Thanks for the video. One remark : for the futures ones, would it be possible to improve the soundtrack, the understanding would be easier for non english native speakers.
Thierry 2012/2/6 Liam Wyatt <[email protected]> > I've not yet had a chance to watch the video so I can't speak about the > technical aspects (or the content), but I would like to say THANKS for > doing this! I'm looking forward to videoing of presentations like this > being a standard procedure in the future. This will enable more people to > stay up-to-date with the activities of the WMF as well as demystify the > organisation a little bit more. > > Aside from these "official" presentations, the WMF office also has a > regular series of lunchtime presentations (delivered by staff or visiting > guests). For example Brandon Harris gave this one aboutt the forthcoming > mobile interface design (codename "Athena") in November last year: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Athena-brownbag-brandon-harris-2011-11-04.ogvHowever > , > AFAIK, that is the only one that was filmed. It would be great > (once the technical aspects are sorted out), if all such presentations > could be filmed and made available. > > While the content of every presentation won't be interesting to every > person, I think that showing the *real human beings* that work at the WMF > talking about what they do will go a great distance towards bridging a > perceived transparency gap when people talk about "The Foundation". > Portrait photos on the staff page and IRC "office hours" are good, but > nothing is quite like video for humanising an organisation. > For example: I just found this video - > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Wikipedia_Blackout_SOPA_January_18,_2012.theora.ogva > recording of the office the moment en.wp began the SOPA blackout. > Whatever everyone's personal opinion on the protest itself, it certainly is > engaging and humanising! > > So - here's to more content being added to > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Foundation_videos ! > > -Liam > > Peace, love & metadata > > > On 6 February 2012 02:41, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Every month, there's a meeting at the Wikimedia Foundation offices > > (with remote call-in) where we review recent metrics and activities in > > the different departments for the previous month. Starting with the > > meeting covering January, which took place on February 2, we are now > > capturing these meetings on video. > > > > You can see the video capture for the most recent meeting here: > > > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monthly_Metrics_Meeting_February_2,_2012.theora.ogv > > > > Going forward, we will simply link to these videos from the monthly > > report and not announce it separately. > > > > Note that I've uploaded the highest resolution copy, which clocks in > > at 1.9G (this should allow you to see pretty well what's going on on > > the screen). This is inconvenient for streaming unless you have a very > > good connection, so I recommend downloading. In future, videos will be > > automatically transcoded to multiple resolutions, but if you'd like to > > make a lower resolution copy available for the interim, it's > > appreciated. > > > > Feel free to respond in this thread if you have any questions about > > the contents of the meeting. Generally the structure is as follows, > > interspersed with questions, discussion and lawyer jokes: > > > > * Erik, Garfield and Gayle walk through impact, finance and HR > > metrics, respectively > > * Department heads give updates about their respective areas > > * Sue closes with some final words, typically referring to recent > > events or organizational priorities > > > > All best, > > Erik > > -- > > Erik Möller > > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Thierry Coudray Administrateur - Trésorier Wikimédia France <http://www.wikimedia.fr/> Mob. 06.82.85.84.40 http://blog.wikimedia.fr/ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
