Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia has a new board
Congratulation to all the new board members. On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il wrote: Congratulation to all the new board members, and especially for Andrea on the presidency role, and many thanks to the former board member for their huge contribution! On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, yesterday April 6th, 2014, in Florence at The Impact Hub Wikimedia Italia held his general assembly which comprised the vote on the final budget for 2013 and the budget for 2014 the election of 3 new board members[*]. The new board is: * Andrea Zanni, President * Simone Cortesi, Vice-president (newly elected) * Luca Martinelli, Secretary (newly elected) * Cristian Consonni, Treasurer * Ginevra Sanvitale, Director of Programmes (newly elected) Please join me in applauding the new members and wishing them good luck :-) We would also like to thank Alessio Guidetti, Lorenzo Losa, Francesco Tarantini and Frieda Brioschi for their service in the board. Cristian Consonni [*] Wikimedia Italia adopted since last year to have two-year long board mandates with staggered deadlines so we will be electing either 2 or 3 board members each year. ___ 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 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 -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bengali Wikipediahttp://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundationhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People Social Media Interaction Expert | The Daily Prothom-Alohttp://www.prothom-alo.com Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network http://www.okfn.org Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) http://www.bdosn.org Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh http://www.mozillabd.org fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive http://www.twitter.com/nhasive | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com ___ 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] Wikimedia Italia has a new board
Many congratulations from us all at WMUK ! Michael On 6 Apr 2014, at 14:25, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, yesterday April 6th, 2014, in Florence at The Impact Hub Wikimedia Italia held his general assembly which comprised the vote on the final budget for 2013 and the budget for 2014 the election of 3 new board members[*]. The new board is: * Andrea Zanni, President * Simone Cortesi, Vice-president (newly elected) * Luca Martinelli, Secretary (newly elected) * Cristian Consonni, Treasurer * Ginevra Sanvitale, Director of Programmes (newly elected) Please join me in applauding the new members and wishing them good luck :-) We would also like to thank Alessio Guidetti, Lorenzo Losa, Francesco Tarantini and Frieda Brioschi for their service in the board. Cristian Consonni [*] Wikimedia Italia adopted since last year to have two-year long board mandates with staggered deadlines so we will be electing either 2 or 3 board members each year. ___ 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 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] Wikimedia Italia has a new board
Tanti auguri!!! M. El 06/04/2014 03:25 p.m., Cristian Consonni escribió: Hi all, yesterday April 6th, 2014, in Florence at The Impact Hub Wikimedia Italia held his general assembly which comprised the vote on the final budget for 2013 and the budget for 2014 the election of 3 new board members[*]. The new board is: * Andrea Zanni, President * Simone Cortesi, Vice-president (newly elected) * Luca Martinelli, Secretary (newly elected) * Cristian Consonni, Treasurer * Ginevra Sanvitale, Director of Programmes (newly elected) Please join me in applauding the new members and wishing them good luck :-) We would also like to thank Alessio Guidetti, Lorenzo Losa, Francesco Tarantini and Frieda Brioschi for their service in the board. Cristian Consonni [*] Wikimedia Italia adopted since last year to have two-year long board mandates with staggered deadlines so we will be electing either 2 or 3 board members each year. ___ 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 -- *Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain. Carlos Manuel Colina Vicepresidente A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela RIF J-40129321-2 +972-52-4869915 www.wikimedia.org.ve ___ 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] Update: Affiliate-selected Board seats session in Berlin
Dear All, I just wanted to update you all on the Affiliate-Selected Board Seats sessions at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin. You have probably already seen that there are five nominations for these two seats(1) There are two sessions planned about this election: 9.45am - 10.30am Sunday: Open QA Each candidate will be asked to make a short speech/presentation. Candidates will then be asked to respond to questions. You are invited to place your questions on Meta here; https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2014/Questions Alternatively, feel free to email me (or otherwise contact me) with your question before the session. Not all candidates will be present in Berlin. Those candidates not present have the option of speaking to everyone present via a videocall, if they wish. We are also looking into recording and/or streaming the session so that people who aren't in Berlin can see what's going on, and I very much hope this will be possible. 10.30am - 11.30am: Discussion among Movement affiliates This will be a closed discussion among Board members of movement affiliates. I will be chairing both sessions as I happen to be the only one of the election facilitators in Berlin. I will ensure that, as far as possible, everyone who wishes to ask a question or to contribute to the discussion has the chance to do so. If you have any questions about these sessions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Chris Keating (1) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2014/Nominations ___ 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] WMF FDC Proposal: we invite your participation
James, You have continued this, and related, lines of questioning of multiple staff members and of the community for quite some time now. It is clear that you have not received an answer that you find satisfactory, and I understand that, but may I ask what makes you think that you will receive an answer that is satisfactory to you by continuing to ask the same questions. It is possible, and in my opinion likely right now, that you will never receive an answer that satisfies you given the realities of the conversation. My read of the discussions (and lack thereof) that have happened here and elsewhere over the course of many years when you bring these topics up is that the level of interest in pursuing your specific agenda is not only low but, if anything, actively negative. That is not to say that many of us do not, personally, agree with the goals that you espouse just that we do not believe the foundation should be actively participating in them. Spreading us too thin is not helpful for any of our goals and focus, including in advocacy, is incredibly important. I would encourage you, James, to move on from this line of discussion. Continued work on it, whether it be via passive aggressive emails 'to' staff members (while copying in a public mailing list), attempts to rally up support through different mailing lists or via proposed surveys of the community are unlikely to change the response that has been clear for at least 5 years. I understand that you may not see these emails or proposals in the way I described but I urge you look at them through others eyes. James Alexander User:Jamesofur On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 4:47 PM, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Geoff, Would you please clarify which of the advocacy topics below, if any, are precluded by the restrictions at https://web.archive.org/web/20120621122539/http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=163392,00.html ? Since multiple people have claimed that some are without saying which, it would be very helpful to have some clarity from an authority. The topics were designed to address volunteer quality of life issues on which the Foundation has not been active because they were not considered when volunteer survey respondents were polled on their advocacy preferences. I am not interested in correcting those omissions with any topics which are precluded by IRS regulations. Thank you! 1. Labor rights, e.g., linking to fixmyjob.com 2. Support the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its protocols without reservation 3. Increase infrastructure spending 4. Increase education spending 5. Public school class size reduction 6. College subsidy with income-based repayment terms 7. More steeply progressive taxation 8. Negative interest on excess reserves 9. Telecommuting 10. Workweek length reduction 11. Single-payer health care 12. Renewable power purchase 13. Increased data center hardware power efficiency 14. Increased security against eavesdropping 15. Metropolitan broadband 16. Oppose monopolization of software, communications, publishing, and finance industries ___ 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 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] WMF FDC Proposal: we invite your participation
Based on the message from James Alexander,[1] there is a long history to this line of discussion that I've missed -- so maybe this has been covered. But I'd like to underscore James A's point, from a different perspective. ( tl;dr -- Build a consensus around a desired course of action, *then* seek legal advice -- not the other way around.) In my last message I mentioned the Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest,[2] but I failed to offer context. CLPI offers trainings (I participated in one a few years ago) and resources, specifically for U.S. non-profit organizations that are interested in lobbying and advocacy, and concerned about possible threats to their tax status (or other related legal threats). To make a long story short, in general, those in the U.S. non-profit world tend to be much more anxious about this issue than they need to be. While due diligence is of course important, the kinds of things that threaten the 501(c)(3) tax status tend to be working for or against the election of specific candidates, or devoting a substantial portion of one's annual budget (somewhere around 40%, if memory serves) to passing or opposing specific legislation. I think Wikimedia is no exception. I think there are very good reasons to be cautious about how much and what kind of advocacy the Wikimedia Foundation engages in, but by and large, the reasons are not *legal* ones. They're related to our vision, our mission, our strategic plan, and our model of community governance. If there is a strong consensus to pursue an advocacy agenda in support our mission, I think it's safe to assume that the Legal department would support those efforts, and issue appropriate pushback if necessary. The SOPA blackout illustrates that.[3] But I don't see the use in devoting the resources of the legal team to a detailed *general* answer to this question, when (based on what I learned from CLPI) it seems unlikely that the law will be a significant obstacle. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] [1] for those who don't know, James A.'s title is: Manager, Legal and Community Advocacy/Wikimedia Foundation [2] http://www.clpi.org/ [3] http://enwp.org/WP:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more ( -- needs updating, but offers good background ) On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 5:35 PM, James Alexander jameso...@gmail.com wrote: James, You have continued this, and related, lines of questioning of multiple staff members and of the community for quite some time now. It is clear that you have not received an answer that you find satisfactory, and I understand that, but may I ask what makes you think that you will receive an answer that is satisfactory to you by continuing to ask the same questions. It is possible, and in my opinion likely right now, that you will never receive an answer that satisfies you given the realities of the conversation. My read of the discussions (and lack thereof) that have happened here and elsewhere over the course of many years when you bring these topics up is that the level of interest in pursuing your specific agenda is not only low but, if anything, actively negative. That is not to say that many of us do not, personally, agree with the goals that you espouse just that we do not believe the foundation should be actively participating in them. Spreading us too thin is not helpful for any of our goals and focus, including in advocacy, is incredibly important. I would encourage you, James, to move on from this line of discussion. Continued work on it, whether it be via passive aggressive emails 'to' staff members (while copying in a public mailing list), attempts to rally up support through different mailing lists or via proposed surveys of the community are unlikely to change the response that has been clear for at least 5 years. I understand that you may not see these emails or proposals in the way I described but I urge you look at them through others eyes. James Alexander User:Jamesofur On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 4:47 PM, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Geoff, Would you please clarify which of the advocacy topics below, if any, are precluded by the restrictions at https://web.archive.org/web/20120621122539/http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=163392,00.html ? Since multiple people have claimed that some are without saying which, it would be very helpful to have some clarity from an authority. The topics were designed to address volunteer quality of life issues on which the Foundation has not been active because they were not considered when volunteer survey respondents were polled on their advocacy preferences. I am not interested in correcting those omissions with any topics which are precluded by IRS regulations. Thank you! 1. Labor rights, e.g., linking to fixmyjob.com 2. Support the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its protocols without reservation 3. Increase infrastructure spending 4. Increase
Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF FDC Proposal: we invite your participation
Pete Forsyth wrote: I think there are very good reasons to be cautious about how much and what kind of advocacy the Wikimedia Foundation engages in, but by and large, the reasons are not *legal* ones. They're related to our vision, our mission, our strategic plan, and our model of community governance. Yep. Though since you mention SOPA, it's been over two years and I hope the passage of time has made people more circumspect following that spectacle. In my opinion, the video of Wikimedia Foundation staff members actively cheering blacking out the English Wikipedia and the weaponization of the CentralNotice extension did a lot more harm to Wikimedia than any bill that the U.S. Congress was considering at the time probably would have. MZMcBride ___ 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] New Evaluation Report: Wikipedia Education Program
Greetings, (Please pardon any cross-posting) The final in our series of the Evaluation Reports (beta), the report on the Wikipedia Education Program, is now available on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/WEPhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/WLM Highlights of the report include: ==Inputs== The average Wikipedia Education Program reported cost a total of almost $8,000 USD in total, and $275 each week to implement. The average Wikipedia Education Program invests a total of $67 US and 3 hours into recruiting each new editor participant. ==Participation== Program leaders reported participation rates ranging from 25 to 2,372, and programs lasted from two weeks to 21 months with an average of 37.5 weeks. ==Outputs== For the seven reported Wikipedia Education Program implementations, almost 3,000 different Wikimedia pages were created or improved. The average Wikipedia Education Program produces about 120 pages of content each week. The average program participant adds just under half a page of content to Wikipedia and creates or improves six wiki pages each week. ==Outcomes== Out of the 3,334 new editor participants in Wikipedia Education Program, 36 (1.2%) participants were active three months after the program ended; 33 (1.1%) were active six months after the programs ended. Questions are welcome and encouraged on the talk page. On behalf of the Program Evaluation team, Jaime -- Jaime Anstee, Ph.D Program Evaluation Specialist Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6869 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 https://donate.wikimedia.org/* ___ 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] WMF FDC Proposal: we invite your participation
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 6:33 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Pete Forsyth wrote: I think there are very good reasons to be cautious about how much and what kind of advocacy the Wikimedia Foundation engages in, but by and large, the reasons are not *legal* ones. They're related to our vision, our mission, our strategic plan, and our model of community governance. Yep. Though since you mention SOPA, it's been over two years and I hope the passage of time has made people more circumspect following that spectacle. In my opinion, the video of Wikimedia Foundation staff members actively cheering blacking out the English Wikipedia and the weaponization of the CentralNotice extension did a lot more harm to Wikimedia than any bill that the U.S. Congress was considering at the time probably would have. MZMcBride A fair point. But let me just underscore -- my point was narrower than the point you seem to be responding to. I made no claim above that SOPA blackout was a good idea, or that it was executed properly; I just wanted to point out that *when the decision was made to pursue a specific course of action,* as far as I know, the Legal department did what was necessary to ensure that the WMF's legal status was not threatened. Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] ___ 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] New Evaluation Report: Wikipedia Education Program
Thanks for the links to the reports, Jaime. For the overall WEP report (as opposed to the also-linked WLM report) - could you please spell out on the Wiki page exactly what programs you are talking about, and link each to their specific report? I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what is being reported as part of the WEP, what projects are affected, and which programs have more participants. Thanks! Risker/Anne On 6 April 2014 21:30, Jaime Anstee jans...@wikimedia.org wrote: Greetings, (Please pardon any cross-posting) The final in our series of the Evaluation Reports (beta), the report on the Wikipedia Education Program, is now available on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/WEP https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programs:Evaluation_portal/Library/WLM Highlights of the report include: ==Inputs== The average Wikipedia Education Program reported cost a total of almost $8,000 USD in total, and $275 each week to implement. The average Wikipedia Education Program invests a total of $67 US and 3 hours into recruiting each new editor participant. ==Participation== Program leaders reported participation rates ranging from 25 to 2,372, and programs lasted from two weeks to 21 months with an average of 37.5 weeks. ==Outputs== For the seven reported Wikipedia Education Program implementations, almost 3,000 different Wikimedia pages were created or improved. The average Wikipedia Education Program produces about 120 pages of content each week. The average program participant adds just under half a page of content to Wikipedia and creates or improves six wiki pages each week. ==Outcomes== Out of the 3,334 new editor participants in Wikipedia Education Program, 36 (1.2%) participants were active three months after the program ended; 33 (1.1%) were active six months after the programs ended. Questions are welcome and encouraged on the talk page. On behalf of the Program Evaluation team, Jaime -- Jaime Anstee, Ph.D Program Evaluation Specialist Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6869 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 https://donate.wikimedia.org/* ___ 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 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
