Activities/Wikimedia UK centre
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Topics for discussion:
Location: Main cities like: Manchester, London, Cardiff, B'ham, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Glasgow, Southhampton, Liverpool,
First city: London, Manchester or B'ham
Activities:
- Internet access - restricted eg. no gaming,
- - Some computers higher restricted (just Wikipedia, etc.) to ensure they are always accessible (and to appease paranoid parents)
- Offline copies of encyclopedia
- Free courses: Supported perhaps by businesses
- - How to reseach on Wikipedia
- - How to contribute to Wikipedia
- - More general stuff? actually yes, i mean if we can provide proper courses?
- Bookshelf full of reference books (there is more to life than the web!)
- Coffee machine
- Super-fast access to Wikipedia via local squid server
Costs:
- Rent
- Salaries
- Electricity
- Council rates
- Fast web connection
- Coffee
- Liability insurance
- Contents insurance
- Computer hardware
Sources of money:
- Sponsorship
- Grants (charities and government)
- Merchandise
- Direct donations
- WMUK general funds
- WMF grants? (we should definitely talk to the foundation)