[Wikimedia-l] Re: Emerging human rights concern related to invasion of Ukraine

2022-03-13 Thread Ramzy Muliawan 
I fail to see how *not* widely publishing the Human Rights Policy can help
better protect the human rights of Wikimedians, particularly when we are
now looking at the dire and rapidly declining protection of the freedom of
expression globally.

We can debate how the implementation of this policy should look like, but
suggesting that it directly contribute making current situation worse is a
pretty disingenous take.

On Sun, Mar 13, 2022, 12:43 geni  wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 at 15:11, Amir Sarabadani  wrote:
> >
> > So you're saying if WMF didn't have a human rights policy, the user
> would have not been arrested?
>
> The policy is not worth the paper its writen on so if it in any way
> makes things worse its a problem
>
> >Similar to the "fact" that no Wikipedian has been arrested before the
> inception of the policy?
>
> The Pierre-sur-Haute thing? Not sure the foundation managed much there
> either.
>
>
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> geni
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation governance and Russian finances

2022-03-13 Thread Gerard Meijssen 
Hoi,
A reality check. With a Wikipedian in jail in Belarus, it is easy to grasp
that Wikipedia is not the flavour of the month in either Belarus or in
Russia by the "powers that be".

When you compare Wikimedia projects to Facebook, the glaring difference
between them is money. Our money has as a goal to educate and inform
people. Our mission is to do this with a neutral point of view. When we
consider the war waged by Russia, our neutral view is on offer and a view
that we should provide as long as we can.

The Russian people are not necessarily the enemy, arguably they are not.
Our money spent in Russia supports our aim of informing and educating the
Russian people, all the money spent is well spent.

We do not have to borrow a page out of the playbook that is escalation. We
should not because of what we stand for.
Thanks,
 GerardM

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 at 11:27, Lane Chance  wrote:

> Several organizations, including pension companies, have been
> withdrawing their investments that may indirectly support Russia's war
> in Ukraine. Similarly there have been several news reports of
> directors stepping down from companies where their personal interests
> and or past history is now seen to be in conflict with the ethical
> values of the organisation they represent.
>
> Has the board of the Wikimedia Foundation or the board of the
> Endowment Fund asked for a governance review for their connections of
> people (including trustees and advisers), received donations, outgoing
> funding or investment funds that may even indirectly or
> unintentionally support the actions of the Russian government?
>
> As an example, the founder of Cendana Capital, a global venture
> capital company, is an adviser for the Endowment Fund, but I can not
> find a specific governance report for Cendana Capital for financial
> interests connected Russia. Being "global", it's hard to imagine there
> is none or has never been any.
>
> References
> https://wikimediaendowment.org/#advisory-board
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/board
> https://www.cendanacapital.com
>
> https://www.funds-europe.com/news/blackrock-suspends-purchase-of-russian-securities-in-active-and-index-funds
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/13/mps-pension-fund-drops-russian-linked-investments-in-protest
>
> Lane
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[Wikimedia-l] Community Wikimedia User Group Guinea Rapport 2020-2021

2022-03-13 Thread Aboubacar Keïta 
Chers Wikimédiens,

Le rapport annuel du groupe d'utilisateurs Wikimedia Guinée Conakry (
*WCUG-GIN*), couvrant la période du 1er novembre 2020 au 25 novembre 2021,
est disponible sur Meta.

Wikimedia Community User Group Guinée Conakry/Report2021



Au cours de cette année, dès janvier, nous avons puis réunir toute la
communauté francophone pour célébrer les 20 ans de Wikipédia pendant 3
jours en Guinée avec des sessions en ligne dont deux pays invités
physiquement en Guinée et le regroupement de toutes les antennes de
l’intérieur du pays à Conakry pour cette occasion.

Nous avons reçu notre lettre de reconnaissance officiel par le ministère de
l'Administration du territoire de la Guinée, la couverture du
territoire nationale
avec au moins trois jours de formations par régions naturel du pays.

Cette année, nous avons été solliciter beaucoup plus avec des partenariats
non officiel d'abord mais stratégique notamment avec la Fondation Orange
Guinée, la maison d’édition Harmattan Guinée et des institutions
d'enseignement supérieur dans le cadre des sensibilisations sur notre
mouvement, ce qui constitue une étape cruciale pour notre communauté.

Nous avons pu mettre à jour des primates de la réserve des monts Nimba avec
des images inédit très rares des chimpanzés de Bossou en collaboration avec
l'institut de recherche environnementale de Bossou

.

Nous tenons à remercier la Wikimedia Fondation, Wikimedia France et
Wikimedia Suisse pour leur soutien et sa confiance dans nos activités. Sans
elles, de nombreux événements n'auraient pas pu avoir lieu.

Vous pouvez lire tous les détails ci-dessous et vous pouvez nous en dire
plus sur vos remarques d'amélioration continue.

Cordialement
*Aboubacar Keita
*

* Président *
*Adresse: *Yattaya Marché *, Ratoma,
Conakry*

*Téléphone** : *+ 224 628 09 71 55 <+224628097155> - 654 30 70 40
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation governance and Russian finances

2022-03-13 Thread Lane Chance 
Several organizations, including pension companies, have been
withdrawing their investments that may indirectly support Russia's war
in Ukraine. Similarly there have been several news reports of
directors stepping down from companies where their personal interests
and or past history is now seen to be in conflict with the ethical
values of the organisation they represent.

Has the board of the Wikimedia Foundation or the board of the
Endowment Fund asked for a governance review for their connections of
people (including trustees and advisers), received donations, outgoing
funding or investment funds that may even indirectly or
unintentionally support the actions of the Russian government?

As an example, the founder of Cendana Capital, a global venture
capital company, is an adviser for the Endowment Fund, but I can not
find a specific governance report for Cendana Capital for financial
interests connected Russia. Being "global", it's hard to imagine there
is none or has never been any.

References
https://wikimediaendowment.org/#advisory-board
https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/board
https://www.cendanacapital.com
https://www.funds-europe.com/news/blackrock-suspends-purchase-of-russian-securities-in-active-and-index-funds
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/13/mps-pension-fund-drops-russian-linked-investments-in-protest

Lane
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