[Wikimedia-l] Happy Ada Lovelace Day

2014-10-15 Thread Pine W
Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated on October 14 this year. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (born in the year 1815) was a mathematician and computer programmer who worked on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. She foresaw how computers could evolve into devices that perform tasks more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Android Nearby Feature (was: Re: Community RfCs about MediaViewer)

2014-10-15 Thread Magnus Manske
Hah! Of course, I pick the same day to rewrite WikiShootMe... https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikishootme/ On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: An answer would be appreciated... I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

2014-10-15 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Pine W, 15/10/2014 09:56: Hi Risker, I am speaking of all of them, and I suppose our mission also, although in ways that are broadly interpreted. For example, as an organization that values freedom and transparency, and is for the purpose of public education for the benefit of all people, I

[Wikimedia-l] Cryonics

2014-10-15 Thread James Salsman
It has come to my attention that certain companies in the Foundation's employment peer group have been offering ova cryonics as a family planning benefit: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/14/apple-and-facebooks-newest-perk-freezing-your-eggs/ I recommend that the Foundation explore

[Wikimedia-l] [Reminder] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on October 15, 2014 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC

2014-10-15 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
Hello, A reminder that Language Engineering's monthly office hour is happening in a few hours (1700 UTC) on #wikimedia-office. Please see below for the original announcement, including local time and agenda. The original mail was inadvertently not sent to Wikimedia-l. My apologies for that.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

2014-10-15 Thread Marc A. Pelletier
On 10/15/2014 04:52 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: I suggest that you need a stricter definition to start with. It's also highly disputable that the Foundation would be justified in reducing the fiduciary care it must employ in its investment strategy for a set of ill-defined objectives that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

2014-10-15 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote: On 10/15/2014 04:52 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: I suggest that you need a stricter definition to start with. It's also highly disputable that the Foundation would be justified in reducing the fiduciary care it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cryonics

2014-10-15 Thread Lodewijk
This does it to me. Dear list moderators, could you please pretty please consider putting James on moderation indefinitely? This behaviour has gone on long enough, and clearly resulted in a net negative contribution to the movement. Thanks. Lodewijk 2014-10-15 13:03 GMT+02:00 Liam Wyatt

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cryonics

2014-10-15 Thread Austin Hair
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:41 AM, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote: I recommend that the Foundation explore gender-inclusive cryonics solutions. I understand that supercooling vitrification freezers such as those manufactured by ABI, Ltd. of Chiba, Japan called CASfresh or Cells Alive

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cryonics

2014-10-15 Thread Newyorkbrad
Here's a compromise between those who want to discuss cryonics and those who think it's weirdly off-topic: We'll freeze this thread. Newyorkbrad/IBM On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Wil Sinclair w...@wllm.com wrote: Hmmm. James and Liam just put a smile on my face, and honestly, if we're

[Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves Earth Brasil - Exhibition

2014-10-15 Thread Rodrigo Padula
Hello fellows! Concluding our participation and activities on Wiki Loves Earth, we organized an exhibition during the event Paraty em Foco in the historical city of Paraty - Rio de Janeiro. During the event (Sep 24-28) the exhibition received near 1.500 visitors daily and the exhibition

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference[1] 2015

2014-10-15 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hello, everyone. Weeks go by, and the previous conversation was throughly derailed, so out of a profound interest in ensuring a high-value event, I am bringing this up again: we[3] *need to make progress* with planning the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Chapters] Wikimedia Serbia Executive Director

2014-10-15 Thread Salvador A
Great news! Congratulations! I hope WMRS could tell us how was the experience and difficulties of choosing a new ED. Such kind of storytelling might be the basis for future best practices on getting staff. Welcome Ivan! 2014-10-15 4:20 GMT-05:00 Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com: