Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Chapters] Wikimedia Serbia Executive Director

[Filip Maljkovic]

On 10/16/2014 07:12 AM, Salvador A wrote:

Great news! Congratulations!

I hope WMRS could tell us how was the experience and difficulties of
choosing a new ED. Such kind of storytelling might be the basis for future
best practices on getting staff.


Thanks! :)

Well, to me (someone who was involved in the process from the get-go and 
through the entire thing), the greatest difficulty was the sheer amount 
of submissions -- 224.


So, our process was as follows: we announced the job opening on two 
relevant sites and accepted submissions during the course of 3 weeks. 
After reviewing all the CVs, the committee (originally consisting of 3 
persons) members gave their ternary grades (+, -, or ?) for each 
candidate. Those with not enough "positive votes" weren't considered 
anymore, but those with any sort of significant support were discussed 
at a long meeting, where we finally made a list of people who would be 
invited in the first round of interviews.


Around 30 people participated in the first round, and that was spread 
throughout 3 days (about 12 hours in total, so about 20 minutes per 
candidate). After that, we made a shortlist for the second round and 
that included 6 best candidates. We were quite strict with some 
criteria, but we had to be in order to narrow things down significantly.


The second round was held during the course of one afternoon, and the 
committee was broadened by a few board members. The second round 
consisted of a short test (literacy and general knowledge) and a half 
hour interview, that was broader in scope than the first one: we gave 
each of the candidates one of the project proposals we got from our 
volunteers for the Annual Grant 2015, so the candidates had to comment 
them and try to see how the project fit in our mission, what should be 
changed etc.


After the interviews, we had some deliberations that lasted longer than 
anticipated, but after about a week, one candidate bubbled up and we 
selected him -- Ivan.


That's the process in short (there were some other peculiarities, but 
they aren't quite relevant for this venue).


Cheers,
Filip

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference[1] 2015

[Pine W]

Hi,

I can speak only in a personal capacity.

My occasional readings of information about WMCH have been positive. I
anticipate that visa problems will be no greater than they were at
Wikimania London. The admittedly limited information about the bid sounds
reasonable, as far as it goes. I assume that there will be a thorough
review of the budget and program by WMF and WMCH to ensure that the ROIs
for both organizations are reasonable. It seems to me that *if* this
conference is to be held (I am still a bit skeptical that having this
conference separate from Wikimania makes financial sense), that it is
reasonable to proceed with WMCH as host.

Perhaps the name, scope, purpose, timing, and outcomes of this conference
from past years and for the future can be discussed at the WMCH event.

My understanding is that there is not a community committee that reviews
bids for this conference and that the Chapters Association is likely to
remain in a deep freeze; if the location of this conference is subject to
community consensus, I would vote to support the WMCH bid subject to the
conditions and suggestions I made elsewhere in this email.

Thank you WMCH for offering to host.

Pine


On Oct 15, 2014 7:23 PM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:
>
> Hello, everyone.
>
> Weeks go by, and the previous conversation was throughly derailed, so out
> of a profound interest in ensuring a high-value event, I am bringing this
> up again: we[3] *need to make progress* with planning the
>
working-meeting-featuring-Wikimedia-affiliates-and-WMF-and-the-WMF-Board-and-AffCom[4],
> whatever we may end up calling it[1].
>
> In the interest of moving on to focus on more substantive issues, and in
> light of there being only a single bid submitted so far[5], may I
> boldly *suggest
> that it be accepted* and that we devote the rest of the time until the
> spring to ensuring the lessons[6] of the previous years be heeded in
> *significant
> preparatory work* by the program team and the affiliates?
>
>Asaf
>
> [1] or whatever we may choose to rename it.  The previous thread was
> successfully killed by the digression into the event's name.  Let's try to
> keep this one on track, and discuss the name ELSEWHERE[2], shall we?
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Conference_2015
> [3] yes, not all the hundreds of people on this mailing list.  But this is
> still the channel that reaches the greatest number of Wikimedia
affiliates.
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015
> [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Bids
> [6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference
> --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference[1] 2015

[Filip Maljkovic]

On 10/16/2014 04:22 AM, Asaf Bartov wrote:

Hello, everyone.

Weeks go by, and the previous conversation was throughly derailed, so out
of a profound interest in ensuring a high-value event, I am bringing this
up again: we[3] *need to make progress* with planning the
working-meeting-featuring-Wikimedia-affiliates-and-WMF-and-the-WMF-Board-and-AffCom[4],
whatever we may end up calling it[1].

In the interest of moving on to focus on more substantive issues, and in
light of there being only a single bid submitted so far[5], may I
boldly *suggest
that it be accepted* and that we devote the rest of the time until the
spring to ensuring the lessons[6] of the previous years be heeded in
*significant
preparatory work* by the program team and the affiliates?

Asaf

[1] or whatever we may choose to rename it.  The previous thread was
successfully killed by the digression into the event's name.  Let's try to
keep this one on track, and discuss the name ELSEWHERE[2], shall we?
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Conference_2015
[3] yes, not all the hundreds of people on this mailing list.  But this is
still the channel that reaches the greatest number of Wikimedia affiliates.
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Bids
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference

Yes, please.

Cheers,
Filip (WMRS)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Chapters] Wikimedia Serbia Executive Director

[Salvador A]

Great news! Congratulations!

I hope WMRS could tell us how was the experience and difficulties of
choosing a new ED. Such kind of storytelling might be the basis for future
best practices on getting staff.

Welcome Ivan!

2014-10-15 4:20 GMT-05:00 Cristian Consonni :

> 2014-10-12 0:47 GMT+02:00 Filip Maljković :
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'd like to announce Ivan Nikčević as the new Executive Director of
> Wikimedia Serbia.
>
>
> Congratulations Wikimedia Serbia and welcome, Ivan!
>
> Cristian
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference[1] 2015

[Asaf Bartov]

Hello, everyone.

Weeks go by, and the previous conversation was throughly derailed, so out
of a profound interest in ensuring a high-value event, I am bringing this
up again: we[3] *need to make progress* with planning the
working-meeting-featuring-Wikimedia-affiliates-and-WMF-and-the-WMF-Board-and-AffCom[4],
whatever we may end up calling it[1].

In the interest of moving on to focus on more substantive issues, and in
light of there being only a single bid submitted so far[5], may I
boldly *suggest
that it be accepted* and that we devote the rest of the time until the
spring to ensuring the lessons[6] of the previous years be heeded in
*significant
preparatory work* by the program team and the affiliates?

   Asaf

[1] or whatever we may choose to rename it.  The previous thread was
successfully killed by the digression into the event's name.  Let's try to
keep this one on track, and discuss the name ELSEWHERE[2], shall we?
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Conference_2015
[3] yes, not all the hundreds of people on this mailing list.  But this is
still the channel that reaches the greatest number of Wikimedia affiliates.
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2015/Bids
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference
-- 
Asaf Bartov
Wikimedia Foundation 

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[Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves Earth Brasil - Exhibition

[Rodrigo Padula]

Hello fellows!

Concluding our participation and activities on Wiki Loves Earth, we
organized an exhibition during the event "Paraty em Foco" in the
historical city of Paraty - Rio de Janeiro.

During the event (Sep 24-28) the exhibition received near 1.500
visitors daily and the exhibition continued until October 12.

The exhibition was exhibited inside the Casa da Cultura, an historical
building constructed during the 18th century
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Loves_Earth_Brasil_2014_-_Exhibition_-_Casa_da_Cultura.JPG)
that is a cultural reference in the region.

Students from the near islands/beaches visited the exhibition during
Paraty em Foco, as you can see here http://migre.me/mihhY

I've published some pictures and information about the exhibition here
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2014/Brasil/Exposi%C3%A7%C3%A3o
(in portuguese)

We received a lot of visibility during the WLE, generating excellent
results for Wikimedia Commons. Near 900 new users and 7.000 photos
uploaded.

The contest and exhibition was published in many sites and blogs,
including a printed magazine with 50.000 copies distributed around all
Brazilian states.

Some important links:
Casa da Cultura de Paraty
- Official website: http://www.casadaculturaparaty.org.br/
- Introduction:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casa_da_Cultura_-_Paraty_-_Introduction.JPG

Paraty em Foco
- http://paratyemfoco.com/ (oficial web site)

The WLE contest and exhibition were organized through the Brazilian
Program with the support of Ação Educativa(local WMF's partner).

Best regards

Rodrigo Padula

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cryonics

[Newyorkbrad]

Here's a compromise between those who want to discuss cryonics and those
who think it's weirdly off-topic:  We'll freeze this thread.

Newyorkbrad/IBM

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Wil Sinclair  wrote:

> Hmmm. James and Liam just put a smile on my face, and honestly, if
> we're going to have off-topic discussions here, I prefer these over
> intra-community flame wars any day.
>
> James, it may not be appreciated- or appropriate, actually- on
> wikimedia-l, but I would love it if you put an op-ed making your case
> for "gender-inclusive cryonics solutions" on my user talk page for the
> Wasted Times.
>
> ,Wil
>
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Lodewijk 
> wrote:
> > This does it to me. Dear list moderators, could you please pretty please
> > consider putting James on moderation indefinitely? This behaviour has
> gone
> > on long enough, and clearly resulted in a net negative contribution to
> the
> > movement.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Lodewijk
> >
> > 2014-10-15 13:03 GMT+02:00 Liam Wyatt :
> >
> >> Ok, everyone can go home now. The competition for most abstract
> suggestion
> >> on Wikimedia-L is now closed. As much as I would love for us to discuss
> >> our own personal preferences in 'supercooling vitrification freezer'
> >> manufacturers...
> >> Perhaps if the WMF purchased their own cryogenics system for the
> >> aforementioned company and instead it in the office cleaning cupboard,
> >> staff coud keep the after-work drinks chilled in there too?
> >> In the mean time, as a personal challenge, see if you can include the
> >> phrase "gender-inclusive cryonics solution" in a casual conversation
> >> without anyone noticing.
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, 15 October 2014, James Salsman 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > It has come to my attention that certain companies in the Foundation's
> >> > employment peer group have been offering ova cryonics as a family
> >> planning
> >> > benefit:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/14/apple-and-facebooks-newest-perk-freezing-your-eggs/
> >> >
> >> > I recommend that the Foundation explore gender-inclusive cryonics
> >> > solutions. I understand that supercooling vitrification freezers such
> as
> >> > those manufactured by ABI, Ltd. of Chiba, Japan called CASfresh or
> Cells
> >> > Alive System may be of some interest.
> >> >
> >> > Best regards,
> >> > James Salsman
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cryonics

[Wil Sinclair]

Hmmm. James and Liam just put a smile on my face, and honestly, if
we're going to have off-topic discussions here, I prefer these over
intra-community flame wars any day.

James, it may not be appreciated- or appropriate, actually- on
wikimedia-l, but I would love it if you put an op-ed making your case
for "gender-inclusive cryonics solutions" on my user talk page for the
Wasted Times.

,Wil

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Lodewijk  wrote:
> This does it to me. Dear list moderators, could you please pretty please
> consider putting James on moderation indefinitely? This behaviour has gone
> on long enough, and clearly resulted in a net negative contribution to the
> movement.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Lodewijk
>
> 2014-10-15 13:03 GMT+02:00 Liam Wyatt :
>
>> Ok, everyone can go home now. The competition for most abstract suggestion
>> on Wikimedia-L is now closed. As much as I would love for us to discuss
>> our own personal preferences in 'supercooling vitrification freezer'
>> manufacturers...
>> Perhaps if the WMF purchased their own cryogenics system for the
>> aforementioned company and instead it in the office cleaning cupboard,
>> staff coud keep the after-work drinks chilled in there too?
>> In the mean time, as a personal challenge, see if you can include the
>> phrase "gender-inclusive cryonics solution" in a casual conversation
>> without anyone noticing.
>>
>> On Wednesday, 15 October 2014, James Salsman  wrote:
>>
>> > It has come to my attention that certain companies in the Foundation's
>> > employment peer group have been offering ova cryonics as a family
>> planning
>> > benefit:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/14/apple-and-facebooks-newest-perk-freezing-your-eggs/
>> >
>> > I recommend that the Foundation explore gender-inclusive cryonics
>> > solutions. I understand that supercooling vitrification freezers such as
>> > those manufactured by ABI, Ltd. of Chiba, Japan called CASfresh or Cells
>> > Alive System may be of some interest.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > James Salsman
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cryonics

[Austin Hair]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:41 AM, James Salsman  wrote:
> I recommend that the Foundation explore gender-inclusive cryonics
> solutions. I understand that supercooling vitrification freezers such as
> those manufactured by ABI, Ltd. of Chiba, Japan called CASfresh or Cells
> Alive System may be of some interest.

What is th... I don't... yeah.

James, I hope you'll understand why I've decided to screen your posts
for a while.

Austin

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cryonics

[Lodewijk]

This does it to me. Dear list moderators, could you please pretty please
consider putting James on moderation indefinitely? This behaviour has gone
on long enough, and clearly resulted in a net negative contribution to the
movement.

Thanks.

Lodewijk

2014-10-15 13:03 GMT+02:00 Liam Wyatt :

> Ok, everyone can go home now. The competition for most abstract suggestion
> on Wikimedia-L is now closed. As much as I would love for us to discuss
> our own personal preferences in 'supercooling vitrification freezer'
> manufacturers...
> Perhaps if the WMF purchased their own cryogenics system for the
> aforementioned company and instead it in the office cleaning cupboard,
> staff coud keep the after-work drinks chilled in there too?
> In the mean time, as a personal challenge, see if you can include the
> phrase "gender-inclusive cryonics solution" in a casual conversation
> without anyone noticing.
>
> On Wednesday, 15 October 2014, James Salsman  wrote:
>
> > It has come to my attention that certain companies in the Foundation's
> > employment peer group have been offering ova cryonics as a family
> planning
> > benefit:
> >
> >
> >
> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/14/apple-and-facebooks-newest-perk-freezing-your-eggs/
> >
> > I recommend that the Foundation explore gender-inclusive cryonics
> > solutions. I understand that supercooling vitrification freezers such as
> > those manufactured by ABI, Ltd. of Chiba, Japan called CASfresh or Cells
> > Alive System may be of some interest.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > James Salsman
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

[Richard Symonds]

Hmm. I'm not sure that everyone will agree on all of those values you
espouse, Pine - they are laudable goals but as an organisation that also
aims to be "neutral", moving in a left-of-centre direction might be frowned
on by some.

Limiting investment options would also limit the returns on those
investments - which would impact our mission (might be good, might be bad)
- and limiting returns on investments would also in turn impact a lot of
other things, for example, the recommended figures that the WMF and
Chapters hold in reserve.

A complicated issue.

Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
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United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
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On 15 October 2014 15:52, Nathan  wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Marc A. Pelletier 
> wrote:
>
> > On 10/15/2014 04:52 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
> > > I suggest that you need a stricter definition to start with.
> >
> > It's also highly disputable that the Foundation would be justified in
> > reducing the fiduciary care it must employ in its investment strategy
> > for a set of ill-defined objectives that fall entirely outside its
> > mission - no matter how agreeable those objectives may be to many of the
> > volunteers.
> >
> > -- Marc
> >
> >
> >
> I'm not a natural fan of "divestment ethics", but I don't know that there
> is much dispute these days that it is possible to fulfill fiduciary duties
> *and* invest using values / ethics oriented strategy. Twenty years ago
> perhaps it was uncommon, but today ethical (or social responsibility)
> investment strategy is common among non-profits and there are many
> dedicated funds for the purpose.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

[Nathan]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Marc A. Pelletier 
wrote:

> On 10/15/2014 04:52 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
> > I suggest that you need a stricter definition to start with.
>
> It's also highly disputable that the Foundation would be justified in
> reducing the fiduciary care it must employ in its investment strategy
> for a set of ill-defined objectives that fall entirely outside its
> mission - no matter how agreeable those objectives may be to many of the
> volunteers.
>
> -- Marc
>
>
>
I'm not a natural fan of "divestment ethics", but I don't know that there
is much dispute these days that it is possible to fulfill fiduciary duties
*and* invest using values / ethics oriented strategy. Twenty years ago
perhaps it was uncommon, but today ethical (or social responsibility)
investment strategy is common among non-profits and there are many
dedicated funds for the purpose.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

[Marc A. Pelletier]

On 10/15/2014 04:52 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
> I suggest that you need a stricter definition to start with.

It's also highly disputable that the Foundation would be justified in
reducing the fiduciary care it must employ in its investment strategy
for a set of ill-defined objectives that fall entirely outside its
mission - no matter how agreeable those objectives may be to many of the
volunteers.

-- Marc


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Cryonics

[Liam Wyatt]

Ok, everyone can go home now. The competition for most abstract suggestion
on Wikimedia-L is now closed. As much as I would love for us to discuss
our own personal preferences in 'supercooling vitrification freezer'
manufacturers...
Perhaps if the WMF purchased their own cryogenics system for the
aforementioned company and instead it in the office cleaning cupboard,
staff coud keep the after-work drinks chilled in there too?
In the mean time, as a personal challenge, see if you can include the
phrase "gender-inclusive cryonics solution" in a casual conversation
without anyone noticing.

On Wednesday, 15 October 2014, James Salsman  wrote:

> It has come to my attention that certain companies in the Foundation's
> employment peer group have been offering ova cryonics as a family planning
> benefit:
>
>
> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/14/apple-and-facebooks-newest-perk-freezing-your-eggs/
>
> I recommend that the Foundation explore gender-inclusive cryonics
> solutions. I understand that supercooling vitrification freezers such as
> those manufactured by ABI, Ltd. of Chiba, Japan called CASfresh or Cells
> Alive System may be of some interest.
>
> Best regards,
> James Salsman
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[Wikimedia-l] [Reminder] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on October 15, 2014 (Wednesday) at 1700 UTC

[Runa Bhattacharjee]

Hello,

A reminder that Language Engineering's monthly office hour is happening in
a few hours (1700 UTC) on #wikimedia-office. Please see below for the
original announcement, including local time and agenda.

The original mail was inadvertently not sent to Wikimedia-l. My apologies
for that.

Thanks
Runa


Monthly IRC Office Hour:
==
# Date: October 15, 2014 (Wednesday)

# Time: 1700 UTC (Check local time:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20141015T1700)

# IRC channel: #wikimedia-office

# Agenda:
1. Project updates and plans
2. Q & A (Questions can be sent to me ahead of the event)

-- Forwarded message --
From: Runa Bhattacharjee 
Date: Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 3:31 PM
Subject: [x-post] Language Engineering IRC Office Hour on October 15, 2014
(Wednesday) at 1700 UTC
To: MediaWiki internationalisation ,
Wikimedia developers 


Hello,

Please join us for the next monthly IRC office hour of the Wikimedia
Language Engineering team on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 1700 UTC on
#wikimedia-office.

We will be taking questions and discussing about our ongoing projects, and
upcoming plans.

Please see below for event details and local time.

Thank you.
Runa

Monthly IRC Office Hour:
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# Time: 1700 UTC (Check local time:
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# IRC channel: #wikimedia-office

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[Wikimedia-l] Cryonics

[James Salsman]

It has come to my attention that certain companies in the Foundation's
employment peer group have been offering ova cryonics as a family planning
benefit:

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/14/apple-and-facebooks-newest-perk-freezing-your-eggs/

I recommend that the Foundation explore gender-inclusive cryonics
solutions. I understand that supercooling vitrification freezers such as
those manufactured by ABI, Ltd. of Chiba, Japan called CASfresh or Cells
Alive System may be of some interest.

Best regards,
James Salsman
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[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Chapters] Wikimedia Serbia Executive Director

[Cristian Consonni]

2014-10-12 0:47 GMT+02:00 Filip Maljković :
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'd like to announce Ivan Nikčević as the new Executive Director of Wikimedia 
> Serbia.


Congratulations Wikimedia Serbia and welcome, Ivan!

Cristian

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Pine W, 15/10/2014 09:56:

Hi Risker,

I am speaking of all of them, and I suppose our mission also, although in
ways that are broadly interpreted.

For example, as an organization that values freedom and transparency, and
is for the purpose of public education for the benefit of all people, I
feel that we should avoid investing in organizations or governments that 1.
likely tolerate or profit from sweatshop labor, 2. contribute notably to
environmental hazards that may harm people, 3. contribute to the repression
freedom of expression, 4. conceal government-authorized unethical
activities from the public, 5. have significant or consistent problems with
corruption or fraud.


Considering your list would force even the abandonment of USA treasury 
bonds (points 2 and 4), I suggest that you need a stricter definition to 
start with.


Nemo

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Android "Nearby" Feature (was: Re: Community RfCs about MediaViewer)

[Magnus Manske]

Hah! Of course, I pick the same day to rewrite WikiShootMe...

https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikishootme/

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Erik Moeller  wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
> > An answer would be appreciated...
>
> I know you've been in touch w/ the mobile web team since this thread,
> but just to close the loop for the record: "Nearby" (now
> re-implemented in native code and with a new UI) is part of today's
> stable release of the Android app.
>
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2014-October/008144.html
>
> Please join the mobile list for feedback, questions & suggestions.
>
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
>
> Cheers,
> Erik
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

[Pine W]

Hi Risker,

I am speaking of all of them, and I suppose our mission also, although in
ways that are broadly interpreted.

For example, as an organization that values freedom and transparency, and
is for the purpose of public education for the benefit of all people, I
feel that we should avoid investing in organizations or governments that 1.
likely tolerate or profit from sweatshop labor, 2. contribute notably to
environmental hazards that may harm people, 3. contribute to the repression
freedom of expression, 4. conceal government-authorized unethical
activities from the public, 5. have significant or consistent problems with
corruption or fraud.

Examples:
1. Some clothing manufacturers
2. Many coal-fueled power plants
3. A number of governments, and the companies that knowingly or recklessly
enable or cooperate with the behavior of those governments by providing
supplies or services that aid those governments' political or ideological
repression of their residents
4. Governments that abusively use secret judicial or extrajudicial
proceedings, and the companies that knowingly or recklessly enable or
cooperate with that behavior
5. A number of large banks

Pine
On Oct 14, 2014 3:18 PM, "Risker"  wrote:

> Which organizational values are you speaking about, Pine?  The identified
> Wikimedia values[1] do not really speak to financial investment strategy.
>
> Risker
>
> [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values
>
> On 14 October 2014 14:18, Pine W  wrote:
>
> > Yes, thanks, those are relevant policies. It appears that we don't have a
> > policy that aligns WMF's investment choices with organizational values.
> For
> > short-term investments where the goals are liquidity and preservation of
> > capital, I think that this alignment should be relatively easy to
> achieve.
> > For longer term funds that have the goal of accumulating returns,
> aligning
> > organizational values with ROI may be a little more challenging but
> > probably not impossible. Hopefully Garfield and/or Stu will comment on
> the
> > possibility of creating a policy about aligning investment choices with
> > organizational values. I think WMF's donors would appreciate having a
> > policy that they could look at, especially when considering a possible
> WMF
> > endowment.
> >
> > Pine
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 3:23 PM, James Alexander <
> jalexan...@wikimedia.org
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Pine W  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Garfield,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the update.
> > > >
> > > > Is there public documentation somewhere about WMF investment policy?
> > Who
> > > > manages the investments, how was that firm or people chosen, and how
> > > often
> > > > is the performance and risk of the portfolio and the investment
> manager
> > > > reviewed by the Board? I am particularly interested in making sure
> that
> > > the
> > > > investments chosen are in alignment with the values of the Foundation
> > and
> > > > have suitable risk levels, and I hope that the Board reviews these
> > issues
> > > > periodically.
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey Pine, it looks like you may be looking for
> > >
> >
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Investment_Policy
> > > and https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Investment_Guidance.
> > >
> > > I will say that as someone on the internal 401k committee ( employee
> > > retirement program) mission and values driven decisions are incredibly
> > > difficult to balance well with our legal fiduciary responsibility and
> so
> > > always ended up having to be a secondary (though not ignored) issue.
> That
> > > is, however, a bit of a different case then the greater WMF investments
> > > since our main job is to make sure good 'options' are available for the
> > > staff to choose from rather then actually controlling their money.
> > >
> > >
> > > James Alexander
> > > Legal and Community Advocacy
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
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