Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process

2014-01-29 Thread Ting Chen
Hello dear all, hello Transition Team, hello dear board, I am still willing to take the challenge. Looking into the description of the search criteria: citeKey to the success of the Executive Director will be a commitment to understand and advance Wikimedia's core values./cite - In many

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annoucement from the Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina

2014-01-29 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Really sad to see you go! Wishing you the very best in your future endeavors. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Michael Jahn michael.j...@wikimedia.dewrote: Take care, Osmar, and all the best to you! Michael -- Michael Jahn Leiter Kommunikation Head of Communications Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Bence Damokos
Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized two new user groups in the movement in December. The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Santi Navarro
Parabens Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil! Congratulations New England Wikimedians! Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized two new user groups in the movement in December. The Wikimedia Community User Group

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process

2014-01-29 Thread Steve Zhang
Part of me still thinks we'd be better off and it would be easier to try clone Sue rather than trying to find a suitable replacement for her... On 29/01/2014 7:03 PM, Ting Chen wing.phil...@gmx.de wrote: Hello dear all, hello Transition Team, hello dear board, I am still willing to take the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Vishnu
Congratulations Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians!! Best, Vishnu On Wednesday 29 January 2014 05:30 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized two new user groups in the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Nurunnaby Chowdhury
Congratulations Brazil New England user group.. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians!! Best, Vishnu On Wednesday 29 January 2014 05:30 PM, Bence Damokos wrote: Dear Community

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Richard Symonds
Congratulations to Brasil and New England from the UK! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process

2014-01-29 Thread
On 29 January 2014 12:21, Steve Zhang cro0...@gmail.com wrote: Part of me still thinks we'd be better off and it would be easier to try clone Sue rather than trying to find a suitable replacement for her... Hm, clone armies. Could the WMF strategy extend to creating a Death Star to preserve all

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Nicole Ebber
Nice one, congratulations! Looking forward to welcoming representatives of these groups in Berlin in April. Best regards, Nicole On 29 January 2014 13:54, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Congratulations to Brasil and New England from the UK! Richard Symonds Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Bence Damokos, 29/01/2014 13:00: The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the future. You can learn more about their work on their respective websites at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Galileo Vidoni
El 29/01/2014 10:19, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com escribió: Bence Damokos, 29/01/2014 13:00: The Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil and New England Wikimedians are two active groups of Wikimedians on the American continents with a history of projects and great plans for the

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Wikimedia UK monthly report, December 2013

2014-01-29 Thread Stevie Benton
Hello everyone, Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly reporthttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports for the period 1st to 31st December 2013. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our bloghttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/ , join a UK mailing

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Wikimedia UK monthly report, November 2013

2014-01-29 Thread Stevie Benton
Hello everyone, Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly reporthttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Reports for the period 1st to 30th November 2013. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our bloghttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/ , join a UK mailing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Michel Castelo Branco
Unity was achieved two years ago for a Brazilian chapter. This user group proposal is a condition imposed by AffCom for a future apply as a chapter after1 year. The group accepted it in an open discussion. So, here we go... Michel Castelo Branco Em 29/01/2014, às 12:29, Galileo Vidoni

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Ivan Martínez
Welcome, folks. It's been a long road for Brasil, BTW. ¡Parabens! 2014-01-29 Santi Navarro santiagonava...@wikimedia.org.es Parabens Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil! Congratulations New England Wikimedians! Dear Community Members, It is with great pleasure that I can announce

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of two new user groups

2014-01-29 Thread Laura Hale
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Michel Castelo Branco michelcastelobra...@gmail.com wrote: Unity was achieved two years ago for a Brazilian chapter. This user group proposal is a condition imposed by AffCom for a future apply as a chapter after1 year. The group accepted it in an open

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiConference USA Announcement

2014-01-29 Thread phoebe ayers
Hooray! I'm glad that this is happening and congrats to WM-NYC DC. I hope to attend! -- phoebe On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Pharos pharosofalexand...@gmail.comwrote: I am very pleased to announce that Wikimedia NYC and Wikimedia DC are working in collaboration to host the first national

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process

2014-01-29 Thread Steve Zhang
Funnily enough the cost of doing so has been looked into: http://news.com.au/technology/lehigh-university-figure-out-how-much-it-costs-to-build-death-star/story-e6frfro0-1226275852491 In short, $8,100,000,000,000,000 and would take about 800,000 years. Probably not a viable solution :) On