Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded
Welcome! Looking forward to working with the new members. SincerelyAbbas. From: abar...@wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:20:20 -0700 To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded Hello, everyone. I'm pleased to announce that we have significantly expanded the Grant Advisory Committee (GAC)[1] as of today, and it now numbers 30 volunteers, following an open process and public calls for volunteers. The updated list of members is here[2]. With this expansion, we hope to achieve a higher degree of community participation in the Foundation's evaluation of grant proposals for its Wikimedia Grants program[3], as well as more diverse feedback and advice for grant applicants on how to refine their proposals for best impact. The GAC was set up almost exactly one year ago, and has been quietly doing what is frankly a thankless job. I applaud and thank the volunteers who have done this work so far, and look forward to easing their load a little now that the GAC is larger, considering an expected rise in the number of grant proposals they would be called upon to review. Welcome to the new volunteers, and may we all have much success in fostering innovation and impactful mission-aligned activities through the grants program. Asaf [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee#Membership [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Al-Jazeera English Fault Lines report on SOPA
Thanks for sharing! Interesting piece. Abbas. From: mr...@wikimedia.org Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 14:10:01 -0700 To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Al-Jazeera English Fault Lines report on SOPA This is a segment in the Fault Lines series on AJE about SOPA, the Blackout and other issues around Controlling the Web. Features some footage of the WMF offices and clips from Jimmy, among many others. http://youtu.be/6FD9urcUWXw thanks Matthew -- Matthew Roth Global Communications Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6635 www.wikimediafoundation.org *https://donate.wikimedia.org* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming: WMF metrics/activities meeting - November 1
Erik, This is wonderful news! Will you be rotating the time of the meetings to accommodate different timezones? Thanks, Abbas. Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:16:24 -0400 From: meta...@gmail.com To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming: WMF metrics/activities meeting - November 1 +100 On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Fantastic! Live youtube streams are an incredible idea. Great to see the movement taking advantage of the rest of the tools the internet has to offer. Thanks to all involved! Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK On Oct 19, 2012 12:29 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi folks, I'm pleased to announced that the next WMF metrics and activities meeting is going to be the first one that'll be live-streamed on YouTube with an open IRC backchannel. The meeting will take place November 1, 2012 at 5:30 PM UTC. The IRC channel is #wikimedia-metrics-meetings [1] on irc.freenode.net. The current structure of the meeting is: * Review of key metrics including the monthly report card, but also specialized reports and analytics * Review of financials * Welcoming recent hires * Brief presentations on recent projects, with a focus on highest priority initiatives * Update and QA with the Executive Director, if available Please review https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings for further information about how to participate. We'll post IRC logs and the video recording publicly after the meeting. All best, Erik [1] I'm open to just using #wikimedia or another channel if folks would prefer that, but didn't want to assume that it's OK to hog the channel :) -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13
From: rupert.thur...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:01:49 + To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13 i (personally :) ) would like to have more details as well. especially how FDC calculated the amount they found acceptable. +1 Abbas. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia office
Congratulations to Mile and Wikimedia Serbia :-) Abbas. On 20 November 2012 23:09, Filip Maljkovic dungod...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I'm writing to inform you that Wikimedia Serbia has opened an office in Belgrade starting November 1, thanks to the grant by WMF [1]. That means that we have our first employee, which is very exciting for us, but also brings a lot of responsibilities. So, the office is located in Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra (King Alexander Boulevard) 20, which is in the city center, on the fifth floor, with a view on the National Assembly building, the main post office building, church of Saint Mark and Trg Nikole Pašića, one of the two central squares. Anyone who's been to Belgrade can attest that this is one of the most central and most beautiful parts of the city. :) The office space is about 95 square meters and we're still in the process of buying furniture and equipment, but our conference room is pretty much set. We'll use the antechamber (which is quite large by itself) to display the 15 finalist photos from the WLM contest 2012 (we've just had a ceremony of announcing winners and exhibiting them in a local gallery). Our employee is Mile Kiš, our General Secretary. He's been a tremendous help for us in the past years and he's been doing more than full time work for us as a volunteer, so I'm especially glad that he's going to be able to help us as an employee, as well as be able to work on his personal professionalization. [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Grants:WM_RS/Annual_plan_**2012-2013http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_RS/Annual_plan_2012-2013 Cheers, Filip Maljković Vice-president Wikimedia Serbia __**_ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**org Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-lhttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Nicole Ebber Projektmanagerin Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev Engineering)
Hi Sue, What will happen to Oona once she identifies a suitable org willing to take over the Brazil programs? Abbas. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Using the Wikipedia logo for Wikimedia South Africa projects
David, You should probably contact Jay Walsh or any one from WMF Legal and ask for permission. Abbas. From: davidrichfi...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:22:31 +0200 To: foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Using the Wikipedia logo for Wikimedia South Africa projects Hi, We are working with the City of Johannesburg to tag heritage sites, in a project called JoburgpediA. The proposed logo has the Wikipedia Globe as one of the elements: is this acceptable? Also, if we will be putting up plaques which include the Wikipedia logo on buildings, what approval do we need? Thanks, -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone
Hi Christophe, From: christophe.hen...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:07:45 +0200 To: dger...@gmail.com CC: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone As I said in my previous email: * Most of the chapters should go through the GAC first, to get used with a formal process Uhm, isn't this what is already happening? All those who are eligible for FDC funding have already gone through the normal Grants Program a multiple times. * We need the first employee/office space budget being a specific GAC or FDC process (there's pros and cons in having one or the other handling it). Because let's be honest, the actual FDC process is way to heavy for those needs and the GAC is not meant to handle such requests I'm sorry I don't understand that you need a specific GAC process... Do you mind rephrasing? Thanks,Abbas. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids
All the best, Victor! Abbas. Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 12:46:22 -0300 From: t...@wikimedia.org To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org CC: wikimediab...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids That is a cool project. Congrats, Victor. I've a wikireader with me someone gave a few years ago. Have someone tried to install a Wikipedia of another language? I will try http://dev.thewikireader.com/language-packs/ sometime soon (alguém da WMBR com mais tempo, se quiser, fale comigo). What about using their software http://thewikireader.com/ on Linux? If you were successfull with that, please, let me know. Their apps are just for Windows and Mac stuff. I'll check if'd possible to have these machines sold somehow in South America. Ideas? At least we still don't have at our recent Amazon http://www.amazon.com.br/ site. Maybe it would be good to suggest wikireader producers to have the hardware source open as well, if that don't make they go bankrupt. Who knows we could produce locally. Tom On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Victor Grigas vgri...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello everyone, My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise funds to buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids in places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids. The campaign is here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-distribute-wikireaders-to-kids The video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ROeiaFg0 Please consider funding the campaign and if you can't fund the campaign, please share the link with others! While I am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am doing this entirely as a volunteer. Thanks! -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Knv6D6Thi0 Wikimedia Foundation vgri...@wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839-6885 x 6773 149 New Montgomery Street 6th floor San Francisco, CA 94105 https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
