[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedians: FYI, the Bassel Khartabil Memorial Fund and Fellowship

2018-02-25 Thread Jay Walsh
in advance! -- Jay Walsh Creative Commons ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] PRESS RELEASE: Wikimedia Foundation names Lila Tretikov as its new Executive Director

2014-05-02 Thread Jay Walsh
(This press release is also posted on the WMF wiki at https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/WMF_announces_new_ED_Lila_Tretikov) Wikimedia Foundation names Lila Tretikov as its new Executive Director (San Francisco, CA) May 1, 2014 -- The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (WMF Board blog post) Board service: Every board needs a bit of maintenance

2014-02-28 Thread Jay Walsh
(This is the second in a series of monthly blog posts by the members of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. This month's post is by Board member Alice Wiegand on the topic of Board governance, and is available in English, Deutsch, Español, and Indonesian.) From:

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release) Frank Schulenburg named executive director of new Wiki Education Foundation

2014-02-12 Thread Jay Walsh
Passing along for your information. This release is posted on the WMF wiki at https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Frank_Schulenburg_named_executive_director_of_new_WEF An accompanying QA can also be found here:

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the 2012-13 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Report

2014-01-21 Thread Jay Walsh
also find a blog post announcing the release of the report here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/01/21/wikimedia-foundation-annual-report/ Thanks! jay walsh (on behalf of Communications for WMF) ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Post about Wikipedia and the public domain as part of EFF's Copyright Week

2014-01-15 Thread Jay Walsh
The Wikimedia Foundation's legal team recently authored a guest blog post for EFF's Copyright Week [1] about how Wikipedia relies on the public domain (post is also copied below): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/wikipedia-shows-value-vibrant-public-domain The legal team invited the advocacy

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Blog posts by Foundation Board members

2014-01-13 Thread Jay Walsh
suggestions, and get involved in a dialog with the Board of Trustees. Regards, Jay Walsh (for communications) ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release) WMF Executive Director Sue Gardner Will Receive the First Knight Innovation Award from Knight Foundation

2013-12-16 Thread Jay Walsh
(This press release is also posted at: http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/wikimedia-foundation-executive-director-sue-gardne/) Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner Will Receive the First Knight Innovation Award from Knight Foundation Gardner to speak at the

[Wikimedia-l] A fond farewell, for now

2013-10-17 Thread Jay Walsh
). I was happy to do so - these are sentiments similar to those I shared with my Foundation colleagues in September. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/17/jay-walsh-farewell-letter/ Thanks for everything - it has been an enlightening transition so far, and I look forward to following the movement's

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release) Aircel partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero

2013-07-24 Thread Jay Walsh
(This press release is also posted online at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Aircel_partners_with_Wikimedia_Foundation) Aircel partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero [Aircel subscribers to be the first in India to have

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [press release] Aircel partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero

2013-07-24 Thread Jay Walsh
(This press release is also posted online at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Aircel_partners_with_Wikimedia_Foundation) Aircel partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero [Aircel subscribers to be the first in India to have

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Celebrating ten years of Wikimedia Foundation

2013-06-20 Thread Jay Walsh
of the Wikimedia movement. Here's to another huge ten years! --- Ten years of supporting free knowledge Posted by Jay Walsh on June 20, 2013 Ten years ago today, on June 20, 2003, Jimmy Wales announced the founding of the Wikimedia Foundation. He entrusted the new nonprofit with the operation

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation's search for a new ED kicks off

2013-05-21 Thread Jay Walsh
. We'll also be sharing the opportunity via twitter/identi.ca (@wikipedia and @wikimedia) and on Facebook and LinkedIn. Thanks for your help, Jay Walsh --- https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/21/search-for-next-wikimedia-foundation-executive-director/ Kicking off the search for our next Executive

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation's search for a new ED kicks off

2013-05-21 Thread Jay Walsh
. We'll also be sharing the opportunity via twitter/identi.ca (@wikipedia and @wikimedia) and on Facebook and LinkedIn. Thanks for your help, Jay Walsh --- https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/21/search-for-next-wikimedia-foundation-executive-director/ Kicking off the search for our next Executive

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] open positions at WMF

2013-03-19 Thread Jay Walsh
to use a wiki-based system, but that's a bit further down the pipeline. I'd like to see us incorporate SUL so Wikimedia project usernames could be used for comments and posting. I think that will be a question of using our very limited resources, but I'm super interested in that. -- Jay Walsh

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Settlement of litigation between Internet Brands and the Wikimedia Foundation

2013-02-15 Thread Jay Walsh
their efforts to build a global free-knowledge travel site unhindered. We wish them the best of luck and look forward to working closely with the Wikivoyage community as the project grows and thrives. Geoff Brigham, General Counsel -- Jay Walsh Senior Director, Communications WikimediaFoundation.org

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Press Release] VimpelCom partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero

2013-01-24 Thread Jay Walsh
On-passing fyi. This news is being simultaneously released with Vimpelcom (roughly 0600 CET). -- Forwarded message -- From: Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org Date: Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:16 PM Subject: [Press Release] VimpelCom partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer free

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [Press Release] VimpelCom partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero

2013-01-24 Thread Jay Walsh
contact Matthew Roth Communications +1 415-839-6885 ext 6635 (San Francisco) mr...@wikimedia.org (To be removed from this mailing list please reply with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line) -- Jay Walsh Senior Director, Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [Press Release] VimpelCom partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero

2013-01-24 Thread Jay Walsh
(this press release can also be found online at https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/VimpelCom_partners_with_the_Wikimedia_Foundation) * VimpelCom partners with the Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero San Francisco, California and

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia ED Sue Gardner named to Global Voices Board of Directors

2013-01-17 Thread Jay Walsh
. Press contact Jay Walsh Senior Director, Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415-860-8166 jwa...@wikimedia.org (to stop receiving press releases from the Wikimedia Foundation, reply with unsubscribe in the subject line) ___ Please note: all

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage launch: why no blog post or pressrelease?

2013-01-16 Thread Jay Walsh
attention than we expected, which is great. Congrats to the Wikivoyagers on launching with a real splash. -- Jay Walsh Senior Director, Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw ___ Wikimedia-l mailing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage launch: why no blog post or pressrelease?

2013-01-16 Thread Jay Walsh
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Matthew Roth mr...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: Ideally we would have also had the blog post synced up to be online

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia ED Sue Gardner named to Global Voices Board of Directors

2013-01-16 Thread Jay Walsh
)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. Press contact Jay Walsh Senior Director, Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415-860-8166 jwa...@wikimedia.org (to stop receiving press releases from the Wikimedia Foundation, reply with unsubscribe in the subject line

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage launch: why no blog post or press release?

2013-01-15 Thread Jay Walsh
Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Jay Walsh Senior Director, Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Jay Walsh
point to the memorial referenced by his family. Has anyone seen such an on-wiki memorial? Might someone be able to propose/create such a page if it doesn't already exist? There are so many voices in our community who have something to say about Aaron, it would be great to share that. jay -- Jay

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congrats wikivoyagers!

2013-01-12 Thread Jay Walsh
wikivoyage launch news stories that is accurate and can be accessed outside of USA and Japan? -- John Vandenberg We're also reaching out to PC World on the incorrect stuff the published in this piece, just FYI. -- Jay Walsh Senior Director, Communications WikimediaFoundation.org

[Wikimedia-l] Introducing the 2011-12 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Report

2012-12-19 Thread Jay Walsh
important envelope for us :) And thanks also to Matthew from Communications for supporting us with a lot of the writing and editing. We’re looking forward to another amazing year in the Wikimedia movement! -- Jay Walsh Senior Director, Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Bon voyage, Jay

2012-10-31 Thread Jay Walsh
17, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Geoff Brigham gbrig...@wikimedia.orgwrote: *Next week, we’re saying goodbye to our long-term Head of Communications, Jay Walsh. He will be starting shortly a new adventure working at a San Francisco based start-up in corporate communications. His last day at the Foundation

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation and Saudi Telecom (STC) partner to provide access to Wikipedia free of mobile data charges in the Middle East

2012-10-14 Thread Jay Walsh
through donations and grants. -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Update on recent legal activities

2012-09-28 Thread Jay Walsh
-declaratory-relief-in-response-to-legal-threats-from-internet-brands/) from September 5, 2012. on behalf of Kelly Kay, Deputy Counsel -- Jay Walsh Head of Communications WikimediaFoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Joint statement from Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK

2012-09-28 Thread Jay Walsh
Posted to the WMF and WM UK blogs a few moments ago. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/28/joint-statement-from-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-uk/ http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/09/joint-statement-from-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-uk/ --- *Joint statement from Wikimedia Foundation

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Participants in world’s largest photo contest -- Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- will upload images under free license for use on Wikipedia.

2012-08-29 Thread Jay Walsh
(This release is also posted on the Wikimedia Foundation's wiki at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/WLM_photo_contest_launches_August_2012 ) *Participants in world’s largest photo contest -- Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- will upload images under free license for use on

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release) Participants in world’s largest photo contest -- Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- will upload images under free license for use on Wikipedia.

2012-08-29 Thread Jay Walsh
(This release is also posted on the Wikimedia Foundation's wiki at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/WLM_photo_contest_launches_August_2012 ) *Participants in world’s largest photo contest -- Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 -- will upload images under free license for use on

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (MEDIA ADVISORY) Wikimania, the global Wikimedia/Wikipedia conference, comes to Washington, DC, July 12-14, 2012

2012-05-30 Thread Jay Walsh
(This release is also posted at https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimania_comes_to_Washington_DC ) *Wikimania, the global Wikimedia/Wikipedia conference, comes to Washington, DC, July 12-14, 2012* WASHINGTON, DC -- May 30, 2012 -- Wikimania 2012 is coming to Washington, DC,