Meetings/2010-02-09/Agenda/Chair's Report

Actions

• MP to investigate moving our wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org to http://www.wikimedia.org.uk subject to technical feasibility re Single User Logins and hosting, with gb.wikimedia.org as a potential alternative. Once this has been completed, MP to follow up with Wikimedia Ukraine regarding the "uk." website conflict.
• MP agreed to investigate moving our OTRS system to one hosted by ourselves to reduce the risk that confidential emails are inappropriately viewed by non-WMUK people or emails are sent in the name of the chapter without approval.
• MP agreed to follow up with the foundation his request for detailed statistics on the proportion of UK internet users who use Wikipedia (awaiting suggestions of desired statistics)
• MP will send out the agreed wikinews press release when the story next flares up (Sunday evening was suggested as generally a good time)
• MP volunteered to follow up the photo donation opportunity
• JS and MP will do a timeline and budget for GLAM-WIKI
• MP will forward proof of ID and address to AT for the solicitors
• MP will arrange access to internal-l and to board.wikimedia.org.uk
• MP and JS to arrange the Britain Loves Wikipedia logo/leaflet design
• MP, TH and SV to approve Britain Loves Wikipedia press release
• MP, AT and JS to approve Britain Loves Wikipedia rules

Press

• All quiet on the British front.

Britain Loves Wikipedia

• 50 people attended launch event
• http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/ launched - 1340 visits between 28 and 31 January, and over 200 more this month.
• 53 photos so far at the V&A (48 pending, 3 approved, 2 tests)
• Photographs already approved by the V&A are at [1].

Cultural partnerships