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== Education projects == | == Education projects == | ||
* 12th - [[meta:Meetup/Manchester Girl Geeks|Manchester Girl Geeks Editing Day]] | |||
* 13th - 18:30-20:00 [[meta:Meetup/Sue Gardner at Imperial College London|Sue Gardner Speaking at Imperial College]] | |||
== GLAM activities == | == GLAM activities == | ||
* 10th - Steve Virgin speaking at UK Association of Science & Discovery Centres Marketing Managers Conference - event entitled '[http://www.sciencecentres.org.uk/pdfs/conference_programme2011.pdf Word of Mouth]' | |||
* 16th - Roger Bamkin speaking at Lillehammer | |||
* 17th - Roger Bamkin on Special Libraries Assoc panel | |||
* 18th - Martin Poulter speaking at ESRC Research Seminar on "Digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights", Leicester University | |||
* 24th - Fae presenting at ''Open Data in Cultural Heritage'' workshop hosted by Wellcome Trust & Open Knowledge Foundation | |||
== Technology == | |||
* 19-20th - [[mw:Brighton Hackathon 2011|Brighton Hackathon 2011]] | |||
== Other activities == | == Other activities == | ||
* UK Wikimeets this month: [[:meta:Wikipedia:Meetup/London 51|London]] (13th) | * UK Wikimeets this month: [[:meta:Wikipedia:Meetup/London 51|London]] (13th), [[meta:Meetup/Liverpool|Liverpool]] (22nd) | ||
* 1st - Fae at PICTFOR meeting on Hargreaves' report on UK copyright changes, [http://faenwp.blogspot.com/2011/11/uk-copyright-is-about-to-change-did-you.html blog post] | |||
== UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities) == | == UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities) == | ||
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= Administrative activities = | = Administrative activities = | ||
== Board activities == | == Board activities == | ||
* 1st - [[Agenda 1Nov11|Exec board meeting]] | |||
* 19-20th - [[Agenda 19Nov11|In-person board meeting]]}} | |||
==Charitable status== | ==Charitable status== | ||
* [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2011/11/charity/ Recognition as a charity] | |||
== Fundraising == | == Fundraising == | ||
Revision as of 21:59, 10 November 2011
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1 to 30 November 2011. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog, join our mailing list, and/or follow us on Twitter. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk page.
Program activities
Education projects
- 12th - Manchester Girl Geeks Editing Day
- 13th - 18:30-20:00 Sue Gardner Speaking at Imperial College
GLAM activities
- 10th - Steve Virgin speaking at UK Association of Science & Discovery Centres Marketing Managers Conference - event entitled 'Word of Mouth'
- 16th - Roger Bamkin speaking at Lillehammer
- 17th - Roger Bamkin on Special Libraries Assoc panel
- 18th - Martin Poulter speaking at ESRC Research Seminar on "Digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights", Leicester University
- 24th - Fae presenting at Open Data in Cultural Heritage workshop hosted by Wellcome Trust & Open Knowledge Foundation
Technology
- 19-20th - Brighton Hackathon 2011
Other activities
- UK Wikimeets this month: London (13th), Liverpool (22nd)
- 1st - Fae at PICTFOR meeting on Hargreaves' report on UK copyright changes, blog post
UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)
Press coverage of Wikipedia in UK publications this month included:
- Jimmy Wales on the future of the internet at the Cyberspace conference:
Upcoming activities in December
- (To be copied here from Events at the end of this month)
For events in January and onwards, please see Events.
Administrative activities
Board activities
- 1st - Exec board meeting
- 19-20th - In-person board meeting}}
Charitable status
Fundraising
For more information about our participation in this year's fundraiser, see 2011 Fundraiser.
We received £XX in donations from N donors via paypal this month, and £XX from N donors via direct debit (including M new direct debits). For more information please see our monthly fundraising report at Fundraising Report - Monthly Totals 2011.
Membership
(Current number of members, number of new members this month, number of lapsed members)
Staff
Our new office, in the Old Street part of London, opened on 14th November. We are currently in the process of equipping it.
(Update on the Office and Development Manager to come here.)