Re: [Wikimedia-l] What's making you happy this week? (Week of 25 June 2017)

What's making me happy: I'm giving a talk about transgender issues at the Wikimedia Foundation offices in San Francisco tomorrow (June 27): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_QueERG/LGBTQ%2B_Speaker_Series The talk will be livestreamed (1:30 p.m. PDT) and archived for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] June 23: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#19)

Hello Pine, Good evening. In line. On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Pine W wrote: > This thread is going in many directions, and I'm enjoying reading the > conversation. > > If I may go back to some questions that I asked in my earlier post, I would > like to hear from

[Wikimedia-l] What's making you happy this week? (Week of 25 June 2017)

I like a tool for Wikidata that Hay created which is called VizQuery. More information about it is below. What's making you happy this week? Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Hay (Husky) Date: Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 4:10 PM Subject: [Wikidata] A visual way to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] June 23: Update on Wikimedia movement strategy process (#19)

This thread is going in many directions, and I'm enjoying reading the conversation. If I may go back to some questions that I asked in my earlier post, I would like to hear from Katherine (or someone else at WMF, perhaps Anna): * How much is this timeline extension projected to cost, and from

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation

Thanks for the updates, Dariusz and Nat. I thought I'd mention that in the past my impression is that the Advisory Board was the body to which people were "retired" after serving high-profile roles, and the AB performed little to no actual work. It sounds like your plan is to reverse both of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation

Dariusz Thanks for that update. You don't mention any channels for communication between the reconstituted Board and the Community at large, nor opportunities for the Community at large to be involved in suggesting names. I assume then that engagement with the Community is not considered

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation

Hello! The Advisory Board (AB) and its role was indeed among the BGC priorities for this year [1]. And I have been working with the former AB members on a concept for how the AB’s work should be organized. The concept they came up though needs to be clarified and improved, especially on how the AB