Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikipedia 20] Rapid Grant survey

2020-10-02 Thread ruby damenshie-brown 
Hello Samir,

I want to make an enquiry on behalf of Open Foundation West Africa.
We will be glad to host a Wikipedia birthday event at our end but what we
want to be sure is that we have a SAPG grant do we still have to apply for
the rapid grant or we should spend from our miscellaneous budget.

We will be glad to know your advice on this.

Regards,
Ruby D-Brown
Administrative Executive

On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 9:06 PM Samir Elsharbaty 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> (Apologies for cross-posting.)
>
> As part of the upcoming celebrations surrounding Wikipedia's 20th
> birthday[1], the Wikimedia Foundation is publishing a short optional
> survey[2] that will help us understand the needs of people who would like
> to host a birthday event. The survey is expected to take three to five
> minutes to fill in and will remain open until 23:59 UTC on Wednesday, 30
> September 2020.
>
> Before taking the survey, please review the privacy statement policy[3].
>
> We would also like to announce that the Foundation will be supporting
> Wikipedia 20 anniversary celebration events through multiple grant
> programs:
>
> * Rapid Grants[4] to support celebration events up to 2000 USD.
>
> * Additional funding for Conference & Events grantees (e.g. for a regional
> or thematic conference) who wish to incorporate a celebration event to an
> existing conference.
>
> * Conference & Event Grants[5] to support celebration events for more than
> 2000 USD.*
>
> *Round one applications for conference & event grants [5] is now open until
> 28 September 2020.
>
> On behalf of the Wikipedia 20 team, Samir Elsharbaty
>
>
> [1] Wikipedia 20 meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20
>
> [2] Survey link:
> https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4GyxYcdRSSM5M8J
>
> [3] Privacy statement:
>
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_20_Community_Feedback_Survey_Privacy_Statement
>
> [4] Rapid grants page on meta:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
>
> [5] Conference grants page on meta:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference
>
> Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
>
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>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution to pause Movement Brand Project through March 2021

2020-10-02 Thread Olga Lidia Paredes Alcoreza 
Thank U!

El mié., 30 de septiembre de 2020 15:55, Zack McCune 
escribió:

> Thank you María!
>
> Following this Board resolution, the Brand Project team will be updating
> the project hub. [1]  We will also release the Naming Survey results as
> both a report and as the anonymized data by October 6. The publication of
> those materials will be shared on the project hub and announced here.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Zack, Essie, and Samir (the Brand Project team)
>
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:51 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga <
> galder...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for hearing the voices, María and members of the board.
> >
> > Defining common goals is the best practice for reaching to the best
> > solution.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Galder
> > 
> > From: Wikimedia-l  on behalf of
> > María Sefidari 
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 9:47 PM
> > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org 
> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution to pause Movement Brand Project through
> > March 2021
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, following the recommendation
> of
> > staff, has resolved to pause the Movement Brand Project until the next
> > calendar year.[1] We recognize that much of the Wikimedia movement’s
> > activities, events, and key collaborations have been put on hold or
> > restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we have received formal
> > requests to pause Movement Brand Project activities to reflect this
> > need.[2]
> >
> > The Board remains persuaded that there is potential value in making
> change
> > to our branding system in service of our goals of engaging more people in
> > our mission. However, we also know that change moves at the speed of
> trust.
> > We have asked staff to meaningfully engage with community concerns and
> > address the request for equitable decision-making within the process. We
> > also ask members of the community to use this pause to consider how
> equity
> > may ask us to let go of some aspects of our past, in order to create
> space
> > for what could be. Making these decisions together, with so many
> passionate
> > perspectives, will be challenging, but building this capacity is
> essential
> > for how we grow together as a thriving global movement.
> >
> > In the meantime, we will establish a small ad-hoc Board committee to
> liaise
> > with staff, and develop a process of collaboration and decision-making
> > appropriate for the Movement’s brand. This committee will constitute
> > Trustees James Heilman, Raju Narisetti, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov. We
> > hope and intend for this committee to include a small number of community
> > representatives from affiliates, open letter signatories, and emerging
> > communities, and Foundation staff to be designated by the Executive
> > Director. We’ll update you with more details on the committee soon.
> >
> > In 2021, using insights and recommendations gleaned through the ad-hoc
> > committee, the Brand Project team will restart collaboration and
> > communicate next steps accordingly. This resolution was ratified on
> > September 24, 2020.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > María Sefidari
> >
> > [1]
> >
> >
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Pause_of_Brand_Development_Work
> >
> > [2]  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > María Sefidari Huici
> >
> > Chair of the Board
> >
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[Wikimedia-l] Discover the itWikiCon 2020 program (with Jimbo Wales and Katherine Maher) and propose a poster

2020-10-02 Thread Ferdinando Traversa 
Dear all, 
We gladly announce that the itWikiCon 2020 program is now available on 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ItWikiCon/2020/Programma 

You can take a look and get ready to follow your favorite sessions (remember 
that the presentations will be freely accessible to all, while for the 
interactive activities there will be a technical limit of participants). The 
event will take place on October 24th and 25th. 

You can also propose a virtual poster (which can also be an image or a video) 
until October 8th following some simple instructions on 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ItWikiCon/2020/Poster 


We are also happy to announce that we will have as special guests Jimbo Wales, 
founder of Wikipedia, Katherine Maher, executive director of Wikimedia 
Foundation, and Alessandro Barbero, Italian historian. We have the opportunity 
to ask them questions and your proposals are welcome: suggest questions for the 
aforementioned guests right on 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ItWikiCon/2020/Ospiti 


Thanks for your attention and see you soon at itWikiCon!

Ferdinando
(User:Ferdi2005)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2020

2020-10-02 Thread Rajeeb 
Thanks Kiril for the mail and update, we are almost going to start less
than an hour.Friday, 2 October- *16:00 - 16:30 (UTC)/**18:00 - 18:30
(CEST)/**19:00 - 19:30 (EEST)*

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2020/Programme

Looking ahead for a successful event.

Namaste,

Rajeeb.
(U:Marajozkee).

On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 at 02:07, Shani Evenstein  wrote:

>  Thanks for the reminder, Kiril. Looks like a really great online program!
>
> Good luck to all the speakers and looking forward to CEEing some of you
> there. :)
>
> Shani.
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 11:06 PM Kiril Simeonovski <
> kiril.simeonov...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I would like to inform you that we are almost at the onset of the
> Wikimedia
> > CEE Online Meeting 2020
> > ,
> which
> > will take place from 2–4 October. We have prepared a conference programme
> > with a variety of topics covered by speakers from all around the world
> (the
> > schedule is available on the following link
> > <
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2020/Programme#Schedule
> > >
> > ).
> >
> > Considering that this is an online event, the registration will be open
> > until *2 October at 12:00 (UTC)*. You can find more instructions
> regarding
> > the registration on this page
> > <
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Online_Meeting_2020/Participants/List
> > >
> > .
> >
> > This is a one-time opportunity for non-CEE Wikimedians to attend the
> > Wikimedia CEE Meeting. Don't miss it!
> >
> > Stay safe and healthy!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Kiril Simeonovski
> > Chair of the Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2020 organising committee
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates from Wikimedia Foundation Board

2020-10-02 Thread Philip Kopetzky 
Hi,

it is a bit puzzling to see an expansion of the WMF Board of Trustess at a
time where the start of implementing a global council is not far off. Right
now I can't see how these two directions will merge into one, especially
since the 2030 strategy does not make an appearance in this statement at
all.

Best,
Philip

On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 at 22:06, Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Dear Nataliia  --
>
> Any update on the first two points?
>
> Does the BGC
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee
> >
> recommend a Bylaws update or an election this calendar year?
> Posting minutes  for the
> last 3 meetings would be, as ever, welcome.
>
> Warmly, Sam
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