Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Avoiding sensory overload at Wikimedia Events

2018-10-25 Thread Philippe Beaudette
When I was at the WMF, one of the things that I most appreciated about Gayle, our CTCO at the time, was that she always made sure there were spaces where I, or other deep introverts, could go to reset. What I liked about it was that she always had them adjacent to the main activities - for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Avoiding sensory overload at Wikimedia Events

2018-10-25 Thread Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l
Hi Michelle, during the francophone wikiconvention we had a special calm room for people who need to retire a moment from the crowd because of special needs they could have. We were asked also not to come nearby with perfumes and other sensory distractions. A calm room for other people

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board of Trustees November 2018 meeting agenda

2018-10-25 Thread Chuck Roslof
Hi all, The agenda for the next Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees meeting, on November 9-11, 2018, is now available on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2018-11 - Chuck == Charles M. Roslof Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation cros...@wikimedia.org

[Wikimedia-l] REMINDER: Invitation to the October 2018 Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting: Thursday, October 25th, 18:00 UTC

2018-10-25 Thread Greg Varnum
Hello everyone, Reminder that this month’s Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting will begin in approximately 30 minutes. The “To be determined” slot will be an "Update from the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director”. I hope that you are able to join us, or watch the video on Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Invitation to the October 2018 Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting: Thursday, October 25th, 18:00 UTC

2018-10-25 Thread Sasha Redkina
REMINDER: This meeting starts in 30 minutes.Updated agenda in the original email. Sasha Redkina Front Office Coordinator *The Wikimedia Foundation* www.wikimediafoundation.org On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:47 PM Gregory Varnum wrote: > Hello everyone, > > The next Wikimedia Monthly Activities

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Avoiding sensory overload at Wikimedia Events

2018-10-25 Thread Michelle Boon
Dear all, Like many other affiliates, Wikimedia Nederland hosts several events per year. We do our best to make these events an inclusive and pleasant environment for all participants. Last summer, there was a mail thread on Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Proposal regarding norms for meeting/deadline announcements

2018-10-25 Thread Jan Ainali
I do agree with Rehman, that would help a lot. Jan Ainali Den tis 16 okt. 2018 kl 04:19 skrev Rehman Abubakr < rehman.wikime...@live.com>: > Hello Pine, > > > Since we're on the topic of mailing list norms, may I also suggest that we > please do not copy the entire mailing list for any

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - October 2018

2018-10-25 Thread Joseph Seddon
Hey All The end of the year is extremely productive, rewarding and very busy for the Wikimedia Fundraising team with fundraising occurring in 14 countries and 4 languages. Just a quick update on our fundraising activities. ===Online Fundraising=== - We were originally scheduled to run a