[Wikimedia-l] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on July 9, 2014 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC

2014-07-08 Thread Runa Bhattacharjee
[x-posted] Hello, The Wikimedia Language Engineering team will be hosting the next monthly IRC office hour on Wednesday, July 09 2014 at 1700 UTC on #wikimedia-office. In this office hour we will be discussing about our recent activities around the Content Translation project[1] and taking

[Wikimedia-l] Human Resources Office Hour with Gayle

2014-07-08 Thread Patrick Earley
Hello all, Tomorrow, the Foundation's Chief Talent and Culture Officer, Gayle Karen Young, http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Gyoung will be answering questions in an IRC Office hour. The topic will be Experiencing Transition: an org perspective. Please join us for the discussion! Where:

[Wikimedia-l] WMF Board skill grid 2014

2014-07-08 Thread Alice Wiegand
Hi all, the WMF Board took another round of the exercise to create a Board skills grid to get more clarity about what the current needs on the Board are and how well they are covered. The Board will discuss the result and the implications for the board composition at the Board meeting before

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Human Resources Office Hour with Gayle

2014-07-08 Thread Pine W
Hi Patrick, Can I request that there be a policy that from now on all WMF office hours will be announced at least two weeks in advance? Many of us have schedules that we need to shuffle to attend meetings especially on short notice. Thanks, Pine On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Pine W

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiknic reports and photos

2014-07-08 Thread Pine W
Excellent. I hope next year we can coordinate Wiknics on Meta. If anyone else has photos on Commons please add them to the category Wiknic 2014. Pine On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Some party! On 7 July 2014 14:16, Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2014-15 Annual Plan of the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-07-08 Thread Pine W
Hi Tilman, 1. Would WMF please document in the FAQ that Global Education, excluding the US/CAN program, is funded and managed through Grantmaking, and the US/CAN Education Program is run through the independent Wiki Education Foundation? 2. Would someone please produce a redline version of the