Meetings/2009-12-01/Agenda/Chair's Report

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Press
  • Received an email from Tania Mason about the status of our charity application, following from [1]. Explained that CC application has been submitted + waiting to hear back.
  • Editor numbers: was interviewed by The BBC (also see [2]), UK Press Association and PC Pro. Quotes were also used in coverage by other organizations.
  • Press releases/Free online news Dialog ballons icon.svg Discuss
Cultural institutes
  • Nick Poole posted a blog post about Britain Loves Wikipedia on OpenCulture: "Seeking museums to love Wikipedia"
  • Together with Zeyi, attended the Digital Treasures event at The Public in Birmingham, and was one of their moderators/panelists for "Workshop 2: Repurposing Archives and Business Models". Met with a variety of organizations/people, primarily archives, also The Pirate Party.
Miscellaneous
  • Received a phone call from yell.com asking about our entry. Said that we don't have one, and weren't interested in having one.
  • OTRS has a backlog; can anyone help clear it? Dialog ballons icon.svg Discuss