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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report. Highlights Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261 Report on coordinators' elections Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives Guild Plans for 2012 Requests page report Sign up for the January 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Get your copy of the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. We look forward to your support in 2012! – Your 2011 Coordinators: Diannaa (lead), The Utahraptor, and Slon02 and SMasters (emeritus).

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P.B. Nevill

Percy Bantock Nevill OBE, FCA (1887-1975), commonly known by his initials P.B, was a Scoutmaster for the Enfield troop in 1909 at the beginning of Scouting, and Vice-President for the British Boy Scouts' Association until the mid 1960s. He contributed to Scouting in major projects, such as the founding of Gilwell Park and Roland House, and donated Kingsdown Scout Camp to the Scout Association.

1909 Sept. Attended Crystal Palace Rally, London Oct. Established 5th Enfield Scout Group

1911 Feb. Met Baden-Powell at Middlesex County Rally July - Attended Windsor Rally

1913 District Scoutmaster, then ADC for Enfield. Took Scouts to visit his friends in Oslo July - Birmingham Rally - sent printing press and copies of group magazine and secured first place in the hobbies section

1914 Attended first Scoutmasters' Conference in Manchester. Nevill travelled there on his motorbike Norwegian Scouts visited 5th Enfield. War was declared whilst they were here and it was difficult to get them home, but this was managed by good offices of C V Swan from only port available, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Volunteered for the army - refused on health grounds

1915 Started 22nd Poplar Troop, Bow, in the East-End of London

1916 Acting Commissioner for East London Nov. Moved into Roland House From Dec. to 1960 (and maybe later), Nevill on Roland House Committee

1917 Attended Commissioners Conferences at Matlock (Mar.) and Dunblane (Sept.)

1918 June. Senior Scouts Section formed at Conference held in Westminster, chaired by Nevill Nov. Dined with Mr de Bois Maclaren leading to the donation of Gilwell Park

1919 July - Organised the opening ceremony at Gilwell Park Elected to the Executive Committee of the London Scout Council - District Commissioner with five local associations in his care. (This is not how districts are structured today and Nevill was responsible for the change.)

1920 Jan. Made Assistant County Commission for London and District Commissioner On the committee of the Scouts Friendly Society until 1926 April - Left with Bears Rover Group to France to visit Roland Philipp's Grave June - At Hyde Park Rally July - Nevill takes over the lease of Roland House and all financial responsibility Organises of the 250-strong Rover Service Crew for the Imperial Jamboree. Roland House used as accommodation Became Governor of Stepney Foundation School Appointed Headquarters Commissioner for Kindred Societies - a post he was to hold until 1949

1922 Oct. Alexander Palace Posse of Welcome - Nevill and his Rovers 'police' 25,000 uniformed members plus visitors. Nevill introduced to the Prince of Wales

1924 Acting Headquarters Commissioner for Rover Scouts until 1927 Attended Denmark World Jamboree with a contingent of Rovers

1925 April - Resigned as District Commissioner of Stepney

1926 April - Nevill given the job of organising a meeting or Rovers at the Albert Hall, could not think of a suitable name. He asked B-P, who came up with the word 'Moot' June - Married Miss Joan Woodruffe, a life-long Guide. Moved to Reigate, Surrey Aug. UK delegate to International Conference at Kandersteg Presented with his Silver Wolf by Baden-Powell

1927 Jan. Took B-P to his old school at Mill Hill in London to speak to the boys about Scouting

1928 Mar. Stanley Ince appointed Warden of Roland House Started 32nd Reigate Rover Crew as Rover Scout Leader May. Nevill organised Yorks Wood Rover Moot near Birmingham, the 2nd Rover Moot ever

1929 Headquarters Commissioner for Rover Scouts until 1931 Delegate for UK at the international conference following the Arrowe Park World Jamboree Acting on Doctor's advice, resigns as HQ Commissioner for Rover Scouts

1931 Attended and filmed 1st International Rover Moot at Kandersteg - Nevill's suggestion in 1929. He had resigned as IHQ Commissioner, but attended the Moot as Contingent Leader for Sussex Rovers

1932 Jan. Complete rest from Scouting on doctor's instructions

1934 Aug. With Mrs Nevill, a participant on the Cruise of the Adriatic. Made a film of the event

1936 Sept. At Pax Hill for the wedding of B-P's daughter, Betty Clay

1937 To 1939, Chairman of the Reigate District Scout Association Aug. Attended the Dutch World Jamboree as official G.B. cinematographer

1938 Aug. On board the Orduña, for the final Peace Cruise, gave one of the 'talks' on the Development of Scouting and Guiding in New Housing Areas Aug. Reigate Rovers responsible for South Eastern Counties Rover Moot - 4,000 Rovers camped, the largest gathering of Rovers every held

1939 June - Intended to retire from work but went part-time until the end of the war Resigned as RSL of 32nd Reigate at the outbreak of war

1942 Became Chairman of the Standing Conference of National Youth Work Organisations

1943 Elected to Finance Committee at Imperial Scout Headquarters June - Awarded OBE in Birthday Honours List

1946 Mar. Accompanied Haydn Dimmock on a tour of Scouts International Relief Service activities in Germany. Nevill was a trustee of the fund raised by Scouts to support the work of SIRS

1948 Kingsdown Campsite, near Walmer, Kent, 37 acres of downland adjoining the sea, presented to the Scout Association 'through the good offices' of Nevill

1957 Aug. Nevill part of the organising committee of the Jubilee Jamboree

1958 Troop Room opened at Gilwell funded by Nevill

1966 Made Honorary Commissioner for life

1968 Made a Vice President of the Association

1975

  July - Called to Higher Service

Bibliography

• My Scouting Story, London: , 1960
• Scouting in London 1908--1965, London: The Trustees of the London Scout Council (1913-1965), 1966, 213 pages, 12s 6d.

AfD and PROD notifications

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Back in November, you got either an AfD or PROD notification, which was part of the template testing project's experiments. If you could go here and leave us some feedback about what you think about the new versions of the templates we tested (there are links to the templates), that would be very useful. (You can also email me at mpinchukwikimedia.org if you want.) Thanks! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 22:07, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

GOCE March copy edit drive

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