Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions (chapters)

2009-01-20 Thread joseph seddon
Just to look at this from another angle, what reasoning was there to limit the geographical extent of the new york chapter to the new york city metropolitan area. Why not the entire state of new york? Does having this NYC chapter prevent the existence of a chapter representing the whole state

Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising banners

2010-01-02 Thread joseph seddon
Brown Cbrown1023 Not before the foundation wastes another $250,000 to get some company to tell us to do stuff that doesnt work :) I wonder if the foundation kept the reciept? Reckon we can get an exchange or refund? Joseph Seddon

[Foundation-l] Britain Loves Wikipedia - Logo

2010-01-20 Thread joseph seddon
/Britain_Loves_Wikipedia/Logo_submissions Thanks! Joseph Seddon Wikimedia UK _ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01

[Foundation-l] Wikimania Committee

2010-09-10 Thread joseph seddon
Following on from the various emails that have gone around with regards to the creation of a Wikimania Committee I have created a placeholder page on meta and have gotten the discussion going on its talk page which can be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_Committee Much

[Foundation-l] Wikimania 2012 Jury selection

2010-11-09 Thread Joseph Seddon
. * If you are going to be contributing in a large part to a bid for 2012, you are not advised to put your name forth for conflict of interest reasons. If you wish to be involved in the Jury, please email me at josephsed...@gmail.com Many Thanks Joseph Seddon Wikimania 2012 Bidding Coordinator

[Foundation-l] Opening of Wikimania 2012 bidding

2011-01-03 Thread Joseph Seddon
with the jury are confidential. best regards, and good luck -- Joseph Seddon Wikimania 2012 jury moderator (non-voting) on behalf of the 2012 jury:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2012/Jury http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2011/Jury

Re: [Foundation-l] Opening of Wikimania 2012 bidding

2011-01-03 Thread Joseph Seddon
Correction Haifa, Israel :) Seddon On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Joseph Seddon seddonw...@gmail.com wrote: The early timeline means that (if followed) hopefully representatives of the winning bid will be able to attend this year's Wikimania in Gdansk, which is very helpful for organizers

Re: [Foundation-l] Opening of Wikimania 2012 bidding

2011-01-03 Thread Joseph Seddon
And all the links are wrong so make sure you go to the 2012 . Silly html. Seddon On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Joseph Seddon seddonw...@gmail.com wrote: Correction Haifa, Israel :) Seddon On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Joseph Seddon seddonw...@gmail.comwrote: The early timeline means

[Foundation-l] Seat and Donations (SPLIT from: EFF Bitcoins)

2011-06-23 Thread Joseph Seddon
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Michael Snow wikipe...@frontier.comwrote: On 6/22/2011 10:14 AM, MZMcBride wrote: Michael Snow wrote: I thought it was reasonably understandable, even without perfect grammar, that Ting was saying that since Matt is no longer at Omidyar, if your

Re: [Foundation-l] Seat and Donations (SPLIT from: EFF Bitcoins)

2011-06-23 Thread Joseph Seddon
What he said :) Seddon On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Dan Rosenthal swatjes...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 23, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Sue Gardner wrote: It seems to me like you're characterizing Matt-joining-the-board as problematic, while at the same time saying Matt himself is a good board

[Foundation-l] 2011 Wikimedia annual fundraiser - Soft Launch

2011-11-05 Thread Joseph Seddon
*Apologies for cross posting* Hi everyone - We are quickly approaching the launch of the 2011 Wikimedia annual fundraiser. These past few months have been critical to ramp up our operation in preparation of the year-end campaign. Here is where we are at now: Starting Monday November 7, we