Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

I send this mail as a representative of Wikimedia France.

Wikimedia France acknowledges and agrees with the FDC decision.

The arguments provided with the decision makes sense to us.
Wikimedia France will submit, if possible, a request for the round 2.

On behalf of Wikiemdia France board,

Christophe HENNER | Membre du Conseil d'Administration
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On 15 November 2012 21:29, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote:
 Hi Dariusz,

 it would probably be helpful if it were indicated when the 120% cap was
 used as the sole reason to reduce the amount. Could you still add that to
 the arguments? That would make it much more insightful. I was personally
 under the impression the maximum was 150% by the way, but that information
 might have been outdated. Then it is at least clear that a technicality is
 the sole cause for your rejection of part of their budget (and could
 potentially form ground for the chapter to ask the board to make an
 exception - it would be quite different if the reasons were because you
 didn't trust them with the money etc).

 But for example in the case of Wikimedia France I guess the 120% cap was
 not the reason you only allocated 10% of the amount they requested. I find
 the reasoning in their case quite poor for such a major decision which
 could potentially mean that people get fired and the organization has to
 scale down significantly. I'm confident that you had very good and in depth
 discussions about this, but this is not reflected in the recommendation in
 their specific case. I guess this might be the case for a few more
 applications.

 I don't want to go to a specific case here, but just want to illustrate why
 I feel the arguments are poorly presented. Since you did go into such great
 discussion, I feel it would be a waste of your efforts if the arguments are
 so shallow.

 I am still hopeful you will change your mind, and add more reasoning to the
 cases.

 Kind regards,

 Lodewijk

 2012/11/15 Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.pl

 hi Lodewijk,

 first, this is basically a recommendation for the Board, not the final
 allocation. However, regarding your specific question: We are not planning
 on providing further detailed responses - we have already offered a great
 many details in our overall recommendations in terms of process and
 methodology.

 Per the fact that some organizations got so much less than they
 requested: please, keep in mind that there was a suggested 120% maximum
 budget growth capping, and also that WCA membership fees have been deducted
 for everyone (but not other WCA-related costs), as WCA may apply for FDC
 funding directly (or choose a different model, once it is decided, and the
 organization incorporated).

 Also, our recommendations make it very clear that smaller entities, which
 were making significant leaps in maturity tended to get most of what they
 asked for, while entities which are medium to large, staffed and already on
 a clear growth path, were looked at with even greater rigor in terms of
 sustainable and appropriate plans (also because of the budget sizes). Small
 entities are often going from no/part-time staff to a full-staff position,
 which can increase the budget (as compared to the previous year)
 significantly, but cannot be avoided. Larger entities can grow more
 harmoniously.

 best,

 dariusz




 On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote:

 Hi,

 From the arguments, I had a hard time to understand why some
 organizations got so much less than they requested, and some got every
 single dollar. I assume more detailed arguments will follow?

 Kind regards,
 Lodewijk


 2012/11/15 Jan-Bart de Vreede jdevre...@wikimedia.org

 Hi Everyone

 Rather than repeat everything I would like to point you to a blog post
 created earlier today.


 http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/15/fdc-process-milestone-sharing-wikimedia-movement-funds/

 I do want to take the opportunity to once again thank all those involved
 in this first round, including all the participating chapters. As expressed
 earlier: this is the future of our funds dissemination and we will refine
 the process, but this first round has exceeded my expectations on all
 levels. Thanks everyone!

 Jan-Bart
 (who now goes digging in the attic for some barn stars)


 On 15 Nov 2012, at 19:38, Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.pl wrote:

  -- Forwarded message --
  From: Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.pl
  Date: Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:25 PM
  Subject: FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13
  To: wikimediaannounc

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13

[Christophe Henner]

What you would like is that the FDC recommendation was including more
arguments detailling why they reached that conclusion?

I believe the proposal talk page includes all the necessary data, as
the FDC gave its feedback on the talk pages, but you would like to
have those discussions summed up with the recommandation?

Am I understanding your comment correctly,
--
Christophe


On 15 November 2012 23:28, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote:
 Hi Dariusz,

 I do not doubt the seriousness and dedication of the committee. I do regret
 the bad precedent set here (as a movement member) that the committee
 doesn't specify in sufficient detail the reasons how these major budget
 decisions have been made. If the 120% played a role, please specify that.
 If there are confidential reasons (which will be sent to the board  the
 applicant?), state so. Etc.

 Some people told me that the other reasons were obvious if I would have
 read the plans. I strongly disagree that reading the proposals should be
 necessary to understand the decision of the FDC.

 I sincerely hope for improvement in this area. It would be sad if the FDC
 would not be as transparent in its arguments as it could be. If you're
 unwilling to make this improvement at this point (since all FDC members
 would probably have to agree) I at least hope you take this as feedback for
 the next round.

 Kind regards,
 Lodewijk

 2012/11/15 Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.pl

 hi Lodewijk,

 I think it is clear that not trusting them with the money was not the
 case with any of the chapters. We have not been relying just on one
 technicality of 120%, but also taking into account the size of the
 organization, the actual project (specifically, if the growth was justified
 either by extraordinary circumstances or  by the early stage of
 development, which we considered more valid than just rapid growth, which
 is often considered as as dangerous as a wind-down), the financial
 reserves, etc.

 In case of budget reductions, we've been very careful to make sure that
 chapters do not have to close shop, and in the cases where it seemed
 appropriate, we suggested making an exception and going for Round 2. When
 larger cuts were considered, we always had the previous annual budget in
 mind as a reference point (sometimes pro-rated per month).

 best,

 dj





 On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote:

 Hi Dariusz,

 it would probably be helpful if it were indicated when the 120% cap was
 used as the sole reason to reduce the amount. Could you still add that to
 the arguments? That would make it much more insightful. I was personally
 under the impression the maximum was 150% by the way, but that information
 might have been outdated. Then it is at least clear that a technicality is
 the sole cause for your rejection of part of their budget (and could
 potentially form ground for the chapter to ask the board to make an
 exception - it would be quite different if the reasons were because you
 didn't trust them with the money etc).

 But for example in the case of Wikimedia France I guess the 120% cap was
 not the reason you only allocated 10% of the amount they requested. I find
 the reasoning in their case quite poor for such a major decision which
 could potentially mean that people get fired and the organization has to
 scale down significantly. I'm confident that you had very good and in depth
 discussions about this, but this is not reflected in the recommendation in
 their specific case. I guess this might be the case for a few more
 applications.

 I don't want to go to a specific case here, but just want to illustrate
 why I feel the arguments are poorly presented. Since you did go into such
 great discussion, I feel it would be a waste of your efforts if the
 arguments are so shallow.

 I am still hopeful you will change your mind, and add more reasoning to
 the cases.

 Kind regards,

 Lodewijk


 2012/11/15 Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.pl

 hi Lodewijk,

 first, this is basically a recommendation for the Board, not the final
 allocation. However, regarding your specific question: We are not planning
 on providing further detailed responses - we have already offered a great
 many details in our overall recommendations in terms of process and
 methodology.

 Per the fact that some organizations got so much less than they
 requested: please, keep in mind that there was a suggested 120% maximum
 budget growth capping, and also that WCA membership fees have been deducted
 for everyone (but not other WCA-related costs), as WCA may apply for FDC
 funding directly (or choose a different model, once it is decided, and the
 organization incorporated).

 Also, our recommendations make it very clear that smaller entities,
 which were making significant leaps in maturity tended to get most of what
 they asked for, while entities which are medium to large, staffed and
 already on a clear growth path, were looked at with even 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: FDC recommendations on funds allocation, Round 1, 2012-13

[Christophe Henner]

Hey Lodewijk,

No, I think we have the same level of information. My questions were
to be sure I understood correctly what you meant.

I tend to, some extent, agree with you, that it would be better if the
FDC could provide more informations regarding their decision, so
chapters can improve from on request to the next one.

That being said, I'm ok with the level of detail of the current
recommendation. I mean, when I read the other chapters recommandation,
I understood why the FDC make the recommandation they did. Do you have
a specific case where it is not clear?

PS: My questions are really that questions, as I'm part of the FDC
Advisory Group the answers/feedback do really interest me :)
--
Christophe


On 15 November 2012 23:56, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote:
 Hi Christophe,

 I would like to see that
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round1#Recommendationscontains
 a good summary to understand well why a decision has been made.
 Some cases I find the argumentation acceptable, and in some much to be
 improved. Not only when the amount is lower than requested, but in general.
 In the case of Argentina for example, the only things the FDC argues is 1)
 they have a good track record etc and 2) that the chapter is careful. But
 it doesn't say whether the programs are good, whether they are a good fit
 etc. Of course as you indicate I could go to the talk pages and see the
 opinions of individual FDC members or FDC staff members, but that is no
 committee decision.

 Because lets face it: the committee was together for four days. I trust
 that they had lots of deliberations and valuable discussion. It is just a
 sad thing that this is not reflected. I am not trying to dispute the
 specific outcomes here (although I have some reservations about some), but
 I hope that we don't set a precedent here with such little information on
 what led to these decisions.

 But in your email I seem to read I'm missing information. Is there any
 further information published by the committee (not: individual members)
 that I might be missing?

 Best,
 Lodewijk

 2012/11/15 Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com

 What you would like is that the FDC recommendation was including more
 arguments detailling why they reached that conclusion?

 I believe the proposal talk page includes all the necessary data, as
 the FDC gave its feedback on the talk pages, but you would like to
 have those discussions summed up with the recommandation?

 Am I understanding your comment correctly,
 --
 Christophe


 On 15 November 2012 23:28, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote:
  Hi Dariusz,
 
  I do not doubt the seriousness and dedication of the committee. I do
 regret
  the bad precedent set here (as a movement member) that the committee
  doesn't specify in sufficient detail the reasons how these major budget
  decisions have been made. If the 120% played a role, please specify that.
  If there are confidential reasons (which will be sent to the board  the
  applicant?), state so. Etc.
 
  Some people told me that the other reasons were obvious if I would have
  read the plans. I strongly disagree that reading the proposals should be
  necessary to understand the decision of the FDC.
 
  I sincerely hope for improvement in this area. It would be sad if the FDC
  would not be as transparent in its arguments as it could be. If you're
  unwilling to make this improvement at this point (since all FDC members
  would probably have to agree) I at least hope you take this as feedback
 for
  the next round.
 
  Kind regards,
  Lodewijk
 
  2012/11/15 Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.pl
 
  hi Lodewijk,
 
  I think it is clear that not trusting them with the money was not the
  case with any of the chapters. We have not been relying just on one
  technicality of 120%, but also taking into account the size of the
  organization, the actual project (specifically, if the growth was
 justified
  either by extraordinary circumstances or  by the early stage of
  development, which we considered more valid than just rapid growth,
 which
  is often considered as as dangerous as a wind-down), the financial
  reserves, etc.
 
  In case of budget reductions, we've been very careful to make sure that
  chapters do not have to close shop, and in the cases where it seemed
  appropriate, we suggested making an exception and going for Round 2.
 When
  larger cuts were considered, we always had the previous annual budget in
  mind as a reference point (sometimes pro-rated per month).
 
  best,
 
  dj
 
 
 
 
 
  On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org
 wrote:
 
  Hi Dariusz,
 
  it would probably be helpful if it were indicated when the 120% cap was
  used as the sole reason to reduce the amount. Could you still add that
 to
  the arguments? That would make it much more insightful. I was
 personally
  under the impression the maximum was 150% by the way

[Wikimedia-l] Translation of documents [was: Request for consultation on proposed guidelines relating to potential conflicts of interest in requesting Wikimedia resources]

[Christophe Henner]

Hi,

Changing topic to keep the COI thread on-topic :)

I understand it's frustrating to have these texts only in english, but
could you also please try to get things from WMF perspective?

In what languages should it translated? The most spoken in the world?
The top 10 active communities? The top 10 editing community? The top
10 growing community? All of them? And if they pick 10 languages, it
won't end the moaning.

And translating all the documents in 10 or 20 languages would be quite
expensive in the end, would it be the best use of donors money?

Isn't the issue in how we organize ourselves, in the movement (and
that includes everyone from community members to wikimedia
organizations) to handle translations? Perhaps the best way to do it
would be to have an automated translating script. Wouldn't be perfect,
but it would provide a raw translation and if the community wants to
get involved they just have to fix the automatic translation.

I don't know though how hard it would be to code that kind of things?
We could perhaps use Google Translate (even if it's a paying service
it doesn't seem that expensive
https://developers.google.com/translate/v2/pricing?hl=fr)

--
Christophe


On 21 December 2012 16:14, Mbingu Safidi mginbu.saf...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thanks.

 I see. A text only in English is very welcome to other communities
 know there is a consultation.

 Best,

 MS

 On 21 December 2012 13:09, Philippe Beaudette pbeaude...@wikimedia.org 
 wrote:
 Yes. From the linked page:We encourage international participation,
 and, if more time is needed to allow for translations or comments, we
 want to take that into consideration.

 So please, yes!

 PB

 —
 Philippe Beaudette
 Director, Community Advocacy
 Wikimedia Foundation, Inc



 On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Mbingu Safidi mginbu.saf...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello,

 is Wikimedia Foundation interested in involving communities that don't
 speak English in this consultation?

 Thank you,

 MS

 On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Geoff Brigham gbrig...@wikimedia.org 
 wrote:
 *Hi all, *
 *
 *
 *We are asking for community consultation on five proposed guidelines
 relating to potential conflicts of interest when people ask for resources
 belonging to the Wikimedia movement.

 For your review and comments, you may find more information, a proposed
 Board resolution, and the proposed guidelines here:
 http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Guidelines_on_potential_conflicts_of_interest

 Please feel free to join the discussion on the talk page:
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Guidelines_on_potential_conflicts_of_interest

 Thank you for your time and expertise.

 *
 Geoff Brigham
 General Counsel
 Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Schedule for FDC Round 2 and guidelines for the process

[Christophe Henner]

Hi Anasuya,

Thank you for this clear and detailled email :)

Best,

--
Christophe


On 6 February 2013 14:27, Anasuya Sengupta asengu...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 *Dear friends and colleagues,

 We are gearing up for Round 2 of the FDC process! Thank you for your
 support and suggestions through Round 1. Susana Morais, the FDC
 Ombudsperson, recently invited the community to offer comments and
 suggestions for improving the process, particularly the FDC portal (ease of
 navigability, user-friendliness), FDC forms, and the communication with the
 FDC members and staff.[1] Please continue to share your thoughts and
 experiences with us.
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Appeals_regarding_FDC_process

 I am writing to you to remind you of the schedule for Round 2 and the
 guidelines for the process.

 Schedule
 February 15: All entities wishing to apply for Round 2 should complete
 their eligibility requirements by e.o.d UTC February 15.[2] Please contact
 my colleague Christine Bockneck for any support on this.
 March 1: All proposals from eligible entities are due by e.o.d UTC. We have
 incorporated feedback from Round 1 to make the proposal form for Round 2
 easier to use and navigate, but have been conscious of not making any
 substantive changes, so that there is parity between Round 1 and Round 2
 applicants. We may well make substantive changes to this form for Year 2
 (starting July 2013), and welcome suggestions for that.
 March 1-31: Community review period. As the Board representatives to the
 FDC (Jan-Bart and Patricio) informed you a few days ago, the Board in
 consultation with the FDC approved a two week increase to this period, to
 support a more in depth review and response process. Please do comment on
 the proposals, as your participation strengthens each entity’s work and our
 movement. We know that having the proposals only in English can be a
 constraint, and we hope the longer period will help with this as well.
 April 8: Posting of the FDC staff assessments.
 April 22-24: FDC meeting in Milan.
 May 1: Posting of the FDC recommendations.
 May 8: Any complaints to the Board representatives from Round 2 applicants
 should be posted by this date. [4]
 June 1: The Board decision  is posted.

 Guidelines
 As a reminder, the FDC framework approved last year offered funding
 guidelines for eligible entities for the next three years.[5] As
 demonstrated by the FDC recommendations of Round 1,[6] the FDC does
 consider these guidelines as well as the rationale offered by each entity
 for its growth. For Year 1 of the FDC, the guidelines for the requests are
 100-120% of the amount in grants or retained from payment processing the
 previous year.

 To quote from the framework:
 “These amounts are not targets; rather, they are guidelines to help
 eligible entities plan over the next few years and adjust to the new
 funding environment. Eligible entities may request more or less than these
 target amounts. The FDC will give a higher level of scrutiny to requests in
 excess of these guidelines and to requests from eligible entities whose
 year-to-date actual spending is significantly less than their year-to-date
 budgeted spending.”

 The FDC staff is always available to support eligible entities and
 community members; please be in touch with Katy Love, Senior Program
 Officer for the FDC (fdcsupp...@wikimedia.org) or onwiki:

 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Questions_for_FDC_staff/2012-2013_round2

 We look forward to an engaging Round 2 process.

 Warmly,
 Anasuya

 [1]
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Appeals_regarding_FDC_process
 [2]

 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Eligibility_status/2012-2013_round2
 [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposal_process
 [4]

 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Complaints_regarding_FDC_recommendations_to_the_board
 [5]

 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC#Special_funding_guidelines_during_transition_to_the_FDC_.282012.E2.80.9314.29
 [6]

 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round1
 *

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Are chapters part of the community and board seats for affiliates?

[Christophe Henner]

Hey Bence,

Thanks for creating this thread and allow us to tackle that issue
(though I don't believe it really is an issue)

On 19 February 2013 14:42, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi,

 I'll separate this out as I think it is a really interesting conversation,
 and as I have heard the two arguments below repeated numerous times, it
 might be useful to think about it and the future shape of things a bit
 more.

 I think the fundamental question is how legitimate can an interest group
 (chapters in this case) be if it's membership is significantly smaller than
 its potential membership (at least 30% of editors come from countries with
 well established chapters in afaik good standing with their local
 community)?


Short answer, yes they are part of the community.

Disclaimer, I'm board member of Wikimedia France for 6 years I guess now,
so I'm not really neutral on that point :)

So let me develop that thought now.

I would even add that chapters should, and perhaps are, be key part of our
community. Online communities tend to die slowly over the time. The main
reason is that virtual bonds are much easier to forget than physical
ones. I mean it's easier stop sending email to someone than stopping to see
someone.

Chapters, in my opinion, have 2 main duties :
1/ Push forward are goals
2/ Bring offline the online community

The second one is key and instrumental to the good health of the community.
I have no hard data on that, but I feel that people that do meet regularly
and do projects together (organizing WLM, Wikipedia takes a city, meetup
with beers, etc.) tned to stick longer in the project. And even if at some
point they stop editing (because of work, studies, etc) they eventually
come back because they don't severe bonds with people they've seen
regularly irl.

Part of this can happen without a chapter, but a chapter can increase that,
ease that. And in doing so, increasing the retention of old editor and help
new editors to join in.

Yes, chapter as such do not edit the projects directly. But does this mean
they're not part of the community? I don't think so. They're a different
part of the community, but still are a part of the community.

So should the Chapters seats be considered asa Community seats ? I'd say
that the term is wrong.

We have the editing community seats, the meta community seats and the
appointed seats. Perhaps we should differentiate the two sides of the
community.

(I have virtually not edited massively for years, and people says to me (as
a joke) that I'm not really part of the community... well I believe that
even if I do not edit I'm part of the Wikimedia community)

So please, let me be part of the Wikimedia community ^_^

PS: I do not speak of membership because it is not really relevant in the
end, as the important thing in the inpact the chapter have, not how many
members it has
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Are chapters part of the community and board seats for affiliates?

[Christophe Henner]

On 19 February 2013 15:32, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.comwrote:

 On 19 February 2013 13:48, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote:

  To be perfectly fair, all the nominations for the 2012 selection were
  public, so this was less of a problem than in 2010 when they were not
  published.
 


 Whilst this is true, is there a good reason as to why much of the
 discussion for chapter-elected board seats happens in private? Looking at
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/2012/Processit
 appears chapter discussion happens on a private chapters wiki and
 chapters-l, a mailing list restricted to only current board members
 of chapters, during which time candidates lose their access to that
 wiki/mailing list but presumably gain access to it afterwards. Unless all
 the discussions are deleted, what is the benefit of having these
 discussions in private, especially if the candidates will see what was said
 about them after the election?

 I understand why we use private voting through SecurePoll for the
 community elections but please could someone explain what I'm missing
 with regards to Chapter selected seats?

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Hmmm I might be mistaken but WMF board members, selected or not by
chapters, haven't access to chapter-l. But I might be mistaken on that.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Looking back at the London Conference

[Christophe Henner]

Why do we need two announce mailing lists? Can't we all use
wikimedia-announce ?

Christophe
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On 20 February 2013 09:22, Charles Andrès charles.andres.w...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello,

 In fact this mailing list has already been created since  a while, it's just 
 not used for the moment.

 The question of the hosting hasn't been discuss in this way, for the WCA  
 WMCH is offering the hosting of chapters mailing list, chapters wiki, and 
 some chapter wiki. So it has just been natural to create the mailing list 
 on WMCH server.

 It's an illustration of active step the WCA could take.

 The idea behind offer such IT service is to avoid to people to have to 
 reinvent the wheel swell as an optimization of the cost, by sharing a server.


 Cheers


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 Le 19 févr. 2013 à 20:57, Thehelpfulone thehelpfulonew...@gmail.com a écrit 
 :

 On 19 February 2013 16:10, Ziko van Dijk vand...@wmnederland.nl wrote:

 There will be a special list 'WCA-announcements. If you want to be
 informed about Bulletins and discussions, join the list and you will
 get links to Meta Wiki. It's a one-way-list, because the discussions
 are supposed to be on Meta Wiki. This is a WCA service for Council
 Members and non Council Members alike. In this way, nobody is obliged
 to be on a heavy traffic list such as Wikimedia-l.


 Thanks Ziko, I'm happy to create this list for you on the Foundation
 servers, please follow the instructions at
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists#Create_a_new_list to file a
 bug. I'd suggest WCA-Announce to match our similar announcement lists for
 MediaWiki, WLM, Toolserver etc and to keep it relatively short.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

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Hi, just for the sake of history in 2007 or 2008 we tried to do
that, we had a meeting in Brussel (in a really nice hostel) and we set
up a working group... but we didn't do a thing in the end.

So even though I believe it could be a good idea, I'm still not sure
volunteers are able to handle such a heavy workload. But I'm happy to
share/talk about it nonetheless :)


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On 20 February 2013 09:37, Mathieu Stumpf psychosl...@culture-libre.org wrote:
 Le 2013-02-19 18:06, Jan Engelmann a écrit :

 Let’s get started and talk about this challenge! Your input and ideas
 on the aforementioned Meta page are highly appreciated. To discuss the
 working methods of an EU Policy Group and develop a project plan
 together, we suggest to meet face-to-face in Brussels for one day and
 a half. Wikimedia Deutschland would be happy to organize this
 kick-off-gathering in March/April. We’d like to ask interested
 Wikimedians to join us there. Please use the doodle below to identify
 the most suitable date:


 Very interesting project I think, so I would be really happy to come. Should
 each participant find where to sleep by its own means, or do we organize
 that together ?


 http://doodle.com/ntiz6gup7z49e7p5

 (Please choose either a friday/saturday or saturday/sunday option.)


 Please consider using services based on free software, wikimedia could even
 provide an instance of such a service. I think this would be more consistent
 with our free culture goal. Here are working solutions you can use :
 - http://framadate.org/
 - http://studs.u-strasbg.fr/infos_sondage.php

 (sorry only french interfaces seems available on those, but hey it's free
 software, anyone is welcome to make a bug report/patch ;)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

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On 20 February 2013 12:03, Jan Engelmann jan.engelm...@wikimedia.de wrote:
 Hi Christoph,

 thanks for your comment. I am absolutely aware of the fact that there
 have been various efforts in the past to get things done, or even:
 slightly better. But in my view, it's always a matter of the burden of
 suffering if you get active or not. The EU-legislation on musical
 recordings and orphan works in the last year were quite frustrating
 and the current consultation process on copyright reform obviously is
 not aimed to solve ANY of our problems (f.i. the re-use of
 governmental data  works). Without anticipating our discussion, I
 would rather suggest a hybrid model between chapter employees and
 volunteers. And if some budget for paid work in Brussels is needed, it
 should definitely not be the limiting factor.

 Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

 Best, Jan


Agreed, that was my hidden message. But for such endeavour to succeed
paid time and paid time in Brussels will be needed :)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

[Christophe Henner]

I'm sorry but Ii tend to disagree to some extent.

We're non-political in the sense we don't pick side. We don't support
one or the other party. But that doesn't mean we must not get involved
regarding legislation that could tamper with our ability to achieve
our goals.

Quick exemple, in France there's no Freedom of Panorama, Wikimedia
France is working on that. Explaining to representatives what it is
and why we should have it. This is lobbying, but it's non partisan
(I'm not sure that's correct in english, hope it's understandable).

The EU Agenda for 2013 - 2014 contains many little things that have
impact on our projects. Of course there's the IP thingy, but they're
also working on e-commerce and privacy, and those contains really
little parts that could harm the project to some extent or at least
create more obligations for us (I don't know if it's still on the
table, but there's the shortening of the reaction to take down notices
from 48h to 24h and the data retention that was lengthenned).

All of this, if we want to protect the projects, needs our attention.
Such group is needed. But, and on that I agree with you, that group
must be totally non-partisan.

As said earlier, the EU agenda is so dense, diversed and complicated
that it needs a lot of sustained work hence, imo, it needs to include
paid employee and if possible people with experience or at least the
political fiber.

Sorry for the long email ^_^

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On 20 February 2013 13:53, Mathieu Stumpf psychosl...@culture-libre.org wrote:
 Le 2013-02-19 23:59, rupert THURNER a écrit :

 hi jan,

 nice to hear that! i am wondering how such very active advocacy fits
 with wikimedia's educational, non-political mission statement,


 I wonder how one may split education and politic as they are – in my humble
 opinion – deeply intertwinned.

 There's no doubt that a goal like the sum of all human knowledge accessible
 for all is a goal that will conflict with agenda of all the wannabe I have
 the one great Truth so obey me and don't listen to miscreant and terrorists
 who tell otherwise and other independant cultural dissemenination control
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Are chapters part of the community and board seats for affiliates?

[Christophe Henner]

On 22 February 2013 18:42, cyrano cyrano.faw...@gmail.com wrote:
 Le 19/02/2013 11:23, Christophe Henner a écrit :



 I would even add that chapters should, and perhaps are, be key part of our
 community. Online communities tend to die slowly over the time. The main
 reason is that virtual bonds are much easier to forget than physical
 ones. I mean it's easier stop sending email to someone than stopping to
 see
 someone.


 I think Wikipedia gathered such a community because of an ideal, not of
 social bonds. Though parts of the community may form social, professional or
 political bonds, and thus perdure through these mechanisms, the cause
 sharing the knowledge should be the main raison d'être of the community.
 Thus, I disagree that Chapters should be considered the key part of the
 community: the cause should be the key part. In fact, if the cause ceases to
 be the highest priority, then the community will tend to die and only the
 institutions will tend to remain because of their own inertia and interests.
 I don't consider that a good thing per se since this tends to lead to
 sclerosis and a hollow structure with no other point than perpetuating
 itself, instead of pushing for the next needed accomplishments to collect
 and disseminate knowledge.


The starting point is the ideal. But if I've lasted so long in here
it's because of a bunch of awesome people I met, not the ideal only.

It's because of the people that Wikimedia is making me grow, not the ideal.

The iseal is a shared value, the bond is, well, a bond. One isn't the
opposite of the other. They benefit from each other.
Why should we have only one priority? I mean, yes free knowledge is
our goal, but isn't ensuring we have a healthy community another
important goal? And well, I'd say community health isn't our best
achievement now on most of the projects. Ignoring that is dangerous on
the long run.

I mean your point is moot in itself as so far the ideal has been our
top priority and the community is slowly shrinking :)


 Yes, chapter as such do not edit the projects directly. But does this mean
 they're not part of the community? I don't think so. They're a different
 part of the community, but still are a part of the community.

 Being part of the community doesn't allow to act on the name of the entire
 community. The gap between the community and the Chapters is significant
 enough to distinguish both, in particular for political and communicational
 matters.


When  do chapters act as such? I mean I read that a lot, but I still
have to wait clear cases.

And please Beria, read what I wrote They're a different part of the
community, but still are a part of the community.. :)




 So should the Chapters seats be considered asa Community seats ? I'd say
 that the term is wrong.

 We have the editing community seats, the meta community seats and the
 appointed seats. Perhaps we should differentiate the two sides of the
 community.

 Why not distinguish the community seats from the Chapters seats with the
 terms community seats and  Chapters seats?
 Using the word community in both cases may induce to believe that's it's the
 same community with two branches. But nothing guarantees that unity.


Because chapters are part of the community. The editing community
elect board members, and chapters propose board members. But all those
seats are chosen by the Community at large :)

 By the way, what would you say Chapters actually are? Is it correct to say
 that they're an administrative organization financed by the WMF through Fund
 Dissemination Commitees?


Nope. That is sad if you see your chapter like that :)

I mean administrative organization, with all the programs we do,
admin is actually the thing we're behind... So no.

financed by the WMF through Fund Dissemination Commitees that is
each chapters' choice, nobody is forcing anyone to get grants or money
from the FDC. Actually, we, WMFr, are working on alternate funding
(for the programs) to top FDC/grants. Because we believe a chapter has
the ability to get money the movement wouldn't have other wise (local
public funding, local sponsorships, local major donors, etc.).

So if you would describe your chapter as dministrative organization
financed by the WMF through Fund Dissemination Commitees, and that
you don't like it. Too bad, but nobody forces your chapter to be that,
you (or your board) did :)

Best exemple I can remember, if it has not change, is WMPL that is
mostly self sufficient for years and doing really cool stuff (though
we don't hear about it enough ^^).

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

[Christophe Henner]

Hey,

I don't know who's organizing, but for the last meeting (in 2009) we
had it in this hostel http://www.lesaubergesdejeunesse.be/ it was
really really nice. Though it was almost fully booked and we all slept
in different hostel/hotels.

Just to help the people organizing with a good tip :)

Best,
--
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On 6 March 2013 15:10, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de wrote:
 And please allow me to add that there are only chapter
 representatives in Milan, but this project is also open to non-chapter
 community members. On top of that, you don't know whether the
 representatives a chapter sends are the ones who are interested
 in/working on those policy issues.

 Best,
 Nicole

 On 6 March 2013 14:48, Jan Engelmann jan.engelm...@wikimedia.de wrote:
 Hi Balázs,

 of course I am aware of the chapter conference. But first, there will be no
 volunteers. Second, there won't be enough time. Third, we want to integrate
 a short input from a Brussels-based NGO to learn something about things
 really work. And apart from that, we searched for a very really central
 city in Europe, which is in fact - Brussels.

 Best, Jan

 2013/3/6 Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu

 Errr...the chapters conference in Milan will be two weeks later, why don't
 you integrate this into the schedule of that instead?

 Balazs

 2013/3/6 Jan Engelmann jan.engelm...@wikimedia.de

  Hi all,
 
  a clear majority voted for the 6th/7th of april as the most suitable
  date for the meeting. We are happy to make the arrangements! During
  the next days, we will provide you with all necessary information
  about the location in Brussels and the scheduling. We will also pass
  around a draft agenda on Meta to make sure that everybody can add
  certain points of interest or comments in advance.
 
  Please spread the Doodle-link just to make sure that even more people
  who are interested in the EU policy stuff will follow:
 
  http://doodle.com/ntiz6gup7z49e7p5
 
  Best wishes,
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

[Christophe Henner]

I agree with my dutch friend :)

People going to the Wikimedia Conference are not especially overlapping with 
this one. Plus taking one day or two off is quite easy. Add a side meeting you 
need to take a week off.

Lastly, having it 2 weeks before let's us formalize the report of the meeting 
and let's have us good material to talk about it, if needs be, in Milan.

Christophe
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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 16:42:32 
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

Hi Balázs,

There seems to be only limited overlap in the interested attendees. Also,
preconference would overlap with some other pre conferencees which at least
for me would be bad. Also, there's only one day of pre conference
(Thursday) which makes it too short and in the middle of the week (there's
a clear preference for weekends).

All in all, I support the decision to do it in a seperate weekend in
Brussels.

However, what is unclear to me (question to the organizers) is whether any
travel support etc would be available, or that it should be requested
through the local chapter. Also, can we already sign up somewhere?

Best,
Lodewijk

2013/3/7 Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu

 Hi Jan,

 Typically this is what pre conference events are for and quite frankly I
 see more possibilities in it if this would be implemented into the Milan
 event both in the schedule and as a thematic pre conference meeting (as the
 educational leaders are doing it).

 cheers,
 Balázs

 2013/3/6 Jan Engelmann jan.engelm...@wikimedia.de

  Hi Balázs,
 
  of course I am aware of the chapter conference. But first, there will be
 no
  volunteers. Second, there won't be enough time. Third, we want to
 integrate
  a short input from a Brussels-based NGO to learn something about things
  really work. And apart from that, we searched for a very really central
  city in Europe, which is in fact - Brussels.
 
  Best, Jan
 
  2013/3/6 Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu
 
   Errr...the chapters conference in Milan will be two weeks later, why
  don't
   you integrate this into the schedule of that instead?
  
   Balazs
  
   2013/3/6 Jan Engelmann jan.engelm...@wikimedia.de
  
Hi all,
   
a clear majority voted for the 6th/7th of april as the most suitable
date for the meeting. We are happy to make the arrangements! During
the next days, we will provide you with all necessary information
about the location in Brussels and the scheduling. We will also pass
around a draft agenda on Meta to make sure that everybody can add
certain points of interest or comments in advance.
   
Please spread the Doodle-link just to make sure that even more people
who are interested in the EU policy stuff will follow:
   
http://doodle.com/ntiz6gup7z49e7p5
   
Best wishes,
   
Jan
   
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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/
   
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digitales Weltkulturerbe anerkannt wird. Unterzeichnen Sie die
Online-Petition! http://wikipedia.de 
   
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.
 V.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

[Christophe Henner]

On 7 March 2013 17:02, Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu wrote:
 I really don't get you, you wish to facilitate something that will affect
 about 20 chapters directly in the future (those situated within the EU) and
 you don't think it would overlap the Milan event? And no real need to talk
 about it there?

 Balazs



Sorry, english is not my mother tongue, I might have not been clear :)

I'll try to say it differently.

To me the Brussels meeting is a technical meeting, meaning you need to
have participant that have, somewhat, some knowledge of EU policy
design, lobbying, etc. The goal of the meeting is to draft out how we
could work toward, at least, stay aware of the on-going discussion
that could impact our mission and at best influence it.

The participants of this meeting are not always board members of their
chapters, hence they wouldn't be present in Milan. This is why I say,
participant wise, the overlapping is not really obvious.

But, as I said, it is really good that the Brussels meeting happens
*before* Milan, that way chapter representatives will be able to talk
about it if they want to.

I topped that with the fact that a technical meeting about EU policy
needs a lot of time, more than lunch, to draft out how we could do it.
If you add a 2 days meeting before Milan, it means that some people
will have to take the whole week off instead of just 1 or 2 days.

I'm sorry if you misunderstood what I meant, and I hope that email is clearer :)

Best,

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 2013/3/7 Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com

 I agree with my dutch friend :)

 People going to the Wikimedia Conference are not especially overlapping
 with this one. Plus taking one day or two off is quite easy. Add a side
 meeting you need to take a week off.

 Lastly, having it 2 weeks before let's us formalize the report of the
 meeting and let's have us good material to talk about it, if needs be, in
 Milan.

 Christophe
 Envoye depuis mon Blackberry

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 From: Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org
 Sender: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org
 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 16:42:32
 To: Wikimedia Mailing Listwikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
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 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

 Hi Balázs,

 There seems to be only limited overlap in the interested attendees. Also,
 preconference would overlap with some other pre conferencees which at
 least
 for me would be bad. Also, there's only one day of pre conference
 (Thursday) which makes it too short and in the middle of the week (there's
 a clear preference for weekends).

 All in all, I support the decision to do it in a seperate weekend in
 Brussels.

 However, what is unclear to me (question to the organizers) is whether any
 travel support etc would be available, or that it should be requested
 through the local chapter. Also, can we already sign up somewhere?

 Best,
 Lodewijk

 2013/3/7 Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu

  Hi Jan,
 
  Typically this is what pre conference events are for and quite frankly I
  see more possibilities in it if this would be implemented into the Milan
  event both in the schedule and as a thematic pre conference meeting (as
  the
  educational leaders are doing it).
 
  cheers,
  Balázs
 
  2013/3/6 Jan Engelmann jan.engelm...@wikimedia.de
 
   Hi Balázs,
  
   of course I am aware of the chapter conference. But first, there will
   be
  no
   volunteers. Second, there won't be enough time. Third, we want to
  integrate
   a short input from a Brussels-based NGO to learn something about
   things
   really work. And apart from that, we searched for a very really
   central
   city in Europe, which is in fact - Brussels.
  
   Best, Jan
  
   2013/3/6 Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu
  
Errr...the chapters conference in Milan will be two weeks later, why
   don't
you integrate this into the schedule of that instead?
   
Balazs
   
2013/3/6 Jan Engelmann jan.engelm...@wikimedia.de
   
 Hi all,

 a clear majority voted for the 6th/7th of april as the most
 suitable
 date for the meeting. We are happy to make the arrangements!
 During
 the next days, we will provide you with all necessary information
 about the location in Brussels and the scheduling. We will also
 pass
 around a draft agenda on Meta to make sure that everybody can add
 certain points of interest or comments in advance.

 Please spread the Doodle-link just to make sure that even more
 people
 who are interested in the EU policy stuff will follow:

 http://doodle.com/ntiz6gup7z49e7p5

 Best wishes,

 Jan

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] בקשה למרואיין

[Christophe Henner]

Envoye depuis mon Blackberry

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Και εγώ συμφωνώ, ας γράψουμε σε όλες τις κλασικές γλώσσες. :)

- Μάρκος

On 3/12/13 3:44 AM, Erwin Mulialim wrote:
 Good morning all,
   
 I also strongly agree and support when we can use multi language in this 
 mailing list, such as by including the Indonesian language into the 
 “Wikimedia Mailing List” (wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org).

 May GOD Bless All of You!


 Best Regards,

 Claudius Erwin Mulialim
 
 Owner Q-Tech Computer - Ruteng
 (CV. Montée Vista Media Vision)

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 From: abar...@wikimedia.org
 Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:10:15 -0700
 To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] בקשה למרואיין

 No bad words.  My phrase was לשון הרע, which is a legal term in Israel,
 originating in Jewish religious law[1], roughly equivalent to defamation or
 the Roman law 'calumnia', and I was advocating _avoiding_ that if anyone
 chooses to discuss this person (from the Hebrew Wikipedia's past) with the
 press.

 A.

 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashon_hara


 On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:

 I too thought the gmail translate worked really well, until I saw Asaf
 suggest they stop using bad words - which I guess gmail stripped out,
 because I didn't see any!

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia CH staff changes in 2013

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

Though UK Charity Commission recommendations can't apply everywhere,
from what I can see, they do provide interesting ideas.

I believe here the discussion is not is there a COI but what was
done to prevent the perception of a COI. WMFr did hire former board
members, every time said board members were not part of the board
discussions and decisions about.

That being said, with the time, if that situation would happen now we
would do things differently I think. In order to lower the perception
of a potential COI (though I have no idea how we'd do it, having the
process overseen by an independant third body could be an idea :))

Best,

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On 10 April 2013 17:55, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote:
 This just to say that it's not so direct to transfer some suggestions to
 other countries.

 Thomas Dalton, 10/04/2013 13:13:
 [...] Authority in this context means either an express authority in the

 governing documents of the charity, a court order or permission from
 the Charity Commission. [...]

 For instance, such authority doesn't exist in Italy, so it's easy to see
 that this part wouldn't apply, unless of course the bylaws say something in
 contrary.

 Thomas Dalton, 10/04/2013 16:32:

 Read what I quoted more carefully, please. It specifically says that
 leaving the board before taking up the position isn't enough.


 You've already been answered you that it's not the only thing they did, and
 you interpret your own quoted text in a very personal way if you forget that
 it says the purpose is a fair and open competition and you focus solely on
 the conjunction in advance of instead of commenting whether the actual
 purpose was pursued correctly.

 Nemo


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Question: How much does administration in Chapters cost the Wikimedia movement?

[Christophe Henner]

Quick email, for WMFr internal budget. FTE are split between each
projects. So when calculating our administrative costs we only count
the money equivalent of the time spent on administrative stuff.

Including all salaries is not a correct way to calculate
administrative cost as, for programs, most of the spendings are human
time (ie salaries).

Best,
--
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On 19 April 2013 12:14, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote:
 After seeing a few recent facts and figures about Wikimedia Chapters
 (at the Milan conference), I think that administration versus
 project activities is highly varied and may be something like 15% to
 40% out of the overall budget. Unfortunately this figure can be a bit
 hard to work out and (I think) almost impossible to ensure we would be
 comparing like for like based on current reports.

 It would make a great top level key performance indicator for our
 organizations if this could be reported using an agreed standard
 definition as to what administration means, with such a definition we
 could even make this an expectation for the public annual financial
 reports. Hopefully reporting such a ratio could then be a target for
 improvement and any strategic plans for growth could be accountable
 against this and other top level performance measures.

 My rule of thumb would be that administration is composed of:
 * Staff salaries, contractor payments and professional advice fees
 * Offices and fixed or hired assets used for non-project activity
 (such as financial reporting, accounts, board meetings)
 * Expenses for non-project activity

 I have yet to have a confirmed figure for WMUK, but I would be
 interested any any current figures for other chapters for
 comparison/benchmarking and any explanation of the 'norms' we might
 expect to calculate these.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone

[Christophe Henner]

Hi sorry to hear about that Deryck. Hope we'll get to see you back around here.

As said during the feedback session, we still have to figure out how to fund 
the first employee.

The FDC process is a really heavy process that do take a huge amount of time 
and energy. This is a process everyone should want to avoid as much as possible.

As you said we mostly are volunteers not used, or even expecting, that level of 
scrutiny. And the toll the FDC takes is high.

What we would need:
1/ remember that GAC can fund external expert support (accountant, ...)
2/ FDC process is not the only way to get funds
3/ a simpler step to get the first employee. Either more complex GAC proposal 
or simpler FDC proposal. Either way :)

We are not different from other charities. We need a process to disseminate 
funds within the movement. And with high amount of money comes high amount of 
responsability.

Again, I'm sorry FDC toll is so high on you and your fellow board member. I 
hope that Wikimania will energize you and will get you back in the movement.

Best

Christophe
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and a parting remark to everyone

Hi all

I am ACTUALLY PANIC when reading this.

Normally I would say please don't go,
but realizing myself I am not on the Local Chapter board already
and even myself start to feel don't know what to do next

And I am sorry to say, the decision had totally stir up the emotion of the
whole Wikimania Local Team
I frankly don't know whether if it will lead to a melt down of our
volunteer power
after frustrations of all these years as Deryck said, as I was on the Board
and knew most of the stories.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone

[Christophe Henner]

Hi David,

I changed the topic to not flood Deryck parting email. Though the
topics are related, I'd rather not flood his thread.

Yes, the process is flawed, and everyone recognise it, even FDC staff
and FDC members in their comments do.
Yes, the process is a heavy burden to all the organisations
Yes, we're still missing some steps

Now, I believe because of the situation in which the FDC was created,
a lot of chapters thought that the FDC would become their way to get
funds and so made a proposal.
But the FDC is not the normal way to get fund, GAC should be. FDC is
like a EU grant system, where you ask for a lot of money, explaining
the main reasons you need the money (money is not earmarked for a
specific project) and you report back on the use of the money on a
regular basis.

This is not a light process.

I am sorry to hear of deeply commited people leaving because of the
FDC toll. And to be quiet honest, even within WMFr the FDC was not a
painless process... and we went through it twice already. I can
totally relate to their feelings and exhaustion. But I believe the FDC
role is, and there's much way of improvement on that, to help
Wikimedia organisations get to the next stage regarding
personification, goals definition, metrics, etc.. In fact we're at
that moment when a start-up starts *really* thinking about ROI. Though
in our case the ROI is not money but in furthering our goals,
fostering Wikimedia community.

And when I say Wikimedia organisations, I include WMF, because all of
our standards are rather low. When I look at the proposals with an
outside perspective, or with the level of quality I ask to my team,
we're all far from the quality I could expect. If I was to judge those
demands only on my professional criteria, no one would have 100% of
the allocation. But we have

And that change in perspective, from start-up to company always
comes with its toll. You always see founders stepping back or even
leaving, you see employees leaving too.
I lived the exact same thing in a company I joined at founding 4 years
ago and left last December.

That is a normal step in the life of any organisation. It is a painful
one, but a needed one I believe.

Do we really believe it was better the way it was? Everybody doing
pretty much what they want with the movement funds and little
reporting? I do not.

Now, I don't believe anyone is hiding. Everyone acknowledges the
process is far from perfect. In The initial timeline there was meant
to be a review period after the first rounds (the second just ended).
I believe this period's goals are to on one hand improve the process
in itself and on the other hand make it clearer how heavy a process
the FDC is.

As I said in my previous email:
* Most of the chapters should go through the GAC first, to get used
with a formal process
* We need the first employee/office space budget being a specific GAC
or FDC process (there's pros and cons in having one or the other
handling it). Because let's be honest, the actual FDC process is way
to heavy for those needs and the GAC is not meant to handle such
requests

Best,
--
Christophe


On 29 April 2013 08:31, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
 On 29 April 2013 06:14, Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com wrote:

 As said during the feedback session, we still have to figure out how to fund 
 the first employee.
 The FDC process is a really heavy process that do take a huge amount of time 
 and energy. This is a process everyone should want to avoid as much as 
 possible.


 This sort of disastrous outcome seems, IIRC, precisely what chapters
 were expecting, and were up in arms about, when the WMF first asserted
 absolute control of the funding. These arguments being what WMF staff
 decided they weren't interested in listening to any more, leading to
 internal-l falling into disuse. Unfortunately, as Deryck notes,
 ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away.


 - d.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement, and a parting remark to everyone

[Christophe Henner]

On 29 April 2013 10:21, Abbas Mahmood abbas...@hotmail.com wrote:
 Hi Christophe,

 From: christophe.hen...@gmail.com
 Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:07:45 +0200
 To: dger...@gmail.com
 CC: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resignation announcement,  and a parting remark 
 to everyone
 As I said in my previous email:
 * Most of the chapters should go through the GAC first, to get used
 with a formal process
 Uhm, isn't this what is already happening? All those who are eligible for FDC 
 funding have already gone through the normal Grants Program a multiple times.

Not all, and many only for project grants not for operations grants
(like part time accounting). This is a flaw of how the process is
perceive I think.

 * We need the first employee/office space budget being a specific GAC
 or FDC process (there's pros and cons in having one or the other
 handling it). Because let's be honest, the actual FDC process is way
 to heavy for those needs and the GAC is not meant to handle such
 requests

 I'm sorry I don't understand that you need a specific GAC process... Do you 
 mind rephrasing?
 Thanks,Abbas.

GAC is not able to provide grant for a full time employee right now.
The only way to get funds for that first employee is through the FDC.
Which, as I said earlier, is a really heavy process.

That being said, GAC can already provide funds for external
contractors on specific tasks, like accounting.

Is my rephrasing better? :s

--
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[Wikimedia-l] [Fundraising 2013] Wikimedia France stepping back from payment processing

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

A quick email to announce and explain current WMFr payment processor status.

As some of you know, French regulations makes it hard to transfer ver
50% of the fund raised locally to an international organisation.

Until know, WMFr budget was always somewhat equal to 50% of the money
raised. Last year fundraising was too efficient in France and we've
reached the point when 50% of the funds raised in France are much more
than WMFr actual budget.

In face of that situation, Wikimedia France board has asked WMF to
stop being a payment processor in 2013, and that until we have found a
suitable solution to handle the movement needs. We already have
possible solutions, such as asking for having a super charity status
(reconnaissance d'utilité publique / being recognised as an
organisation for general good).

That process is a lengthy and over bureaucratic one, and we don't know
how fast it can get to obtain it.

In the coming month, WMFr will work with WMF on explaining to French
donors that they can't ask for tax deduction next year and handling
their requests.

As said last year in our letter to the board and ED of Wikimedia
Foundation, being a payment processor or not doesn't change whether
WMFr will support the localisation of the fundraising efforts.

Late 2012, WMFr board decided to start looking for external funding
sources. Removing ourselves will also allow us to dedicate more
resources to that activity.

Our hope is that in the coming months WMFr will have a stronger fiscal
position and will be able to ask to be a payment processor again because we
still believe that having local fundraising handled by local
organisations is more efficient and more sustainable on the long run.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask even offline if you
prefer to.

Best,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Fundraising 2013] Wikimedia France stepping back from payment processing

[Christophe Henner]

Hey Dan,

Sure : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconnaissance_d'utilit%C3%A9_publique
and http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/associations/F1131.xhtml

In France all associations are, a priori, charities. The french fiscal
services can withdraw that status for many reasons. One of them is if
they believe the money raised using tax deductibility is not
supporting french citizen/culture enough. Once you have that
recognition, this charity status is much much harder to remove.

We've been planning to ask for that status in 2013 for few month,
Sébastien Baijard, our fundraiser, had that as one of his goal when
hired. We didn't before because the process is a really complex one.
We actually rewrote our bylaws in 2010 and 2011 to best fit RUP needs
(it includes information about board member being forbiden to get
paid, the rules for employees to run for board once they leave their
paid job in the association, and other informations like that).

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask
--
Christophe


On 30 April 2013 12:37, Dan Rosenthal swatjes...@gmail.com wrote:
 Christophe,

 About this reconnaissance d'utilite publique or supercharity concept;
 is there a link to an analysis (preferable) or even just the text of the
 law/provision/regulation? Even one in French only would be OK, I'm just
 curious to know more about how it works in practice.

 -Dan

 Dan Rosenthal


 On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 29 April 2013 21:28, Christophe Henner
 christophe.hen...@wikimedia.fr wrote:
 ...
  In face of that situation, Wikimedia France board has asked WMF to
  stop being a payment processor in 2013

 Hi Christophe, thank you for giving this difficult decision some
 suitable context, and for doing so openly and promptly.

 Could someone advise me, is there an official table on meta showing
 the current list of Chapters with payment processing agreements in
 place for the 2013 fund raiser?

 Independently of any hat I happen to be wearing, I am planning on
 putting aside some volunteer time to examine the
 admin:fundraising:program ratio for our organizations over the next
 few months, so it makes sense to ensure this is achieved for the
 current payment processors, rather than just those organizations that
 are easy to find the figures for or come forward spontaneously. I
 would support other sensible top level performance indicators should
 they be identified and become available soon, FDC members may have
 a view on what might work well as the top 5 indicators. Hopefully at
 least the admin ratio can be publicly shared before October this year to
 help foster a pragmatic discussion on simple dashboards and governance.

 I'm hoping that the WMF can set a lead by publishing a calculation of
 admin ratio for themselves. ;-)

 PS staff salaries are not all automatically 'admin', I hope we can
 agree that some
 program activities are entirely justifiably supported by paid staff
 and contractors.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] PRISM

[Christophe Henner]

My understanding is that PRISM focused on private electronic
communication. I can't see a situation where we would be concerned by
that.

But some official statement could help put at ease people worries :)
--
Christophe


On 10 June 2013 03:34, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote:
 All edits and other actions are archived, but I would think there would
 be zero interest or utility to NSA. I would simply ignore the matter.

 Fred

 This is a simple question with a potentially very complicated answer.

 What, if any, are the implications of the PRISM scandal for Wikimedia?
 Does the fact that our servers are based in the US now compromise our
 mission either in a technical, privacy or an ethical sense?


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[Wikimedia-l] [Chapters] 40 000 free media supported by Wikimedia France

[Christophe Henner]

Hey everyone,

Today, a french contributor informed us that this morning he uploade
the 40 000th file on commons in the media supported by Wikimedia
France category
(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_supported_by_Wikimedia_France)

The file is a picture of the Solidays festival stage in Paris
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solidays_2013_-_La_sc%C3%A8ne_Paris_-_030.jpg

This program started few years ago, in 2007, when we asked for
accreditations for french contributiors to music festival, and then
for the political rallies during the 2007 presidential election.

Through the years we have supported more and more users to get press
accreditations. We went one step further by buying photo material,
owned by the chapter, and lent to contributors.

I just wanted to let you know about this milestone that is really
really cool for us :)

Best,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Chapters] 40 000 free media supported by Wikimedia France

[Christophe Henner]

Ho and Jean-Fred just slapped my hand, gently, because I forgot to
share with you this awesome page that helps you follow what WMFr do
regarding commons : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WMFR

Mistake fixed :)

Have a nice day :)
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On 3 July 2013 10:29, Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@wikimedia.fr wrote:
 Hey everyone,

 Today, a french contributor informed us that this morning he uploade
 the 40 000th file on commons in the media supported by Wikimedia
 France category
 (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_supported_by_Wikimedia_France)

 The file is a picture of the Solidays festival stage in Paris
 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solidays_2013_-_La_sc%C3%A8ne_Paris_-_030.jpg

 This program started few years ago, in 2007, when we asked for
 accreditations for french contributiors to music festival, and then
 for the political rallies during the 2007 presidential election.

 Through the years we have supported more and more users to get press
 accreditations. We went one step further by buying photo material,
 owned by the chapter, and lent to contributors.

 I just wanted to let you know about this milestone that is really
 really cool for us :)

 Best,

 Christophe HENNER | Vice-chair
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images

[Christophe Henner]

Funny thing is, at my work I'm trying to get my staff to take crazy
picture for our public staff page. Pictures with stupid/crazy objects,
cosplaying, playing games, etc.

Because I believe my staff are not well represented by ID Card photos
(those are great for passports, but to provide an insight of what we
are... not so much). They're awesome people, with great personality
and I want people from the outside to know it, and I want people to
want to join us and knowing if they're hired they're walking into a
mad house.

So for one, I love Rory, and Brandon picture is just awesome.

My 2 cts
--
Christophe


On 12 July 2013 10:18, Eddy Paine bloggin...@outlook.com wrote:
 Dan,
 A placeholder for people without pictures shouldn't be a problem. Thats 
 common use. And they are all the same so thats a OK thing.
 The picture of Rory is a picture of Rory. It even says its a mascot and I 
 agree with Erik we need Tux for Engineering.
 And no, we are not in the 1950's but as a international organisation we 
 should still keep in mind that tattoos aren't accepted world wide. Placing 
 your tattoo on a staff page and your face faded away is provocating the fact 
 that he has tattoo's and not proffesional.
 Secondly all staff pictures are made by a professional photographer? Or kind 
 of in the same setting. That will keep the page uniform also.
 Ed
 From: swatjes...@gmail.com
 Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 04:02:56 -0400
 To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images

 I don't see any problem with it. I'm not sure how it is somehow more
 unprofessional than absentee (for lack of a better term) pictures being
 labeled Cloak of invisibility? Or the picture of Rory as mascot?

 Further, what does all but neutral mean?

 Really, aren't there better things to do than play morality police because
 someone might be upset about some ink? This isn't the 1950's. Who is
 upset, and why?

 -Dan


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 On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Eddy Paine bloggin...@outlook.com wrote:

  Hi,
  While its maybe not something for the whole community. Since only Staff
  can edit Wikimedia Foundation website I believe this will be the correct
  place to post this.
  I feel that the staff images on the Foundation site should show the staff
  in a good way where nobody can have a problem with it. The images being
  made by professionals for that.
  I believe the image Brandon Harris is using since this night is not
  suitable for a staff picture. The ink he is showing can discourage people
  and the picture is all but neutral. Secondly he isn't even really on the
  picture his is faded out.
  I would strongly advice to keep the images there proffesional.
  Ed
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Internal-l] 2013-2014 Round 1 FDC eligibility status IRC office hours

[Christophe Henner]

Hi,

Garfield correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember that WMF said that
even an automated translation of the annual report was fine, same was
for the financial report.

Is that still the case or do you need human translation?

As, as far as I know, most entities are already doing an annual
activity and financial report, automated translation wouldn't burden
entities much.

Best,
--
Christophe


On 16 July 2013 15:21, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi Itzik,

 As far as I understand, the activity report is a requirement in the
 chapters agreement, which the WMF is finally starting to take somewhat
 seriously. (§8 [1])

 But otherwise I agree that the FDC process requires quite a bit of time
 spent on it throughout the year.

 Best regards,
 Bence

 [1]
 http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Agreement_between_chapters_and_Wikimedia_Foundationoldid=86480




 On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Itzik Edri it...@infra.co.il wrote:

 Hi Garfield,

 I must say I'm surprised from the new requirements. Eligible entities of
 last year now need to send by 15 September documents about 2012 - a year
 that is totally unrelated to the FDC process that started only this year?
 Why it been decided only now?
  We are not hiding a thing, but not only by 30th July we need to send FDC
 Q2 report, by 1st October annual plan budget for 2014, and by 31 October
 FDC Q3 report.. Hey, not everyone are big chapters, and we are really need
 time also to *work* and execute the program we asked the money for...

 So financial report can be translated from the financial report we sent to
 the Israeli authority (again, more money spends on translation as probably
 our employees don't have time for that and have other paper work, and this
 is also going to work if there is no special format and different numbers
 and metrics requsted by the FDC and not different from what we already have
 on the report we made..). But about the 2012 activity report? What format?
 what information need to be there? this is totally something we need to
 collect from start and mean more administrative work.


 Itzik


 On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:06 AM, Garfield Byrd gb...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

  Dear members of the Wikimedia community:
 
  Today, July 15, the Wikimedia Foundation published a list of Funds
  Dissemination Committee (FDC) eligible entities [1] based the eligibility
  criteria [2] established in the FDC framework.  Entities that submitted
  Letters of Intent [3] are categorized in 'Yes', 'Yes, If',  and 'No'
  categories based the eligibility criteria.  Please let us know if you
  believe there are any corrections to be made to this list.
 
  A more detailed eligibility checklist document has also been created.
 
  [4]
 
  This document outlines eligibility gaps that need to be closed by
 September
  15, 2013. Any entity in the Yes, If category must post all missing
  documents on Meta by September 15 to be eligible for FDC funding.
  Entities in the “No” column who are currently ineligible for FDC funding
 or
  those who decide not to proceed with an FDC application are welcome to
  consider applying to the WMF Grants program. [5]
 
  On September 15, WMF will post the final list of the entities eligible to
  apply for FDC funding if they are eligible. Please note that entities
 will
  need to remain in compliance with all Chapter Agreements and Grant
  Agreements until funds are sent in order to receive a grant through the
 FDC
  process, even if eligibility is confirmed as Yes on 15 September.
 
  The detailed eligibility checklist has improved since the last round.
  You’ll now note that the final column now outlines upcoming requirements
  (e.g. per chapter or grant agreements or current grant requirements) to
  maintain FDC eligibility status. These are noted as “potential gaps,” and
  as those deadlines come up, entities will need to fill those gaps (for
  example, by posting their documents and linking to them from the Reports
  page on Meta) in order to maintain their eligibility status with the
 FDC. We
  hope this change allows entities, the FDC, and the FDC staff to track
  eligibility better and ensure that everyone is informed of potential as
  well as current issues that may affect eligibility.
 
  All entities that apply for FDC funding will be required to maintain
  eligibility throughout the duration of the proposal review process until
  funds are sent (or until the decision on whether to send funds is made).
 We
  encourage you to get in touch with us if you have any questions about
 your
  entity's gaps or potential gaps.
  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index
 
  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index
 
  As a reminder, all applications for FDC funding from eligible entities
  must be submitted by October 1, 2013 via the FDC portal. [6] The FDC
  proposal form will be posted by August 15, 2013 on the FDC portal. Please
  contact us if you have any questions about submitting your proposal.
 
 

[Wikimedia-l] [WLM] DataViz of all the monnuments in the world

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

Bastien Guerry, member of Wikimedia France, just sent out an email
about a tool he developped : http://www.panoramap.org/fr/#

The tool is pretty straightforward, it allows you to display country
per country all the monuments in the world where we already have a
picture on Commons.

It still needs developement, or so he says, but it's already quite impressive.

If you have any feedback, keep him in the loop (he's in cc of my
email) or send him an email offlist. And if you want to help him
improve the tool, the source code is available there :
https://github.com/bzg/wlmmap

Felt that people here would like this kinda of things :)

Best,

--
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] Welcome to Nathalie, our new ED

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

We have the great pleasure to announce Nathalie Martin is starting
today as the new Executive Director of Wikimédia France!

Her hiring is the tipping point of a process we started last January
when we hired a HR firm to audit our organization and support us in
finding the right person for this key role.

With a background in political science and organizations strategy,
Nathalie has a deep experience managing several associations of
similar or bigger size as Wikimedia France. Even though she is not
from the movement, we believe she'll adapt quickly to who we are.

She came to Wikimania in Hong-Kong, and some of you may have had the
pleasure to meet her. By coming to Wikimania she had the luck to
experience in 3 day what Wikimedia is at large, to meet wikimedians
from all around the world. I'm happy to say that she too suffered from
PWD (Post-Wikimania Depression).

If you need to contact her, her email address is
nathalie.mar...@wikimedia.fr. Please keep in mind that it's her first
day within our movement and she still will need few days to adapt to
our awesomeness

Please join us in welcoming Nathalie!

Best,

PS: please keep her in copy of your answers :)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Registration open for Chapter Board workshop

[Christophe Henner]

Hey Chris,

Hope you're fine.

The eventbrite link isn't working properly from France :(

Thanks for your help

Best,
--
Christophe


On 5 December 2013 18:59, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote:
 ***Registration is now open for the Wikimedia Boards Training Workshop in
 London, 1-2 March 2014.***

 Are you a Board member of a Wikimedia Chapter or Thematic Organisation?
 Then this workshop is for you! We are drawing on expertise from within the
 Wikimedia movement and beyond to produce a two-day training session which
 will aim to give Board members the skills and knowledge to do a great job.

 The programme and venue details for the workshop is here:
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Boards_training_workshop_March_2014

 You can register for the event here:
 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/register?orderid=233759341483

 Registration is open to all Wikimedia chapter / thematic org board members
 but those who have, or expect to recruit, staff will gain the most out of
 it. Registration costs £50, and accommodation options will cost £70 or cost
 £120 per night. There is a maximum of 20 places available.

 Some frequently asked questions:

 * Are there scholarships?
 Yes. If your chapter / organisation is not able to cover the costs, please
 fill in the Will you require a scholarship to attend? box on the form
 with an estimate of how much your travel will be. There will be a number of
 scholarships on offer. All scholarships offered will cover registration,
 food, accommodation and travel (no-one is expected to pay for this event
 out of their own pocket). We will be in touch with everyone requesting a
 scholarship within 2 weeks with a definite answer.

 * What if my attendance depends on visas / being re-elected?
 If you register but are unable to attend because of visa issues, or if you
 leave your organisation's Board before the workshop, we will offer your
 place to someone else from your chapter/organisation. Also, if you need a
 visa, Wikimedia UK will help (e.g. with a letter of invitation).

 * This is a great idea but is too far away from me - what can I do?
 This is a first step and hopefully, if it succeeds, there will be more
 similar events in future. (Hopefully not all of them will be in London or
 in English, either). If you feel that training and supporting boards is
 important, then you can also raise this in the calls for programme for the
 Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania.

 Regards,

 Chris
 on behalf of Wikimedia UK and the organising committee
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paid editing v. paid advocacy (editing)

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

I'll try to elaborate on this topic :)

First of all, in 2011 in Haifa I did a first talk about companies and
Wikipedia. I did that because I was making a study (emphasis on the
 as I'm not keen to say it's a study and more of a detailed
observation) of the state of the articles of the top 40 french
companies.

During that talk I explained how I believe companies could help us
improve our projects. I won't get too much into that as, since then,
the debate evolved from companies editing Wikipedia to Paid editing
is evil.

This year at Wikimania I gave two talks about this very topic, one
about how third party organizations can help us and the second on a
framework to have editing.

Of course, as usual, some people were against it.

But how can we, as a community, be against paid editing on one hand
when on the other hand we seek paid editing from GLAMs, researchers
from state organizations, etc.

The question whether we allow, or not, paid editing is non-existent.
Paid editing is allowed, we already allowed it, we even support it;

Now, the question about paid advocacy. Again, one of our core
principle is NPOV. We don't want people to push their POV. Whether
they're paid or not, is not relevant.

So, to me, the paid foobar question is not the one in debate here.
The one we're actually debating about is do we want for profit
organization to edit Wikipedia.

So yes, paid organizations have an interest in editing Wikipedia, but
just as much as GLAMs have an interest in editing our projects. In
fact, when Wikimedian meets GLAMs one of the key arguments is look at
(pick past project that got great coverage such as the bundesarchives,
British Museum, etc). We show them they have an interest in
committing resources, both financial and human, to improve Wikimedia
projects.

So the they have an interest in editing isn't an argument in the
end, as, of course a lot of editors have an interest in editing. And
we're using it. When we think or work on how researchers valorize
their edits in their cursus, those researchers have an interest in
editing Wikipedia.

So, really what is that people working for a company have that makes
it so we have to ban them to edit? If we already have people paid to
edit, if we have people with interests (henceforth some sort of COI),
what do they have the others don't?

Now, why do I strongly believe we should encourage companies to edit Wikipedia.

First of all, as I said some years ago I evaluated the quality of
company articles on the French Wikipedia. Most of them were crap.
Either outdated, incomplete or with wrong information, all those
articles were poor; And we're talking about the top 40 french
companies, such as Orange, L'Oréal, Renault, BNP, etc.

The volunteer community isn't keen to improve and maintain those
articles. Companies are willing to do it. So we prefer to have poor
articles instead of good ones because there's a risk companies will
act wrongfully (I hope I'm not the only one to see the irony in this
situation where we prefer to ban editors because there's a risk
they'll do wrong. We should do that for all the projects, Close them
to editing because there's a risk people will do wrong.).

Adapting our projects to provide a framework where companies can
easily fit in and edit as a direct consequence, improve the quality of
their articles.

Companies that have the resources to commit to such things are,
usually, big and sometimes old company. Imagine that in a few year,
being involved with the Wikimedia projects is so natural for those
companies that they release their archives on the Wikimedia Projects.
What archives do you ask?

Orange, for example, is the former organization in charge of the
french telecom. They managed telephone for a very long time and have a
long history in RD. Their archives must be astounding. Containing
documents, pictures and videos about telecomunication that should be
awesome. That are part of our history.
Right now, those archives are dusting in some building. And in few
years they might disappear.
Our stance, being so opposed to companies making the first step
(editing) prevent companies to go the next step, release. And in fact,
indirectly, we're preventing knowledge to be freed. Awesome.

Lastly, those companies have huge RD budgets and employ thousands of
researchers and engineers. Imagine a company that employs 1 000
researchers. And imagine that company to do 2 things:
1/ that a company, as part of its CSR politic, says they commit 1 day
per year per researcher to improve one article. And to provide to
those researchers a one day training session about Wikipedia. This
means 1 000 days of editing from specialized researchers and 1 000
researchers evangelized and trained to edit.
2/ that this company would commit 0.0001% of it's RD global budget to
open a QA desk so wikimedians could ask their researchers for
bibliography or proof reading articles

Those things are not wild dreams, they could definitely happen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paid editing v. paid advocacy (editing)

[Christophe Henner]

A track about that \o/

It took me years to have 2 sessions and they were the only 2 tackling
that issue last year :)
--
Christophe


On 10 January 2014 16:17, Andrew Lih andrew@gmail.com wrote:
 Ting and Christophe,

 Glad to hear we are moving forward on finding more sophisticated ways of
 thinking about paid editing. At least for the English Wikipedians I've
 talked to, many are pleasantly surprised that the European editions are
 able to find a cooperative relationship with paid, corporate entities. The
 Signpost article out today details some of that, but it merits a
 comprehensive inventory and study to compare best practices. (Of course,
 the argument can always be made about English Wikipedia as a weird special
 case because of its profile and large community. I intentionally choose not
 to use the horrible word exceptionalism!)

 In last night's episode of Wikipedia Weekly podcast, we talked about this
 as well [1]. In general, there are multiple parameters regarding the issue
 of COI editing that goes beyond pay.

 1. Pay
 2. Neutrality
 3. Advocacy
 4. Transparency

 Even then, the term advocacy is an imprecise and nearly useless term. Are
 you advocating for a client? Are you advocating for the public good? Same
 word, completely different motivations. So paid advocacy as a phrase,
 uncontextualized, is not useful.

 That's why I really like the GLAM use of the phrase of choosing to work
 with like minded institutions. A national museum with editorial
 independence is a good like-minded institution for the Wikimedia community.
 A think tank that works to convince the public that global warming is a
 myth… not so much.

 If an institution is not like-minded, then the process of educating and
 working with them with appropriate strict guidelines is a viable solution.
 We see that this can work with the examples of Swedish and German
 Wikipedias (and, it seems, others)

 Back to the four factors above: You can have paid, neutral, transparent
 editors that advocate for something good -- like better public access to
 public records. GLAM Wikipedians-in-residence are a good example of this,
 where they ensure that the interests of the public and Wikipedia's
 principles come first. So their advocacy is for the principles of better
 public knowledge, and a full time employee is working on it. This is a 4x
 positive outcome, even though the words paid and advocacy are used.

 On the other hand, in the case of Wiki-PR: it's editing for pay, without
 transparency, without neutrality and advocating for a paying customer's
 benefit. That's a quadruple no-no. This type of activity must be banned.
 But if there is a middle way on this, in working with corporations in a
 straightforward way, we would be silly not to investigate this, as certain
 Wikipedia editions already show that it is possible.

 I've highlighted in the past that we have systemic problems in Wikipedia
 with unpaid editors resulting in persistent non-neutral content. The
 university and college articles are the best (ie. worst) examples of this
 -- these always read like brochures that brag about the top accomplishments
 and rankings of a university because the number of alumni and students that
 put in positive statements far outnumber anyone who could pull them back
 into neutral territory. Unpaid, non-neutral, alma mater-advocacy is rampant
 and persistent.

 I hope we can start a longer dialogue about this at Wikimania. I'd be happy
 to propose not just a session, but an entire track at Wikimania to address
 this, including brainstorming/sharing sessions to get more views from other
 language editions.

 -Andrew

 [1] Wikipedia Weekly episode 108 -
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0698SX41VsE
 Discussion of paid editing at 33 minutes into the podcast



 On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Ting Chen wing.phil...@gmx.de wrote:

 Hello dear all,

 I would like to be more cautious about the difference between the good
 paid editing and the bad paid advocacy.

 There are two reasons why I don't want to separate in this way.

 First of there is no clear boundary between the good and bad like
 black and white. There is a gradient of grey between the two. And that
 gradient is not a narrow one but a very broad one. And it depends from the
 perspective of the people who look upon the matter. For one maybe a
 behavior is the dark white but for the other one it may be a bright black.

 Second I want to especially respond to the idea that Erik brought up: an
 organization that hire people to write qualified articles. I wrote in the
 other mail that I believe paid editing changes the collaboratory nature of
 our projects but did not really elaborate on why I think so. I want to do
 this now. Let me construct an example to emphasize why I think so. I will
 now take an example which leaves almost no room for interpretation about
 black and white: the theoretical physics. Let's say there is a charitable
 non-profit organization that hires reknowned 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Proposed amendment to the Wikimedia Terms of Use

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

This email is also available on meta :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use/Paid_contributions_amendment#It.27s_all_for_show

Over the last few hours people asked me to re-share my mail from
January regarding paid editing and to even elaborate on it :
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-January/069717.html

I won't elaborate on that.

This amendment is all for show. This is the kind of amendment that is
not enforceable. It's only use is that some board of trustees will be
able to get in front of the press and vigorously claim Paid editing
is bad!.

Will it prevent people to edit without disclosing anything? No.

Will it encourage companies to embrace our values and improve articles
in fields they're experts in? No.

Will it prevent biased volunteers to edit? No.

So if we look at what our main issues are (increasing the number of
editors, increasing quality) I don't see any way where this amendment
will help us in any of this cases. And this is an issue we've had for
7 to 9 years, our projects didn't collapse. I'm really not sure why it
is needed to have such amendment now.

So, I don't care if this amendment is approved in the end, or not, as
it will be useless and non-enforceable. Instead I'll keep on working
with other people on proposing real solutions.

Though I do have a quick question for the legal team, is it ok for a
hosting organization to enforce rules that have an editorial inpact on
the services it hosts? I mean, lawyers have been trying for years to
sue Wikimedia organizations and prove that WMF has some level of
editorial control over Wikipedia. If WMF is the one deciding how a
specific set of editors must behave when editing, couldn't they use
that to prove that WMF does, indeend, have some editorial power? Much
alike an editor-in-chief chooses who's published in its paper and how
they're credited.
Best,

Christophe

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Proposed amendment to the Wikimedia Terms of Use

[Christophe Henner]

Hi,

As people seems to follow the conversation here, I paste the
discussion I'm having with Geoff here too, otherwise people can
participate directly on meta :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use/Paid_contributions_amendment#It.27s_all_for_show
d. If so, sorry I missed those changes. 

Hi everyone,
Over the last few hours people asked me to re-share my mail from January 
regarding paid editing and to even elaborate on it : 
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-January/069717.html
I won't elaborate on that.
This amendment is all for show. This is the kind of amendment that is not 
enforceable. It's only use is that some board of trustees will be able to get 
in front of the press and vigorously claim Paid editing is bad!.
Will it prevent people to edit without disclosing anything? No.
Will it encourage companies to embrace our values and improve articles in 
fields they're experts in? No.
Will it prevent biased volunteers to edit? No.
So if we look at what our main issues are (increasing the number of editors, 
increasing quality) I don't see any way where this amendment will help us in 
any of this cases. And this is an issue we've had for 7 to 9 years, our 
projects didn't collapse. I'm really not sure why it is needed to have such 
amendment now.
So, I don't care if this amendment is approved in the end, or not, as it will 
be useless and non-enforceable. Instead I'll keep on working with other 
people on proposing real solutions.
Though I do have a quick question for the legal team, is it ok for a hosting 
organization to enforce rules that have an editorial inpact on the services 
it hosts? I mean, lawyers have been trying for years to sue Wikimedia 
organizations and prove that WMF has some level of editorial control over 
Wikipedia. If WMF is the one deciding how a specific set of editors must 
behave when editing, couldn't they use that to prove that WMF does, indeend, 
have some editorial power? Much alike an editor-in-chief chooses who's 
published in its paper and how they're credited.
Best Schiste (talk) 08:41, 21 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Schiste. Thanks for your comments. I actually think the amendment may have 
a positive effect, and I summarize some of the reasons here. Your question on 
hosting liability is a smart one. Hosting companies can set out general rules 
in their terms of use, even when those rules affect the content of the site. 
Also this proposed amendment simply explains how to disclose an affiliation 
without any regulation on the content itself. (The terms already prohibit 
misrepresentation of an affiliation.) The proposed amendment thus would not 
affect our hosting liability exemption. Thanks. Geoffbrigham (talk) 14:26, 21 
February 2014 (UTC)

I've read the FAQ and I fail to find the positive outcome. However I
can clearly see the possible harm to our project. The projects where
created on the belief that anyone could help improve our knowledge. I
still do believe that strongly. And when I say everyone, I mean
everyone, no exclusion.Our job, as a community was to make sure the
edits where ok. Now we're shifting toward making sure the editors are
ok.How can we be surprized that we're loosing contributors when we
have that stance? Do you believe that asking people that are paid
editing to display their affiliations is going to :
* Stabilize infrastructure
* Increase participation
* Improve quality
* Increase reach
* Encourage innovation

I don't believe it will.

Actually it's a rather conservative move that will make some
companies, that would be ready to participate in good faith, feel
targeted and marked and hinder their wish to participate.

Thus preventing new contributors to join our projects and not
increasing the quality of the projects.

It will, and the question has been asked on my Facebook feed once
already, make researchers and GLAM partners ponder weither they should
or not display their affiliation.

And, I'm sure you know it, incertainity, fear and doubt are the things
you try to avoid when negociating partnerships.

So, at best this change will actually not change anything as paid
editing will still happen under the hood and no one will be able to
check everyone's affiliation. And at worse we'll lose potential
partners, or make the work of volunteers negotiating those
partnerships harder, and make it even harder to innovate with
companies to find new ways to increase our reach, participation and
quality. But perhaps our core values (everyone can edit) and the
movement strategic orientation (the five points above) have changed.
If so, sorry I missed those changes. Schiste (talk) 15:35, 21 February
2014 (UTC)
--
Christophe


On 21 February 2014 16:28, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hoi,
 When people make information available that fits in the notability
 requirements of Wikidata and, when the information is factually correct,
 then I do not think that anyone really cares if the person uploading it is
 gets 

[Wikimedia-l] [FDC] WMFr Proposal - Call for copyediting

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

As you might know, or not, tomorrow nght the round 2 of this year FDC
proposal will close.

Our proposal is on meta :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form
and we're copy editing  it.

In the past it has been brought to our attention that our proposal did
include slight mistakes.

If anyone has the courage to help us proofread our proposal, your help
will be much appreciated.

In the mean time, if you spot errors or parts you don't totally get,
please tell us, we'll do our best to improve it before tomorrow
evening.

Also, if you have any questions regarding our programs for next year,
don't wait tomorrow to ask us questions about it.

Thanks for anyone who will help us improve our proposal.

Best,

--
Christophe

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [FDC] WMFr Proposal - Call for copyediting

[Christophe Henner]

On our internal wiki. Though now it might be out of date as we're only
proof readin the english version.

Sorry :(
--
Christophe


On 31 March 2014 20:52, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote:
 2014-03-31 19:59 GMT+02:00 Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com:
 As you might know, or not, tomorrow nght the round 2 of this year FDC
 proposal will close.

 Our proposal is on meta :
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form
 and we're copy editing  it.

 In the past it has been brought to our attention that our proposal did
 include slight mistakes.

 If anyone has the courage to help us proofread our proposal, your help
 will be much appreciated.

 Is there also a French version somewhere? (Just asking)

 Cristian

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [FDC] WMFr Proposal - Call for copyediting

[Christophe Henner]

1st April 23h59 UTC/GMT. So you have plenty of time ! :)
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On 31 March 2014 21:20, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote:
 Christophe Henner, 31/03/2014 19:59:

 If anyone has the courage to help us proofread our proposal, your help
 will be much appreciated.


 How much time left before the text is frozen and typofixes become strictly
 forbidden? I'd rather not be slapped by the staff for excessive helpfulness
 as happened to some. ;-)

 Nemo


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [FDC] WMFr Proposal - Call for copyediting

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

I would like to thank everyone who wasted few minutes to copy edit a
FDC proposal that wasn't theirs. You're crazy for doing so.

We love crazy.

We would like to thank Tony1, Claudia Garad, Cristian Cantoro, Mike
Peel and Petit Tigre (yes even a plush did edit our proposal, how cute
is that? :D). You're crazy, so next time you come to France you've
earned a drink (or more) on us (or mango caramels if you're not that
much into drinking).

Anyway, if you're curious about Wikimedia France ssecret plan to
take over the world/s strategy for 2014 - 2015 I invite you all to
read our FDC proposal on meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form

We know it's long, but we've tried to make it as easy as possible to
read. If you have any comment regarding our programs or ideas on how
we could improve our proposal for next time, please tell us. If not
publicly, you can do it by email :)

All the best,
--
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On 31 March 2014 19:59, Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi everyone,

 As you might know, or not, tomorrow nght the round 2 of this year FDC
 proposal will close.

 Our proposal is on meta :
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form
 and we're copy editing  it.

 In the past it has been brought to our attention that our proposal did
 include slight mistakes.

 If anyone has the courage to help us proofread our proposal, your help
 will be much appreciated.

 In the mean time, if you spot errors or parts you don't totally get,
 please tell us, we'll do our best to improve it before tomorrow
 evening.

 Also, if you have any questions regarding our programs for next year,
 don't wait tomorrow to ask us questions about it.

 Thanks for anyone who will help us improve our proposal.

 Best,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fuck the community, who cares

[Christophe Henner]

Ok so the quote taken out of context is actually saying the opposite
of the original meaning.

The discussion was about what are the goals of the Wikimedia
Organizations?. Why do they exist?

If we look at what Wikimedia Organizations do, mostly, is investing in
free knowledge. If that's their main goal, well then we don't have to
care about the communities. That was said as a way to shock people and
make them think about why Wikimedia Organizations exist and perhaps
that they should rethink their goal and their focus. Make
organizations think a little more about the communities instead of
sheer free knowledge production.

In that same session I did say some pretty radical things, if you take
some sentences out of my 10 minutes monologue (yeah I kinda tend to
speak a lot :() you could say that I said let's disband all Wikimedia
Organizations.

Taking a single sentence totally out of context can lead, as it is the
case here, to change it's true meaning.

No need for any witch hunt here, I can't think of anyone in our
community that doesn't value a lot volunteer and community work as we
are all part of that community.

Best,
--
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On 7 April 2014 13:37, Tomasz W. Kozlowski tom...@twkozlowski.net wrote:
 Chris Keating wrote:

 This was exactly because we wanted people to speak freely and not worry
 about a witch-hunt on an email list if a couple of trolls got hold of some
 out-of-context quotes.


 I wish you answered the question instead of smearing me on a public mailing
 list, Chris. I have no idea who you are, but I would expect you to adhere to
 elementary rules of debating, which suggest not to resort to personal
 attacks.

 If you are a Wikipedian, I should not have to explain this to you.

 What a shameful comment, Chris.

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[Wikimedia-l] [WMFr] Feedback on the last 2 years

[Christophe Henner]

 is to ensure
we do everything we can so the organization is runned in a healthy
manner.
* Quality group: open group to every WMFr member. This group goal is
to design and update the metrics we're using to measure our
efficiency.
* Strategy group: open group to every WMFr member. This group ensures
our strategic process is going forward and includes everyone's input.
* Communication group: open group to every WMFr member. This group is
in charge to make sure the voice of WMFr members and Wikimedians is
taken into accounts and is also in charge of international
relationships.

We also restructured the staff organization, for the curious it’s all
detailed there :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form/Organisational_structure

By doing this clear split within the board, we ensured that the few
tactical tasks the board has to be in charge of are taken care of. We
all agreed to trust each group with the topic they're in charge of.
This limits the possibility of burnout, as no one has to care
everything is being done, and efficiency as every board member focuses
on a clear defined set of tasks.

Following that reorganisation, we redesigned the interactions between
board, members and staff. The goal was to improve the way we
communicate and work with each other. One thing we've done is to write
down the clear mandate of the ED. What the ED can and can't do and
what the board can and can't do.

Then we designed a clear vision and strategy for Wikimedia France:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form/Strategic_plan

Once that was done, we tackled THE issue: being able to measure how
efficient we are. Based on our strategic goals, we designed a matrix
of indicators. Every project we now do goes through that matrix.

It's far from being perfect, but at least we now have a common matrix
for everything we do, evaluate our effectiveness and make decisions.

== Where we are now and where we're going ==

Now where are we?

We are in the best situation we've ever been.

WMFr board is a working efficient body, with an internal organization
that prevents burnout and also ensures continuity.

The staff now has clear goals and knows where the organization wants
to go. They also have a clear mandate on what they can and can't do.

We have an evaluation process and people in charge of improving it over time.

I'm not sure this reflects what we went through. But to sum it up, at
some point, we decided to make radical and urgent changes. To be
better, even if that meant to spend months in a painful situation. We
believed back then, and I guess we were right, that it was better for
us to go through a hard time willingly, identify and face our mistakes
and fix them rather than find a quick solution.

Now, it could seem that we're at the end of the process. Well it's
quite the opposite. Everything we did was just the start of our
getting better process.

We share in an other email the next steps of the process.

== Finally...==

We wanted to share our experience because we believe some of the other
Wikimedia organizations could learn from it.

We also wanted to share that because we believe that it is important
for organizations like us to face mistakes, to have a critical eye on
everything you do, even if you've done it for years, and some time
make radical changes in order to improve things on the long run.

If anyone has questions, please, feel free to ask them either on list
or off list.

We hope that sharing this will help some of you.

All the best,

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[Wikimedia-l] [WMFr] Consolidating process

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone... again

Wikimedia France is just finishing the process of reorganizing.

I explained in a previous email the process we went through:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-April/071080.html

One risk we identified during that process is making the same mistakes
again. This is something we definitely want to avoid.

We also want to work on building on everything we did so far. Improve
how we are organized, have better evaluation of what we do and develop
the tools and processes we need.

With those goals, we believe that we will need a period of time with
as much stability as possible. To ensure that stability, we are going
to try to cap our budget growth to 6% for the next 24 months.

This is a goal we might find ourselves unable to meet it, but we want
to focus on the points described just above and if we put ourselves in
a situation where we keep on growing, we will make it harder for us to
focus on those goals.

This capping up to 6% could be overcome but only through if we
financially valorize volunteering and external partners’ funding for a
specific project. As the funds would be clearly allocated to this
project, we believe it would be easily manageable.

That percentage will allow us to increase our employees salary and
adjust the programs we run and expand their scope a little if we need
to.

But the goal will be to force us to make choices between the programs
we could do and focus on the most efficient ones regarding our
evaluation matrix.

We will try to regularly share our work with the movement so other
organizations can use it and give us feedback.

As usual, if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask them either on
or off list.

All the best,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] ASBS sessions update

[Christophe Henner]

That could have been a solution, which I believe we lacked to think
about sadly.

However, I believe the questions were noted to be sent to some of the
candidates, perhaps a good way would be to republish them and ask them
to answer on meta ?


--
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On 14 April 2014 17:15, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:
 For organizations that pride themselves on openness and transparency,
 being told that WMF Board Trustee candidates have made speeches, been
 asked questions and taken part in thoughtful discussion about our
 Wikimedia Movement in closed sessions that will remain unpublished,
 seems a long way from being open or transparent.

 I feel this could have been easily and cheaply made open, simply by
 anyone with a smartphone recording some of the QA and putting the
 file on Commons. Even poor quality reporting is better than apparent
 secrecy.

 Fae

 On 14 April 2014 15:41, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote:
 I just wanted to drop everyone a note about the two sessions in Berlin on
 Sunday morning about the Affiliate Selected Board Seats.

 I regret it proved impossible to stream or properly record the QA session
 - we did not have appropriate equipment to capture audio. Nevertheless we
 heard speeches from Alice, Frieda and Patricio, the latter taking part
 remotely from Argentina. Unfortunately some nearby church bells started
 ringing during Patricio's speech, but after they fell silent Patricio was
 able to continue. Anders was not able to join in by videocall, but was able
 to answer questions posed to him by email.

 I would also like to say a little about the closed discussion session.
 About 40 people attended, including at least one person from most of the
 chapters present and Amical. We also invited User Group representatives to
 participate in the discussion and a number did so. Generally, it was a
 thoughtful discussion about the needs of the WMF Board and the movement.

 Everyone is welcome to continue to pose questions on Meta, here:
 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2014/Questions

 A final list of candidates will be announced on or shortly after 15 April
 (tomorrow) and organisations have until 31 May to cast votes.

 Many thanks,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] ASBS sessions update

[Christophe Henner]

Awesome, thanks a lot Chris and Crisitian ^^

It's been a long time since we've been that efficient on this mailing
list I believe...
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On 14 April 2014 17:50, Cristian Consonni kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote:
 Il 14/apr/2014 17:48 Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com ha
 scritto:

 
 
  However, I believe the questions were noted to be sent to some of the
  candidates, perhaps a good way would be to republish them and ask them
  to answer on meta ?


 Good idea. I've done this for two questions aimed at all of the
 candidates.

 And for the records I have forwarded this request to the candidates.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Feedback on the last 2 years

[Christophe Henner]

Hi,

I will try to put up the matrix and its documentation in english on
meta later this week. You can find the matrix itsel in english there
on meta : 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form#4._How_will_your_organization_measure_and_report_the_results_of_this_program.3F

As said before, this is a first step. It is far from being perfect,
but it's the first step. Now we have something to build on and draw
experience from.

Thanks to all the person that said this feedback was interesting. We
will try to make such reports, more governance oriented than program
oriented, more oftenly to keep you up to date with what works and what
doesn't.

All the best,
--
Christophe


On 14 April 2014 16:27, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thank you Christophe.
 This mail is really useful and I really hope, as Pine said, you will be
 able to share some of the documentation in English.
 It would be really helpful for chapters to understand these issues and,
 above all, the solutions.

 Aubrey


 On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Jon Davies 
 jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:

 Merci Christophe - very useful and echoes many issues WMUK experienced.


 On 12 April 2014 20:38, ENWP Pine deyntest...@hotmail.com wrote:

  Hi Christophe,
 
  Thank you for these interesting emails. I'm cc'ing Anasuya on this
  discussion with the hope that what you've learned can be disseminated
  to other Wikimedia affiliates, especially new or aspiring chapters.
 
  Is the decision matrix that you use for your programs available in
  English? I
  would like to have a copy of it on Meta along with these emails.
 
  I am interested in this subject partly because of the discussion about
  WMF's
  Annual Plan and partly because there are occasional discussions about
  forming a new thematic organization or chapter in my region.
 
  Thanks,
 
  Pine
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] COI editing by WMF staff

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

Just to share what we do at Wikimedia France.

Employees are allowed to edit Wikimedia Projects from personnal
accounts. When they do as Wikimedia France employees, they use their
professional accounts, that stays they're employed by WMFr.

We do not look at what they do on their personal time with their
personal account. The Wikimedia Project policies are there to prevent
any bad behavior.

We believe our role is to empower our local community. To help it
meet-up, conceive projects and run projects. We want our employees to
support local volunteers. If we want them to do that efficiently, we
need them to understand what editing Wikimedia projects means.

Moreover, I don't know how it is in other countries, but in France, as
an employer, it is really hard to forbid an employee to do a specific
activity on their free time.

Best,
--
Christophe


On 17 April 2014 10:08, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote:
 On 17 April 2014 08:46, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
 ...
 On this, you and I seem to be about as far apart as we can be, so we
 will have to agree to disagree. This is why in threads like the Belfer
 one I encourage people to stay cool and not let this stuff get to
 their heads, because this is the kind of moral panicky BS we need to
 stay the hell clear of.

 Staying cool is something we can all agree with.

 However when long term senior managers of the Foundation respond to
 respectfully written whistle-blowing messages such as Russavia's or
 Tomasz' previous blog post by deriding them as raising moral panicky
 [Bull Shit], you are putting these words in the mouths of your CEO
 and Board of Trustees. If this is the vulgar way that the Foundation
 wishes to be publicly represented, I would be very surprised.

 This is not the first time that Erik has been sarcastic and rude in an
 apparent attempt to close down discussion in public responses to
 whistle-blowers. Perhaps Sue or one of the Trustees would like to say
 something about their expectation for exemplary and mellow behaviour
 towards the Wikimedia Community from their senior management team?

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] On relationship gossip and appropriate conversation

[Christophe Henner]

Hi,

I'm puzzled of those emails. Especially melting organisational discussions
and private issues.

Who sleeps with whom is of no importance actually. What you seem to
describe is someone using a personal relationship with a leader of our
movement to push forward its POV.

This asks for an organisational discussion, not a personnal one. What
happens in someone's private life is private.

If you believe that we're facing a leadership issue, as a movement, please
say so.

Now, and this is not a first, you're hinting that there are issues on the
english Wikipedia following last weeks wikimedia-l discussions. Fair
enough, but what ARE those issues? (Austin asked the question I failed to
find a clear answer sadly.)

From my point of view, french wikimedian, all I saw is some drama around
specific topics that stopped days ago. As far as I know, the crisis isn't
going further than that. And what your email, sofar, is doing, is
generating fruitless discussions.

Hinting someone dumping someone else is NOT an organisational solution.
From my culture and my values it's not only rude and violent, but way over
the line.

So if you want to solve the issue wp:en, one of many projects if I dare
remind you, is facing could you please :
* Recap the situation
* Provide links to the discussions you mention
* Provide organisational solutions

Then, we, the larger community you reach out to through that email, will be
able to assess the situation and perhaps help you get through this.

Best,



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On 15 June 2014 19:49, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  No, I have not recapped the whole situation. What I think is appropriate
 is
  that we find a way to bring the situation to a calm conclusion of some
  kind. I think the ED has far more options at her disposal than anybody
  else, as well as a fair amount of responsibility for it happening in the
  first place, but to date hasn't done anything about it. I think it's
  appropriate to voice concerns about a situation that appears to be
 having a
  strong impact on the existing social structure of Wikipedia.
 
  Finger-wagging about minor gossip is a distraction from the important
  dynamics.
 
  -Pete
  _
 


 You brought this nasty, hurtful gossip to a much larger stage. Wikimedia-L
 is a global list with many subscribers, including Wikimedia employees, Lila
 and Wil themselves, journalists and interested observers. Whether the
 rumors and deeply inappropriate commentary existed elsewhere is irrelevant
 to the fact that you made it much more widely known. You seem unable to
 understand how this kind of thing can effect real, living people with
 feelings. You also seem oblivious to the sexist nature of the gossip
 itself.

 Whatever you think of Wil and Lila and Wil's role so far (and, honestly,
 what you think is well known since you posted your insulting comments about
 Lila to this list), nothing justifies exacerbating the situation by
 republishing hateful gossip. You seem to think the core issue, whatever it
 is now (Wil's effect on Lila's reputation? On her effectiveness in her job?
 On the reputation of WMF in general?), deserves more discussion on this
 list. Yet you offer no evidence of this, or even reasoning in support of
 it. The gossip jabs are incidental, and seem calibrated to generate just
 the sort of drama you claim to disdain. Feel free to try again - start a
 new thread, explain what you think the actual problem is, limit yourself to
 discussion of that problem, and we'll see what happens.
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] WikiCheese crowdfunding - Let's photograph 'em all

[Christophe Henner]

Good news everyone,

Cheese articles are gonna get improved!

As french, it was dreadful for us to see so few illustrations of cheese on
Wikipedia. This is about to change.

A group of french Wikimedians, lead by Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, designed a
project to photograph many cheeses, up to 200 for the moment.

This project is perticular as we aim to have it found through a french
crowdfunding platform, KissKissBankBank.

Of course Wikimedia France could have funded it itself, but we wanted to
use the project as a way to get the larger audience aware of their ability
to contribute and to give a fun image of contributing.

The project in few words iss follow :
* 10 cheeses per session
* During the session the cheeses are photographed and their articles
improved
* During the sessions experimented wikimedian would train new editors
* At every session every participant would enjoy eating good cheese too

If you want to read more, or even contribute, about the project you can go
on KissKissBankBank : http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/fr/projects/wikicheese


If you have any questions, please feel free to shoot them on or off list.

All the best,

--
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] WikiCheese crowdfunding - Let's photograph 'em all

[Christophe Henner]

So on the wine project, the issue is we would have to target wines bottled
before 1900, just to be quite sure there's no copyright issue on the wine
bottles labels.

Having said that, you could imagine the price we'd have to pay to run that
project.

On Twitter, last night, another wikimedian had a great idea. He suggested
that we would buy a mass spectrometer so we could digitaly record the smell
of the cheeses. Everyone could enjoy how smelly some are



--
Christophe

On 25 November 2014 at 09:59, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk
wrote:

 And next the wine project? Count me in.

 On 24 November 2014 at 18:22, Christophe Henner 
 christophe.hen...@gmail.com
  wrote:

  Good news everyone,
 
  Cheese articles are gonna get improved!
 
  As french, it was dreadful for us to see so few illustrations of cheese
 on
  Wikipedia. This is about to change.
 
  A group of french Wikimedians, lead by Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, designed a
  project to photograph many cheeses, up to 200 for the moment.
 
  This project is perticular as we aim to have it found through a french
  crowdfunding platform, KissKissBankBank.
 
  Of course Wikimedia France could have funded it itself, but we wanted to
  use the project as a way to get the larger audience aware of their
 ability
  to contribute and to give a fun image of contributing.
 
  The project in few words iss follow :
  * 10 cheeses per session
  * During the session the cheeses are photographed and their articles
  improved
  * During the sessions experimented wikimedian would train new editors
  * At every session every participant would enjoy eating good cheese too
 
  If you want to read more, or even contribute, about the project you can
 go
  on KissKissBankBank :
  http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/fr/projects/wikicheese
 
 
  If you have any questions, please feel free to shoot them on or off list.
 
  All the best,
 
  --
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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,

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On 2 December 2014 at 16:28, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com 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 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 France] WikiCheese crowdfunding - Let's photograph 'em all

[Christophe Henner]

110% !!! We bleu our first goal.
Pierre-Yves Beaudouin writes:

 I'm the project leader of WikiCheese.

 KissKissBankBank

Christophe writes:
 Thanks again, I tried to remain brie-f

I had a dream like this last week, full of smoke and gorgons.

Kudos à Pyb, Christophe and all: this looks delicious.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] Creation of a scientific committee

[Christophe Henner]

Hi Everyone,

Last Thursday, we held our onboarding meeting for our advisory board.

Some pictures available there :
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Conseil_scientifique_de_Wikimedia_France

A quick summary, we provided the membres with all the printed documentation
we have about Wikimedia and Wikimedia France. During roughly two hours we
explained to them what was Wikimedia as a whole, and the strategy of
Wikimedia France.

I must say I'm delighted by the outcomes. The members showed a deep
interest for what we do. Not only did they show interest in reading and
reviewing our quaterly reports, but they ask for complementary meetings to
provide more insights on specific topic. The one that gathered the most
interest being user retention and what can we, as a local organisation, do.

We have yet to see how things will go, and if the interest of the first
meeting lasts and becomes actions.

As usual if you have any question, feel free to ask.

All the best,

--
Christophe

On 13 January 2015 at 12:56, Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Hi Pine,

 Yes that would be the best translation.

 I hesitated to use advisory board but wanted to keep a coherence between
 the french and the translated name to make it easier in the future to share
 what it brings to us :)

 --
 Christophe

 On 13 January 2015 at 12:52, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Christophe,

 Thanks for this information. It took me a few minutes to figure out what
 the American equivalent to this committee is; at first I thought this
 announcement was about a research committee. I think our equivalent is what
 we would call an advisory board. Please see
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisory_board; does this look like a good
 description of what WMFR intends for its scientific committee? I ask partly
 because at this very moment I am working on Cascadia Wikimedia User Group's
 budget and goals documents, and it is helpful to know what experiments
 other movement organizations are doing as we think about how we want to
 move forward with the Cascadia group.

 Thank you. (:

 Pine



 Pine

 *This is an Encyclopedia* https://www.wikipedia.org/






 *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
 our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
 must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
 which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
 fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
 know.*

 *—Catherine Munro*

 On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Christophe Henner 
 christophe.hen...@wikimedia.fr wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 First of all, I wish everyone a happy new year.

 Even if the first days of 2015 were tainted by violence, we also
 witnessed
 people shouting how freedom is important. I hope 2015 will be at the
 image
 of the latter.

 Now, to the announcement.

 As you might know, Wikimedia France is working hard at improving its
 governance. A gap we identified month ago was that we lacked external
 point
 of views regarding our activities.

 In order to fix that, we created a scientific committee. This committee
 is
 a test, it doesn't exist in our bylaws. So, in 2015, we're trying this
 out
 to see if it can help us better do our work.

 This first committee is chaired by Rémi Mathis, my awesome and wonderful
 predecessor. It has 8 members, including Rémi :

- *Dominique Cardon*, sociologist at Orange Labs laboratory and
associate professor at Marne-la-Vallée university (
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Cardon)
- *Camille François*, Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center
 for
Internet and Society
- *Laurent Le Bon*, Chief curator, director of Picasso-Paris national
musuem (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Le_Bon)
- *Frédéric Martel*, journalist, writer and producer at France Culture
(French public radio) (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Martel)
- *Rémi Mathis*, former Wikimédia France chair, historian, curator (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9mi_Mathis)
- *Louise Merzeau*, associate professor at Paris Ouest university in
information sciences (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Merzeau)
- *Henri Verdier*, Etalab director , Chief Data Officer for France (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Verdier)
- *Cédric Villani*, mathématician, Fields Medalist (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9dric_Villani)


 Those 8 persons will meet for the first time this week to better
 understand
 what Wikimedia is. For the coming year, we will ask their inputs and
 opinions on what we're doing and planning to do for free knowledge.

 As said earlier, this is a test. We will try to share as much as we can
 our
 feedback on how it goes and if it's useful for Wikimedia France.

 The announcement in french is available on our blog :

 http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-cree-son

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: A new structure for WMF Community Engagement

[Christophe Henner]

I hate au revoirs.

I feel like you've been around for a decade. Perhaps it's because you've
bring to us a decade worth of insights, advices, experiences, etc.

I do hope we have turned you into a hardcore Wikimedian and that you won't
resist the appeal to stay among us. Thank you for everything you did :)

Congrats to Luis, Siko and Asaf on the new roles. I knew Luis wasn't a true
lawyer, and now we have proof of that!

All the best,

--
Christophe

On 20 February 2015 at 09:52, Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.pl wrote:

 Dear Anasuya,

 there's a lot I've learnt from you and your departure leaves me half way,
 with a a burning appetite for more. You've been a pillar of the grant
 making process, and of WMF. Please, do get better soon, and back on your
 dancing legs!

 dj pundit

 On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:20 PM, Anasuya Sengupta 
 asengu...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

  Dear friends and colleagues, fellow adventurers on the Wikimedia journey
 -
 
  Goodbyes are overrated.[1] But since I’m sure this will be au revoir,
 I’ll
  continue: I am leaving the Foundation as head of the Grantmaking
  department, at the end of March. This was not an easy decision to make;
  this is not an easy email to write.
 
  As some of you know, I have been battling health issues over the past few
  months. I’ve learnt sharp and intimate truths about myself as I’ve worked
  to get better, and what I’ve kept coming back to is the compassionate but
  fierce feminist slogan around self-care and sustainability: ‘what’s the
  point of the revolution if we can’t dance?’[2] To reassure you all, I
 will
  be well,[3] but I need a little time and space to focus on getting my
  dancing legs strong again.
 
  That said, I am pleased that we have a really solid plan in place as I
  leave. As Lila’s email announced, Luis Villa (our current Deputy General
  Counsel) will be taking over the team effective immediately, and leading
  the organisation further in our support of Wikimedia communities
 worldwide.
  Luis brings with him a range of skills and qualities that I know will
 stand
  him, the team, and the movement in wonderful stead through it all. As a
  friend and colleague, I am so delighted to be supporting Luis through the
  next few weeks of transition.
 
  I joined the Foundation in July 2012 to oversee and implement the FDC
  process. Since then, I’ve had the privilege of creating and leading a
  department of more than twenty remarkable and passionate people who care
  about our mission, our communities, and the resources needed to match the
  two.
 
  We went from Asaf managing a small grants portfolio on his own, ably
  supported on occasion by Winifred, to a fully fledged grantmaking
  department with a spectrum of monetary and non-monetary resources. We
 have
  been able to offer these in different ways to different parts of our
  movement: to individual volunteers with great ideas in need of project
  management, to small groups experimenting with new initiatives, and to
  established organisations who form critical content and policy
 partnerships
  in their local contexts. We built an infrastructure for understanding our
  collective impact. We learned together about what our different
 communities
  are doing globally, about the successes and challenges we have, and above
  all: about how we can, together, create a more powerful set of outcomes
 for
  free knowledge.
 
  In doing so, I’ve had the joy of discovery,[4] of learning from and with
  some of the most dedicated volunteers in the world, who believe that
  knowledge matters. Most importantly, that it’s not only free knowledge
  _for_ all that we seek, but even more critically, that we believe in
  knowledge _from_ and _with_ all.
 
  And I’ve discovered that the nerdy, geeky, obsessed-with-data part of me
  found a home in this extraordinary universe, where everybody’s
  “unimaginable,
  magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds” can find expression.[5] I
  look forward to the day when my worlds find more space on Wikipedia, when
  80% of the globe is represented by far more than 20% of the edits, when
  much more than 15% of our contributors can self-identify as women. Till
  then, I’ll keep fighting notability one article at a time...[6]
 
  So thank you for sharing your worlds with me, and no thanks for turning
 me
  into an obsessive Wikimedian. :-) As I have learnt with you, I know I
 have
  done so with trust, and as I have challenged you, I hope I have done so
  with respect. I look forward to continuing our friendships and obsessions
  on a wiki near you.
 
  With appreciation and gratitude,
 
  Anasuya
 
  p.s. You can find me in the future at my enWP user page (User:Anasuyas
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anasuyas) or (dare I say it) on
  Facebook. Longer diatribes on liff, the universe and everything can be
 sent
  to anasuyaATsanmathi.org
 
  [1] Neil Gaiman, American Gods (Chapter 8)
 
  [2] Urgent Action Fund, a funder of women’s human 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] WikiCheese crowdfunding - Let's photograph 'em all

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

The first WikiCheese event happened last week.

You can find the first selected photos there :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:WikiCheese or you can wander
in the WikiCheese categories to see more pictures of the first evening :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikicheeses/1?uselang=fr

The next WikiCheese evening will be February 20th!

We'll keep you posted on the project.

All the best,

PS: no cheese pun in this email, but there was an abondance of puns above.



--
Christophe

On 4 December 2014 at 23:31, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:13 AM, Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
 pierre.beaudo...@wikimedia.fr wrote:
 
 
  Le 2014-12-04 14:57, Martijn Hoekstra a écrit :
 
  On Dec 4, 2014 2:46 PM, Jean-Frédéric jeanfrederic.w...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  Thanks again, I tried to remain brie-f 2014-12-03 18:06 GMT+00:00
 Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com: 110% !!! We bleu our
 first goal. Christophe, whether you are posting out of love for this
 awesome project
 
  or
 
  just for the sake of making puns, I cantal.
 
  A little humor on this thread may annoy some, but it's really a Brie of
  fresh air to me.
 
  Let's be serious. Sweet dreams are made of cheese. Who am I to diss a
  brie. I cheddar the world  the feta cheese. Everybody's looking for
  Stilton...
 
  Pyb

 3 3 3 3 3

 p.s. we are running a California edition too, thanks to Frank
 Schulenburg and his cheese-iful ideas. (Paneer'ing for gold in the
 California foothills?)

 -- phoebe

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] Creation of a scientific committee

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

First of all, I wish everyone a happy new year.

Even if the first days of 2015 were tainted by violence, we also witnessed
people shouting how freedom is important. I hope 2015 will be at the image
of the latter.

Now, to the announcement.

As you might know, Wikimedia France is working hard at improving its
governance. A gap we identified month ago was that we lacked external point
of views regarding our activities.

In order to fix that, we created a scientific committee. This committee is
a test, it doesn't exist in our bylaws. So, in 2015, we're trying this out
to see if it can help us better do our work.

This first committee is chaired by Rémi Mathis, my awesome and wonderful
predecessor. It has 8 members, including Rémi :

   - *Dominique Cardon*, sociologist at Orange Labs laboratory and
   associate professor at Marne-la-Vallée university (
   http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Cardon)
   - *Camille François*, Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for
   Internet and Society
   - *Laurent Le Bon*, Chief curator, director of Picasso-Paris national
   musuem (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Le_Bon)
   - *Frédéric Martel*, journalist, writer and producer at France Culture
   (French public radio) (
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Martel)
   - *Rémi Mathis*, former Wikimédia France chair, historian, curator (
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9mi_Mathis)
   - *Louise Merzeau*, associate professor at Paris Ouest university in
   information sciences (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Merzeau)
   - *Henri Verdier*, Etalab director , Chief Data Officer for France (
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Verdier)
   - *Cédric Villani*, mathématician, Fields Medalist (
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9dric_Villani)


Those 8 persons will meet for the first time this week to better understand
what Wikimedia is. For the coming year, we will ask their inputs and
opinions on what we're doing and planning to do for free knowledge.

As said earlier, this is a test. We will try to share as much as we can our
feedback on how it goes and if it's useful for Wikimedia France.

The announcement in french is available on our blog :
http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-cree-son-conseil-scientifique-7059

If you have any question feel free to ask here or to Rémi and I off-list.

All the best,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] Creation of a scientific committee

[Christophe Henner]

Hi Pine,

Yes that would be the best translation.

I hesitated to use advisory board but wanted to keep a coherence between
the french and the translated name to make it easier in the future to share
what it brings to us :)

--
Christophe

On 13 January 2015 at 12:52, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Christophe,

 Thanks for this information. It took me a few minutes to figure out what
 the American equivalent to this committee is; at first I thought this
 announcement was about a research committee. I think our equivalent is what
 we would call an advisory board. Please see
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisory_board; does this look like a good
 description of what WMFR intends for its scientific committee? I ask partly
 because at this very moment I am working on Cascadia Wikimedia User Group's
 budget and goals documents, and it is helpful to know what experiments
 other movement organizations are doing as we think about how we want to
 move forward with the Cascadia group.

 Thank you. (:

 Pine



 Pine

 *This is an Encyclopedia* https://www.wikipedia.org/






 *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
 our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
 must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
 which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
 fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
 know.*

 *—Catherine Munro*

 On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Christophe Henner 
 christophe.hen...@wikimedia.fr wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 First of all, I wish everyone a happy new year.

 Even if the first days of 2015 were tainted by violence, we also witnessed
 people shouting how freedom is important. I hope 2015 will be at the image
 of the latter.

 Now, to the announcement.

 As you might know, Wikimedia France is working hard at improving its
 governance. A gap we identified month ago was that we lacked external
 point
 of views regarding our activities.

 In order to fix that, we created a scientific committee. This committee is
 a test, it doesn't exist in our bylaws. So, in 2015, we're trying this out
 to see if it can help us better do our work.

 This first committee is chaired by Rémi Mathis, my awesome and wonderful
 predecessor. It has 8 members, including Rémi :

- *Dominique Cardon*, sociologist at Orange Labs laboratory and
associate professor at Marne-la-Vallée university (
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Cardon)
- *Camille François*, Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for
Internet and Society
- *Laurent Le Bon*, Chief curator, director of Picasso-Paris national
musuem (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Le_Bon)
- *Frédéric Martel*, journalist, writer and producer at France Culture
(French public radio) (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Martel)
- *Rémi Mathis*, former Wikimédia France chair, historian, curator (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9mi_Mathis)
- *Louise Merzeau*, associate professor at Paris Ouest university in
information sciences (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Merzeau)
- *Henri Verdier*, Etalab director , Chief Data Officer for France (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Verdier)
- *Cédric Villani*, mathématician, Fields Medalist (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9dric_Villani)


 Those 8 persons will meet for the first time this week to better
 understand
 what Wikimedia is. For the coming year, we will ask their inputs and
 opinions on what we're doing and planning to do for free knowledge.

 As said earlier, this is a test. We will try to share as much as we can
 our
 feedback on how it goes and if it's useful for Wikimedia France.

 The announcement in french is available on our blog :

 http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-cree-son-conseil-scientifique-7059

 If you have any question feel free to ask here or to Rémi and I off-list.

 All the best,

 Christophe HENNER | Président
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New ED of Wikimedia Norway

[Christophe Henner]

Nope, it was not.

Sadly you'll have to buy me some drinks in Berlin... schade.

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On 23 February 2015 at 10:58, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de
wrote:

 Dear Astrid and Erlend,

 On behalf of Wikimedia Deutschland, congratulations Astrid for your
 new role in our movement. :)

 I hope we will be welcoming you in Berlin in May.

 Best regards,
 Nicole




 (Sorry, Christophe, for copying your text. I suppose it was freely
 licensed anyway, right? :D)


 On 23 February 2015 at 09:48, Christophe Henner
 christophe.hen...@wikimedia.fr wrote:
  Hi Erlend and Astrid,
 
  On behalf of Wikimedia France, congratulations Astrid for your new role
 in
  the movement.
 
  I hope we'll see you in Berlin in May!
 
  All the best,
 
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  On 23 February 2015 at 09:27, Erlend Bjørtvedt erl...@wikimedia.no
 wrote:
 
  Dear friends in the Wikimedia movement,
 
  With much gratitude and anticipation, the Board of WMNO this week named
  Astrid Carlsen, Executive Director of Wikimedia Norway!
 
  Many of you already know Astrid as a dedicated, energetic, and
 knowledgable
  colleague, and we are pleased that Astrid excepted to take the
 challenge of
  more direct responsibility and leadership in the organisation. Astrid
 has
  been our GLAM officer during the last 1,5 years. She has already
 performed
  several executive functions, and this codification of that experience
 is a
  natural next step for all of us.
 
  We are thrilled to have Astrid with us in the future, as we are entering
  a breaking point with new challenges for funding, professionalization,
 and
  clarifying further the divisions of labour between ED, Board, staff, and
  volunteers. The upcoming general assembly in April will further lay
 those
  foundations. We are fully convinced that Astrid will assist and pilot
 our
  chapter through these challenges in an excellent way
 
  All the best from Wikimedia Norway
 
  Erlend Bjørtvedt
 
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New ED of Wikimedia Norway

[Christophe Henner]

Hi Erlend and Astrid,

On behalf of Wikimedia France, congratulations Astrid for your new role in
the movement.

I hope we'll see you in Berlin in May!

All the best,

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On 23 February 2015 at 09:27, Erlend Bjørtvedt erl...@wikimedia.no wrote:

 Dear friends in the Wikimedia movement,

 With much gratitude and anticipation, the Board of WMNO this week named
 Astrid Carlsen, Executive Director of Wikimedia Norway!

 Many of you already know Astrid as a dedicated, energetic, and knowledgable
 colleague, and we are pleased that Astrid excepted to take the challenge of
 more direct responsibility and leadership in the organisation. Astrid has
 been our GLAM officer during the last 1,5 years. She has already performed
 several executive functions, and this codification of that experience is a
 natural next step for all of us.

 We are thrilled to have Astrid with us in the future, as we are entering
 a breaking point with new challenges for funding, professionalization, and
 clarifying further the divisions of labour between ED, Board, staff, and
 volunteers. The upcoming general assembly in April will further lay those
 foundations. We are fully convinced that Astrid will assist and pilot our
 chapter through these challenges in an excellent way

 All the best from Wikimedia Norway

 Erlend Bjørtvedt


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[Wikimedia-l] [FDC] Wikimedia France - Proofreading our proposal

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

Like last year, we've published our work in progress FDC proposal on meta :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form

We are currently in the process of improving and proofreading it with our
members .

If you have time to spare and are interested in this, please feel free to
prrofread it or ask questions on the talk page. Don't be afraid, we wrote
less than last year, and this year's half the length of the last one!

In the mean time, if you spot errors or parts you don't totally get, please
tell us, we'll do our best to improve it before Monday evening.

Also, if you have any questions regarding our programs for next year, don't
wait Tuesday to ask us questions about it.

Thanks to anyone who will help us improve our proposal.

All the best,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Ask questions, give feedback on six annual plan grant proposals for the FDC!

[Christophe Henner]

Hey Pine,

The Advisory group to the FDC actually made that very proposal.

To have a body who would look At the grant system as a whole and not juste
At one of its part.

Not sure if that would ever be implemented sadly.

Best
Le 8 avr. 2015 8:34 AM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com a écrit :

 Hi Luis (wow, I didn't expect to see you here at this hour!)

 I was referring to the qualifications, benefits and limitations of the
 different kinds of grant programs. The way that they're structured provides
 some ups and downs for affiliates when we have the option to choose among
 grant types. FDC/APG's structure recieved a lot of attention in the past
 few years. I think it would be good to take a step back and look
 collectively at the grants programs, and to think about how to engineer
 them with today's environment, goals and tools for affiliates, small teams
 and individual grantees in mind; and to think about transition points among
 grant types.

 I would love to talk with you more about this at the Wikimedia Conference
 if possible (:

 Pine
 On Apr 7, 2015 11:20 PM, Luis Villa lvi...@wikimedia.org wrote:

  On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:
 
   Just noting that annual plans can go through APG or PEG, but the
   qualificattions and scope are different. Some chapers choose to
 continue
   with PEG funding becuase it is more flexible. The main limiter on PEG
   funding is that it  will not pay for full time permanent staff; however
   according to Meta it may pay for part time or temporary staff.
  
   APGs and PEGs for annual plans are usually recurring, but PEG funds a
   variety of programs in addition to annual plans.
  
   This is the kind of conversation that I hope Luis and his team will be
   considering holistically in the next several months.
  
 
  Katy of course is part of my team, so we're here, having a conversation
 :)
  Can you elaborate a bit, Pine? You've done a good job answering MZ's
  question, so I'm not clear what conversation you meant to highlight -
  simply suggestions on how to improve the pages MZ linked to, or...?
 
  Luis
 
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Not all pixels are created equals: introducing brand new Wikimedia France's metrics

[Christophe Henner]

They are not free pixels.

Only real free pixels deserve to be counted.
Le 1 avr. 2015 23:00, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com a écrit :

 As always, every tool is developed thinking about Wikipedia and Commons,
 never all the other sister projects!
 What about those poor pixels?
 Are they different from Commons pixels??!?!!1!

 Luckily, today the WMF said otherwise:
 see the Sister projects news here

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-04-01/News_and_notes

 Aubrey


 On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:12 PM, Pierre-Selim pierre-se...@huard.info
 wrote:

  2015-04-01 22:09 GMT+02:00 Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org:
 
   On 15-04-01 03:58 PM, Pierre-Selim wrote:
This is only the beginning: next step is the measurement of cute
  pixels,
encyclopedic pixels and amazing pixels.
  
   That metric is all wrong, because it presumes that all pixels are
   equally valuable.  Surely, you should be also assigning weights to
   pixels depending on how much information they carry - background pixels
   out of the FOV aren't worth as much!
  
   Also, some historic pixels may be worth several newer ones.  Pixel
   valuation is an art as much as it is a science.
  
 
  Thank you for your valuable input, we will think about it for next
  iterations.
 
 
  
   -- Marc
  
   Ouais bon, poisson d'avril?  :-)
  
 
  :-)
 
 
 
  
  
  
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Board of Trustees Chair and Vice Chair positions

[Christophe Henner]

Congrats Patricio and Alice.

Jan-Bart when are you buying rounds?
Le 16 juil. 2015 5:12 PM, Pierre-Selim pierre-se...@huard.info a écrit :

 Congrats Patricio and Alice!

 And thank you Jan-Bart :)

 2015-07-16 17:08 GMT-05:00 Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com:

  Congratulations (and condolences) to Patricio and Alice! Good news. :)
 
  Thank you Jan-Bart for your service as Chair and for staying for sticking
  around for the transition. :)
 
  -greg
 
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   On Jul 16, 2015, at 5:04 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede 
 jdevre...@wikimedia.org
  wrote:
  
   Hello Everyone
  
   I am happy to inform you that the Board has unanimously appointed a new
  Chair and Vice Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
  
   Patricio Lorente will be the new Chair and Alice Wiegand will be the
 new
  Vice-Chair. Both have several.years of experience on the board and we are
  confident that they will help the board grow and be successful in the
  coming years.
  
   Personally I am looking forward to helping them get acquainted with
  their new role in the coming months as my time on the Wikimedia Board
 ends
  in December.
  
   I hope you can join me in congratulating them on their new position and
  wish them success in the challenges facing them.
  
   Jan-Bart de Vreede
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia French] Summer of french cities and villages

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

Just so you know, Wikimedia France is officially launching a new program:
Summer of french cities and villages

This program is aimed to increase outreach and to raise awareness that
anyone can esaily contribute. That there are many things they can do, such
as sharing their holiday picture.

More infos available there http://etedesvilleswikipedia.fr/

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

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Hi Everyone,

Sorry didn't thought of coming here (long night for me had to work).

Nathalie, WMFr ED, checked all staff in.
From all we could gather over the last hours, so far all parisians
wikimedians are ok. Can't be 100% sure as we have some who still have to
answer but so far so good.

Thank you all for your kind words. It was a long night, will be a long
week-end and hard time... for the second time in the year.

Thanks again.

Take care of you and the people you love

--
Christophe

On 14 November 2015 at 09:51, Giuliana Mancini <
direttore-gener...@wikimedia.it> wrote:

> Dear Nathalie,
> I want to express our solidariety from Italy with all of you for the awful
> things that happened yesterday.
> If we can do anything, here we are.
>
> Giuliana
>
>
>
> Il 14/11/15 04:09, Sydney Poore ha scritto:
>
> Alex, thanks for sharing this information. My thoughts are with Wikimedians
>> and their family and friends.
>>
>> Take care,
>> Sydney
>>
>> Sydney Poore
>> User:FloNight
>> Wikipedian in Residence
>> at Cochrane Collaboration
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Alex Cella  wrote:
>>
>> All the staff is safe, I'm in touch with them.
>>>
>>> Thnaks for asking.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> *Alex Cella*
>>> Finance Fellow
>>> ace...@wikimedia.org
>>> LinkedIn 
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>> 149 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA., 94105
>>> www.wikimediafoundation.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Milos Rancic  wrote:
>>>
>>> May WMFR coordinate efforts to inform us if all Wikimedians from Paris

>>> are
>>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

[Christophe Henner]

Drop an email to me or text me +33650664739

@Milos who is it ? Can y ou share his name in private please so I can see
if we can reach out ?

Thanks

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On 14 November 2015 at 12:42, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, non-French Wikimedians currently in Paris: May you contact WMFR and
> tell you are OK? (For WMFR: What's the best way to do that?)
>
> I see on Facebook one Wikimedian currently in "affected area" not "marked
> as safe", so I suppose there could be others, as well.
> On Nov 14, 2015 11:50, "Milos Rancic" <mill...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Christophe, thank you for the update! It's good to hear that all of you
> > are well!
> > On Nov 14, 2015 11:26, "Christophe Henner" <christophe.hen...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >> Sorry didn't thought of coming here (long night for me had to work).
> >>
> >> Nathalie, WMFr ED, checked all staff in.
> >> From all we could gather over the last hours, so far all parisians
> >> wikimedians are ok. Can't be 100% sure as we have some who still have to
> >> answer but so far so good.
> >>
> >> Thank you all for your kind words. It was a long night, will be a long
> >> week-end and hard time... for the second time in the year.
> >>
> >> Thanks again.
> >>
> >> Take care of you and the people you love
> >>
> >> --
> >> Christophe
> >>
> >> On 14 November 2015 at 09:51, Giuliana Mancini <
> >> direttore-gener...@wikimedia.it> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Dear Nathalie,
> >> > I want to express our solidariety from Italy with all of you for the
> >> awful
> >> > things that happened yesterday.
> >> > If we can do anything, here we are.
> >> >
> >> > Giuliana
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Il 14/11/15 04:09, Sydney Poore ha scritto:
> >> >
> >> > Alex, thanks for sharing this information. My thoughts are with
> >> Wikimedians
> >> >> and their family and friends.
> >> >>
> >> >> Take care,
> >> >> Sydney
> >> >>
> >> >> Sydney Poore
> >> >> User:FloNight
> >> >> Wikipedian in Residence
> >> >> at Cochrane Collaboration
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Alex Cella <ace...@wikimedia.org>
> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> All the staff is safe, I'm in touch with them.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thnaks for asking.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
> >> >>>
> >> >>> *Alex Cella*
> >> >>> Finance Fellow
> >> >>> ace...@wikimedia.org
> >> >>> LinkedIn <http://fr.linkedin.com/in/alexcella>
> >> >>>
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> >> >>> 149 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA., 94105
> >> >>> www.wikimediafoundation.org
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> May WMFR coordinate efforts to inform us if all Wikimedians from
> Paris
> >> >>>>
> >> >>> are
> >> >>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

Thhank you all for your kind words.
We've had confirmation from almost every wikimedians living in Paris that
they're safe. The one we're waiting from are the one we don't have a way to
reach them.

At the same time, keep some thoughts for all the people in the Middle-East
that suffer and die on a daily basis at the hand of the same people. To the
people trying to flee from them.

And more than that, to all the people that die around the world because of
intolerance, misunderstanding and hatred.

Thank you all again.

Take care,

--
Christophe

On 14 November 2015 at 06:39, Mardetanha  wrote:

> my heart goes out to the families of those who have been killed and I am
> really hopeful All wikimedians are safe,
> stay safe
>
>
>
> Mardetanha
>
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 6:39 AM, Sydney Poore 
> wrote:
>
> > Alex, thanks for sharing this information. My thoughts are with
> Wikimedians
> > and their family and friends.
> >
> > Take care,
> > Sydney
> >
> > Sydney Poore
> > User:FloNight
> > Wikipedian in Residence
> > at Cochrane Collaboration
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Alex Cella 
> wrote:
> >
> > > All the staff is safe, I'm in touch with them.
> > >
> > > Thnaks for asking.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > *Alex Cella*
> > > Finance Fellow
> > > ace...@wikimedia.org
> > > LinkedIn 
> > >
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > 149 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA., 94105
> > > www.wikimediafoundation.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Milos Rancic 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > May WMFR coordinate efforts to inform us if all Wikimedians from
> Paris
> > > are
> > > > live and well?
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Celebrating Parisian culture and libertarianism

[Christophe Henner]

Hi,

My email was an answer to this topic going to the religion ground, sorry if
it was interpretated otherwise.

More to the point. As a movement, we must never remember that we ARE
diverse. That is one of the thing I love the most is that twice a year I do
actually get to meet people from the other side of the world and learn.
And whatever happens in Paris, I believe, as Wikimedians, this is what we
should push forward. That no matter what, we cherish that diversity. That
we're documentin all of knowledge and culture.

To be slightly more blunt, I'm totally unconfortable with giving a focus on
Paris when, at the same time, people die on a daily basis by the hand of
the same people in many other countries.
Sadly, everyday thre are acts of terror all around the world. And the one
in Paris is not more important in the end. Our westerners bias make it
looks like more important, but it's not.

So if we could, and I don't know if we could, I would rather see an
initiative start to digitally document as best as we can every piece of
culture/architecture/history the're trying to destroy. That would be
meaningful I think. Though, I have no idea how we could achieve it.

I'm sorry I jumped so quickly, but I'm really pissed of by many many things
today and seeing that topic going off track berserked me (that is something
that happens rarely to me :) )

Best,


--
Christophe

On 16 November 2015 at 11:20, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hoi,
> Do read about exclusion (a sociology term) and given the people concerned
> it fits. The reason people give and the mechanisms involved are separate.
>
> While we suffer for France, we will suffer the consequences when people no
> longer appreciate that one of the universal human rights is the right to
> religion. I was amused to learn about Pastafinarians who had a strainer on
> their head for their drivers license.. The point is very much each to their
> own.
>
> When it must be ridiculous to call a spade a spade you fail to appreciate
> that the hate that is directed to Islam is exactly what was intended. So
> have a ball and help those assholes achieve their goal.
> Thanks,
>   GerardM
>
> On 16 November 2015 at 09:36, Isarra Yos <zhoris...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Isaac David makes good points, and writing it off as racist and
> > discrimination is ridiculous. The people who did these things may indeed
> be
> > bloodlusty assholes, but what led them to this is important too, and
> > denying that will only ensure that it is not understood, not addressed. I
> > don't care if this is the way to tolerance, either - tolerance by itself
> is
> > meaningless; all you need to do is ignore, and not question, and you can
> > perhaps tolerate anything. What is more difficult is understanding and
> > love, because for these you have to learn, but these are also what
> actually
> > connect people and allow them to help each other, and to help prevent
> > tragedies like these.
> >
> > But if you really don't wish to see this discussed, then simply do not
> > discuss it. Don't tell people to shut the fuck up, simply let this aspect
> > of the thread die on its own.
> >
> > We work on these projects to help people learn, and to learn ourselves.
> > Fae's proposal was not a bad one to this end, and Gnangarra brings up
> > related topics that are also of relevance. These should not be at odds,
> as
> > these are all important, and all worth working on, covering, building
> upon.
> >
> >
> > On 16/11/15 07:14, Pierre-Selim wrote:
> >
> >> Just +1 on the stfu.
> >> Le 16 nov. 2015 7:53 AM, "Christophe Henner" <
> christophe.hen...@gmail.com
> >> >
> >> a écrit :
> >>
> >> I'm sorry but just shut the fuck up about "religion".
> >>>
> >>> They're bloodlusty assholes that wanted to kill and divide. Nothing
> more.
> >>>
> >>> It's not a religious thing (Paris isn't à holy city) or a cultural
> thing.
> >>> It's hate. Simple and plain hate.
> >>>
> >>> They'd like us to say it's about religion and culture. Because that
> jump
> >>> starts the next sentence, it's us versus them where us has a better
> >>> culture. And then to start discriminating in our own country.
> >>>
> >>> Because us vs them is the basis of any racist speech.
> >>>
> >>> So please stop making it about culture and religion. Or if you want to
> >>> make
> >>> it about culture, make it about the real culture they attacked :
> >>> tolerance,
> >>> understanding, love.
> >>&g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Celebrating Parisian culture and libertarianism

[Christophe Henner]

I'm sorry but just shut the fuck up about "religion".

They're bloodlusty assholes that wanted to kill and divide. Nothing more.

It's not a religious thing (Paris isn't à holy city) or a cultural thing.
It's hate. Simple and plain hate.

They'd like us to say it's about religion and culture. Because that jump
starts the next sentence, it's us versus them where us has a better
culture. And then to start discriminating in our own country.

Because us vs them is the basis of any racist speech.

So please stop making it about culture and religion. Or if you want to make
it about culture, make it about the real culture they attacked : tolerance,
understanding, love.

That would the best answer we could make.

Thanks

PS: sorry for this email I don't usually send those but hey after that
week-end I couldn't restrain myself
Le 16 nov. 2015 7:24 AM, "Isaac David"  a
écrit :

> Le dim. 15 nov. 2015 à 23:06, Gerard Meijssen 
> a écrit :
>
>> Hoi,
>> Your sarcasm is nothing but discrimination. You throw everybody who
>> beliefs
>> on one pile.
>>
>
> I don't know how anyone could be more explicit on his treatment of the
> problems of making an overt generalisation, yet you attack me personally on
> the alleged grounds that I have accused all religious people of being
> violent.
>
> Just as if a religion, any religion is needed for people to
>> get off the rails. There are plenty of examples of that.
>>
>
> I never said so. I don't think so. Jainism serves as a good example of how
> faith-based beliefs may be completely harmless depending on what the claims
> are. However, I do think  religion is one of the ways some people get off
> the rails, and that this is a problem that goes largely underestimated and
> unacknowledged, firstly because most people subscribe to a religion and
> second because it is so easy to confuse the criticism of intolerance and
> bigotry with actual intolerance and bigotry. But this is irrelevant as far
> as my original reply to Gnangarra and Vandenberg are concerned because I
> didn't even touch that point. All I said is that I find it extremely
> dishonest to claim that these attacks had nothing to do with Islam,
> whatever the extremism and interpretations of ISIS might be and however
> disconnected and offensive their deeds might look like for the rest of
> Muslims.
>
>
> As to who is an actual Muslim and who understands the sunna and its
>> interpretation particularly in the light of Daesh, they are two distinct
>> questions.
>> Any typical Muslim will leave the finer points to the scholars,
>>
>
> "Leaving" sounds like a bad idea. What is so great about experts is that
> they shortcut the access to wisdom, but they shouldn't be used as an excuse
> to waive intellectual responsibility. Scholars disagree, scholars make
> mistakes , and it will be up to the average person to evaluate the problem
> at hand. Scholars seldom enroll into armed conflict, average people do.
>
> any typical Muslim will disagree with Daesh on many major points.
>>
>
> I'm so glad they do and I would like to thank them for it, but this
> doesn't change a bit the relationship of Islam as a many-stranded religion
> and the attacks at Paris. On the other hand I'm not so comfortable that
> said major points don't include things like intolerance for other faiths,
> specially non-Abrahamic ones, death penalty for adultery, the imposition of
> Sharia in Western judicial systems and other topics which are agreed upon
> by big fractions of Muslims.[1]
>
> By the way, I have no special focus on your religion; it's part of the
> subject of this thread.
> Regards
>
> [1]:
> http://www.pewforum.org/files/2013/04/worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-full-report.pdf
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>GerardM
>>
>> On 15 November 2015 at 23:09, Isaac David 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  
>>>  Yes, because there are many nice self-avowed Jewish, Muslims,
>>> Christians,
>>>  etc. around the world. Therefore when some bad people do something
>>> horrible
>>>  in the name of their cultural and ideological identity it actually has
>>>  nothing to do with the ideas themselves, it's always got to be some
>>> other
>>>  historical, social or psychological factor, otherwise we would be
>>> linking
>>>  bad guys with good guys.
>>>  
>>>
>>>  But who are you to decide who is an actual Muslim and who isn't?
>>>
>>>  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
>>>
>>>
>>>  Le dim. 15 nov. 2015 à 15:47, John Mark Vandenberg  a
>>>  écrit :
>>>
>>>  On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Gnangarra 
 wrote:

   Not sure we should be making such  a link as the events in Paris are
> not
>   about Islam just as the actions of the women in Kentucky was not a
>   reflection of Christianity. Paris is not the only place its
>  unfortunately
>   its not even the latest place to fall victim to ISIS.
>
>   

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome Delphine Ménard as WMF's Annual Plan Grants Program Officer

[Christophe Henner]

Oh yeah? Well that was à long time ago she's now way wiser I hope!

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 4:44 AM, Christophe Henner
<christophe.hen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Déjà vu!
>
> Welcome to our movement, Delphine!
>
> I hope you will get to like us, even though we are a crazy bunch, don't be
> scared :)

Better watch out! From what I've heard she's not even scared by board
members...

-- Arne

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome Delphine Ménard as WMF's Annual Plan Grants Program Officer

[Christophe Henner]

Déjà vu!

Welcome to our movement, Delphine!

I hope you will get to like us, even though we are a crazy bunch, don't be
scared :)
Le 21 juin 2016 12:55 AM, "Katy Love"  a écrit :

> Hi Wikimedians,
>
> Today WMF's Community Resources team is joined by Delphine Ménard as our
> newly appointed Annual Plan Grants
>  (APG) Program Officer. In
> that
> role, Delphine will support both funding streams included in the Annual
> Plan Grants program, including Simple Annual Plan Grants and the Funds
> Dissemination Committee's
> 
> (FDC) full process APG, with her focus on the FDC.  We are excited to have
> her join our team.
>
> Some of you may know Delphine as [[user:notafish]]. She's a longtime
> Wikimedian who has played many roles in our movement. She was WMF's
> Chapter's Coordinator many years ago, then a member of the Board of
> Wikimedia Deutschland, and most recently, a member of the Funds
> Dissemination Committee herself. Her wide array of experiences and roles
> will serve her well as the new APG Program Officer.
>
> In the weeks ahead, Delphine will be reaching out to the FDC-funded
> organizations and will also be leading the Board's recruitment to fill four
> open seats on the FDC. I know she is looking forward to working with all of
> you. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Katy Love
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board appointment of Executive Director

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

On top of the formal announcement, I’d like to share a few personal
thoughts.

Katherine Maher has been interim ED of the Wikimedia Foundation since
March. In the past few months, we’ve had the pleasure to witness her
ability to provide healthy leadership to Wikimedia Foundation staff. Thanks
to her abilities, she took the organisation to one with more engaged and
motivated teams.

But not only that, her contribution to Board meetings has been exemplary.
She opened up possibilities and discussions that will allow us to move
forward and become a better organisation. Katherine deeply shares our
values, and fits naturally within our movement.

I am really happy that she agreed to take on the permanent job, and can’t
wait for us to dive into making Wikimedia Foundation a better organisation.

At the same time, I would like to personally thank Frieda and Patricio for
the time they served as Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, as last week
was the conclusion of their Board terms. It also feels weird not to serve
with them as I’ve known the two of them for 10 years and would have love to
spend more time with them.

They served our movement during difficult times. I hope we’ll have the
pleasure to see them keep on wandering in the Wikimedia sphere, and wish
them to enjoy all the free time they’ve just got back with their loved
ones.

Please take the opportunity to share your thanks to Frieda and Patricio,
and to congratulate and welcome Katherine in her new position.

All the best,


Christophe
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[Wikimedia-l] [Affiliate-selected Board seats] Christophe Henner candidacy

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

A week ago I published my candidacy to the Affiliates-Selected Board Seats
process :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations/Christophe_Henner

I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have, including (but not
only) funny ones, on the talk page :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations/Christophe_Henner


All the best,

--
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] A Massive Online Open Course about Wikipedia

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

A quick update on this project, we've just crossed the 5 000 registered
students.

We'll see how much will complete the course, but so far we're really happy
with this number :)

Of course we'll share more insights once this program is over.

Best,

--
Christophe

On 14 December 2015 at 19:17, Emeric Vallespi 
wrote:

> Hello Rodrigo,
>
> Thanks for your support.
> Indeed, it is a course to understand and learn how to contribute to
> Wikipedia.
> That's why the Wikipedia community is involved.
>
> The Mooc platform ("FUN") seemed more adapted to conduct the course,
> manage inscriptions, release the different stages and support the learners.
>
> The content is free licensed (as far as I know) and the Mooc platform
> allows to release the content even after the session.
>
> You can reach out to Jules (jules.xenard AT wikimedia.fr) if you have any
> further questions.
>
> --
> Emeric
>
> > On 14 Dec 2015, at 18:31, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton <
> rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry, but this a course, right? So Why did you not interact with
> > Wikibooks, and Wikiversity?
> >
> > On 14 December 2015 at 14:02, Berard Myriam 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> For a few months now, 15 French-speaking Wikipedia editors, supported by
> >> Wikimédia France, have been working to design a Massive Online Open
> Course,
> >> to learn how to contribute to Wikipedia and discover more about the way
> it
> >> works.
> >>
> >> The WikiMOOC lasts for 5 weeks (with 2,5h of work/ week, including the
> >> duration of the courses). You can check out the project page on
> Wikipedia
> >> [1].
> >>
> >> The registration for this WikiMOOC opens today, on the FUN [2] platform
> >> (powered by the Ministry of Education and Research, in France) !
> >>
> >> The courses will start on February 22nd, 2016.
> >>
> >> Do not hesitate to share this information to all French-speaking
> >> communities you might know of. Please, note that it is possible to stay
> >> tuned via WikiMOOC's Twitter[3] and Facebook[4] accounts.
> >>
> >> Here is a short trailer about the WikiMOOC in French :) Enjoy ! [5]
> >>
> >> Please, feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions,
> >>
> >>
> >> Jules Xénard jules.xen...@wikimedia.fr
> >>
> >> Wikimédia France
> >>
> >> [1] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:WikiMOOC
> >>
> >> [2]
> >>
> >>
> https://www.france-universite-numerique-mooc.fr/courses/WMFr/86001/session01/about
> >>
> >> [3] https://twitter.com/wikimooc
> >> [4] https://www.facebook.com/Wikimooc/
> >> [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=assiAnG3lv4
> >>
> >>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Spam] Re: Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result

[Christophe Henner]

Thank you everyone :)

Seeing the turnout and the discussions I do hope next "selections" will go
as well, it is just awesome to see that almost everyone voted!

I would also like to thank the FDC staff for publishing the APG assessment
today which is my before last day as chair of Wikimedia France and has me
taking my breakfast over figures to answer it :D

Lucky for me, WMF doesn't go through FDC... oh wait, now it does!

--
Christophe

On 10 May 2016 at 02:25, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Agree. Great to see some new and strong voices on the board.
>
> J
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Andrew Gray <andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations to Nataliia and Christophe - and well done to the
> > committee for getting such a good turnout. It was an excellent pool of
> > candidates this year and glad to see we got the votes to match.
> >
> > Andrew.
> >
> > On 9 May 2016 at 15:37, Manuel Schneider <manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch>
> > wrote:
> > > I want to congratulate everyone who has engaged in this election
> > > process. It was for sure a very special one, in this special situation
> > > which was also reflected by the number of candidates.
> > >
> > > Thanks to the election committee and the candidates!
> > >
> > > Nataliia and Christophe, I wish you a good hand in helping the WMF
> board
> > > to steer through the current waters and whatever may come in the
> future.
> > > Also on behalf of the AffCom I hope for a good collaboration.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Manuel
> > >
> > > On 09.05.2016 16:11, Chris Keating wrote:
> > >
> > >> The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia
> > Tymkiv.*
> > >>
> > >> A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia
> > and
> > >> Macau chapters - which is a record.
> > >
> > > --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Elections Committee

[Christophe Henner]

That I definitly will :)

And at the end of the day we will make a decision and provide reasoning.
Just wanted to give you my personal opinion too.

And I really did miss the question, sorry about that.

Have a great day,

Le 26 juil. 2016 7:50 AM, "Pine W" <wiki.p...@gmail.com> a écrit :

> In the time that it took me to compose my answer to Gerard's question,
> Christophe answered. (:
>
> Christophe, I am glad to hear that this will be a part of the governance
> review. I would suggest keeping an open mind about this and letting the
> process take its course.
>
> Pine
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:39 PM, Christophe Henner <chen...@wikimedia.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hey,
> >
> > The question is not on the table right now.
> >
> > We're working to perform a gouvernance audit, board composition will be
> > part of it.
> >
> > Now, my personal opinion is it's neither urgent nor critical. And on top
> of
> > that I'm not sure it would be a good idea.
> >
> > All that being said, I'm sure it will come up during the gouvernance
> > review.
> >
> > And yes I missed it, sorry. Gérard, no need for such email, just, as Pine
> > did, reask the question :)
> >
> > Have a nice day
> >
> > Le 26 juil. 2016 6:54 AM, "Pine W" <wiki.p...@gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> > > Hi BGC,
> > >
> > > I asked a question earlier in this thread which seems to have been
> > > overlooked. Is the BGC (or the Board as a whole) considering whether
> the
> > > Founder's seat will become an elected seat in the forseeable future?
> > >
> > > Pine
> > >
> > > On Jul 20, 2016 21:20, "Pine W" <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks Daruisz and all who worked on this.
> > > >
> > > > Looking at the bigger picture, the tone and pace of changes in WMF
> > > > governance over the past few months feel like a breath of fresh air.
> I
> > > hope
> > > > that this direction and pace continue.
> > > >
> > > > Speaking of elections and governance, will the Founder's seat become
> an
> > > > elected seat? It may be too early to answer this question, but I hope
> > > that
> > > > the BGC gives it some careful thought.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks again,
> > > >
> > > > Pine
> > > >
> > > > On Jul 20, 2016 18:00, "Dariusz Jemielniak" <dar...@alk.edu.pl>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Dear members of the Wikimedia community,
> > > >>
> > > >> As you know the board passed a resolution allowing for the creation
> > of a
> > > >> standing Elections Committee in November of last year [1]. Per the
> > > >> implementing resolution, the Board Governance Committee (BGC) has
> > > >> appointed
> > > >> the initial members from the recommendation of the Executive
> Director
> > > and
> > > >> her staff. We will be starting with 6 committee members:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>-
> > > >>
> > > >>User:Ajraddatz
> > > >><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ajraddatz>
> > > >>-
> > > >>
> > > >>User:Mardetanha
> > > >><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Mardetanha>
> > > >>-
> > > >>
> > > >>User:Ruslik0
> > > >><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ruslik0>
> > > >>-
> > > >>
> > > >>User:Philippe
> > > >><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Philippe
> > >slate
> > > >>-
> > > >>
> > > >>User:KTC <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/KTC>
> > > >>-
> > > >>
> > > >>User:Atropine
> > > >><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Atropine>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> They will be joined by two official advisors from the Wikimedia
> > > >> Foundation:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>-
> > > >>
> > > >>James Alexander (Manager, Trust & Safety) from Community
> Engagement
> > > >>-

Re: [Wikimedia-l] With my thanks to everyone ...

[Christophe Henner]

Hey,

I've said that privately earlier this week, I'll reiterate publicly.

Thank you so much for all the work and energy you've put into the movement.

I'm sad we won't get to work much together but really happy you've Landes a
great job at YouTube!

Of course any time you come to France I'd be happy to have you and enjoy
wine in my garden :)

Good luck for your new job, even though you won't need any!

And I hope we'll get to see you roaming in the movement in the future.

Christophe

Le 14 juil. 2016 3:31 PM, "Ziko van Dijk"  a écrit :

> It was always great to talk to you, Geofff, I wish you all the best
> and hope that from time to time the Wikimedia movement still will
> enjoy your advice.
> Ziko
>
> 2016-07-14 13:01 GMT+02:00 Michael Jahn :
> > Working with you has been a brief but nonetheless great pleasure, Geoff!
> > Wishing you all the best for this exciting change!
> > Michael
> >
> > --
> >
> > Michael Jahn
> > Leiter Kommunikation & Partnerschaften
> > Head of Communications & Partnerships
> >
> > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> > Tel. (030) 219 158 260
> >
> > http://wikimedia.de 
> >
> > Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch freien Zugang zu der
> > Gesamtheit des Wissens der Menschheit hat. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
> >
> > 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 27/029/42207.
> >
> >
> >
> > 2016-07-13 23:25 GMT+02:00 Geoff Brigham :
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Over the past five years, I’ve been honored to serve as the General
> Counsel
> >> and Secretary of the Wikimedia Foundation. This job has been amazing,
> and
> >> I’m grateful to everyone who has made it so rewarding. It's now time
> for my
> >> next step, so, in the coming days, I will be leaving the Foundation to
> >> pursue a new career opportunity.
> >>
> >> I depart with such love for the mission, the Foundation, the Wikimedia
> >> communities, and my colleagues at work. I thank my past and present
> bosses
> >> as well as the Board for their support and guidance. I stand in awe of
> the
> >> volunteer writers, editors, and photographers who contribute every day
> to
> >> the Wikimedia projects. And I will hold special to my heart my past and
> >> current teams, including legal and community advocacy. :) You have
> taught,
> >> given, and enriched me so much.
> >>
> >> After my departure, Michelle Paulson will serve as interim head of
> Legal,
> >> and, subject to Board approval, Stephen LaPorte will serve as interim
> >> Secretary to the Board. I can happily report that they have the
> experience
> >> and expertise to ensure a smooth and professional transition.
> >>
> >> The future of the Foundation under Katherine's leadership is exciting.
> >> Having had the pleasure of working for her, I know Katherine will take
> the
> >> Foundation to its next level in promoting and defending the outstanding
> >> mission and values of the Wikimedia movement. Although I'm delighted
> about
> >> my next opportunity, I will miss this new chapter in the Foundation's
> >> story.
> >>
> >> My last day at the Foundation will be July 18th. After that, I will
> take a
> >> month off to recharge my batteries, and then I start my new gig at
> YouTube
> >> in the Bay Area. There, I will serve as Director of YouTube Trust &
> Safety,
> >> managing global teams for policy, legal, and anti-abuse operations. As
> with
> >> Wikimedia, I look forward to learning from those teams and tackling
> >> together a new set of exciting, novel challenges.
> >>
> >> For those who want to stay in touch, please do! My personal email is:
> >> geoffrey.r.brig...@gmail.com.
> >>
> >> With respect, admiration, and gratitude,
> >>
> >> Geoff
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] June minutes from the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

[Christophe Henner]

Hi Pine,

Short answer is yes we'll take responsability, but as wikimedians I do need
to elaborate :)

I believe the best way a board can support its ED is by providing
legitimacy and guidance.

Both needs for the board to make decisions and to be consistent. If we're
making a clear decision regarding strategy, and we're consistent about it
if the ED doesn't build on it, it shows at many level.

It's not about giving a blank check but to provide her, and staff and the
larger movement, with direction, from which you can évaluateurs what is
being done.

Second, there is on-going work, started before June's board meeting, to
provide places and processes to provide feedback to the board from staff.

There are different things being worked on with staff. We'll communicate on
the topic in the coming weeks I hope. Not that I don't want to talk about
it but it first needs to gets staff feedback.

Lastly, the board HR is now running exit interviews with leaving C-Levels.
Basicly we spend an hour talking with leaving staff about why they're
leaving, how was their experience at the Foundation, their opinions about
the board and th board can improve and the same for the ED and for WMF at
large.

Which allows us, as a board, to get the insights from employees too. We
can't do that with every single employees as you can imagine, but we now do
with C-Levels.

Alice and I did Geoff's one this week. And as any discussion with Geoff, it
was rich and really insightful.

Anyway, I hope I answered your question :)

Have great day/evening/night

Christophe

PS: I'm sending this email from my smartphone sorry for any typos due to
french autocorrect ^^

Le 23 juil. 2016 3:17 AM, "Pine W"  a écrit :
>
> Thanks Stephen.
>
> A brief question to the Board: the board minutes say, "After discussion,
> the Board identified three goals. First, the Board is responsible for
> maintaining the long-term plan for the organization. The long-term plan is
> designed in partnership with the executive staff, and also needs to be set
> in coordination with other Wikimedia stakeholders. The Chair of the Board
> and the Executive Director are responsible for leading this goal within
the
> Board. Second, the Board has a strong interest in improving its internal
> governance. The Board discussed some potential areas for improvement,
> including ensuring Board continuity. The Chair of the Board Governance
> Committee is responsible for improvements to internal governance. Third,
> the role of the Board is to support and empower the Executive Director.
The
> Chair is responsible for this goal, with the support of the Human
Resources
> Committee."
>
> After the events in the past year, I question whether the statement
"...the
> role of the Board is to support and empower the Executive Director"
> captures the full scope of the Board's role here. It seems to me that it's
> the Board's job to supervise the ED, which hopefully includes supporting
> him/her but also may include providing direction or removing him/her. I
> personally feel that Katherine is doing well and this is not intended to
> express skepticism about her, but being the ED of an organization is not a
> blank check, and I hope that the Board also takes a proactive role in the
> supervision of the ED. After the events in the past year, I hope that the
> Board will be diligent on this point from now on.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pine
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Stephen LaPorte 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The Board of Trustees have published minutes from the summer Board
meeting
> > on June 22-23 and the Board meeting on June 29 to discuss the endowment.
> > You can find the meeting minutes and accompanying documents on the
> > Foundation Wiki:
> >
> > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-06
> >
> > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-06-29
> >
> > Best,
> > Stephen
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] June minutes from the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

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On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 5:18 AM, Pine W  wrote:

> Christophe and Dariusz,
>
> Thanks for the comments.
>
> I feel that it's important that Board members be able to ask employees at
> any level of the company how things are going. That is different from
> providing direction, which can remain in the management structure. But the
> information flow up from employees to the Board can be insightful. I'm glad
> to hear that C-level exit interviews are happening. Staff surveys are
> another element of upward information flow, and I'm very glad to hear that
> the surveys have shown a positive direction recently. My understanding is
> that there were some intense concerns under previous administration about
> employees talking directly to Board members, to the point where somehow
> that became forbidden. I hope that those days are behind us.
>
I hope you'll pardon my intensity on these matters. As you know, I was
> alarmed and frustrated with some of the incidents in the past year. It'll
> probably be awhile before I feel at ease with WMF governance. All that
> being said, thank you for your your responsiveness and interest in making
> positive change. I really am grateful for the good that I see happening in
> WMF, and my guess is that many other people are too.
>
> Pine
>


Nothing to pardon, those are legitimates questions to ask :)

And it is understandable that it will take time, and until such time comes
we will have to deliver on many levels.

The only thing I can ask for is to assume good faith and engage openly in
those discussions. At the end of the day, we are all in the same boat,
pursuing the same goals.

Christophe
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board level strategic planning?

[Christophe Henner]

Hey Ben,

That is exactly what we have in mind. That is way during Wikimania I sent
an email about the board priorities for the on-going year (board
improvement, ED support, movement strategy).

Doing so doesn't mean we're ignoring anything that doesn't fall into one of
this priorities, but that those are the priorities we want to tackle
heavily this year. And of course, we will report on them.

If you want, you can keep an eye on the board governance committee meta
pages. Natalia is doing a really great work documenting our work there.

As for the strategy process it will be an inclusive and open one :)

Happy to discuss those matters!

Christophe



On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 5:10 AM, Ben Creasy <b...@bencreasy.com> wrote:

> Thanks Christophe! I reviewed some of the earlier emails responding to the
> June minutes and realized that Pine actually touched on this same topic
> just a bit ago and as I recall Katherine gave a great overview of her
> approach, so my apologies in bringing it up again so soon. No need to
> respond to this email.
>
> With that said, I hope that when the initial framework is released it will
> have a bit more information on the motivation and background research that
> went into it than the April 2016 Governance recommendations...
>
> If you're coming up with an important overhaul like this and an explicit
> goal is to be transparent with the community, it could be worthwhile to
> start the process with transparency by being explicit in answering
> questions like "who did you talk to", "what did you read and think was
> compelling", "what are you unsure about", "is there any empirical
> evidence", etc. Maybe the answer to some questions (like empirical
> research) is "we don't know and we don't think it's worth the time", but
> I'd be interested in hearing that explicitly rather than implicitly. The
> WMF is unique: the closest I can think of is the Mozilla Foundation (which
> I doubt has great governance) and maybe the Khan Academy (an amazing leader
> like Sal Khan makes careful governance less necessary). GNOME and KDE have
> tiny budgets with almost no employees, so their boards have little
> influence on the software. Environmental nonprofits can be fairly large and
> complex, altho the small ones end up as contractors for foundations (e.g.,
> SEACC, one of the nonprofits I was involved with). Museums are relatively
> simple. Schools and hospitals are the ones that come to mind which grapple
> with commonly grapple difficult management decisions on the scale of WMF.
> Also, elected boards (even partially) are quite uncommon; Sierra Club is a
> notable elected board, but with 15 members it can't be very effective at
> all.
>
> Also, if you want to be transparent and not over scope, it may be worth
> forecasting categories of how the board expects to allocate its limited
> time and then retrospectively reporting on how it actually spent its time
> to the community. I see that the Governance recommendation includes a plan
> is to have solid annual agenda, and perhaps that will basically address the
> issue of the board putting too much on its plate. However, when I read
> "Avoid letting minority perspectives disproportionately take up the
> Foundation and the Board's attention" it actually kind of bothered me. How
> do we know know if something is a minority perspective? Instead of
> "minority perspectives", it should be about "minor issues". The problem in
> the last year or two was more about the board (apparently) ignoring
> perspectives than it was about the board giving them undue attention. My
> personal experience and recollection from the book I recommended
> earlier, *Governance
> as Leadership*, is that it not uncommon for boards to end up spending a lot
> of time on housekeeping small items (e.g., bylaws tweaks), which could be
> relatively minor.
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 10:41 PM, Christophe Henner <chen...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I love to write long emails, but four in a row would too much.
> >
> > As said before we are taking up our leadership role.
> >
> > The strategy process *is* a black box right now. We (Katherine mostly)
> have
> > been working on the process for a few weeks.
> > We will share soon I hope, the first part of that process.
> >
> > I would just ask you a little time, it has only been a month that
> Katherine
> > and I have been in our current positions. Even if works was started
> before
> > that, decisions to move forward with a movement strategy is only a month
> > old.
> >
> > And as said before, this year we are focusing on building the foundations
> > we ne

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF C level hiring and retention

[Christophe Henner]

Hey,

As you said you've asked the question during the week-end ^^

Things are moving forward but I'll let Katherine answer the question as
she'll be able a way better answer than me (I talk about that topic nearly
every week with Katherine, it is a high priority topic for all of us).

Please bare in my mind when you ask questions, that staff needs their
week-end off and they also have holidays. We tend to forget that as
volunteers, but we must not.

Even if we have highly dedicated people, we all want them to get proper
rest :)

If your question isn't urgent/critical, it can take a few days to get an
answer. But for today, I'll send quick emails saying that it has been read
and will get an answer so no to leave you with the feeling it's ignored.

Have a great day,

Le 15 août 2016 8:44 AM, "Pine W"  a écrit :

> Returning to one of the original subjects of this thread, which wasn't
> intended to be controversial: can we get an update about how the C level
> hiring schedule looks?
>
> I realize that I asked this questiom on the weekend. There is no rush to
> get an answer. "We're still thinking about this but will have a schedule
> next week" is an okay answer too.
>
> Thanks,
> Pine
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[Wikimedia-l] [Direction] WMF Board of Trustees 2016 priorities

[Christophe Henner]

Hi Everyone,

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met in Esino Lario during
Wikimania. The minutes will be published in the coming days, but we deemed
it too important to wait to share the outcome of this really great meeting.

During the meeting, the Board felt that it was important to establish three
clear priorities for the coming year: We will focus on three specific
topics:

* Improving the Board itself

* Supporting the Executive Director, Katherine Maher

* Fostering the creation of a strategy for the movement

Every trustee acknowledges that there's a clear need for the Board to
assume a leadership position for our movement. That being said, the eight
of us are only temporary stewards of our positions. We need to work toward
creating the best environment for all of us to push our mission forward.

That is the reason our first topic is about Board improvement — to work to
become the trustees you all need. The governance committee [1] is
continuing its work on incremental improvements, as well as on defining the
further actions we need to take.

Our second priority is to support  the Executive Director. As you all know,
the Board proposed to Katherine Maher to move from her interim ED position
to a permanent one. We are thrilled she agreed.

We must not consider this decision as the end of the process, but as a
beginning. In order for the Wikimedia Foundation to achieve great things,
the Board needs to be supporting the ED. This means providing her with a
consistent and clear explanation of the intentions in our decisions, and to
act as sparring partners to her.

The HR committee[2] will work toward that end, and the Board as whole is
ready to take any steps necessary to provide her, and the staff, with the
best environment possible.

Finally, the lack, or fuzziness, around movement strategy has been a
pending question for years. One that we never managed to tackle. And
perhaps because no one wanted to take on that charge. The Board of Trustees
decided that within the next 12 months we will have to define our vision
and strategy. A strategy that is suited with our goals, our values, and is
inclusive of every agent of the movement.

The past fifteen years were amazing. But now we have to think of the next
fifteen years. There are many challenges  ahead of us if we want to keep on
changing the world.

We must not shy away from those challenges, nor from the decisions we have
to make.

Within the Board of Trustees, Maria Sefidari and I take the lead on  the
necessary steps are being taken. Katherine and Foundation staff already
have worked on the first steps to reach that goal.

Our goal is to make sure we — as a movement — will have a strategy that we
can all embrace and push forward together.

As ever, decisions need action, and we will take them and share them
quickly so that you know that we walk the talk, and we want to walk it with
all of you.

We will be happy to answer any questions you have whether on list or off
list.

Thank you to everyone for those past fifteen years, and I’m looking forward
to what we'll achieve in the coming ones!

Christophe

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee

[2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/HR_Committee
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board level strategic planning?

[Christophe Henner]

Hi,

I love to write long emails, but four in a row would too much.

As said before we are taking up our leadership role.

The strategy process *is* a black box right now. We (Katherine mostly) have
been working on the process for a few weeks.
We will share soon I hope, the first part of that process.

I would just ask you a little time, it has only been a month that Katherine
and I have been in our current positions. Even if works was started before
that, decisions to move forward with a movement strategy is only a month
old.

And as said before, this year we are focusing on building the foundations
we need to get Wikimedia Foundation in a better place. So, basicly, we
won't go down to the feature level and focus on th global level :)

Happy to talk on that topic :)

Le 2 août 2016 7:19 AM, "Joseph Seddon"  a écrit :

> Hey Pine,
>
> The Wikimedia Endowment is specifically set up to
>
> *"act as a permanent safekeeping fund to generate income to support the
> operations and activities of the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity". [1]*
>
> The Endowment acts as the online projects safety net. It will be
> independent of the Wikimedia Foundation board and importantly It's not
> there to support the WMF in perpetuity, it's the Wikimedia projects. Even
> if the WMF is likely to be the main benefactor from the fund; should, in
> the eyes of the Endowment Advisory Board, the WMF be no longer a fit and
> appropriate body to support the Wikimedia projects (as a result of legal,
> fiduciary or other issues), it has the ability to provide fund to an
> alternative organisation to fulfill that work.
>
> Regards
>
> Seddon
>
> [1]
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Establishment_of_Endowment
>
>
>
> > * WMF remains a single point of failure in the Wikimedia network of
> > affiliates. I am hoping that mitigating the community and affiliate
> > dependencies on WMF will be addressed in the strategic plan, so that if
> we
> > have another mess like we had prior to Katherine, the affiliates and
> > community will have a plan that can be executed that ensures the
> viability
> > of the Wikimedia sites and affiliates without WMF. WMF can fail in many
> > ways; besides governance meltdowns, lawsuits and hostile political
> > environments are also risks. The sites and affiliates need to endure even
> > if WMF weakens, loses its way, or dissolves. I hope that we never again
> > have a repeat of last year and that WMF is healthy in the future, but it
> > would be prudent to have a strategty for the affiliates and community to
> > continue whether or not WMF is with us.
> >
> > Thanks again for your post.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Politics

[Christophe Henner]

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Leigh Thelmadatter 
wrote:

> The
> people who are loudest in their demands for consensus do not represent the
> Wikimedia movement.
>
>
> The voices loudest for the WMF doing something against the Trump
> administration are not representative of the Wikimedia movement either...
> they have been WMF employees and those closest to them. This is maybe why
> most non-profits hire EDs from outside the organization then from within.
> As you show, Gerard, there has been no effort to find out what the movement
> thinks, and that may have been those behind the statement and amicus brief
> just assumed everybody would agree with them. The world is not San
> Francisco.
>
>


Hi,

I'm sorry but I cannot let that being said.

You are judging a lot of people quickly and harshly. The Wikimedia movement
employees all around the globe ARE wikimedians. They are part of the
movement as much as you and everyone in that thread is.

I am sorry, but your statement is definitly not ok. Being a volunteer
doesn't provide us with a bonus in engagement to our movement. They are
comited and engaged people, we have to respect that.

Second, you also pass judgement regarding our ED discreetly, again judging
without knowing. But Katherine is not where she is by chance but because it
is preceded by a long comitment to our values. Shall I remind you that back
in 2007 in another org, UNICEF, she was working on mediawiki. Looping back
to the first part actually, she was a wikimedian long before being an
employee, and that goes for a lot of the staff, not just her.

Finally, no the world is not San Francisco. And funnily enoug, in the board
there's only one person from San Francisco and two from the US (the second
being Jimmy and he no longer lives in the US). So you are definitly right,
the world is not San Francisco. It's much wider. And being able for the
movement's staff and volunteers to freely travel and exchange is key to our
success. Hence our standing regarding that specific Executive Order as it
prevents us, as an organization, and as a movement, to fullfill our
mission.

I am sorry if my email sounds harsh, but please do keep in mind that you're
passing a judgement on people that work countless hours with a huge
comitment to the movement they belong to.

Christophe
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Foundation's challenge to recent U.S. immigration executive order

[Christophe Henner]

Hi Yair,

Yes board was informed in the process.

Plus when situation started a few days ago, board expressed full support
stepping up against that specific EO.





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On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 8:05 AM, Yair Rand <yyairr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Would this action fall under "Collaborative advocacy" in the Foundation
> Policy and Political Association Guideline? The section refers to
> "collaborat[ing] with another organization to take action on a particular
> policy or political question". The example given is signing a petition by
> the EFF against Internet censorship. The required steps include (among
> other requirements) consultation with the Public Policy Advisory Group,
> along with getting consensus in a broader RfC except where time does not
> permit. I find it difficult to believe that this situation is so critical
> and urgent that an RfC in advance was impossible, so if it does fall under
> that section, the policy was yet again violated. Frankly, I don't believe
> that an RfC would pass in the first place. If you've been following the
> earlier thread, you may be aware that there is increasing alarm at the risk
> of the movement being hijacked by political interests, and this new action
> is not helping matters.
>
> This was a unilateral political actions in a sensitive area without prior
> discussion. The Guideline does say that the WMF may deviate from the policy
> if specifically approved by the General Council, although I don't know why
> deviating would be warranted here. Was this done here? Who was involved in
> the decision? Was the Board consulted, as suggested by the guidelines
> (although as an "Optional" step)? Or was it simply considered to not fall
> under the policy at all? Is the guideline still in effect, or was it
> eliminated or changed without the document on Meta being updated?
>
> The amicus brief specifically challenges the refugee suspension, among
> other areas. Is this topic considered to be within the WMF's goals, or was
> bringing the WMF into an irrelevant political battle considered simply an
> unavoidable side-effect in the effort to protect WMF operations by means of
> national political intervention?
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_
> Association_Guideline#Collaborative_Advocacy
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 1:10 AM, Michelle Paulson <mpaul...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Today, the Wikimedia Foundation joined with more than 90 other
> > organizations in filing an amicus brief[1] in State of Washington v.
> > Trump[2]
> > currently before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States.
> > This case challenges the recent executive order[3] issued in the United
> > States on January 27, 2017, which establishes immigration and travel
> > restrictions based on country of origin. Other signatories to the brief
> > include Facebook, Levi Strauss & Co., Microsoft, Mozilla, and Paypal. The
> > brief includes legal arguments against the order itself, and details the
> > real and immediate impact these restrictions will have on the Wikimedia
> > Foundation and other signatories’ staff, users, customers, and
> operations.
> > We expect it to be filed in other current and future cases challenging
> the
> > order, as appropriate.
> >
> > We know that the Foundation’s prior statement[4] on this executive order
> > has generated debate in the communities, on mailing lists and in other
> > forums. Some disapprove, with concern that the Foundation has taken a
> > political stance on behalf of the movement. Others approve, with concerns
> > about the impact of this order on the practicalities and values of open
> > collaboration and sharing. We would like to clarify our perspective on
> this
> > important issue.
> >
> > From our perspective, the implications of this order - and the urgency of
> > our response - are clear. Beyond the issue of the values of open
> > collaboration, this order will also have serious, tangible effects on the
> > Foundation and our ability to support the Wikimedia projects and
> > communities.
> >
> > From an operational standpoint, orders such as these may substantially
> > limit our ability to deliver on support for the global Wikimedia
> > communities. Much of the Foundation's work involves travel across
> borders.
> > We cross borders to develop and sustain strategic partnerships with
> > Wikimedia affiliates and free knowledge advocates. We travel to
> gatherings
> &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Delegation of policy-making authority" resolution

[Christophe Henner]

Hey,


Sorry, with everything I forgot to answer this thread. So I'll provide a
general answer if I may. As I've shared back in June, for this year, some
of my goals include building a strong working relationship between the
Board and the Executive Director, and helping the Board focus on the most
important issues in front of them, like movement strategy. Minor changes to
policy do not require the Board's consideration or approval, and so this
resolution delegates a certain amount of authority to the Executive
Director. This delegates authority, not responsability.

In 2004, the Board of Trustees made a decision that certain "global
policies" should be approved by the Board. At the time, the Board did not
go into significant detail about what kind of policies they want to
approve, or what that approval process should look like. This left some
ambiguity around when the Board needs to be involved in policy changes.
Since that time, the Wikimedia Foundation Board and staff have also changed
and grown significantly. The Board is ultimately responsible for governance
and leadership for the Wikimedia Foundation, so we have to be judicious
about where we focus.

Under this new resolution, we are explaining that the Executive Director
has authority to set and change policies for the organization and its work,
without requiring prior Board approval in most circumstances. The baseline
is that the Executive Director has authority over policies, unless the
Board asks otherwise. In some cases (like any changes to the Conflict of
Interest policy), it's considered good governance for the Board to be
responsible for these policies. Decisions to change these policies will
remain with the Board. Other policies (like the internal staff policies)
will be maintained by staff. For policies on the Wikimedia Projects, we may
still review and approve them where appropriate. This will be something the
Board works closely with the Executive Director to determine as part of the
organization's regular work.

A few other questions have come up in this thread, and I hope it's helpful
to clarify:

# Who is accountable for policy changes now?
The Board has delegated some of its authority to set policies, but it will
still remain just as responsible as if it were making the decisions itself.
The Foundation and the Board remains accountable, just as they were before.

# How should we be transparent about policy changes?
We keep track of the Foundation's policies on the Foundation Wiki [1], and
staff will continue to maintain pages similar to this. Major cross-project
policies, like the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, will still be updated
following an open consultation with notice to the community. Minor changes,
however, will not need to be ratified by the Board.

# Does this affect the community policy process on projects?
This resolution does not change anything for community policies. Policies
that were previously written and enforced by the Wikimedia communities will
remain that way. The policies that have traditionally undergone
community consultations will also continue to do so, for example, as we
have made a commitment to provide advance notice in Section 16 of the Terms
of Use.

I hope I answered most of the questions, if there's more happy to answer
them.

Oh and if I'm not answering after a few days, please feel free to ping me :)

Have all a good day,

[1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Policies

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On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 5:15 AM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Christophe,
>
> Would you provide us an update on this topic, please?
>
> Pine
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Christophe,
> >
> > Now that the end-of-Western-year holidays are behind us, I'm bumping this
> > thread in the hope that you'll respond to the points that I made in my
> > email from December 23rd.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pine
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 9:31 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Christophe,
> >>
> >> Thank you for responding to my questions.
> >>
> >>
> >>> First, the resolution and its context. "Supervising" the ED is indeed a
> >>> board duty, but this supervision must not become micro-management. That
> >>> resolution provides staff the liberty to do their work more
> efficiently.
> >>> It
> >>> doesn't remove our duty of oversight.
> >>>
> >>> I feel like you think delegating negates ones ability to provide
> >>> supervision, I would tend to think otherwise as delegating free time
> a

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[Christophe Henner]

Hey,

On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 5:33 AM, Pete Forsyth  wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Lodewijk 
>> wrote:
>>
>> What I am curious about, is whether there are also efforts ongoing that
>>> are
>>> focused on influencing community behavior in a more preventive manner.
>>>
>> On 01/27/2017 09:54 AM, Danny Horn wrote:
>
>> Your idea for using aggression/harassment scores in admin applications is
>> really interesting; I hadn't thought of that before. Nothing's actually
>> planned right now, just research and conversations, but it's neat to see
>> people already coming up with interesting suggestions. :)
>>
> I'm delighted to see this issue getting some attention. I believe the core
> of the problem comes from the WMF's identity, from the start, as a
> technology company; so shifting in this direction might be an uphill
> battle, but I feel strongly that it's the right way to go.



Be careful there, we're agreeing! :D

Joke aside, I'm not sure it is an uphill battle, but that is a shift I
believe we, not just WMF but all of us as a community, need to do. From
mere "tool" to a movement. Which means that the tech and the platform are a
way to enable us  to achieve our goals. But our goals aren't technical,
they're societal. We're a people movement not a tech movement :)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Politics

[Christophe Henner]

Hey,

I love that thread. Touchy topîc and yet an awesome discussion, Thank you
so much :D

A few month ago, little time after my election, I asked that question on
Facebook and provided my own answer. And yes, I do believe that saying
neutral knowledge should be freely accessible by everyone on the planet is
kind of a really really really really strong political statement.

I also think that "politic" discussion is hard to have as the word politics
can bare many different meaning. One of them is derived on how we use it
regarding national politics. We use politics as a word to include all
politics (economic, social, education, etc.). And political party, or a
political organization, will tend to adress all of them (or some).

That is not what we are talking about actually. To me, I mean politic as,
Asaf will love that, in latin (pertaining to public life). We are a
political organization, we stand for strong values, but we are not
political in the sense we're aligned with a specific party or candidate.
And I don't know about the US, but one thing I love with french wikimedian
is knowing some of them are so fare away from me on the political scale and
yet share values (if I had time I would love to explain how I believe this
is an exemple of why our political systems are broken ^^).

So in the end, to me, the question is where do we draw the line when it
comes to standing up for our values and, related questions, what are those
values we should stand up for?

But again, as a movement, we have the potential to have a huge impact on
the world. That is not neutral, that is a force of change and change always
is poltical.



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On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 12:23 AM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 2:55 PM James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > The question I have been trying to ask, going back years now in fact, is
> > whether "empower" refers to the political power to secure and retain
> > the freedoms necessary and sufficent to contribute to the mission, or
> > some other kind of power.
> >
>
> Well, it's your lucky day: you're finally getting an answer!
>
> WMF's de-facto interpretation of "empower" in the [[m:Mission]] does *not*
> include "political power to secure and retain the freedoms necessary and
> sufficient to contribute to the mission".
>
> We do not directly solve people's lacking infrastructure (except indirectly
> via partnerships like Wikipedia Zero), we do not provide computers to
> billions of people who don't have them, we do not teach literacy to the
> illiterate, we do not feed the poor so that they may contribute, and we do
> not declare war on North Korea to free its poor people from the awful
> tyranny they suffer under, to enable them to contribute.  The list goes on.
>
>
> The concrete ways WMF worked to "empower" have been providing and
> maintaining the main contribution platforms (the wikis), auxiliary
> platforms (Tool Labs, Quarry, PAWS, Wikidata Query, etc.), funding for
> *Wikimedia-related* activities via grants, programmatic resources and
> mentorship, funding and support for international gatherings of the active
> community, and a few other things.
>
> Your aspirational expansive interpretation (which includes paying editors
> to enable them to contribute, if memory serves) of "empower" has never been
> close to what WMF, under its various leaderships, ever considered
> appropriate.
>
> Now that your years-long query has an answer, perhaps you can stop asking.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thinking outside the box

[Christophe Henner]

Hi Rogol,

The weird thing in this discussion is I kind of agree with everyone.

Yes more diversity would be awesome. But in my opinion diversity should be
something we achieve organicaly.

So, from my biased perspective, the key issue is for us to build room for
people to  emerge but also to feel entitled to run for those position.

To also build ways to train people, to "groom" them and their potential.
And we know that in our movement we have the smart people we will need in
the coming years. It's up to us to help them emerge and take our seats.

I gebuinely haven't a solution ready to work out of the box and there are
people in our movement way more expert in those topics than me.

And that might be something that could be adress during the strategy
process. And the only way we will be able to tackle it properly is if first
we can include everyone in our movement in the process, not just the "usual
suspects".

Le 6 sept. 2016 8:46 AM, "Anders Wennersten"  a
écrit :

> I am very happy how this nowadays works out.
>
> We have now a lot of chapters, each with a Board. And here the members are
> not oldtimers and here is the appropriate first place to get into the
> Wikmedia world.
>
> And there are many bodies who you can then turn to to get further into the
> Wikimedia world, like Affcom or being a member of  Simple Annual Plan
> Grants Committee or other grant committees. Also here more or less
> newcomers are welcome.
>
> But for the core bodies like the Board, FDC or the BGC supporting
> committee, I am very pleased to see that we get a lot of people with long
> Wikimedia experience. And as they are frequently replaced, I see no problem
> and only advantages
>
> Anders
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Den 2016-09-06 kl. 08:33, skrev Rogol Domedonfors:
>
>> I think Pine's message rather illustrates my point.  Pine seems to assume
>> that the alternative is between people experienced in the WMF ways of
>> doing
>> things and novices.  Actually, there are plenty of people in the world
>> with
>> experience in being trustees of non-proft organisations, and technical
>> expertise, and experience of knowledge representation and dissemination,
>> and the robustness to hold senior employees to account, who are not
>> closely
>> connected with the WMF or its affiliates.  They mainly live a long way
>> from
>> Silicon Valley, too.
>>
>> For the avoidance of doubt, I have never been a candidate for, let alone
>> held, any position, paid or voluntary, in or related to the WMF or any
>> associated organisation.
>>
>> "Rogol"
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members [results]

[Christophe Henner]

I hope nobody will mind, but I'll "Yay" with you too.

Thanks and kuddos to Natalia for bringing the idea up, leading the process,
and making it happen so quickly. And thanks to everyone who volunteered to
join bgc on top of their other volunteers position :)

Christophe

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Delphine Ménard 
wrote:

> Anders said it all. This announcement is so many kind of cool I don't
> know where to begin. So just YAY! Thanks for the initiative, thanks
> for volunteering.
>
> Delphine
>
> On 16 August 2016 at 20:57, Anders Wennersten 
> wrote:
> > I joined the movement in 2007. I was then overwhelmed by the beauty and
> > strength of the concept and the content in the projects. But at the same
> > time I was underwhelmed by the support structure behind. Even if Delphine
> > and Brion were good in talking with everyone and fixing technique and
> > Florence in chairing the operations, it was surely not up to the needs.
> >
> > For me a milestone in getting a professional support structure in place
> was
> > in 2012, when the Haifa agreement was realized and the FDC (and
> > narrowing-focus) got in place. FDC was as fascinating for me as the base
> > concept of the projects and as much true to the values of the movement.
> And
> > besides the clever colleagues in the committee I got to know  some truly
> > admirable individuals, like Kate Welsh, Garfield, Gayle and of course
> > Anasuya (and a little later Katy and Bishakha). Sometimes I feel that in
> the
> > movement there are the best people you can find anywhere. But at the same
> > time there were underwhelming issues, like a partly dysfunctional Board
> and
> > that WMF operations was neither properly working nor reviewed (by FDC).
> >
> > I now see that in 2016 a new milestone is being passed when the movement
> (at
> > last) gets a professional support structure on par with the needs.  I
> > perceive the tech org now working well and user driven, that the budget
> > process now has been run professional and that there is a good management
> > team in place for the running of WMF. And after seeing a lot of good
> > initiatives around the working of the Board where this announcement is
> the
> > thing that get the keyelement in place,  I also believe the Board is now
> up
> > to become as professional as is needed for the movement. And the joy of
> > seeing the names of many of my all time favourites back (in part also in
> > FDC) is profound.
> >
> > Welcome all of you and looking forward to read of the resolutions from
> this
> > enhanced BGC
> >
> > Anders
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Den 2016-08-16 kl. 15:47, skrev Nataliia Tymkiv:
> >>
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I am honestly delighted to announce the results of the public call for
> >> Board Governance committee volunteer and Advisory members, announced on
> >> July 15, 2016  [1]. We received nine applications, and after discussing
> >> them with BGC and reviewing the committee's needs and interviewing a
> short
> >> list of candidates,I have chosen five volunteer advisory members for the
> >> committee. I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone who offered to serve
> >> on
> >> the committee.
> >>
> >> Please find below a short introduction for our new volunteer advisory
> >> members. They are all quite well known in the movement and I think their
> >> insights would be helpful. They join the Committee once they sign the
> >> documents that Stephen LaPorte, our Interim Secretary, sent to them (the
> >> same ones as the Board members sign - the confidentiality agreement
> >>
> >>  agreement_of_the_Board_of_Trustees>
> >> , code of conduct
> >>
> >>  the_Board_of_Trustees>
> >> , conflict of interest disclosure
> >> ).
> >>
> >> === Gayle Karen Young ===
> >>
> >> Gayle Karen Young is a WMF's former Chief Talent and Culture office. In
> >> her
> >> time at Wikimedia, she was accountable for building the current HR team
> >> and
> >> had an active hand in board development and staffed the board HR
> >> committee.
> >> She brings experience with the Wikimedia movement, with the workings of
> >> the
> >> Foundation, and through her own consulting work in leadership and board
> >> development with organizations in both the for-profit and non-profit
> >> space,
> >> and in technology and human rights.
> >>
> >> === Kat Walsh ===
> >>
> >> Kat Walsh is a former member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,
> >> 12/2006-8/2013 (Chair, 2012-2013; Executive Secretary, 2009-2010). Now
> she
> >> works as an attorney specializing in copyright, Internet law, and free
> and
> >> open source software.
> >>
> >>
> >> === Tim Moritz Hector ===
> >>
> >> Tim Moritz Hector is Chair of the Board of Wikimedia Deutschland since
> >> 2014. Tim has been an active Wikimedian 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Changes to current chapter and thematic organisation criteria

[Christophe Henner]

Hi,

What surprized me is the bad faith you assumed regarding AffCom and BoT
when during the past weeks I believe we've shown through actions, and not
talks, that we did listen to the feedback and acted on it. The discussion
on wikimedia-l have been really good to read for a few weeks and I would
love it to keep it that way. Disagreeing is a good thing, when it is done
in a manner that is actually open for a discussion. We will not always be
right, and having people disagreeing and explaining why we might be wrong
is the best way to make sure we make as little wrong decisions as possible.

And I totally agree we need to assume good faith and trust each other, that
is key in the coming strategy process.

And that's also why I'm surprized because setting up those temporaly
criterias is done so that for the next few month AffCom will be able to
work with affiliates to contribute to the strategy process.

Of course for native english speaking / larger chapters, it might not be a
bigh deal. But we also have dozens of smaller organizations that do not
dare be part of this discussion. We also need their opinions, their views,
to know about their needs and expectations. That is where AffCom will be
super useful for the movement.

Again, we have shared that publicly during Wikimania, and I am happy to do
that here to, but our rmain goal for this year is to make sure we finally
have a comprehensive movement strategy. That is where our focus is. So
temporary decisions, like this one, are made so that we focus discussing
about the thing that will shape the movement for years.

I am happy to discuss this here, all I ask is please to assume good faith
and read into the context I'm trying to provide you with.

Have a great day,

Christophe



On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I dont see how a dissenting voice would be a surprise, I suppose you could
> be surprised at my choice of language (blunter than I normally use) or at
> my expectations from Affcom but being here in Australia we are isolated we
> dont get the opportunities like people in Europe and America to be part of
> the discussions behind those closed doors. When changes happen we dont
> normally hear about them but are expected to follow them.
>
> What I see is that Affcom has drifted from being a voice of the affiliates
> to being just another bureaucracy which has resulted in exactly the same
> response that caused affcom to be initially created back in 2012 with the
> loose creation of a Latin America group, SE Asia group, Eastern Europe
> groups being formed to give those chapters a voice they thought they had
> with affcom.
>
> All we ever hear down here is the level of distrust and lack assumption of
> good faith with more rules, more  bureaucracy more power cabals.  we make
> rules to address things that might occur using language that shows a level
> of distrust and badt faith .  As a group we need to get back to trust and
> assuming good faith.
>
> Choose language carefully, use wording to promote not put down, create
> criteria thats boosts the affiliates we dont need to pull each other down
> to make things better because we  just happen to find it easy to make that
> choice
>
> On 23 August 2016 at 14:46, Christophe Henner <chen...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Gnangarra,
> >
> > This is not a discussion, and this is by design.
> >
> > As Carlos said, those are provisional criterias so that our movement can
> > keep seeing new organizations blooming. But the discussion will not be
> only
> > about those criterias, but on a much larger, and I believe more
> interesting
> > and important, topic.
> >
> > As we're moving forward regarding the movement strategy process (more to
> > come soon, it's only been 7 weeks since we announced that, and summer),
> it
> > is key to have discussions about the organizations in general. How do we
> > make them work as a whole? What values do we want Wikimedia organizations
> > to live by? etc. And out of those discussions, a criteria discussion will
> > come.
> >
> > But it seemed quite a waste of time and energy to first have a
> consultation
> > about those provisional criterias and then another discussion about the
> > strategy.
> >
> > That's for your point on the criterias. Now on the "Affcom whom I thought
> > was there to support the Affiliates not punish them". Yes, AffCom support
> > affiliates, but AffCom also has a duty to make sure that affiliates live
> by
> > their engagements.
> >
> > One doesn't exclude the other, quite the opposite actually.
> >
> > As a whole, I'm a bit surprized by your email. Things aren't black or
> > white.
> >
> > Those criteri

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Changes to current chapter and thematic organisation criteria

[Christophe Henner]

Hi Gnangarra,

This is not a discussion, and this is by design.

As Carlos said, those are provisional criterias so that our movement can
keep seeing new organizations blooming. But the discussion will not be only
about those criterias, but on a much larger, and I believe more interesting
and important, topic.

As we're moving forward regarding the movement strategy process (more to
come soon, it's only been 7 weeks since we announced that, and summer), it
is key to have discussions about the organizations in general. How do we
make them work as a whole? What values do we want Wikimedia organizations
to live by? etc. And out of those discussions, a criteria discussion will
come.

But it seemed quite a waste of time and energy to first have a consultation
about those provisional criterias and then another discussion about the
strategy.

That's for your point on the criterias. Now on the "Affcom whom I thought
was there to support the Affiliates not punish them". Yes, AffCom support
affiliates, but AffCom also has a duty to make sure that affiliates live by
their engagements.

One doesn't exclude the other, quite the opposite actually.

As a whole, I'm a bit surprized by your email. Things aren't black or
white.

Those criterias aren't up for discussion so that the discussion can happen
on a much larger topic that includes them.
AffCom role is to tend to our movement affiliates, this comes with many
duties and responsabilities amongst which helping organizations to get
recognized, supporting them, helping them, remind them of their duties and
sometime (rarely hopefully) challenge their statuts.

Happy to further that discussion,

Have a all great day

Christophe


On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Gnangarra  wrote:

> So to clarify, this isnt a discussion its been mandated to happen, just
> like Wikimania was mandated behind closed doors...
>
> sorry for it sounding like a dummy spit here but its nice to hear after all
> of the upraor and damage done over the last 18 months the community was
> heard and their requests were well and truly ignored by the BoT and now
> Affcom whom I thought was there to support the Affiliates not punish them
>
> On 23 August 2016 at 12:43, Salvador A  wrote:
>
> > I want to close the chapter of this discussion related to
> > quantitative-qualitative criteria in order to call your attention to some
> > consequences of this new criteria for existing affiliates. I want to be
> > clear on this in order to avoid future missunderstandings.
> >
> > Romaine said that it's desirable to have already recognized affiliates to
> > meet this criteria. Both AffCom and BoT want this, and it's would be
> unfair
> > to require this criteria only for groups that want to get the ThOrg and
> > Chapter status and at the same time to have a lesser average of work
> among
> > those that already are recognized as such. Consequently, *every ThOrg and
> > Chapter must comply with this criteria in order to get and keep affiliate
> > status. *The idea is keeping the affiliates moving forward and to avoid
> to
> > get them dormant.
> >
> > This criteria will be checked out during the annual review that WMF staff
> > makes of Chapters and ThOrgs status (yes, the same that make you eligible
> > to go to WMCON in Berlin) in case an affiliate doesn't meet the
> > requirementes it will be reported to AffCom who will decide in every case
> > if a recomendation to Board of Trustees is needed.
> >
> > ---
> > *Possible questions:*
> >
> > *Q1: My chapter/ThOrg exists since many years ago, could I loose my
> > recognition as chapter?*
> >
> > *A1:* Yes, if you don't meet the criteria and you don't repair the
> > situation during some time after AffCom request, you can loose it.
> >
> > *Q2: How can I do to avoid this?*
> >
> > *A2:* Work hard, make activities, set goals and report. Ask for AffCom,
> WMF
> > or other affiliates help if is needed.
> >
> > *Q3: But there are some chapters that have already many years without
> > activity and nothing had happened so far.*
> >
> > *A3:* AffCom is already working on it.
> >
> > ---
> > If you have any other questions on that doesn't hesitate in doing it, I'm
> > sure Carlos will be happy of answer them :P
> >
> > Regards!
> >
> > 2016-08-22 22:31 GMT-05:00 Gnangarra :
> >
> > > Point Im trying to make is focus on the positives to achieve what you
> > > want, your path isnt necessarily be that which will help others, accept
> > > that vague definitions is better than actual numbers to do that you
> need
> > to
> > > assume good faith and trust that the vague will fair to challenges we
> all
> > > face in own circumstances number are hard and fast they cant always be
> > fair
> > >
> > > On 23 August 2016 at 11:20, Pine W  wrote:
> > >
> > >> Gnangarra,
> > >>
> > >> I agree with you about the vision. I think that where we see things
> > >> differently may be in the discussion of how we 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Changes to current chapter and thematic organisation criteria

[Christophe Henner]

Hi Brill,

Everything is a discussion. There has been interesting points and
discussions for many mails, and we would like that to continue. Because all
of those opinions are interesting in setting the movement strategy.

Howevere the *temporary* criteria are to be used by AffCom now. So that
AffCom can actually continue its work, and resume approving new chapters
(which was on hold for month) without postponing it.

As we said on other emails few weeks, we want to use the coming year to
form a movement strategy. A strategy that is comprehensive of who we are, a
global movement. So it would be, I believe, a waste of time to work /
discuss over criterieas that will have to be adapted in a few month.

The AffCom came up with, what I think, and from the previous emails, is
good criterias. They might need some interpretation, and I'm sure the
AffCom will not apply them bluntly.  And again they are a temporary
framework.

So again, not shutting down the discussion, discussion is more than welcome
and needed. But the discussion will impact the long term criterias and
AffCom role and responsabilities. which, I believe, is a much more
important discussions. And the different opinions voiced in reaction to
those criterias are really interesting.

Have a nice day :)

Christophe




On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Brill Lyle <wp.brilll...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am fundamentally dismayed to read the response that this is not a
> discussion. I am baffled. Shutting down discussion is rule #1 in NOT
> fostering community.
>
> To create a one-way flow of communication with parties engaged enough to
> take the time to actively discuss concerns is a non-ideal approach to
> engagement on any level.
>
> I haven't heard anything untoward in this discussion. Except the
> dismissive responses by those who seem to be on the committee.
>
> If this was a for-profit organization this response might be more
> understandable but as Wikimedia is most definitely NOT this approach seems
> a real misstep.
>
> - Erika
>
> > On Aug 23, 2016, at 3:44 AM, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I dont see how a dissenting voice would be a surprise, I suppose you
> could be surprised at my choice of language (blunter than I normally use)
> or at my expectations from Affcom but being here in Australia we are
> isolated we dont get the opportunities like people in Europe and America to
> be part of the discussions behind those closed doors. When changes happen
> we dont normally hear about them but are expected to follow them.
> >
> > What I see is that Affcom has drifted from being a voice of the
> affiliates to being just another bureaucracy which has resulted in exactly
> the same response that caused affcom to be initially created back in 2012
> with the loose creation of a Latin America group, SE Asia group, Eastern
> Europe groups being formed to give those chapters a voice they thought they
> had with affcom.
> >
> > All we ever hear down here is the level of distrust and lack assumption
> of good faith with more rules, more  bureaucracy more power cabals.  we
> make rules to address things that might occur using language that shows a
> level of distrust and badt faith .  As a group we need to get back to trust
> and assuming good faith.
> >
> > Choose language carefully, use wording to promote not put down, create
> criteria thats boosts the affiliates we dont need to pull each other down
> to make things better because we  just happen to find it easy to make that
> choice
> >
> >> On 23 August 2016 at 14:46, Christophe Henner <chen...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> >> Hi Gnangarra,
> >>
> >> This is not a discussion, and this is by design.
> >>
> >> As Carlos said, those are provisional criterias so that our movement can
> >> keep seeing new organizations blooming. But the discussion will not be
> only
> >> about those criterias, but on a much larger, and I believe more
> interesting
> >> and important, topic.
> >>
> >> As we're moving forward regarding the movement strategy process (more to
> >> come soon, it's only been 7 weeks since we announced that, and summer),
> it
> >> is key to have discussions about the organizations in general. How do we
> >> make them work as a whole? What values do we want Wikimedia
> organizations
> >> to live by? etc. And out of those discussions, a criteria discussion
> will
> >> come.
> >>
> >> But it seemed quite a waste of time and energy to first have a
> consultation
> >> about those provisional criterias and then another discussion about the
> >> strategy.
> >>
> >> That's for your point on 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funds Dissemination Committee Recommendations for Round 1 2016-2017

[Christophe Henner]

Thank you everyone for the hard work and all the reading you had to go
through :)

Le 18 nov. 2016 10:19 AM, "Frans Grijzenhout"  a écrit :

> Hi Anne, thank you for this report and for sharing with us the
> deliberations on the requests. We greatly appreciate the constructive and
> thoughtful approach.
> Frans
>
>
>
> *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair
> +31 6 5333 9499  -  http://www.wikimedia.nl/
>
> --
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> *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:*
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> Kamer van Koophandel 17189036
>
>
>
> 2016-11-18 4:23 GMT+01:00 Risker :
>
> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >
> >
> > The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets twice a year to make
> > recommendations about how to effectively allocate movement funds to
> achieve
> > the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy.  This is now the
> > 9th round of allocations made by the FDC, and we met in person from
> > November 13-17 in San Francisco to deliberate on 11 proposals submitted
> > this round. We would like to thank all of the participating organizations
> > for the hard work they put into this round’s proposals.
> >
> >
> > Our recommendations for Round 1 2016-2017 on the annual plan grants to
> the
> > Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have now been posted on Meta.[1]
> The
> > Board will review our deliberations and make a decision by January 1,
> 2017.
> >
> >
> > We received grant requests for approximately USD 3,467,000 this round
> > (including two requests for two-year funding). Before we met, committee
> > members reviewed all of the proposals and documents submitted.  We were
> > assisted in this review with input from the FDC staff assessments which
> > included analysis on impact, finances, and programs, as well as community
> > comments on the proposals.
> >
> >
> > As you may know, there is a formal process to submit complaints or
> appeals
> > about these recommendations. Here are the steps for both:
> >
> >
> > Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s Round 1
> > recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC
> by
> > 23:59 UTC on 8 December 2016 in accord with the appeal process outlined
> in
> > the FDC Framework [2]. A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s
> > recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary
> > directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives to the FDC,
> > Dariusz Jemielniak and Guy Kawasaki. The appeal should be submitted
> > on-wiki, and must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking
> > applicant. The Wikimedia Foundation Board will publish its decision on
> this
> > and all recommendations by January 1, 2017.
> >
> >
> > Anyone can file a complaint about the FDC process [3] with the
> Ombudsperson
> > at any time. The complaint should be submitted on wiki, as well. The
> > Ombudsperson will publicly document the complaint, and investigate as
> > needed.
> >
> >
> >
> > On behalf of the FDC,
> >
> >
> > Anne Clin / Risker
> >
> > FDC Chair
> >
> >
> > [1]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendatio
> ns/2016-2017_
> > round_1
> >
> > [2]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Appeals_to_the_Board_on_the_
> > recommendations_of_the_FDC
> >
> > [3]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia DC Board Members

[Christophe Henner]

I would definitly say congrats more than welcome as it wouldn't really
appropriate :)

So congrats to Kelly and Rosy and WMDC!

Le 31 oct. 2016 8:40 PM, "Chris "Jethro" Schilling" <
cschill...@wikimedia.org> a écrit :

> Congrats to our DC chapter in addition to Kelly and Rosie!  It is splendid
> to see both of you continuing to lead in our movement. : )
>
> - Chris
>
> Chris "Jethro" Schilling
> I JethroBT (WMF) 
> Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation
> 
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Nabin Sapkota <
> nboycreationne...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations to the new Board members!  Wish you all the best for the
> > time ahead.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nabin Sapkota
> > Wikimedians of Nepal
> >
> > On Oct 31, 2016 11:35 PM, "Ivan Martínez"  wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations to the new Board members! This is a positive movement
> in
> > > benefit of more women in directive positions in the Wikimedia movement.
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > 2016-10-31 10:03 GMT-06:00 Katy Love :
> > >
> > > > Congratulations, Kelly and Rosie, and to the Board of Wikimedia DC!
> > Very
> > > > cool. :)
> > > >
> > > > Katy
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Kirill Lokshin <
> > > > kirill.loks...@wikimediadc.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm very pleased to announce that Kelly Doyle and Rosie
> > > > > Stephenson-Goodknight have joined the Wikimedia DC Board of
> > Directors.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm sure that most of you already know Kelly and Rosie; for anyone
> > who
> > > > > doesn't, Kelly currently serves as the Wikipedian in Residence for
> > > Gender
> > > > > Equity at West Virginia University Libraries, while Rosie is a
> > > co-founder
> > > > > of WikiProject Women in Red and the WikiWomen's User Group, among
> > many
> > > > > other projects.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please join me in congratulating them on their new roles!
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Kirill
> > > > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Victoria Coleman, WMF Chief Technology Officer

[Christophe Henner]

\o/

Welcome Victoria! Really really glad to have you joining us!

Welcome again!

And thank you to everyone that contributed to make this search successful!
:)

Le 2 nov. 2016 7:23 PM, "Katherine Maher"  a écrit :

> Hi everyone,
>
> I’m excited today to introduce the Wikimedia Foundation's new Chief
> Technology Officer, Victoria Coleman. Victoria’s first day is November 7,
> and she will be based in the Foundation's office in San Francisco.
>
> Victoria comes to us with more than 20 years of experience in consumer and
> enterprise technology. And as you’ll learn quickly when you start getting
> to know her, she is deeply passionate about the importance of education,
> and how the Wikimedia mission advances education and equity around the
> world.
>
> When we started looking for a CTO for the Foundation, projects, and
> communities, we knew we were looking for a unique person - someone with the
> experience to lead confidently, and the confidence to embrace open
> collaboration in leadership. We were looking for someone with a track
> record of success leading strategy and execution for technology platforms
> at scale, someone will be an effective mentor and leader for our Technology
> department, and a strong partner to Product teams. We needed someone who
> would thrive in our culture and be an inclusive collaborator with staff and
> community. We agreed that Victoria met these requirements and then some.
>
> Victoria has deep experience across consumer and enterprise technology
> fields and is a longtime advocate for innovation in education and the
> public sector. She has seen and done many things in her career, from
> mobility platforms to connected devices to cyber security to web services
> at scale. She brings operational excellence in strategic long-term
> planning, execution, delivery, and running large distributed teams.
>
> Most recently, Victoria served as Senior Vice President and Chief
> Technology Officer for the Connected Home Division of Technicolor, where
> she was responsible for innovation strategy, product management, technology
> roadmaps, and technical due diligence for acquisitions and partnerships.
> Previously, as Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Harman,
> she led the core technology platforms of the Infotainment Division
> including systems and software, media, tuner, navigation, connectivity, and
> advanced driver assist systems. Before this, she served as Vice President,
> Emerging Technologies at Nokia, Vice President, Software Engineering of
> Hewlett-Packard’s webOS global business unit, and Vice President of
> Samsung's Advanced Institute of Technology.
>
> Victoria also has deep familiarity with open source software development,
> having witnessed the rise of the Unix movement first as a student and later
> as an instructor. She has been actively involved in the development of the
> Linux-based LiMo (renamed Tizen). She passionately believes in the power of
> open source and is familiar with how a commitment to open source
> strengthens platforms and products at an integral level.
>
> Victoria received her B.Sc and M.Sc in Electronic Computer Systems and
> Computer
> Aided Logic Design respectively from the University of Salford, UK and her
> Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Manchester, UK. She is the
> author of over 60 articles and books (!). She has worked with teams around
> the world, including in Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Finland, Germany,
> India, Israel, Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
>
> One thing that struck many of us throughout our conversations was
> Victoria's commitment to volunteering her knowledge and expertise outside
> of her daily professional activities, serving on advisory councils in
> higher education and the public sector. She is on the advisory Board of the
> Santa Clara University Department of Computer Engineering, and she is also
> a Senior Advisor to the Director of the  University of California
> Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of
> Society. She serves as a volunteer advisor on both Lockheed Martin’s
> Technology Advisory Group and on the United States Department of Defense’s
> Defense Science Board where she offers advice and recommendations on
> science, technology, manufacturing, and acquisition processes.
>
> As a native of Greece, Victoria is interested in becoming a contributor on
> Greek Wikipedia, and getting to know our colleagues and communities over
> the coming months.
>
> As many of you know, the CTO search has been an intensive process and our
> highest recruiting priority in recent months. Dozens of people from across
> the organization contributed to this effort, most notably the CTO hiring
> committee, which included directors and senior staff from the Technology
> department. Representatives from the C-level, Technology, and Product teams
> also participated in interviews, panels, and lunches. 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Personal Update

[Christophe Henner]

Hi everyone,

On the process, Kelly notified Katherine and myself about the possibility
of conflict shortly after receiving an offer from Quora, in accordance with
the Foundation's Conflict of Interest Policy.[1] Kelly wanted to make sure
the issue was transparently disclosed to the full Board and the Wikimedia
community, and if there were any conflicts, address them directly. She was
very explicit about handling this in any way that was best for Wikimedia.

Kelly then met with Michelle and Stephen. They reviewed the Foundation’s
conflict of interest rules in depth, and worked with her to develop a plan
to manage the potential for a conflict. As you know, our mission is to
empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop
educational content under a free license[2] or in the public domain, and to
disseminate it effectively and globally.

We would in fact encourage people to see the benefit in our Trustees having
relevant expertise to our mission and operations. In addition to her
financial expertise, Kelly now brings the perspective of another
organization’s experiences supporting a large, dynamic community of
volunteers who create and share knowledge. These volunteers - some of whom
are also Wikimedians - are also passionate about the way their platform,
product, organization, and community supports them. There are many ways the
Foundation, and by extension, the movement, could benefit from learning
from Quora’s successes and challenges.

Kelly proactively disclosed the issue to the Board officers, the full
Board, and the Wikimedia community. Her professional experience as a CFO
means that she is conscientious about conflict rules, and ready to do what
is best for the Wikimedia movement. The Board of Trustees is fortunate to
have her volunteer service, and we are confident that we can address any
issues that may arise.

Now, on a more personal level, I’m really sad to witness the tone of
certain emails in this thread. The Board learned its lessons, and you have
here a factual proof about our commitment to be open with you all.

Criticism and concerns are, of course, to be voiced, but in a proper
manner. With the events we all went through in the past few months,
suggesting a Board member should resign and at the same time saying the
process was properly followed, is not ok.

If there’s one thing we should have learned is that it is when we respect,
listen, and pay attention to each other, we can achieve more.

I do understand and respect the current higher level of scrutiny on Board
actions, but respect is never optional.

Best,

Christophe

[1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_policy
The Foundation's Conflict of Interest Policy ensures that Board members
disclose their possible conflicts to the rest of the Board, and recuse
themselves from discussions as appropriate. When Board members raise a
potential conflict of interest, we talk with them about their legal duties
(which you can read about in the Wikimedia Foundation Board Handbook) and
our policies on Conflicts of Interest and Pledge of Personal Commitment.
Additionally, we keep an up-to-date questionnaire on potential conflicts,
which is also updated on an annual basis with all Board members and
reviewed by the General Counsel. The Foundation has recently reviewed our
conflict of interest procedures against other comparable non-profit
organizations, and I'm confident that our system appropriately thorough and
rigorous.


[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content



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On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:38 AM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In case my blanket "I disagree" left doubt, let me state very clearly --
> I'm not seeking anybody's resignation here. (Just reread Dan's message and
> realized it's possible the beginning of my response could be read that way,
> though I think I'm pretty clear further down.)
> -Pete
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dan, I disagree. Three points:
> >
> > 1. Rogol explicitly said they *hesitate* to suggest that anybody resign;
> > nobody on this list has asked her to resign. Best not to exaggerate.
> >
> > 2. It is true that there is a higher level of scrutiny of the board than
> > there has been in the past. We should not forget that in the last year,
> the
> > board or its members:
> > * Ousted a community-selected member, for reasons generally regarded as
> > frivolous and insufficient;
> > * Defamed that same person following his ouster
> > * Appointed a new member with insufficient vetting, who subsequently had
> > to resign under pressure
> > * Lost another community-selected member, who cited reasons he had been
> > explicitl

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed Interim Executive Director

[Christophe Henner]

Congratulation Abraham.

I'm not sure welcome would be appropriate, but welcome into our new role :)



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On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Tim Moritz Hector <
tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de> wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> Earlier this week I informed you that Christian Rickerts might become the
> Undersecretary of State for the new Berlin ministry of economy, energy and
> enterprises. This has been confirmed today and Christian has stepped down
> from his WMDE role.
>
> I am very pleased to announce that the WMDE Supervisory Board appointed
> Abraham Taherivand as Interim Executive Director as of 8 December 2016.
>
> Abraham has joined WMDE in March 2012 and is the Head of our Software
> Development department. He has been on the transition team during the last
> ED search, has headed our works council and has been appointed deputy of
> the Executive Director recently. In his multiple roles, Abraham’s decisions
> have always been made in the sense of the Wikimedia Deutschland as a whole.
> With immediate effect, he has the full rights and duties of the Executive
> Director and will also continue to lead the Software Development
> Department.
>
> This solution allows us as a board to approach the next steps with the
> necessary calmness and deliberate thought. On 28-29 January 2017, we will
> meet for our regular board retreat and discuss all questions regarding the
> permanent filling of the ED position.
>
> Christian, once again a big thank you for your work with us.
> Congratulations and a good start in politics. I would like to thank you,
> Abraham, for your agreement to take on this crucial task and look forward
> to the further, close cooperation with you!
>
> I will keep you posted on future updates in the transition process.
>
> For the Supervisory Board
> Tim Moritz Hector
> Chair
>
> --
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[Wikimedia-l] Statement by Wikimedia Board on Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity, and Safe Spaces

[Christophe Henner]

Hello everyone,

As many of you know, over the past couple of years the Wikimedia Foundation
has taken a focused look at community health—particularly in regards to
harassment. The Foundation's Board has been monitoring and discussing this
issue over the past year with great interest. We have prepared a statement
offering our thoughts on this topic, and providing a clear mandate for the
Foundation’s leadership to fully engage on this issue.

Our statement is below and has been posted on Meta-Wiki, where it is set up
for translation:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/November_2016_-_Statement_on_Healthy_Community_Culture,_Inclusivity,_and_Safe_Spaces

Since the Foundation was established, we have been invested in building a
positive community culture. As part of these efforts, we have monitored the
projects for instances of harassment, escalating our capacity to respond in
recent years. Thanks to the work of the Foundation's Support and Safety
Team, we now have data in the form of the 2015 Harassment Survey[1] about
the nature of the issue. This has enabled us to identify key areas of
concern, and step up our response appropriately. This research shows that
harassment has a negative impact on participation in our projects. This has
implications for our ability to collect, share, and disseminate free
knowledge in support of the Wikimedia vision. Our statement speaks to the
Board's duty to help the Foundation fulfill its mission.

The Board is committed to making our communities safer and will not accept
harassment and toxic behavior on Wikimedia projects. We believe this matter
deserves the Foundation's attention and resources, and have confirmed this
responsibility at our latest Board meeting on November 13th. The questions
that lay before us all now are how to best address this threat, rather than
if we should attempt to do so.

The Board especially appreciates and applauds the work being done to
address this important issue by many community leaders across the movement
and teams within the Foundation. We look forward to seeing this cooperative
work not only continue, but expand. Finally, we encourage everyone who is
interested in helping the Foundation address this threat to our vision and
mission to engage in the upcoming discussions around this issue.

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,

Christophe Henner, Board Chair

María Sefidari, Board Vice Chair

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Harassment_survey_2015


Statement by the Wikimedia Board on Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity,
and Safe Spaces


At our Board meeting on November 13, and in Board meetings in September and
June, we spent considerable time discussing the issues of harassment and
hostility on the internet generally, and more specifically on the Wikimedia
projects.

This is an important issue. Approximately 40% of internet users, and 70% of
women internet users, have personally experienced harassment.[1] Of people
who have reported experiencing harassment on Wikimedia projects, more than
50% reported decreasing their participation in our community.[2] Based on
this and other research, we conclude that harassment and toxic behavior on
the Wikimedia projects negatively impacts the ability of the Wikimedia
projects to collect, share, and disseminate free knowledge. This behavior
is contrary to our vision and mission.

Our communities deserve safe spaces in which they can contribute
productively and debate constructively. It is our belief that the Wikimedia
Foundation should be proactively engaged in eliminating harassment,
promoting inclusivity, ensuring a healthier culture of discourse, and
improving the safety of Wikimedia spaces. We request management to dedicate
appropriate resources to this end.

We urge every member of the Wikimedia communities to collaborate in a way
that models the Wikimedia values of openness and diversity, step forward to
do their part to stop hostile and toxic behavior, support people who have
been targeted by such behavior, and help set clear expectations for all
contributors.

[1] 2014 Pew Research Center Study, found at:
http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/10/22/online-harassment/

[2] 2015 WMF Harassment Survey, found at:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Harassment_Survey_2015_-_Results_Report.pdf



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] News regarding Wikimania 2018

[Christophe Henner]

Congratulations everyone :)




Le 10 janv. 2017 11:24 AM, "James Heilman"  a écrit :

A big congratulations to Douglas and looking forwards to coming to South
Africa in 2018 :-)

James

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Ellie Young  wrote:

> All,
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and the Wikimedia
Foundation,
>  I am pleased to announce that we have decided to explore having Wikimania
>  2018 located in Cape Town, South Africa. It would be hosted by a team
>  led Douglas Scott with
> support of the Wikimedia ZA chapter and the WMF. The proposal will be
> further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming months, after which time we
> hope to confirm the award.
>
> This past Fall there were a total of four teams
>  that expressed interest
> in
> hosting in 2018.   We would also like to thank the people from South
> Africa, Armenia, Thailand, and Perth for all their effort in putting
> together materials for our consideration and their time spent discussing
> the possibilities.   As a volunteer-led movement, it is very  encouraging
> to have so many who want to support Wikimania.
>
> Please join us in congratulating the South African team.   If any of you
> would like to get involved or have questions/suggestions, please
> contact Douglas
> Scott  douglas.i.sc...@gmail.com
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Ellie Young
>
> WMF Events Manager
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Wikimedia Foundation
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMDE-update: Christian Rickerts might become Undersecretary of State

[Christophe Henner]

Congratulations Christian! That is an amazing news and recognition.

Good luck in your new job!



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On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Tanweer Morshed <wiki.tanw...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is surely a great news and a positive matter for WMDE. Wish Christian
> all the best.
>
>
> Regards,
> Tanweer
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 5:09 PM, attolippip <attolip...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Wow. Good luck with all this :)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
> >
> > 2016-12-05 13:06 GMT+02:00 Tim Moritz Hector
> <tim-moritz.hector@wikimedia.
> > de
> > >:
> >
> > > Dear Wikimedians,
> > >
> > > On Saturday, the Green Party has resolved the coalition agreement for
> the
> > > future Berlin government and nominated their future government
> officials.
> > > The
> > > new designated Minister of economics, Ramona Pop, asked Christian to
> > become
> > > her Undersecretary of State for the new Berlin ministry of economy,
> > energy
> > > and enterprises. Now things are going to happen quite quickly: The
> future
> > > senate is scheduled to be constituted on December 8th. Right after
> that,
> > > Christian would take on the new responsibility.
> > >
> > > The Supervisory Board of Wikimedia Deutschland and Christian agree that
> > > this is a great opportunity that he should accept. I also see this as a
> > > huge compliment to our work at Wikimedia Deutschland.
> > >
> > > We are aware that this opportunity brings a lot of change for our
> > > organisation for the near future as well. Christian and I are currently
> > > working on the next steps together with our staff and community. We
> will
> > > provide you with regular updates regarding the transition process.
> > >
> > > Thank you very much and kind regards
> > >
> > > Tim Moritz Hector
> > >
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