Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement about changes to the Board

2016-01-01 Thread Marcin Cieslak
On 2016-01-01, Andy Mabbett wrote: > On 28 December 2015 at 23:29, Patricio Lorente > wrote: > >> This decision creates an open seat for a community-selected Trustee. The >> Board is committed to filling this open community seat as quickly as >> possible. We will reach out to the 2015 election com

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Basics

2015-12-31 Thread Marcin Cieslak
On 2015-12-31, Milos Rancic wrote: > Today I've learned about it. And I think WMF is the perfect prey for such > initiative. > > I hope nobody sane is taking that seriously. You might want to check out some discussions surrounding the Wikimedia Zero initiative. Saper _

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement about changes to the Board

2015-12-29 Thread Marcin Cieslak
On 2015-12-29, George Herbert wrote: > I do think the Foundation legal staff need to review and some fix to > this needs to be made to the Bylaws for the future, either overriding > 617.0808 (1) (a) 2. explicitly or by making community vote explicitly > the recall mechanism for trustees elected by

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement about changes to the Board

2015-12-29 Thread Marcin Cieslak
On 2015-12-29, Michael Peel wrote: > From what I understand, the community elections don't directly elect/appoint > WMF board members, but essentially provide a recommendation that the WMF > board then approves. Have a look at the text of: > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:James_

[Wikimedia-l] Anyone from Wikimedia community going to OSCE Freedom of Media conference "Internet 2013" in Vienna? (Feb 14-15)

2013-02-05 Thread Marcin Cieslak
Hello, next week OSCE Freedom of Media Representative holds "Internet 2013" conference in Vienna: http://www.osce.org/event/internet2013 I was wondering who from Wikimedia community will be coming to the event? Marcin Cieślak saper at plwiki ___ Wik

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia, top Internet brand in Germany

2013-01-17 Thread Marcin Cieslak
>> Tobias wrote: > On 01/17/2013 02:08 PM, Quim Gil wrote: >> Wikipedia has debunked Google as top Internet brand in Germany, >> according to >> >> http://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/handel/yougov-brandindex-2012-das-sind-die-lieblingsmarken-der-deutschen/7643120.html > > We're almost as popular as ch

[Wikimedia-l] 15% off merchandise today at the Wikimedia Shop

2013-01-14 Thread Marcin Cieslak
Hello, I just wanted to share my feelings: I went to en.wikipedia.org today and I saw this message on top: Happy Birthday Wikipedia! 15% off merchandise today at the Wikimedia Shop My first impression was: I think I mistyped the URL... //Saper ___ W

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Tech/Product] Engineering/Product org structure

2012-11-06 Thread Marcin Cieslak
> To avoid fear and anxiety, and to make sure the plan makes sense, I > want to start an open conversation now. If you think any of the below > is a terrible idea, or have suggestions on how to improve the plan, > I’d love to hear from you. I’ll make myself personally available to > anyone who want

[Wikimedia-l] Next generation wiki by Ward Cunningham: After "edit" comes "fork"

2012-07-18 Thread Marcin Cieslak
Ward Cunningham, the inventor of wiki, has implemented "Smallest Federated Wiki". The most important change is that it is not only easy to edit the content, also forking is considered a natural part of the workflow. Besides, I really like the user interface: Videos: http://wardcunningham.github

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Report to Board: Chinese Internet Research Conference

2012-06-07 Thread Marcin Cieslak
(...) > The other high-light for me I had already mailed you. It was the keynote > speech by Jenova Chen [3]. Jenova is a game designer and some of the > most remarkable games he designed were Flow [4], Flower [5] and Journey > [6]. Especially the design principle of Journey impressed me most. So >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] TomTom does a Britannica

2012-06-07 Thread Marcin Cieslak
>> Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2012 13:23:25 +0100, Tom Morris wrote: >> On 29 May 2012 13:08, Anthony wrote: >>> The difference is that Wikipedia is usable in the real world, >>> whereas >>> OSM, for the most part, is not. >>> >>> Yes, TomTom is dying.  But it's because of Googl

[Wikimedia-l] ISOC, OECD, UNESCO: Relationship Between Local Content, Internet Development, and Access Prices

2012-05-14 Thread Marcin Cieslak
Hello everyone: Internet Society, OECD and UNESCO have published a report: The Relationship Between Local Content, Internet Development, and Access Prices http://www.internetsociety.org/localcontent http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/The%20Relationship%20Between%20Local%20Conten