Re: [Wikimedia-l] WHO interested in evidence on the impact of CC licensing

Not what you asked, but UNESCO's recent leaflet is rather nice and has a dozen pages on impact. http://www.unesco.de/fileadmin/medien/Dokumente/Kommunikation/Open_Content_A_Practical_Guide_to_Using_Open_Content_Licences_web.pdf James Heilman, 02/12/2014 21:20: We would welcome sharing with us

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Welcome Giuliana. WMMX desires you a lot of success in this new appointment. Congrats to WMIT! Extra point for you for getting a ED with understanding of Spanish :P Auguri! 2014-12-02 23:31 GMT-06:00 Asaf Bartov : > Congratulations to WMIT! And it is heartwarming to learn of this final act > o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funding a new gear for WM photographer Poco a poco

(Sorry for crossposting) This is indeed a "cause" that the entire community should get behind. I know that normally people could apply for grants but is there anyway that the WMF as an organisation could bypass that often long, drawn out process and pitch in with this as well? I have sent out a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Congratulations to WMIT! And it is heartwarming to learn of this final act of service by our late friend and colleague Alessio. Tanti auguri! A. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 12:31 AM, Andrea Zanni wrote: > Hello everybody, > > It's with great pleasure that I announce Giuliana Mancini as the new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

Congratulations to WMDE, and welcome back to some familiar names! :) A. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Samuel Klein wrote: > Thank you, Tim. Welcome to the incoming board and thanks to all of the > candidates. > > -- > Sam > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) > wrote

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

As an update to John's enquiry around multiple responses - i.e. one person filling out the questionnaire for more than one organisation - could anyone in this position please write to Winifred, so we can send you another unique url for the survey? Right now, the survey is designed to accept only on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:28 AM, Leigh Thelmadatter wrote: > OK I see now the box for "other" not as an option for a name (which is how > these things are usually set up) but underneath the original question. > Thanks, Leigh - we're working on changing the way the box is configured, so it's more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

Megan Hernandez writes: > > > As Lila’s email said, we launched our end of year English fundraising > campaign on Tuesday. I wanted to share a little more background on the > mechanics of the English Wikipedia campaign, and where we are on our goals > this year to-date. > > Starting today, ban

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

> Would it be possible for interested organizations to get in touch with the Foundation in order to get help in this regard? > > Best > Claudia Hi Claudia, Thank you for the appreciation and your help - as so many others on this list - in thinking through this questionnaire and next steps. Thanks

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

* geni wrote: >On 2 December 2014 at 06:53, Lila Tretikov wrote: >> All -- we will not have a pop-up banner. > >And how exactly would you describe this then? > >https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oversized_donation_notice.png I got something like that on my mobile phone yesterday, only it di

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

On 2 December 2014 at 20:27, geni wrote: > On 2 December 2014 at 06:53, Lila Tretikov wrote: > > > All -- we will not have a pop-up banner. > > > > > And how exactly would you describe this then? > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oversized_donation_notice.png > > Pop-ups are generally

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

On 2 December 2014 at 06:53, Lila Tretikov wrote: > All -- we will not have a pop-up banner. > And how exactly would you describe this then? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oversized_donation_notice.png -- geni ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

Hi all, As Lila’s email said, we launched our end of year English fundraising campaign on Tuesday. I wanted to share a little more background on the mechanics of the English Wikipedia campaign, and where we are on our goals this year to-date. Starting today, banners are being shown to 100% of ano

[Wikimedia-l] Funding a new gear for WM photographer Poco a poco

Sorry for crossposting: Help one of the best volunteer photographers in Wikimedia Commons restore his stolen equipment. Diego Delso is known as Poco a poco in Wikimedia Commons. In case you don't know, Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository where anyone can share freely-licensed conte

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia engineering report, October 2014

Hi, The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in October 2014 is now available: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Report/2014/October -- Guillaume Paumier ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WHO interested in evidence on the impact of CC licensing

> On 2 Dec 2014, at 21:54, James Heilman wrote: > > And just to clarify currently WHO is "green open access", free to view but > not free to reuse. > > The request is for them to go "gold open access" free to view and free to > reuse. > Those definitions are wrong: "green" is self-archiving b

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia engineering report, September 2014

Hi, The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in September 2014 is now available: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Report/201 4/September The full text of the report isn't included in this announcement any more because its large size is against the list's rules.

[Wikimedia-l] WHO interested in evidence on the impact of CC licensing

And just to clarify currently WHO is "green open access", free to view but not free to reuse. The request is for them to go "gold open access" free to view and free to reuse. They are wondering why is this reuse bit important. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textboo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WHO interested in evidence on the impact of CC licensing

Not research, but it is a brief intro: http://www.plos.org/open-access/ http://www.plos.org/resources/ -- svetlana ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Uns

[Wikimedia-l] WHO interested in evidence on the impact of CC licensing

Hey All I have be trying to convince the World Health Organization to go to a CC BY SA license for a few years now. Najeeb Al-Shorbaji Director of Knowledge, Ethics and Research at WHO states: https://dgroups.org/hifa2015/discussions/35152a41 We would welcome sharing with us some evidence-based

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why is bank transfer no longer possible?

That's very interesting. However, as stated, in .nl (and SEPA) one pays people using IBAN accounts. One not-pays people using not-IBAN. iDeal is a handy dandy web interface to do (essentially) IBAN transfers. Them's the options; whether I personally like them or not.[*] c'est tout! Incidental

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

Thank you, Tim. Welcome to the incoming board and thanks to all of the candidates. -- Sam On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > Several great comebacks here! Thanks Tim and everyone for this new 2 years > commitment. > > Nemo > > > _

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

Hi Sebastian, are you looking for this: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire Best Claudia Am 02.12.2014 um 18:03 schrieb Sebastian Moleski: Hi Anasuya, Is there by any chance a public list of the questions asked in the survey? I've just clicked thro

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Nederland report for October

The WMNL report on October is available on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Nederland/201410 It is also included in this message as plain text. *COMMUNITY: supporting and mobilising volunteers and editors* - Wiki-Saturdays In October there were

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Welcome Giuliana. Congratulations Wikimedia Italia! On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Katy Love wrote: > Congratulations and welcome, Giuliana! I look forward to working together. > > Warmly, > Katy > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Stevie Benton < > stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Congratulations and welcome, Giuliana! I look forward to working together. Warmly, Katy On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Stevie Benton < stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Welcome Giuliana, and good luck from Wikimedia UK! > > Stevie > > On 2 December 2014 at 09:08, Santi Navarro < > santia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

Several great comebacks here! Thanks Tim and everyone for this new 2 years commitment. Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

Hi Anasuya, Is there by any chance a public list of the questions asked in the survey? I've just clicked through a few pages and noticed that some questions need a little preparation to answer truthfully. It would be helpful if the questions could be looked up in advance. Thank you for your help,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

Thanks, Sam. Will work on making the drop down easier to access. Anasuya On Dec 2, 2014 2:38 AM, "Samuel Klein" wrote: > Thanks Anasuya! That's quite a comprehensive survey but instructive to > fill out. > > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:46 AM, John Mark Vandenberg > wrote: > > > > No, .. fr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

Hi John, I think it's really up to you and the organizational team(s) you represent. If you are critically involved in the program and org leadership of more than one, you're welcome to respond more than once. In this case, we'd ask you to make sure you have more than just your responses from each

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

Hi Nemo and John, The questionnaire is not meant to exclude WMF at all, instead the wording was meant to _include_ all forms of Wikimedia 'organization'. So yes, the phrase can be easily modified. And as SJ points out, WMF is on the list too. :-) Anasuya On Dec 2, 2014 12:34 AM, "Federico Leva (

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

Gerard, I'm not sure I understand this concern. Data of all kinds are important, but in this case, the questionnaire is meant to help organizations reflect on how they make the strategic choices they do, and what more we can do, as individual organizations and collectively across the movement, to b

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

On behalf of Wikimedia France, welcome to the mad house Giuliana :) We're a crazy but lovely bunch, and we enjoy lame puns. Best, -- Christophe On 2 December 2014 at 16:28, Sydney Poore wrote: > Giuliana Mancini, welcome to the Wikimedia movement. :-) > > > Sydney Poore > User:FloNight > Memb

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Magyarország Board Elections

Congratulations to the newly and re-elected members of the board. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member of FDC Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:30 AM, Balázs Viczián wrote: > Hi all, > > WMHU had its general assembly last Saturda

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMIL General Assembly meeting and Board Elections

Congratulations to the newly or re-elected members. And thank you, Yael, for your service to the wikimedia movement. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member of FDC Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel < it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Giuliana Mancini, welcome to the Wikimedia movement. :-) Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member of FDC Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Andrea Zanni wrote: > Hello everybody, > > It's with great pleasure that I announce G

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

Thank you, Tim for sharing the results. And congratulations to the recently elected members and thank you to the outgoing members for their service to the wikimedia movement. Warm regards, Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member of FDC Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Coll

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

Dear Wikimedia friends, Wikimedia Deutschland held its General Assembly on Saturday, 29 November 2014. It is with great pleasure that I present to you our new board, for the first time for a two-year term: * Tim Moritz Hector (Chair): Long-time Wikipedian and Wikimedian (re-elected)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Samuel Klein wrote: > Thanks Anasuya! That's quite a comprehensive survey but instructive to > fill out. > > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:46 AM, John Mark Vandenberg > wrote: >> >> No, .. from the survey itself: >> >> "Throughout, we use the phrase “Wikimedia O

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

OK I see now the box for "other" not as an option for a name (which is how these things are usually set up) but underneath the original question. From: osama...@hotmail.com To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: RE: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizatio

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

I assume this survey is only for organizations that have been recognized by AffCom? We are still struggling to get ours (despite the fact that we are one of the most productive educational groups), so I thought Id at least answer the questionnairre, but under "name of organization" the only opti

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Ciao Giuliana, great to have you on board! Tanti auguri, Jan 2014-12-02 12:46 GMT+01:00 Ivan Nikčević : > Congratulations WMIT and Giuliana! > > All the best from WMRS. > > *Ivan Nikčević* > Executive Director > Wikimedia Serbia - rs.wikimedia.org - > +381 60 7454 772 > > *Imagine

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

Thank you for this initiative and all the hard work that went into creating these tools and resources! I'm really looking forward to the results and learnings of the next steps. At the moment, from our perspective the biggest challenge of the planned process is to overcome the language barrier

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Congratulations WMIT and Giuliana! All the best from WMRS. *Ivan Nikčević* Executive Director Wikimedia Serbia - rs.wikimedia.org - +381 60 7454 772 *Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given fr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Welcome Giuliana! Best luck on behalf of Amical Wikimedia 2014-12-02 11:03 GMT+01:00 Stevie Benton : > Welcome Giuliana, and good luck from Wikimedia UK! > > Stevie > > On 2 December 2014 at 09:08, Santi Navarro < > santiagonava...@wikimedia.org.es > > wrote: > > > Auguri! Congratulations WMIT

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Magyarország Board Elections

Gratulálok! And thank you Balazs et al. for your hard work over the last years Claudia for WMAT Am 02.12.2014 um 11:30 schrieb Balázs Viczián: Hi all, WMHU had its general assembly last Saturday where a new board was elected for the 2014 December - 2016 December period. Gervai, Péter - presi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

Thanks Anasuya! That's quite a comprehensive survey but instructive to fill out. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:46 AM, John Mark Vandenberg wrote: > > No, .. from the survey itself: > > "Throughout, we use the phrase “Wikimedia Organization” to refer to > chapters, thematic organizations, and us

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Magyarország Board Elections

Hi all, WMHU had its general assembly last Saturday where a new board was elected for the 2014 December - 2016 December period. Gervai, Péter - president (reelected) Balogh, Mónika - financial vice president (reelected) Bihary, Gábor - executive vice president Gyenes, Orsolya - board member Mészö

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WaPo Wikipedia's 'complicated; relationship with net neutrality

A developing country perspective is missing in this conversation, so I’m going to fill in the gap since I find it odd that we’re talking about "developing” countries, when everyone who’s been participating in this discussion so far has been from developed countries. > Wiadomość napisana przez T

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Welcome Giuliana, and good luck from Wikimedia UK! Stevie On 2 December 2014 at 09:08, Santi Navarro wrote: > Auguri! Congratulations WMIT and Giuliana. This is a very important step > in the history of WMIT, so best luck. > > Regards from WMES. > > > > El 2014-12-02 09:59, Itzik - Wikimedia Is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Auguri! Congratulations WMIT and Giuliana. This is a very important step in the history of WMIT, so best luck. Regards from WMES. El 2014-12-02 09:59, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel escribió: Good luck Giuliana, and good luck WMIT with your next step in the professionalization process. I defiantl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMIL General Assembly meeting and Board Elections

Congratulations and good luck! El 2014-12-02 10:00, Cristian Consonni escribió: Il 02/Dic/2014 09:14 "Itzik - Wikimedia Israel" ha scritto: Dear all, This last Monday, 1.12.14, Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) held a general assembly meeting, during which the members held the elections for members

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMIL General Assembly meeting and Board Elections

Il 02/Dic/2014 09:14 "Itzik - Wikimedia Israel" ha scritto: > > Dear all, > > This last Monday, 1.12.14, Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) held a general assembly > meeting, during which the members held the elections for members of the > Board of WMIL. > > The results of the elections are as follows: > > I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Good luck Giuliana, and good luck WMIT with your next step in the professionalization process. I defiantly know that WMIL, but I'm sure that the others chapters as well, will be happy to give advises, information and help her with the first steps in our movement. Feel free to contact us. *Reg

[Wikimedia-l] Asked > Program Committee members for GLAM WIKI 2015

Hello everyone, Wikimedia Nederland is looking for people to join the Program Committee for the GLAM WIKI 2015 conference. GLAM WIKI 2015 is a conference focussed on projects of/with Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs) that are related to Wikimedia projects and/or have another open

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

Lila - thank you for this thoughtful update. Fundraising trends and data are always welcome, particularly where communities can help improve and test local messages. I am also deeply thankful for the smooth work of the fundraising team, who have made great progress over the last few years – in st

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: > Why does the questionnaire seemingly exclude the WMF? > > If the WMF is one "other organized

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

Why does the questionnaire seemingly exclude the WMF? If the WMF is one "other organized group" in the sentence "A Wikimedia chapter, user group, themati

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

Hello everybody, It's with great pleasure that I announce Giuliana Mancini as the new Executive Director of Wikimedia Italia. It took us over 6 months to select her within a pool of 450 candidates: it has been an incredibly hard work, and tough decisions were made. I'd like to acknowledge that on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

Just as an aside - tweets about the fundraiser don't appear to be the best source for informed commentary: https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=wikipedia%20donations&src=typd Examples: "Wikipedia is begging for $3 donations? That screams 'Hey, we're in a little trouble over here'." "Silly Wiki

[Wikimedia-l] WMIL General Assembly meeting and Board Elections

Dear all, This last Monday, 1.12.14, Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) held a general assembly meeting, during which the members held the elections for members of the Board of WMIL. The results of the elections are as follows: Itzik Edri,(reelected) Deror Lin, (reelected) Ido Ivri, (reelected) Hana Yariv,