Re: [Wikimedia-l] Quarterly reviews of high priority WMF initiatives

2014-03-03 Thread Tilman Bayer 
Minutes and slides from Friday's quarterly review of the Foundation's
Growth team are now available at

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews/Growth/February_2014
.

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Erik Moeller  wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> to increase accountability and create more opportunities for course
> corrections and resourcing adjustments as necessary, Sue's asked me
> and Howie Fung to set up a quarterly project evaluation process,
> starting with our highest priority initiatives. These are, according
> to Sue's narrowing focus recommendations which were approved by the
> Board [1]:
>
> - Visual Editor
> - Mobile (mobile contributions + Wikipedia Zero)
> - Editor Engagement (also known as the E2 and E3 teams)
> - Funds Dissemination Committe and expanded grant-making capacity
>
> I'm proposing the following initial schedule:
>
> January:
> - Editor Engagement Experiments
>
> February:
> - Visual Editor
> - Mobile (Contribs + Zero)
>
> March:
> - Editor Engagement Features (Echo, Flow projects)
> - Funds Dissemination Committee
>
> We'll try doing this on the same day or adjacent to the monthly
> metrics meetings [2], since the team(s) will give a presentation on
> their recent progress, which will help set some context that would
> otherwise need to be covered in the quarterly review itself. This will
> also create open opportunities for feedback and questions.
>
> My goal is to do this in a manner where even though the quarterly
> review meetings themselves are internal, the outcomes are captured as
> meeting minutes and shared publicly, which is why I'm starting this
> discussion on a public list as well. I've created a wiki page here
> which we can use to discuss the concept further:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_reviews
>
> The internal review will, at minimum, include:
>
> Sue Gardner
> myself
> Howie Fung
> Team members and relevant director(s)
> Designated minute-taker
>
> So for example, for Visual Editor, the review team would be the Visual
> Editor / Parsoid teams, Sue, me, Howie, Terry, and a minute-taker.
>
> I imagine the structure of the review roughly as follows, with a
> duration of about 2 1/2 hours divided into 25-30 minute blocks:
>
> - Brief team intro and recap of team's activities through the quarter,
> compared with goals
> - Drill into goals and targets: Did we achieve what we said we would?
> - Review of challenges, blockers and successes
> - Discussion of proposed changes (e.g. resourcing, targets) and other
> action items
> - Buffer time, debriefing
>
> Once again, the primary purpose of these reviews is to create improved
> structures for internal accountability, escalation points in cases
> where serious changes are necessary, and transparency to the world.
>
> In addition to these priority initiatives, my recommendation would be
> to conduct quarterly reviews for any activity that requires more than
> a set amount of resources (people/dollars). These additional reviews
> may however be conducted in a more lightweight manner and internally
> to the departments. We're slowly getting into that habit in
> engineering.
>
> As we pilot this process, the format of the high priority reviews can
> help inform and support reviews across the organization.
>
> Feedback and questions are appreciated.
>
> All best,
> Erik
>
> [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Narrowing_Focus
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming "Wikipedistes" documentary in Catalan TV

2014-03-03 Thread Quim Gil 
On 03/03/2014 12:50 AM, Pau Giner wrote:
> The video, in Catalan, can be viewed at
> http://www.tv3.cat/videos/4930191/30%2520minuts%253A%2520VIQUIPEDISTES

Yes, thank you!

The documentary was good but, as a whole, more Catalan-centric than I
personally expected. Still, the ca.wiki community has started to discuss
the possibility to cut the documentary in "capsules", and then some of
those might become very good introductions for just anybody interested
in how Wikipedia works. No specific plans yet.

The producers did a good job at compiling diverse perspectives and focus
areas: how some editors started with a first edit, how veteran editors
work on top quality articles with references, how admins deal with
vandalism, neutrality and different views in different languages, GLAM
and the photographers, community meetings, WMF and the state-based
chapters vs language-based projects, the role of public libraries and
museums as educators, content creators and gender gap shifters, the
views from the academia...

One recurrent topic was the massive use of Wikipedia among young
students, with funny scenes at class when the kids laugh because their
works use basically the same sentences, all copied in a single stroke
from the same articles. How the teacher encourages them to use Wikipedia
but find your own words to express those ideas, where researchers think
that all this is heading to...

They also interviewed the guy that created the first article in ca.wiki,
which happened to be the first article in a language other than English
 -- https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80bac . It was interesting to hear
from him that one day the text-based Wikipedia will be history because
most probably learning will be based in media. It kept me thinking
whether it will be still the Wikimedia community who will ride that
wave, or someone else with fresh ideas and without the legacy and
community burdens we have...

Anyway, at least Amical and ca.wiki have now very good audiovisual
materials that will help them a lot reaching out to new contributors and
explaining to them all the things we do here.


> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Quim Gil  wrote:
> 
>> (Stepping out of my WMF tech role, wearing my ca.wiki volunteering hat.)
>>
>> This Sunday the program "30 minuts" of TV3 (top TV channel in Catalan)
>> will broadcast a documentary about "Wikipedistes". Yes, it has a small
>> audience compared to US prime time, but in terms of Catalan audience you
>> probably can't go more prime time than that without being ''indecent''
>> or wearing a FC Barcelona shirt.  :)
>>
>> http://www.tv3.cat/30minuts/en
>>
>> What is more important, this veteran program keeps very high standards
>> in journalism and TV reporting. The two previews being aired these days
>> are promising:
>>
>> http://www.tv3.cat/30minuts/proper
>>
>> Any single editor appearing in these trailers has been already contacted
>> by friends and relatives ("Hey, I saw you on TV!!!"), and the ca.wiki /
>> Amical Wikimedia supporters can't wait to watch the full version.
>>
>> The documentary will be available online. If it is as good as the
>> average "30 minuts" documentaries are, we {{Who}} might think of a way
>> to get it subtitled in English. They have an archive of programs with
>> English subtitles (see the first link), but with all the budget cuts
>> public TV is facing I don't know how much resources would they have for
>> translating "Wikipedistes", even if the idea makes sense. Crowdsourcing?
>> Anyway, more if/when the documentary is good.
>>
>> --
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>> Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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[Wikimedia-l] RfC: Creation of a Global Wikimedia Commons

2014-03-03 Thread Luiz Augusto 
Hi all,

I've just created a RfC related to the recent open letters from some local
chapters.

Please see my reasoning and focus debate on that proposal in the specific
page:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Creation_of_a_Global_Wikimedia_Commons

Best,
[[:m:User:555]]
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[Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes Newsletter (#4)

2014-03-03 Thread Jake Orlowitz 
Hi all,

The latest edition of Books & Bytes is out, with a full overview of recent
Wikipedia Library organizing and outreach opportunities, our Spotlight
editorial/interview, plus news and notes from around the open access and
library world.  Hope you'll check it out!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TWL/Newsletter

Best,

Jake Orlowitz (User:Ocaasi)
Coordinator, The Wikipedia Library
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement for the police about the fundraising?

2014-03-03 Thread Risker 
Heh.  So the Wikimedia representative was in Finland?

Still a bit of correction coming, I think.

Risker/Anne


On 3 March 2014 14:05, Stryn@Wikimedia  wrote:

> The corrected report seems to be
>
> http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/02/5152/Report-submitted-to-police-duly,-says-Wikimedia
>
> Regards,
>
>
> *Stryn*
>
> Hi Phillippe,
>
> I noticed that the press release[1] had been made and says "despite a press
> report in Finland that suggested we did not meet the deadline. That press
> report has since been retracted and corrected"
>
> However, when I browse to the report, it still appears uncorrected..
>
> Alex
>
> [1]
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Statement_on_WMF%27s_Finnish_fundraising
>
> On 1 March 2014 17:46, Philippe Beaudette  > wrote:
>
> >* Hi Alex,
> *>>* I have checked with Legal.  Our deadline for the response was Friday,
> and
> *>* our response was indeed filed yesterday.  We received an email
> confirmation
> *>* from the authorities that the document had been received and we called
> them
> *>* as well to confirm safe receipt.  It might of course have been that the
> *>* writer of the article contacted the authorities before we filed the
> *>* document.  We are taking steps to correct this inaccurate report.
> *>>* Best,
> *>* pb
> *>>>* *Philippe Beaudette * \\  Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia
> *>* Foundation, Inc.
> *>*  T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 |  philippe at wikimedia.org
>   |  :
> *>* @Philippewiki >
> *>>>* On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Alex Monk  > wrote:
> *>>* > Apparently they got no response:
> *>* >
> *>* >
> *>*
> http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/01/5137/Wikipediafailstomeetdeadlineonpolicerequest
> <
> http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/01/5137/Wikipediafailstomeetdeadlineonpolicerequest
> >
> *>* >
> *>* >
> *>* > On 10 February 2014 15:41, Jane Darnell  > wrote:
> *>* >
> *>* > > Yes, he would definitely have enjoyed this one
> *>* > >
> *>* > > 2014-02-10 9:51 GMT+01:00, Leinonen Teemu  aalto.fi >:
> *>* > > > On 8.2.2014, at 13.51, Jane Darnell  > wrote:
> *>* > > >> I love this thread - it make me think of Matti Wuori in the
> movie
> *>* "The
> *>* > > >> man without a past"
> *>* > > >
> *>* > > >
> *>* > > > Heh :-) These days, I also miss Matti Wuori. :-'(
> *>* > > >
> *>* > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Wuori
> 
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> *>* > > > Media Lab
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement for the police about the fundraising?

2014-03-03 Thread Nathan 
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Stryn@Wikimedia  wrote:

> The corrected report seems to be
>
> http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/02/5152/Report-submitted-to-police-duly,-says-Wikimedia
>
> Regards,
>
>
> *Stryn*
>
>
Wow, that's one hell of a correction. Good on Finland Times.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement for the police about the fundraising?

2014-03-03 Thread Stryn@Wikimedia 
The corrected report seems to be
http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/02/5152/Report-submitted-to-police-duly,-says-Wikimedia

Regards,


*Stryn*

Hi Phillippe,

I noticed that the press release[1] had been made and says "despite a press
report in Finland that suggested we did not meet the deadline. That press
report has since been retracted and corrected"

However, when I browse to the report, it still appears uncorrected..

Alex

[1]https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Statement_on_WMF%27s_Finnish_fundraising

On 1 March 2014 17:46, Philippe Beaudette https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>> wrote:

>* Hi Alex,
*>>* I have checked with Legal.  Our deadline for the response was Friday, and
*>* our response was indeed filed yesterday.  We received an email confirmation
*>* from the authorities that the document had been received and we called them
*>* as well to confirm safe receipt.  It might of course have been that the
*>* writer of the article contacted the authorities before we filed the
*>* document.  We are taking steps to correct this inaccurate report.
*>>* Best,
*>* pb
*>>>* *Philippe Beaudette * \\  Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia
*>* Foundation, Inc.
*>*  T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 |  philippe at wikimedia.org
  |  :
*>* @Philippewiki>
*>>>* On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Alex Monk https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>> wrote:
*>>* > Apparently they got no response:
*>* >
*>* >
*>* 
http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/01/5137/Wikipediafailstomeetdeadlineonpolicerequest

*>* >
*>* >
*>* > On 10 February 2014 15:41, Jane Darnell https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>> wrote:
*>* >
*>* > > Yes, he would definitely have enjoyed this one
*>* > >
*>* > > 2014-02-10 9:51 GMT+01:00, Leinonen Teemu https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>>:
*>* > > > On 8.2.2014, at 13.51, Jane Darnell https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>> wrote:
*>* > > >> I love this thread - it make me think of Matti Wuori in the movie
*>* "The
*>* > > >> man without a past"
*>* > > >
*>* > > >
*>* > > > Heh :-) These days, I also miss Matti Wuori. :-'(
*>* > > >
*>* > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Wuori

*>* > > >
*>* > > > - Teemu
*>* > > >
*>* > > > --
*>* > > > Teemu Leinonen
*>* > > > http://teemuleinonen.fi 
*>* > > > +358 50 351 6796 <%2B358%2050%20351%206796>
*>* > > > Media Lab
*>* > > > http://mlab.uiah.fi 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open letter from Wikimedia Argentina regarding URAA

2014-03-03 Thread Jane Darnell 
This is a good idea in theory, but the tags-per-country could become
endless, and I wonder who would be brave enough to upload images to
such a project, as the uploader would be responsible for the
"freeness" of the uploaded content and the associated completeness of
license tags.

Perhaps if you just open it for certain popular types of images that
could each be supported with a standard USRAA-exemption-type template
(I am thinking of unattributable news photos of famous people of the
20th century, WWII art, or WLM photos of monumental structures in
locales without freedom of panorama that are taken by non-residents of
those locales). Do we have any stats on what types of images are on
the en.wiki under "fair use" and so forth?

2014-03-03 4:16 GMT+01:00, Avenue :
> That would be wonderful. I imagine we would want to tag the images to
> indicate their copyright status in certain jurisdictions, and set up a
> mechanism so that projects can define which sorts of images they want to be
> able to embed in their local pages, and which they do not want (unless a
> locally EDP-compliant tag is attached).
>
> However, that wouldn't improve the URAA situation much. We would still need
> to delete clear infringements under the URAA, unless they are covered by
> some project's EDP. I guess it would at least reduce the number of
> transwiki transfers needed.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Sam Klein  wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Nathan  wrote:
>>
>> > Which led to the thought that hey, what we really need is a meta-project
>> > for hosting images that is *explicitly* intended to serve the other
>> > projects. We tried this before, right? But maybe this time we make the
>> > meta-project a technical implementation without its own community, where
>> > local uploads can be toggled to make files globally available without
>> > giving some global intermediary the right to turn that toggle off.
>>
>> I can see every file that is uploaded to any project being available
>> via some global namespace.   Commons as we currently imagine it could
>> become the core set of "maximally free" images: those "freely reusable
>> in every jurisdiction".
>>
>> And there would be a separate threshhold for the rest of the images.
>> "Covered by at least one project's Exemption Doctrine and tagged as
>> such; freely reusable in almost all of the world and tagged as illegal
>> in one or two countries; &c..."
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Statement for the police about the fundraising?

2014-03-03 Thread Alex Monk 
Hi Phillippe,

I noticed that the press release[1] had been made and says "despite a press
report in Finland that suggested we did not meet the deadline. That press
report has since been retracted and corrected"

However, when I browse to the report, it still appears uncorrected..

Alex

[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Statement_on_WMF%27s_Finnish_fundraising

On 1 March 2014 17:46, Philippe Beaudette  wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> I have checked with Legal.  Our deadline for the response was Friday, and
> our response was indeed filed yesterday.  We received an email confirmation
> from the authorities that the document had been received and we called them
> as well to confirm safe receipt.  It might of course have been that the
> writer of the article contacted the authorities before we filed the
> document.  We are taking steps to correct this inaccurate report.
>
> Best,
> pb
>
>
> *Philippe Beaudette * \\  Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia
> Foundation, Inc.
>  T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 |  phili...@wikimedia.org  |  :
> @Philippewiki
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Alex Monk  wrote:
>
> > Apparently they got no response:
> >
> >
> http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2014/03/01/5137/Wikipediafailstomeetdeadlineonpolicerequest
> >
> >
> > On 10 February 2014 15:41, Jane Darnell  wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, he would definitely have enjoyed this one
> > >
> > > 2014-02-10 9:51 GMT+01:00, Leinonen Teemu :
> > > > On 8.2.2014, at 13.51, Jane Darnell  wrote:
> > > >> I love this thread - it make me think of Matti Wuori in the movie
> "The
> > > >> man without a past"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Heh :-) These days, I also miss Matti Wuori. :-'(
> > > >
> > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Wuori
> > > >
> > > > - Teemu
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Teemu Leinonen
> > > > http://teemuleinonen.fi
> > > > +358 50 351 6796
> > > > Media Lab
> > > > http://mlab.uiah.fi
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming "Wikipedistes" documentary in Catalan TV

2014-03-03 Thread Pau Giner 
The video, in Catalan, can be viewed at
http://www.tv3.cat/videos/4930191/30%2520minuts%253A%2520VIQUIPEDISTES

Pau


On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Quim Gil  wrote:

> (Stepping out of my WMF tech role, wearing my ca.wiki volunteering hat.)
>
> This Sunday the program "30 minuts" of TV3 (top TV channel in Catalan)
> will broadcast a documentary about "Wikipedistes". Yes, it has a small
> audience compared to US prime time, but in terms of Catalan audience you
> probably can't go more prime time than that without being ''indecent''
> or wearing a FC Barcelona shirt.  :)
>
> http://www.tv3.cat/30minuts/en
>
> What is more important, this veteran program keeps very high standards
> in journalism and TV reporting. The two previews being aired these days
> are promising:
>
> http://www.tv3.cat/30minuts/proper
>
> Any single editor appearing in these trailers has been already contacted
> by friends and relatives ("Hey, I saw you on TV!!!"), and the ca.wiki /
> Amical Wikimedia supporters can't wait to watch the full version.
>
> The documentary will be available online. If it is as good as the
> average "30 minuts" documentaries are, we {{Who}} might think of a way
> to get it subtitled in English. They have an archive of programs with
> English subtitles (see the first link), but with all the budget cuts
> public TV is facing I don't know how much resources would they have for
> translating "Wikipedistes", even if the idea makes sense. Crowdsourcing?
> Anyway, more if/when the documentary is good.
>
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> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Honoring deceased Wikimedian Ihor Kostenko (user Ig2000)

2014-03-03 Thread ENWP Pine 
In case anyone on WikimediaAnnounce-l missed the news:

http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/in-memoriam-of-ihor-kostenko/

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/02/24/wikipedia-ihor-kostenko-dies/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-02-26/Special_report





Memorials are being left on Ihor's talk page: 
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0:Ig2000

James Alexander posted this quote on Wikimedia-l:

"Whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a new hope or for nothing 
we cannot say, it is you who must say this.

We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning. We were young, they say. We 
have died; remember us."

 --Archibald MacLeish

User:Wnt has proposed that we 
create an annual award in Ihor's name. "...If the editor 
desired, he could accept the award at a WMF event in a public way, but 
the news of the selection could always be released first on February 20,
 so that reporters covering these stories would always take a moment to 
explain who Ihor Kostenko was and what the day means. And just maybe,
 by educating more people before a conflict comes to a head, some day 
one of these award winners will have stayed some future sniper's hand 
and saved some other Ihor, even if we will never know it." -- 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_158#Death_of_a_Wikipedian

I hope that we can honor Ihor in a way that takes no sides with regard to 
geopolitics while memorializing Ihor's life and promoting values which are 
important to the Wikimedia movement.

RIP Ihor.

Pine


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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] call for nominations: affiliate-selected seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

2014-03-03 Thread Lorenzo Losa 
The Wikimedia chapters and thematic organizations are seeking to appoint
two candidates to sit on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees for
two years, starting in summer 2014.
The two new members of the board will help to decide the future direction
of the world's leading non-profit website. Wikimedia projects are
constructed by hundreds of thousands of volunteers worldwide, supported by
a growing number of staff and an international network of affiliate
organizations. Board membership is unpaid.

The chapters and thematic organizations wish to appoint two excellent board
members and believe this can best be achieved by selecting from a large
number of varied and skilled candidates. Therefore, the chapters and
thematic organizations call for nominations by everyone who believes they
or someone they know would be suitable. This call for candidates should be
distributed as widely as possible through such forums as mailing lists,
village pumps, and blogs.

The successful candidates will be committed to the Wikimedia mission and
willing and able to engage constructively with the stakeholders of the
movement, including the volunteers and the affiliate organizations that
provide it with essential support. The successful candidates will have:
* the ability to provide expertise to the board in its goal of implementing
a coherent vision on how the projects' communities, the foundation, the
chapters, the thematic organizations, the user groups, and other affiliated
groups work together;
* sensitivity to complex issues surrounding the multiplicity of languages,
cultures, and jurisdictions served by the foundation's projects;
* knowledge and understanding of the governance of international non-profit
organizations, balancing autonomy and subsidiarity;
* the ability to think strategically and to work both as part of a team and
independently;
* a good standard of written and oral English (fluency in additional
languages would be well regarded);
* sufficient time to devote to the role of board member, and the ability
and willingness to travel.

Increasing the geographical diversity of current board membership would be
an advantage.

The selection process is set out at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats

Nominations must be submitted no later than 31 March (24:00 UTC) using the
form on the following Meta page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2014/Nominations

The facilitators of the ASBS election,
James Hare
Chris Keating
Lorenzo Losa
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