[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Request for Comments: Legal Fees Assistance Program

2012-08-31 Thread Tilman Bayer 
Forwarding, as this doesn't yet seem to have made it through from the
Announce list (possibly because of the HTML content; but trying anyway).

The original message can also be read at
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaannounce-l/2012-August/000467.html


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From: Geoff Brigham 
To: wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org
Cc:
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:35:39 +0200
Subject: Request for Comments: Legal Fees Assistance Program
*Note:  You may also read this announcement in
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Many Wikimedians take on key support roles that help ensure that the
community’s projects run smoothly and effectively. The Wikimedia Foundation
-- under the lead of the Finance Department and the Legal and Community
Advocacy Department -- is proposing the Legal Fees Assistance Program. This
program is intended to help find qualified lawyers or pay for the legal
defense fees of eligible users in specified support
roles.
The assistance would be available in the unlikely event those users were
ever named in a legal complaint as a defendant because of their support
roles on any Wikimedia project. The program would apply to all projects and
languages.

We have started a request for
commentto
see what the community thinks of this proposed initiative, and we
would
like those who are interested to look at the proposed program
itselfand
let us know your thoughts. If you have further questions, we have
prepared an 
FAQ,
and we will be available to discuss via the talk pages.

Many thanks,

Geoff 

Geoff Brigham
General Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation

Garfield 
Garfield Byrd
Chief of Finance and Administration
Wikimedia Foundation



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Request for Comments: Legal Fees Assistance Program

2012-08-31 Thread Nathan 
Something I don't see in the FAQ - could the use of WMF funds to
defend someone for actions taken in a project role imperil the
immunity of the WMF? If the organization is seen to provide for the
defense of its functionaries, and describes those people as taking
"official action" in its FAQ, is there any bleedover risk for the
Foundation itself?

Nathan

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Geoff Brigham  wrote:
> Note:  You may also read this announcement in DE - ES - FR - IT - JA - RU
>
> Many Wikimedians take on key support roles that help ensure that the
> community’s projects run smoothly and effectively. The Wikimedia Foundation
> -- under the lead of the Finance Department and the Legal and Community
> Advocacy Department -- is proposing the Legal Fees Assistance Program. This
> program is intended to help find qualified lawyers or pay for the legal
> defense fees of eligible users in specified support roles. The assistance
> would be available in the unlikely event those users were ever named in a
> legal complaint as a defendant because of their support roles on any
> Wikimedia project. The program would apply to all projects and languages.
>
> We have started a request for comment to see what the community thinks of
> this proposed initiative, and we would like those who are interested to look
> at the proposed program itself and let us know your thoughts. If you have
> further questions, we have prepared an FAQ, and we will be available to
> discuss via the talk pages.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Geoff
>
> Geoff Brigham
> General Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> Garfield
>
> Garfield Byrd
> Chief of Finance and Administration
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] WLM Android app goes live!

2012-08-31 Thread Philip Chang 
Greetings All,


The official release of the WLM Android App has been published on the
Google Play store!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.wlm

Now is the time to download the app from Google Play and tell us if
there are any issues before the contest starts on September 1st. All
uploads go to Commons, so send photos that you want the world to see.

In just a few days we've seen some amazing uploads including:

*
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torre_de_H%C3%A9rcules_(taken_on_30Aug2012_15hrs26mins40secs).jpg
*
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Square_(taken_on_27Aug2012_13hrs36mins9secs).jpg
*
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Pacific_Railroad_Locomotive_No-_1673_(taken_on_25Aug2012_10hrs6mins28secs).jpg

and you can see all of our mobile uploads below:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Uploaded_with_Android_WLM_App

For those of you in San Francsico, come by to the third floor to see a
visualization of all the mobile uploads on the big screen in admin
alley. If your not with us then you can load:
http://jonrobson.me.uk/wlm/to see the same. We took the majority of
these photos on Monday when the
team took a break from development and wandered San Francisco, Tucson, and
Chicago to field test our app. This was one of the best ways that we could
test our app. Since Monday we've seen amazing photos from Pittsburgh, South
Dakota, Mexico, and Spain from Wikipedians that we know and numerous that
we don't. We love when this happens!


Please write to us with any comments so that we can make the app even
better.

Thank you for your cooperation and support, and let's make 2012 the
best year ever!


Best regards,

The WMF Mobile Team

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Product Manager, Mobile
Wikimedia Foundation
415-812-0854 m
415-882-7982 x 6810
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