Wikipedia:Ambassadors/UK/Team/Sunday May 1, 2011

Notes on first Ambassadors UK team meeting:

Members present:
 * Alex Stinson
 * Martin Poulter
 * Vinesh Patel
 * Steve Virgin

Agenda

 * Imperial Update- Vinesh
 * ECTS? (European Credit Transfer System) - still talking to professor, document is still in discussion at the college
 * Possibility of using Wikipedia assignments as outside work to increase credit for students
 * Wiki for developing information on Imperial College, possibly closely associated with the society
 * Talking to Life sciences prof intersted in a teaching assignment


 * Recruiting Ambassadors
 * Bristol
 * discussion with people still, trying to figure out who is interested
 * Cambridge
 * one application
 * Imperial College
 * Students are still being probed, expect to
 * Durham
 * PHD candidate,
 * Stirling
 * Just beginning discussion with Ambassadors type
 * Cardiff
 * Just beginning discussion with Ambassador type


 * 1st event
 * Do one day event now at Imperial College, prefered 18 or 19 June
 * Room is already book for 18, 19 June
 * Secondary Event to follow up on Wikipedia related skills and complete the certification as Campus Ambassador
 * Question for next meeting, once we know people, are we putting them up?
 * Second event in Bristol
 * Less focused on educational assignments, more about community outreach
 * 4th or 25th (prefer 25th)


 * Internships could be closely Campus Ambassadors?
 * Outreach orieented interns could be drawn from CAs
 * Advertise to the Cadre of the Campus Ambassadors


 * Funding CA type events?
 * CA contacts Martin or Steve and they together ensure that the appropriate information and approach gets the money through the board for the event

For next couple weeks

 * Martin - Wikimedia UK organizational page
 * Vinesh outreach at Imperial for Ambassadors
 * Alex manage applications

Next meeting Monday May 16 after 1800.