WikiConference UK 2013

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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 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 When: 8 June 2013 Where: 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 but registration required Social media: Hashtag: #WMUK, Lanyrd Calendar: Download as an ics file Accommodation: WikiConference UK 2013/Accommodation Any questions? Email Conference-committee-l@wikimedia.org.uk

Programme

Friday, 7 June

• Dinner/drinks for early arrivals

Saturday, 8 June

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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.

Wikimedia UK Annual Conference 2013 2013-06-08T09:00+01:00 2013-06-08T18:00+01:00 Deans Sport and Leisure Centre, Lincoln College, Monks Road, Lincoln LN2 5HQ (53.2311,0.5329) https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_UK_2013

Sunday, 9 June

• 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

• Wikimedia UK announcement (26/11/2012)