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:
- Provide an annual weekend forum for Wikimedians and other interested parties in the UK
- Provide a venue for community building and celebrating the free knowledge movement
- Raise awareness of and participation in the goals of the Wikimedia movement.
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Programme
Friday, 7 June
- Dinner/drinks for early arrivals
Saturday, 8 June
| 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.
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.