Re: [Wikimedia-l] California drought and WMF

2015-09-16 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, When the WMF is to consider the environment, investing in green energy is the most obvious priority. As it is the locations do use standard grid energy. Most of the big boys on the Internet, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook have committed themselves to going green. The Internet if it were a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] California drought and WMF

2015-09-16 Thread Tim Starling
On 15/09/15 22:32, Milos Rancic wrote: > For the last few years I am thinking about this issue, and as I didn't see > anybody talking about that, I think we should start a kind of low level > discussion, as it doesn't require immediate action. > > From what I read, Bay Area is not particularly

Re: [Wikimedia-l] internet-in-a-boxs to the refugee camps?

2015-09-16 Thread Simon Knight
Hi all https://openideo.com/challenge/refugee-education/brief may be of interest looking for innovation around: 'How might we improve education and expand learning opportunities for refugees around the world? ' The call for that has now closed, but it may be useful to look at how people intend

[Wikimedia-l] [x-post] Reminder: Language Engineering Office Hour is on September 16, 2015 (today) at 1500 UTC

2015-09-16 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
Hello, A reminder that the online office hour hosted by the Wikimedia Language Engineering team is scheduled for later today at 1500 UTC. You can join the hangout or watch the session from: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c1c0msurhua7enopsu3q8l42j3s Please note, due to the limitation of

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] ‘Save the date’ for Wikipedia’s 15th birthday

2015-09-16 Thread Katherine Maher
Hello everyone, **Wikipedia’s 15th birthday is coming. We want to celebrate with you. Read this whole email for more information about resources and plans, and join us on the Meta page to participate and coordinate: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15** As many of you know, the first