Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Spam] Re: Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Gnangarra]

Congratulations from Wikimedia Australia and our thanks to those who did
the organising. Its a great outcome with some wonderful and talented people
being put forward to the BoT. Lets makes this the start of a closer
cooperation between all of the affiliates to help everyone achieve the best
outcomes.

On 10 May 2016 at 14:09, Christophe Henner 
wrote:

> Thank you everyone :)
>
> Seeing the turnout and the discussions I do hope next "selections" will go
> as well, it is just awesome to see that almost everyone voted!
>
> I would also like to thank the FDC staff for publishing the APG assessment
> today which is my before last day as chair of Wikimedia France and has me
> taking my breakfast over figures to answer it :D
>
> Lucky for me, WMF doesn't go through FDC... oh wait, now it does!
>
> --
> Christophe
>
> On 10 May 2016 at 02:25, James Heilman  wrote:
>
> > Agree. Great to see some new and strong voices on the board.
> >
> > J
> >
> > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Andrew Gray 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations to Nataliia and Christophe - and well done to the
> > > committee for getting such a good turnout. It was an excellent pool of
> > > candidates this year and glad to see we got the votes to match.
> > >
> > > Andrew.
> > >
> > > On 9 May 2016 at 15:37, Manuel Schneider <
> manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I want to congratulate everyone who has engaged in this election
> > > > process. It was for sure a very special one, in this special
> situation
> > > > which was also reflected by the number of candidates.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to the election committee and the candidates!
> > > >
> > > > Nataliia and Christophe, I wish you a good hand in helping the WMF
> > board
> > > > to steer through the current waters and whatever may come in the
> > future.
> > > > Also on behalf of the AffCom I hope for a good collaboration.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Manuel
> > > >
> > > > On 09.05.2016 16:11, Chris Keating wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia
> > > Tymkiv.*
> > > >>
> > > >> A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the
> Macedonia
> > > and
> > > >> Macau chapters - which is a record.
> > > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Spam] Re: Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Christophe Henner]

Thank you everyone :)

Seeing the turnout and the discussions I do hope next "selections" will go
as well, it is just awesome to see that almost everyone voted!

I would also like to thank the FDC staff for publishing the APG assessment
today which is my before last day as chair of Wikimedia France and has me
taking my breakfast over figures to answer it :D

Lucky for me, WMF doesn't go through FDC... oh wait, now it does!

--
Christophe

On 10 May 2016 at 02:25, James Heilman  wrote:

> Agree. Great to see some new and strong voices on the board.
>
> J
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Andrew Gray 
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations to Nataliia and Christophe - and well done to the
> > committee for getting such a good turnout. It was an excellent pool of
> > candidates this year and glad to see we got the votes to match.
> >
> > Andrew.
> >
> > On 9 May 2016 at 15:37, Manuel Schneider 
> > wrote:
> > > I want to congratulate everyone who has engaged in this election
> > > process. It was for sure a very special one, in this special situation
> > > which was also reflected by the number of candidates.
> > >
> > > Thanks to the election committee and the candidates!
> > >
> > > Nataliia and Christophe, I wish you a good hand in helping the WMF
> board
> > > to steer through the current waters and whatever may come in the
> future.
> > > Also on behalf of the AffCom I hope for a good collaboration.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Manuel
> > >
> > > On 09.05.2016 16:11, Chris Keating wrote:
> > >
> > >> The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia
> > Tymkiv.*
> > >>
> > >> A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia
> > and
> > >> Macau chapters - which is a record.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
> > > www.wikimedia.ch
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Isabella - Wikimedia]

Fyi

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 9, 2016, at 9:11 PM, Chris Keating  wrote:
> 
> Dear Wikimedians,
> 
> We are writing to let you know the result of the election for the 2
> Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia Foundation board.
> 
> The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia Tymkiv.*
> 
> A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia and
> Macau chapters - which is a record.
> 
> The number of first preferences received by each candidate was as follows:
> 
> Christophe Henner (9.00);
> Siska Doviana (6.75);
> Jan Ainali (5.50);
> Osmar Valdebenito (5.50);
> Nataliia Tymkiv (4.75);
> Susanna Mkrtchyan (3.25);
> Lodewijk Gelauff (2.50);
> Maarten Deneckere (1.50);
> Kunal Mehta(1.25);
> Leigh Thelmadatter (0.00)
> 
> As you know the election was conducted under the Single Transferable Vote,
> which meant that votes were redistributed between candidates to come up
> with the final result. In the 9th round of voting the final place, after
> Christophe was elected, was between Nataliia (16.09) and Siska (9.91). We
> will be putting the full count narrative on the Chapters Wiki so that
> others can verify it if they wish.
> 
> We would like to congratulate Christophe and Nataliia and thank everyone
> who stood. It is the closest ASBS result for some time, and all candidates
> brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the WMF.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris Keating, Lorenzo Losa, Lane Rasberry
> Election Facilitators
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Spam] Re: Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[James Heilman]

Agree. Great to see some new and strong voices on the board.

J

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Andrew Gray 
wrote:

> Congratulations to Nataliia and Christophe - and well done to the
> committee for getting such a good turnout. It was an excellent pool of
> candidates this year and glad to see we got the votes to match.
>
> Andrew.
>
> On 9 May 2016 at 15:37, Manuel Schneider 
> wrote:
> > I want to congratulate everyone who has engaged in this election
> > process. It was for sure a very special one, in this special situation
> > which was also reflected by the number of candidates.
> >
> > Thanks to the election committee and the candidates!
> >
> > Nataliia and Christophe, I wish you a good hand in helping the WMF board
> > to steer through the current waters and whatever may come in the future.
> > Also on behalf of the AffCom I hope for a good collaboration.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Manuel
> >
> > On 09.05.2016 16:11, Chris Keating wrote:
> >
> >> The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia
> Tymkiv.*
> >>
> >> A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia
> and
> >> Macau chapters - which is a record.
> >
> > --
> > Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
> > www.wikimedia.ch
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Account of the events leading to James Heilman's removal

[Yann Forget]

Hi,

I second everything said below. Yann

2016-05-08 5:20 GMT+02:00 Todd Allen :

> Denny,
>
> I appreciate that you've put forth this account. That's in no way facetious
> or just a pretext, I am actually very glad to see someone speak to this.
>
> I'd like, however, to suggest what would actually begin the process of
> healing, since that's your intent. Most of us knew at least more or less
> what James was accused of.
>
> First, James needs to be restored to the Board, or at very least, his
> restoration needs to be passed as a referendum to the community. Since
> you've now posted your side, there's no reason that the community, rather
> than the Board, shouldn't decide on James' trusteeship. That needs to
> happen now, not at the next election, and it should have happened to start
> with.
>
> Second, the Board needs to resolve never to remove a community trustee
> except by a successful recall referendum to the community. The Board should
> never, under any circumstances, remove a community trustee without consent
> of the community that elected them. That was unacceptable and must never
> happen again. There will be no "healing" without a promise that it will
> not.
>
> Third, the "founder" seat needs to be eliminated. Jimmy would be, of
> course, eligible to run for a community seat or be appointed to an expert
> seat, but he shouldn't be a "member for life". Alternatively, the "founder"
> seat could be made into an advisory, non-voting position.
>
> And finally, while this part is optional, it wouldn't hurt for the Board to
> increase the number of community elected ( and not "recommended", elected)
> seats to a majority. While there's room for "expert" appointed seats and
> chapter selected seats (and no, chapter selected seats are NOT community
> selected seats), the community should be in control and have a majority,
> and the others should be an advisory minority. The community has always
> been in charge of WMF projects, and this should continue to be the case.
>
> If you want to actually start the healing process, rather than deflect, at
> the very least the first three things need to be done. If you want to
> regain trust, all of them need to be. The community needs to be in charge.
>
> Todd
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Spam] Re: Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Andrew Gray]

Congratulations to Nataliia and Christophe - and well done to the
committee for getting such a good turnout. It was an excellent pool of
candidates this year and glad to see we got the votes to match.

Andrew.

On 9 May 2016 at 15:37, Manuel Schneider  wrote:
> I want to congratulate everyone who has engaged in this election
> process. It was for sure a very special one, in this special situation
> which was also reflected by the number of candidates.
>
> Thanks to the election committee and the candidates!
>
> Nataliia and Christophe, I wish you a good hand in helping the WMF board
> to steer through the current waters and whatever may come in the future.
> Also on behalf of the AffCom I hope for a good collaboration.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Manuel
>
> On 09.05.2016 16:11, Chris Keating wrote:
>
>> The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia Tymkiv.*
>>
>> A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia and
>> Macau chapters - which is a record.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Moheen Reeyad]

Congratulations to the new members!

Best.
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On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 2:19 AM, Galileo Vidoni  wrote:

> Congratulations, Christophe and Nataliia! We are sure you'll both be great
> assets for the Board. Thanks to the facilitators for their work (and
> calculations!).
>
> Best,
>
> *Galileo Vidoni*
> Presidente
> A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Santiago Navarro <
> santiagonava...@wikimedia.es> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations Christophe and Nataliia, and thanks to all candidates and
> > facilitators.
> >
> >
> > El 2016-05-09 21:00, Ivan Martínez escribió:
> >
> >> Congratulations to the new members!
> >> And also thanks to organizers.
> >> Warmly,
> >>
> >> 2016-05-09 13:30 GMT-05:00 Tim Moritz Hector <
> >> tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de
> >>
> >>> :
> >>>
> >>
> >> Congratulations to Christophe and Nataliia! It's great to see two strong
> >>> candidates join the Board soon, and I am confident of your ability to
> >>> shape
> >>> the Board and strengthen our movement. We are looking forward to
> working
> >>> with you over the coming years.
> >>>
> >>> Also many thanks to everyone else who was running and of course to
> Chris,
> >>> Lorenzo and Lane for facilitating these elections.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>> Tim
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 2016-05-09 16:11 GMT+02:00 Chris Keating :
> >>>
> >>> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >>> >
> >>> > We are writing to let you know the result of the election for the 2
> >>> > Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia Foundation board.
> >>> >
> >>> > The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia
> >>> Tymkiv.*
> >>> >
> >>> > A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the
> Macedonia
> >>> and
> >>> > Macau chapters - which is a record.
> >>> >
> >>> > The number of first preferences received by each candidate was as
> >>> follows:
> >>> >
> >>> > Christophe Henner (9.00);
> >>> > Siska Doviana (6.75);
> >>> > Jan Ainali (5.50);
> >>> > Osmar Valdebenito (5.50);
> >>> > Nataliia Tymkiv (4.75);
> >>> > Susanna Mkrtchyan (3.25);
> >>> > Lodewijk Gelauff (2.50);
> >>> > Maarten Deneckere (1.50);
> >>> > Kunal Mehta(1.25);
> >>> > Leigh Thelmadatter (0.00)
> >>> >
> >>> > As you know the election was conducted under the Single Transferable
> >>> Vote,
> >>> > which meant that votes were redistributed between candidates to come
> up
> >>> > with the final result. In the 9th round of voting the final place,
> >>> after
> >>> > Christophe was elected, was between Nataliia (16.09) and Siska
> (9.91).
> >>> We
> >>> > will be putting the full count narrative on the Chapters Wiki so that
> >>> > others can verify it if they wish.
> >>> >
> >>> > We would like to congratulate Christophe and Nataliia and thank
> >>> everyone
> >>> > who stood. It is the closest ASBS result for some time, and all
> >>> candidates
> >>> > brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the WMF.
> >>> >
> >>> > Regards,
> >>> >
> >>> > Chris Keating, Lorenzo Losa, Lane Rasberry
> >>> > Election Facilitators
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Galileo Vidoni]

Congratulations, Christophe and Nataliia! We are sure you'll both be great
assets for the Board. Thanks to the facilitators for their work (and
calculations!).

Best,

*Galileo Vidoni*
Presidente
A. C. Wikimedia Argentina

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Santiago Navarro <
santiagonava...@wikimedia.es> wrote:

> Congratulations Christophe and Nataliia, and thanks to all candidates and
> facilitators.
>
>
> El 2016-05-09 21:00, Ivan Martínez escribió:
>
>> Congratulations to the new members!
>> And also thanks to organizers.
>> Warmly,
>>
>> 2016-05-09 13:30 GMT-05:00 Tim Moritz Hector <
>> tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de
>>
>>> :
>>>
>>
>> Congratulations to Christophe and Nataliia! It's great to see two strong
>>> candidates join the Board soon, and I am confident of your ability to
>>> shape
>>> the Board and strengthen our movement. We are looking forward to working
>>> with you over the coming years.
>>>
>>> Also many thanks to everyone else who was running and of course to Chris,
>>> Lorenzo and Lane for facilitating these elections.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>> 2016-05-09 16:11 GMT+02:00 Chris Keating :
>>>
>>> > Dear Wikimedians,
>>> >
>>> > We are writing to let you know the result of the election for the 2
>>> > Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia Foundation board.
>>> >
>>> > The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia
>>> Tymkiv.*
>>> >
>>> > A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia
>>> and
>>> > Macau chapters - which is a record.
>>> >
>>> > The number of first preferences received by each candidate was as
>>> follows:
>>> >
>>> > Christophe Henner (9.00);
>>> > Siska Doviana (6.75);
>>> > Jan Ainali (5.50);
>>> > Osmar Valdebenito (5.50);
>>> > Nataliia Tymkiv (4.75);
>>> > Susanna Mkrtchyan (3.25);
>>> > Lodewijk Gelauff (2.50);
>>> > Maarten Deneckere (1.50);
>>> > Kunal Mehta(1.25);
>>> > Leigh Thelmadatter (0.00)
>>> >
>>> > As you know the election was conducted under the Single Transferable
>>> Vote,
>>> > which meant that votes were redistributed between candidates to come up
>>> > with the final result. In the 9th round of voting the final place,
>>> after
>>> > Christophe was elected, was between Nataliia (16.09) and Siska (9.91).
>>> We
>>> > will be putting the full count narrative on the Chapters Wiki so that
>>> > others can verify it if they wish.
>>> >
>>> > We would like to congratulate Christophe and Nataliia and thank
>>> everyone
>>> > who stood. It is the closest ASBS result for some time, and all
>>> candidates
>>> > brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the WMF.
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> >
>>> > Chris Keating, Lorenzo Losa, Lane Rasberry
>>> > Election Facilitators
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Santiago Navarro]

Congratulations Christophe and Nataliia, and thanks to all candidates 
and facilitators.


El 2016-05-09 21:00, Ivan Martínez escribió:

Congratulations to the new members!
And also thanks to organizers.
Warmly,

2016-05-09 13:30 GMT-05:00 Tim Moritz Hector 

:


Congratulations to Christophe and Nataliia! It's great to see two 
strong
candidates join the Board soon, and I am confident of your ability 
to shape
the Board and strengthen our movement. We are looking forward to 
working

with you over the coming years.

Also many thanks to everyone else who was running and of course to 
Chris,

Lorenzo and Lane for facilitating these elections.

Best,
Tim


2016-05-09 16:11 GMT+02:00 Chris Keating 
:


> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> We are writing to let you know the result of the election for the 
2

> Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia Foundation board.
>
> The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia 
Tymkiv.*

>
> A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the 
Macedonia

and
> Macau chapters - which is a record.
>
> The number of first preferences received by each candidate was as
follows:
>
> Christophe Henner (9.00);
> Siska Doviana (6.75);
> Jan Ainali (5.50);
> Osmar Valdebenito (5.50);
> Nataliia Tymkiv (4.75);
> Susanna Mkrtchyan (3.25);
> Lodewijk Gelauff (2.50);
> Maarten Deneckere (1.50);
> Kunal Mehta(1.25);
> Leigh Thelmadatter (0.00)
>
> As you know the election was conducted under the Single 
Transferable

Vote,
> which meant that votes were redistributed between candidates to 
come up
> with the final result. In the 9th round of voting the final place, 
after
> Christophe was elected, was between Nataliia (16.09) and Siska 
(9.91). We
> will be putting the full count narrative on the Chapters Wiki so 
that

> others can verify it if they wish.
>
> We would like to congratulate Christophe and Nataliia and thank 
everyone

> who stood. It is the closest ASBS result for some time, and all
candidates
> brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the WMF.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Keating, Lorenzo Losa, Lane Rasberry
> Election Facilitators
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Ivan Martínez]

Congratulations to the new members!
And also thanks to organizers.
Warmly,

2016-05-09 13:30 GMT-05:00 Tim Moritz Hector :

> Congratulations to Christophe and Nataliia! It's great to see two strong
> candidates join the Board soon, and I am confident of your ability to shape
> the Board and strengthen our movement. We are looking forward to working
> with you over the coming years.
>
> Also many thanks to everyone else who was running and of course to Chris,
> Lorenzo and Lane for facilitating these elections.
>
> Best,
> Tim
>
>
> 2016-05-09 16:11 GMT+02:00 Chris Keating :
>
> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >
> > We are writing to let you know the result of the election for the 2
> > Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia Foundation board.
> >
> > The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia Tymkiv.*
> >
> > A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia
> and
> > Macau chapters - which is a record.
> >
> > The number of first preferences received by each candidate was as
> follows:
> >
> > Christophe Henner (9.00);
> > Siska Doviana (6.75);
> > Jan Ainali (5.50);
> > Osmar Valdebenito (5.50);
> > Nataliia Tymkiv (4.75);
> > Susanna Mkrtchyan (3.25);
> > Lodewijk Gelauff (2.50);
> > Maarten Deneckere (1.50);
> > Kunal Mehta(1.25);
> > Leigh Thelmadatter (0.00)
> >
> > As you know the election was conducted under the Single Transferable
> Vote,
> > which meant that votes were redistributed between candidates to come up
> > with the final result. In the 9th round of voting the final place, after
> > Christophe was elected, was between Nataliia (16.09) and Siska (9.91). We
> > will be putting the full count narrative on the Chapters Wiki so that
> > others can verify it if they wish.
> >
> > We would like to congratulate Christophe and Nataliia and thank everyone
> > who stood. It is the closest ASBS result for some time, and all
> candidates
> > brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the WMF.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Chris Keating, Lorenzo Losa, Lane Rasberry
> > Election Facilitators
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

[Béria Lima]

In Brazil 3 dollars is the price of a Starbucks coffee. But Starbuck is the
most expensive coffee we have (except of course for the gourmet coffee, but
who drinks that? :D )

Other than that, I kinda of like that banner :D

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2016-05-09 15:40 GMT-03:00 Ilario Valdelli :

> In Switzerland is not expensive...
> Il 09 Mag 2016 20:33, "Michael Peel"  ha scritto:
>
> >
> > > On 9 May 2016, at 18:36, Béria Lima  wrote:
> > >
> > > My 2 cents :D
> > >
> > > 1. I can't see the banner (not using the link posted or going by
> > > CentralNotice) Could someone who can see it take a print please? :D
> >
> > Here's a screenshot as it appears on my computer:
> > http://www.mikepeel.net/temp/wmf_fundraiser_got.pdf
> >
> > The part of it that sounds odd to me is that it still includes the
> > statement "If everyone reading this right now gave $3, our fundraiser
> would
> > be done within an hour." - is that still true for more
> > narrowly-focused/seen banners, and for year-round fundraising? Plus, the
> > expensive cup of coffee's still mentioned. ;-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

[Ilario Valdelli]

In Switzerland is not expensive...
Il 09 Mag 2016 20:33, "Michael Peel"  ha scritto:

>
> > On 9 May 2016, at 18:36, Béria Lima  wrote:
> >
> > My 2 cents :D
> >
> > 1. I can't see the banner (not using the link posted or going by
> > CentralNotice) Could someone who can see it take a print please? :D
>
> Here's a screenshot as it appears on my computer:
> http://www.mikepeel.net/temp/wmf_fundraiser_got.pdf
>
> The part of it that sounds odd to me is that it still includes the
> statement "If everyone reading this right now gave $3, our fundraiser would
> be done within an hour." - is that still true for more
> narrowly-focused/seen banners, and for year-round fundraising? Plus, the
> expensive cup of coffee's still mentioned. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

[Michael Peel]

> On 9 May 2016, at 18:36, Béria Lima  wrote:
> 
> My 2 cents :D
> 
> 1. I can't see the banner (not using the link posted or going by
> CentralNotice) Could someone who can see it take a print please? :D

Here's a screenshot as it appears on my computer:
http://www.mikepeel.net/temp/wmf_fundraiser_got.pdf

The part of it that sounds odd to me is that it still includes the statement 
"If everyone reading this right now gave $3, our fundraiser would be done 
within an hour." - is that still true for more narrowly-focused/seen banners, 
and for year-round fundraising? Plus, the expensive cup of coffee's still 
mentioned. ;-)

Thanks,
Mike


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Tim Moritz Hector]

Congratulations to Christophe and Nataliia! It's great to see two strong
candidates join the Board soon, and I am confident of your ability to shape
the Board and strengthen our movement. We are looking forward to working
with you over the coming years.

Also many thanks to everyone else who was running and of course to Chris,
Lorenzo and Lane for facilitating these elections.

Best,
Tim


2016-05-09 16:11 GMT+02:00 Chris Keating :

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> We are writing to let you know the result of the election for the 2
> Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia Foundation board.
>
> The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia Tymkiv.*
>
> A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia and
> Macau chapters - which is a record.
>
> The number of first preferences received by each candidate was as follows:
>
> Christophe Henner (9.00);
> Siska Doviana (6.75);
> Jan Ainali (5.50);
> Osmar Valdebenito (5.50);
> Nataliia Tymkiv (4.75);
> Susanna Mkrtchyan (3.25);
> Lodewijk Gelauff (2.50);
> Maarten Deneckere (1.50);
> Kunal Mehta(1.25);
> Leigh Thelmadatter (0.00)
>
> As you know the election was conducted under the Single Transferable Vote,
> which meant that votes were redistributed between candidates to come up
> with the final result. In the 9th round of voting the final place, after
> Christophe was elected, was between Nataliia (16.09) and Siska (9.91). We
> will be putting the full count narrative on the Chapters Wiki so that
> others can verify it if they wish.
>
> We would like to congratulate Christophe and Nataliia and thank everyone
> who stood. It is the closest ASBS result for some time, and all candidates
> brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the WMF.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Keating, Lorenzo Losa, Lane Rasberry
> Election Facilitators
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

[Béria Lima]

My 2 cents :D

1. I can't see the banner (not using the link posted or going by
CentralNotice) Could someone who can see it take a print please? :D
2. Since is related to GoT, shouldn't the pages for the books, series and
author (of the books) be included?

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2016-05-09 13:47 GMT-03:00 Pine W :

> Good, thanks Seddon and Wittylama.
>
> Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

[Pine W]

Good, thanks Seddon and Wittylama.

Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Manuel Schneider]

I want to congratulate everyone who has engaged in this election
process. It was for sure a very special one, in this special situation
which was also reflected by the number of candidates.

Thanks to the election committee and the candidates!

Nataliia and Christophe, I wish you a good hand in helping the WMF board
to steer through the current waters and whatever may come in the future.
Also on behalf of the AffCom I hope for a good collaboration.

Regards,


Manuel

On 09.05.2016 16:11, Chris Keating wrote:

> The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia Tymkiv.*
> 
> A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia and
> Macau chapters - which is a record.

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[Wikimedia-l] Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Chris Keating]

Dear Wikimedians,

We are writing to let you know the result of the election for the 2
Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia Foundation board.

The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia Tymkiv.*

A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia and
Macau chapters - which is a record.

The number of first preferences received by each candidate was as follows:

Christophe Henner (9.00);
Siska Doviana (6.75);
Jan Ainali (5.50);
Osmar Valdebenito (5.50);
Nataliia Tymkiv (4.75);
Susanna Mkrtchyan (3.25);
Lodewijk Gelauff (2.50);
Maarten Deneckere (1.50);
Kunal Mehta(1.25);
Leigh Thelmadatter (0.00)

As you know the election was conducted under the Single Transferable Vote,
which meant that votes were redistributed between candidates to come up
with the final result. In the 9th round of voting the final place, after
Christophe was elected, was between Nataliia (16.09) and Siska (9.91). We
will be putting the full count narrative on the Chapters Wiki so that
others can verify it if they wish.

We would like to congratulate Christophe and Nataliia and thank everyone
who stood. It is the closest ASBS result for some time, and all candidates
brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the WMF.

Regards,

Chris Keating, Lorenzo Losa, Lane Rasberry
Election Facilitators
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

[Joseph Seddon]

Hey Pine.

So in this instance we sought advice from both Legal and Communications
about some of the ideas that we were proposing and from their feedback we
took the banner in the more conservative direction to give us clear ground
between us and any potential intellectual property issues however remote.
We tried to keep the references more generic so that it related to very
broad themes that are not series specific. If we can find success in doing
as we have done with this banner then I think that would be a more ideal
situation for both fundraising and the movement.

I think we should be cautious about taking any road whereby trademark
licenses being a common thing for fundraising.  Firstly, the time and
effort we would need to put in for that would quite prohibitive. Secondly I
think it starts us wading into a very murky area whereby it may seem like
we are actively promoting commercial interests etc. Any move on this would
need great care.

Seddon


On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> Hi Seddon,
>
> I'm curious. Are the banners designed in a way such that it will be
> necessary for WMF to obtain trademark licenses from others, such as from
> the Game of Thrones trademark owners?
>
> Pine
> On May 6, 2016 09:34, "Joseph Seddon"  wrote:
>
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > I wanted to give you a heads up about a small test WMF Online Fundraising
> > will be running over this weekend. Following a suggestion from
> > User:Wittylama we are for the first time going to be testing fundraiser
> > banners that are content specific. [1]
> >
> > From now until Monday 9th May we will be running an A/B test strictly on
> > articles relating to Game of Thrones [2] and only within the United
> States.
> > The reason being its huge popular appeal and expected spikes of traffic
> to
> > related articles during the airing of the next episode this Sunday . This
> > is the first test of its kind so we are being reasonable in our
> > expectations. It's hoped that this sort of specific messaging will allow
> us
> > to engage with our readership a little better through our fundraising and
> > in time provide alternatives to our standard messaging.
> >
> > The banner we are testing [3] has gone through several iterations and we
> > are trying to strike that fine line between engaging with our readers by
> > being content specific but at the same time avoiding being seen as
> > advertising or overt endorsement. There were certainly some more
> > extravagant ideas but we have gone with the more conservative option for
> > now.
> >
> > If you have any ideas you would like to suggest about either our process
> or
> > banner ideas feel free to contribute on our fundraising ideas page. [4]
> >
> > It is my plan going forward to provide more regular updates about our
> > testing and the results we find from it. What form that takes and where I
> > post those I'll decide in the coming weeks and will update you then.
> >
> > Hope you all have a great weekend.
> >
> > [1]
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2015-16_Fundraising_ideas#Related_content_banners
> > [2] http://pastebin.com/M8AjB1tk
> > [3]
> >
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones?force=1&country=US&banner=B1516_0506_enUS_dsk_p1_lg_got_got
> > [4]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2015-16_Fundraising_ideas
> >
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> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

[Liam Wyatt]

Thanks for the mention Seddon & Anna,
tl;dr version: This is a test to see if readers are more likely to donate
if the banner is more relevant to what they're reading. Thanks for testing
this community-suggested fundraising idea - sign of a new era regardless of
the results of the test!


As some may recall, in July last year a "fundraising ideas" page was
created by WMF fundraising to be able to give practical suggestions/ideas
for improvement:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2015-16_Fundraising_ideas

I have been vocally about Fundraising's practices and adherence to the
'fundraising principles', so, when a request for specific suggestions was
made, it seemed only fair that I should try to submit productive ideas not
just critiques! :-) After all - whether we love them or hate them, the
fundraising banners are the single most important revenue-raising tool we
have and it is no secret that it is becoming increasingly difficult to
reach the donation targets [for a variety of reasons].

One of these suggestions on that page was "related content banners" and I'm
super-happy that WMF-Fundraising have taken the time to test the concept.
Not just because I hope the idea is successful, but also because it
indicates in a very practical way that they're trying to build a new era of
more collaborative practices. So, even if the test doesn't result in
anything useful, I'd like to say "thanks!" for giving a community-made
suggestion a go.

Wikimedia fundraising banners have always been about trying to optimise for
the most efficient design/text to be used across a whole language edition.
We have targeted by country, and by language, and that's it. Most of the
other kinds of personal-targeting that online advertising does is not
available to us because of our principles and policies (privacy,
cookies...). However, what we have never tried to do before is to target
the banners based on the vast array of areas-of-interest that people come
to read about. If someone is reading an article a sport, a chemical
element, a tv-show, a historic battle, etc. then we can assume they
are *interested
*in that topic. Furthermore, we have systems like Categories and thematic
'wikiprojects' to group these topics (as well as, in this test case, simple
manual selection) so we should leverage that!

The hypothesis that this banner-test is investigating is:
Are Wikipedia readers are more likely to click on the donation banner (and
actually donate) if the message that is displayed is more relevant to the
article-topic where it appeared?

As some people have asked already, this does have some potential
trademark-infringement questions when it is associated to an article about
a commercial product (which is why the legal department was indeed
definitely consulted for this test case). But, the targeting doesn't need
to be for that kind of thing. It could equally be, for example:
- a profile of a prolific Wikipedia feature article writer of articles
about Plants displayed above articles in category:botany.
- A winning picture from WikiLovesEarth or WikiLovesMonuments), used in
articles about places located in that country.
- A personal message by a nobel-prize winning chemist, appearing above
articles in category:chemistry.
- an 'easter egg' banner (somewhat like this Game of Thrones test) where
the text is a reference to that specific subject. I can imagine we could do
that with articles about Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?)
- A/B test the effectiveness of 'normal' banners based on the kind of
article they appear on e.g. maybe text-centric banners are more effective
on science-related articles, and image-centric banners are more effective
on biographies? Who knows...
[There would need to be many practical things worked out: avoiding
situations equivalent of when the 'Jimmy banner' appeared above the article
on Scopophobia (fear of being stared at)!]

An obvious downside to this concept is that the more targeted the banners
become, the fewer people who see them. Therefore the cost benefit of making
them becomes worse. Put another way - it's more financially useful to
improve the 'global' banner by 1% than it is to improve a very-targeted
banner by 30%. However, If the main hypothesis proves true, it could be an
excellent way for the global community to suggest culturally-appropriate
and interesting/clever banner suggestions, and also a way to re-ignite the
general public's interest in actually *reading *the banners. Imagine,
instead of making the banners more desperate/aggressive each year (which
makes the audience increasingly immune to them - known as 'banner
fatigue'), we made them *interesting to read*!

Sincerely,
-Liam / Wittylama

wittylama.com
Peace, love & metadata
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Account of the events leading to James Heilman's removal

[Lodewijk]

Nope, I don't have the feeling there is such broad agreement on those four
points indeed. The only thing I heard broad agreement on, is that the
removal of James was painful, and clumsily handled. Probably there is also
broad agreement that with the facts on the table as they are, others would
not quickly agree with that decision.

But after all that has passed, I'm really not sure how constructive it
would be to reappoint James to the board at this point. This is a different
decision than the one to remove someone. You can disagree with removal, and
then also disagree with reappointment. I don't say it /shouldn't/ happen,
but I'm rather unsure about it. What we need right now at the WMF is a
functional board of trustees, and forcing someone down their throat would
probably take away energy and attention to what they should really focus
on.

I also don't think there is any agreement on 'never remove a community
trustee'. I do feel there is agreement that the process is flawed, and
needs improvement. There are many people who asked for an additional step
in that process. I'm not so sure if that is legally possible without
turning the structure of the WMF upside down.

The elimination of the Founder seat, I'm also not so certain there is broad
agreement. There are doubts though, for sure. And there is also no broad
agreement to keep the seat as it is.

And finally, yes, I do think there are many people who want to 'truly
elect' community representatives. But again, I'm uncertain whether that is
legally possible without turning the structure of the WMF upside down. In a
foundation, the board has the ultimate authority, so to include a rule that
delegates that authority to an vaguely defined group of people is...
tricky.

As many of these points are tricky, legally speaking, I would rather
suggest to re-evaluate the setup of the WMF in general, and take these
points as part of that process. Lets do that after the ED search is at
least well underway. These processes tend to take more energy than you
expect. And there's no board approval necessary to make a proposal from
community input of course!

Lodewijk

2016-05-09 5:41 GMT+02:00 Gerard Meijssen :

> Hoi,
> Sorry Pete, there is not.
> Thanks,
>  GerardM
>
> On 9 May 2016 at 01:30, Pete Forsyth  wrote:
>
> > Keegan, thank you for clarifying; I understand better now. I agree about
> > the dynamics; I wouldn't say Jimmy Wales' role on the Board is unrelated,
> > though, as Denny's message was intended to shed light on a dynamic that
> has
> > clearly involved Jimmy Wales in a central role.
> >
> > All:
> >
> > It seems (as is often the case) that we have gotten a little off track
> with
> > some details, where there is some disagreement; but I suspect there is a
> > pretty high degree of agreement on most of the steps Todd recommended
> > above. I'll summarize them again here:
> >
> >
> >1. Restore James Heilman to the board (in Denny's now vacant seat)
> >2. Never remove a community trustee
> >3. Eliminate Founder's Seat, with various future possibilities for
> Jimmy
> >Wales' role.
> >4. (expressed as optional) Make Community seats truly elected;
> increase
> >number.
> >
> > I pretty much agree with all of this, and I feel it would be helpful if
> > others would briefly state if they do too. My comments:
> >
> > 1. We'd be lucky if James Heilman stays willing to serve. He was a good
> > trustee to begin with, and it seems apparent the reasons for his removal
> > were vastly insufficient. Jimmy and Denny have both made various efforts
> to
> > justify the decision, which is appreciated, but I find the results
> entirely
> > lacking. Guy Kawasaki, Frieda Brioschi, Alice Wiegand, and Patricio
> Lorente
> > remain on the board, but have said almost nothing on the topic. At least
> > one trustee has stated that he "voted with the majority" as though that
> is
> > compatible with good governance (which it obviously isn't, as no trustee
> > should be able to know others' votes for certain prior to deciding their
> > own); and as though the upgrade from "majority" to "two-thirds majority"
> > (required under Florida law for not-for-cause removal) isn't significant.
> >
> > 2. I agree with both Dariusz and James. I don't see an explicit need for
> > changes to policy, but some articulation of process, or commentary on
> what
> > kind of things could trigger expulsion could be very helpful.
> >
> > 3. Eliminate Founder's Seat: Yes. The board should vote to remove Jimmy
> > Wales from the Founder's Seat (because there is still more than 2.5 years
> > left in his term), and should vote to eliminate the Founder's Seat. What
> > happens after is a separate question; a special advisory role seems ideal
> > to me. These steps are easily accomplished. It's hard for me to imagine
> how
> > a trustee could persuade him or herself that Jimmy's continued presence
> in
> > the privileged Founder's Seat is in the best interests of the Wikimedia
> > Foun

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

[Michael Jahn]

Great messaging, btw! I had a good laugh reading the banner headline.
Curious to hear about your experience.
Michael

2016-05-06 18:34 GMT+02:00 Joseph Seddon :

> Greetings all,
>
> I wanted to give you a heads up about a small test WMF Online Fundraising
> will be running over this weekend. Following a suggestion from
> User:Wittylama we are for the first time going to be testing fundraiser
> banners that are content specific. [1]
>
> From now until Monday 9th May we will be running an A/B test strictly on
> articles relating to Game of Thrones [2] and only within the United States.
> The reason being its huge popular appeal and expected spikes of traffic to
> related articles during the airing of the next episode this Sunday . This
> is the first test of its kind so we are being reasonable in our
> expectations. It's hoped that this sort of specific messaging will allow us
> to engage with our readership a little better through our fundraising and
> in time provide alternatives to our standard messaging.
>
> The banner we are testing [3] has gone through several iterations and we
> are trying to strike that fine line between engaging with our readers by
> being content specific but at the same time avoiding being seen as
> advertising or overt endorsement. There were certainly some more
> extravagant ideas but we have gone with the more conservative option for
> now.
>
> If you have any ideas you would like to suggest about either our process or
> banner ideas feel free to contribute on our fundraising ideas page. [4]
>
> It is my plan going forward to provide more regular updates about our
> testing and the results we find from it. What form that takes and where I
> post those I'll decide in the coming weeks and will update you then.
>
> Hope you all have a great weekend.
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2015-16_Fundraising_ideas#Related_content_banners
> [2] http://pastebin.com/M8AjB1tk
> [3]
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones?force=1&country=US&banner=B1516_0506_enUS_dsk_p1_lg_got_got
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2015-16_Fundraising_ideas
>
> --
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>
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> *Wikimedia Foundation*
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