Re: [Wikimedia-l] Office Hours with Lila re: NSA suit - 23 March 2015 18:00 UTC / 11:00 PDT

2015-03-23 Thread Maggie Dennis 
Hi, all. :)

I just wanted to point out that this is due to start in a bit less than 30
minutes.

Lila will be joined by Ashley Gorski from the ACLU  to discuss the
Wikimedia Foundation’s decision to file suit against the NSA.

Please come by if interested in participating!

Best,

Maggie


On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Philippe Beaudette 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> We’ll be holding IRC office hours on Monday, March 23 at 18:00 UTC / 11:00
> PDT to discuss the Wikimedia Foundation’s decision to file suit against the
> NSA . Wikimedia
> Foundation Executive director Lila Tretikov will be there to answer
> questions about why we decided to file suit, the importance of this action,
> and to hear your thoughts on the issue.
>
> The office hours will be held in #Wikimedia-office on the Freenode network.
> You can find information on how to get online, including a link to a
> webchat option if you don't have an IRC client, on the meta office hours
> page  >.
> You can also find a time converter for the start of the start of the hour
> here
> <
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=IRC+Office+Hours%3A+Wikimedia+Foundation+and+NSA+Complaint+&iso=20150323T11&p1=224&ah=1
> >.
> Note that the U.S. has just switched to Daylight Savings Time, so you may
> want to double check for the time in your location.
>
> Like most of our public office hours, this one will be publicly logged and
> will be posted on the meta office hour page shortly after it's conclusion.
>
> Due to the legal issues surrounding this topic, this will be a moderated
> session and Lila will not be able to comment on specific legal arguments or
> theory. We are currently finalizing the selection of a moderator and will
> update the meta office hours page prior to the office hours.
>
> Also, tomorrow (Friday, March 20), Jimmy, Lila, and ACLU attorney Jameel
> Jaffer will be doing a Reddit AMA at 4:00 PM UTC to answer questions about
> this topic. Anyone who would like to join can do so via this link:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Philippe
>
> *Philippe Beaudette * \\  Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia
> Foundation, Inc.
> T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 |  phili...@wikimedia.org  |  :  @Philippewiki
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[Wikimedia-l] [VisualEditor] 7th weekly triage meeting; office hour for March

2015-03-23 Thread Erica Litrenta 
Hello all,
and apologies for cross-posting.

Here are some reminders and announcements about upcoming appointments
related to VisualEditor.
A *triage meeting* for VisualEditor (the last one for this quarter) is
scheduled for* Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 19:00 UTC* [1].

For more information, and to learn how you can participate even if you're
not taking part to the Google Hangout, please see the relevant page at
mediawiki.org [2].

This *Friday 27 March at 15:00 UTC* an *office hour* about VE will be held
on IRC [3]. Previous logs and other information, including how to
participate, can be found at Meta [4].

Please notice it will be the last office hour in this format, but we'd like
to discuss alternative formulas which are more useful for everybody.
Therefore, please see and comment the related Phabricator task [5], or just
come and discuss the future of these conversations with us on Friday.

Looking forward to meeting you later this week!

Elitre (WMF)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_(Product)


[1]
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&day=25&month=03&year=2015

[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:VisualEditor/Portal

[3]
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=15&min=00&sec=0&day=27&month=03&year=2015

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours

[5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T92783
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Office hours for Flow - 23 March 2015 19:30 UTC / 12:30 PDT

2015-03-23 Thread Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 
Hi,
A quick reminder, this is starting in 1 hour.
Please see below, for the original announcement and links.
Thanks,
Quiddity

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Nick Wilson (Quiddity)
 wrote:
> Hello everyone, (my apologies for cross-posting)
>
> We'll be holding an Office hour for Flow on IRC, this Monday at 19:30
> UTC / 12:30 PST.[1] It will take place in #wikimedia-office on
> Freenode IRC.
> You can find information on how to get online, including a link to a
> webchat option if you don't have an IRC client, on the meta office
> hours page.[2]
> The intended focus is for questions about the LQT -> Flow conversion
> on MediaWiki.org, as discussed in the related wikitech-l thread and
> onwiki.[3][4]
> Everyone is welcome for discussions and question answering. Logs will
> be posted on the meta office hour page afterwards.
>
> Thanks,
> Quiddity
>
> [1] Time conversion:
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=30&sec=0&day=23&month=03&year=2015
> (30 mins later than previously mentioned)
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#How_to_participate
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Sdoatsbslsafx6lw and at
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/82069
> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow
>
> --
> Nick Wilson (Quiddity)
> Community Liaison
> Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours on strategy

2015-03-23 Thread Philippe Beaudette 
Hi all,

I'd like to invite you to join Kim Gilbey and I for office hours on the new
Wikimedia Foundation strategy process.

This office hours will be held on Wednesday 3/25 from 16:00-17:00 UTC.

More information can be found at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours.

Hope to see you there!

Best wishes,
pb



*Philippe Beaudette * \\  Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc.
T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 |  phili...@wikimedia.org  |  :  @Philippewiki

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