Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliations Committee Vice-Chair

2014-05-26 Thread Vishnu

Thank you for the information, Bence.

Gregory Varnum, congratulations!!

Best,
Vishnu

On Sunday 25 May 2014 03:53 PM, Bence Damokos wrote:

Hi all,

It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations
Committee has selected Greg Varnum as its vice chair for the next year.

He ran on a platform of helping the committee improve communication with
the WMF Board (and other stakeholders) and shifting the committee's work
toward a more active capacity building role.

You can learn more about Greg at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Members#Current_members(scroll
down).

The appointing resolution has been posted at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Vice_Chair_selection_2014_-_May_2014

Best regards,

Bence Damokos,
Affiliations Committee
@WikimediaAffCom
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliations Committee Vice-Chair

2014-05-26 Thread Nurunnaby Chowdhury
Congratulation Greg Varnum!


B/R
Nurunnaby Chowdhury
Sysop, Bengali Wikipedia
Member, IEG, WMF


On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Vishnu visdav...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thank you for the information, Bence.

 Gregory Varnum, congratulations!!

 Best,
 Vishnu


 On Sunday 25 May 2014 03:53 PM, Bence Damokos wrote:

 Hi all,

 It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Affiliations
 Committee has selected Greg Varnum as its vice chair for the next year.

 He ran on a platform of helping the committee improve communication with
 the WMF Board (and other stakeholders) and shifting the committee's work
 toward a more active capacity building role.

 You can learn more about Greg at
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/
 Members#Current_members(scroll
 down).

 The appointing resolution has been posted at:
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/
 Resolutions/Vice_Chair_selection_2014_-_May_2014

 Best regards,

 Bence Damokos,
 Affiliations Committee
 @WikimediaAffCom
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Slide deck about Wikimedia?

2014-05-26 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)

Yves Z, 26/05/2014 02:25:

Thanks, is there a way to search Commons by date-range or by file-type?


http://tools.wmflabs.org/catscan2/catscan2.php?language=commonsproject=wikimediadepth=1categories=Wikimedia+presentationsns%5B6%5D=1sortby=datedoit=1


I see pdfs, are there odp or ppt decks also?


No. https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2089

Nemo

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Slide deck about Wikimedia?

2014-05-26 Thread Jean-Frédéric
Hello,

Hello, Where can I find recent presentations about Wikimedia and what each
 of the main projects is for?  I visited outreach.wikimedia.org but didn't
 see slides or overviews.  Thanks!


You might want to check out https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations.

It’s probably not super up-to-date, but many folks indicate a way to get
the source ODP file  (usually by contacting them, SlideShare link, etc).

-- 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC recommendation round 2 announced

2014-05-26 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
Dear Lodewijk,

thank you! I cannot promise this level of detail when we have many more
participants in Round 1 next year (if the FDC process continues), but we'll
do our best to aim for detailed feedback. Encouragement from the community
means a lot to us, and I appreciate it.

best,

Dariusz Jemielniak, pundit


On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote:

 Thanks for the much more detailed reasoning and feedback! This actually
 gives a good insight why decisions were taken as they were and a major
 improvement compared to previous rounds.

 Lodewijk


 2014-05-25 0:12 GMT+02:00 Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com:

  Hello everyone,
 
  I thank you all for your encouraging comments on behalf of the FDC. We
 will
  be very happy to see our recommendations materialise for the benefit of
 the
  Wikimedia movement as a whole. We are grateful to everyone who has been a
  part of this process so far.
 
  Regards
 
  Ali Haidar Khan
  On May 24, 2014 9:06 PM, Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org wrote:
 
   Thank you FDC for completing this work and providing valuable feedback.
  As
   we continue to improve our planning process and our funding programs we
   hope to make your work easier as well.
  
   Thanks everyone else who has participated with comments and
   recommendations.
  
   Lila
  
  
   On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Samuel Klein s...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:
  
Dear Dariusz and FDC,
   
Thank you for this fine recommendation.  I just read through it for
the first time (of many, I expect), and the analyses are clearly
getting crisper over time. There are many constructive details packed
into each review, and the results are relevant both to the applying
organizations, and to how we plan for the future.
   
   
I am glad to see the analysis of the excellent Wikimedia France
proposal.   And both the CIS and the Wikimedia Norge proposals seem
 to
have been complicated in their own way, but were handled smoothly.
   
The analysis of WMF's own proposal is clear and rewardingly thorough.
(Other organizations may be jealous and ask for a more detailed
 report
next time)
A few points I found particularly useful: the focus on areas where we
need clearer goals + measures, the detailed feedback on technical
changes, and the observation that legal work is a significant part of
our budget and work, and central to our mission, but here was lumped
in with administration.  The last point is indicative of a larger
blind spot, I think.
   
I also appreciate the emphasis on regular checks of our work against
 a
strategy, and the need to organize an effective transition to new
strategic goals. The suggestions for a community-led strategy
 advisory
group, and for a pool of global metrics for [cross-]evaluation, are
well considered.  Both could also make the FDC's work easier in the
future...
   
Congratulations on this work.  And good luck to those FDC advisors
meeting over the coming days.
   
Sam.
   
   
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak 
 dar...@alk.edu.pl
  
wrote:
 Hello friends,

 The Funds Dissemination Committee meets twice annually to help make
 decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to
 achieve
   the
 Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. [1]

 On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to announce that Round 2
2013-2014
 recommendations to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have
  now
been
 posted on Meta [2]:

   
  
 
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_round2

 The WMF Board will make their decision on these recommendations by
 1
   July
 2014.

 For the second round of this fiscal year, the committee received
 four
 proposals.  [3] These four proposals came from two chapters, WMF
 and
   one
 non-Wikimedia organization, totaling requests of '''$1.56'''
 million
   USD.
  Prior to our face-to-face deliberations in Frankfurt from
 21st-24th
   May,
 the FDC reviewed the proposals in careful detail, aided by staff
 assessments and analysis on programs, finances, grant compliance
 and
 history, as well as community comments on the proposals. Staff
   presented
an
 overview of these findings to the FDC during the deliberations. The
  FDC
and
 FDC staff also asked clarifying questions to the entities on the
   proposal
 form discussion pages during the four-week community review period
  (and
 prior to the publishing of staff assessments), and observed the
discussions
 about the proposals.

 The committee thanks all organizations that submitted proposals, as
  it
 required significant effort to both create the proposal and to
  respond
   to
 the questions and feedback from the community, FDC, and FDC staff.
   We
 sincerely 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC recommendation round 2 announced

2014-05-26 Thread David Cuenca
After reading the report I really hope that the FDC continues prospering
and growing. There are very insightful recommendations to be found there
and I hope they are put into practice.

I also think that this kind of report reinforces and shows in full splendor
the spirit of community participation and co-governance that many of us we
feel identified with.

Thanks for having shown how a good report should look like.

Micru


On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.plwrote:

 Dear Lodewijk,

 thank you! I cannot promise this level of detail when we have many more
 participants in Round 1 next year (if the FDC process continues), but we'll
 do our best to aim for detailed feedback. Encouragement from the community
 means a lot to us, and I appreciate it.

 best,

 Dariusz Jemielniak, pundit


 On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org
 wrote:

  Thanks for the much more detailed reasoning and feedback! This actually
  gives a good insight why decisions were taken as they were and a major
  improvement compared to previous rounds.
 
  Lodewijk
 
 
  2014-05-25 0:12 GMT+02:00 Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com:
 
   Hello everyone,
  
   I thank you all for your encouraging comments on behalf of the FDC. We
  will
   be very happy to see our recommendations materialise for the benefit of
  the
   Wikimedia movement as a whole. We are grateful to everyone who has
 been a
   part of this process so far.
  
   Regards
  
   Ali Haidar Khan
   On May 24, 2014 9:06 PM, Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org wrote:
  
Thank you FDC for completing this work and providing valuable
 feedback.
   As
we continue to improve our planning process and our funding programs
 we
hope to make your work easier as well.
   
Thanks everyone else who has participated with comments and
recommendations.
   
Lila
   
   
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Samuel Klein s...@wikimedia.org
  wrote:
   
 Dear Dariusz and FDC,

 Thank you for this fine recommendation.  I just read through it for
 the first time (of many, I expect), and the analyses are clearly
 getting crisper over time. There are many constructive details
 packed
 into each review, and the results are relevant both to the applying
 organizations, and to how we plan for the future.


 I am glad to see the analysis of the excellent Wikimedia France
 proposal.   And both the CIS and the Wikimedia Norge proposals seem
  to
 have been complicated in their own way, but were handled smoothly.

 The analysis of WMF's own proposal is clear and rewardingly
 thorough.
 (Other organizations may be jealous and ask for a more detailed
  report
 next time)
 A few points I found particularly useful: the focus on areas where
 we
 need clearer goals + measures, the detailed feedback on technical
 changes, and the observation that legal work is a significant part
 of
 our budget and work, and central to our mission, but here was
 lumped
 in with administration.  The last point is indicative of a larger
 blind spot, I think.

 I also appreciate the emphasis on regular checks of our work
 against
  a
 strategy, and the need to organize an effective transition to new
 strategic goals. The suggestions for a community-led strategy
  advisory
 group, and for a pool of global metrics for [cross-]evaluation, are
 well considered.  Both could also make the FDC's work easier in the
 future...

 Congratulations on this work.  And good luck to those FDC advisors
 meeting over the coming days.

 Sam.


 On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak 
  dar...@alk.edu.pl
   
 wrote:
  Hello friends,
 
  The Funds Dissemination Committee meets twice annually to help
 make
  decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to
  achieve
the
  Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. [1]
 
  On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to announce that Round 2
 2013-2014
  recommendations to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
 have
   now
 been
  posted on Meta [2]:
 

   
  
 
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_round2
 
  The WMF Board will make their decision on these recommendations
 by
  1
July
  2014.
 
  For the second round of this fiscal year, the committee received
  four
  proposals.  [3] These four proposals came from two chapters, WMF
  and
one
  non-Wikimedia organization, totaling requests of '''$1.56'''
  million
USD.
   Prior to our face-to-face deliberations in Frankfurt from
  21st-24th
May,
  the FDC reviewed the proposals in careful detail, aided by staff
  assessments and analysis on programs, finances, grant compliance
  and
  history, as well as community comments on the proposals. 

[Wikimedia-l] New Chair of the Supervisory Board – the 14th WMDE General Assembly in retrospect

2014-05-26 Thread Tim Moritz Hector

Hi all,

yesterday, Wikimedia Deutschland’s 14th General Assembly was held in 
Frankfurt am Main.


In addition to the presentation of the strategic planning and several 
amendments to the articles of the association’s bylaws, the agenda 
included among other things reports of the Executive Director, the 
Supervisory Board and volunteer auditing committee. Of course, the 
transition process and the succession of Pavel Richter announced this 
week were widely discussed.


We are a young association and the change in the position of Executive 
Director, which has been shaped by Pavel for many years, is a new 
experience for all of us. Over the coming months, the process of 
succession is going to entail a lot of work and Pavel will be a part of 
it. Obviously, first of all we have to mutually deliberate on the 
procedure and the specific schedule – a process in which we are going to 
include as many people as possible and whose opinions we are going to 
take very seriously. We will report on any concrete actions as soon as 
possible.


Unfortunately, Nikolas Becker, who held the Chairman position of the 
Supervisory Board for the past six months, will not take an active part 
in the transition process. He resigned yesterday. As a result, we 
gathered as the supervisory board on this Sunday in order to elect a new 
Chair.  I am glad that my Board colleagues expressed their confidence in 
me and as of now entrusted me with the presidency of the supervisory 
board. I am well aware of the immense responsibility and, with a clear 
focus on the future, accepted it yesterday.


I want to thank Nikolas for everything he has accomplished over the past 
years – not only as Chair but also as a member of the Supervisory Board 
and for the association in general. In the name of the Supervisory Board 
we thanked him yesterday in Frankfurt.


As usual, there will also be a protocol for this general meeting of 
members. I do not want to anticipate the minutes, as long as they are 
being completed. Yet, I would like to give a short personal overview at 
this point:


There were six requests for amendments to articles of the association’s 
bylaws (a seventh has been withdrawn). All six of them were accepted 
with clear majorities. The Supervisory Board’s term of office was 
extended from one to two years. A leave of absence from the Supervisory 
Board is now possible, as is a lump-sum for refunding of honorary 
expenses according to German customs. Furthermore, it was formally 
clarified that members of the Supervisory Board must also be members of 
the association. In the future, it will be much easier to terminate 
supporting memberships. And finally: The wording regarding the quorum to 
hold an exceptional general assembly has been changed from “members” to 
“active members”. Besides the amendments to articles of the association, 
the general assembly confirmed the Supervisory Board’s structure 
according to departments.
For more details to all these and further points I want to refer to the 
minutes mentioned above, which are to be published soon.


I am convinced of Wikimedia Deutschland being in a stable position. It 
is up to us to shape our association over the coming years together. 
This involves self criticism, or at least the realization that a neutral 
point of view is helpful in pretty much all circumstances in life. That 
is why I am glad that the general meeting approved the supervisory 
board’s request and that we will now start an external governance review 
to gather different expertise and new insight.


Within Wikipedia, this is common practise and a strength that helps 
Wikipedia get better. In my opinion, the same applies to Wikimedia 
Deutschland: our willingness to improve is our strength.


Best regards,
Tim

--
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Chair of the board
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.

+49 (0)160 - 36 16 234
tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de


Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 - 219 158 260
http://www.wikimedia.de

Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch auf der Erde freien Zugang 
zum gesamten menschlichen Wissen hat. Das ist, was wir machen. Helfen Sie uns 
dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access 
to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing. Help us make it 
reality! http://spenden.wikimedia.de

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Chair of the Supervisory Board – the 14th WMDE General Assembly in retrospect

2014-05-26 Thread Michael Maggs
Dear Tim

Congratulations on your new role. And all the best!

Michael


Michael Maggs
Chair, Wikimedia UK 


On 26 May 2014, at 13:38, Tim Moritz Hector tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de 
wrote:


 Hi all,
 
 yesterday, Wikimedia Deutschland’s 14th General Assembly was held in 
 Frankfurt am Main.
 
 In addition to the presentation of the strategic planning and several 
 amendments to the articles of the association’s bylaws, the agenda included 
 among other things reports of the Executive Director, the Supervisory Board 
 and volunteer auditing committee. Of course, the transition process and the 
 succession of Pavel Richter announced this week were widely discussed.
 
 We are a young association and the change in the position of Executive 
 Director, which has been shaped by Pavel for many years, is a new experience 
 for all of us. Over the coming months, the process of succession is going to 
 entail a lot of work and Pavel will be a part of it. Obviously, first of all 
 we have to mutually deliberate on the procedure and the specific schedule – a 
 process in which we are going to include as many people as possible and whose 
 opinions we are going to take very seriously. We will report on any concrete 
 actions as soon as possible.
 
 Unfortunately, Nikolas Becker, who held the Chairman position of the 
 Supervisory Board for the past six months, will not take an active part in 
 the transition process. He resigned yesterday. As a result, we gathered as 
 the supervisory board on this Sunday in order to elect a new Chair.  I am 
 glad that my Board colleagues expressed their confidence in me and as of now 
 entrusted me with the presidency of the supervisory board. I am well aware of 
 the immense responsibility and, with a clear focus on the future, accepted it 
 yesterday.
 
 I want to thank Nikolas for everything he has accomplished over the past 
 years – not only as Chair but also as a member of the Supervisory Board and 
 for the association in general. In the name of the Supervisory Board we 
 thanked him yesterday in Frankfurt.
 
 As usual, there will also be a protocol for this general meeting of members. 
 I do not want to anticipate the minutes, as long as they are being completed. 
 Yet, I would like to give a short personal overview at this point:
 
 There were six requests for amendments to articles of the association’s 
 bylaws (a seventh has been withdrawn). All six of them were accepted with 
 clear majorities. The Supervisory Board’s term of office was extended from 
 one to two years. A leave of absence from the Supervisory Board is now 
 possible, as is a lump-sum for refunding of honorary expenses according to 
 German customs. Furthermore, it was formally clarified that members of the 
 Supervisory Board must also be members of the association. In the future, it 
 will be much easier to terminate supporting memberships. And finally: The 
 wording regarding the quorum to hold an exceptional general assembly has been 
 changed from “members” to “active members”. Besides the amendments to 
 articles of the association, the general assembly confirmed the Supervisory 
 Board’s structure according to departments.
 For more details to all these and further points I want to refer to the 
 minutes mentioned above, which are to be published soon.
 
 I am convinced of Wikimedia Deutschland being in a stable position. It is up 
 to us to shape our association over the coming years together. This involves 
 self criticism, or at least the realization that a neutral point of view is 
 helpful in pretty much all circumstances in life. That is why I am glad that 
 the general meeting approved the supervisory board’s request and that we will 
 now start an external governance review to gather different expertise and new 
 insight.
 
 Within Wikipedia, this is common practise and a strength that helps Wikipedia 
 get better. In my opinion, the same applies to Wikimedia Deutschland: our 
 willingness to improve is our strength.
 
 Best regards,
 Tim
 
 -- 
 Tim Moritz Hector
 
 Chair of the board
 Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.
 
 +49 (0)160 - 36 16 234
 tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de
 
 
 Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
 Tel.: +49 (0)30 - 219 158 260
 http://www.wikimedia.de
 
 Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch auf der Erde freien 
 Zugang zum gesamten menschlichen Wissen hat. Das ist, was wir machen. Helfen 
 Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de
 
 Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free 
 access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing. Help us 
 make it reality! http://spenden.wikimedia.de
 
 Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
 Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter 
 der Nummer 23855 B.
 Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, 
 Steuernummer 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] COM:IDENT?

2014-05-26 Thread Jeevan Jose
Thanks all for your opinions, suggestions and advice. I was away due to a
personal emergency; just back home today. I read all the responses above,
including Pierre-selim's advise on how to handle such cases in future. I
agree, and my intention was not to ignore in Commons discussions and make a
commons is broken rant as Pleclown complained above. I was in the midst
of switching off my computer and run as one of my relative just admitted in
hospital. The repeated revert on that page increased my blood pressure and
I forwarded it to here as I know I can't participate in that thread for at
least a few days.

I disagree with Pierre-selim's opinion that In the end I just think we are
having this thread because of the topic being related to nudity (which is
clearly a not consensual topic in our communities, probably because it is
cultural) and not really because of any real breach of privacy. As a
husband of a woman who had undergone TAH-BSO at the age of twenty (ten
years before our marriage), I'm well aware of the value of our reproductive
system and the importance of educating common people about the
healthy maintenance of them. I know how photographs are more helpful than
graphical illustrations in some occasions. But we should be more careful on
verifying whether the subjects are fully consented in such cases. Moreover,
there is no need to reveal the identity of non notable persons in such
cases.

(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smoking_Crack.jpg is another
similar case where no relation to nudity; but clear real breach of privacy.
There people even tried to revert Odder. Finally I had to bring it at AN to
revedelete other versions. I still believe such a picture is not good for
our projects as we have no evidence of consent and the person can be
easily identifiable from the external links.)

Now I (glad to) see Russavia did some homework and made an alert to another
crat and (as a result) most links are removed. (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MichaelMaggs#Paedophile_advocate_needs_blocking
).

Regards,
Jee


On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Chris Keating
chriskeatingw...@gmail.comwrote:

 Though in this case it does seem that Commons has given sound advice that
 any photos submitted should be accompanied by a model release.

 If only more photos on Commons had model releases!


 On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Chris Keating
 chriskeatingw...@gmail.comwrote:

 
  @Risker: I was thinking the same, hence my disagreement with Odder's
  decision. But I've visited the linked website (NSFW) and one can only
  assume that the person on the pictures is fully aware of the implication
  of
  said photos on the internet and willing to see them diffused.
 
 
  I don't think there are pictures of someone on the internet can in any
  circumstances imply that person has given their consent for those
 pictures
  to be on the internet.
 
  Even if it is clear that the person concerned gave permission for the
  picture to be taken, that is no evidence that they have given any consent
  for those pictures to be circulated.
 
  Chris
 
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