Re: [Wikimedia-l] Office hour inside out (program evaluation)
Hey all - I have been really curious about this thread, and thanks to all of you for the thoughts and participation. I am in full agreement that we need to have better movement-wide shared lessons and accountability: I think this should include most particularly all places receiving movement funding resources (WMF, chapters, other grant recipients, etc.). On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:14 AM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: If we truly want to learn from these two, I would suggest running an election on meta where editors can lobby for the next initiative. This is what I'd hoed that the Strategy wiki would foster, and it might have done if the Strategy debate had been on Meta rather than hidden on a separate wiki made more complex by liquid threads. Maybe the result would be Global watchlists, maybe it would be software changes to resolve more edit conflicts without losing edits (both currently languishing as low priorities in Bugzilla). The important thing is that the resulting initiative would be likely to make a positive difference to the project and unlikely to share the fate of liquid threads, the IEP or the AFT. I have been thinking about something like this too. Siko Bouterse - who is leading the Individual Engagement Grants (IEG, not to be confused with IEP!) set up a page a few months ago with the goal of idea generation for projects within the broader community: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab I see this as having a lot of potential for thinking critically and communally about ideas before execution begins -- the challenge, of course, will be maintaining the right balance of applying lessons-learned and fostering innovation! The other thing I am gearing to get up and running is a learning/evaluation space on meta where these conversations can happen: case studies be posted, learnings captured, tools for evaluation shared, projects prioritized, etc. It would be great to have help on this front, so ping me personally if you are interested, and/or keep an eye-out here for more information. Any initial thoughts on how to maximize the effectiveness of those two ideas (IdeaLab and Learning Portal)? Jessie -- *Jessie Wild Learning Evaluation * *Wikimedia Foundation* * * Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Donate to Wikimedia https://donate.wikimedia.org/Hey ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] IdeaLab (it was: Office hour inside out (program evaluation)) Re:
Hi, thanks for sharing the IdeaLab portal. [1] I didn't know it, although I knew portals and individual inside him, like the Individual Engagement Grants. I don't have time now to make longer comments, but two questions: 1) Is there a possibility for thie committee to be more open, like the WMF grants program? [2] 2) Isn't time for we think out of the box, I mean, out of the wiki and try technologies that can foster the community evaluation of projetcs/idea and discussions? I know the question is too general, but recently, for isntance, I thought about using a reddit like system for the Portuguese Wikipedia village pump for the community distringuish try to distinguish what is good or not. I mentioned something like All Our Ideas once http://www.allourideas.org/, but I think there are other things worth trying, if possible. P. S. Just look the discussion system inside a wiki. Damn. Tom [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Jessie Wild jw...@wikimedia.org wrote: Any initial thoughts on how to maximize the effectiveness of those two ideas (IdeaLab and Learning Portal)? -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie! -- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: Staff All wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi all, Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1] As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where help from WMF is needed. Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life. Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack. As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime! Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates. Welcome, Ellie! [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Donate or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality! -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate https://donate.wikimedia.org or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality!* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :) On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.orgwrote: Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie! -- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: Staff All wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi all, Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1] As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where help from WMF is needed. Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life. Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack. As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime! Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates. Welcome, Ellie! [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Donate or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality! -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate https://donate.wikimedia.org or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality!* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Leslie Harms Office Assistant Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext 6743 https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
Welcome Ellie. I'm sure the local Wikimania team will be happy to have you on board :) On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Leslie Harms lha...@wikimedia.org wrote: Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :) On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org wrote: Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie! -- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: Staff All wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi all, Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1] As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where help from WMF is needed. Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life. Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack. As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime! Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates. Welcome, Ellie! [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Donate or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality! -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate https://donate.wikimedia.org or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality!* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Leslie Harms Office Assistant Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext 6743 https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Regards, Karthik Nadar. (Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter). ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
Awesome! Ellie is great and will serve as a great coordinator. I look forward to working with her on the planning Commitee! Sarah Sent from my iPhone On Mar 27, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org wrote: Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie! -- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse sboute...@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: Staff All wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi all, Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1] As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where help from WMF is needed. Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life. Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack. As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime! Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates. Welcome, Ellie! [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Donate or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality! -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate https://donate.wikimedia.org or click the edit button today, and help us make it a reality!* ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Congratulations! Jan-Bart On Mar 27, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Congratulations! that's wonderful. Cornelius Kibelka Twitter: @jaancornelius Mobile: +49-1520-7226062 On 27 March 2013 21:30, Jan-Bart de Vreede jdevre...@wikimedia.org wrote: Congratulations! Jan-Bart On Mar 27, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Welcome, Wikimedia Armenia, and congratulations to Susanna and the rest of the team for their progress so far. Asaf On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Excellent news. Congrats to WMAM! On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- John Vandenberg ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Congrats. Wikimedia projects in Armenia have already been inspiring and active -- keep up the good work! SJ On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Congratulations! :) -Sarah On 3/27/13 1:56 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: Excellent news. Congrats to WMAM! On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- *Sarah Stierch* */Museumist and open culture advocate/* Visit sarahstierch.com http://sarahstierch.com ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Congrats from Hungary! cheers, Balázs 2013/3/27 Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*
Hello Wikimedia community members, This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard decision to make. But I’m writing to tell you that I’m planning to leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. My departure isn’t imminent -- the Board and I anticipate it’ll take at least six months to recruit my successor, and I’ll be fully engaged as Executive Director all through the recruitment process and until we have a new person in place. We’re expecting that’ll take about six months or so, and so this note is not goodbye -- not yet. Making the decision to leave hasn’t been easy, but it comes down to two things. First, the movement and the Wikimedia Foundation are in a strong place now. When I joined, the Foundation was tiny and not yet able to reliably support the projects. Today it's healthy, thriving, and a competent partner to the global network of Wikimedia volunteers. If that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t feel okay to leave. In that sense, my leaving is a vote of confidence in our Board and executive team and staff --- I know they will ably steer the Foundation through the years ahead, and I’m confident the Board will appoint a strong successor to me. And I feel that although we’re in good shape, with a promising future, the same isn’t true for the internet itself. (This is thing number two.) Increasingly, I’m finding myself uncomfortable about how the internet’s developing, who’s influencing its development, and who is not. Last year we at Wikimedia raised an alarm about SOPA/PIPA, and now CISPA is back. Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands of industry groups and governments, and we’re --increasingly, I think-- seeing important decisions made by unaccountable non-transparent corporate players, a shift from the open web to mobile walled gardens, and a shift from the production-based internet to one that’s consumption-based. There are many organizations and individuals advocating for the public interest online -- what’s good for ordinary people -- but other interests are more numerous and powerful than they are. I want that to change. And that’s what I want to do next. I’ve always aimed to make the biggest contribution I can to the general public good. Today, this is pulling me towards a new and different role, one very much aligned with Wikimedia values and informed by my experiences here, and with the purpose of amplifying the voices of people advocating for the free and open internet. I don’t know exactly what this will look like -- I might write a book, or start a non-profit, or work in partnership with something that already exists. Either way, I feel strongly that this is what I need to do. I feel an increasing sense of urgency around this. That said, I also feel a strong sense of responsibility (and love!) for the Wikimedia movement, and so I’ve agreed with the Board that I’ll stay on as Executive Director until we have my successor in place. That’ll take some time -- likely, at least six months. Until then, nothing changes. The Wikimedia Foundation has lots of work to do, and you can expect me to focus fully on it until we have a new Executive Director in place. I have many people to thank, but I’m not going to do it now -- there’ll be time for that later. For now, I’ll just say I love working with you all, I’m proud of everything the Wikimedia movement is accomplishing, and I’m looking forward to our next six months together. Jan-Bart’s going to write a note in a couple of minutes with information about the transition process. We’ll be hosting office hours this weekend as well, so anybody with questions can ask them here or turn up to talk with us on IRC. Thanks, Sue ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Congratulations! Looking forward to meet you in Milan :) Best, Markus Am 27.03.2013 21:26, schrieb Bence Damokos: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Markus Glaser WCA Council Member (WMDE) Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*
Dear members of the community. As they say… all good things must come to an end… It’s hard for me and the rest of the Board to imagine the Wikimedia Foundation without Sue at the helm, but we’re confident, as is she, that we can make this transition positive for everyone. Sue is going to continue to work in what we broadly think of as “our space”, and we know she’s going to continue to be our friend and supporter. So, this isn’t goodbye. I understand and respect Sue’s reasoning here, and know she’s going to continue to do important work. Although I’m tempted to write a big note of praise and love, I want to respect her request that we not move into thanking mode just yet. She’s right, we have lots of work to do, and she’s not going anywhere right away. There will be lots of time for thanking later. But I do wish to make the general statement that her contribution to the movement through the position of Executive director (and very active editor) has been and will continue to be incredible. As a board member I will forever be grateful that she was willing to bet on a small organization with a lot of potential… and then continued on to build on that potential to make it one of the most powerful examples in the space of open knowledge and learning. Here’s what will happen next. The Board has appointed a Transition Team which consists of the Chair of the Board of Trustees Kat Walsh, and HR Committee member Alice Wiegand, Sue, Sue’s deputy and the Wikimedia Foundation’s Vice-President of Product and Engineering Erik Moeller, Geoff Brigham our General Counsel, and Gayle Karen Young, our Chief Talent and Culture Officer. I am the final member and am the Chair of the Transition Team, and Sue will be facilitating its work on my behalf. (In case you don’t know, non-profit organizations often have outgoing EDs support the recruitment of their successors. The Board is of course ultimately responsible for appointing the Executive Director, but we want our search to be supported by our staff members, including Sue. Sue , Erik, Geoff and Gayle have done a lot of hiring for the Wikimedia Foundation over the past number of years, and we know they will bring experience and wisdom to the process.) I will also be responsible for making this a transparent (where possible) and confidential (where needed) process and will set up the corresponding pages on Meta in the coming days (please give me some time to do so :). First step will be the office hours with Sue and myself this Saturday. We haven’t yet defined exactly what the process will look like, although we do know that we will be engaging a search firm to help us. The Transition Team will be meeting informally over the next several weeks, and will have our first face-to-face meeting together in mid-April in Milan, as part of the Wikimedia Conference. I will give a status report shortly after that. I’d be very happy to answer any questions you’ve got. To that end, Sue and I will be having office hours this Saturday, 30 of March, at 11AM PST [6PM UTC]. Or, we can talk on this list. Jan-Bart de Vreede Vice Chair Wikimedia Board of Trustees On Mar 27, 2013, at 11:04 PM, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello Wikimedia community members, This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard decision to make. But I’m writing to tell you that I’m planning to leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. My departure isn’t imminent -- the Board and I anticipate it’ll take at least six months to recruit my successor, and I’ll be fully engaged as Executive Director all through the recruitment process and until we have a new person in place. We’re expecting that’ll take about six months or so, and so this note is not goodbye -- not yet. Making the decision to leave hasn’t been easy, but it comes down to two things. First, the movement and the Wikimedia Foundation are in a strong place now. When I joined, the Foundation was tiny and not yet able to reliably support the projects. Today it's healthy, thriving, and a competent partner to the global network of Wikimedia volunteers. If that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t feel okay to leave. In that sense, my leaving is a vote of confidence in our Board and executive team and staff --- I know they will ably steer the Foundation through the years ahead, and I’m confident the Board will appoint a strong successor to me. And I feel that although we’re in good shape, with a promising future, the same isn’t true for the internet itself. (This is thing number two.) Increasingly, I’m finding myself uncomfortable about how the internet’s developing, who’s influencing its development, and who is not. Last year we at Wikimedia raised an alarm about SOPA/PIPA, and now CISPA is back. Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands of industry groups and governments, and we’re --increasingly, I think-- seeing
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*
Dear Sue, thanks for the honest and open mail. This is not a farewell mail either, we still have much time to share. But I'd like to reply to this point: Am 27.03.2013 23:04, schrieb Sue Gardner: And that’s what I want to do next. I’ve always aimed to make the biggest contribution I can to the general public good. Today, this is pulling me towards a new and different role, one very much aligned with Wikimedia values and informed by my experiences here, and with the purpose of amplifying the voices of people advocating for the free and open internet. I don’t know exactly what this will look like [...] In the context of the problems you listed in your mail I can only recommend in trying to get a position at ICANN. By the way Wikimedia CH and Wikimedia Österreich are members of ICANN but due to our nature we are only part of the ALAC, so we don't have a lot of impact. Much in the contrast of having you in a management position there. That would be really interesting! /Manuel -- Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Lausanne, +41 (21) 34066-22 - www.wikimedia.ch ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
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I'm not sure it could be any easier to write this message, but I'm not sure it could be any harder either. It is a great privilege to be able to say, as she is moving on, that this is not a sign of any trouble or strain between Sue and the board, or any sign of trouble at Wikimedia. It would be hard to be in a better condition to have a calm, angst-free transition, which reflects the professionalism, leadership, and real concern for the organization that Sue has shown all throughout her time in the position; I was incredibly sorry to hear she would be moving on from this role even as she goes on to find new ways to further the values we both believe in. When we hired Sue, we knew it was for a tremendous task, one that we could hardly have asked of anyone, especially at the stage in our history while we were small and struggling. We had no idea how lucky we were to connect with her, someone who had the unusual mix of skills needed to take us from where we were as an organization to where we are now, and who had the passion for our movement and the values it holds to become its best and strongest advocate. Now we are lucky to have her as a full part of the transition team, as the one who best knows the specific demands of the role, and to continue to lead the organization until her successor is in as strong as possible a position going forward. As Chair, I recognize that she's been a great leader of the organization, and that we have a challenging task ahead in finding a successor--but that she will be leaving us in an excellent position for another outstanding leader to take up where she left off. In a personal capacity, I have truly valued being able to work closely for these past years with someone I consider a mentor and a friend, and with whom I was able to have a great deal of mutual trust, respect, and candor. And so even recognizing this as a decision that was bound to come sometime and makes perfect sense, I am sad to know she will be moving on, and to have to write this message. Fortunately, this isn't yet goodbye, and given that she'll be closely tied to our movement in whatever new role she chooses, even that will only be a see you later. I look forward to working with her, and with all of you, to search for and prepare the next amazing person to lead the organization into the future. -Kat On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello Wikimedia community members, This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard decision to make. But I’m writing to tell you that I’m planning to leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. My departure isn’t imminent -- the Board and I anticipate it’ll take at least six months to recruit my successor, and I’ll be fully engaged as Executive Director all through the recruitment process and until we have a new person in place. We’re expecting that’ll take about six months or so, and so this note is not goodbye -- not yet. Making the decision to leave hasn’t been easy, but it comes down to two things. First, the movement and the Wikimedia Foundation are in a strong place now. When I joined, the Foundation was tiny and not yet able to reliably support the projects. Today it's healthy, thriving, and a competent partner to the global network of Wikimedia volunteers. If that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t feel okay to leave. In that sense, my leaving is a vote of confidence in our Board and executive team and staff --- I know they will ably steer the Foundation through the years ahead, and I’m confident the Board will appoint a strong successor to me. And I feel that although we’re in good shape, with a promising future, the same isn’t true for the internet itself. (This is thing number two.) Increasingly, I’m finding myself uncomfortable about how the internet’s developing, who’s influencing its development, and who is not. Last year we at Wikimedia raised an alarm about SOPA/PIPA, and now CISPA is back. Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands of industry groups and governments, and we’re --increasingly, I think-- seeing important decisions made by unaccountable non-transparent corporate players, a shift from the open web to mobile walled gardens, and a shift from the production-based internet to one that’s consumption-based. There are many organizations and individuals advocating for the public interest online -- what’s good for ordinary people -- but other interests are more numerous and powerful than they are. I want that to change. And that’s what I want to do next. I’ve always aimed to make the biggest contribution I can to the general public good. Today, this is pulling me towards a new and different role, one very much aligned with Wikimedia values and informed by my experiences here, and with the purpose of amplifying the voices of people advocating for the free and open internet. I don’t know exactly what this will look like
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*
Hello Wikimedia community members, This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard decision to make. But I’m writing to tell you that I’m planning to leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. My departure isn’t imminent -- the Board and I anticipate it’ll take at least six months to recruit my successor, and I’ll be fully engaged as Executive Director all through the recruitment process and until we have a new person in place. We’re expecting that’ll take about six months or so, and so this note is not goodbye -- not yet. Making the decision to leave hasn’t been easy, but it comes down to two things. First, the movement and the Wikimedia Foundation are in a strong place now. When I joined, the Foundation was tiny and not yet able to reliably support the projects. Today it's healthy, thriving, and a competent partner to the global network of Wikimedia volunteers. If that wasn’t the case, I wouldn’t feel okay to leave. In that sense, my leaving is a vote of confidence in our Board and executive team and staff --- I know they will ably steer the Foundation through the years ahead, and I’m confident the Board will appoint a strong successor to me. And I feel that although we’re in good shape, with a promising future, the same isn’t true for the internet itself. (This is thing number two.) Increasingly, I’m finding myself uncomfortable about how the internet’s developing, who’s influencing its development, and who is not. Last year we at Wikimedia raised an alarm about SOPA/PIPA, and now CISPA is back. Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands of industry groups and governments, and we’re --increasingly, I think-- seeing important decisions made by unaccountable non-transparent corporate players, a shift from the open web to mobile walled gardens, and a shift from the production-based internet to one that’s consumption-based. There are many organizations and individuals advocating for the public interest online -- what’s good for ordinary people -- but other interests are more numerous and powerful than they are. I want that to change. And that’s what I want to do next. I’ve always aimed to make the biggest contribution I can to the general public good. Today, this is pulling me towards a new and different role, one very much aligned with Wikimedia values and informed by my experiences here, and with the purpose of amplifying the voices of people advocating for the free and open internet. I don’t know exactly what this will look like -- I might write a book, or start a non-profit, or work in partnership with something that already exists. Either way, I feel strongly that this is what I need to do. I feel an increasing sense of urgency around this. That said, I also feel a strong sense of responsibility (and love!) for the Wikimedia movement, and so I’ve agreed with the Board that I’ll stay on as Executive Director until we have my successor in place. That’ll take some time -- likely, at least six months. Until then, nothing changes. The Wikimedia Foundation has lots of work to do, and you can expect me to focus fully on it until we have a new Executive Director in place. I have many people to thank, but I’m not going to do it now -- there’ll be time for that later. For now, I’ll just say I love working with you all, I’m proud of everything the Wikimedia movement is accomplishing, and I’m looking forward to our next six months together. Jan-Bart’s going to write a note in a couple of minutes with information about the transition process. We’ll be hosting office hours this weekend as well, so anybody with questions can ask them here or turn up to talk with us on IRC. Thanks, Sue -- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation 415 839 6885 office 415 816 9967 cell Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org/ ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Congratulations and welcome as a chapter! Best regards, 2013/3/27 Markus Glaser markus.gla...@wikimedia.de: Congratulations! Looking forward to meet you in Milan :) Best, Markus Am 27.03.2013 21:26, schrieb Bence Damokos: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Markus Glaser WCA Council Member (WMDE) Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Jorge A. Sierra Presidente Wikimedia España http://www.wikimedia.org.es ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Congratulations from Wikimedia Spain. Best +1! On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga t...@wikimedia.org wrote: Exciting news! Congratulations! Tom On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Santiago Navarro Wikimedia España http://www.wikimedia.org.es/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*
As others have already said, it will be difficult to see Sue leave the organization (but not the movement). I thank her for the years of effort that have gone into first stabilizing and then building the Wikimedia Foundation. While I don't predict that this transition will be completely painless (that's okay, it's a good thing), I'm sure that it will be much less painful than it might have been (that's also a good thing). During my time as chair of the Board of Trustees, I had some extended conversations with Sue about succession planning, partly because this is something the board always has to be thinking about, and partly because at that point we would have faced tremendous challenges if Sue were to leave and we were forced to find a successor. The issue has remained in the back of my mind ever since. As I have watched the organization develop, it has been good to observe how she has built the capacities of those around her, bringing us to a point where I feel much more comfortable that all of the good work can continue on without her personal involvement. There's a long list of things Sue has accomplished as Executive Director, but making an organization capable of surviving her departure is a critical one. One of the things I believe we all try to do with the work on our projects is to leave things - a Wikipedia article, MediaWiki code, the culture of our movement, everything - in better shape than we found it. Sue has done that on an organizational scale, and impressively so. For that, Sue, and all of the other things on which we have worked together, thank you. --Michael Snow ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede jdevre...@wikimedia.org wrote: The Board has appointed a Transition Team which consists of the Chair of the Board of Trustees Kat Walsh, and HR Committee member Alice Wiegand, Sue, Sue’s deputy and the Wikimedia Foundation’s Vice-President of Product and Engineering Erik Moeller, Geoff Brigham our General Counsel, and Gayle Karen Young, our Chief Talent and Culture Officer. I am the final member and am the Chair of the Transition Team, and Sue will be facilitating its work on my behalf. (In case you don’t know, non-profit organizations often have outgoing EDs support the recruitment of their successors. The Board is of course ultimately responsible for appointing the Executive Director, but we want our search to be supported by our staff members, including Sue. Sue , Erik, Geoff and Gayle have done a lot of hiring for the Wikimedia Foundation over the past number of years, and we know they will bring experience and wisdom to the process.) I will also be responsible for making this a transparent (where possible) and confidential (where needed) process and will set up the corresponding pages on Meta in the coming days (please give me some time to do so :). First step will be the office hours with Sue and myself this Saturday. Thanks Jan-Bart. I suggested to Gayle earlier this afternoon that it would be ideal for staff and community members to have some place where we can write out recommendations to the transition team about what kind of attributes and experiences we'd like from a new ED. A simple Request for Comment, where people can post thoughts, is likely to grow very large, but is one idea. In any case, the huge advantage of having this public announcement far in advance is clearly the opportunity for this kind of transparent feedback for the Board on selecting a new ED, and in that light I just want to say thanks to the Board and to Sue for doing this the right way. Steven ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Great news, Welcome! Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Pavel Richter Vorstand Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260 Twitter: @pavel 2013/3/27 Santi Navarro santiagonava...@wikimedia.org.es Congratulations from Wikimedia Spain. Best +1! On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga t...@wikimedia.org wrote: Exciting news! Congratulations! Tom On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Santiago Navarro Wikimedia España http://www.wikimedia.org.es/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Well done Wikimedia Armenia... welcome! =) On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Pavel Richter pavel.rich...@wikimedia.dewrote: Great news, Welcome! Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Pavel Richter Vorstand Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260 Twitter: @pavel 2013/3/27 Santi Navarro santiagonava...@wikimedia.org.es Congratulations from Wikimedia Spain. Best +1! On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga t...@wikimedia.org wrote: Exciting news! Congratulations! Tom On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Armenia This group has already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours. Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia! Best regards, Bence (Affiliations Committee) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Santiago Navarro Wikimedia España http://www.wikimedia.org.es/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Dennis Tobar Calderón Ingeniero en Informática UTEM ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] IdeaLab (it was: Office hour inside out (program evaluation)) Re:
We are working on building a more coherent discussion system - see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FlowPortal On 27 March 2013 17:39, Everton Zanella Alvarenga t...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi, thanks for sharing the IdeaLab portal. [1] I didn't know it, although I knew portals and individual inside him, like the Individual Engagement Grants. I don't have time now to make longer comments, but two questions: 1) Is there a possibility for thie committee to be more open, like the WMF grants program? [2] 2) Isn't time for we think out of the box, I mean, out of the wiki and try technologies that can foster the community evaluation of projetcs/idea and discussions? I know the question is too general, but recently, for isntance, I thought about using a reddit like system for the Portuguese Wikipedia village pump for the community distringuish try to distinguish what is good or not. I mentioned something like All Our Ideas once http://www.allourideas.org/, but I think there are other things worth trying, if possible. P. S. Just look the discussion system inside a wiki. Damn. Tom [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Jessie Wild jw...@wikimedia.org wrote: Any initial thoughts on how to maximize the effectiveness of those two ideas (IdeaLab and Learning Portal)? -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- Oliver Keyes Community Liaison, Product Development Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*
Oh Sue, I still can't believe I am reading this mail! Though we will have you for another 6 months, but it will be very hard to say goodbye. I believe your departure would only mean your leaving the organization of WMF and you will remain an indispensable part of the movement as ever. I am confident that we, the free knowledge movement, will continue to benefit from your good works ahead. Gratitude for your tremendous achievements for the movement. Ali Haidar Khan On Mar 28, 2013 5:35 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello Wikimedia community members, This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard decision to make. But I’m writing to tell you that I’m planning to leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. Oh, Sue, if only you were posting that you were leaving forever because everything about Wikipedia was terrible!111! -- if only that, because then we would all know that you were really coming back soon (though perhaps with a different username). But no, you are as classy and thoughtful and open as always, and for once that makes me so sad, because I will be very sad to see you go. But! There is also a big exciting future ahead, for both you and for Wikimedia, and I am sure that those paths will be intertwined for a long time yet: there is work to be done. with respect, -- phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia
Congratulations, and welcome! -- David Richfield [[:en:User:Slashme]] +27718539985 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
