Re: [Wikimedia-l] The other side of the crisis at WMFR
One must have the courage of one's words and assume them. There is a very simple way of knowing who is lying: can Sylvain publish the letter in question? I will be really interested to see when he was punished for "having a girlfriend". Furthermore, I can't agree more with Craig and as I said, what a shame to expose all of this here publicly. But be sure that when I'll stop to read false statements or that I'm providing "alternative facts", I won't need anymore to write here. Cheers, -- Emeric Vallespi 2017-11-24 3:34 GMT+01:00 Craig Franklin <cfrank...@halonetwork.net>: > Can I suggest to all parties that, as was the case last time this came up > here, raking this conflict over the coals here on a mailing list where very > few of us have direct knowledge of the situation, or the power to do > anything about it in any case, is probably not helpful for anyone? I am > especially uncomfortable at the notion of the discussion of people's HR > records and personal lives in a public forum such as this. > > Cheers, > Craig > > On 24 November 2017 at 06:23, Xavier Combelle <xavier.combe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Emeric, > > > > When you say, that no sanction has filed his HR record, you are half or > > completely lying. > > The existence of a "rappel à l'ordre" (warning) > > is an argument which can support fire someone of the staff so it should > > be in a HR record. > > > > In the same way Sylvain never said he is writing his email on behalf of > > an union of the employees of Wikimedia France > > but that he is the representative of the the employees of Wikimedia > > France which is plenty true. > > > > From the whole wikimedia france, movement, during the #wmfrgate, it was > > only you Emeric and the old direction as a whole > > that your declaration don't match the facts or your subsequent > > declaration, as it it happened during the #bandeaugate in summer last > year. > > > > I have still to see the said "lies" from your opponent which contradicts > > other public information (apart the words of you and the old direction) > > > > Xavier Combelle > > > > Le 23/11/2017 à 20:54, Emeric Vallespi a écrit : > > > Sylvain, > > > > > > I have to answer to your email where you’re especially lying. > > > You say that you’re writing on behalf of a union section of the > > employees of Wikimedia France but I’m personally curious to know the > weight > > of this union section. My question is actually: who else is represented > by > > your email, if not yourself? > > > > > > Moreover, you’re saying that you received a « warning » (?) because you > > had a girlfriend. Is it serious? > > > Your employer asked you to distinguish professional time and personal > > time. Indeed, you were reminded that you had to dedicate your work hours > to > > the missions that were devoted to you and not to solve problems related > to > > your personal life, especially if it interferes with organization’s > > activities and governance. It is also you who came, on your own, to tell > us > > about the complexity of your personal and relationship situation in order > > to benefit of professional arrangements. The direction never looked for, > > nor asked, any information on this subject. > > > > > > You’re mentioning the cancellation of the letter. Since, to my > > knowledge, no sanction has been filed to your HR record, I do not really > > see what have been canceled. > > > I can understand that supporting your new board of trustees, involved > in > > the governance issues and in the criminal complaints filed is critical to > > show your loyalty. > > > > > > Do you know how impatient am I to discover your next fable? I guess the > > only one never mentioned yet is maybe about a murder or something > (although > > a streetfight scenario has already been invented x’D). > > > > > > I think it was important to re-explain all those points so that the > > community, which is - again - unnecessarily taken as witness, is not > > deceived by a scenario built from scratch. > > > Again, to discredit the movement by such erroneous but public > > accusations still shows that only personal interests and vainness matter > in > > this conflict with some people. > > > > > > For months, several lies have been told by different people. Because > the > > Wikimedia community protect itself and its members by harassing and > > defaming people who question the probity and integrity of some of its > &
Re: [Wikimedia-l] The other side of the crisis at WMFR
Sylvain, I have to answer to your email where you’re especially lying. You say that you’re writing on behalf of a union section of the employees of Wikimedia France but I’m personally curious to know the weight of this union section. My question is actually: who else is represented by your email, if not yourself? Moreover, you’re saying that you received a « warning » (?) because you had a girlfriend. Is it serious? Your employer asked you to distinguish professional time and personal time. Indeed, you were reminded that you had to dedicate your work hours to the missions that were devoted to you and not to solve problems related to your personal life, especially if it interferes with organization’s activities and governance. It is also you who came, on your own, to tell us about the complexity of your personal and relationship situation in order to benefit of professional arrangements. The direction never looked for, nor asked, any information on this subject. You’re mentioning the cancellation of the letter. Since, to my knowledge, no sanction has been filed to your HR record, I do not really see what have been canceled. I can understand that supporting your new board of trustees, involved in the governance issues and in the criminal complaints filed is critical to show your loyalty. Do you know how impatient am I to discover your next fable? I guess the only one never mentioned yet is maybe about a murder or something (although a streetfight scenario has already been invented x’D). I think it was important to re-explain all those points so that the community, which is - again - unnecessarily taken as witness, is not deceived by a scenario built from scratch. Again, to discredit the movement by such erroneous but public accusations still shows that only personal interests and vainness matter in this conflict with some people. For months, several lies have been told by different people. Because the Wikimedia community protect itself and its members by harassing and defaming people who question the probity and integrity of some of its members doesn’t make of this lies the truth. Best regards to all of you, -- Emeric Vallespi > On 22 Nov 2017, at 13:37, Sylvain Boissel <sylvain.bois...@wikimedia.fr> > wrote: > > Hi Katherine, > > 2017-10-19 23:19 GMT+02:00 Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org>: > >> [...] > >> We are committed to working with the new Wikimédia France conseil >> d’administration (governing board) to support the French community as they >> work to address and resolve these and other outstanding issues. The >> Wikimedia Foundation and the new leadership of Wikimédia France are already >> cooperating to address the governance-related concerns raised by the >> volunteer Funds Dissemination Committee in the first half of 2017. As part >> of this work, we have encouraged them to review how they will independently >> handle claims of harassment in the future. The Wikimedia Foundation and >> Wikimédia France share a common goal: a healthy, welcoming, respectful, >> inclusive Wikimedia community in France. >> >> I know I am not alone in my dismay for how these events have unfolded. Many >> dedicated, good-faith members of the French community, including current >> community members and present and former Wikimédia France board and staff >> members, have experienced distress and anxiety over recent months. Those >> outside of the community have watched with dismay as our peers and friends >> have found themselves disoriented, distressed, alienated, or at odds with >> one another. And yet we also know that many in France now feel a renewed >> sense of purpose for building the healthy and welcoming community we all >> desire. > > As the representative of the local branch of the labor union > ASSO-Solidaires at Wikimédia France, I wanted to thank you and the WMF > staff members who took part in the site visit in Paris in July (namely > Katy Love, Winifred Olliff, Stephen Laporte and James Baldwin) for hearing > the distress of the staff members at a time when Wikimédia France's board > plainly refused to discuss with the staff. > > I also wanted to confirm that things are getting better with the new board > elected in September. > > I cannot speak about what my coworkers went through without asking them > first, but I can share an example from my own story: in February, I was > issued a « rappel à l'ordre » (warning) by the former direction and > board, accusing > me of disloyalty to the chapter because I had a girlfriend. It was > cancelled this month by the new board, and this is a huge relief to me. > > Best regards, > Sylvain. > > -- > *Sylvain Boissel* > Délégué du personnel et Responsable de la section syndicale ASSO-S
Re: [Wikimedia-l] The other side of the crisis at WMFR
Katherine, Your answer is particularly shocking. Which right has the Foundation to feel legitimate in order to describe the situation experienced by Nathalie Martin or by other people? Only a judge can. The movement organization does not take precedence over the laws of the countries. You rely on a single document (a letter) to judge that there is no moral or sexual harassment? What about the criminal complaint? And the medical leaves? And the testimonies attached to the complaint? These other elements were not taken into account, why? The Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation ridiculed himself in the press [0] when he said that he had discovered yesterday the reproaches that were addressed to him as well as the complaint. His lawyer even tried to make it appear that the complaint had never been filed. Even though this whole situation has been known by the Wikimedia Foundation for months! Mockery reaches its top with your so-called measures. In case you do not know Katherine, in France independent lawyers do not exist. Judges are independent, not lawyers. The lawyers you have appointed have been paid by the Foundation. They *only* interviewed the defendant. In these conditions, how could the outcome not be favorable to his version? You did not answer any of my previous questions: Why did not the Wikimedia Foundation hear Nathalie Martin at her request? Just to have her version of the facts, it would have been - maybe ... - a good idea. Why did the experts who were supposed to conduct an adversarial investigation not discussed with Nathalie or Marie-Alice? Would not that have been the least of the things? Why did not they hear the board of trustees’ member? Why did you refuse to organize, as you (or your representatives) were offered, a confrontation between complainant/defendant? Why fear so much to hear the version of Nathalie? You have witnessed what Marie-Alice and Nathalie have experienced with social media as well as on the mailing-list you're hosting. You've done absolutely nothing to protect them. You're mentioning complaints that have been filed to the Support and Safety committee, which has no legal existence in the real world (outside of the movement). I am talking about real criminal complaints in a police station. Whether you can compare the two shows your total unconsciousness. Again, the role of the Wikimedia Foundation is not to determine whether the current Chair is guilty or innocent. Nor whether the acts are sexual or moral harassment. Your role, as an organization, is, to a minimum, to hear the victims and to ensure their protection. You have undertaken everything to mask this situation in order to guarantee your tranquility. It is a shame for a movement that wants to be humanistic. Regards, -- Emeric Vallespi 2017-10-19 23:19 GMT+02:00 Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org>: > Everyone, > > The past six months have been a complex and troubling time for our > community in France. Let me be absolutely clear, with no confusion or > ambiguity, that the Wikimedia Foundation condemns harassment. We take all > harassment claims seriously, investigate them promptly, and take the > appropriate action to enforce our policies whenever necessary. My goal here > today is to provide more information about the actions of the Wikimedia > Foundation, the principles to which we adhere, and the situation in which > our movement finds itself. > > As many of you know, there have been months of discussion within the French > Wikimedia community, independent committees and governance bodies, and the > Wikimedia Foundation about the governance and operations of Wikimédia > France. During this time, we have seen growing tensions between a number of > the former leaders of Wikimédia France and some members of the French > Wikimedia community. This situation created great strain on the French > community, former and current staff of Wikimédia France, and concerned > Wikimedia volunteers around the world. Much of this was documented by > community members[1] and in the press.[2] Over the past months the > Foundation has received formal and informal complaints alleging harassment > and other harmful behaviour, and we have enforced existing policies > whenever applicable. > > Recently, an individual associated with our movement published an essay > about the events in France on the blogging site Medium and shared that > essay with this list. It contained a number of deeply concerning > allegations of harassment. Let me first address the most troubling claims > of the recent essay—those regarding the Foundation’s handling of > allegations against the Wikimedia Foundation’s current Board Chair. > > In May of 2017 the Wikimedia Foundation was informed, in a letter and for > the first time, that the then-Executive Director of Wikimédia France was > alleging claims of harassment against the curren
Re: [Wikimedia-l] The other side of the crisis at WMFR
Dear Maria, Dear all, The Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees, the executive and the legal management of the Wikimedia Foundation have been informed of Nathalie Martin's complaint against her former employer now member of your board, and then of the criminal complaint against this same person (facts from his time in Wikimédia France and other from his time in your Board). It would have been logical for a board of trustees member to gather her testimony. No one has sought to make contact with her. Why? At the very least, the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees could have requested a copy of the complaint, as well as the various testimonies, so that they could study them and make their opinion. We had no solicitation. Why? From what I see, the Wikimedia Foundation has done everything to stifle the problem. Here is the only initiative WMF has taken: paid "independent lawyers" (a concept unknown to me…) to "question Christophe". He responded, to the general surprise, that there was no problem. Do you really feel that this is a serious investigation? Honestly? Why did not these lawyers also hear Nathalie? Why did these lawyers not ask questions to the Wikimédia France Board of trustees members? Only with the testimony of the defendant himself, the Wikimedia Foundation today states that there is no problem. ... During the site visit, Nathalie proposed to the Wikimedia Foundation representatives to organize a confrontation. Not only did she have a flat denial, but, moreover, it was replied that it must not be addressed. Why did the Wikimedia Foundation not accede to this request for confrontation? Not to know the truth which can be too embarrassing to assume? We have a movement employee who brilliantly held management responsibilities for 4 years (great longevity for an Executive Director…) who asked for help. And what is the answer of the movement, of the Wikimedia Foundation? Nothing. Nothing was undertaken to give her any kind of listening or help. Marie-Alice Mathis, who courageously expressed disapproval of the sexist harassment of Nathalie, was also harassed by community members. Nathalie and Marie-Alice suffered health damages and had medical leaves issued by real general practitioners. The Wikimedia Foundation was informed and what did you do? Nothing, or worst: two messages from your staff legitimizing the harassment and one from a member of your board who publicly stated against Wikimédia France without any prior contact with us. What kind of help or support did you offer to Marie-Alice? The outcome of the complaints is not even the issue at this stage and this is not my point (I’m not a judge as you or other community member think they are). The real problem is that today a man in the movement, if he has power position, can do absolutely everything he wants without any control. The problem is, despite all the empty values you’re communicating on, you legitimize whatever the community does. Because the community is the measure of all things. No objective process is foreseen to protect women (and more generally, people) or at least to hear them. Do you find this normal for a movement that advocates inclusiveness and respect? I’ve read an ardent defender of epicene style of writing who is accusing of lying other women because of their private then public declarations. Having no clue of what is in the procedure. Thank you for enlightening me about true fight with feminism. I’m glad that « We take all allegations of harassment seriously », but I can not endorse this functioning which goes against legality and simply against human values. N.B: English is not my native language, may you be as tolerant of my selected words or sentences construction as with harassing behavior. Thanks for your understanding. Regards, -- Emeric Vallespi > On 11 Oct 2017, at 19:54, María Sefidari <kewlshr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > We would like to specifically address the allegations related to harassment > in this thread’s original email. We take all allegations of harassment > seriously. Earlier this year, the Board of Trustees was informed that > allegations of harassment had been made against the Wikimedia Foundation > Board Chair dating back to his time as chair of Wikimédia France. We > immediately directed the Foundation to investigate. The Foundation employed > independent, external experts and conducted an investigation. Based on the > information presented, the investigation found no support for the > allegations. That conclusion was conveyed to the Wikimedia Foundation Board > as well as the chair of Wikimédia France. > > The Wikimedia Foundation remains committed to independent investigation if > presented with new information. Absent such information, we consider the > allegations to be without merit. > > > On behalf of the Board, > > > María
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMDE audited financial statements
Hello Nicole & everyone, Even if it looks like a formality for an organization like WMDE, congratulations to all your team! It's still hard work to comply and get that. Best, -- Emeric Vallespi Chairman Twitter @evallespi WIKIMEDIA FRANCE Association pour le libre partage de la connaissance www.wikimedia.fr 40 rue de clery, 75002 Paris > On 5 Apr 2017, at 20:24, Nicole Ebber <nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > > Dear all, > > We would like to let you know that WMDE has just received the audit of > our financial statement for the fiscal year 2016, which led to no > reservations from the auditing company. > > You can find the English version on Commons [1] as well as linked on > the reports page on Meta [2]. > > Best, > Nicole > > [1] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_DE_Audited_Financial_Statement_2016_English.pdf > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports > > > > > -- > Nicole Ebber > Adviser International Relations > Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. > V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts > Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig > anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, > Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > > ___ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. > For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > ___ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] WMFr's position about the movement strategy
Dear movement fellows, Wikimedia France held a board meeting the last week-end and, as we discussed about the movement strategy process which is on-going, we thought that it can be useful and important to share our point of views with you all. It will be our baseline for our participation in the whole process: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017#WMFr.27s_position Warm regards, -- Emeric Vallespi Chairman Twitter @evallespi WIKIMEDIA FRANCE Association pour le libre partage de la connaissance www.wikimedia.fr 40 rue de clery, 75002 Paris ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] [ASBS] Vote of Wikimédia France
** I already sent this email to the chapters/affiliates mailing list but I'm not sure all representatives subscribed to the list. Sorry for cross-posting ** Dear fellow wikimedians, After a resolution from the board, Wikimédia France has cast its vote for the Affiliate-Selected Board Seats. We believe we would share our reasoning behind in this venue. It was not an easy choice − this year election is blessed with a lot of strong candidates. Unsurprisingly (since we endorsed him), we placed Christophe Henner as #1. A volunteer for 12 years, and a Wikimédia France board member for 10 years, our current chair has again and again demonstrated his commitment to the movement and his leadership. Especially, he led the big transformation which Wikimédia France went through in 2013, in the midst of our governance crisis. Both as chair of Wikimedia France and now deputy CEO of a large organization, he acquired the experiences needed to deal with the situation WMF is going through now. We know he will be an asset to the Board of Trustees in these trying times. Our #2 is Nataliia Tymkiv. Since ~3 years she's in the Board of Wikimedia Ukraine, she proved abilities to structure her chapter, improve the financial, transparency and governance processes. She is also involved in the cooperation between several chapters − we continue to be thoroughly impressed by the activity in the CEE region, and we understand that she is a very active leader in this regional cooperation. Furthermore, her professional experience in NGO appears to us necessary for the next Board of the Wikimedia Foundation, in order to refocus the WMF on its commitment and goals about knowledge's free access. We believe these two candidates are complementary and can bring useful (soft)skills, backgrounds and experiences. Last but not least, both are supporters of the Wikimedia Cuteness Association and are commited to foster Cuteness in the movement! Other candidates seemed to us qualified for the job too and we discussed at length on how many candidates we should support. We finally chose to vote for only two candidates as there are two seats. What is often see as a crisis is also an opportunity for our movement. An opportunity to step back and consider who we are, what needs to be done to finally become the movement we all dream of. In our opinion, Nataliia and Christophe are the right fits to help us go down that road. To make our movement as great as the individuals who make it. Best regards, -- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr Mob. +33 6 61 15 13 12 <+33%206%2061%2015%2013%2012> | emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr Twitter: @evallespi ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: 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] A Massive Online Open Course about Wikipedia
Hello Wikimedians,
The French WikiMOOC is now over. And we had more than 6,000 registered users!
We are very happy and delighted with the results, not only by the number of
registered users but also because 36% of participants are women, and 19% live
in Africa. More than 1,000 accounts were created and around 300 articles.
The main goals of this MOOC was to have a scalable solution, to increase public
awareness and improve the diversity of contributors. We believe that we've
achieved these goals, and we believe it will be far easier with the next
versions as the frame and the contents are already here and the team knows how
to improve it.
I can't write this email without sending huge thanks to the contributors and
volunteers who had the inspiration with this great idea, then designed and
facilitated it, to the Wikimédia France's staff members who made it happens and
especially to Jules Xénard (User:Jules78120) who asked the help of our chapter,
led and coordinated it from the early stage to the end. [1]
Also, thanks to them, we are able to provide some resources about why and how
to do a WikiMOOC. Hoping it might be useful if other affiliates want to try, it
will for our next release, if we have enough time resources to do it again:
- The presentation and results in English on the Wikipedia project page :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Aide_et_accueil/WikiMOOC/Présentation/en
(en)
- A Learning Patterns:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Wiki_MOOC (en)
- The Wikipedia project page which hosts the whole documentation :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Aide_et_accueil/WikiMOOC (fr)
[1] : Credits ->
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Crédits_WikiMOOC.pdf
Thank you, to all of you who have supported us in this program!
Warmly,
--
Emeric Vallespi
Vice President
Wikimédia France
www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr
emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @evallespi
> On 17 Feb 2016, at 20:43, Sydney Poore <sydney.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That great to hear!
>
> Thanks for the update. Looking forward to hearing more as the course
> progresses.
>
> Sydney
>
> Sydney Poore
> User:FloNight
> Wikipedian in Residence
> at Cochrane Collaboration
>
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Christophe Henner <
> christophe.hen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> A quick update on this project, we've just crossed the 5 000 registered
>> students.
>>
>> We'll see how much will complete the course, but so far we're really happy
>> with this number :)
>>
>> Of course we'll share more insights once this program is over.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> --
>> Christophe
>>
>> On 14 December 2015 at 19:17, Emeric Vallespi <emeric.valle...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Rodrigo,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your support.
>>> Indeed, it is a course to understand and learn how to contribute to
>>> Wikipedia.
>>> That's why the Wikipedia community is involved.
>>>
>>> The Mooc platform ("FUN") seemed more adapted to conduct the course,
>>> manage inscriptions, release the different stages and support the
>> learners.
>>>
>>> The content is free licensed (as far as I know) and the Mooc platform
>>> allows to release the content even after the session.
>>>
>>> You can reach out to Jules (jules.xenard AT wikimedia.fr) if you have
>> any
>>> further questions.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Emeric
>>>
>>>>> On 14 Dec 2015, at 18:31, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton <
>>>> rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, but this a course, right? So Why did you not interact with
>>>> Wikibooks, and Wikiversity?
>>>>
>>>> On 14 December 2015 at 14:02, Berard Myriam <
>> myriam.ber...@wikimedia.fr>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> For a few months now, 15 French-speaking Wikipedia editors, supported
>> by
>>>>> Wikimédia France, have been working to design a Massive Online Open
>>> Course,
>>>>> to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and discover more about the
>> way
>>> it
>>>>> works.
>>>>>
>>>>> The WikiMOOC lasts for 5 weeks (with 2,5h of work/ week, including the
>>>>> duration of the courses). You can check out the project page on
>>> Wikipedia
>>>>> [1].
>>>>>
>>>>> The registration for this WikiMOOC opens today, on the FUN [2]
&
[Wikimedia-l] [FDC] Wikimédia France Annual Plan Grant - 2015-2016 R2
Dear Wikimedians, Since 2 years, Wikimédia France provides its "APG" proposal in advance on meta, even if some parts are still in progress and other require improvements. You'll find our proposal for the 2015-2016 Round 2 here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round2/Wikimédia_France/Proposal_form Our staff and volunteers are still working on the document. However, we publish it in advance to allow your feedback and proofread. If you want to help on these topics: you can fix minor errors, let us know if you noticed mistake(s), ask for clarification or suggest improvement(s). We'll do our best to implement your feedbacks and improve the proposal before the deadline, which is Friday 1st April. Moreover, if you have any questions about our programs for next year, please, ask :) Thanks to anyone who will help us to improve our proposal. Warmest regards, -- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr Mob. +33 6 61 15 13 12 | emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr Twitter: @evallespi ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: 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] A Massive Online Open Course about Wikipedia
Hello Rodrigo,
Thanks for your support.
Indeed, it is a course to understand and learn how to contribute to Wikipedia.
That's why the Wikipedia community is involved.
The Mooc platform ("FUN") seemed more adapted to conduct the course, manage
inscriptions, release the different stages and support the learners.
The content is free licensed (as far as I know) and the Mooc platform allows to
release the content even after the session.
You can reach out to Jules (jules.xenard AT wikimedia.fr) if you have any
further questions.
--
Emeric
> On 14 Dec 2015, at 18:31, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton
> wrote:
>
> Sorry, but this a course, right? So Why did you not interact with
> Wikibooks, and Wikiversity?
>
> On 14 December 2015 at 14:02, Berard Myriam
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> For a few months now, 15 French-speaking Wikipedia editors, supported by
>> Wikimédia France, have been working to design a Massive Online Open Course,
>> to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and discover more about the way it
>> works.
>>
>> The WikiMOOC lasts for 5 weeks (with 2,5h of work/ week, including the
>> duration of the courses). You can check out the project page on Wikipedia
>> [1].
>>
>> The registration for this WikiMOOC opens today, on the FUN [2] platform
>> (powered by the Ministry of Education and Research, in France) !
>>
>> The courses will start on February 22nd, 2016.
>>
>> Do not hesitate to share this information to all French-speaking
>> communities you might know of. Please, note that it is possible to stay
>> tuned via WikiMOOC's Twitter[3] and Facebook[4] accounts.
>>
>> Here is a short trailer about the WikiMOOC in French :) Enjoy ! [5]
>>
>> Please, feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions,
>>
>>
>> Jules Xénard jules.xen...@wikimedia.fr
>>
>> Wikimédia France
>>
>> [1] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:WikiMOOC
>>
>> [2]
>>
>> https://www.france-universite-numerique-mooc.fr/courses/WMFr/86001/session01/about
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>> [3] https://twitter.com/wikimooc
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimédia France] Practical Guide for local groups
Hi, Thanks to those who expressed their satisfactions ! We hope(d) that it would be useful for others, and if you are thinking about such a support way, we are glad you do not have to start from scratch. Just a request: please share then with us and we will be able to improve our :). @Sebastian: Unfortunately I'm not in Berlin this year. But you can reach out to Cyrille Bertin (our Fundraising Community engagement Special Advisor) or Anne-Laure Prevost (I think you know her, otherwise I recommend a meeting :) Both are CC'ed. Cheers, -- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr Mob. +33 6 61 15 13 12 | emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr Twitter: @evallespi On 11 May 2015, at 18:15, Sebastian Sooth sebastian.so...@wikimedia.de wrote: Hi Emeric, Wow, very nice guide! As Wikimedia Germany supports local groups and local hubs too, I would very happy to talk with you (and others interested) about our learnings and approaches. Currently our wikipages on this topic are in German only, but you can find some very compressed information in our recent impact report: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/Wikimedia_Deutschland_e.V./Impact_report_form#Implementing_the_New_Approach:_Local_Hubs Maybe we can have a short meetup on the topic of local groups during dinner at the WMDE space on Friday? Feel free to contact me directly - I would love to connect and share more about this issue. Mit besten Grüßen Sebastian Sooth -- Leiter Ideenförderung / Head of Idea Support Kontakt zum Team Ideenförderung: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Förderung#Kontakt Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wir unterstützen Ideen für Freies Wissen - und suchen Menschen, die Freies Wissen fördern. Im Ideenportal von Wikimedia: http://ideen.wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. 2015-05-11 11:49 GMT+02:00 Emeric Vallespi emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr: Dear fellow Wikimedians, Wikimédia France has just issued its first iteration of Practical Guide for Local Groups: you can find it on Meta both in French [1] and in English [2]. I hope the English version will allow us (Wikimedia stakeholders) to discuss and share about our different ways of supporting members/contributors. Consistent with Wikimédia France's strategy of regional development, the objective of such a guide is to improve and support the development of local groups, to inspire and make it easier for them to organize actions, get involved and maximize their empowerment. It’s a resource document, organized in 19 theme-based factsheets which can be updated independently when needed. As usual, if you have any questions/remarks, ideas of improvement or your own example of such a document, please get in touch with us. For those who will be at Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, you can discuss it over there. PS: On a more personal note, thank you to the team who led this impressive document production! [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_pratique http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_pratique [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_pratique/en http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_pratique/en Kind regards, -- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr Mob. +33 6 61 15 13 12 | emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr Twitter: @evallespi ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] [Wikimédia France] Practical Guide for local groups
Dear fellow Wikimedians, Wikimédia France has just issued its first iteration of Practical Guide for Local Groups: you can find it on Meta both in French [1] and in English [2]. I hope the English version will allow us (Wikimedia stakeholders) to discuss and share about our different ways of supporting members/contributors. Consistent with Wikimédia France's strategy of regional development, the objective of such a guide is to improve and support the development of local groups, to inspire and make it easier for them to organize actions, get involved and maximize their empowerment. It’s a resource document, organized in 19 theme-based factsheets which can be updated independently when needed. As usual, if you have any questions/remarks, ideas of improvement or your own example of such a document, please get in touch with us. For those who will be at Wikimedia Conference in Berlin, you can discuss it over there. PS: On a more personal note, thank you to the team who led this impressive document production! [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_pratique http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_pratique [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_pratique/en http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_pratique/en Kind regards, -- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr Mob. +33 6 61 15 13 12 | emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr Twitter: @evallespi ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] Wikimédia France travel policy Learning patterns
Dear movement fellows, After our Board handbook, we are pleased to share with you the Wikimédia France Travel policy (this time, in French and English!): (en) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Politique_de_voyage/en (fr) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Politique_de_voyage This document is the compilation and formalization of our expenses reimbursement's practices for several years. The main goal of this formalization is to clarify, for our various stakeholders in the organization, the expenses which can be reimbursed, the amounts, the conditions and the process. And because it's clearer we think that it's going to facilitate the volunteers involvement. Indeed, by knowing in advance if expenses can be covered, we are hoping that volunteers will take more initiatives to do projects, even if there is a cost. Of course, it facilitates the work of our treasurers and executive director who deal with the approval of expenses requests/reports, because the commons cases are anticipated in the policy, and now they have to intervene only for specific cases, which are less frequent. It is also ensuring a healthier governance: it clarifies the process of escalation if needed and it provides fairness for every requests' answers. Besides it allowed to define consensually the frame of reimbursements with different stakeholders. As it might be useful for other entities, we shared in a Learning Patternswhy we think it's useful for us to have this policy,what problems it solves and how we have solved them: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Travel_policy_−_defining_travel_support_conditions_to_further_volunteer_involvement Moreover, we did an unofficial translation of the policy (link above) to ease your feedback possibilities about this policy, about the process we followed or to be inspired by if you are thinking about such an initiative of document in your organization. Feel free to ask any questions or make suggestions of improvement. Cheers, -- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr Mob. +33 6 61 15 13 12 | emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr mailto:emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr Twitter: @evallespi ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania 2016
Congratulations to all people involved in this choice and, on behalf of Wikimédia France, special big congratulations to Wikimedia IT and Wikimedia CH who led it all \o/ !! -- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr Twitter: @evallespi On 21 Jan 2015, at 00:24, Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear Wikimedians, On the recommendation of the Wikimania 2016 selection Jury Committee, we have accepted the proposal from the Esino Lario Italy team. The Wikimania Esino Lario team is composed mainly of volunteers. It is promoted by Wikimedia Italia and Wikimedia CH in partnership with Esino Lario city council, Ecomuseo delle Grigne, Pro Loco Esino Lario, Parco Regionale della Grigna Settentionale and the Esino Lario local associations and community. nThe proposal will be further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we hope to confirm the award. Please join us in congratulating Wikimania Esino Lario! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario We would also like to thank the team from Manila, Philippines for their efforts in putting together excellent proposal. As a volunteer-led movement, it is hugely encouraging to have so many who want to support Wikimania. The bidding process requires a substantial time investment, and we are most grateful for every team’s hard work. For those of you who are considering hosting in future years, we expect to issue the Request for Proposals for 2017 in September. Sincerely, Ellie Young, WMF Conference Coordinator On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] Wikimédia France board handbook
Dear all, Jean-Frédéric and I just published the learning patterns about this WMFr Board Handbook. Please find it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Board_Handbook_%E2%88%92_A_shared_vision_of_the_board_role_in_an_evolving_organisation Hope it can be useful, if you have comments, questions or suggestions you're welcome! Cheers, -- Emeric On 09 Dec 2014, at 18:40, Winifred Olliff woll...@wikimedia.org wrote: Thanks for sharing this work, and for also sharing some of the details about how and why you made the handbook! I've also added the handbook, along with WMAT's Codex, to this list of community resources around decision-making and governance (part of the organizational effectiveness learning center for Wikimedia organizations) so other Wikimedia organizations can find it as an example if they are also thinking about creating or revising their board handbooks: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center/Decision-making_and_governance. Please add to this list if you have other ideas about good resources in this area! Emeric, would you consider adding a learning pattern (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns) to the library on Meta about the creation of the handbook? I think all of the text you would need for a useful learning pattern is probably already included in this Email announcement ;) Thanks again for your work. Cheers, Winifred On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Jean-Frédéric Berthelot jean-frederic.berthe...@wikimedia.fr wrote: Dear movement fellows, tl;dr Please find on Meta the Wikimédia France board handbook (in French) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration == Long story == Wikimédia France is moving forward with its continuous improvement process and wishes for an adapted governance. After revising our organizational structure [0], and putting in place the systematic evaluation of our programs [1], we do not want that governance becomes the limiting factor of our improvement. Since the hiring of our Executive Director who leads all staff, we were aware that the board tasks and processes had to evolve. That meant no more micro-management or operational stuff (except for certain board roles) and focus on strategy. To that effect, at the occasion of our previous General Assembly, the board drafted a board handbook [2], heavily inspired by the Wikimedia Foundation one (thanks for sharing!) The goal was to make sure every current member of the Board had the same vision of our governance, and to ensure that applicants for the Board have a good vision of what it means to be on the Board (expectations, posture, do's don'ts, ...) - like a shareholders' agreement. This shared version is our first iteration as we anticipate to complete, or adapt, this document according to our governance's evolution. It is relatively specific to our self-identified strengths and weaknesses. We also think that it is closely linked to our structure, our background and local context (relation with our ED, local labour law...). But despite all these specificities, we have (or will have) similar stages of development and governance issues: that's why we share with you this Handbook, with the hope that the initiative or the contents can be useful for you - even if it's in French. == Process == The handbook writing was led by Émeric Vallespi, supported by the rest of the board. It was then shared with a restricted circle where we gathered input from 6 former board members, with almost 100 comments. We then communicated the document to our members before the General Assembly, and finally published it on Meta where it joined the Austrian Kodex in [[Category:Governance]]. Sharing is caring :) [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimédia_France/Proposal_form/Organisational_structure [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimédia_France/Proposal_form/Quality_approach [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration If you have any questions, feel free to shoot them to Émeric ;-) Cheers, -- Jean-Frédéric ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Winifred Olliff FDC Support Team Wikimedia
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France board handbook
Hi, and thanks for your support :) Sure Winifred, I will add a learning pattern, actually it's on my to-do list! In order to improve our sharing with the movement, we are thinking about translate some of documents we produced. Let us know if you think useful to translate the WMFr Board Handbook, even if others already exists in english. -- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr mailto:emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @evallespi Le 09/12/2014 18:40, Winifred Olliff a écrit : Thanks for sharing this work, and for also sharing some of the details about how and why you made the handbook! I've also added the handbook, along with WMAT's Codex, to this list of community resources around decision-making and governance (part of the organizational effectiveness learning center for Wikimedia organizations) so other Wikimedia organizations can find it as an example if they are also thinking about creating or revising their board handbooks: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center/Decision-making_and_governance. Please add to this list if you have other ideas about good resources in this area! Emeric, would you consider adding a learning pattern (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns) to the library on Meta about the creation of the handbook? I think all of the text you would need for a useful learning pattern is probably already included in this Email announcement ;) Thanks again for your work. Cheers, Winifred On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Jean-Frédéric Berthelot jean-frederic.berthe...@wikimedia.fr mailto:jean-frederic.berthe...@wikimedia.fr wrote: Dear movement fellows, tl;dr Please find on Meta the Wikimédia France board handbook (in French) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration == Long story == Wikimédia France is moving forward with its continuous improvement process and wishes for an adapted governance. After revising our organizational structure [0], and putting in place the systematic evaluation of our programs [1], we do not want that governance becomes the limiting factor of our improvement. Since the hiring of our Executive Director who leads all staff, we were aware that the board tasks and processes had to evolve. That meant no more micro-management or operational stuff (except for certain board roles) and focus on strategy. To that effect, at the occasion of our previous General Assembly, the board drafted a board handbook [2], heavily inspired by the Wikimedia Foundation one (thanks for sharing!) The goal was to make sure every current member of the Board had the same vision of our governance, and to ensure that applicants for the Board have a good vision of what it means to be on the Board (expectations, posture, do's don'ts, ...) - like a shareholders' agreement. This shared version is our first iteration as we anticipate to complete, or adapt, this document according to our governance's evolution. It is relatively specific to our self-identified strengths and weaknesses. We also think that it is closely linked to our structure, our background and local context (relation with our ED, local labour law...). But despite all these specificities, we have (or will have) similar stages of development and governance issues: that's why we share with you this Handbook, with the hope that the initiative or the contents can be useful for you - even if it's in French. == Process == The handbook writing was led by Émeric Vallespi, supported by the rest of the board. It was then shared with a restricted circle where we gathered input from 6 former board members, with almost 100 comments. We then communicated the document to our members before the General Assembly, and finally published it on Meta where it joined the Austrian Kodex in [[Category:Governance]]. Sharing is caring :) [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimédia_France/Proposal_form/Organisational_structure https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form/Organisational_structure [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimédia_France/Proposal_form/Quality_approach https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France
Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMVE Annual General Meeting and Board Elections
Congrats from France to all the new, current and former board members ! Well done WMVE, look forward to see you in Mexico and (before) to share with you. -- Emeric Vallespi Vice Chair Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr On 11 Nov 2014, at 06:29, Nurunnaby Hasive n...@nhasive.com wrote: Congratulation Wikimedia Venezuela! On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Congratulations, WMVE! I look forward to hearing more about your plans, and to assist in any way I can. May I ask that some time be taken to keep [[m:Reports]] up-to-date with WMVE activities[1]? Note that the chapter agreement requires chapters to send WMF an annual activity report and financial statement. Cheers, A. [1] I do see some activities are briefly logged here: http://wikimedia.org.ve/wiki/Reporte_de_actividades On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Oscar Costero os...@wikimedia.org.ve wrote: Dear all, This last weekend, Wikimedia Venezuela (WMVE) held its annual general meeting at Caracas, Venezuela. During our meeting, the members held the elections for seats in the Board, to be vacated by five (5) Board members through a period of 3 years. The results of the Board Seats election are: *(Terms to begin on February 1, 2015)* 1. *Oscar Costero - President* *(reelected)* 2. *Tomás Guardia - Vicepresident* 3. *Ybsen Lucero - Treasurer **(reelected)* 4. *Kevin D Landaeta - **Secretary* 5. *Jenner Fuentes - **Spokesperson* We are excited to have three new members in the Board, and we look forward to working with them in the coming months. At the same time, we would like to extend our thanks to our outgoing board members, *Carlos M Colina, Samuel Cirilo *and* Fhaidel Dominguez*, for their service to the Board and to Wikimedia Venezuela. Cheers, -- Oscar Costero (+58) 0412-9161792 Presidente | Wikimedia Venezuela J-40129321-2 http://wikimedia.org.ve | @wikimedia_ve http://twitter.com/wikimedia_ve ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://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 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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 Wikipedia http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People Moderator, Social Media Interaction | The Daily Prothom-Alo http://www.prothom-alo.com Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge http://www.okfn.org Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) http://www.bdosn.org Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh http://www.mozillabd.org Author Translator | Global Voice http://bn.globalvoicesonline.org/author/hasive fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive http://www.twitter.com/nhasive | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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] Subject for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015: CoSyne
Hi, WMFr is still thinking about organizing Wikimedia Hackathon in 2015. We are currently identifying the technical, financial and especially human resources needed to make it a success. Frans, could you provide me/us your documentation or the link (Meta ?) ? It would be very useful. Wikimedia France really wants to organize an international event in 2015. Anyway, we believe that if another chapter wants to organize Hackathon it could be a waste of time for one of us to position our proposals against until the result. So if a sister entity positions herself clearly and seriously to organize Wikimedia Hackathon we can discuss it. Best regards, -- Emeric Vallespi Vice-Treasurer Wikimedia France emeric.valle...@wikimedia.fr Twitter: @evallespi | Mob. +33 (0)6 61151312 On 14 juil. 2014, at 20:38, Frans Grijzenhout fr...@wikimedia.nl wrote: Hi Balázs, WMNL hosted the international hackaton in 2013. Documentation is archived and thus still available and we are more than willing to help you in preparing the international hackaton in 2015. Regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair fr...@wikimedia.nl +31 6 5333 9499 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht ABNAMRO NL33 ABNA 0497164833 - Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2014-07-14 16:56 GMT+02:00 Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu: Hi, WMHU would be interested in *hosting *a Hackathon in Hungary (anywhere) but we would need a couple of international volunteers to help filling the core of event (finding topics and speakers or building up the content in general). In exchange, the rest (from side events to the smallest details) can be left with us :) Balazs 2014-07-14 14:53 GMT+02:00 Frans Grijzenhout fr...@wikimedia.nl: Hi Romaine, this is to remind you that the CoSyne project was a research project, sponsored by the EU and conducted by different partners. The research has been concluded and the results have been reported early 2013..The technical infrastructure has sinds then been dismantled, so it will not be that easy to restart CoSyne. Regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair fr...@wikimedia.nl +31 6 5333 9499 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht ABNAMRO NL33 ABNA 0497164833 - Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2014-07-09 23:44 GMT+02:00 Romaine Wiki romaine.w...@gmail.com: I doubt if these tools are similar. But I do think they can benefit from each other. Romaine 2014-07-09 16:03 GMT+02:00 Antoine Musso hashar+...@free.fr: Le 09/07/2014 14:33, Romaine Wiki a écrit : As a subject of one/more hackathons I would like to recommend CoSyne [1]. CoSyne is translation and multilingual synchronisation tool. The project was set up by Wikimedia Netherlands together with several universities and other partners, including the EU. The tool makes it possible to translate much more easier from one Wikipedia (etc) to another with much better quality translations than existing translating tools. It does not matter if an article is already written, it is possible with this tool to expand existing articles and to update articles with a new section when on one Wikipedia this was added. It makes it possible to exchange information in more languages and helps users to keep the articles up-to-date. I have tested the Bèta version of this tool and these tests were very successful. [1] https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/CoSyne Romaine Hello, Seems it is very similiar to the content translation Wikimedia i18n team is working on: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation Demo video: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:CX_Section_Alignment_Preview_and_Basic_Editing.webm -- Antoine hashar Musso ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
