Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

2014-12-02 Thread Jan Engelmann
Ciao Giuliana, great to have you on board! Tanti auguri, Jan

2014-12-02 12:46 GMT+01:00 Ivan Nikčević ivan.nikce...@vikimedija.org:

 Congratulations WMIT and Giuliana!

 All the best from WMRS.

 *Ivan Nikčević*
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 Wikimedia Serbia - rs.wikimedia.org -
 +381 60 7454 772

 *Imagine http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Imagine a world
 http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/World in which every single person on the
 planet is given free http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Free access to the sum
 of all http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/All human
 http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Human knowledge
 http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Knowledge. That's what we're doing.*

 On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:31 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
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Uruguay recognized as newest chapter

2013-07-15 Thread Jan Engelmann
Felitaciones a los celestes ;-) Que os vaya muy bien en la familia!

Saludos desde Berlín,

Jan


2013/7/15 Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada emi...@gmail.com

 Congratulations


 2013/7/14 Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com

  Dear all,
 
  It is my pleasure to bring to your attention the Board's latest
 resolution
  that recognizes Wikimedia Uruguay as the newest Wikimedia chapter:
 
 
 http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Uruguay
 
  Please welcome them to the Wikimedia family with open arms and wish them
  success in furthering our mission in Uruguay!
 
  Best regards,
 
  Bence Damokos,
  Chair, Affiliations Committee
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

2013-04-02 Thread Jan Engelmann
Hi all,

our meeting in Brussels is coming closer and we´re really looking
forward to talk face to face and discuss the organisational structure,
methods of communication and tasks of the future EU-Policy-Group [1].

During the last days, we’ve polished the schedule a little bit and
asked a professional facilitator to lead the discussion. So please
check the project site on Meta [2] and feel free to mention, comment
or ask anything you consider as important.

Please note: This is not - and has never been conceived as - an
exclusive event. If anybody likes to join us spontanously, please
don't hesitate to come to Brussels. It's gonna be challenging - and
fun.

For those who can't make it at all (and will be greatly missed), we'll
provide a protocol on an Etherpad:
http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/BrusselsMeeting

But as you all know, you never can beat the live performance ;-)

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_Policy
[2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_Policy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

2013-03-06 Thread Jan Engelmann
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] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

2013-03-06 Thread Jan Engelmann
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] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

2013-02-20 Thread Jan Engelmann
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

2013/2/20 Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com:
 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 :)


 Christophe

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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

2013-02-20 Thread Jan Engelmann
Hi Balázs,

I believe this will be the task of the future Belgian chapter what is - if
 I'm correct - just forming. No need to have two chapters there.


We're not talking about an overlapping or even overstretch of chapters.
The territorial perspective is not very productive if you search for new
synergy effects inside a global movement. What we have in mind, is rather
something preliminary to the stage of institutionalization. And we'd like
to discuss this basic idea exactly with those people already engaged in the
Brussels business. I think this is a very pragmatic and (hopefully)
sustainable approach.

Best, Jan



 Balazs

 2013/2/20 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com

  Hi all,
 
  I guess the non-partisan part is not even a quesiton, but rather a
  precondition. The question is how to balance it on a case-to-case basis.
  For now I have just included the wording *commitment to* *political
  neutrality except regarding the most serious things that directly impact
  our work. *in the Meta project pages. I believe that phrasing is a good
  starting point for our discussions.
 
  On the monitoring side the justification is easier. Collecting,
 publishing
  and summarising legislative proposals/ammendments/reports/positions is
  nothing that is not in line with gathering the sum of all human
  knowledge.
 
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[Wikimedia-l] Big Fat Brussels Gathering

2013-02-19 Thread Jan Engelmann
tl;dr Issues like copyright are crucial for us. So let’s join forces
in Brussels to make a difference. All we need is a bunch of smart
people.

Dear fellow Wikimedians,

it’s been quite some time since we have talked on various occasions
about the need for the European Wikimedia chapters to join their
forces in the political arena. Regarding the threats for Free
Knowledge which derive from harmful legislation, it just might be the
right moment to reassess our current practices and take a huge step
forward, as a loose combination of chapter representatives and
volunteers.

An according EU policy project is already being prepared. User:Dimi z
[1], a Wikimedian currently based in Brussels, versed and active in
political affairs, did the hard job to gather the required amount of
information to finally get started. He created a document on Meta [2]
which might serve as a starting point to exchange and develop ideas.

== What’s at stake? ==

Concerning European regulations, we have to develop a clear and
unified position on major legislative and political changes affecting
our mission, which is to create a better environment for Free
Knowledge. Building upon the tremendous efforts of Brussels-based NGOs
like EDRI [3] and La Quadrature Du Net [4], we should take the job to
speak for the Wikimedia movement and its particular role in, let’s
say, the ongoing Copyright Wars.

To build a sustainable model for advocacy it is necessary to

* monitor EU policy proceedings and initiatives
* comprehensively inform the participating chapters and communities
about EU dossiers
* initiate discussions about what is desirable or might be risky for Wikimedia
* take action where necessary
* reach out to like-minded projects and communities

== OK, point taken. But HOW shall we do this? ==

Firstly, we are dedicated to a culture of sharing and a significant
level of transparency. So we need to work in Brussels in accordance to
our principles which differ remarkably from the “black box” approach
usually applied by industry representatives.

Secondly, we are searching for an organizational basis that follows
our capacities. So let’s come up with a smart, inclusive structure
that ensures easy access and leaves enough space for latecomers or
people that engage only occasionally.

Thirdly, we need someone on site. Since we have to give established
institutions and public officials a face, a name, and a direct way to
contact us, a specific contact person in Brussels would be more than
useful. S/he needs to know everything about the drafting process of
relevant directives and regulations, find access to political parties
and hangs out in the preferred bars of staff members working for
Neelie Kroes, Michael Barnier or Androulla Vassiliou.

== In a nutshell: Imagine a working group, which ==

* does lobbying - but in full disclosure, on the open stage
* seeks strategic alliances, but not only with affiliated organizations
* partly consists of full-time-employees, but heavily relies on
volunteer-engagement

== Interested in being a part of it? ==

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:

http://doodle.com/ntiz6gup7z49e7p5

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

Looking forward to seeing you all in Brussels,

Jan Engelmann

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dimi_z
[2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_Policy
[3] http://www.edri.org/
[4] http://www.laquadrature.net/


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