[Wikimedia-l] [Reminder] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on February 12, 2014 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC

2014-02-12 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
Hello, A quick reminder that the IRC office hour for Language Engineering is happening later today at 1700 UTC on Freenode #wikimedia-office. More details at the end of the mail. See you there! Thanks Runa Event Details: == # Date: February 12, 2014 (Wednesday) # Time: 1700-1800 UTC,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board decisions on movement funding and approval issues

2014-02-12 Thread Risker
I think perhaps this financial benefit discussion has taken us a bit off track. This thread has a wealth of well-informed commentary, the majority of it coming from volunteers; for most, any financial benefit is the result of expenses being (partially) covered to carry out these volunteer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Programmatic experience in past 2 years (was: Board decisions on movement funding and approval issues)

2014-02-12 Thread derfussi
How about the Wikivoyage association…. We have been existing for 7 years now, and applied for being recognized as a thematic organisation. Von: Pharos Gesendet: ‎Dienstag‎, ‎11‎. ‎Februar‎ ‎2014 ‎20‎:‎57 An: Wikimedia Mailing List Certainly, in the last 2 years and before, a handful of

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

2014-02-12 Thread LiAnna Davis
Forwarding on for those of you not on the Wikimedia Announcements list. -- Forwarded message -- From: Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:16 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release) Frank Schulenburg named executive director of new Wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Programmatic experience in past 2 years (was: Board decisions on movement funding and approval issues)

2014-02-12 Thread phoebe ayers
And to Pharos' point, for new groups i don't think becoming a penalty. If a group goes from no Wikimedia recognition to being a user group they go from no access to resources to access to the Wikimedia trademarks, access to grants big and small, listing with other official groups...it's a big

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board decisions on movement funding and approval issues

2014-02-12 Thread Mathias Damour
Le 12/02/2014 03:14, Mark a écrit : On 2/11/14, 9:18 PM, Samuel Klein wrote: The WMF also wants to let all groups have easier access to trademarks and funds. This is what user groups were designed to allow, with minimal overhead. These two ideas were combined into be a user group for two

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

2014-02-12 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 12 February 2014 21:16, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: [...] Congratulations to Frank, but... The Wiki Education Foundation, a new nonprofit organization that supports the Wikipedia Education Program in the United States and Canada ...why isn't this called The Wiki Education

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board decisions on movement funding and approval issues

2014-02-12 Thread Mark
On 2/12/14, 10:55 PM, Mathias Damour wrote: I like that initiatives such as the individual-engagement grants, user-group recognition, etc. are opening up more avenues for Wikimedian organizations, organized along different lines, to find a more recognized (and funded) role in the movement. I

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

2014-02-12 Thread Liam Wyatt
On 13 February 2014 10:04, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 12 February 2014 21:16, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: [...] Congratulations to Frank, but... The Wiki Education Foundation, a new nonprofit organization that supports the Wikipedia Education Program

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 6 -- 12 February 2014

2014-02-12 Thread מאור מלול
מאור מלולmao...@outlook.com To: wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org From: wikipediasignp...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 03:53:24 + Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 6 -- 12 February 2014 News and notes: WMF bites the

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

2014-02-12 Thread Meno25
Great news and congratulations to Frank. --User:Meno25 On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Jay Walsh jwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: Passing along for your information. This release is posted on the WMF wiki at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board decisions on movement funding and approval issues

2014-02-12 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Yes, people employed by the WMF working from outside the USA exis. They are very much part of what WMF does and, there is no trickle back to the local countries really. They are part of the WMF structure and their priorities are the WMF priorities. There is a huge potential outside the USA