Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Avoiding sensory overload at Wikimedia Events

[Philippe Beaudette]

When I was at the WMF, one of the things that I most appreciated about
Gayle, our CTCO at the time, was that she always made sure there were
spaces where I, or other deep introverts, could go to reset.  What I liked
about it was that she always had them adjacent to the main activities - for
instance, I could go to a corner of the main area and be alone while
listening to the speaker, as opposed to being surrounded by coworkers at a
table.  I could still engage, but could do it in an area of relative calm.
I would encourage that type of thinking - not just a "total disconnect and
withdraw" model.

Philippe

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:39 AM Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l <
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi Michelle,
>
>  during the francophone wikiconvention we had a special calm room for
> people who need to retire a moment from the crowd because of special needs
> they could have. We were asked also not to come nearby with perfumes and
> other sensory distractions.
>
> A calm room for other people (breastfeeding moms, tired or stressed out
> speakers ect), anybody needing a little rest would be real cool I think.
>
> Also we were given advice at the beginning of the convention that we
> should not force people to present themselves in a group and accept the
> idea of touching people can be felt as being intrusive for some.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Natacha / Nattes à chat
>
> > Le 15 oct. 2018 à 15:38, Michelle Boon  a écrit :
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Like many other affiliates, Wikimedia Nederland hosts several events per
> > year. We do our best to make these events an inclusive and pleasant
> > environment for all participants.
> >
> > Last summer, there was a mail thread on Wikimedia-l
> > <
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-August/090914.html>
> > on sensory overload  at
> > Wikimedia events. We would like to learn how we can adapt our events to
> > support people who experience sensory overload during events. With this
> we
> > hope to create a safe and pleasant environment for all.
> >
> > In order to learn, we want to hear from you. We therefore made a page
> > <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Nederland/Organising_events:_avoiding_sensory_overload
> >with
> > more information about this initiative. On the talkpage
> > <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Nederland/Organising_events:_avoiding_sensory_overload
> >there
> > is room for sharing ideas and experiences, and discussing  potential
> > solutions.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Michelle Boon
> > Event Organiser & Community Support
> > Wikimedia Nederland
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Avoiding sensory overload at Wikimedia Events

[Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l]

Hi Michelle,

 during the francophone wikiconvention we had a special calm room for people 
who need to retire a moment from the crowd because of special needs they could 
have. We were asked also not to come nearby with perfumes and other sensory 
distractions. 

A calm room for other people (breastfeeding moms, tired or stressed out 
speakers ect), anybody needing a little rest would be real cool I think. 

Also we were given advice at the beginning of the convention that we should not 
force people to present themselves in a group and accept the idea of touching 
people can be felt as being intrusive for some. 

Kind regards,

Natacha / Nattes à chat

> Le 15 oct. 2018 à 15:38, Michelle Boon  a écrit :
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Like many other affiliates, Wikimedia Nederland hosts several events per
> year. We do our best to make these events an inclusive and pleasant
> environment for all participants.
> 
> Last summer, there was a mail thread on Wikimedia-l
> 
> on sensory overload  at
> Wikimedia events. We would like to learn how we can adapt our events to
> support people who experience sensory overload during events. With this we
> hope to create a safe and pleasant environment for all.
> 
> In order to learn, we want to hear from you. We therefore made a page
> with
> more information about this initiative. On the talkpage
> there
> is room for sharing ideas and experiences, and discussing  potential
> solutions.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Michelle Boon
> Event Organiser & Community Support
> Wikimedia Nederland
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board of Trustees November 2018 meeting agenda

[Chuck Roslof]

Hi all,

The agenda for the next Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees meeting, on
November 9-11, 2018, is now available on Meta-Wiki:
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[Wikimedia-l] REMINDER: Invitation to the October 2018 Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting: Thursday, October 25th, 18:00 UTC

[Greg Varnum]

Hello everyone,

Reminder that this month’s Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting will begin in 
approximately 30 minutes.

The “To be determined” slot will be an "Update from the Wikimedia Foundation 
Executive Director”.

I hope that you are able to join us, or watch the video on Wikimedia Commons 
(or YouTube) later.


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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Gregory Varnum 
> Subject: Invitation to the October 2018 Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting: 
> Thursday, October 25th, 18:00 UTC
> Date: October 22, 2018 at 10:46:48 PM PDT
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List , 
> WikimediaAnnounce-l , "Staff (All)" 
> 
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> The next Wikimedia Monthly Activities meeting will take place on Thursday, 
> October 25th, 2018 at 6:00 PM UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is 
> #wikimedia-office on https://webchat.freenode.net 
> , and the meeting will be broadcast as a live 
> YouTube stream:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J86J8N1gExk 
> . We’ll post the video recording 
> publicly after the meeting.
> 
> During the October 2018 meeting, we will have an update on the movement, 
> Wikimedia 2030 status update, a presentation on values, principles and 
> methods, and more.
> 
> Meeting agenda:
> Welcome and introduction to agenda - 2 minutes
> Movement update - 3 minutes
> Values, Principles, and Methods, oh my! - 10 minutes
> Wikimedia 2030 status update and opportunities to participate - 20 minutes
> Update from the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director - 5-10 minutes
> Questions and discussion - 10 minutes
> Wikilove - 5 minutes
> 
> Please review the meeting's Meta-Wiki page for further information about the 
> meeting and how to participate:
> 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings 
> 
> 
> The November 2018 and December 2018 monthly activities meetings will be 
> combined and will take place on Thursday, December 6th, starting at 19:00 UTC 
> (11:00 Pacific Daylight Time). If you would like to sign up to participate, 
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> 
> 
> 
> Thank you,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Invitation to the October 2018 Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting: Thursday, October 25th, 18:00 UTC

[Sasha Redkina]

REMINDER: This meeting starts in 30 minutes.Updated agenda in the
original email.

Sasha Redkina
Front Office Coordinator
*The Wikimedia Foundation*
www.wikimediafoundation.org


On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:47 PM Gregory Varnum 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> The next Wikimedia Monthly Activities meeting will take place on Thursday,
> October 25th, 2018 at 6:00 PM UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is
> #wikimedia-office on https://webchat.freenode.net, and the meeting will
> be broadcast as a live YouTube stream:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J86J8N1gExk. We’ll post the video
> recording publicly after the meeting.
>
> During the October 2018 meeting, we will have an update on the movement,
> Wikimedia 2030 status update, a presentation on values, principles and
> methods, and more.
>
> Meeting agenda:
> Welcome and introduction to agenda - 2 minutes
> Movement update - 3 minutes
> Values, Principles, and Methods, oh my! - 10 minutes
> Wikimedia 2030 status update and opportunities to participate - 20 minutes
> Update from the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director - 10 minutes
> Questions and discussion - 10 minutes
> Wikilove - 5 minutes
>
> Please review the meeting's Meta-Wiki page for further information about
> the meeting and how to participate:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings
>
> The November 2018 and December 2018 monthly activities meetings will be
> combined and will take place on Thursday, December 6th, starting at 19:00
> UTC (11:00 Pacific Daylight Time). If you would like to sign up to
> participate, please visit:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings/Sign_up
>
>
> Thank you,
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Avoiding sensory overload at Wikimedia Events

[Michelle Boon]

Dear all,

Like many other affiliates, Wikimedia Nederland hosts several events per
year. We do our best to make these events an inclusive and pleasant
environment for all participants.

Last summer, there was a mail thread on Wikimedia-l

on sensory overload  at
Wikimedia events. We would like to learn how we can adapt our events to
support people who experience sensory overload during events. With this we
hope to create a safe and pleasant environment for all.

In order to learn, we want to hear from you. We therefore made a page
with
more information about this initiative. On the talkpage
there
is room for sharing ideas and experiences, and discussing  potential
solutions.

Kind Regards,

Michelle Boon
Event Organiser & Community Support
Wikimedia Nederland
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal regarding norms for meeting/deadline announcements

[Jan Ainali]

I do agree with Rehman, that would help a lot.

Jan Ainali


Den tis 16 okt. 2018 kl 04:19 skrev Rehman Abubakr <
rehman.wikime...@live.com>:

> Hello Pine,
>
>
> Since we're on the topic of mailing list norms, may I also suggest that we
> please do not copy the entire mailing list for any one-to-one well wishes
> as well?
>
>
> Example: "Congrats" messages to various topics like project completed, new
> affiliate, edit count, or whatsoever. Certain times, more than half of my
> mailbox are simply a pile-up of one-to-one congratulatory messages that
> really doesn't concern 99% of the readers. Maybe those can be sent
> direct/off-list?
>
>
> Sorry to somewhat change the topic. But I feel this needs to be said
> somewhere, and it might as well be here. :)
>
>
>
> Yours truly,
>
> User:Rehman
>
>
> 
> From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf of
> Pine W 
> Sent: 16 October 2018 02:19
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List; wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal regarding norms for meeting/deadline
> announcements
>
> Hi Wikimedia-l and Wikitech-l,
>
> Keeping in mind the large numbers of subscribers on some Wikimedia email
> lists, the endless valuable uses for the time of knowledgeable volunteer
> Wikimedians, the significant financial costs for the time of many of the
> staff and contractors on these mailing lists, and how packed calendars can
> be, I propose that we implement a few social norms/guidelines for
> Wikimedia-l and Wikitech-l in particular.
>
> 1. When planning to have a one-time public meeting, announce it at least 14
> days in advance to give everyone who might like to participate that much
> lead time to clear space on their calendars. Rarely is a one-time public
> meeting so urgent that it cannot wait 14 days from the day that it is
> announced.
>
> 2. Send a maximum of one reminder email regarding a one-time public
> meeting, and also send a maximum of one reminder email regarding events
> with deadlines such as Wikimania scholarship submissions or conference
> presentation proposals. More than one reminder about a meeting or deadline
> is excessive.
>
> 3. If extending a deadline, send only an announcement of the extension with
> no additional reminder.
>
> 4. Send only one email to announce a recurring weekly meeting, with no
> additional reminders. Meetings which recur less often, such as biweekly or
> monthly, may continue to be announced with one additional reminder.
>
> At this time these are proposals only. Comments are welcome. If the
> comments become extensive then I may request that we move the conversation
> to Meta.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Pine
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[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - October 2018

[Joseph Seddon]

Hey All

The end of the year is extremely productive, rewarding and very busy for
the Wikimedia Fundraising team with fundraising occurring in 14 countries
and 4 languages. Just a quick update on our fundraising activities.

===Online Fundraising===

   -

   We were originally scheduled to run a fundraising Campaign in JAPAN
   through September. Following the landfall of Typhoon Jebi, and extensive
   damage to the country, we as a team decided to delay the fundraising
   campaign to the first half of 2019.



   -

   Since the beginning of October we have been running our desktop
   fundraising banners in FRANCE. Mobile launched on Tuesday 9th. The banner
   campaign is scheduled to run to the end of October.



   -

   During the months of October and November we are also ramping up our
   preparations for our main English fundraising banner campaign in USA,
   CANADA, UK, IRELAND, NEW ZEALAND and AUSTRALIA. As with previous years,
   that means running banners on English Wikipedia and emailing past donors.



   -

   Regular banner testing will continue and intensify through the months of
   October and November. This testing consists of a series of single and multi
   hour tests and will increase in cadence as we get closer to December. We do
   this to explore new ideas, test systems, improve workflows etc all in time
   for the busiest period of the year. As previous years, the main push will
   begin on or around Giving Tuesday, November 27.[1] We will look to
   fundraise through the month of December.



   -

   E-mail fundraising in these countries has already begun where we ask
   previous donors to reaffirm their support to Wikimedia. Just like the
   banner campaign, we extensively test our appeals. The email campaign
   started over the last week and will continue steadily through the rest of
   this calendar year.



   -

   Another upcoming campaign will be Latin America consisting of BRAZIL,
   PERU, URUGUAY, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, CHILE, COLOMBIA. We have worked closely
   with the Iberocoop communities and affiliates in these areas to localise
   the banner language. This campaign will be using a slightly different
   format, running at a low percentage of page views and over a longer time
   period. We are excited to see how this improves the effects of the campaign
   on both community and the fundraising team.


===Major Gifts and Endowment===

   -

   This week we announced a $2 million gift to the Wikimedia Endowment from
   George Soros, founder of the Open Society Foundation. [2]
   -

   Also announced recently, Amazon recently gave $1 million to the
   Wikimedia Endowment. This is an important acknowledgement by the Internet
   retailer of the need for the future sustainability of the Wikimedia
   Projects. [3]
   -

   Since the launch of the endowment in January 2016,  the endowment has
   raised over $27.5 million from generous donors, philanthropists, and
   Wikimedia community members.



There are a number of ways you can help support the fundraiser:


   -

   Have specific ideas or stories we should tell via social media, banners,
   emails etc.? We’re also looking for nice images, if you could point us to
   your favorites from Commons. Please add them to our fundraising ideas page.
   [4]


   -

   If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please create a
   Phabricator ticket. [5]


   -

   If you see a donor on a talk page, OTRS, or social media with questions
   about donating or having difficulties in the donation process, please refer
   them to donate{{at}}wikimedia.org.


We look forward to working with you all in the coming weeks.

Many thanks

-- 

Seddon

Advancement Associate (Community Engagement)

Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giving_Tuesday

[2]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/09/25/amazon-gift-wikimedia-endowment/

[3]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/10/15/george-soros-invests-future-free-open-knowledge/

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2018-19_Fundraising_ideas
[5]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?template=118862


-- 
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*Community and Audience Engagement Associate*
*Advancement (Fundraising), Wikimedia Foundation*
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