[Wikimedia-l] Re: Luis Bitencourt-Emilio Joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

2022-12-12 Thread eheidel
To add to the conversation, I'm wondering several things. 1. Was there actually an outreach strategy to recruit for this type of technologist profile? Was it communicated to the movement? We could have helped. 2. Why the decision on someone whose only relevant background as technologist is on

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Reflections about Visa situation for Wikimedians

2022-08-16 Thread eheidel
Thanks Anass for bringing this up! It's a very frustrating situation for community members to deal with visas. It's also worth noting that in certain cases there are places that request a visa from certain countries, but do not have an Embassy in the country they are requesting the visa from --

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Free Licenses Outreach Materials – Wikimedia Ukraine needs advice

2022-06-11 Thread eheidel
Hi Pavlo! I hope you're doing ok given the circumstances. To the list that Fiona has shared, I'd add the Open GLAM survey by Douglas McCarthy & Andrea Wallace too: https://medium.com/open-glam/survey/home That gives a sense of how many GLAMs have adopted open access policies. Also, I'd