Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Itzik - Wikimedia Israel
Hey Manuel, Can you elaborate more on how the current jury was elected and by who? Correct me, but beside Richard Sydmonds - all the members of this year jury are new? there is not continuity in the jury? Itzik *Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 |

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 expenses

2014-09-29 Thread
It's now over 50 days since I put in my (trivial) claim for £14 at Wikimania. Are other volunteers having a problem getting paid what they are due? Leaving volunteers hanging for their promised expenses for a couple of months seems almost careless. Hopefully speakers and trustees with significant

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 expenses

2014-09-29 Thread Jon Davies
Apologies - we have been dealing with literally hundreds of payments. We has tried to prioritise volunteers in actual fact but if yours has not been paid this needs to be remedied. It is possible that yours has been lost - please contact me directly with the details and I will chase them. Jon On

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 expenses

2014-09-29 Thread Jon Davies
PS We have checked, as we prioritised volunteer expenses naturally. We cannot find your claim - how was it sent? Can you re-submit? If anyone else has had problems let me know. Jon On 29 September 2014 09:41, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Apologies - we have been dealing with

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 expenses

2014-09-29 Thread Jon Davies
Fae, In retrospect having a big box for the expenses claims was not the best idea and that was one reason we did an email chase up a while back. I am sure your claim will be dealt with properly and quickly. Please get it to us ASAP. Jon On 29 September 2014 13:58, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Béria Lima
I also would like to know the answer to Itzik question: Can you elaborate more on how the current jury was elected and by who? _ *​Béria L​. de Rodríguez* *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread
On 29 September 2014 14:45, Béria Lima berial...@gmail.com wrote: I also would like to know the answer to Itzik question: Can you elaborate more on how the current jury was elected and by who? Richard Symonds Stuart Prior Claudia Garad Esteban Zarate Daniel Bryant Finne Boonen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Béria Lima
It also makes me wonder how hard whoever elected the jury worked to find interested unpaid volunteers as opposed to employees who are part of the normal professional networks. ​I might be wrong, but I didnt saw a mail with a call for volunteers to compose the jury like they do every year.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 - Jury Announcement and Start of Bidding

2014-09-29 Thread Ellie Young
We have a system that works for jury selection. What I would STRONGLY like to encourage people in the community to do is seek out prospective people who would be good hosts and work with me on preparing a bid. That is is our biggest need! The CFP was posted earlier this month. Thank you

[Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread Lila Tretikov
Dear all, We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation now has a Vice President of Engineering. Damon Sicore will be filling this vital role. Please join us in welcoming him to the team. The VPE role will be crucial to further developing and maintaining the technology that supports

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread James Forrester
On 29 September 2014 13:38, Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org wrote: We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation now has a Vice President of Engineering. Damon Sicore will be filling this vital role. Please join us in welcoming him to the team. ​Welcome, Damon. Looking forward to

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 37 -- 24 September 2014

2014-09-29 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
In the media: Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-09-24/In_the_media Featured content: Oil paintings galore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-09-24/Featured_content

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread Pine W
Thanks for this good news that's timely for Strategic Plan development. Damon, it would be nice if you would set up an IRC office hour for QA with the community. Cheers, Pine On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:40 AM, James Forrester jforres...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 29 September 2014 13:38, Lila

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Lila Tretikov, 29/09/2014 19:38: We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation now has a Vice President of Engineering. Damon Sicore will be filling this vital role. Nice to see this long story reach an end. Welcome, Damon. It will be interesting to see the experience from previous

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread MF-Warburg
Can we get to know his username(s)? :) Am 29.09.2014 19:38 schrieb Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org: Dear all, We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation now has a Vice President of Engineering. Damon Sicore will be filling this vital role. Please join us in welcoming him to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Individual Engagement Grant funding available

2014-09-29 Thread Pine W
En español: A todos, Este es un recordatorio de que solicitudes serán aceptados hasta el 30 de septiembre. In English: All, This is a reminder that applications will be accepted until September 30. Other announcement translations may be found by clicking the links below: বাংলা

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of Chemistry

2014-09-29 Thread Andy Mabbett
I have some news: http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/wikimedian-residence-royal-society-chemistry/ I'll set up on-wiki pages in a couple of weeks. [BCC to several mailing lists; please set replies accordingly] -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread Cristian Consonni
2014-09-29 20:41 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com: Lila Tretikov, 29/09/2014 19:38: We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation now has a Vice President of Engineering. Damon Sicore will be filling this vital role. Nice to see this long story reach an end.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread Samuel Klein
Good news! Damon, a warm welcome to Wikimedia and to these lists. Sam On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org wrote: Dear all, We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation now has a Vice President of Engineering. Damon Sicore will be filling this vital

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread Johan Jönsson
Welcome Damon. Nice to have you with us. //Johan Jönsson -- http://wikipediabloggen.se måndag 29 september 2014 skrev Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org: Dear all, We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation now has a Vice President of Engineering. Damon Sicore will be filling

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread Risker
On 29 September 2014 16:32, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-09-29 20:41 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com: Lila Tretikov, 29/09/2014 19:38: We are excited to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation now has a Vice President of Engineering. Damon Sicore

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread MZMcBride
Risker wrote: On 29 September 2014 16:32, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote: (for the lazy ones: «[Damon] spent six years at the Mozilla Corporation, where he grew a small team of 27 people to a team of more than 600 open source software engineers, technical leads, managers, and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Damon Sicore joins WMF as Vice President of Engineering

2014-09-29 Thread Erik Moeller
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 7:10 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Re: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Template:Staff_and_contractors What's the timeline for re-organizing the current Engineering and Product Development group? End of 2014, the first quarter of 2015, sooner, later?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF September 2014 Metrics Activities Meeting: Thursday, October 2, 18:00 UTC

2014-09-29 Thread Erik Moeller
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Praveena. For future meetings, could you set up a place on Meta where people can make requests and suggestions for presentation topics? Please post any such requests/suggestions on the talk page for the pending meeting,