[Foundation-l] FYI Wikimedia Foundation Appoints Craig Newmark to its Advisory Board

2009-11-13 Thread Jay Walsh
Hello folks, This morning (PST) the Foundation sent out the following news about the appointment of Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, to the Wikimedia Advisory Board. Craig is incredibly excited to be working with the Foundation and volunteers. He's also blogging about this:

[Foundation-l] Advisory board update

2009-11-13 Thread Michael Snow
We're just about to start our board meeting, but before we do, I have a quick update for you. We have appointed two new members to the advisory board. One of them is already quite familiar to all of us - Domas Mituzas. As you know, Domas recently completed his term on the board of trustees,

[Foundation-l] Foundation-l open for business, with changes

2009-11-13 Thread Ryan Lomonaco
After reviewing the comments of foundation-l participants over the last few days, we've come up with a few changes that we hope will ultimately improve the tenor and scope of discussions. To start, we're placing two participants on temporary moderation: Thomas Dalton and WJhonson. The

Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraiser tech issues

2009-11-13 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 16:16, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: The fundraising banners went live yesterday, but in spite of efforts to test them, there were serious issues with their basic functionality and IE6 and IE7. My apologies; it's an inexcusable screw-up on our part, and we

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation's Audited Financial Statements on the Foundation Wiki

2009-11-13 Thread Veronique Kessler
I am pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's audited financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are available on the Foundation wiki at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Financial_reports#2008-2009_fiscal_year In anticipation of any questions, we have also

[Foundation-l] new tutorial in pl wiki

2009-11-13 Thread Przykuta
Hi! We have on pl wiki new sandbox/introduction/tutorial - with tests for newbies: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wst%C4%99p and with MediaWiki mascot :) Tests used Editnotice template: http://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Testuj_wikiaction=editsection=new Part I - 6

Re: [Foundation-l] Matching donations?

2009-11-13 Thread Takashi OTA
Hi lists, On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Angela bees...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, if you're donating more than $100. Details at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/FAQ/en#What_is_the_Omidyar_Network.3F I'm planning to make a donation. According to fundraising core messages,

Re: [Foundation-l] Foundation-l open for business, with changes

2009-11-13 Thread Rjd0060
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Ryan Lomonaco wiki.ral...@gmail.comwrote: After reviewing the comments of foundation-l participants over the last few days, we've come up with a few changes that we hope will ultimately improve the tenor and scope of discussions. To start, we're placing two

Re: [Foundation-l] Foundation-l open for business, with changes

2009-11-13 Thread John Vandenberg
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Ryan Lomonaco wiki.ral...@gmail.com wrote: After reviewing the comments of foundation-l participants over the last few days, we've come up with a few changes that we hope will ultimately improve the tenor and scope of discussions. To start, we're placing two

Re: [Foundation-l] Foundation-l open for business, with changes

2009-11-13 Thread Samuel Klein
You have my thanks as well. I have found the topics and 'signal' on f-l recently quite good reading; less noise will make the whole experience a pleasure again (and hopefully will bring back voices that have temporarily left). SJ On 11/14/09, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov