[Wikimedia-l] Become a member of the Affiliations Committee!
// For translated versions, please consult https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Call_for_Candidates_2014 // Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User Groups and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is looking for new members. The main focus of AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in forming affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be viable (and advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups. This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to understand legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in our membership. Key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate members, are typically: is * Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide * Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process * Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions * 5 hours per week availability[2], and the time to participate in a monthly ~2 hour phone meeting * International orientation * Very good communication skills in English * Ability to work and communicate with other cultures, languages andcultures * Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the WMF * Knowledge of different legal systems, experience in community building and organising is a plus * Communication skills in other languages are a major plus * Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus In 2012 new types of affiliations were introduced and the role of the Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and making sure these models meet the needs of the volunteers and the movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid of the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers come together forming communities that further our mission around the world. Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered two year terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on the above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end of the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January 2014. If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant experience and motivation letter to our vice-chair Carlos Colina at jewbask AT wikimedia.org.ve by December 5, 2013. You will get a confirmation that your application came through. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me or Carlos. We are happy to chat or have a phone/VoIP call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested.[3] Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_of_participation_%E2%80%93_September_2012 [3] A translatable version of this call is avaliable at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Call_for_Candidates_2014, please help translate and distribute it among your networks! ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers
Is a bid for South London allowed next year? On 1 November 2013 23:44, James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com wrote: Forwarding for info. -- Forwarded message -- From: James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com Date: 1 November 2013 18:43 Subject: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org Dear all, Soon we will be kicking off the selection process for deciding where we will hold Wikimania 2015[0]. The Requests for Proposals (RfP) is being written right now[1], and will be coming out soon, but in this e-mail we would like to invite volunteers to serve on the selection jury[2]. The jury will select the winning bid based on published criteria, reviewing the bids from January onwards until the final selection is made in April 2014. This is roughly 30-40 hours' work, and is key to us making Wikimania a strong, healthy community conference that we all can enjoy. The Wikimania Committee will select a jury that is a balanced representation of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds, sexes, languages, cultures and regions of the world. The main criteria are as follows: * You want to help make Wikimania as great a celebration of the community as we can make it; * You can represent some of the Wikimedia community's varied projects and activities; * You have some experience of community events, meetings, conferences, or want to learn; * You have some free time during the selection period, especially late March and early April; and * You are not closely involved in any bid (it's a conflict of interest). If you would like to serve on the jury, please e-mail Florence Devouard (off-list) [[Wikipedia:User:Anthere]] at fdevouard @ wikimedia.org by 12 November. We will announce the jury in two weeks' time. Please help us by translating this message and passing it on to your wiki's community for those that don't read these mailing lists. Thank you, and good luck to all Bids. [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015 [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_jury On behalf of the Wikimania Committee. Yours, -- James D. Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity) -- James D. Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers
More success might have East London / Oos Londen. :-) Ziko Am Dienstag, 5. November 2013 schrieb Jon Davies : Is a bid for South London allowed next year? On 1 November 2013 23:44, James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: Forwarding for info. -- Forwarded message -- From: James Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com javascript:; Date: 1 November 2013 18:43 Subject: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org javascript:; Dear all, Soon we will be kicking off the selection process for deciding where we will hold Wikimania 2015[0]. The Requests for Proposals (RfP) is being written right now[1], and will be coming out soon, but in this e-mail we would like to invite volunteers to serve on the selection jury[2]. The jury will select the winning bid based on published criteria, reviewing the bids from January onwards until the final selection is made in April 2014. This is roughly 30-40 hours' work, and is key to us making Wikimania a strong, healthy community conference that we all can enjoy. The Wikimania Committee will select a jury that is a balanced representation of the community, from a diverse range of backgrounds, sexes, languages, cultures and regions of the world. The main criteria are as follows: * You want to help make Wikimania as great a celebration of the community as we can make it; * You can represent some of the Wikimedia community's varied projects and activities; * You have some experience of community events, meetings, conferences, or want to learn; * You have some free time during the selection period, especially late March and early April; and * You are not closely involved in any bid (it's a conflict of interest). If you would like to serve on the jury, please e-mail Florence Devouard (off-list) [[Wikipedia:User:Anthere]] at fdevouard @ wikimedia.org by 12 November. We will announce the jury in two weeks' time. Please help us by translating this message and passing it on to your wiki's community for those that don't read these mailing lists. Thank you, and good luck to all Bids. [0] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015 [1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2015_bids [2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_jury On behalf of the Wikimania Committee. Yours, -- James D. Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com javascript:; [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity) -- James D. Forrester jdforres...@gmail.com javascript:; [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal capacity) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org javascript:; Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org javascript:; ?subject=unsubscribe -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org javascript:; Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org javascript:; ?subject=unsubscribe -- Dr. Ziko van Dijk voorzitter / president Wikimedia Nederland Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland Postbus 167 3500 AD Utrecht http://wikimedia.nl ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers
Jon Davies, 05/11/2013 19:04: Is a bid for South London allowed next year? Yes if it's South enough to be in the middle of the Channel for best neutrality. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers
On 5 November 2013 18:58, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Yes if it's South enough to be in the middle of the Channel for best neutrality. Jersey 2015! - d. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimania 2015 - Call for Jury volunteers
On 11/5/2013 11:01 AM, David Gerard wrote: On 5 November 2013 18:58, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Yes if it's South enough to be in the middle of the Channel for best neutrality. Jersey 2015! That really ought to be Principality of Sealand instead. We already had Gdansk, time to continue the history tour of Wikipedia edit wars. --Michael Snow ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Beta Features
On 4 November 2013 18:22, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: Beautiful. Thank you, Fabrice and all. I'm particularly enjoying the formula editing. Combined with, say, a link to deTeXify, this can be really powerful even for newbies. http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html Thank you, SJ; this was worked on by one of the VisualEditor GSoC students this (North-hemisphere) Summer, Jiabao, and it's great that we're getting it into wider visibility. Longer-term, we're planning a true visual editor for formulae, where you'd be able to drag-and-drop formula elements like the integrand or a divider into the formula, rather than write it in LaTeX. J. -- James D. Forrester Product Manager, VisualEditor Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. jforres...@wikimedia.org | @jdforrester ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcement] CIS-A2K Grant Report for September 2012-June 2013
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society's(CIS) Access to Knowledge (A2K) Program, India! As many of you know that the Wikimedia Foundation approved a 22 month grant to the CIS-A2K. The aim of the grant was to support the growth of Wikimedia movement in India. Please find the Grant Report for the first 10 months period (i.e. September 2012-June 2013) on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports/CIS-A2K_Narrative_Report:_%28September_2012_%E2%80%93_June_2013%29https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports/CIS-A2K_Narrative_Report:_%28September_2012_–_June_2013%29 CIS-A2K will be happy to receive your feedback. Please let us know if you have any suggestions, questions and concerns about the report and our work. We would be glad to have this feedback on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports/CIS-A2K_Narrative_Report:_%28September_2012_%E2%80%93_June_2013%29https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:India_Access_To_Knowledge/Reports/CIS-A2K_Narrative_Report:_%28September_2012_–_June_2013%29 We are thankful to the Wikimedia community in India, Wikimedia India Chapter and the Wikimedia Foundation for actively engaging with our work. We will continue to work upon our deficiencies, failures and successes. Warm regards, Vishnu Program Director, CIS-A2K ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
