Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-24 Thread Anirudh Bhati
Hi Asaf, Thank you for posting this and a grand welcome to all the new arrivals in the GAC. ;) I see that some of the folks have chosen to remain anonymous (many of whom I identify as prolific contributors to our projects) but I would like to know whether the Wikimedia Foundation has

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-24 Thread J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov
You can always check the list of users identified to the Foundation: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Identification_noticeboard Alex 2012/7/24 Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com Hi Asaf, Thank you for posting this and a grand welcome to all the new arrivals in the GAC. ;) I see that some

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-24 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:13:27 +, J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov wrote: You can always check the list of users identified to the Foundation: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Identification_noticeboard Alex Which means the answer is no: not all committee members have been identified. Cheers

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-24 Thread Ivan Martínez
@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded Hello, everyone. I'm pleased to announce that we have significantly expanded the Grant Advisory Committee (GAC)[1] as of today, and it now numbers 30 volunteers, following an open process and public calls

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-24 Thread Béria Lima
The question is: They will? (For disclosure, I'm a member of GAC - since the beginning last year - and I'm identified since 2008.) _ *Béria Lima* *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-24 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:13:05 -0300, Béria Lima wrote: The question is: They will? (For disclosure, I'm a member of GAC - since the beginning last year - and I'm identified since 2008.) _ *Béria Lima* *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-24 Thread Katie Chan
Which means the answer is no: not all committee members have been identified. Cheers Yaroslav Hardly any are, including existing members. Those that are identified to the foundation are so because of other current or former positions. On 24/07/2012 16:13, Béria Lima wrote: The question

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-24 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
As the GAC doesn't actually take any decision, nor handles any private data (it seems), I don't see why it should require identification. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-24 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi, Anirudh. Thanks for the welcoming note. As others have noted, we have not required all members to identify to the Foundation, and those that are identified are so in other capacities. As Katie and Nemo pointed out, GAC work is all done in the open on Meta, and no personal information or

[Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-23 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hello, everyone. I'm pleased to announce that we have significantly expanded the Grant Advisory Committee (GAC)[1] as of today, and it now numbers 30 volunteers, following an open process and public calls for volunteers. The updated list of members is here[2]. With this expansion, we hope to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

2012-07-23 Thread Abbas Mahmood
Welcome! Looking forward to working with the new members. SincerelyAbbas. From: abar...@wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:20:20 -0700 To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded Hello, everyone. I'm pleased to announce that we have