Jane, thank you for jumping in and adding some suggestions. Sydney
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 22, 2013, at 5:08, Jane Darnell <[email protected]> wrote: > Sydney, > Good idea. I added some goals to the subsection on goals and structure. I > think these are unrelated, btw > I won't be in Berlin so I hope you post a link to your talk here. > > Jane > > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 18, 2013, at 1:29 AM, Sydney Poore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi , >> >> Today I began the discussion about establishing a Wikimedia Foundation >> affiliated user group around the topic of addressing the gender gap in >> Wikimedia Foundation projects. I see this as being an international >> organization where people from all over the world can work together on this >> common cause. >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gender_gap_strategy_2013#Establishing_a_WMF-affiliated_user_group >> >> The threshold for being recognized is pretty low., only 3 people, but I >> would not want to go for affiliation with less than 10 interested people. >> And I hope we can attract many many more. >> >> I plan to discuss this in Berlin at the Diversity Conference but want to >> make it clear that the organization is open to every one interested in >> actively working on the topic. So please spread the word. >> >> I put a sign up space in the thread so we can capture the initial interest >> that came out of this thread. >> >> One of the key discussion will be the name of the group. So everyone put >> their thinking caps on so we can make this decision within the next month of >> so. >> >> Sydney Poore >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Sydney <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Yes, with the narrowing focus last year the community will need to take >>> > the >>> > lead. But from the meeting earlier this year it is clear that there >>> > definitely is talented people on staff at WMF who are more than willing to >>> > assist as their time permits. >>> >>> >>> That's unfortunate. I understood the narrowing focus to mean not >>> placing WMF offices and contractors around the world, or doing sort of >>> boots on the ground face to face outreach. Since usability initiatives >>> and some other programs are still ongoing, it seems like the gender >>> gap should've stayed on the table for direct involvement even if not >>> through the vehicle of the fellowship program. Too bad. >>> >>> That said, there are chapters who receive hundreds of thousands of >>> dollars in funding from the FDC despite having objectively achieved >>> very little to date; certainly that means there is an opportunity >>> there for people with an interest in dedicating themselves full time >>> to this work to be compensated fairly through a funded WMF affiliate. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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