[Wikimedia-l] Announcement WMCON 2016 dates and rough timeline
Dear Wikimedia friends, Wikimedia Deutschland and the Wikimedia Foundation are delighted to announce the date for the next Wikimedia Conference in Berlin: April 20-24, 2016 Wikimedia Affiliates, members of the Wikimedia Foundation board and staff as well as the FDC and AffCom, please save the date! As in previous years, Wikimedia Deutschland will host the conference with the generous support of the Wikimedia Foundation. Today, we would like to share a few changes in the logistics and program design process with you that should help us all in making this conference even more productive and sustainable. July 16, 2015: WMCON Follow-Up Day at Wikimania Before Oct 2015: Follow-up WMCON15 and identify main themes for WMCON16 Oct 2015: Publish program themes for WMCON16 Nov 2015: Affiliates select their representatives according to the program lines Dec 2015–15 Jan 2016: Registration (hard deadline, no exceptions!) 15 Jan–29 Feb 2016: Arrange travel, hotel and visa 15 Jan–20 Apr 2016: Continue program design process together with the registered participants. Enable participants and speakers to prepare properly. 20-24 Apr 2016: Have a blast at WMCON16 After April: Follow-up. After Wikimania, we will start setting up the program design process. Please note that only thanks to the early registration, we are able to properly incorporate all participants’ needs and input for the first time. The registration closes on January 15, 2016. This is a hard deadline and we will not be able to allow any exceptions. Please support us in making this possible by choosing your representatives early! Looking forward to seeing many of you next week in Mexico. Feel free to reach out to me should you have questions or feedback. Nicole P. S.: We have just published the extensive grant report and evaluation survey for this year's Wikimedia Conference. It is really worth having a look, as it is not only visually appealing but also offers a lot of substantial content that can be used by our movement partners and provides learning opportunities for other event organisers and program leaders alike. Report: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_DE/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Report Survey Evaluation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Feedback_evaluation // https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evaluation_Survey_WM_Conference_2015.pdf (PDF) -- Nicole Ebber Vorstandsreferentin Internationale Beziehungen Adviser to the ED, International Relations Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! 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. ___ 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] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Portugal's Board
Congratulations WMPT! We are happy to hear you are starting to move forward. We are waiting to hear more from you in the future. Best! El jul 8, 2015 2:35 a.m., Joao Miguel Vasconcelos mvasconcell...@gmail.com escribió: Dear members of the international Wikimedia Community, I would like to announce that Wikimedia Portugal’s General Assembly has elected a Board, as well as other statutory positions. The Board is now comprised of: João Vasconcelos – President André Barbosa – Vice President Cristina Couto Soares – Secretary The official posts are compliant with legal requirements of Wikimedia Portugal, as a legal entity. However, according to an internal regulation change, the activity of Wikimedia Portugal will be coordinated without a hierarchical structure, with neither fixed positions nor formal responsibilities. Members are able to form temporary working groups for specific projects and to collaborate in areas such as: Coordination, Outreach, Communications, Computing activities, Treasury, Fund-raising and other actions. Main coordination of activities will be made through an online collaborative platform, which enables communication between members, such as organizing tasks. I’ll oversee these activities as executive coordinator. This platform should be publicly accessible for the purposes of transparency, visibility of activities, and to encourage new members to participate in the Chapter activities. Regards, Joao -- Joao Vasconcelos *Wikimedia Portugal* ___ 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 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] Your chapter, user group, or thematic organization at Wikimania
Hi all, Already some chapters and a user group have created a page for them on the Wikimania 2015 wiki. There they list who come to Wikimania, what talks they give, materials they are presenting, presentation of the organisation, office hours, and so on. An overview page is created at https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliates Add your created pages to this category: https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_affiliates_in_Wikimania Thanks! Romaine ___ 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] Questions for Board QA
Hi All Next week the Wikimedia Board of Trustees will not only elect a new chair (and vice chair) but we will also have our annual Board QA session at Wikimania on Saturday the 18th of July). Although the session will not be broadcast live we do want to take questions from the Board Noticeboard (and either answer them during the session or attempt to on the noticeboard). From what I understand the session will be streamed at a later stage. Meanwhile, feel free to add your questions to: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Please_Submit_Questions_for_Board_Q.26A https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard Thanks! Jan-Bart de Vreede PS: In order to avoid confusion I feel that it is useful to point out the “Role of the Board” so that people are reminded of what we are responsible for. You can find this at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Handbook#The_role_of_the_Board https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Handbook#The_role_of_the_Board ___ 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] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: June 2015
*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue VI, Volume V – June 2015* -- Argentina report: Wikimedia Argentina http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Argentina_report Czech Republic report: Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Heritage Institute and the Wikimedia Czech Republic http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Czech_Republic_report Finland report: Capturing public art with drones http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Finland_report France report: Surfing on GLAMs' agenda http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/France_report Germany report: Open GLAM - How to create true participation http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Germany_report Italy report: From Italian Parliament to libraries and Company Museums. And a Training Day too! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Italy_report Macedonia report: Wikipedian in residence http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Macedonia_report Netherlands report: Historical images of Dutch water works http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Netherlands_report Sweden report: Maritime Sweden http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Sweden_report UK report: Royal Society of Chemistry; Thinktank; Oxford http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/UK_report USA report: Wikidata for Mappers http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/USA_report Special story: Europeana 1914-1918 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Special_story Open Access report: Wikipedia is an amplifier of open access; 20,000 media files uploaded from PubMed Central http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Open_Access_report Wikidata report: Wikidata this month http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Wikidata_report Wikimania report: GLAM presentations at Wikimania http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Wikimania_report Calendar: July's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Contents/Events -- Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2015/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom See you at Wikimania! -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter ___ 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 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] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Portugal's Board
Congratulations to our friends from Portugal! We are very happy to hear such good news. The best wishes from the Brazilian User Group. On Thursday, July 9, 2015, Salvador A salvador1...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations WMPT! We are happy to hear you are starting to move forward. We are waiting to hear more from you in the future. Best! El jul 8, 2015 2:35 a.m., Joao Miguel Vasconcelos mvasconcell...@gmail.com javascript:; escribió: Dear members of the international Wikimedia Community, I would like to announce that Wikimedia Portugal’s General Assembly has elected a Board, as well as other statutory positions. The Board is now comprised of: João Vasconcelos – President André Barbosa – Vice President Cristina Couto Soares – Secretary The official posts are compliant with legal requirements of Wikimedia Portugal, as a legal entity. However, according to an internal regulation change, the activity of Wikimedia Portugal will be coordinated without a hierarchical structure, with neither fixed positions nor formal responsibilities. Members are able to form temporary working groups for specific projects and to collaborate in areas such as: Coordination, Outreach, Communications, Computing activities, Treasury, Fund-raising and other actions. Main coordination of activities will be made through an online collaborative platform, which enables communication between members, such as organizing tasks. I’ll oversee these activities as executive coordinator. This platform should be publicly accessible for the purposes of transparency, visibility of activities, and to encourage new members to participate in the Chapter activities. Regards, Joao -- Joao Vasconcelos *Wikimedia Portugal* ___ 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 javascript:; https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ 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 javascript:; ?subject=unsubscribe 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] Innovation
The 2015 Call to Action identified the need to Support innovation new knowledge * Integrate, consolidate, and pause or stop stalled initiatives. * Create spaces for future community-led innovations and new knowledge creation. * Facilitate and support new models and structures for knowledge curation. * Strengthen partnerships with organizations that use or contribute free content, or are aligned with the WMF in the free-knowledge movement. Yet no-one at WMF seems tasked with driving innovation in the community. I have started a Meta page for Innovation at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Innovation to stimulate discussions. Rogol ___ 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] Innovation
That's a great start - thank you Rogol. Innovation often starts with making connections and learning from friends - perhaps this can be a collaborative page to share with partner groups like the OA, OSM, Mozilla and ArchiveTeam communities. On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Rogol Domedonfors domedonf...@gmail.com wrote: The 2015 Call to Action identified the need to Support innovation new knowledge * Integrate, consolidate, and pause or stop stalled initiatives. * Create spaces for future community-led innovations and new knowledge creation. * Facilitate and support new models and structures for knowledge curation. * Strengthen partnerships with organizations that use or contribute free content, or are aligned with the WMF in the free-knowledge movement. Yet no-one at WMF seems tasked with driving innovation in the community. I have started a Meta page for Innovation at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Innovation to stimulate discussions. Rogol ___ 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 -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 ___ 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 WMCON 2016 dates and rough timeline
Well done and thank you Nicole and the team. Great work and very detailed reports! *Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote: Dear Wikimedia friends, Wikimedia Deutschland and the Wikimedia Foundation are delighted to announce the date for the next Wikimedia Conference in Berlin: April 20-24, 2016 Wikimedia Affiliates, members of the Wikimedia Foundation board and staff as well as the FDC and AffCom, please save the date! As in previous years, Wikimedia Deutschland will host the conference with the generous support of the Wikimedia Foundation. Today, we would like to share a few changes in the logistics and program design process with you that should help us all in making this conference even more productive and sustainable. July 16, 2015: WMCON Follow-Up Day at Wikimania Before Oct 2015: Follow-up WMCON15 and identify main themes for WMCON16 Oct 2015: Publish program themes for WMCON16 Nov 2015: Affiliates select their representatives according to the program lines Dec 2015–15 Jan 2016: Registration (hard deadline, no exceptions!) 15 Jan–29 Feb 2016: Arrange travel, hotel and visa 15 Jan–20 Apr 2016: Continue program design process together with the registered participants. Enable participants and speakers to prepare properly. 20-24 Apr 2016: Have a blast at WMCON16 After April: Follow-up. After Wikimania, we will start setting up the program design process. Please note that only thanks to the early registration, we are able to properly incorporate all participants’ needs and input for the first time. The registration closes on January 15, 2016. This is a hard deadline and we will not be able to allow any exceptions. Please support us in making this possible by choosing your representatives early! Looking forward to seeing many of you next week in Mexico. Feel free to reach out to me should you have questions or feedback. Nicole P. S.: We have just published the extensive grant report and evaluation survey for this year's Wikimedia Conference. It is really worth having a look, as it is not only visually appealing but also offers a lot of substantial content that can be used by our movement partners and provides learning opportunities for other event organisers and program leaders alike. Report: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_DE/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Report Survey Evaluation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Feedback_evaluation // https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evaluation_Survey_WM_Conference_2015.pdf (PDF) -- Nicole Ebber Vorstandsreferentin Internationale Beziehungen Adviser to the ED, International Relations Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! 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. ___ 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
