GLAM Committee Minutes 2015-04-21
Wikimedia UK GLAM committee 21st April 2015 - 4-5 pm Development House, London or by teleconference (JC will circulate dial in details with invite)
Minutes
GLAM Committee Minutes 2015-02-10
Attendees
- John Byrne
- Jonathan Cardy - GLAM organiser Wikimedia UK
- James Heald
- Gill - Hamilton WMUK Trustee
- Ally Crockford
- Joseph Seddon - WMUK Trustee
- Chris McKenna
- Robin Owain - Wiccipedian
- Marc Haynes
- Daria Cybulska - Wikimedia UK
Apologies
- - Robin Owain (WMUK) (talk) 09:51, 15 April 2015 (BST)
- Edward Hands
Committee Membership
This item was skipped due to impending reorganisation.
GLAM Newsletter
Feedback from GLAM Wiki Den Haag
Briefing by John Byrne, comments by JC, JH and DC
- Good event, Lack of new initiatives other than Wikidata, increased involvement from WMF and beyond Europe
Feedback from GLAM Organisers meet in Paris
Briefing by Jonathan Cardy
15 countries attended. GLAM toolset was discussed but will cover that separately.
Near unanimity that the attempt to repurpose editathons as a way to recruit new editors has worked.
One chapter reported an unsuccessful attempt to do outreach to older people.
Various possibilities for international collaboration were discussed including possibly a pooled bid to Europeana based on one of their themes.
Jonathan drafted the event Organisers Userright as a proposal on phabricator.
Events
Mass upload latest
Jonathan Cardy to report back on the training events in London in April and the future software development of the GW Toolset.
Technology
Conferences and Exhibitions
WIR program
Briefing by Daria Cybulska
AOB
Date of Next Meeting
Provisionally: agenda for meeting 3pm 25th June 2015