Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2014-15 Annual Plan of the Wikimedia Foundation

[Pine W]

Hi Tilman,

1. Would WMF please document in the FAQ that Global Education, excluding
the US/CAN program, is funded and managed through Grantmaking, and the
US/CAN Education Program is run through the independent Wiki Education
Foundation?

2. Would someone please produce a redline version of the AP that compares
the final AP to the version that was sent to the FDC?

3. I suggest that in the future that the Board be given at least one month
between their meeting for reviewing the AP and the proposed effective date
of the AP. Otherwise, if the Board's meeting date is within a few days of
the AP effective date, the Board may feel pressure to move quickly to
approve the AP, and if the Board doesn't pass the AP then unless I am
mistaken the Foundation has no spending or fundraising authority as of the
start of the next fiscal year.

4. The FAQ says that P&E grants are "reviewed by the 28-member Grant
Advisory Committee  or GAC)". However,
as far as I can tell, GAC is functioning at a very low level. This grant
[1] for about US$7000 received only one vote among all 28 GAC members, and
it was an oppose vote, yet WMF approved the grant. This grant [2] for about
US$9000 had no support or oppose votes from GAC members, yet WMF approved
the grant. This grant [3] for about US$30,000 received one oppose, one
abstention, and one "no comment" among all 28 grant members, yet WMF
approved the grant. Something seems wrong here. I have heard that GAC is
being revamped but in the meantime I am concerned about such large grants
being approved with so little community review. My worst-case scenario is
that WMF approves something with expensive and damaging consequences like
IEP or AFT5 that might have been refused or might have been better designed
if it had been subjected to meaningful community scrutiny. Because the
Annual Plan seems to assume that GAC is working well, I feel that this is
an issue that needs urgent attention.

Thanks,

Pine


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/Metro/Institutional_Growth_and_Community_Fellow
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:PEG/WM_ZA/WLM-ZA-2014
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_AM/Wiki_Camp


On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Tilman Bayer  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> the Wikimedia Foundation's 2014-15 Annual Plan has just been published at
>
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:2014-15_Wikimedia_Foundation_Plan.pdf
>
> accompanied by a Q&A:
>
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2014-2015_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Answers
>
> The plan was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 29, 2014.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiknic reports and photos

[Pine W]

Excellent. I hope next year we can coordinate Wiknics on Meta. If anyone
else has photos on Commons please add them to the category Wiknic 2014.

Pine


On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Jon Davies 
wrote:

> Some party!
>
>
> On 7 July 2014 14:16, Itzik Edri  wrote:
>
> > We also hosted Wiknic last Friday (to celebrate HEWP 11th anniversary):
> >
> >
> >
> https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%A9_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A5_2014/%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Pine W  wrote:
> >
> > > Wiknic New York City 2014:
> > >
> > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikNYC_July_6,_2014_one.jpg
> > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikNYC_July_6,_2014_two.jpg
> > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikNYC_July_6,_2014_three.jpg
> > >
> >
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2014_WikNYC_by_Elias_Friedman.jpg
> > >
> > > Wiknic Seattle 2014:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle_Wiknic_2014_minus_2_attendees.jpg
> > >
> > > I attended the Seattle event which featured 13 people, a quadcopter,
> > foods
> > > based on recipes from multiple continents, and a wide range of
> > intelligent
> > > and enjoyable conversation.
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Human Resources Office Hour with Gayle

[Pine W]

Hi Patrick,

Can I request that there be a policy that from now on all WMF office hours
will be announced at least two weeks in advance? Many of us have schedules
that we need to shuffle to attend meetings especially on short notice.

Thanks,

Pine


On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> Forwarding to Wikitech-l. This HR office hour will follow the Language
> Engineering office hour. Because the new ED has a tech background there
> might be greater than usual interest in this WMF issue from those on the
> tech list, and those with lots of free time tomorrow can be present for
> both meetings. (:
>
> Pine
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Patrick Earley 
> Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 8:41 AM
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Human Resources Office Hour with Gayle
> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> Tomorrow, the Foundation's Chief Talent and Culture Officer, Gayle Karen
> Young,  will be answering
> questions in an IRC Office hour.  The topic will be "Experiencing
> Transition: an org perspective."  Please join us for the discussion!
>
> Where: IRC, on the #wikimedia-office channel
> 
>
> When: July 9th, 18:00-19:00 UTC (check local time here
> <
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Experiencing+Transition%3A+an+org+perspective&iso=20140709T11&p1=224&ah=1
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[Wikimedia-l] WMF Board skill grid 2014

[Alice Wiegand]

Hi all,

the WMF Board took another round of the exercise to create a Board skills
grid to get more clarity about what the current needs on the Board are and
how well they are covered. The Board will discuss the result and the
implications for the board composition at the Board meeting before
Wikimania in London.

We are interested in your thoughts and input for this discussion. Please
take a look at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Board_Governance_Committee/Board_skills_grid_2014
and share your ideas on the talk page.

Regards,
Alice.


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[Wikimedia-l] Human Resources Office Hour with Gayle

[Patrick Earley]

Hello all,

Tomorrow, the Foundation's Chief Talent and Culture Officer, Gayle Karen
Young,  will be answering
questions in an IRC Office hour.  The topic will be "Experiencing
Transition: an org perspective."  Please join us for the discussion!

Where: IRC, on the #wikimedia-office channel


When: July 9th, 18:00-19:00 UTC (check local time here

)
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[Wikimedia-l] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on July 9, 2014 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC

[Runa Bhattacharjee]

[x-posted]

Hello,

The Wikimedia Language Engineering team will be hosting the next
monthly IRC office hour on Wednesday, July 09 2014 at 1700 UTC on
#wikimedia-office.

In this office hour we will be discussing about our recent activities
around the Content Translation project[1] and taking questions.

Please see below for event details and local time. See you at the office hour.

Thanks
Runa

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation

Monthly IRC Office Hour:
==
# Date: July 09, 2014 (Wednesday)

# Time: 1700 UTC/1000PDT (Check local time:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140709T1700)

# IRC channel: #wikimedia-office

# Agenda:
1. Content Translation project updates
2. Q & A (Questions can be sent to me ahead of the event)


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