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

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

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 some evidence-based research on how
licensing works under the Creative Commons attribution licence has made an
impact in the area of scientific, technical and medical publishing.


What sort of impact? Even the most negative found an impact on citations 
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2269040 but am.ascb.org/dora/


Nemo

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Salvador A]

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
> 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
> > 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 one of the most active members of the
> > selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly passed:
> > it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working
> with
> > us.
> >
> > But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a new
> > member.
> > Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association:
> her
> > deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia Italia
> > scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.
> >
> > Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the
> last
> > 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
> > field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making foundation
> > where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts
> of
> > an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
> > strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
> > She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts
> with a
> > mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
> > relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
> > She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres
> and
> > other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
> > She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish
> and
> > French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree was
> > completed while working).
> >
> > She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
> > Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
> >
> > Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Andrea Zanni
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funding a new gear for WM photographer Poco a poco

[Russavia]

(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 few appeals to avgeeks, seeing as he has taken
aviation photos, via twitter and other avenues. Perhaps we can get a
tweet from @wikicommons on this as well.

It's in all of our best interests to get Poco a Poco taking photos
again as soon as is possible. And I hope that insurance will be taken
out on the equipment when replaced :)

Cheers

Russavia


On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Santi Navarro
 wrote:
> 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 content with everyone. Wikipedia uses Wikimedia Commons as
> it's image repository, so, in fact, most of the times you view an image in
> Wikipedia, you are actually viewing a Wikimedia Commons image.
>
> While Diego is just one of the thousands of Wikimedia Commons volunteers, he
> is a very special one: he's one of the main Commons contributors ever,
> having some amazing records, such as being the user with the highest amount
> of Featured Pictures ever (153 images) and also the one with the highest
> amount of quality images ever, with 5,777 Quality Images. That's an awesome
> amount of very high quality material, that Diego has given to every living
> person for free.
>
> Never heard about Wikimedia Commons? It's the repository that hosts
> allmultimedia files that you can see (and download) in Wikipedia and all
> other Wikimedia projects. Diego's files are used in those projects and are
> also available for everybody else with a free license.
>
> Furthermore, Diego has contributed in Wikimedia Commons in other ways. One
> of them is by supporting (by being an organizer or a jury) two of the most
> importantphotographic contests in the Wikimedia movement (and in the
> world!): Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth.
>
> Sadly, while Diego was in Buenos Aires after participating in a Wikimedia
> Iberoamerican Encounter with other Wikimedia volunteers, he got his
> equipment stolen. In this unfortunate event, he didn't only lost his camera,
> zoom lenses and laptop, but also every single picture he took during his 2
> weeks trip in South America, which he was going to upload to Wikimedia
> Commons so they could be used by everyone, everywhere.
>
> As Wikimedia volunteers and Diego's friends, we could not stand aside of
> this, so we decided to help him to restore his equipment. You can help, too,
> by contributing to this campaign!
>
> Our goal is simple: to collect enough money to help Diego to buy exactly the
> same equipment he lost.
>
> All the gear he lost in Argentina is described below, with a reference to
> the price from Amazon for the same equipment.
> TipoModelo  Preço
> Camera body Canon EOS 5D Mark II$ 2,694.00
> Objective fisheye f/4.0 Canon EF 8-15mm L USM   $ 1,349.00
> Objective wide-angle f/4.0  Canon EF 17-40mm L USM  $ 839.00
> Objective wide-angle to telephoto f/4.0 Canon EF 24-105mm L IS UVM  $
> 1,149.00
> Laptop  Acer Aspire 1810T   $ 600.00
> Total   $ 6,631.00
>
> Converted to Euro (since Diego is based in Europe) that goes to 5,300 Euro +
> 200 euro of Indiegogo fee, which is our target to collect.
>
> This campaign is runned on indiegogo.com and the link is
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/funding-a-new-gear-for-wm-photographer-poco-a-poco#home
>
> You can use the short link  http://igg.me/at/pocoapoco in social networks
>
> Thank you
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Asaf Bartov]

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
> 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 one of the most active members of the
> selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly passed:
> it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working with
> us.
>
> But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a new
> member.
> Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association: her
> deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia Italia
> scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.
>
> Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the last
> 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
> field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making foundation
> where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts of
> an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
> strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
> She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts with a
> mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
> relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
> She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres and
> other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
> She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish and
> French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree was
> completed while working).
>
> She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
> Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
>
> Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andrea Zanni
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

[Asaf Bartov]

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

[Anasuya Sengupta]

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
one response per IP address.

thanks,
a-

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Anasuya Sengupta 
wrote:

> 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
> organization. This might affect a few folks across the movement, so I'm
> glad you asked.
>
> Warmly,
> Anasuya
> On Dec 2, 2014 12:46 AM, "John Mark Vandenberg"  wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) 
>> wrote:
>> > Why does the questionnaire seemingly exclude the WMF?
>> > <
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide#Preparing_to_Take_the_Organizational_Effectiveness_Questionnaire
>> >
>> > If the WMF is one "other organized group" in the sentence "A Wikimedia
>> > chapter, user group, thematic organization or other organized group",
>> that
>> > would be nice to spell out.
>>
>> No, .. from the survey itself:
>>
>> "Throughout, we use the phrase “Wikimedia Organization” to refer to
>> chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups."
>>
>> And on the first page of questions there is a drop down "What is the
>> name of your organization?" , which excludes the WMF.
>>
>> On that field, what if I am a member of multiple listed organisations?
>>  Should I fill in the survey multiple times?
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

[Anasuya Sengupta]

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 intuitive. We do encourage informal groups to take the
questionnaire, as you notice, since it's useful to see what of these
questions (and possible responses) might apply to groups like yours.

Anasuya

>
> From: osama...@hotmail.com
> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: RE: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for
> Wikimedia organizations)
> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 06:27:14 -0700
>
>
>
>
> 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
> option is to select from a group of pre-determined names. This even though
> the instructions say that they welcome responses from informal groups.
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:31:00 +0100
> > From: claudia.ga...@wikimedia.at
> > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: 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: If we want to include our
> > volunteers, especially the non-Board members, we'll have to translate
> > the questionnaire and some general information first.
> > While this is probably doable for German or French quickly enough to
> > meet the deadline on December 21, it might be a major challenge for
> > smaller langugage communities.
> >
> > Would it be possible for interested organizations to get in touch with
> > the Foundation in order to get help in this regard?
> >
> > Best
> > Claudia
> > --
> > Executive Director
> >
> > Wikimedia Österreich - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
> > Siebensterngasse 25/15
> > 1070 Wien
> > Austria
> > +43 699 141 28615
> > www.wikimedia.at 
> >
> >
> > Am 01.12.2014 um 22:56 schrieb Anasuya Sengupta:
> > > tl;dr Request for Wikimedia organizations to take a survey on
> > > organizational effectiveness, that will help us understand and support
> each
> > > other better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear friends and colleagues of the Wikimedia movement:
> > >
> > > The Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking team has initiated a project
> with
> > > TCC Group - a consulting firm focused on social impact - and the larger
> > > Wikimedia communities, to help Wikimedia organizations of all shapes
> and
> > > sizes (including user groups, chapters, and thematic organizations), to
> > > improve their effectiveness and their ability to have impact for the
> > > movement. The project was initiated in response to growing interest and
> > > conversations by volunteers and organizations, to better understand how
> > > organizations in particular have impact in the Wikimedia movement,
> which is
> > > unique in that it is online, growing extraordinarily fast, and created
> and
> > > supported almost entirely by volunteers.
> > >
> > > The project seeks to help Wikimedia organizations better understand 1)
> how
> > > impact is defined from an organizational perspective in their
> contexts, 2)
> > > what strategies Wikimedia organizations use to achieve that impact,
> and 3)
> > > what resources and skills Wikimedia organizations may need to be more
> > > effective in the strategies they choose to pursue.
> > >
> > > In the first “impact” stage of the project, TCC interviewed several
> > > organizations, administered an impact survey to all organizations, and
> > > attended Wikimania 2014 in London where the project was discussed with
> > > AffCom, an informal organizational effectiveness working group, the
> FDC and
> > > other grantmaking committees, as well as many other individuals in the
> > > movement. TCC also conducted in-depth research on three organizations,
> > > resulting in case studies illustrating different organizational models
> > > leading to impact. Many thanks to those of you who took your valuable
> time
> > > to participate in one or more of these exchanges; Wikimedians around
> the
> > > globe created the foundation for this work.
> > >
> > > The second and third stages of the project involve development of an
> online
> > > organizational effectiveness questionnaire, a user guide to help
> > > organizations interpret their results, and an organizational
> effectiveness
> > > learning center, which may help organizations think 

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

[Ryan Lane]

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, banners are being shown to 100% of anonymous readers on
> English Wikipedia in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Our end
> of year campaign goal is $20 million. As Lila mentioned, our goal is to
> serve more powerful reminders to be able to limit the total number of
> banners each reader sees. We are constantly experimenting with new methods
> to reach our readers and optimize the donation experience.
> 

I know I used to write an email internally every year, saying our banners
are getting out of control, but that's because every year they get bigger
and more obscuring of the content. This year, as usual, is not an exception.
However, this year the banners didn't just get bigger, the copy seems to be
more fear inducing as well.

Today I had a coworker private message me, worried that Wikipedia was in
financial trouble. He asked me if the worst happened, would the content
still be available so that it could be resurrected? I assured him that
Wikimedia is healthy, has reserves, and successfully reaches the budget
every year. Basically I said there wasn't much to worry about, because there
isn't.

The messaging being used is actively scaring people. This isn't the first
person that's asked me about this. When they find out there's not a real
problem, their reaction quickly changes. They become angry. They feel
manipulated.

My coworker told me that he donates generously every year, which is rare for
him because he doesn't often donate to charities. He said this year's ads
are putting him off. He doesn't feel like he should donate.

I understand that efficient banner ads are good, because they reduce the
number of times people need to see the ad, but it's not great when people
stop posting funny banner memes and start asking Wikimedia to switch to an
advertising model (seriously, do a quick twitter search).

- Ryan Lane


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

[Anasuya Sengupta]

> 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 too
for raising the question of languages; a critical one. In the introduction
to the questionnaire, we do say that if language is an issue (as we well
understand it could be), folks should contact Winifred (
orgeffectiven...@wikimedia.org for convenience) for any support around
this. If the deadlines need to be pushed back for that reason, we can
certainly work that out together.

Warmly,

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

[Bjoern Hoehrmann]

* 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 didn't
cover 80% of the screen but over 400% of it (over four full screens),
and unlike your example, it was not possible to scroll past it (it's a
"pop-over" that has to be dismissed by scrolling back to the top and
hitting the difficult-to-hit "x").

I also note that the german "banners" claim 20€ average donations while
the screenshot above claims 10 GBP (which is currently around 12.50€).
Never minding that only a small part of the donations is used as claimed
in these "banners" (keeping Wikipedia "online and ad-free" for a year).

Is the Foundation also still running "banners" that spoof web browser
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

[Risker]

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 considered to obscure content and prevent the
user/reader from proceeding until some sort of action is taken.  I don't
know about you, but for me none of the content was obscured (it was just
pushed down further on the page, but it was all readable), and I did not
need to do anything to see the content or use other functions like edit or
search.

So no, I don't think this is a pop-up.  It's big, and I still think the
message could be improved in a way that doesn't sound as though the funds
go to feeding the caffeine addictions of WMF staffers, but this is a lot
better than the version we saw just under a week ago.

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

[geni]

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

[Megan Hernandez]

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 anonymous readers on
English Wikipedia in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Our end
of year campaign goal is $20 million. As Lila mentioned, our goal is to
serve more powerful reminders to be able to limit the total number of
banners each reader sees. We are constantly experimenting with new methods
to reach our readers and optimize the donation experience.

Around the world, banners have been showing to a low level of traffic since
the start of the fiscal year in July. We have also run campaigns to 100% of
traffic in Japan, South Africa, Malaysia, Netherlands, Austria, Italy,
Belgium, and France. These campaigns have shown good results, and we look
forward to sharing more detail in our regular annual fundraising report.

If you spot any errors or have problems donating, your can reach us quickly
at:   problemsdonat...@wikimedia.org

We also anticipate some of you will want to know more about this process
and may have questions. If you have questions or comments, please let us
know on our Meta talk page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising

We look forward to answering your questions to the best of our ability, but
the team has limited resources and everyone will be working at an increased
pace in December, particularly during the launch week (12/2-12/5).
Unfortunately, this means we will not be able to respond to questions on
Wikimedia-l as they arise -- so instead we have set aside time to review
your questions on Meta, and post an update by December 15 and again in
January.

Thank you again for all your support now and throughout the year!

Megan

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Samuel Klein  wrote:

> 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 storytelling &
> translation, mobile giving, testing & data analysis. I look forward to
> seeing what we learn this year.
>
> Sam
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Lila Tretikov  wrote:
>
> > All -- we will not have a pop-up banner.
> >
> > I know you want more insight into the trends: we will provide some of
> those
> > in our upcoming reports and metrics and we will plan to shift to a
> > quarterly cadence of a more specific metrics report that will include
> > fundraising.
> >
> > Just to cover some basic trends: the last two years have significantly
> > changed our traffic composition. Regionally, we are seeing growth in
> > emerging languages and regions. This is great: people who need the
> > knowledge most, but cannot afford it and often live in countries where
> free
> > speech is criminalized are learning about Wikipedia. We need to keep
> > supporting that. In Europe, North America, Australia, etc. we see
> Wikipedia
> > becoming a part of the fabric of the internet itself: embedded in web
> > searches, operating systems, and other online resources. This is great
> too:
> > people get knowledge wherever they are. Both of those trends however can
> > make it more difficult to raise funds (and sometimes contribute), so we
> > have to make sure we adapt.
> >
> > We are doing a lot of work around thinking through a diversified
> > fundraising strategy. That said, our main tool today are the site
> banners.
> > Just to be clear: the pop-up banner had advantages. It tested high with
> > readers, was only shown once to each user and cut the total number of
> > impressions needed by a factor of 7! We did hear your concerns however.
> The
> > Fundraising team listened and quickly integrated your feedback. While our
> > launch banner will be different from last year’s, it will not be a
> pop-up,
> > overlay content, or be sticky. As always this starting design will
> iterate
> > daily and have parallel tests, so you may see variations at any given
> time.
> >
> > Megan Hernandez will send another email with more details about the
> process
> > to-date, and how best to communicate with Fundraising during the coming
> > month.
> >
> > And in the spirit of the holidays I'd like to thank the fundraising team
> > for all of their hard work and to all of the volunteers who have helped
> > with the campaigns.
> >
> >  Lila
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 7:39 PM, MZMcBride  wrote:
> >
> > > Ori Livneh wrote:
> > > >On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 5:55 PM, MZMcBride  wrote:
> > > >>The banners may be effective, but they're not aligned with
> Wikimedia's
> > > >>values.
> > > >
> > > >I wouldn't come out quite as strongly against these banners, but I
> share
> > > >the underlying sentimen

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

[Santi Navarro]

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 content with everyone. Wikipedia uses 
Wikimedia Commons as it's image repository, so, in fact, most of the 
times you view an image in Wikipedia, you are actually viewing a 
Wikimedia Commons image.


While Diego is just one of the thousands of Wikimedia Commons 
volunteers, he is a very special one: he's one of the main Commons 
contributors ever, having some amazing records, such as being the user 
with the highest amount of Featured Pictures ever (153 images) and also 
the one with the highest amount of quality images ever, with 5,777 
Quality Images. That's an awesome amount of very high quality material, 
that Diego has given to every living person for free.


Never heard about Wikimedia Commons? It's the repository that hosts 
allmultimedia files that you can see (and download) in Wikipedia and all 
other Wikimedia projects. Diego's files are used in those projects and 
are also available for everybody else with a free license.


Furthermore, Diego has contributed in Wikimedia Commons in other ways. 
One of them is by supporting (by being an organizer or a jury) two of 
the most importantphotographic contests in the Wikimedia movement (and 
in the world!): Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth.


Sadly, while Diego was in Buenos Aires after participating in a 
Wikimedia Iberoamerican Encounter with other Wikimedia volunteers, he 
got his equipment stolen. In this unfortunate event, he didn't only lost 
his camera, zoom lenses and laptop, but also every single picture he 
took during his 2 weeks trip in South America, which he was going to 
upload to Wikimedia Commons so they could be used by everyone, 
everywhere.


As Wikimedia volunteers and Diego's friends, we could not stand aside of 
this, so we decided to help him to restore his equipment. You can help, 
too, by contributing to this campaign!


Our goal is simple: to collect enough money to help Diego to buy exactly 
the same equipment he lost.


All the gear he lost in Argentina is described below, with a reference 
to the price from Amazon for the same equipment.

TipoModelo  Preço
Camera body Canon EOS 5D Mark II$ 2,694.00
Objective fisheye f/4.0 Canon EF 8-15mm L USM   $ 1,349.00
Objective wide-angle f/4.0  Canon EF 17-40mm L USM  $ 839.00
Objective wide-angle to telephoto f/4.0	Canon EF 24-105mm L IS UVM	$ 
1,149.00

Laptop  Acer Aspire 1810T   $ 600.00
Total   $ 6,631.00

Converted to Euro (since Diego is based in Europe) that goes to 5,300 
Euro + 200 euro of Indiegogo fee, which is our target to collect.


This campaign is runned on indiegogo.com and the link is 
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/funding-a-new-gear-for-wm-photographer-poco-a-poco#home


You can use the short link  http://igg.me/at/pocoapoco in social 
networks


Thank you

--
Santiago Navarro Sanz
Wikimedia España
http://www.wikimedia.org.es/

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia engineering report, October 2014

[Guillaume Paumier]

Hi,

The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in October 2014 is
now available:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Report/2014/October

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

[Michael Peel]

> 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 by the author (e.g. by 
posting a copy on arxiv), while "gold" is open access via the journal's site. 
Neither 'gold' or 'green' means that the content can be reused, although 
articles may also be released under a free license. Have a read of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_journal 

(and note that no-where does that article use the word "reuse", or even 
"licence").

Thanks,
Mike
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia engineering report, September 2014

[Guillaume Paumier]

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. I'm 
sorry for the inconvenience.

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

[James Heilman]

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 Textbook of Medicine
www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WHO interested in evidence on the impact of CC licensing

[svetlana]

Not research, but it is a brief intro:
http://www.plos.org/open-access/
http://www.plos.org/resources/

--
svetlana

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

[James Heilman]

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 research on how
licensing works under the Creative Commons attribution licence has made an
impact in the area of scientific, technical and medical publishing.


If people know of research articles on this topic please send them my way.

Best
-- 
James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian

The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why is bank transfer no longer possible?

[Kim Bruning]

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!

Incidentally, for a SEPA area bank transfer, at a typical .nl bank, you
fill in the person's name, their IBAN Account Number [**], and the
amount; then click send. [***].  []

Alternately, iDeal fills this out for you, and you just click
"Approve".  []

Re:Fraud: one bank I work for has the policy to hunt down, find, and
prosecute every single fraud at all costs, and to the fullest extent
possible under law. They do so as a matter of honour. Suffice to say
this does tend to reduce the incidence of fraud in the country O:-) 

sincerely,
Kim Bruning

[*] Actually I kinda like these options; but I do live just ~2 hours from
Brussels, so things tend to work well for me.  YMMV for people who live in
some island kingdom or what have you O:-)
[**] International Bank Account Number account number; brought to you
by the department of redundancy department.
[***] For WMF I'd love it if they also ticked "repeat monthly" ;-)
[] Not counting security procedures. :-P


On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 12:31:23AM -0500, Risker wrote:
> Ummm.  We have all kinds of ways for people to donate, and the process for
> transferring is pretty clear.  Having been in a situation where I had to
> make bank transfers, I felt honestly like I was handing over the keys to
> the kingdom just for the right to pay someone money: far more personal
> information was required than is needed for any other means of payment that
> I've ever used.  Banks in Canada regularly call their customers for
> transactions under $5 because fraud is so common - and that is with chip
> cards and PINs.
> 
> Risker
> 
> 
> 
> On 1 December 2014 at 00:08, Gerard Meijssen 
> wrote:
> 
> > Hoi,
> > IMHO we need to advertise how people can transfer money to us. It requires
> > an account number. Now if the USA is not able to accommodate this, FINE,
> > let us do it in Europe at least..
> >
> > WHAT AM I MISSING HERE ?
> > Thanks,
> >GerardM
> >
> > On 1 December 2014 at 03:38, Michael Snow  wrote:
> >
> > > On 11/30/2014 1:14 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hoi,
> > >> An IBAN number is NOT a credit card ... You need a ping number in
> > >> combination with some smart card functionality in order to make it
> > work..
> > >> The combination generates a number that is always different..
> > >>
> > > You seem to have misunderstood the scenario I laid out. I'm not talking
> > > about people using the IBAN to steal money out of a Wikimedia account, I
> > > depend on the bank to have security robust enough to prevent that. The
> > > scenario I'm discussing involves people using the IBAN to fraudulently
> > pay
> > > money to Wikimedia from someone else's account, such as a credit card.
> > That
> > > account does not necessarily have an IBAN or chip-and-pin security, and
> > at
> > > any rate whatever security it has was already breached. The payment would
> > > just be a method for the fraudsters to verify the success of the breach.
> > > The result would be added costs to Wikimedia and to the financial
> > > institutions involved, in order to identify and reverse the fraudulent
> > > transactions.
> > >
> > > To respond to some of the other questions raised about my scenario:
> > >
> > > This was a risk scenario I presented to answer the question, "How can
> > > posting a bank account number lead to fraud?" It may or may not have
> > been a
> > > factor in the decision to not publicly post the IBAN, I don't know.
> > >
> > > I'm also not suggesting that this scenario is unique to IBAN, it could
> > > affect any type of account number that accepts payments (for example,
> > > accounts you might have for various utility services, such as water,
> > > electricity, telephone, or internet). It's also possible thru PayPal, of
> > > course, and that's the reason for having a $1 minimum donation
> > requirement,
> > > among other protections. I don't know if there are difficulties with
> > > establishing comparable security around the IBAN, or if it's more a
> > matter
> > > of a cost-benefit analysis indicating that it's worth the resources to
> > deal
> > > with this for donations via Wikimedia's online payment form, but not for
> > > donations directly to Wikimedia's bank account.
> > >
> > > Also, I'm no expert on EU regulations, but I do observe that according to
> > > the European Payments Council, it seems payees receiving SEPA credit
> > > transfers are advised to communicate the IBAN "only where necessary":
> > > http://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/index.cfm/sepa-credit-
> > > transfer/iban-and-bic/ (and likewise for payers making direct debit
> > > payments). It may simply be that the fundraising team has been advised
> > that
> > > this is more consiste

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

[Samuel Klein]

Thank you, Tim.  Welcome to the incoming board and thanks to all of the
candidates.

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

[Claudia Garád]

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 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,

Sebastian

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

[Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland]

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 two Wikisaturdays, one devoted to last-minute
preparations for the annual Wikimedia Nederland Conference on November 1.

Writing event Naturalis



*WORK: content, collaboration and activity development*


   - Project Nature

The writing event in cooperation with the natural history museum Naturalis
took place on October 5, around the theme of nature in the Netherlands.
Around 11 new and existing editors participated in the editing event. This
event was also the awards ceremony for Wiki Loves Earth NL 2014 (jury
report) where 17 visitors attended.


   - Project World War II

The Worldwar II projectpage on Wikipedia was remodelled and revitalised. It
now includes a list of articles missing and to be improved. We will use it
as a platform for online writing events.


   - Wiki loves libraries

The monthly local training in the public library of Amersfoort were
continued in October by volunteers of WMNL.


   - Wikipedia awareness campaign

WMNL will launch a Wikipedia-awareness campaign in January 2015. Aim of the
campaign is to make the general public more aware of the fact that
Wikipedia is a volunteer project. The campaign will not focus on
fundraising or membership recruitment for WMNL. In October, we choose the
agency that will help us develop and run the campaign. We selected MV, a
two-woman company with a track record in working for non-profits.


   - Wikipedia in the Museum

Thanks to a donation from a private grant making foundation earlier this
year, WMNL could start developing an application that will allow visitors
to a museum to directly access Wikipedia-articles related to the exhibits
they are seeing. At this stage, it is a pilot with one or two museums.



*GLOBAL*


   - GLAMout Global

WMNL organised the global GLAMout in October, the hangout is available on
youtube. The next global GLAMout will be organised by WMSE.



*GOVERNANCE*

Board meeting

The WMNL Board met on October 8.

Q3 report

We submitted our report on the third quarter of 2014 to WMF.



*UPCOMING EVENTS*


   - Wikimedia Nederland Conference, Utrecht, November 1.
   - Wikipedia beginners course, Zeeuwse Bibliotheek, Middelburg, November
   11.
   - GLAM Hackathon, Amsterdam, November 14 - 16.
   - workshop Wikidata for GLAMs, Amsterdam, November 14.
   - Wikipedia intermediate course, Zeeuwse Bibliotheek, Middelburg,
   November 25.
   - Writing event on World War II at NIOD, Amsterdam, November 29.
   - New Years Reception and Presentation year plan 2015 to partner
   organisations, January 17.
   - GLAMwiki Conference 2015, tbd, April 10-11-12 2015



*OTHER EVENTS*

*These events are relevant to the Netherlands and/or Dutch language
Wikimedia-projects but were not organised by WMNL*:




   - Writing event Nature, Utrecht University, October 4 - organised by
   User:Spinster for the expeditions project
   - Lecture by Hay Kranen, National Archives of the Netherlands, October 5
   - organised by User:Husky
   - Writing event Scientific expeditions, Technical University of Delft,
   October 18 - organised by User:Spinster for the expeditions project
   -




Sandra Rientjes
Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland

tel.(+31) (0)30 3200238
mob. (+31) (0)6  31786379

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Lila Tretikov]

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:
>
> > 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 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 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.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> *Regards,Itzik Edri*
> > >> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
> > >> +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
> > >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
> > the
> > >> sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Andrea Zanni <
> > andrea.za...@wikimedia.it>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>  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 one of the most active members of the
> > >>> selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly
> > passed:
> > >>> it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her
> working
> > >>> with
> > >>> us.
> > >>>
> > >>> But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a
> > new
> > >>> member.
> > >>> Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured
> association:
> > >>> her
> > >>> deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia
> > Italia
> > >>> scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open
> knowledge.
> > >>>
> > >>> Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the
> > >>> last
> > >>> 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in
> the
> > >>> field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making
> > foundation
> > >>> where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the
> concerts
> > >>> of
> > >>> an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
> > >>> strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
> > >>> She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts
> > >>> with a
> > >>> mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
> > >>> relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
> > >>> She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for
> theatres
> > >>> and
> > >>> other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
> > >>> She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of
> Spanish
> > >>> and
> > >>> French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree
> > was
> > >>> completed while working).
> > >>>
> > >>> She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
> > >>> Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
> > >>>
> > >>> Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
> > >>>
> > >>> Best regards,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Katy Love]

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 <
> santiagonava...@wikimedia.org.es
> > 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 Israel escribió:
> >
> >  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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *Regards,Itzik Edri*
> >> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
> >> +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
> >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
> the
> >> sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Andrea Zanni <
> andrea.za...@wikimedia.it>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>  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 one of the most active members of the
> >>> selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly
> passed:
> >>> it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working
> >>> with
> >>> us.
> >>>
> >>> But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a
> new
> >>> member.
> >>> Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association:
> >>> her
> >>> deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia
> Italia
> >>> scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.
> >>>
> >>> Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the
> >>> last
> >>> 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
> >>> field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making
> foundation
> >>> where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts
> >>> of
> >>> an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
> >>> strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
> >>> She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts
> >>> with a
> >>> mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
> >>> relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
> >>> She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres
> >>> and
> >>> other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
> >>> She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish
> >>> and
> >>> French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree
> was
> >>> completed while working).
> >>>
> >>> She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
> >>> Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
> >>>
> >>> Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>> Andrea Zanni
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Presidente
> >>> Wikimedia Italia
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Several great comebacks here! Thanks Tim and everyone for this new 2 
years commitment.


Nemo

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

[Sebastian Moleski]

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,

Sebastian

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

[Anasuya Sengupta]

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, .. from the survey itself:
> >
> > "Throughout, we use the phrase “Wikimedia Organization” to refer to
> > chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups."
> >
> > And on the first page of questions there is a drop down "What is the
> > name of your organization?" , which excludes the WMF.
> >
>
> I think the intro sentence just needs to be updated to include the WMF.
>
> The WMF is in that dropdown.   I did have to hunt to find it when I filled
> the survey out; it would be much easier if that list were alphabetized.
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

[Anasuya Sengupta]

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
organization. This might affect a few folks across the movement, so I'm
glad you asked.

Warmly,
Anasuya
On Dec 2, 2014 12:46 AM, "John Mark Vandenberg"  wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) 
> wrote:
> > Why does the questionnaire seemingly exclude the WMF?
> > <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide#Preparing_to_Take_the_Organizational_Effectiveness_Questionnaire
> >
> > If the WMF is one "other organized group" in the sentence "A Wikimedia
> > chapter, user group, thematic organization or other organized group",
> that
> > would be nice to spell out.
>
> No, .. from the survey itself:
>
> "Throughout, we use the phrase “Wikimedia Organization” to refer to
> chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups."
>
> And on the first page of questions there is a drop down "What is the
> name of your organization?" , which excludes the WMF.
>
> On that field, what if I am a member of multiple listed organisations?
>  Should I fill in the survey multiple times?
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

[Anasuya Sengupta]

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 (Nemo)"  wrote:

> Why does the questionnaire seemingly exclude the WMF?
>  effectiveness/Tool/User_guide#Preparing_to_Take_the_
> Organizational_Effectiveness_Questionnaire>
> If the WMF is one "other organized group" in the sentence "A Wikimedia
> chapter, user group, thematic organization or other organized group", that
> would be nice to spell out.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

[Anasuya Sengupta]

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 be effective.

These questions are not answered by numbers alone, as by context and
resource mapping and analysis.

Perhaps if you gave me examples of the data you believe we should be
collecting/sharing, I would understand better?

Warmly,
Anasuya
On Dec 1, 2014 11:22 PM, "Gerard Meijssen" 
wrote:

> Hoi,
> I would assume that statistics are an important tool. There are many
> statistics I can think of off the top of my head that make sense in this
> context.,
>
> WHERE ARE THEY...
>
> Given that this is a WMF initiative, why are the statistics not there.. You
> have the capability ! and the need is obvious when the ED says that metrics
> are how chapters are evaluated..
> Thanks,
>   GerardM
>
> On 1 December 2014 at 22:56, Anasuya Sengupta 
> wrote:
>
> > tl;dr Request for Wikimedia organizations to take a survey on
> > organizational effectiveness, that will help us understand and support
> each
> > other better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire
> >
> >
> > Dear friends and colleagues of the Wikimedia movement:
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking team has initiated a project with
> > TCC Group - a consulting firm focused on social impact - and the larger
> > Wikimedia communities, to help Wikimedia organizations of all shapes and
> > sizes (including user groups, chapters, and thematic organizations), to
> > improve their effectiveness and their ability to have impact for the
> > movement. The project was initiated in response to growing interest and
> > conversations by volunteers and organizations, to better understand how
> > organizations in particular have impact in the Wikimedia movement, which
> is
> > unique in that it is online, growing extraordinarily fast, and created
> and
> > supported almost entirely by volunteers.
> >
> > The project seeks to help Wikimedia organizations better understand 1)
> how
> > impact is defined from an organizational perspective in their contexts,
> 2)
> > what strategies Wikimedia organizations use to achieve that impact, and
> 3)
> > what resources and skills Wikimedia organizations may need to be more
> > effective in the strategies they choose to pursue.
> >
> > In the first “impact” stage of the project, TCC interviewed several
> > organizations, administered an impact survey to all organizations, and
> > attended Wikimania 2014 in London where the project was discussed with
> > AffCom, an informal organizational effectiveness working group, the FDC
> and
> > other grantmaking committees, as well as many other individuals in the
> > movement. TCC also conducted in-depth research on three organizations,
> > resulting in case studies illustrating different organizational models
> > leading to impact. Many thanks to those of you who took your valuable
> time
> > to participate in one or more of these exchanges; Wikimedians around the
> > globe created the foundation for this work.
> >
> > The second and third stages of the project involve development of an
> online
> > organizational effectiveness questionnaire, a user guide to help
> > organizations interpret their results, and an organizational
> effectiveness
> > learning center, which may help organizations think about the different
> > strategies they are using and how they could build specific capacities to
> > be more successful with those strategies.
> >
> > *Learning center:
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center
> > .
> >
> >
> > *User guide:
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide
> >
> > *Questionnaire text:
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire
> >
> > *Link to take questionnaire (can be used once per IP address, but more
> > links can be requested): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire
> >
> > The learning center is intended to be a base from which Wikimedia
> > organizations can grow their knowledge and share their own experiences
> and
> > best practices. TCC worked closely with a handful of Wikimedia volunteers
> > from different organizations to design the Questionnaire you are about to
> > take.
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation has provided funding for this project and has
> > consulted closely with TCC over the course of the engagement. Please note
> > that the questionnaire is not intended to be a test of individual
> > organizations in any way; the Foundation will not be provided with
> > individual organization results. As part of this consultation, TCC will
> > aggregate findings from the movement-wide Organizational Effectiveness
> > Questionnaire and provide them to the Foundation’s grantmaking team,
> along
> > wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Christophe Henner]

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
> 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 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 one of the most active members of the
> > selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly passed:
> > it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working
> with
> > us.
> >
> > But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a new
> > member.
> > Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association:
> her
> > deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia Italia
> > scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.
> >
> > Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the
> last
> > 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
> > field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making foundation
> > where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts
> of
> > an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
> > strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
> > She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts
> with a
> > mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
> > relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
> > She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres
> and
> > other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
> > She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish
> and
> > French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree was
> > completed while working).
> >
> > She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
> > Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
> >
> > Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Andrea Zanni
> >
> > --
> > Presidente
> > Wikimedia Italia
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Magyarország Board Elections

[Sydney Poore]

Congratulations to the newly and re-elected members of the board.

Sydney Poore
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Member of FDC

Sydney Poore
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On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:30 AM, Balázs Viczián 
wrote:

> 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
> Mészöly, Tamás - board member
>
> Please join me in congratulating and wishing them a successful term.
>
> Cheers,
> Balazs
> (the outgoing executive VP of WMHU)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMIL General Assembly meeting and Board Elections

[Sydney Poore]

Congratulations to the newly or re-elected members. And thank you, Yael,
for your service to the wikimedia movement.

Sydney Poore
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On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <
it...@wikimedia.org.il> wrote:

> 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,
> Yan Nasonov (reelected)
>
> The new Board then proceeded to reelect Itzik Edri to Chairman, and to
> elect Ido Ivri as Board Secretary.
>
> In addition, the board will re-approach the two external board members,
> Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli and Prof. Karine Nahon, to stay with the board for
> another year and keep providing their excellent mentorship and advice.
>
> We would like to take this opportunity and extend our many thanks to Yael
> Meron, the departing Board Member, for her long and good service to WMIL
> and its community.
>
>
> Cheers,
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Sydney Poore]

Giuliana Mancini, welcome to the Wikimedia movement. :-)


Sydney Poore
User:FloNight
Member of FDC


Sydney Poore
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On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Andrea Zanni 
wrote:

> 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 one of the most active members of the
> selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly passed:
> it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working with
> us.
>
> But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a new
> member.
> Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association: her
> deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia Italia
> scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.
>
> Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the last
> 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
> field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making foundation
> where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts of
> an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
> strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
> She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts with a
> mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
> relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
> She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres and
> other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
> She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish and
> French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree was
> completed while working).
>
> She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
> Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
>
> Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andrea Zanni
>
> --
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> Wikimedia Italia
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

[Sydney Poore]

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 Collaboration

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Tim Moritz Hector <
tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de> wrote:

> 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)
>
>  *
>
>Kurt Jansson (Vice Chair): WMDE founder and former president 2004-2009
>
>  *
>
>Lukas Mezger (Vice Chair): Former WMF legal intern, long time member
>of the DE community, lawyer
>
>  *
>
>Sebastian Moleski (Treasurer): Former president 2009-2012, highly
>involved in the international movement, background in economics and IT
>
>  *
>
>Jürgen Friedrich (At-large): Professor of computer science and
>digital media, very well connected to the academic and institutional
>world (re-elected)
>
>  *
>
>Harald Krichel (At-large): Long-time Wikipedian
>
>  *
>
>Nikolas Becker (At-large): Former president, highly involved in EU
>advocacy
>
>  *
>
>Sabria David (At-large): Wikipedia researcher and slow media advocate
>
>  *
>
>Catrin Schoneville (At-large): Former WMDE spokeswoman (2008-2013),
>well known to the national and international communities and
>organisations.
>
>
> Anja Ebersbach got re-elected as Vice Chair but decided to step down
> immediately on the following day. The board has elected Lukas Mezger as her
> successor.
>
>
> I am very much looking forward to working with these outstanding board
> members in the coming two years. The diversity in Wikimedia backgrounds and
> professional experience in our board will provide the foundation for
> reflection, determination, and the look ahead. I am looking forward to a
> fruitful exchange with our colleagues from the Wikimedia Foundation and the
> other Wikimedia Affiliates.
>
>
> The new board would like to extend its thanks to the outgoing board
> members, Jens Best, Ralf Bösch, Anja Ebersbach, Markus Glaser, Steffen
> Prößdorf, and Sebastian Wallroth for their dedicated service to the
> organisation.
>
>
> The General Assembly also discussed our annual plan and the FDC
> recommendations. They wisely decided to postpone the final decision about
> the plan and have called for an extraordinary general assembly in Q1 2015.
> That gives our Executive Director Jan Engelmann and our staff time to
> reflect on the feedback from the FDC and WMF and to work out an improved
> annual plan in cooperation with the new board.
>
>
> I am looking forward to leading Wikimedia Deutschland through the next two
> years that will undoubtedly provide new challenges to the organisation. As
> we reconsider our strategic focus and our financial underpinnings, I am
> confident that we will emerge as a stronger partner within the Wikimedia
> movement.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tim Moritz Hector
>
> --
> Tim Moritz Hector
> Chair of the board
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
> tel.: +49 (0)30 - 219 158 260
> http://www.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 27/681/51985.
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

[Tim Moritz Hector]

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)

 *

   Kurt Jansson (Vice Chair): WMDE founder and former president 2004-2009

 *

   Lukas Mezger (Vice Chair): Former WMF legal intern, long time member
   of the DE community, lawyer

 *

   Sebastian Moleski (Treasurer): Former president 2009-2012, highly
   involved in the international movement, background in economics and IT

 *

   Jürgen Friedrich (At-large): Professor of computer science and
   digital media, very well connected to the academic and institutional
   world (re-elected)

 *

   Harald Krichel (At-large): Long-time Wikipedian

 *

   Nikolas Becker (At-large): Former president, highly involved in EU
   advocacy

 *

   Sabria David (At-large): Wikipedia researcher and slow media advocate

 *

   Catrin Schoneville (At-large): Former WMDE spokeswoman (2008-2013),
   well known to the national and international communities and
   organisations.


Anja Ebersbach got re-elected as Vice Chair but decided to step down 
immediately on the following day. The board has elected Lukas Mezger as 
her successor.



I am very much looking forward to working with these outstanding board 
members in the coming two years. The diversity in Wikimedia backgrounds 
and professional experience in our board will provide the foundation for 
reflection, determination, and the look ahead. I am looking forward to a 
fruitful exchange with our colleagues from the Wikimedia Foundation and 
the other Wikimedia Affiliates.



The new board would like to extend its thanks to the outgoing board 
members, Jens Best, Ralf Bösch, Anja Ebersbach, Markus Glaser, Steffen 
Prößdorf, and Sebastian Wallroth for their dedicated service to the 
organisation.



The General Assembly also discussed our annual plan and the FDC 
recommendations. They wisely decided to postpone the final decision 
about the plan and have called for an extraordinary general assembly in 
Q1 2015. That gives our Executive Director Jan Engelmann and our staff 
time to reflect on the feedback from the FDC and WMF and to work out an 
improved annual plan in cooperation with the new board.



I am looking forward to leading Wikimedia Deutschland through the next 
two years that will undoubtedly provide new challenges to the 
organisation. As we reconsider our strategic focus and our financial 
underpinnings, I am confident that we will emerge as a stronger partner 
within the Wikimedia movement.



Best regards,

Tim Moritz Hector

--
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Chair of the board

Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
tel.: +49 (0)30 - 219 158 260
http://www.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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Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der 
Nummer 23855 B.
Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, 
Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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

[John Mark Vandenberg]

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 Organization” to refer to
>> chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups."
>>
>> And on the first page of questions there is a drop down "What is the
>> name of your organization?" , which excludes the WMF.
>>
>
> I think the intro sentence just needs to be updated to include the WMF.
>
> The WMF is in that dropdown.   I did have to hunt to find it when I filled
> the survey out; it would be much easier if that list were alphabetized.

True enough, there it is, between the Netherlands and India.

Anyway .. how should we fill this in for multiple organisations?

-- 
John Vandenberg

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

[Leigh Thelmadatter]

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 
organizations)
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 06:27:14 -0700




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 option is to select 
from a group of pre-determined names. This even though the instructions say 
that they welcome responses from informal groups.


> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:31:00 +0100
> From: claudia.ga...@wikimedia.at
> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: 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: If we want to include our 
> volunteers, especially the non-Board members, we'll have to translate 
> the questionnaire and some general information first.
> While this is probably doable for German or French quickly enough to 
> meet the deadline on December 21, it might be a major challenge for 
> smaller langugage communities.
> 
> Would it be possible for interested organizations to get in touch with 
> the Foundation in order to get help in this regard?
> 
> Best
> Claudia
> --
> Executive Director
> 
> Wikimedia Österreich - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
> Siebensterngasse 25/15
> 1070 Wien
> Austria
> +43 699 141 28615
> www.wikimedia.at 
> 
> 
> Am 01.12.2014 um 22:56 schrieb Anasuya Sengupta:
> > tl;dr Request for Wikimedia organizations to take a survey on
> > organizational effectiveness, that will help us understand and support each
> > other better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire
> >
> >
> > Dear friends and colleagues of the Wikimedia movement:
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking team has initiated a project with
> > TCC Group - a consulting firm focused on social impact - and the larger
> > Wikimedia communities, to help Wikimedia organizations of all shapes and
> > sizes (including user groups, chapters, and thematic organizations), to
> > improve their effectiveness and their ability to have impact for the
> > movement. The project was initiated in response to growing interest and
> > conversations by volunteers and organizations, to better understand how
> > organizations in particular have impact in the Wikimedia movement, which is
> > unique in that it is online, growing extraordinarily fast, and created and
> > supported almost entirely by volunteers.
> >
> > The project seeks to help Wikimedia organizations better understand 1) how
> > impact is defined from an organizational perspective in their contexts, 2)
> > what strategies Wikimedia organizations use to achieve that impact, and 3)
> > what resources and skills Wikimedia organizations may need to be more
> > effective in the strategies they choose to pursue.
> >
> > In the first “impact” stage of the project, TCC interviewed several
> > organizations, administered an impact survey to all organizations, and
> > attended Wikimania 2014 in London where the project was discussed with
> > AffCom, an informal organizational effectiveness working group, the FDC and
> > other grantmaking committees, as well as many other individuals in the
> > movement. TCC also conducted in-depth research on three organizations,
> > resulting in case studies illustrating different organizational models
> > leading to impact. Many thanks to those of you who took your valuable time
> > to participate in one or more of these exchanges; Wikimedians around the
> > globe created the foundation for this work.
> >
> > The second and third stages of the project involve development of an online
> > organizational effectiveness questionnaire, a user guide to help
> > organizations interpret their results, and an organizational effectiveness
> > learning center, which may help organizations think about the different
> > strategies they are using and how they could build specific capacities to
> > be more successful with those strategies.
> >
> > *Learning center:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center.
> >
> >
> > *User guide:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide
> >
> > *Questionnaire text:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire
> >
> > *Link to take questionnaire (can be used once per IP ad

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

[Leigh Thelmadatter]

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 option is to select 
from a group of pre-determined names. This even though the instructions say 
that they welcome responses from informal groups.


> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:31:00 +0100
> From: claudia.ga...@wikimedia.at
> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: 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: If we want to include our 
> volunteers, especially the non-Board members, we'll have to translate 
> the questionnaire and some general information first.
> While this is probably doable for German or French quickly enough to 
> meet the deadline on December 21, it might be a major challenge for 
> smaller langugage communities.
> 
> Would it be possible for interested organizations to get in touch with 
> the Foundation in order to get help in this regard?
> 
> Best
> Claudia
> --
> Executive Director
> 
> Wikimedia Österreich - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
> Siebensterngasse 25/15
> 1070 Wien
> Austria
> +43 699 141 28615
> www.wikimedia.at 
> 
> 
> Am 01.12.2014 um 22:56 schrieb Anasuya Sengupta:
> > tl;dr Request for Wikimedia organizations to take a survey on
> > organizational effectiveness, that will help us understand and support each
> > other better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire
> >
> >
> > Dear friends and colleagues of the Wikimedia movement:
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking team has initiated a project with
> > TCC Group - a consulting firm focused on social impact - and the larger
> > Wikimedia communities, to help Wikimedia organizations of all shapes and
> > sizes (including user groups, chapters, and thematic organizations), to
> > improve their effectiveness and their ability to have impact for the
> > movement. The project was initiated in response to growing interest and
> > conversations by volunteers and organizations, to better understand how
> > organizations in particular have impact in the Wikimedia movement, which is
> > unique in that it is online, growing extraordinarily fast, and created and
> > supported almost entirely by volunteers.
> >
> > The project seeks to help Wikimedia organizations better understand 1) how
> > impact is defined from an organizational perspective in their contexts, 2)
> > what strategies Wikimedia organizations use to achieve that impact, and 3)
> > what resources and skills Wikimedia organizations may need to be more
> > effective in the strategies they choose to pursue.
> >
> > In the first “impact” stage of the project, TCC interviewed several
> > organizations, administered an impact survey to all organizations, and
> > attended Wikimania 2014 in London where the project was discussed with
> > AffCom, an informal organizational effectiveness working group, the FDC and
> > other grantmaking committees, as well as many other individuals in the
> > movement. TCC also conducted in-depth research on three organizations,
> > resulting in case studies illustrating different organizational models
> > leading to impact. Many thanks to those of you who took your valuable time
> > to participate in one or more of these exchanges; Wikimedians around the
> > globe created the foundation for this work.
> >
> > The second and third stages of the project involve development of an online
> > organizational effectiveness questionnaire, a user guide to help
> > organizations interpret their results, and an organizational effectiveness
> > learning center, which may help organizations think about the different
> > strategies they are using and how they could build specific capacities to
> > be more successful with those strategies.
> >
> > *Learning center:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center.
> >
> >
> > *User guide:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide
> >
> > *Questionnaire text:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire
> >
> > *Link to take questionnaire (can be used once per IP address, but more
> > links can be requested): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire
> >
> > The learning center is intended to be a base from which Wikimedia
> > organizations can grow their knowledge and share their own experiences and
> > best practices. TCC worked closely with a handful of Wikimedia volunteers
> > from different or

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Jan Engelmann]

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  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.*
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Andrea Zanni 
> wrote:
>
> > 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 one of the most active members of the
> > selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly passed:
> > it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working
> with
> > us.
> >
> > But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a new
> > member.
> > Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association:
> her
> > deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia Italia
> > scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.
> >
> > Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the
> last
> > 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
> > field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making foundation
> > where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts
> of
> > an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
> > strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
> > She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts
> with a
> > mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
> > relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
> > She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres
> and
> > other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
> > She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish
> and
> > French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree was
> > completed while working).
> >
> > She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
> > Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
> >
> > Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Andrea Zanni
> >
> > --
> > Presidente
> > Wikimedia Italia
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-
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin

Telefon 030 - 219 158 26-0
www.wikimedia.de

Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
http://spenden.wikimedia.de/

 Helfen Sie mit, dass WIKIPEDIA von der UNESCO als erstes digitales
Weltkulturerbe anerkannt wird. Unterzeichnen Sie die Online-Petition!
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

[Claudia Garád]

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: If we want to include our 
volunteers, especially the non-Board members, we'll have to translate 
the questionnaire and some general information first.
While this is probably doable for German or French quickly enough to 
meet the deadline on December 21, it might be a major challenge for 
smaller langugage communities.


Would it be possible for interested organizations to get in touch with 
the Foundation in order to get help in this regard?


Best
Claudia
--
Executive Director

Wikimedia Österreich - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
Siebensterngasse 25/15
1070 Wien
Austria
+43 699 141 28615
www.wikimedia.at 


Am 01.12.2014 um 22:56 schrieb Anasuya Sengupta:

tl;dr Request for Wikimedia organizations to take a survey on
organizational effectiveness, that will help us understand and support each
other better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire


Dear friends and colleagues of the Wikimedia movement:

The Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking team has initiated a project with
TCC Group - a consulting firm focused on social impact - and the larger
Wikimedia communities, to help Wikimedia organizations of all shapes and
sizes (including user groups, chapters, and thematic organizations), to
improve their effectiveness and their ability to have impact for the
movement. The project was initiated in response to growing interest and
conversations by volunteers and organizations, to better understand how
organizations in particular have impact in the Wikimedia movement, which is
unique in that it is online, growing extraordinarily fast, and created and
supported almost entirely by volunteers.

The project seeks to help Wikimedia organizations better understand 1) how
impact is defined from an organizational perspective in their contexts, 2)
what strategies Wikimedia organizations use to achieve that impact, and 3)
what resources and skills Wikimedia organizations may need to be more
effective in the strategies they choose to pursue.

In the first “impact” stage of the project, TCC interviewed several
organizations, administered an impact survey to all organizations, and
attended Wikimania 2014 in London where the project was discussed with
AffCom, an informal organizational effectiveness working group, the FDC and
other grantmaking committees, as well as many other individuals in the
movement. TCC also conducted in-depth research on three organizations,
resulting in case studies illustrating different organizational models
leading to impact. Many thanks to those of you who took your valuable time
to participate in one or more of these exchanges; Wikimedians around the
globe created the foundation for this work.

The second and third stages of the project involve development of an online
organizational effectiveness questionnaire, a user guide to help
organizations interpret their results, and an organizational effectiveness
learning center, which may help organizations think about the different
strategies they are using and how they could build specific capacities to
be more successful with those strategies.

*Learning center:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center.


*User guide:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide

*Questionnaire text:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire

*Link to take questionnaire (can be used once per IP address, but more
links can be requested): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire

The learning center is intended to be a base from which Wikimedia
organizations can grow their knowledge and share their own experiences and
best practices. TCC worked closely with a handful of Wikimedia volunteers
from different organizations to design the Questionnaire you are about to
take.

Wikimedia Foundation has provided funding for this project and has
consulted closely with TCC over the course of the engagement. Please note
that the questionnaire is not intended to be a test of individual
organizations in any way; the Foundation will not be provided with
individual organization results. As part of this consultation, TCC will
aggregate findings from the movement-wide Organizational Effectiveness
Questionnaire and provide them to the Foundation’s grantmaking team, along
with a “capacity building roadmap” to help the team - and the wider
movement - think about how organizations can build capacity for specific
program strategies.


*We request that you respond to the questionnaire by December 21st*, so
that TCC can collate the results and share it with all of us early in the
new year.  Please let us know if you have any difficulties or questio

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[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  a world
 in which every single person on the
planet is given free  access to the sum
of all  human
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On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Andrea Zanni 
wrote:

> 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 one of the most active members of the
> selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly passed:
> it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working with
> us.
>
> But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a new
> member.
> Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association: her
> deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia Italia
> scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.
>
> Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the last
> 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
> field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making foundation
> where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts of
> an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
> strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
> She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts with a
> mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
> relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
> She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres and
> other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
> She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish and
> French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree was
> completed while working).
>
> She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
> Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
>
> Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andrea Zanni
>
> --
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> Wikimedia Italia
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Àlex Hinojo]

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 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 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *Regards,Itzik Edri*
> >> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
> >> +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
> >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
> the
> >> sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Andrea Zanni <
> andrea.za...@wikimedia.it>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>  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 one of the most active members of the
> >>> selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly
> passed:
> >>> it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working
> >>> with
> >>> us.
> >>>
> >>> But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a
> new
> >>> member.
> >>> Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association:
> >>> her
> >>> deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia
> Italia
> >>> scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.
> >>>
> >>> Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the
> >>> last
> >>> 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
> >>> field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making
> foundation
> >>> where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts
> >>> of
> >>> an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
> >>> strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
> >>> She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts
> >>> with a
> >>> mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
> >>> relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
> >>> She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres
> >>> and
> >>> other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
> >>> She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish
> >>> and
> >>> French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree
> was
> >>> completed while working).
> >>>
> >>> She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
> >>> Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
> >>>
> >>> Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>> Andrea Zanni
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Presidente
> >>> Wikimedia Italia
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Magyarország Board Elections

[Claudia Garád]

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 - president (reelected)
Balogh, Mónika - financial vice president (reelected)
Bihary, Gábor - executive vice president
Gyenes, Orsolya - board member
Mészöly, Tamás - board member

Please join me in congratulating and wishing them a successful term.

Cheers,
Balazs
(the outgoing executive VP of WMHU)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

[Samuel Klein]

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 user groups."
>
> And on the first page of questions there is a drop down "What is the
> name of your organization?" , which excludes the WMF.
>

I think the intro sentence just needs to be updated to include the WMF.

The WMF is in that dropdown.   I did have to hunt to find it when I filled
the survey out; it would be much easier if that list were alphabetized.


Sam
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Magyarország Board Elections

[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 - president (reelected)
Balogh, Mónika - financial vice president (reelected)
Bihary, Gábor - executive vice president
Gyenes, Orsolya - board member
Mészöly, Tamás - board member

Please join me in congratulating and wishing them a successful term.

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

[Josh Lim]

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 Tim Landscheidt  w dniu 1 
> gru 2014, o godz. 09:05:
> 
> Mike Godwin  wrote:
> 
>> [...]
> 
>> Trying to understand Wikipedia Zero as some kind of self-interested
>> organizational move is a mistake, in my view. What it is, IMHO, is a
>> logical development based on the core mission statement of Wikipedia.
>> And in the long term it's actually helpful to the advancement of
>> network neutrality without posing the anti-competitive risks that
>> other zero-rated services may pose.
> 
> I think on the contrary Wikipedia Zero illustrates nicely
> why net neutrality is so important: Wikipedia Zero favours
> solely Wikipedia (und sister projects), while contradicting
> or simply other opinions and resources bite the dust.
> 
> This mainstreaming, forming a monopolistic cabal on all
> things information is why I am a strong proponent of net
> neutrality.  The ease with which information can be shared
> nowadays should be used so that more people provide their
> views, not more people consume one view.

As far as I know, Wikipedia tries to synthesize several points of view so that 
we have a neutral approach to a particular topic, not favoring one view over 
the other.  In addition, the fact that you can edit through Wikipedia Zero 
allows for alternative voices to be heard.  I find it hard to believe that 
Wikipedia Zero stifles NPOV, if you’re hinting at people being "forced” to 
consume only one point of view, when even Wikipedia doesn’t aspire to do that.

> And I have severe doubts that Wikipedia Zero fulfils actual
> needs from the perspective of sustainable development.

I don’t know about where you’re in, but I can tell you that in the developing 
world, Wikipedia’s been very helpful in helping us spread the word about the 
projects.

In the Philippines, Wikipedia readership jumped when Wikipedia Zero was rolled 
out.  That’s more readers, and hopefully more editors.  We have a good 
relationship with the Philippines’ largest telecommunications company as a 
result, and they’ve been very supportive of our efforts to bring knowledge to 
more Filipinos.  And you say that that doesn’t contribute to "sustainable 
development”?

I think it’s profoundly important in this discussion that we need to avoid 
generalizing the world as if everyone’s in Europe or the United States.  Yes, 
net neutrality is important.  Yes, I support net neutrality and believe that 
ISPs shouldn’t discriminate against content providers.  But if it means 
bringing more information to more people, I’m willing to sacrifice that for a 
while because I think that Filipinos being given access to free information is 
more valuable — and more important — than what I believe in vis-à-vis net 
neutrality.  I hope everyone else here who doesn’t support Wikipedia Zero 
because of that will actually see the good that it has done for the developing 
world, and that the rest of us find great use for this program.

Regards,

Josh

JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Stevie Benton]

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 Israel escribió:
>
>  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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Regards,Itzik Edri*
>> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
>> +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
>> sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Andrea Zanni 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  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 one of the most active members of the
>>> selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly passed:
>>> it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working
>>> with
>>> us.
>>>
>>> But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a new
>>> member.
>>> Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association:
>>> her
>>> deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia Italia
>>> scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.
>>>
>>> Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the
>>> last
>>> 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
>>> field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making foundation
>>> where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts
>>> of
>>> an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
>>> strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
>>> She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts
>>> with a
>>> mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
>>> relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
>>> She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres
>>> and
>>> other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
>>> She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish
>>> and
>>> French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree was
>>> completed while working).
>>>
>>> She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
>>> Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
>>>
>>> Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Andrea Zanni
>>>
>>> --
>>> Presidente
>>> Wikimedia Italia
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Santi Navarro]

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 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.





*Regards,Itzik Edri*
Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
+972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in 
the

sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!


On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Andrea Zanni 


wrote:


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 one of the most active members of the
selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly 
passed:
it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working 
with

us.

But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a 
new

member.
Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association: 
her
deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia 
Italia

scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.

Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the 
last
12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in 
the
field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making 
foundation
where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the 
concerts of

an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts 
with a

mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for 
theatres and

other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish 
and
French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree 
was

completed while working).

She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
Saturday, and this is her second week of work.

Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.

Best regards,

Andrea Zanni

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

[Santi Navarro]

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 of 
the

Board of WMIL.

The results of the elections are as follows:

Itzik Edri,(reelected)
Deror Lin, (reelected)
Ido Ivri, (reelected)
Hana Yariv,
Yan Nasonov (reelected)


Congrats!

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

[Cristian Consonni]

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:
>
> Itzik Edri,(reelected)
> Deror Lin, (reelected)
> Ido Ivri, (reelected)
> Hana Yariv,
> Yan Nasonov (reelected)

Congrats!

C
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Itzik - Wikimedia Israel]

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.





*Regards,Itzik Edri*
Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
+972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!


On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Andrea Zanni 
wrote:

> 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 one of the most active members of the
> selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly passed:
> it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working with
> us.
>
> But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a new
> member.
> Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association: her
> deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia Italia
> scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.
>
> Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the last
> 12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
> field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making foundation
> where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts of
> an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
> strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
> She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts with a
> mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
> relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
> She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres and
> other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
> She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish and
> French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree was
> completed while working).
>
> She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
> Saturday, and this is her second week of work.
>
> Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andrea Zanni
>
> --
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> Wikimedia Italia
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[Wikimedia-l] Asked > Program Committee members for GLAM WIKI 2015

[Sebastiaan ter Burg]

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 knowledge component. The goal of the
conference is:

   1. To let professionals and volunteers from the cultural sector share
   lessons learned and best-practices on this topic.
   2. To inspire and motivate participants to join existing or start up
   their own projects that support the mission of the Wikimedia movement.
   3. To increase awareness of the importance of accessible cultural
   heritage and to put currently available content in the spotlight.

More information about the Program Committee, such as the profile and how
to apply, can be found on https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2015.
Applying is possible until this Friday, 24:00 CET.

Best,

Sebastiaan ter Burg
*Projectleider Culturele Samenwerking*
*Wikimedia Nederland*

tel.: +31 30 32 00 238
gsm: +31 6 480 88 615
e-mail: terb...@wikimedia.nl
wiki: Ter-burg 

www: www.wikimedia.nl
wiki: nl.wikimedia.org

*Postadres*:* Bezoekadres:*
Postbus 167  Mariaplaats 3
3500 AD  Utrecht   Utrecht

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

[Samuel Klein]

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 storytelling &
translation, mobile giving, testing & data analysis. I look forward to
seeing what we learn this year.

Sam

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Lila Tretikov  wrote:

> All -- we will not have a pop-up banner.
>
> I know you want more insight into the trends: we will provide some of those
> in our upcoming reports and metrics and we will plan to shift to a
> quarterly cadence of a more specific metrics report that will include
> fundraising.
>
> Just to cover some basic trends: the last two years have significantly
> changed our traffic composition. Regionally, we are seeing growth in
> emerging languages and regions. This is great: people who need the
> knowledge most, but cannot afford it and often live in countries where free
> speech is criminalized are learning about Wikipedia. We need to keep
> supporting that. In Europe, North America, Australia, etc. we see Wikipedia
> becoming a part of the fabric of the internet itself: embedded in web
> searches, operating systems, and other online resources. This is great too:
> people get knowledge wherever they are. Both of those trends however can
> make it more difficult to raise funds (and sometimes contribute), so we
> have to make sure we adapt.
>
> We are doing a lot of work around thinking through a diversified
> fundraising strategy. That said, our main tool today are the site banners.
> Just to be clear: the pop-up banner had advantages. It tested high with
> readers, was only shown once to each user and cut the total number of
> impressions needed by a factor of 7! We did hear your concerns however. The
> Fundraising team listened and quickly integrated your feedback. While our
> launch banner will be different from last year’s, it will not be a pop-up,
> overlay content, or be sticky. As always this starting design will iterate
> daily and have parallel tests, so you may see variations at any given time.
>
> Megan Hernandez will send another email with more details about the process
> to-date, and how best to communicate with Fundraising during the coming
> month.
>
> And in the spirit of the holidays I'd like to thank the fundraising team
> for all of their hard work and to all of the volunteers who have helped
> with the campaigns.
>
>  Lila
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 7:39 PM, MZMcBride  wrote:
>
> > Ori Livneh wrote:
> > >On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 5:55 PM, MZMcBride  wrote:
> > >>The banners may be effective, but they're not aligned with Wikimedia's
> > >>values.
> > >
> > >I wouldn't come out quite as strongly against these banners, but I share
> > >the underlying sentiment.
> >
> > What happened to "we make the Internet not suck"? What happened to the
> > near-universal agreement that pop-ups are bad?
> >
> > >(a) solicit input from a neutral reputation management consultancy, and
> >
> > Consultants are the reason the fundraising campaigns and associated
> > banners are so awful. To the idea that we continue paying people
> > needlessly for bad advice, I'm going to say no thank you. I'd rather not.
> >
> > >(b) create a forum for staffers to talk openly about this matter,
> without
> > >fear of reprisal
> >
> > What's wrong with wikimedia-l? I can assure you that this mailing list
> has
> > grade-A reprisal, far better than what you'll receive from work. :-)
> >
> > David Gerard wrote:
> > >"Wikipedia begging for donations per usual. "Advertising isn't evil"
> > >they say as they throw a second nag at me as I scroll down."
> > >
> > >https://twitter.com/enemyplayer/status/539180814739988481
> >
> > Indeed. It might help if we started referring to the fundraising banners
> > as full-page advertising. Calling a spade a spade, and all that.
> >
> > It also occurred to me that it wouldn't be unreasonable for Adblock
> (Plus)
> > to reconsider its classification of the fundraising notices (even
> > "banners" is generous). Historically banners on Wikimedia wikis have not
> > been considered ads by Adblock and friends, but this assumed decency and
> > common sense on Wikimedia's part. These full-page gremlins lack both.
> >
> > >Obnoxious banners *really do damage the brand*.
> > >
> > >What are the fundraiser metrics? If they don't include effect on the
> > >brand, they'll be motivating damaging behaviour.
> >
> > We used to have live-updating statistics about the annual fundraiser at
> > .
> That
> > error message is probably highly misleading and we really ought to have
> > better reporting about donations. As far as I know, we've taken several
> > steps backward in recent years in terms of donation transparency and this
> > should be addressed in 2015. (I'm somewhat ho

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

[John Mark Vandenberg]

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 group" in the sentence "A Wikimedia
> chapter, user group, thematic organization or other organized group", that
> would be nice to spell out.

No, .. from the survey itself:

"Throughout, we use the phrase “Wikimedia Organization” to refer to
chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups."

And on the first page of questions there is a drop down "What is the
name of your organization?" , which excludes the WMF.

On that field, what if I am a member of multiple listed organisations?
 Should I fill in the survey multiple times?

--
John Vandenberg

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

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Why does the questionnaire seemingly exclude the WMF?

If the WMF is one "other organized group" in the sentence "A Wikimedia 
chapter, user group, thematic organization or other organized group", 
that would be nice to spell out.


Nemo

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

[Andrea Zanni]

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 one of the most active members of the
selective committee was Alessio Guidetti aka Cotton, who recendly passed:
it saddens us to know that he won't have the chance to see her working with
us.

But this is a moment of joy, because the Wikimedia family just got a new
member.
Giuliana will help us become a more mature and structured association: her
deep experience and competence will be used to for make Wikimedia Italia
scale and increase its impact in the world of free and open knowledge.

Before being appointed Executive Director at Wikimedia Italia, in the last
12 years, she has covered several roles of increasing commitment in the
field of arts and culture. She spent 9 years in a grant making foundation
where she supervised the activities of a cello academy and the concerts of
an ensemble of classical musicians, assisting the board in setting
strategies and coordinating the comprehensive management.
She participated in the board of a company in the field of Fine Arts with a
mandate for promotion of a multimedia exhibition, creating strategic
relationship with Italian and foreigner museums.
She drafted several feasibility studies and business plans for theatres and
other cultural institutions as well as for start up companies.
She can speak English fluently and has a good understanding of Spanish and
French, and she graduated in Economics and in Law (her second degree was
completed while working).

She was officially introduced to the Wikimedia Italia assembly this
Saturday, and this is her second week of work.

Please welcome her in our incredible Wikimedia movement.

Best regards,

Andrea Zanni

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

[Charles Gregory]

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 Wikipedia. A service is no longer free once donations are needed to
keep it free."

Perhaps it would be a good idea to reply to some of the comments via
official accounts?

Regards,

Charles (User:Chuq)



On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 9:21 PM, David Gerard  wrote:

> "Wikipedia begging for donations per usual. "Advertising isn't evil"
> they say as they throw a second nag at me as I scroll down."
>
> https://twitter.com/enemyplayer/status/539180814739988481
>
> Obnoxious banners *really do damage the brand*.
>
> What are the fundraiser metrics? If they don't include effect on the
> brand, they'll be motivating damaging behaviour.
>
>
> - d.
>
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[Wikimedia-l] WMIL General Assembly meeting and Board Elections

[Itzik - Wikimedia Israel]

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,
Yan Nasonov (reelected)

The new Board then proceeded to reelect Itzik Edri to Chairman, and to
elect Ido Ivri as Board Secretary.

In addition, the board will re-approach the two external board members,
Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli and Prof. Karine Nahon, to stay with the board for
another year and keep providing their excellent mentorship and advice.

We would like to take this opportunity and extend our many thanks to Yael
Meron, the departing Board Member, for her long and good service to WMIL
and its community.


Cheers,
Itzik
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