along the lines of Wikimedia Germany's successful projects
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| Over twenty project ideas are also listed [[Projects/Ideas|here]].
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| == Media relations ==
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| One of the things that the chapter does is media relations for the Wikimedia community in the UK. More details are showing in the [[Media relations]] page.
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| == Join up! ==
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| :''See [[Membership]]''
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| We are now inviting applications for membership! Membership is open to all; there are no restrictions in the location or age of members, and members do not need to be editors of any of the Wikimedia Foundation projects.
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| Members have the right to elect the Board, submit motions and vote at AGMs, thereby playing a central role in determining the activities of the chapter.
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| The current annual subscription costs £12 (£6 for concessions). Please apply using the form [[Image:Wiki_UK_Ltd_membership_application_form.pdf|here]] and note that applicants under 18 need to have the form countersigned by their parent or guardian.
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| ''Main page: [[Board of Trustees]]''
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| The current Board of Trustees was elected in the [[Initial Board election]] in September 2008; a new Board is [[Meetings/2009_AGM/Ballot_Instructions|currently being elected]] and will be announced at the [[Meetings/2009_AGM|AGM on Sunday 26th April]].
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| | |[[File:Group font awesome.svg|40px|link=https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4|Icon from Font Awesome by Dave Gandy - http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0]] |
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| | <h4><span class="plainlinks">[https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4 Join Wikimedia UK]</span></h4> |
| | Members play a key role in shaping the future of the Chapter. Membership is open to all and costs just £5 a year. |
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| | |<h4>[[Events]]</h4> |
| | We organise dozens of events each year, including meetups, editing events, "Backstage Pass" events at museums, workshops and conferences. |
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| | Michael Conn || [[User:Warofdreams]] || Communication Officer
| | |[[File:User font awesome.svg|40px|link=Volunteer|Icon from Font Awesome by Dave Gandy - http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0]] |
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| | Participate in one of our ongoing outreach projects, working with the cultural and education institutions of the UK. |
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| | Tom Holden || [[User:Cfp]] || Treasurer | | |[[File:Book font awesome.svg|40px|link=Project grants|Icon from Font Awesome by Dave Gandy - http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0]] |
| | |<h4>[[Project grants]]</h4> |
| | Request a project grant to help you with your editing or outreach activities on any Wikimedia project. |
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| | Michael Peel || [[User:Mike Peel]] || Membership Secretary | | |[[File:Credit card font awesome.svg|40px|link=https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk|Icon from Font Awesome by Dave Gandy - http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0]] |
| | |<h4><span class="plainlinks">[https://wikimedia.access.charity/donate/donate Donate]</span></h4> |
| | Donate to Wikimedia UK to keep Wikipedia running free from advertising and support our work getting more people and institutions working with Wikipedia and its sister projects. |
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| | Andrew Turvey || [[User:AndrewRT]] || Secretary
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| | We are always interested to hear from new [[volunteer|volunteers]]. If you have an idea you'd like to help make happen, or time and skills you would like to offer Wikimedia UK, please get in touch on volunteering{{@}}wikimedia.org.uk |
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