Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-30 Thread Peter Southwood
Quite agree about the lack of benefits for most of the population. The Cape 
Town stadium is now a large burden on the ratepayers as they built it in one 
of the most inappropriate places for functionality. It is now a virtually 
unused and unusable monument to corruption, greed and stupidity, but it 
doesn't look like anyone is likely to gain by the lesson except the corrupt.

Cheers,
Peter in Cape Town
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Wikimania in Brazil in 2015, so no problems. ;)

And, yeah, some strange sport...


On 29 March 2013 20:09, Everton Zanella Alvarenga 
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[off-topic]


2013/3/29 Matthew Roth mr...@wikimedia.org

 I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil
 Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)

Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions
of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts
only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and
foreigners, hey!) will have access to.

And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits
from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(

Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this,
because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not
mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the
mid and long term of so much corruption.

Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be
sustainable.

Tom

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton
She has been to every country in Latin America
 and the Caribbean except Brasil.

Why not Brasil?  :'(

:p welcome, and come to Brasil!!!



On 28 March 2013 23:06, Everton Zanella Alvarenga t...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Good point, Florence.

 Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during
 one school term for only 6 months.

 Tom

 On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com
 wrote:
  Welcome again Ellie
 
  A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
 
  - making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
  conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
 
  Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.
 
  Is there not a contradiction here ?
 
  Flo
 


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Matthew Roth
I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil
Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton 
rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com wrote:

 She has been to every country in Latin America
  and the Caribbean except Brasil.

 Why not Brasil?  :'(

 :p welcome, and come to Brasil!!!



 On 28 March 2013 23:06, Everton Zanella Alvarenga t...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

  Good point, Florence.
 
  Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during
  one school term for only 6 months.
 
  Tom
 
  On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com
  wrote:
   Welcome again Ellie
  
   A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
  
   - making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
   conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
  
   Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.
  
   Is there not a contradiction here ?
  
   Flo
  
 
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Isarra Yos
One needn't stick around to establish and maintain a working framework 
for such - continuity and knowledge-transfer sounds rather like 
consistency and maintainability of code, where if it is well set up and 
documented anyone can reasonably pick up where someone else left off.


So to ensure that there is continuity between events from year to year, 
the important thing would be the framework and that what was done gets 
written down - and in an organised and consistent fashion. That way 
never mind who it is in this position, the future organisers should 
still be able to find stuff from previous events as well, pick up where 
others left off, and continue from there.


On 29/03/13 02:06, Everton Zanella Alvarenga wrote:

Good point, Florence.

Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during
one school term for only 6 months.

Tom

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com wrote:

Welcome again Ellie

A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.

- making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.

Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.

Is there not a contradiction here ?

Flo






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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
[off-topic]


2013/3/29 Matthew Roth mr...@wikimedia.org

 I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil
 Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)

Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions
of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts
only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and
foreigners, hey!) will have access to.

And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits
from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(

Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this,
because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not
mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the
mid and long term of so much corruption.

Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be sustainable.

Tom

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-29 Thread Béria Lima
[still in the off-topic]

*Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be
 sustainable*.


Don't need to hope no more, hotels in Rio are *already* expensive because
of the World Cup renovations (is impossible to get a hotel in Rio for less
than 100 USD/night) and I do believe the price will double in 2014 and only
drop after 2016 (after yet another let's-rob-the-people-and-impress-
foreigners event)

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*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
construir esse sonho. http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos*


On 29 March 2013 20:09, Everton Zanella Alvarenga 
everton.alvare...@okfn.org wrote:

 [off-topic]


 2013/3/29 Matthew Roth mr...@wikimedia.org
 
  I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil
  Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)

 Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions
 of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts
 only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and
 foreigners, hey!) will have access to.

 And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits
 from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(

 Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this,
 because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not
 mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the
 mid and long term of so much corruption.

 Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be
 sustainable.

 Tom

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-28 Thread Florence Devouard

Welcome again Ellie

A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
- making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the 
conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.


Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.

Is there not a contradiction here ?

Flo


Amongst other tasks
* On 3/27/13 7:24 PM, Siko Bouterse wrote:

Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!

-- Forwarded message --
From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
To: Staff All wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org


Hi all,

Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]

As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point of
contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to
ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where
help from WMF is needed.

Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an
activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.

Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents helped
build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America
and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.

As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
  She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to
hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
anytime!

Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
interview candidates.

Welcome, Ellie!

[1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3c=qSa9VfwQ
[2] https://www.usenix.org





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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-28 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
Good point, Florence.

Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during
one school term for only 6 months.

Tom

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Welcome again Ellie

 A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.

 - making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
 conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.

 Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.

 Is there not a contradiction here ?

 Flo



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[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-27 Thread Siko Bouterse
Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!

-- Forwarded message --
From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
To: Staff All wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org


Hi all,

Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]

As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point of
contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to
ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where
help from WMF is needed.

Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an
activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.

Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents helped
build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America
and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.

As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
 She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to
hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
anytime!

Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
interview candidates.

Welcome, Ellie!

[1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3c=qSa9VfwQ
[2] https://www.usenix.org

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-27 Thread Leslie Harms
Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :)

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.orgwrote:

 Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
 of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!

 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org
 Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
 Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
 To: Staff All wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org


 Hi all,

 Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
 Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]

 As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
 spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
 responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point of
 contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to
 ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where
 help from WMF is needed.

 Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
 culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
 Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
 international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
 currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an
 activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.

 Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents helped
 build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
 doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America
 and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
 East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.

 As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
 work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
 and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
  She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
 from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to
 hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
 anytime!

 Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
 interview candidates.

 Welcome, Ellie!

 [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3c=qSa9VfwQ
 [2] https://www.usenix.org

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-27 Thread Karthik Nadar
Welcome Ellie. I'm sure the local Wikimania team will be happy to have you
on board :)

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Leslie Harms lha...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :)

 On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

  Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
  of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!
 
  -- Forwarded message --
  From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org
  Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
  Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
  To: Staff All wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org
 
 
  Hi all,
 
  Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
  Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
 
  As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
  spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
  responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point
 of
  contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team,
 to
  ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support
 where
  help from WMF is needed.
 
  Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
  culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
  Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
  international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
  currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been
 an
  activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her
 life.
 
  Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents
 helped
  build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
  doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin
 America
  and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
  East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
 
  As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
  work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
  and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts
 year-over-year.
   She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
  from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like
 to
  hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
  anytime!
 
  Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
  interview candidates.
 
  Welcome, Ellie!
 
  [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3c=qSa9VfwQ
  [2] https://www.usenix.org
 
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  sum of all knowledge.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

2013-03-27 Thread Sarah Stierch
Awesome!

Ellie is great and will serve as a great coordinator. I look forward to working 
with her on the planning Commitee!

Sarah

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 27, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
 of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!
 
 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org
 Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
 Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
 To: Staff All wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org
 
 
 Hi all,
 
 Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
 Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
 
 As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
 spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
 responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point of
 contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to
 ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where
 help from WMF is needed.
 
 Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
 culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
 Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
 international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
 currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an
 activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.
 
 Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents helped
 build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
 doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America
 and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
 East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
 
 As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
 work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
 and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
 She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
 from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to
 hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
 anytime!
 
 Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
 interview candidates.
 
 Welcome, Ellie!
 
 [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3c=qSa9VfwQ
 [2] https://www.usenix.org
 
 -- 
 Siko Bouterse
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 sboute...@wikimedia.org
 
 Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
 sum of all knowledge.
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