[Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF August 2013 Metrics Activities Meeting: Thursday, September 5, 18:00 UTC

2013-08-29 Thread Praveena Maharaj
Dear all, The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 6:00 PM UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. The current structure of the meeting is: * Review

[Wikimedia-l] software projects for chapters, thematic orgs, and others

2013-08-29 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
Subject: was Re: About the concentration of resources in SF (it was: Communication plans for community engagement) Let me start off by saying: Different chapters, thematic orgs, etc. have different levels of tech expertise, and there is enough work for everyone to have some if they want. :-)

[Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi, everyone. I have finally uploaded my Wikimania talk to Commons. It took some time to add links and explanatory notes that were spoken aloud at Wikimania, hence the delay. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF%27s_New_Global_South_Strategy.pdf If you have read it elsewhere (I had to

[Wikimedia-l] Dillon gallery?

2013-08-29 Thread Renata St
Hi, so I got this snail mail with an invitation(?) to an event(?) at Dillon Gallery on Oct 1 for a suggested(?) donation of $500... and it left me confused more than anything else. What's the event about? I can't find anything anywhere else (not that I looked very hard). I understand it's a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread MZMcBride
Asaf Bartov wrote: I have finally uploaded my Wikimania talk to Commons. It took some time to add links and explanatory notes that were spoken aloud at Wikimania, hence the delay. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/102946507 Thank you for posting this. The first section was

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Dillon gallery?

2013-08-29 Thread Dan Collins
What are you talking about? A quick Google reveals no evidence that the Wikimedia Foundation and the Dillon Gallery have any association, apart from we have a wiki page on them. Who is the mail from - WMF or a chapter? Do you often receive snail mail from them? If not, do you have any evidence

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Dillon gallery?

2013-08-29 Thread Matthew Walker
To quickly respond such that people are not terribly confused -- our major gifts team is hosting a fundraising event at the Dillon Gallery in NY sometime in the future. I don't have any further details myself (not my area of what we do); but I'll direct the attention of that team to this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Dillon gallery?

2013-08-29 Thread Lisa Gruwell
Hi Renata St and Dan- I just wanted to assure you that there is no change in fundraising strategy. WMF raises that great majority of its funds from online donations, with most of them being under USD $30. We also raise approximately $6 million from foundations and major donors. The guidance for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Thanks Asaf, I've updated WMAR website with the new presentation. *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina 2013/8/29 Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: The first section was removed? I got

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread Balázs Viczián
What about making it simply global...? Balázs 2013.08.30. 2:44, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org ezt írta: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: The first section was removed? I got excited to see the term Global South with a line through it (in the agenda

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread Balázs Viczián
What about making it simply global...? Balázs 2013.08.30. 2:44, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org ezt írta: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: The first section was removed? I got excited to see the term Global South with a line through it (in the agenda