Re: [Wikimedia-l] Plea from Wikimedia Portugal

2018-10-10 Thread Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής
Hello, I'm really sorry to hear about the situation in Wikimedia Portugal. I hope everything works out for the best soon. I would really love to hear the side of the AffCom on the matter since, from what I understand, there are many things unclear and we already counding a similar situation in

[Wikimedia-l] Sign up to share your knowledge with others in the movement!

2018-10-10 Thread Greg Varnum
Greetings! As you may have heard, the signup process to present at the Wikimedia monthly activities meetings (the meeting previously known as the Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meetings) has been opened to all within the movement! Sign up page:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Plea from Wikimedia Portugal

2018-10-10 Thread Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l
When I read such mails, I think there is something that it's not 100% working in the workflow of AffCom. If i might say how i feel it, I would say that it is not perceived like a "catalyst" of good practices, but more like a bottleneck of processes. Maybe more transparency could help. UG and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedians of Chicago User Group first annual report submitted

2018-10-10 Thread effe iets anders
Wow congratulations :) I'm guessing this is the link you wanted to include: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Chicago_User_Group/2018_Annual_Report On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 3:51 PM Brian Choo wrote: > Fellow Wikimedians, > > Wikimedians of Chicago User Group has put together their

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Plea from Wikimedia Portugal

2018-10-10 Thread Pine W
SJ, maybe I should explain my comments about involvement of legal counsel in more detail. My understanding of the situation, which is far from complete and may be wrong, is that AffCom decided to intervene in this situation (1) before they had undertaken an effort to gather facts "on the ground",

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Plea from Wikimedia Portugal

2018-10-10 Thread Paulo Santos Perneta
Hello SJ, Thank you very much for those words, and for help dispelling the idea that we are fatally bound to de-recognizement. I do hope we are not, but when everything is done by the chapter according to what is asked, even ahead of time and in a overzealous way, and we receive a new message

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Plea from Wikimedia Portugal

2018-10-10 Thread Samuel Klein
Gonçalo, Goethe, and all: Thank you for your work, which I appreciate dearly, and for the public discussion. I can also imagine this was a very hard letter to write. Paulo, to your concerns: > for a Foundation-run committee[3] that apparently wants to kill us at all costs. Euh... surely not

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Plea from Wikimedia Portugal

2018-10-10 Thread Paulo Santos Perneta
Some time ago, a Wikimedian friend told me AffCom is like the physician that comes to help with the cure when an Affiliate is ill. But that's really what they were in this WMPT case? This is a very bizarre situation, of which I'm personally having a lot of difficulties finding rational answers to

[Wikimedia-l] An invite from the Goa Wikipedia Group

2018-10-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
https://bit.ly/2pE3POJ Do come if possible... Saturday, Oct 13, 2018. Panjim. Fredericknoronha +91-9822122436 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and