Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Peter Southwood 
Quite agree about the lack of benefits for most of the population. The Cape 
Town stadium is now a large burden on the ratepayers as they built it in one 
of the most inappropriate places for functionality. It is now a virtually 
unused and unusable monument to corruption, greed and stupidity, but it 
doesn't look like anyone is likely to gain by the lesson except the corrupt.

Cheers,
Peter in Cape Town
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Wikimania in Brazil in 2015, so no problems. ;)

And, yeah, some strange sport...


On 29 March 2013 20:09, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
everton.alvare...@okfn.org> wrote:


[off-topic]


2013/3/29 Matthew Roth 
>
> I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil
> Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)

Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions
of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts
only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and
foreigners, hey!) will have access to.

And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits
from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(

Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this,
because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not
mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the
mid and long term of so much corruption.

Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be
sustainable.

Tom

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Béria Lima 
[still in the off-topic]

*Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be
> sustainable*.
>

Don't need to hope no more, hotels in Rio are *already* expensive because
of the World Cup renovations (is impossible to get a hotel in Rio for less
than 100 USD/night) and I do believe the price will double in 2014 and only
drop after 2016 (after yet another "let's-rob-the-people-and-impress-
foreigners" event)

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livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
construir esse sonho. *


On 29 March 2013 20:09, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
everton.alvare...@okfn.org> wrote:

> [off-topic]
>
>
> 2013/3/29 Matthew Roth 
> >
> > I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil
> > Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)
>
> Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions
> of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts
> only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and
> foreigners, hey!) will have access to.
>
> And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits
> from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(
>
> Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this,
> because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not
> mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the
> mid and long term of so much corruption.
>
> Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be
> sustainable.
>
> Tom
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton 
Wikimania in Brazil in 2015, so no problems. ;)

And, yeah, some strange sport...


On 29 March 2013 20:09, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
everton.alvare...@okfn.org> wrote:

> [off-topic]
>
>
> 2013/3/29 Matthew Roth 
> >
> > I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil
> > Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)
>
> Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions
> of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts
> only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and
> foreigners, hey!) will have access to.
>
> And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits
> from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(
>
> Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this,
> because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not
> mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the
> mid and long term of so much corruption.
>
> Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be
> sustainable.
>
> Tom
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga 
[off-topic]


2013/3/29 Matthew Roth 
>
> I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil
> Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)

Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions
of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts
only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and
foreigners, hey!) will have access to.

And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits
from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(

Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this,
because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not
mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the
mid and long term of so much corruption.

Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be sustainable.

Tom

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Isarra Yos 
One needn't stick around to establish and maintain a working framework 
for such - continuity and knowledge-transfer sounds rather like 
consistency and maintainability of code, where if it is well set up and 
documented anyone can reasonably pick up where someone else left off.


So to ensure that there is continuity between events from year to year, 
the important thing would be the framework and that what was done gets 
written down - and in an organised and consistent fashion. That way 
never mind who it is in this position, the future organisers should 
still be able to find stuff from previous events as well, pick up where 
others left off, and continue from there.


On 29/03/13 02:06, Everton Zanella Alvarenga wrote:

Good point, Florence.

Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during
one school term for only 6 months.

Tom

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard  wrote:

Welcome again Ellie

A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.

- making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.

Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.

Is there not a contradiction here ?

Flo






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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Matthew Roth 
I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil
Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton <
rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com> wrote:

> She has been to every country in Latin America
> >> and the Caribbean except Brasil.
>
> Why not Brasil?  :'(
>
> :p welcome, and come to Brasil!!!
>
>
>
> On 28 March 2013 23:06, Everton Zanella Alvarenga 
> wrote:
>
> > Good point, Florence.
> >
> > Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during
> > one school term for only 6 months.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard 
> > wrote:
> > > Welcome again Ellie
> > >
> > > A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
> > >
> > > - making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
> > > conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
> > >
> > > Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.
> > >
> > > Is there not a contradiction here ?
> > >
> > > Flo
> > >
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton 
She has been to every country in Latin America
>> and the Caribbean except Brasil.

Why not Brasil?  :'(

:p welcome, and come to Brasil!!!



On 28 March 2013 23:06, Everton Zanella Alvarenga  wrote:

> Good point, Florence.
>
> Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during
> one school term for only 6 months.
>
> Tom
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard 
> wrote:
> > Welcome again Ellie
> >
> > A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
> >
> > - making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
> > conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
> >
> > Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.
> >
> > Is there not a contradiction here ?
> >
> > Flo
> >
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-28 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga 
Good point, Florence.

Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during
one school term for only 6 months.

Tom

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard  wrote:
> Welcome again Ellie
>
> A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
>
> - making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
> conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
>
> Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.
>
> Is there not a contradiction here ?
>
> Flo
>


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-28 Thread Florence Devouard 

Welcome again Ellie

A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
- making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the 
conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.


Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.

Is there not a contradiction here ?

Flo


Amongst other tasks
* On 3/27/13 7:24 PM, Siko Bouterse wrote:

Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!

-- Forwarded message --
From: Siko Bouterse 
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
To: Staff All 


Hi all,

Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]

As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point of
contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to
ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where
help from WMF is needed.

Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an
activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.

Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents helped
build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America
and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.

As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
  She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to
hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
anytime!

Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
interview candidates.

Welcome, Ellie!

[1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ
[2] https://www.usenix.org





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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-27 Thread Sarah Stierch 
Awesome!

Ellie is great and will serve as a great coordinator. I look forward to working 
with her on the planning Commitee!

Sarah

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 27, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse  wrote:

> Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
> of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!
> 
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Siko Bouterse 
> Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
> Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
> To: Staff All 
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
> Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
> 
> As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
> spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
> responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point of
> contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to
> ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where
> help from WMF is needed.
> 
> Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
> culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
> Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
> international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
> currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an
> activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.
> 
> Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents helped
> build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
> doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America
> and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
> East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
> 
> As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
> work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
> and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
> She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
> from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to
> hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
> anytime!
> 
> Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
> interview candidates.
> 
> Welcome, Ellie!
> 
> [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ
> [2] https://www.usenix.org
> 
> -- 
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> sum of all knowledge.
> Donate or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality!
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-27 Thread Karthik Nadar 
Welcome Ellie. I'm sure the local Wikimania team will be happy to have you
on board :)

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Leslie Harms  wrote:

> Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :)
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse  >wrote:
>
> > Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
> > of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!
> >
> > -- Forwarded message --
> > From: Siko Bouterse 
> > Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
> > Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
> > To: Staff All 
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
> > Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
> >
> > As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
> > spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
> > responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point
> of
> > contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team,
> to
> > ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support
> where
> > help from WMF is needed.
> >
> > Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
> > culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
> > Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
> > international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
> > currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been
> an
> > activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her
> life.
> >
> > Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents
> helped
> > build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
> > doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin
> America
> > and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
> > East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
> >
> > As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
> > work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
> > and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts
> year-over-year.
> >  She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
> > from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like
> to
> > hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
> > anytime!
> >
> > Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
> > interview candidates.
> >
> > Welcome, Ellie!
> >
> > [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ
> > [2] https://www.usenix.org
> >
> > --
> > Siko Bouterse
> > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> >
> > sboute...@wikimedia.org
> >
> > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> > sum of all knowledge.
> > Donate or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality!
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> >
> > sboute...@wikimedia.org
> >
> > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
> the
> > sum of all knowledge. *
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-27 Thread Leslie Harms 
Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :)

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse wrote:

> Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
> of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Siko Bouterse 
> Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
> Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
> To: Staff All 
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
> Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
>
> As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
> spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
> responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point of
> contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to
> ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where
> help from WMF is needed.
>
> Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
> culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
> Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
> international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
> currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an
> activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.
>
> Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents helped
> build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
> doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America
> and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
> East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
>
> As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
> work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
> and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
>  She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
> from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to
> hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
> anytime!
>
> Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
> interview candidates.
>
> Welcome, Ellie!
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-27 Thread Siko Bouterse 
Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!

-- Forwarded message --
From: Siko Bouterse 
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
To: Staff All 


Hi all,

Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]

As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point of
contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to
ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where
help from WMF is needed.

Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an
activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.

Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents helped
build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America
and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.

As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
 She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to
hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
anytime!

Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
interview candidates.

Welcome, Ellie!

[1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ
[2] https://www.usenix.org

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