Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the Strategy Project Facilitator

2009-07-14 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
I can only welcome Philippe's appointment, my congratulations. Since he is starting in July, and the elections are scheduled for August, I am worried that his involvement as an election committee member could be a conflict of interests? Cheers Yaroslav

[Foundation-l] Whishlist from the National Library in Norway

2009-07-14 Thread John at Darkstar
I got an email from National Library in Norway and it has some interesting points. My comments are after the bulleted points. The bulleted points are my writeup from their comments, the original email was in Norwegian. Hopefully it is understandable.. :D * Backlinks to the museums themselves is

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Eugene Eric Kim as the Strategy Plan Project Manager

2009-07-14 Thread Eugene Eric Kim
Hi Gerard, Thanks for the welcome! There are really two questions here: The importance of language, internationalization, and localization in the context of the plan itself, and the importance of all of these things in the context of the strategic process. They'll be important for both. What

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the StrategyProject Facilitator

2009-07-14 Thread KillerChihuahua
I have to say your cheerful enthusiasm really made my day. Take care of that, it is a precious resource! - Original Message - From: philippe philippe.w...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 6:36 PM Subject: Re:

[Foundation-l] NIH and Wikimedia Foundation collaborate to improve online health information

2009-07-14 Thread Frank Schulenburg
Hi all, Every day millions of people access health information online. We have recently seen some new hard evidence of Wikipedia's growing prominence as a health information resource. The rapid development and traffic on the English Wikipedia of an article on Influenza related articles

Re: [Foundation-l] NIH and Wikimedia Foundation collaborate to improve online health information

2009-07-14 Thread Samuel Klein
Hello Frank, This sounds very cool. Which Wikipedians will be there? Is it open to anyone at the NIH? Is there a public agenda? SJ On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Frank Schulenburg frank.schulenb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Every day millions of people access health information online.

Re: [Foundation-l] NIH and Wikimedia Foundation collaborate to improve online health information

2009-07-14 Thread Dan Rosenthal
I will be there to assist, for one. -Dan On Jul 14, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Samuel Klein wrote: Hello Frank, This sounds very cool. Which Wikipedians will be there? Is it open to anyone at the NIH? Is there a public agenda? SJ On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Frank Schulenburg

Re: [Foundation-l] NIH and Wikimedia Foundation collaborate to improve online health information

2009-07-14 Thread Steven Walling
This is a great first opportunity for a US Academy. It hits squarely home as a rebuttal to the (relatively) recent flush of articles criticizing the project for its medical articles. I hope the Academy will be documented in some way that other volunteers can draw on your experience working to

Re: [Foundation-l] NIH and Wikimedia Foundation collaborate to improve online health information

2009-07-14 Thread Chad
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Steven Wallingsteven.wall...@gmail.com wrote: This is a great first opportunity for a US Academy. It hits squarely home as a rebuttal to the (relatively) recent flush of articles criticizing the project for its medical articles. I hope the Academy will be

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the Strategy Project Facilitator

2009-07-14 Thread Sue Gardner
Hi Yaroslav, Yes, it's a good question; Philippe and I have talked about it. In this instance I think it's okay for Philippe to remain on the committee, for a couple of reasons. 1) As you say, the election is four weeks away: practically speaking, it would be tough to find a replacement for

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the Strategy Project Facilitator

2009-07-14 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Please allow me to me too! what Sue said. As she said, she and I have talked about this. I really AM sensitive to it, and fully disclosed the situation to the election committee when my hire was announced. I'm happy to work with anyone who wants to in identifying conflicts and finding