[Foundation-l] Future of Wikimedia

2011-02-06 Thread Aaron Adrignola
I found the following recently-created essay by Yair rand to be thought-provoking and wanted to bring it to the attention of others: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Yair_rand/Future_of_Wikimedia Its main theme is that a Wikipedia surrounded by successful projects will have a far better future

[Foundation-l] OTRS identification policy

2011-02-06 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Hi everyone, Several people have raised important questions on this list about the identification policy as it applies to OTRS volunteers. Together with interim counsel and other members of the community department, I have been reviewing our compliance with, and interpretation of, Wikimedia

[Foundation-l] R: OTRS identification policy

2011-02-06 Thread Riccardo Burdisso
Grazie (thanks) Philippe, I think this is the best choice and shows the attention that WMF has towards its volunteer. I am confident that by working together, you will find a solution acceptable for both WMF and for most users. Riccardo (Abisys) -Messaggio originale- Da:

Re: [Foundation-l] IRC general meetings

2011-02-06 Thread KIZU Naoko
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:21 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Reminder that an open community meeting is proposed for this Saturday, Feb. 5. on IRC: freednode#wikimedia Please add your agenda items! http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_meetings based on feedback I'd like to

Re: [Foundation-l] IRC general meetings

2011-02-06 Thread Dan Rosenthal
No matter what time you're dealing with you're going to have bad timing somewhere. Move it forward a few hours, and you lose Europe. Move it backwards and you lose the WMF and west coast US (and not likely to get much east coast involvement that early). -Dan On Feb 6, 2011, at 11:12 PM,

Re: [Foundation-l] IRC general meetings

2011-02-06 Thread phoebe ayers
2011/2/6 KIZU Naoko aph...@gmail.com: On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:21 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Reminder that an open community meeting is proposed for this Saturday, Feb. 5. on IRC: freednode#wikimedia Please add your agenda items!

Re: [Foundation-l] IRC general meetings

2011-02-06 Thread phoebe ayers
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 10:02 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/2/6 KIZU Naoko aph...@gmail.com: On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:21 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Reminder that an open community meeting is proposed for this Saturday, Feb. 5. on IRC: freednode#wikimedia