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[[File:Steam_tug_Vigilant_in_Newcastle.jpg|thumb|200px|right| A steam tug called Vigilant in Newcastle]]
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Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, working with Wikimedia UK, have today announced they are to jointly recruit of a Wikimedian in Residence.
Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce the co-option of Greyham Dawes to our [[Board|Board of Trustees]]. He has also been appointed Treasurer.


This is a ground-breaking partnership between one of the North East’s most important cultural bodies and the charity that promotes and supports Wikipedia, the world’s 5th most popular website.
Greyham is a professional financial adviser specialising in regulatory compliance, charity governance and restructuring and public accountability, drawing on extensive knowledge and experience gained as head of accountancy policy at the Charity Commission in the nineties. He provides pro bono advice in these areas to the charity sector generally, serves on a number of standing committees for best practice in charity financial reporting and is well known for his books, essays and lectures on that topic.
The Wikimedian in Residence will be working on photographs from TWAM’s Shipbuilding, Maritime Trade and Science & Technology collections, digitising content and helping to improve content on Wikipedia.


Jon Davies, Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK, said: “Wikimedia UK is really pleased to be working together with TWAM. The Wikimedian in Residence will make a valuable contribution to making the museum’s materials accessible to people around the world, for free.”
He is a chartered accountant, an independent member of the audit committee at SCOPE, chair of the finance & audit committee as a non-executive director of the [http://www.bso.ac.uk/ British School of Osteopathy] and hon. treasurer of the [http://acat.uk.com/ Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers].


Carolyn Ball, of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, said: “The Wikimedian in Residence will be working with our shipbuilding, maritime and science and technology collections, which are Designated as being of national and international importance. They will work with TWAM staff and the research community to develop new Wikipedia articles, and improve existing articles, relating to these collections.”
Greyham said: “I’m delighted to be able to help take such a rapidly developing charity to the next level in all aspects of best practice as it continues to serve the Public Benefit needs of its beneficiaries within the Wikipedia and wider open-access communities.”


To apply for the position of Wikimedian in Residence please visit [http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/about-us/job-opportunities.html www.twmuseums.org.uk/about-us/job-opportunities.html]  and to find out more about Wikimedians in Residence [[2012-13_Wikipedians_in_Residence|please visit this page]]
Chris Keating, Chair of Wikimedia UK, said: “I am very pleased to welcome Greyham to the Board, and I am sure his experience will be immensely valuable to us.”
The closing date for applications is 12pm on Monday 4 March 2013. <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/02/tyne-wear-archives-museums-and-wikimedia-uk-to-jointly-appoint-wikimedian-in-residence/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>
 
Greyham’s term on the board will run until WMUK’s [[2013_AGM|Annual General Meeting on 8 June 2013]]. <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/02/tyne-wear-archives-museums-and-wikimedia-uk-to-jointly-appoint-wikimedian-in-residence/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>


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