Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process
Hello dear all, hello Transition Team, hello dear board, I am still willing to take the challenge. Looking into the description of the search criteria: citeKey to the success of the Executive Director will be a commitment to understand and advance Wikimedia's core values./cite - In many occasions in the past years I have demonstrated that the core values of our movement are part of my life. They are the values that I use to guide my behavior and my decisions, not only inside of the movement, but also in my professional work and in my personal life. citeThe Executive Director will need to have the technology management and product development skills to effectively lead a high traffic website, and experience designing and implementing planning processes with a high built-in assumption of fast and iterative change./cite - In the past 16 years I worked in a company which like no other IT companies had decisively contributed into the establishment of standards and processes of the industry. I started in that company as a programmer on the OS (Assembler and C++) level and moved with the time into the position of technical lead of projects that are set into highly complicated political contexts. Being a subject matter expert, I am the anchor with facts and expertise between the different political interests and streams, build trust with my open and direct communication style to all groups and parties and move things forward by understand the background of the different interests and so build bridges and provide solutions that address those backgrounds directly. These are the skills and personal marks that brought me there where I am now: Into the core of those troubled projects. citeHe or she will need to have exceptional communication skills, and to possess both a drive to achieve transformative results and a deep respect for collaborative processes. The ED's ability to effect change in partnership with Wikimedia's community will be decisive not just to their success, but to Wikimedia's lasting impact in the 21st century./cite - As I have stated in my resign letter from the board, I believe this is indeed the most intriguing, most urgent and most difficult part of the work that lay directly before us in the next decade. And for this we need, more than anyone else inside of the movement, an ED who is really trusted by the community (to which I count the readers, the editors, the affiliated organizations, their board and staff, the staff of the Foundation, and the board). Gain trust is hard work, build trust needs time. It took me long time, two or three years, to build that mutual trust with many of the people within our movement. And trust is the thing that thwart the belief that the process has the luxury of time. Because with the lasting of indecisive time the trust sinks and the anxiouty raises. As it is remarked at one point, there is no obvious career path that leads to this position. After seeing the result of last year's search I am strengthend in my belief, that I am the best fit for this position. Greetings Ting Am 1/21/2014 12:09 PM, schrieb Jan-Bart de Vreede: Hey Frederico I will write an update for the meta page in the coming week or so but just to give you a general sense of where we are at: we are trying to reach potential candidates in a different way, and so far that looks like a good strategy. This means more direct contact between the Foundation and candidates and more pro-actively reaching out to people who initially showed no interest. There is no scientific way to make the trade-off between characteristics/skills of candidates. We might very well choose to ignore an important characteristic if all the others fall into place. And it is of course easier to make a trade-off on less significant characteristics and skills. The decision to look for more candidates rather than make a choice in December was not an easy one, but we were not willing to go for a candidate who was missing too many of our desired characteristics/skills. This is something that the transition team does, and its not something that translates well to a table on meta. I am not sure what you are referring to as “avoid another fiasco”, but as far as I am concerned we are simply in a stage of finding new candidates and trying to surface the candidate that is up to the challenge and opportunity that we as a unique movement have to offer. This was always an option, and we would have liked to have found someone in the first round, but it wasn’t to be. Jan-Bart de Vreede On 18 Jan 2014, at 11:08, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know what to think about a final community consultation on a specific name. Personally I suspect that I wouldn't be able to say anything about it, as with https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Executive_Director_Transition_Team/Update_9_December. Speaking of which, I wonder how the problems there were
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annoucement from the Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina
Really sad to see you go! Wishing you the very best in your future endeavors. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Michael Jahn michael.j...@wikimedia.dewrote: Take care, Osmar, and all the best to you! Michael -- Michael Jahn Leiter Kommunikation Head of Communications Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 http://wikimedia.de http://www.wikimedia.de/ Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch freien Zugang zu der Gesamtheit des Wissens der Menschheit hat. Helfen Sie uns dabei! Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. 2014-01-28 sydney.po...@gmail.com Osmar, Sorry to see you leaving the position. And I'm glad to you are assisting with the transition and plan to stay involved. Best of luck with your future ventures. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Sent from my iPhone On Jan 28, 2014, at 11:59, Osmar Valdebenito os...@wikimedia.org.ar wrote: Dear members of the Wikimedia Movement: In the past weeks, I've taken the decision to resign to my position of Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina. This decision was presented to the Board of the chapter past Saturday and it was accepted. For personal and professional reasons, I've decided to return to my country, Chile, in the following weeks and start a new stage of my life. Two years ago, I was presented with the opportunity of living in Argentina and working for one of my passions. This was a big challenge for me: I had to leave my country and my family and work in a foreign country. These last 18 months have been a unique experience and I've learnt a lot, becoming a better professional and a more mature person. However, at the same time I feel that I need to move on and continue with new projects and challenges. Certainly, this has not been an easy decision for me, because I'm very fond of this work, the people that have participated in our activities and the projects we worked on and we are still working on. I leave the Association in a very different position than when I took office. We have several ongoing projects and we regularized all the delayed paperwork. We became the first organization from a developing country to get an Annual Plan Grant via FDC and have been one of the best-graded chapters in both processes. We are now a reliable and serious organization, continuing a process of professionalization that can improve our programs, making them more efficient and more effective. Clearly, this has not been only due to my work, which is why I thank the Board of the Chapter that helped me in everything and to María Cruz, which has been a great colleague these months. My main interest is that Wikimedia Argentina continues to grow, which is why we have decided that my departure occurs at the end of March. This will allow us to work calmly to ensure the continuity of the ongoing projects of Wikimedia Argentina and the transfer of knowledge once the new Executive Director takes office. In any case, I will continue to participate as a member and Wikimedia volunteer, once this period expires. By request of our Board, I will also attend the next Wikimedia Conference, so I will be able to transmit the experiences of Wikimedia Argentina in the last year. I appreciate the trust placed in me by the Board and all the members of Wikimedia Argentina and their support all these months. I'm sure they will continue the great work we have done lately. Kind regards, *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan Treasurer, Wikimedia Chapter [India] Donate to the Wikimedia India Chapter todayhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donations ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:
[Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized two new user groups in the movement in December. The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil_user_group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians The resolutions are published at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions, and the groups are in the process or have already completed the execution of the user group agreement, the final step in the process towards recognition. Please give a warm welcome to these groups and provide them encouragement for their future. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
Parabens Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil! Congratulations New England Wikimedians! Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized two new user groups in the movement in December. The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil_user_group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians The resolutions are published at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions, and the groups are in the process or have already completed the execution of the user group agreement, the final step in the process towards recognition. Please give a warm welcome to these groups and provide them encouragement for their future. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Santiago Navarro Wikimedia España http://www.wikimedia.org.es/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process
Part of me still thinks we'd be better off and it would be easier to try clone Sue rather than trying to find a suitable replacement for her... On 29/01/2014 7:03 PM, Ting Chen wing.phil...@gmx.de wrote: Hello dear all, hello Transition Team, hello dear board, I am still willing to take the challenge. Looking into the description of the search criteria: citeKey to the success of the Executive Director will be a commitment to understand and advance Wikimedia's core values./cite - In many occasions in the past years I have demonstrated that the core values of our movement are part of my life. They are the values that I use to guide my behavior and my decisions, not only inside of the movement, but also in my professional work and in my personal life. citeThe Executive Director will need to have the technology management and product development skills to effectively lead a high traffic website, and experience designing and implementing planning processes with a high built-in assumption of fast and iterative change./cite - In the past 16 years I worked in a company which like no other IT companies had decisively contributed into the establishment of standards and processes of the industry. I started in that company as a programmer on the OS (Assembler and C++) level and moved with the time into the position of technical lead of projects that are set into highly complicated political contexts. Being a subject matter expert, I am the anchor with facts and expertise between the different political interests and streams, build trust with my open and direct communication style to all groups and parties and move things forward by understand the background of the different interests and so build bridges and provide solutions that address those backgrounds directly. These are the skills and personal marks that brought me there where I am now: Into the core of those troubled projects. citeHe or she will need to have exceptional communication skills, and to possess both a drive to achieve transformative results and a deep respect for collaborative processes. The ED's ability to effect change in partnership with Wikimedia's community will be decisive not just to their success, but to Wikimedia's lasting impact in the 21st century./cite - As I have stated in my resign letter from the board, I believe this is indeed the most intriguing, most urgent and most difficult part of the work that lay directly before us in the next decade. And for this we need, more than anyone else inside of the movement, an ED who is really trusted by the community (to which I count the readers, the editors, the affiliated organizations, their board and staff, the staff of the Foundation, and the board). Gain trust is hard work, build trust needs time. It took me long time, two or three years, to build that mutual trust with many of the people within our movement. And trust is the thing that thwart the belief that the process has the luxury of time. Because with the lasting of indecisive time the trust sinks and the anxiouty raises. As it is remarked at one point, there is no obvious career path that leads to this position. After seeing the result of last year's search I am strengthend in my belief, that I am the best fit for this position. Greetings Ting Am 1/21/2014 12:09 PM, schrieb Jan-Bart de Vreede: Hey Frederico I will write an update for the meta page in the coming week or so but just to give you a general sense of where we are at: we are trying to reach potential candidates in a different way, and so far that looks like a good strategy. This means more direct contact between the Foundation and candidates and more pro-actively reaching out to people who initially showed no interest. There is no scientific way to make the trade-off between characteristics/skills of candidates. We might very well choose to ignore an important characteristic if all the others fall into place. And it is of course easier to make a trade-off on less significant characteristics and skills. The decision to look for more candidates rather than make a choice in December was not an easy one, but we were not willing to go for a candidate who was missing too many of our desired characteristics/skills. This is something that the transition team does, and its not something that translates well to a table on meta. I am not sure what you are referring to as avoid another fiasco, but as far as I am concerned we are simply in a stage of finding new candidates and trying to surface the candidate that is up to the challenge and opportunity that we as a unique movement have to offer. This was always an option, and we would have liked to have found someone in the first round, but it wasn't to be. Jan-Bart de Vreede On 18 Jan 2014, at 11:08, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know what to think about a final community consultation on a specific name. Personally I
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
Congratulations Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians!! Best, Vishnu On Wednesday 29 January 2014 05:30 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized two new user groups in the movement in December. The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil_user_group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians The resolutions are published at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions, and the groups are in the process or have already completed the execution of the user group agreement, the final step in the process towards recognition. Please give a warm welcome to these groups and provide them encouragement for their future. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
Congratulations Brazil New England user group.. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians!! Best, Vishnu On Wednesday 29 January 2014 05:30 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized two new user groups in the movement in December. The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil_user_group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians The resolutions are published at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions, and the groups are in the process or have already completed the execution of the user group agreement, the final step in the process towards recognition. Please give a warm welcome to these groups and provide them encouragement for their future. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bangla Wikipedia http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive Social Media Interaction Expert Assignment Reporter | The Daily Prothom-Alo http://www.prothom-alo.com Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network http://www.okfn.org Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) http://www.bdosn.org fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive http://www.twitter.com/nhasive | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
Congratulations to Brasil and New England from the UK! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 29 January 2014 12:43, Nurunnaby Chowdhury n...@nhasive.com wrote: Congratulations Brazil New England user group.. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians!! Best, Vishnu On Wednesday 29 January 2014 05:30 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized two new user groups in the movement in December. The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil_user_group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians The resolutions are published at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions, and the groups are in the process or have already completed the execution of the user group agreement, the final step in the process towards recognition. Please give a warm welcome to these groups and provide them encouragement for their future. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bangla Wikipedia http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive Social Media Interaction Expert Assignment Reporter | The Daily Prothom-Alo http://www.prothom-alo.com Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network http://www.okfn.org Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) http://www.bdosn.org fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive http://www.twitter.com/nhasive | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process
On 29 January 2014 12:21, Steve Zhang cro0...@gmail.com wrote: Part of me still thinks we'd be better off and it would be easier to try clone Sue rather than trying to find a suitable replacement for her... Hm, clone armies. Could the WMF strategy extend to creating a Death Star to preserve all of human knowledge? (As a certain CEO said once; blah, blah, blah, dark side.) Fae ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
Nice one, congratulations! Looking forward to welcoming representatives of these groups in Berlin in April. Best regards, Nicole On 29 January 2014 13:54, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Congratulations to Brasil and New England from the UK! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 29 January 2014 12:43, Nurunnaby Chowdhury n...@nhasive.com wrote: Congratulations Brazil New England user group.. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians!! Best, Vishnu On Wednesday 29 January 2014 05:30 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized two new user groups in the movement in December. The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil_user_group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians The resolutions are published at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions, and the groups are in the process or have already completed the execution of the user group agreement, the final step in the process towards recognition. Please give a warm welcome to these groups and provide them encouragement for their future. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bangla Wikipedia http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive Social Media Interaction Expert Assignment Reporter | The Daily Prothom-Alo http://www.prothom-alo.com Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network http://www.okfn.org Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) http://www.bdosn.org fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive http://www.twitter.com/nhasive | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Nicole Ebber Leiterin Internationales Head of International Affairs Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
Bence Damokos, 29/01/2014 13:00: The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil_user_group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians Is that a unified proposals of the brasilian wikimedians, or will some competing almost-pseudo-(non-)group continue existing? If unity was finally achieved, this is indeed a very festive day! (Sorry for the blunt question but I don't have time to read hundreds kB to find out myself.) Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
El 29/01/2014 10:19, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com escribió: Bence Damokos, 29/01/2014 13:00: The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil_user_group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians Is that a unified proposals of the brasilian wikimedians, or will some competing almost-pseudo-(non-)group continue existing? If unity was finally achieved, this is indeed a very festive day! (Sorry for the blunt question but I don't have time to read hundreds kB to find out myself.) Nemo Everyone who was ready and willing to work as a group is on board, basically. So this is indeed great news :). Best, Galileo Vidoni Member, Affiliations Committee Presidente - A. C. Wikimedia Argentina ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Wikimedia UK monthly report, December 2013
Hello everyone, Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly reporthttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports for the period 1st to 31st December 2013. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our bloghttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/ , join a UK mailing listhttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l, and/or follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/wikimediauk. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk pagehttps://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2013/Decemberaction=editredlink=1 . If you prefer to see the report on wiki, you can do so here - https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/December Thanks and regards, Stevie Program activities GLAM activities Editathons Art Nouveau On the 4th December we had an Art Nouveau editathonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Symbolism_and_Art_Nouveau/London_Editathon partnering with Plus Partage. This gave us the opportunity to tap into the expertise of a volunteer whose real life job involves valuing Art Nouveau objects for Christies. BCS Women in Science On the 9th December John Cummings ran an editathon in Southamptonhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/BCS_Women_Wikipedia_editathon_December_2013 covering Women in Science. Image uploading The British Library announced a major image release of circa 1 million images. The massuploading tool went live on Commons and is now available for live testing - unlike most of our existing tools it has the ability to generate categories from data in xml databases. So a non-programmer can use it to upload hundred thousands of files without having every file in an upload go into the same categories. Wikimedians in Residence Royal Society WMUK and the Royal Society were delighted to announce the appointment of John Byrne as Wikimedian in Residencehttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/royal-society-appoints-wikimedian-in-residence/. John takes up his post in January. York Museums Trust Pat Hadley published his second reporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/YMT/2nd_Month_Report highlights included image release re the Middleham Hoard, also the first of the Tempest Anderson photos were uploaded. Education and expert outreach Menai Llandrillo College On the 20th, Robin Owain and Aled Powell presented to 27 IT lecturers at the college, outlining Wikimedia projects, the work in Wales and looking at how colleges are opening their doors to wiki editing skills and open content. Software Alliance Wales has also started to train the community in wiki editing skills, thanks to the Living Paths Project, in Wales, with 8 of their lecturers having been trained by Robin at Llanelli and Dolgellau. SAW trainers will now pass on these skills to the wider community, and the first full day took place at Lampeter on the 10th at the University. Other activities Wiki Loves Monuments 10th December saw the awards ceremony for the winners of the Wiki Loves Monuments UK photography competition take place at the Wikimedia UK officehttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Office. The event coincided with the charity's community Christmas party and was attended by over thirty people. Wiki Loves Monuments is the world's largest photography contest. The objective is to collect high quality photographs of some of the world's most important buildings - in the UK for 2013, this meant Grade I and Grade II* listed buildings. Over 570 people took part in the UK competition, contributing more than 12,000 photos to Wikimedia Commons. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, said: It's fantastic that so many people took the time to contribute their photos to the Wiki Loves Monuments competition. The standard of the winning images is incredibly high and I'm very pleased to be able to present the winners with their awards. Robin Brown, who received a highly commended prize for his photo of Wrest Park Banqueting Househttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Wrest_Park_Banqueting_House.jpg said: I'm still trying to decide if I am more delighted to have a glass trophy for the mantelpiece or in having my image selected by an exceptionally talented group of my peers for an award. I think it's probably the latter though. Microgrants Information about microgrants that are currently running, and how to submit a microgrant application of your own, are at Microgrants/Applicationshttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Microgrants/Applications . Blog posts this month - Reaching into the past: Working with Wikipedia and studentshttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/reaching-into-the-past-working-with-wikipedia-and-students/ (2 December) - Wikimedia Foundation launches tenth-annual online fundraising campaign to support Wikipediahttps://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/12/wikimedia-foundation-launches-tenth-annual-online-fundraising-campaign-to-support-wikipedia/ (4 December) - Michael Maggs takes over as Chair of Wikimedia
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Wikimedia UK monthly report, November 2013
Hello everyone, Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly reporthttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports for the period 1st to 30th November 2013. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our bloghttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/ , join a UK mailing listhttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l, and/or follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/wikimediauk. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk pagehttps://wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Talk:Reports/2013/Novemberaction=editredlink=1. You can also view the report on wiki at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports/2013/November Apologies for the delay in publishing this report. We've had some problems with our database that have prevented us being able to share accurate data. With regards, Stevie Program activities Community The second Cardiff wikimeethttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cardiff/2 took place at the beginning of the month with around twenty Members turning up as well as a few local non-Members. GLAM activities BBC Open Content For the first time, the BBC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:BBC have dipped their toe into open content waters, releasing three extracts from Radio 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:BBC_Radio_4 programmes from their archives, 'Desert Island Discshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Desert_Island_Discs and 'Today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Today_(BBC_Radio_4)' under CC-by licences, as a prelude to releasing around 200 more at an event Londonhttp://bbcspeakerthon.eventbrite.com/ on 18 January 2014. The donation came at the behest of Wikimedian Andy Mabbett, who is running the project with the BBChttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/BBC_voice_project and has written about the initiativehttp://pigsonthewing.org.uk/bbc-open-licence-voice-radio-speakerthon/ on his blog. Mining for information The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_of_England_Institute_of_Mining_and_Mechanical_Engineers in Newcastle upon Tyne was the site of an edit-a-thon relating to the institute's collection. Robert Forsythe delivered a report on the eventhttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/1995/, which included a tour round the collections, and there was enthusiasm for the topic, with one attendee travelling from the other side of the country to be there. The institute is considering a future event based around their collection so there may be more to come! Scotland The Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland organised an edit-a-thon on the subject of early photographyhttps://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Early_Photography_in_Scotland_Edit-a-thon. Topics included the Edinburgh Calotype Clubhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Calotype_Club, the oldest photography club in the world, and participants were able to access the Library's digital collections. An editing session with the University of Edinburgh's PhotoSoc is also being considered. In Glasgow an edit-a-thon was run on the topic of Scottish women on Wikipediahttps://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Scottish_Women_on_Wikipedia on Sunday 16th November. Details of the outcomes can be found herehttps://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Scottish_Women_on_Wikipedia#Results . Photography There was a strong photography theme in November. Building on the success of Wiki Loves Monuments, a Wiki Takeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_London/Wiki_takes_the_Tube event was organised based around London's tube system. The idea was to take photographs of Grade I and II* listed buildings which weren't covered on Commons and were within easy reach of tube stations. Towards the end of the month there was an edit-a-thon-cum-photography-sessionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Atheism/Conway_Hall_editathon_27/11/13 at Conway Hall in London, with nine articles created. Education and expert outreach The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Sheffield hosted a workshop on Wikimedia: linking research impact and open education. This is part of a series being deliveredhttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impact_and_open_education by Martin Poulter in universities around the country as part of the collaboration between Jisc and Wikimedia UK. The goal is to make educators, researchers and other people in universities aware of ways they can work productively with the Wikimedia projects, and to get them to commit to specific next steps. Among the 27 attendees from across the university were some MA students in topics such as public engagement and digital librarianship. Evaluation forms and reflections are written uphttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Jisc_Ambassador/Research_impact_and_open_education#Sheffield on the Wikimedia UK wiki. A quickie version of the workshop also took place at the EduWiki conference. Also in his Jisc Wikimedia
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
Unity was achieved two years ago for a Brazilian chapter. This user group proposal is a condition imposed by AffCom for a future apply as a chapter after1 year. The group accepted it in an open discussion. So, here we go... Michel Castelo Branco Em 29/01/2014, às 12:29, Galileo Vidoni gali...@gmail.com escreveu: El 29/01/2014 10:19, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com escribió: Bence Damokos, 29/01/2014 13:00: The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil_user_group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians Is that a unified proposals of the brasilian wikimedians, or will some competing almost-pseudo-(non-)group continue existing? If unity was finally achieved, this is indeed a very festive day! (Sorry for the blunt question but I don't have time to read hundreds kB to find out myself.) Nemo Everyone who was ready and willing to work as a group is on board, basically. So this is indeed great news :). Best, Galileo Vidoni Member, Affiliations Committee Presidente - A. C. Wikimedia Argentina ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
Welcome, folks. It's been a long road for Brasil, BTW. ¡Parabens! 2014-01-29 Santi Navarro santiagonava...@wikimedia.org.es Parabens Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil! Congratulations New England Wikimedians! Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized two new user groups in the movement in December. The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brasil_user_group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_England_Wikimedians The resolutions are published at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions, and the groups are in the process or have already completed the execution of the user group agreement, the final step in the process towards recognition. Please give a warm welcome to these groups and provide them encouragement for their future. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Santiago Navarro Wikimedia España http://www.wikimedia.org.es/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Atentamente:Iván MartínezPresidenteWikimedia México A.C.wikimedia.mx http://wikimedia.mxImagina un mundo en donde cada persona del planeta pueda tener acceso libre a la suma total del conocimiento humano. Eso es lo que estamos haciendo http://es.wikipedia.org. * ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Michel Castelo Branco michelcastelobra...@gmail.com wrote: Unity was achieved two years ago for a Brazilian chapter. This user group proposal is a condition imposed by AffCom for a future apply as a chapter after1 year. The group accepted it in an open discussion. So, here we go... Michel Castelo Branco Did aff-comm initially recommend to the Wikimedia Foundation board that Wikimedia Brazil be approved as a chapter? Or did aff-comm talk them into becoming a usergroup before any approval? -- twitter: purplepopple ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiConference USA Announcement
Hooray! I'm glad that this is happening and congrats to WM-NYC DC. I hope to attend! -- phoebe On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.comwrote: I am very pleased to announce that Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia DC are working in collaboration to host the first national Wikimedia conference in the United States! Here are the details for the conference: Dates: Friday, May 30, 2014 - Sunday, June 1, 2014 Location: New York Law School (185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013) Website: http://wikiconferenceusa.org Email: wiki...@wikimedianyc.org Registration: http://wikiconusa.eventbrite.org/ For more information, please review our official press release below! We hope you will join us and help us spread the word! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiCon_USA_2014_Press_Release_v1.pdf Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process
Funnily enough the cost of doing so has been looked into: http://news.com.au/technology/lehigh-university-figure-out-how-much-it-costs-to-build-death-star/story-e6frfro0-1226275852491 In short, $8,100,000,000,000,000 and would take about 800,000 years. Probably not a viable solution :) On 30/01/2014 12:08 AM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: On 29 January 2014 12:21, Steve Zhang cro0...@gmail.com wrote: Part of me still thinks we'd be better off and it would be easier to try clone Sue rather than trying to find a suitable replacement for her... Hm, clone armies. Could the WMF strategy extend to creating a Death Star to preserve all of human knowledge? (As a certain CEO said once; blah, blah, blah, dark side.) Fae ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
