Re: [Wikimedia-l] An Open Letter to Wikimedia Foundation BoT

[Siko Bouterse]

 Ido, Ori, Sydney, Shani, Ben, Delphine, Gayle, thank you for your boldness
and wisdom in this thread. I know how rarely some of us speak on this list,
and I appreciate you raising your voices here, now. I need to believe that
the power of the collective leadership that so many volunteers and staff
are showing here will ultimately be strong enough to ensure that the
Wikimedia Foundation has the leadership that its mission deserves.
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[Wikimedia-l] Another goodbye

[Siko Bouterse]

Dear friends and colleagues,

I’ve had the amazing privilege of serving this movement in a staff capacity
for the past 4 ½ years, but I’ve now decided to move on from my role at the
Wikimedia Foundation.

Transparency, integrity, community and free knowledge remain deeply
important to me, and I believe I will be better placed to represent those
values in a volunteer capacity at this time. I am and will always remain a
Wikimedian, so you'll still see me around the projects (User:Seeeko),
hopefully with renewed energy and joy in volunteering.

This movement has become my home in so many unexpected ways, and I’m truly
honored to have learned from so many of you. It was an amazing experience
to have partnered with smart, bold, and dedicated community folks to
experiment with projects like Teahouse, IdeaLab, Inspire, Individual
Engagement Grants, and Reimagining Grants. I’ve seen you create some really
incredible content, ideas, tools, programs, processes, committees and
organizations, all in the service of free knowledge.

I expect my last day to be Thursday, February 25th. I have full confidence
in Maggie Dennis's abilities to lead the Community Engagement Department,
and I trust that my team will remain available to support the community’s
needs for grants and other resources throughout this time of transition.

Much love,
Siko

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Help decide Future IdeaLab Campaigns!

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi Pine,
Some quick answers to your questions:

1. The initial results of the Inspire Campaign themselves were largely very
good (see:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/28/what-we-learned-from-the-inspire-campaign/).
As for the projects funded as a result of the campaign, though, they're
still running and so we expect to have analysis of their impact completed
towards the end of this fiscal year (by June 2016), after all grantees have
reported back.
2. Yes. See Jethro's FAQ # 2 for the fuller answer:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Future_IdeaLab_Campaigns#FAQ

Cheers,
Siko


On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> Hi Jethro,
>
> Two questions:
>
> (1) How are the results looking from the Gender Gap campaign in IdeaLab?
>
> (2) If WMF does this again, will the campaign be designed and resourced in
> a way that doesn't disrupt the other grants process flows? I have painful
> memories of what happened in the PEG process last time. I hope that, with
> the addition of interns or other HR shuffles, the other grants process
> flows can continue normally.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Pine
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Chris Schilling 
> wrote:
>
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > I invite you to help decide what topics should be considered for future
> > IdeaLab campaigns, which generate novel proposals for improving and
> > addressing community needs on the Wikimedia projects to which you
> > contribute:
> >
> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Future_IdeaLab_Campaigns
> >
> >
> > You can offer feedback and your own campaign topics through a survey
> > conducted through AllOurIdeas <
> > http://www.allourideas.org/idealab_campaigns>
> > in addition to participating on the IdeaLab talk page.
> >
> > I’m looking forward to seeing your feedback and exploring potential
> > directions we can take IdeaLab campaigns for next year!
> >
> > With thanks,
> >
> > Jethro
> >
> > --
> > Chris "Jethro" Schilling
> > I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on carrying the Wikimania conversation forward

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On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:40 PM, Liang-chih Shang Kuan <
shangkua...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I want to kindly ask a follow up on the issue Isabella Apriana has
> mentioned - "...it's not official yet for Montreal, but seems like
> there's nothing we can do about 2017 now because community discussion is
> expected to focus on 2018-2021."
>
> Is that true? Should all the bid team except Montreal stop to spend their
> energy for the 2017 bid anymore, or should they keep contact the local
> venue and service providers to have a better research on their bid?
>
> I personally really want to have another Wikimania in Asia (if so, I won't
> have big jet lag issue, haha), I see WMID is putting some lot of efforts of
> their organization on the bid process (I was having a meeting with them for
> 2 hours to know better about the venue situation in Bali), so I ask this
> question. Just want to make sure how the follow up should go for the
> bidders before the community consultation in November to prevent burned out
> and reduce feeling of frustration.
>

Hi Liang. Confirming here that we've asked anyone who is considering
hosting Wikimania (for 2017 or any other year) to be in touch with Ellie
Young directly before putting any more energy into a bid.  Hope this is
clear now - thanks!


>
> Best,
>
>
> Liang, Wikimedia Taiwan
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Thoughts on carrying the Wikimania conversation forward

[Siko Bouterse]

Thanks for these suggestions, Lodewijk. Starting with the main goals and
ideas before moving to detailed process and criteria makes a lot of sense.
We'll need to define a process for 2018 before too long - one of the issues
we're seeing is a need to select hosts earlier, because good venues book up
early - so I'm not sure we can postpone the process discussions entirely
until after Ensino Lario, but I hear your point about vision before
process, and about using the next Wikimania to forward some phases of
discussion in-person. We can look at options for how to accomplish this.

Cheers,
Siko

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Lodewijk 
wrote:

> Hi Siko,
>
> Thanks for the constructive thoughts.
>
> I agree it is good to focus on the future, and have a good discussion
> about this. I hope that chapters and organised groups (who could have
> higher odds for bidding/hosting) also discuss this topic, and use that as
> input. That way, more people can be included indirectly.
>
> While I do think we should really discuss this, I do also think Esino
> Lario is a very brave experiment, and I would like to separate the
> discussion between general goals, and how we accomplish them. I expect we
> will learn many lessons from Esino Lario based on the very creative
> approach to the conference. Some things will work out great, and should be
> repeated, others probably give a less enthusiast feeling for repetition.
> That is nothing to be ashamed of, because if we never try, we never find
> out.
>
> So I would like to propose that this consultation does /not/ result in a
> very rigid set of criteria and process, but that it focuses on the main
> goals, the main ideas what we want with Wikimania - and that we revisit
> that shortly after Esino Lario to incorporate those lessons. That also
> gives some space to have a real life discussion at Wikimania about this
> plan :) It would be nice to have a good set of input for that real life
> discussion though!
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:11 AM, Siko Bouterse 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Just letting you know that I’m reading the recent Wikimania-focused
>> mailing list threads with interest, as the Community Resources team is now
>> on-point for funding and coordinating WMF’s involvement in Wikimania.
>>
>> A couple of first thoughts to share:
>>
>> 1. WMF has learned from past Wikimanias that we need to do our
>> due-diligence on venue etc before the host team and location is announced.
>> One reason for this is that we have a limited budget for Wikimania, and
>> doing a site visit before the host is finalized helps us ensure that we’re
>> able to support the costs of the event in a given location. Ellie Young is
>> headed to Montreal in 2 weeks and based on what she learns from that visit,
>> we’re aiming to give the steering committee what they need to confirm
>> selection before the end of 2015. That said, we recognize that
>> communications around this haven’t gone as planned, and we are looking into
>> improvements…(see thought 2)
>>
>> 2. We, too, would like to see the movement building towards a shared
>> vision of Wikimania! It is great to see so many people, in true
>> Wikimedian-style, thinking about big-picture questions of participation,
>> representation, and content at Wikimania. Knowing that mailing list
>> discussions have their limits, here’s how my team is thinking about
>> collecting feedback more systematically for this going forward:
>>
>> We’ll be launching a community consultation in November to help build
>> towards more shared vision and process improvements for Wikimania 2018 -
>> 2021. Two key inputs we’ve been thinking about using to launch that
>> conversation are 1) responses from the survey of last Wikimania’s attendees
>> and 2) the steering committee’s recommendation for host selection going
>> forward.
>>
>> We’re still regrouping from the latest Resources Consultation, and will
>> begin planning for a Wikimania Consultation next week, so after that we’ll
>> be able to share more information about what this consultation will look
>> like and the exact timeline. Meanwhile, suggestions and open questions that
>> you’d like to see resolved via this consultation are most welcome in this
>> thread. My hope is that a consultation will help broaden participation in
>> these conversations and get us from input to action.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Siko
>>
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>>
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>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on carrying the Wikimania conversation forward

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi folks,

Just letting you know that I’m reading the recent Wikimania-focused mailing
list threads with interest, as the Community Resources team is now on-point
for funding and coordinating WMF’s involvement in Wikimania.

A couple of first thoughts to share:

1. WMF has learned from past Wikimanias that we need to do our
due-diligence on venue etc before the host team and location is announced.
One reason for this is that we have a limited budget for Wikimania, and
doing a site visit before the host is finalized helps us ensure that we’re
able to support the costs of the event in a given location. Ellie Young is
headed to Montreal in 2 weeks and based on what she learns from that visit,
we’re aiming to give the steering committee what they need to confirm
selection before the end of 2015. That said, we recognize that
communications around this haven’t gone as planned, and we are looking into
improvements…(see thought 2)

2. We, too, would like to see the movement building towards a shared vision
of Wikimania! It is great to see so many people, in true Wikimedian-style,
thinking about big-picture questions of participation, representation, and
content at Wikimania. Knowing that mailing list discussions have their
limits, here’s how my team is thinking about collecting feedback more
systematically for this going forward:

We’ll be launching a community consultation in November to help build
towards more shared vision and process improvements for Wikimania 2018 -
2021. Two key inputs we’ve been thinking about using to launch that
conversation are 1) responses from the survey of last Wikimania’s attendees
and 2) the steering committee’s recommendation for host selection going
forward.

We’re still regrouping from the latest Resources Consultation, and will
begin planning for a Wikimania Consultation next week, so after that we’ll
be able to share more information about what this consultation will look
like and the exact timeline. Meanwhile, suggestions and open questions that
you’d like to see resolved via this consultation are most welcome in this
thread. My hope is that a consultation will help broaden participation in
these conversations and get us from input to action.

Warm regards,
Siko

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reimagining Wikimedia Foundation Grants

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi again,
Thanks to the 100+ people who have shared feedback via the survey and talk
page discussion so far!

Reminder: The consultation period closes on 8 September 0:00 UTC.

This is the last weekend to add your thoughts to the conversation before we
begin to analyze all feedback and plan next steps. Looking forward to
incorporating your ideas, so please do come share them if you haven't had a
chance to do so yet!

Warm regards,
Siko

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Siko Bouterse 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation would like your feedback about how we can
> reimagine grants to better support people and ideas in the Wikimedia
> movement.
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants
>
> We’ve been discussing the idea with the grants committees and are now
> running a survey and collecting feedback on Meta-wiki. Office hours will
> also be held in Hangouts and IRC starting at the end of August.
>
> Please share your feedback on the idea here, and help make it better:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants
>
> You can learn more about this consultation, including dates for office
> hours, here:
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Consultation
>
> Feedback is welcome in any language.
>
> Warm regards,
> Siko and the Community Resources team
>
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Reimagining Wikimedia Foundation Grants

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,

The Wikimedia Foundation would like your feedback about how we can
reimagine grants to better support people and ideas in the Wikimedia
movement.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants

We’ve been discussing the idea with the grants committees and are now
running a survey and collecting feedback on Meta-wiki. Office hours will
also be held in Hangouts and IRC starting at the end of August.

Please share your feedback on the idea here, and help make it better:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants

You can learn more about this consultation, including dates for office
hours, here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Consultation

Feedback is welcome in any language.

Warm regards,
Siko and the Community Resources team

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[Wikimedia-l] Reimagining Wikimedia Foundation Grants

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,

The Wikimedia Foundation would like your feedback about how we can
reimagine grants to better support people and ideas in the Wikimedia
movement.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants

We’ve been discussing the idea with the grants committees and are now
running a survey and collecting feedback on Meta-wiki. Office hours will
also be held in Hangouts and IRC starting at the end of August.

Please share your feedback on the idea here, and help make it better:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants

You can learn more about this consultation, including dates for office
hours, here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Consultation

Feedback is welcome in any language.

Warm regards,
Siko and the Community Resources team

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[Wikimedia-l] New Inspire Campaign report

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,
We've published a report and blog post sharing some more findings from our
recent Inspire campaign:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/28/what-we-learned-from-the-inspire-campaign/
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Spring_2015_Inspire_campaign
As always, your thoughts are welcome (preferably on the discussion page or
in blog comments, for easy tracking).
Warm regards,
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[Wikimedia-l] Announcing Marti Johnson as WMF Program Officer for Individual Grants

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,
Following up on the announcement about a new structure in the Community
Engagement team,[1] I'm happy to say we've now got a new program officer to
support WMF's Individual Engagement Grants program. Please see below for
more details. This month, Marti Johnson will be taking over for both the
IEG and TPS programs.[2] Grantees and committee members will be introduced
to Marti soon, as her onboarding to both programs begins :) Meanwhile, I
trust you will help make her feel welcome.
Warmly,
Siko

[1]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-February/076864.html
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mjohnson_(WMF)

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Date: Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:08 PM
Subject: Announcing Marti Johnson as Program Officer for Individual Grants
To: Staff All 


Hi all,

I'm excited to announce that we've got a new Program Officer for Individual
Grants. Please join me in congratulating Marti Johnson as she transitions
to this role!

Marti joined WMF as Project Coordinator in the Grantmaking and Programs
(later turned Community Engagement) department in September 2014. She
quickly demonstrated that she’s a strategic thinker who brings deep respect
for communities, a facility for organizing systems that foster creativity
and collaboration, and the warmth and generosity needed to support
individuals to do their best work.

In her new role, Marti will be responsible for the Individual Engagement
Grants and Travel and Participation Support programs. She reports directly
to me.

I’m delighted to have Marti move into the Community Resources team to put
her talents to work, particularly for supporting our Individual Engagement
Grantees and taking IEG to the next level over the coming year. Among other
things, Marti will be working on creating more robust mentorship systems
and a broader network to support grantees, while continuing to offer direct
support herself to the IEG grantees, proposers, and committee.

We’ve begun a transition period in which Marti is working to hand-off her
role in supporting Luis and the Community Engagement team while beginning
to assume her new responsibilities in Community Resources. Marti has
already taken on responsibility for Travel and Participation Support, this
week she will be onboarding our new crop of Inspire grantees in IEG, and
over the course of May I’ll be handing all day-to-day operations for IEG to
her as well. More information will be coming from Lynette later this month
about the backfill for Marti’s former Project Coordinator position. Many
thanks to Lynette for bringing Marti to WMF and supporting her move to this
new role :)

Here’s a bit more about Marti, for those of you who haven’t yet had a
chance to get to know her:

Inspired by a senior paper on agrarian community in American literature,
Marti took her first job after college coordinating Community Supported
Agriculture on an urban organic farm.   A year of service as an AmeriCorps
volunteer led to a decade managing collaboratively driven resource
conservation projects on California farmlands.   She gained extensive
experience with grants management, including proposal and report writing,
grantmaking, contract oversight and coordination of budgets ranging from
hundreds to millions of dollars.  Marti specialized in facilitating
community-based processes and played a lead role in coordinating a
private-public alliance which was awarded California’s highest honor for
environmental and economic leadership.  She gained a reputation for
building meaningful collaboration--and among other tools, she relied
heavily on wikis she built with MediaWiki software to do it.  After moving
to San Francisco, Marti was very excited to join WMF and offer skills in
community coordination, collaborative strategy-building and grants
management in the context of Wikimedia projects.  In her free time, Marti
likes to backpack, write and take long walks in Golden Gate Park.  She has
recently been working toward a goal to read through the complete works of
Shakespeare (about 75% complete!) and welcomes read-aloud collaborators.

Congratulations and welcome to Community Resources, Marti!

Warm regards,
Siko

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing Inspire Campaign Grantees

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> ><
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Linguistics_Editathon_series:_Improving_female_linguists%27_participation_and_representation_on_Wikipedia
> > >
> >- Wikipedia edit-a-thon for the Aphra Behn Society
> ><
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia_edit-a-thon_for_the_Aphra_Behn_Society
> > >
> >- Wikineedsgirls
> ><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikineedsgirls>
> >- Gender in East Asia Wikipedia Editing
> ><
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Gender_in_East_Asia_Wikipedia_Editing
> > >
> >- Full Circle Gap Protocol: Addressing the Unknown Unknowns
> ><
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Full_Circle_Gap_Protocol:_Addressing_the_%E2%80%98Unknown_Unknowns%E2%80%99
> > >
> >- Wellington Wikipedia Meet Up - With Childcare
> ><
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wellington_Wikipedia_Meet_Up_-_With_Childcare
> > !>
> >
> >- Just for the record
> ><https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Just_for_the_record>
> >- Let's fill the gender gap Workshops
> ><
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Let%27s_fill_the_gender_gap_Workshops
> > >
> >- Empowering Afrodescendant women in Wikipedia
> ><
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Empowering_Afrodescendant_women_in_Wikipedia
> > >
> >
> > What’s next:
> >
> > We hope you'll continue to engage with these projects as they begin work
> in
> > coming months and offer your experience and ideas!
> >
> > Meanwhile, our regularly scheduled grant programs continue :)
> >
> > A number of ideas and grant proposals from the campaign are still in
> > development. Over the coming year, we'll continue to encourage people to
> > make changes based on feedback and our Project and Event Grants
> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG> and Individual Engagement
> > Grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG> programs will be
> happy
> > to continue to receive new or adjusted proposals aimed at increasing
> gender
> > diversity during regular funding cycles along with all other topics.
> >
> > A full analysis of the Inspire campaign is in progress, and in coming
> weeks
> > we'll be sharing findings from a traffic analysis and a participant
> survey.
> > Stay tuned for another update in mid-May on what we learned from the
> > Inspire experiment, what worked, what didn't, and recommended steps for
> the
> > future.
> >
> > Many thanks to all of you that contributed to this campaign with
> proposals,
> > ideas, feedback and suggestions!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > The Inspire Team
> >
> > --
> > Alexandra Wang
> > Program Officer
> > Project & Event Grants
> > Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
> > +1 415-839-6885
> > Skype: alexvwang
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Ask questions, give feedback on six annual plan grant proposals for the FDC!

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On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Pine W  wrote:

> 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 (:
>

As WMF continues to focus on "integration" as a major theme in 2015, we'll
certainly be giving the big picture of all our grantmaking structures,
impact assessments, etc some further thought. Any updates to grant programs
would happen in consult with the committees and broader community, so you
can expect that the program officers and I will be having more
conversations on this topic with you all over the coming year (no sudden
changes, lots of measured thought).
Cheers,
Siko


>
> Pine
> On Apr 7, 2015 11:20 PM, "Luis Villa"  wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:13 PM, Pine W  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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> > Sr. Director of Community Engagement
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> share
> > in the sum of all knowledge.*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Veteran Malayalam Wikipedian BabuG signed off...

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abuG has made his life stamped immortal for ever and has
>>> shown us the pathway we should follow in continuing our humble
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>>>
>>> -ViswaPrabha
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: A new structure for WMF Community Engagement

[Siko Bouterse]

standing
> 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 rights defenders, has
> > > this book on sustainability:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://urgentactionfund.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/06/WTPR-Final-Book.pdf
> > >
> > > [3] And look forward to dancing together on the beaches of a future
> > > Wikimania…
> > >
> > > [4] Sometimes frustrating, sometimes unbelievable, sometimes somewhat
> > > insane; but yes mostly, generous beyond belief, and always, joyous. :-)
> > >
> > > [5] More Neil Gaiman, from The Sandman:
> > > https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Sandman#A_Game_of_You
> > >
> > > [6]
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Key_theme_-_Global_South,_WMF_Metrics_Meeting_February_2015.pdf&page=20
> > > Ask Florence (User:Anthere) for _that_ story!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Lila Tretikov 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear Wikimedians,
> > > >
> > > > Among the WMF’s top priorities for 2015 is strengthening our
> engagement
> > > > with Wikimedia editors and volunteers. Today we are taking the first
> > step
> > > > by bringing together the people who know our communities best and
> > asking
> > > > them to break barriers and improve engagement. Everyone at the WMF
> who
> > > > carries responsibilities directly related to the communities will
> join
> > a
> > > > new Community Engagement department.
> > > >
> > > > I have asked Luis Villa to lead the Community Engagement organization
> > as
> > > > the Senior Director of Community Engagement, reporting to me.
> Promoting
> > > > from within the WMF for this critical role will allow us to leverage
> > the
> > > > knowledge and experience with our communities and reinforce the
> > strengths
> > > > of our people.
> > > >
> > > > Luis’s experience with communities is lengthy and deep. He has been
> > > > involved in open communities since the late 1990s, from communities
> as
> > > > small as the Lego Mindstorms hackers to those as large as Mozilla. He
> > > > worked in open communities as a lawyer, a programmer, a bugmaster, an
> > > > engineering lead, a com

[Wikimedia-l] Help launch the Inspire Grants Campaign in March 2015

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,

During March we will be running an Inspire Campaign to proactively source
and support new projects aimed at addressing Wikimedia’s gender gap:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire_Grants_%E2%80%93_Gender_gap_campaign

Our goals are two-fold:

1. Experiment with running scalable themed campaigns in IdeaLab to incubate
more initiatives aimed at having a focused collective impact.

2. Proactively support community initiatives aimed at increasing gender
diversity in contributors to, and content of, Wikimedia projects.

Why are we piloting with a gender gap theme? A variety of initiatives are
needed to increase diversity and reduce systemic bias on Wikimedia
projects, but so far these haven’t emerged organically at scale. Without
taking time to focus together on increasing gender diversity in our content
and contributors, this trend is likely to continue. WMF’s Individual
Engagement Grants and Project and Event Grants could support such
initiatives, and we're interested to learn how specifically inviting
proposals in this area can have an impact.

March is WikiWomen’s History Month, and it’s a great time to focus extra
attention and energy together on addressing the gender gap.

We need your help! We’re looking for volunteers to join our team in the
following roles:

1. Community organizers:  Spread the the word about the campaign to your
local communities, maintain a friendly space in IdeaLab, facilitate
development of ideas and project teams. (March)

2. Translators: Translate campaign content and gender gap resources into
your language. This is a global campaign, so all languages are welcome.
Some languages we’d particularly like to be able to support include:
Spanish, Arabic, Malayalam, Telugu, and Ukrainian. (February and March)

3. Funding committee: Facilitate development of ideas to grant proposals,
support idea-creators to improve proposals, greenlight projects for funding
via either Individual Engagement Grants or Project & Event Grants. (March
and April)

If you’re interested in any of the above roles, please signup under
“Participants” on the planning page or email Siko or Alex by February 10th.


https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire_Grants_%E2%80%93_Gender_gap_campaign#Get_involved

Warm regards,
The Inspire Team

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

[Siko Bouterse]

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Jens Best  wrote:

> Sorry to interrupted, just a short question.
>
> I'm looking for statistics of how many project ideas/requests were
> submitted in the past. How many volunteers and WMF-employees were and are
> involved in evaluating all these submissions and so on.
>
> Can anybody provide me with a link or any other kind of reliable
> informations on that?
>
> best regards
>
> Jens Best
>


Hi Jens,
Some quick stats:

*PEG handles about 20 proposals per month

*IEG handles about 30 submissions per round (of those requested, we
ultimately funded 7 projects in the latest round)
*2 program officers, 1 grants administrator, and several other staffers are
advising or otherwise touching some portion of these grants to a much
smaller degree. 16 members on each committee (give or take a couple
members) are involved in reviewing proposals.



>
> 2015-01-08 15:13 GMT+01:00 Leigh Thelmadatter :
>
> > I dont think the issue is the idea of encouraging projects that increase
> > the participation of women, but rather the message that everything else
> is
> > getting shoved aside.
> >
> > I dont see this as sexism and playing that card is counter-productive.
> >
> > What I suggest is that instead of saying that for three months everyone
> > else is  sidelined, focus on inclusion.  If there arent enough or good
> > enough projects for addressing the number of women participating in
> > Wikipedia, perhaps we should look into why. Perhaps also look into the
> > Foundation directly reaching out to women's groups for collaborative
> > purposes.
> >
> > But the OP does have a point. By telling certain groups "we are not
> > interested in you right now" you are playing an "us-against-them" game
> and
> > quite probably causing more harm than good.
> >
> >
> > Leigh
> >
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 09:03:40 -0500
> > > From: nawr...@gmail.com
> > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender
> > gap project-related decision
> > >
> > > You certainly put a lot of time and effort into being wrong. Any first
> > year
> > > undergraduate writing course will tell you that to make an argument you
> > > need to address the counter-arguments, which you have failed even to
> > > mention. Diversity of contributors isn't a social justice goal, or
> even a
> > > cultural engineering goal. It is aimed squarely at increasing the
> > diversity
> > > and caliber of content. Not only does the small proportion of women
> mean
> > > that millions of them with huge amounts of expertise to contribute are
> > > unheard, it also means that their perspective and approach are
> > > underrepresented or missing entirely.
> > >
> > > And yes, the same is true for others - not only African-Americans, but
> > > Africans. Not only people of "Indo-Asian" descent, but the people of
> the
> > > Indian subcontinent itself. This is not an American movement, yet the
> > > "global south" is deeply under-represented, and the WMF has been
> working
> > > for years to address this issue. This is, again, because diversity of
> > > contributors matters for the breadth and depth of coverage in our
> > projects.
> > > The goal of the Wikimedia movement is the sum of all human knowledge,
> not
> > > the sum of knowledge held by white men between 15 and 35 living in
> Europe
> > > and North America.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF is shutting down grantmaking for good projects for 3 months for no reason

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eed to rush. And yes we
> need
> > to
> > > start in January/February or it will be too late to organize it
> properly.
> > >
> > > Also all the national teams of Wiki Loves Monuments, the international
> > team
> > > recommend all the national teams to start in January/February, to have
> a
> > > proper organisation together with various local partners and sponsors,
> > but
> > > now all these teams are delayed for three months.
> > >
> > > And a personal project of mine in Belgium, I am planning to organize
> Wiki
> > > Loves Art in Belgium, together with various partners and sponsors. We
> > > intent to start in February, but now have to rush to get such done.
> > >
> > > By the way: did you know there is a Belgium Gap? Belgian subjects are
> > > relatively less and worse described on the various Wikipedias.
> > >
> > >
> > > This shutting down results in:
> > > * Discouraging many volunteers who are planning to submit good project
> > > proposals.
> > > * Having volunteers rushed with project plans, which lowers the quality
> > of
> > > the plans.
> > > * Having volunteers being late and delayed with projects, for no good
> > > reason.
> > >
> > > Grantmaking is intented to support the communities, not frustrating
> them.
> > > WMF: stop this negative campaign!
> > >
> > >
> > > And for all project teams who want to organize a gender gap project:
> > great
> > > you organize this, it is very very welcome! But I like to make a
> > > suggestion: submit the proposal on the first day after the shutting
> down
> > > period to give a strong signal to WMF that shutting down is a bad idea.
> > >
> > >
> > > It is time for a new strategic priority: closing the Community Gap.
> That
> > is
> > > the gap between WMF and the local communities worldwide. It is not new,
> > it
> > > exists for many years already. (It resulted also in the drama of the
> > > situation around the Mediaviewer in 2014, the drama with the Visual
> > Editor
> > > in 2013, etc. in what WMF didn't sense well the community.) (Maybe the
> > gap
> > > is less between WMF and the English speaking part of the world, but the
> > > world is larger. We have many people around the world who are speak a
> > > different language. WMF is not sensing the worldwide community well
> > > enough.)
> > > Finally we should do more about this Community Gap.
> > >
> > > For those celebrating: I wish you a happy new year with great projects
> > that
> > > make every single human being freely share in the sum of all human
> > > knowledge!!
> > >
> > > Romaine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF is shutting down grantmaking for good projects for 3 months for no reason

[Siko Bouterse]

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:17 PM, MF-Warburg 
wrote:

> Sorry if this was already answered and I overlooked it, but will there be
> something like a special form of "advertising" this campaign in order to
> attract many requests that propose to do something about the Gender Gap?
>

Great question. Current thinking is to do the usual announcing on mailing
lists, blog/social media, village pumps, etc, as well as experimenting with
running Central Notice banners. Would like to attract folks from various
wikis who have interest in this theme and ability to lead a project in
their community, beyond the usual (relatively small) slice who regularly
participate in lists like these or in the usual grantmaking discussions on
meta-wiki. And although outside media could help bring total newbies to
contribute ideas, discussion, and other forms of participation, it is
pretty darn important to have at least 1 experienced Wikimedian on a funded
team in order to lead and execute a useful community project, so
in-movement (particularly on-wiki) promotion is a priority. Any
thoughts/suggestions would be welcome!


> 2015-01-06 21:11 GMT+01:00 Siko Bouterse :
>
> > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 2:37 AM, Anders Wennersten <
> > m...@anderswennersten.se>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Siko, also from me.
> > >
> > > I do hope that  you use this time to really learn of the dynamics of
> > > grants/impact, by following up of earlier experience and also in
> defining
> > > expectations targets etc in a specific area
> > >
> > > For me an eyeopener was a program run in Sweden by WMSE to get more
> > female
> > > contributors.  It was funded from outside WMF and primary involved
> > > workshops for Wikipedia writing, in a form we are all familiar with.
> The
> > > workshops was run in different middlesized towns and got a very limited
> > > attendance, 3-15 persons, whereof only a tiny fraction stayed on as
> > > Wikipedians after the workshop.   I got annoyed at first noticing it
> cost
> > > something like 100-200 dollar per participant, and 20 times as much to
> > get
> > > the one among them who stayed on  but only making some 50-100 edits. I
> > saw
> > > it as a truly waste of money (not WMF though).
> > >
> > > But then I learned that those activities attracted more media attention
> > > than any other program having been run by WMSE, there must now be
> between
> > > 30-50 coverages in local and nationwide papers and radio stations.  And
> > the
> > > funding body saw this as a thundering success, and has given even more
> > > funding for a second year. And then something happened as a result from
> > > this media coverage, more female editors has now a year later turned
> up!
> > >
> > > Anders
> > >
> > >
> > Thanks for sharing this example, Anders. We're definitely going to learn
> a
> > lot from this experiment, as I am from this discussion, and will be
> sharing
> > back findings too :)
> >
> > Your point about media interest as well as longer term impact is super
> > important. While we do need to be able to demonstrate some short-term
> > impact, I also think that for many of the grants we make the impact can
> > really only seen much more clearly in the longer term. So following up
> well
> > after the pilot is over will also be important.
> >
> > I don't usually think that media coverage alone = thundering success
> (like
> > you, I'd probably have been disappointed at first with the early outcomes
> > you mentioned). But I do see that one possible outcome for campaigns like
> > this is increased media coverage which in turn could result in longer
> term
> > impact by bringing in more people to the projects. Will be on the lookout
> > for this - glad you mentioned it!
> >
> > Siko
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Chris Keating skrev den 2015-01-06 10:53:
> > >
> > >  Thanks for the details Siko!
> > >>
> > >> Going back to the original message in this thread - I would indeed be
> > >> concerned if the WMF was shutting down grantmaking for good projects
> > for 3
> > >> months for no good reason.
> > >>
> > >> However that's not really what's happening. It's more that non-urgent
> > >> grantmaking is being postponed; and there is a good rationale for it
> > (one
> > >> more about wanting to experiment with grantmaking styles, than about
> the
> > >> gender gap being a speci

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF is shutting down grantmaking for good projects for 3 months for no reason

[Siko Bouterse]

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 2:37 AM, Anders Wennersten 
wrote:

> Thanks Siko, also from me.
>
> I do hope that  you use this time to really learn of the dynamics of
> grants/impact, by following up of earlier experience and also in defining
> expectations targets etc in a specific area
>
> For me an eyeopener was a program run in Sweden by WMSE to get more female
> contributors.  It was funded from outside WMF and primary involved
> workshops for Wikipedia writing, in a form we are all familiar with. The
> workshops was run in different middlesized towns and got a very limited
> attendance, 3-15 persons, whereof only a tiny fraction stayed on as
> Wikipedians after the workshop.   I got annoyed at first noticing it cost
> something like 100-200 dollar per participant, and 20 times as much to get
> the one among them who stayed on  but only making some 50-100 edits. I saw
> it as a truly waste of money (not WMF though).
>
> But then I learned that those activities attracted more media attention
> than any other program having been run by WMSE, there must now be between
> 30-50 coverages in local and nationwide papers and radio stations.  And the
> funding body saw this as a thundering success, and has given even more
> funding for a second year. And then something happened as a result from
> this media coverage, more female editors has now a year later turned up!
>
> Anders
>
>
Thanks for sharing this example, Anders. We're definitely going to learn a
lot from this experiment, as I am from this discussion, and will be sharing
back findings too :)

Your point about media interest as well as longer term impact is super
important. While we do need to be able to demonstrate some short-term
impact, I also think that for many of the grants we make the impact can
really only seen much more clearly in the longer term. So following up well
after the pilot is over will also be important.

I don't usually think that media coverage alone = thundering success (like
you, I'd probably have been disappointed at first with the early outcomes
you mentioned). But I do see that one possible outcome for campaigns like
this is increased media coverage which in turn could result in longer term
impact by bringing in more people to the projects. Will be on the lookout
for this - glad you mentioned it!

Siko


>
>
> Chris Keating skrev den 2015-01-06 10:53:
>
>  Thanks for the details Siko!
>>
>> Going back to the original message in this thread - I would indeed be
>> concerned if the WMF was shutting down grantmaking for good projects for 3
>> months for no good reason.
>>
>> However that's not really what's happening. It's more that non-urgent
>> grantmaking is being postponed; and there is a good rationale for it (one
>> more about wanting to experiment with grantmaking styles, than about the
>> gender gap being a special case).
>>
>> Makes sense to me.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:59 AM, Lodewijk 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Actually, the experiment is whether such a campaign would drive more
>>> successful grants, as I understand it. It works from the assumption that
>>> such grants would have a positive impact. I'm happy to go with that
>>> assumption though.
>>>
>>> I still strongly disagree with this initiative, but especially the way it
>>> is executed. I'm glad to hear that all time-sensitive requests can still
>>> apply during this period - that would probably be quite a few requests.
>>>
>>> I'm still in the dark as to why this has to be a three month program
>>> (that
>>> is a very long period of time to put everything on hold for an
>>> experiment)
>>> and not just 2-4 weeks. Then you could actually commit to quicker
>>> run-through times in the program, etc. Reducing the time frame would
>>> reduce
>>> the damaging side effect significantly.
>>>
>>> Lodewijk
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:47 AM, Peter Southwood <
>>> peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Did you not see the bit about "experimental"?
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
>>>> wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Bjoern Hoehrmann
>>>> Sent: 06 January 2015 05:48 AM
>>>> To: Wikimedia Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF is shutting down grantmaking for good
>>>> projects for 3 months for no reason
>>>>
>>>> * Siko Bouterse 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF is shutting down grantmaking for good projects for 3 months for no reason

[Siko Bouterse]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Lodewijk 
wrote:

> Actually, the experiment is whether such a campaign would drive more
> successful grants, as I understand it. It works from the assumption that
> such grants would have a positive impact. I'm happy to go with that
> assumption though.
>
> I still strongly disagree with this initiative, but especially the way it
> is executed. I'm glad to hear that all time-sensitive requests can still
> apply during this period - that would probably be quite a few requests.
>
> I'm still in the dark as to why this has to be a three month program (that
> is a very long period of time to put everything on hold for an experiment)
> and not just 2-4 weeks. Then you could actually commit to quicker
> run-through times in the program, etc. Reducing the time frame would reduce
> the damaging side effect significantly.
>

The campaign itself will only run for a month - in my experience with past
open calls for IEG, you really do need more than 2 weeks to get the word
out and get new ideas not only started but also developed w/ enough
community input that we rely on to assess which grants should move forward.
But in addition to the actual campaign itself, we need to bake in enough
time to prepare for it beforehand and get funded projects started
afterwards. There is significant staff effort behind the scenes for any
grantmaking we do, and in my experience even quick pilots take time to prep
and wrapup.

I'm hearing your concerns loud and clear, still, and agree it will be
interesting to see how many truly time-sensitive requests will come up
during this period. If the campaign is deemed a success worth repeating and
we also find we're over-stretching those involved (staff and volunteers)
because many non-theme focused projects need to be concurrently considered
(this is a big concern for me, and something we'll be keeping a close eye
on), that could be data-driven rationale for resourcing grantmaking
differently in next year's annual plan.

Siko



> Lodewijk
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:47 AM, Peter Southwood <
> peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>
> > Did you not see the bit about "experimental"?
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> > wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Bjoern Hoehrmann
> > Sent: 06 January 2015 05:48 AM
> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF is shutting down grantmaking for good
> > projects for 3 months for no reason
> >
> > * Siko Bouterse wrote:
> > >Why the gender gap? Although we’ve committed to supporting and
> > >increasing gender diversity, so far these kinds of projects haven’t
> > >emerged organically at any meaningful scale. In the first half of this
> > >year, IEG and PEG have spent only 9% of funds on projects aiming to
> > >directly impact this gap and less than ? of our grantee project leaders
> > have been women.
> > >Without taking time to focus on increasing gender diversity in our
> > >content and contributors, this trend is likely to continue.
> >
> > What evidence is there that spending more on "gender gap" will have any
> > measurable impact on "gender gap"? I also note that you say "projects"
> > have not "emerged". That sounds like people do not actually have ideas
> how
> > to "impact" "gender gap" with money. Could you identify a couple of
> > projects that would have considerable "impact" on "gender gap" but that
> > have been refused funding in the past due to a lack of "focus" on "gen-
> der
> > gap"?
> > --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF is shutting down grantmaking for good projects for 3 months for no reason

[Siko Bouterse]

 try a different experiment, or simply go back to how
things were before.

We hope to bring together the experience and skills of both committees, and
will be creating an Inspire committee to review proposals. *Please let us
know by January 31st if you would like to join this campaign committee
focused on funding gender diversity!*

Those of you who don’t choose to join this first campaign committee will
get a few months break from reviewing new proposals. But you will still be
needed on the PEG and IEG committees to follow up with existing IEG and PEG
grantees, reading reports and offering support and advice to them as those
projects continue to move forward.

As IEG and PEG committee members, we hope you will support this experiment
by spreading the word in your communities, mentoring projects and grantees,
and helping us learn how we can improve the campaign model. We will be
publicizing the campaign in January and February with the aim to launch the
campaign March 4th and to make decisions on grants in April.

Let us know if you have questions, concerns, or ideas!

Wishing you a warm end to 2014 meanwhile and looking forward to connecting
with you in the New Year.

Cheers,
Siko and Alex

[1] http://www.knightfoundation.org/opencontests/
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire_Grants_%E2%80%93_Gender_gap_campaign


On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Siko Bouterse 
wrote:

> First day back from vacation, I'm drafting response as we speak, just
> haven't sanity-checked enough to hit send yet :) Will soon!
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Risker  wrote:
>
>> BumpingI do not see any response on this mailing list from the
>> Grantmaking team, and I can't actually find very much about this entire
>> plan on the Grants portal at Meta (which may say more about the grants
>> portal than about the dissemination of the plant).
>>
>> However, since this is something that has the potential to affect a lot of
>> Wikimedians (individuals, chapters, and other affiliated groups)...as well
>> as women (apparently)... it would be really nice to see what is going on.
>> Some people have mentioned that they received an email.  Perhaps it could
>> be forwarded to this mailing list?
>>
>> Risker/Anne
>>
>> On 3 January 2015 at 13:35, Lila Tretikov  wrote:
>>
>> > For everyone here: I've asked our Grantmaking team to comment and
>> clarify
>> > the details of this plan.
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Lodewijk 
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Answering to Teemu and Chris:
>> > >
>> > > I do think that the for Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Art it is
>> > safe
>> > > to claim that if we organize it the way we would always do, it would
>> > still
>> > > tip the gender balance in our community a little more to the female
>> side.
>> > > However, I disagree that this should be a main consideration, because
>> I
>> > > think that would be true for so many outreach projects. Focusing on
>> that
>> > > would be a pity and a distraction imho. Also, for most participants we
>> > > don't know the gender, and we don't want to know the gender (because
>> > asking
>> > > for it alone can scare people away) - except for a sample of them, who
>> > > happen to answer the survey afterwards. All data on that is quite
>> shaky.
>> > >
>> > > If necessary, I could easily make a case why WLM is a wonderful
>> gendergap
>> > > project - the point is that I don't want volunteers to waste their
>> time
>> > on
>> > > making such cases, but rather let them be innovative, come up with new
>> > > ideas instead of rebranding existing ideas on something like the
>> > gendergap.
>> > > My problems are more fundamental than 'I can't get money for my
>> specific
>> > > project'.
>> > >
>> > > So Chris: yes, these people do a lot for reducing the gender gap in
>> our
>> > > projects. Also, Wikimedia organizers tend to hop between projects -
>> their
>> > > next might be more focused on a topic that is popular with women, if
>> > their
>> > > current idea isn't yet. Drawing them into a topic in a positive way
>> (what
>> > > we do is cool! Join us!) tends to be more successful than telling them
>> > they
>> > > are not allowed to do other stuff (we won't fund you at all unless
>> you do
>> > > this specific theme).
>> > >
>> > > Prioritisation sounds 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF is shutting down grantmaking for good projects for 3 months for no reason

[Siko Bouterse]

ed
> > > > > projects in general - be it out of frustration, compensation or
> > > jealousy.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Out of interest, were any of these people doing anything at all to
> > > support
> > > > the reduction of the gender gap in the first place? ;)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I
> > > > > called it a 'negative campaign' in my emails because the focus is
> not
> > > > about
> > > > > actively boosting one type of requests (which is the claim), but
> > rather
> > > > > about making it harder to do something unrelated to it in the hope
> > that
> > > > > people instead will choose for the easy way, and organize a
> gendergap
> > > > > related event.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Equally, if you have limited resources, prioritising one thing means
> > > > reducing attention to something else. So saying "we shouldn't work on
> > the
> > > > gender gap if anything else gets less atention as a result" is
> > logically
> > > > equivalent to saying "We shouldn't work on the gender gap".
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Chris
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[Wikimedia-l] Upcoming help sessions for drafting Individual Engagement Grant proposals

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,
As we announced earlier this month[1], September is the month to apply for
an Individual Engagement Grant[2]. The deadline to submit a proposal is
September 30.

To help you turn your ideas and projects into successful proposals, we’re
hosting a few IdeaLab Proposal Clinics in Hangouts and IRC this month.[3]
The first one took place on September 16. Newcomers had a chance to talk to
current and past grantees, as well as WMF Grantmaking staff, to workshop
ideas and strengthen their proposals.

If you have an idea you would like to submit, but feel unsure about how to
draft or finalize your proposal, join a session! There are three events
left before the deadline:

* IRC office hours in #wikimedia-office - Sept 23, 1600 UTC (Tuesday)
* Hangout - Sept 25, 1700 UTC (Thursday) [4]
* Hangout - Sept 28, 1700 UTC (Sunday) [5]

Join us next week to discuss your ideas, and bring any questions you have
about IEG!

Cheers,
Siko

[1]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-September/074239.html
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events
[4]IdeaLab Clinic II. Join via Hangout:
https://plus.google.com/events/cvk8hivoih04ifc6pp3sl0se6s8?hl
[5] IdeaLab Clinic III. Join via Hangout:
https://plus.google.com/events/c82527nlv8jhkv17j963gs9gp6s?hl

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi Nasir,
We've heard this from one other user, but have been unable to reproduce the
bug so far. I'm going to connect you to the team so we can trouble-shoot
off-list. Thanks for testing!
Siko



>
> --
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 23:06:31 +0600
> From: Nasir Khan 
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant
> proposals
> Message-ID:
>  6...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Dear Siko,
>
> "Create a new idea" button is not working in the
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Ideas page and "Try a new
> tool to create your proposal" button in the
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG page.
>
> I faced this form the Firefox and Chrome browser in Windows 8. is it only
> me who is facing this issue?
>
>
>
> --
> *Nasir Khan Saikat*
> www.nasirkhn.com
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Siko Bouterse 
> wrote:
>
> > Greetings! The Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grants program
> is
> > accepting proposals for funding new experiments from September 1st to
> 30th.
> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG>
> >
> > Your idea can improve Wikimedia projects by building a new tool or
> gadget,
> > organizing a better process on your wiki, conducting research on an
> > important issue, or providing other support for community-building.
> Whether
> > you need $200 or $30,000 USD, Individual Engagement Grants can cover your
> > own project development time in addition to funding for a team to help
> you.
> > The program has a flexible schedule and reporting structure, and
> > Grantmaking staff are there to support you through all stages of the
> > process.
> >
> > Do you have have a good idea, but you are worried that it isn't developed
> > enough for a grant?  Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff
> > can give you advice and guidance on how to bring it to life. <
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab>  Also, IEG will be
> hosting
> > three Hangout Sessions for real-time discussions to help you make your
> > proposal better - the first will happen on September 16th. <
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events>
> >
> > For inspiration, you can read more about past projects <
> > https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/individual-engagement-grants/> that
> > received
> > funding or review open proposals <
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-reviewing>. We are
> excited
> > to see some of the new ways your grant ideas can support our community
> and
> > make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects.
> >
> > Submit your proposal in September! <
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply>
> >
> > Warm regards,
> > Siko
> >
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> > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> >
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[Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals

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Greetings! The Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grants program is
accepting proposals for funding new experiments from September 1st to 30th.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG>

Your idea can improve Wikimedia projects by building a new tool or gadget,
organizing a better process on your wiki, conducting research on an
important issue, or providing other support for community-building. Whether
you need $200 or $30,000 USD, Individual Engagement Grants can cover your
own project development time in addition to funding for a team to help you.
The program has a flexible schedule and reporting structure, and
Grantmaking staff are there to support you through all stages of the
process.

Do you have have a good idea, but you are worried that it isn’t developed
enough for a grant?  Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff
can give you advice and guidance on how to bring it to life. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab>  Also, IEG will be hosting
three Hangout Sessions for real-time discussions to help you make your
proposal better - the first will happen on September 16th. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events>

For inspiration, you can read more about past projects <
https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/individual-engagement-grants/> that received
funding or review open proposals <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-reviewing>. We are excited
to see some of the new ways your grant ideas can support our community and
make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects.

Submit your proposal in September! <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-apply>

Warm regards,
Siko

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Need help with your IEGrant proposal? Join a Hangout today

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,
A follow-up reminder that we're hosting another Individual Engagement
Grants proposal clinic Hangout tomorrow.

What: WMF grantmaking staff and IEG committee members will spend an hour
answering specific questions about IEGrant proposals, helping people create
their proposals, etc.  If you'd like to get or give advice about grant
proposals for this program in real time, please join us!

When: Wednesday 19 March 2014, 1700 UTC

Where: https://plus.google.com/events/cml60dffci2vpk7trq3sfsnho9s

We're hosting one additional session next week before the March 31 proposal
deadline for IEGrants, and are also happy to make ourselves available to
answer proposers' questions via other channels upon request, so please
don't hesitate to reach out:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-contact

Warm regards,
Siko


On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Siko Bouterse wrote:

> Hi all,
> Just a reminder that we're hosting the first of 4 Individual Engagement
> Grants proposal clinic Hangouts today, and it will begin a few hours from
> now.
>
> What: WMF grantmaking staff and IEG committee members will spend an hour
> answering specific questions about IEGrant proposals, helping people create
> their proposals, etc.  If you'd like to get or give advice about grant
> proposals for this program in real time, please join us!
>
> When: Friday, 7 March 2014, 0100 UTC (Note: This is still Thursday in many
> time zones)
>
> Where: https://plus.google.com/events/chbmi5iegel2kru9irbgveinoqk
>
> We're hosting 3 more of these before the March 31 proposal deadline for
> IEGrants, on different days and times to accommodate various timezones, so
> if today doesn't work well for you please consider joining in one of the
> coming weeks:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events
>
> And, as always, we're happy to take questions via the usual wiki-channels
> anytime - these sessions are just an experiment in providing some extra
> fast help, with voice :)
>
> Hope to see you there,
> Siko
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Need help with your IEGrant proposal? Join a Hangout today

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,
Just a reminder that we're hosting the first of 4 Individual Engagement
Grants proposal clinic Hangouts today, and it will begin a few hours from
now.

What: WMF grantmaking staff and IEG committee members will spend an hour
answering specific questions about IEGrant proposals, helping people create
their proposals, etc.  If you'd like to get or give advice about grant
proposals for this program in real time, please join us!

When: Friday, 7 March 2014, 0100 UTC (Note: This is still Thursday in many
time zones)

Where: https://plus.google.com/events/chbmi5iegel2kru9irbgveinoqk

We're hosting 3 more of these before the March 31 proposal deadline for
IEGrants, on different days and times to accommodate various timezones, so
if today doesn't work well for you please consider joining in one of the
coming weeks:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events

And, as always, we're happy to take questions via the usual wiki-channels
anytime - these sessions are just an experiment in providing some extra
fast help, with voice :)

Hope to see you there,
Siko

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals and committee members

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,

The Wikimedia Foundation and the Individual Engagement Grants Committee
invite you to submit and review proposals for community-led experiments to
improve Wikimedia!

Individual Engagement Grants support individuals and small teams to
organize projects for 6 months. You can get funding to turn your idea for
improving Wikimedia projects into action, with a grant for online community
organizing, outreach and partnerships, tool-building, or research. Funding
is available for a few hundred dollars up to $30,000.

Proposals for this round are due 31 March 2014:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG

We're also seeking new committee members to help review and recommend
proposals for funding. Candidates are invited to sign up by 9 March 2014:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee

Some examples of projects we've funded in the past:

*Organizing social media for Chinese Wikipedia ($350 for materials)[1]

*Improving gadgets for Visual Editor ($4500 for developers)[2]

*Coordinating free access to reliable sources for Wikipedians ($7500 for
project management, consultants and materials)[3]

*Building community and strategy for Wikisource (EURO 1 for organizing and
travel)[4]

You can read more on the WMF blog:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/individual-engagement-grants/

Hope to have your participation in this round!

Best wishes,

Siko


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Build_an_effective_method_of_publicity_in_PRChina

[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Visual_editor-_gadgets_compatibility

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Elaborate_Wikisource_strategic_vision

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[Wikimedia-l] Call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals and committee members

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,

The Wikimedia Foundation and the Individual Engagement Grants Committee
invite you to submit and review proposals for community-led experiments to
improve Wikimedia!

Individual Engagement Grants support individuals and small teams to
organize projects for 6 months. You can get funding to turn your idea for
improving Wikimedia projects into action, with a grant for online community
organizing, outreach and partnerships, tool-building, or research. Funding
is available for a few hundred dollars up to $30,000.

Proposals for this round are due 31 March 2014:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG

We're also seeking new committee members to help review and recommend
proposals for funding. Candidates are invited to sign up by 9 March 2014:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee

Some examples of projects we've funded in the past:

*Organizing social media for Chinese Wikipedia ($350 for materials)[1]

*Improving gadgets for Visual Editor ($4500 for developers)[2]

*Coordinating free access to reliable sources for Wikipedians ($7500 for
project management, consultants and materials)[3]

*Building community and strategy for Wikisource (EURO 1 for organizing and
travel)[4]

You can read more on the WMF blog:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/individual-engagement-grants/

Hope to have your participation in this round!

Best wishes,

Siko


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Build_an_effective_method_of_publicity_in_PRChina

[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Visual_editor-_gadgets_compatibility

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Elaborate_Wikisource_strategic_vision

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[Wikimedia-l] Reimagining Travel and Participation Support grants

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,
We've published an analysis of the Travel and Participation Support
Program.[1]

This program is a partnership between WMF, Wikimedia Deutschland, and
Wikimedia Switzerland to fund travel for Wikimedians to attend
non-Wikimedia events.[2]  After 2 years of operation, we wanted to learn
what's working and what's not.

Some key findings from the report include:

Opportunities:

*Travel funding provides opportunities to deeply connect participants to
the movement and each other.
*Participation Support demonstrates an opportunity to reach a range of new
Wikimedia grantees, including women and participants in the Global South.

Recommendations:

*The volume of requests and grants made in this program must be increased
in order to fully realize its potential; the scale of use is too small with
the current scope and setup.
*Program pages should be redesigned for ease-of-use and if possible with a
bit of joy.
*Publicizing the program should be a priority; blogs, social media, and
on-wiki promotional campaigns to spread awareness of the program could help
boost the number of requests.
*Simpler application methods should be investigated in order to keep the
process open to a range of applicants.
*Scope expansion for the program should be considered, particularly to
include Wikimedia events.

We hope to use the data in this report as a starting point to reimagine
if/how we can better support Wikimedians to travel and participate in
events.  Please have a look at the findings and share your thoughts and
ideas on the talk page:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation_talk:Support/Analysis

Warm regards,
Siko

1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Support/Analysis
2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Support

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[Wikimedia-l] Introducing the round 2 IEG Committee

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,
It is my pleasure to announce the round 2 Individual Engagement Grants
Committee.[1][2]  With the 7 new members we added this week, the committee
now brings experience and advice to IEG from 13 countries, 10 languages and
8 Wikimedia projects.

New members:

Achim Raschka
Ailura
Anne Delong
Bellayet
Jane023
jayantanth
Superzerocool

Returning members from round 1:

Ansumang
Gryllida
Hahc21
Ilario
MikyM
Netha Hussain
Ocaasi
Pine
Steven Zhang
Thehelpfulone
Whym

Congratulations and a huge thanks to everyone joining in to help evaluate
round 2 proposals!
Reminder for anyone with a project idea in need of funding: IEG proposals
are due 30 September.[3]

Best wishes,
Siko


[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee

[2] Round 2 committee userpages:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Achim_Raschka
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ailura
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anne_Delong
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ansumang
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bellayet
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gryllida
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hahc21
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ilario
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jane023
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jayantanth
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MikyM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ocaasi
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Steven_Zhang
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usuario:Superzerocool
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Whym

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-applying

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Funding programs for individuals.

[Siko Bouterse]

I'm really happy to see this page and conversation around analyzing and
comparing various ways of grantmaking to individuals - thanks for starting
this!

Some learnings we have from the first round of IEG are posted here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Feedback/round_1_2013

We're planning to do a survey and some analysis of the Participation
Support Program in September to prepare for a revamp of that grantmaking
program and will share the learnings from that as well.

I'm particularly interested in understanding what kinds of microgrants are
working particularly well, what the most common challenges are with these
programs, and what needs are not yet being met for individuals in existing
programs...I wonder if adding a "questions" section to that page might be
useful, to help define the kinds of analysis as well?

Best wishes,
Siko


>
> --
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 15:58:22 +0200
> From: Jean-Frédéric 
> To: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Funding programs for individuals.
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> Hi folks,
>
> While watching the current changes to Wikimedia France microgrants program
> implemented, I was curious to know which Wikimedia entities had similar
> funding programs for individuals - how they worked, how we could learn form
> each other.
>
> Since apparently there was no Meta page for that(tm) (yet!) I went ahead
> and
> drafted <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jean-Frédéric/Funding_programs
> >
>
> I dug my information out of my email archives and FDC proposal forms, so I
> could totally have missed some programs - please add the ones you know
> about!
>
> Of course, it would be more useful to have more detailed information on
> every program.
> Together with Caroline & Pierre-Selim we threw some ideas on what we
> thought was interesting to know about the programs, but that's still very
> alpha - please add more ideas!
>
> Looking forward to your thoughts about this!
>
> Cheers,
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>
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> Wikimedia UK offer microgrants and macrogrants. Microgrants are for sums
> between £5 and £250, while macrogrants are for £250 to £2,000.
>
> To be eligible, the applicant has to be a member of Wikimedia UK; this can
> either be individual membership, or organisational.
>
> You can read more at https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants
>
> Richard
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[Wikimedia-l] IEG Committee looking for new members this week

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Hi all,
The Individual Engagement Grants Committee is still looking for a few new
members to join us!

We know, you maybe have committee fatigue and are always being asked to
join something.  Or, you've never served on a committee before and it seems
like too much work.  But this will be fun, we promise!

Some reasons why you might want to join:

1. IEG projects might impact a wiki you love.  Help decide which individual
community members and which new ideas should get grants of up to $30,000 to
improve one or more Wikimedia projects.

2. We're reasonably organized, but not overly serious.  We've got a scoring
rubric to help you evaluate proposals, a cat mascot to keep you company,
and COI guidelines to keep you safe.

3. We're interested in learning new things, and so are you. We can teach
you about grantmaking to individuals and you'll teach us about some awesome
Wikimedia thing that you know all about.

4. You can focus on reviewing proposals related to an area of interest you
like best: Online community organizing, Offline outreach and partnerships,
Tools, or Research.

5. We think having lots of people with lots of different perspectives help
decide things is a good idea, and so do you.

6. It is easy to sign up.  Please add your name, a statement and answer 2
brief questions by Friday 30 Aug.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee

Best wishes,
Siko & the IEG Committee

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[Wikimedia-l] Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals and committee members

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,

The Wikimedia Foundation and the Individual Engagement Grants Committee
invite you to submit proposals for grants of up to $30,000 to support
6-month projects that improve the Wikimedia community. These grants fund
individuals or small teams to organize, build, create, research or
facilitate something that enhances the work of Wikimedia’s volunteers.

The deadline to submit a proposal for this round is 30 September 2013:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG

We’re also seeking new committee members to help review and recommend
proposals for funding. The round 2 committee will be finalized 31 August
2013:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee


You can read more about what the previous round of grantees have been
working on here:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/01/ieg-learnings-call-new-proposals/

Hope to have your participation!

Best wishes,
Siko

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[Wikimedia-l] Open call for new ideas in the Grants:IdeaLab

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,
We've updated the Grants:IdeaLab to make it easier to find and share ideas
for projects to improve Wikimedia, and connect with potential
collaborators.  Please come have a look and share your ideas!

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab

Some of the ideas being collaboratively developed in the Lab may be turned
into Individual Engagement Grant proposals (IEG Round 2 open call starts
Aug 1).

Looking forward to your thoughts,
Siko



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[Wikimedia-l] Announcing Round 1 Individual Engagement Grantees

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 Selector
extension for MediaWiki makes the use of this script online
increasingly possible. Because Benny’s project will rely on the
availability of this extension on all Javanese Wikimedia projects, the
start of this grant depends on the WMF Internationalization team’s
completing its scheduled deployment in coming months. We would also
like to see more discussion and input from other members of the
Javanese community demonstrating the potential of this project, and
will be working with Benny to figure out how to support those
conversations while we await the deploy.

The new grantees will begin work on their projects in the coming weeks
and they’ll be sharing progress and learnings with us all along the
way. Please visit their pages on Meta-Wiki for complete project
information and updates.[1]

Thanks to everyone who participated in this round!  We look forward to
seeing even more of your ideas and input in preparation for round 2,
which begins on August 1st.[14]

Warm regards,
Siko Bouterse, on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation and the IEG committee

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-engaging
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-learn
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee/Workroom/Review/All
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee#ieg-members
[5] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee/Workroom/Review#review-rubric
[6] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Build_an_effective_method_of_publicity_in_PRChina
[7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Replay_Edits
[8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library
[9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Adventure
[10] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Consolidate_wikiArS_to_involve_art_schools
[11] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Elaborate_Wikisource_strategic_vision
[12] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/MediaWiki_data_browser
[13] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/MediaWiki_and_Javanese_script
[14] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab

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[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

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Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!

-- Forwarded message --
From: Siko Bouterse 
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
To: Staff All 


Hi all,

Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]

As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point of
contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to
ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where
help from WMF is needed.

Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an
activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.

Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents helped
build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America
and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.

As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
 She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to
hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
anytime!

Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
interview candidates.

Welcome, Ellie!

[1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ
[2] https://www.usenix.org

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[Wikimedia-l] IEGrants Committee

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Hi all,
I'm happy to announce selection of the first members of the Individual
Engagement Grants Committee, who will be serving through February
2014.  This committee will review proposals for IEGrants and make
recommendations for funding to WMF.

Committee members:

Ansumang
Bobrayner
Doc James
Gryllida
Harold Hidalgo
Ilario
Isaac Kosgei
MikyM
Netha Hussain
Ocaasi
Pine
Raystorm
Steven Zhang
Thehelpfulone
Tomo suzuki
Wittylama
WWB
Whym

More information about the committee:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee

Introductions from committee members:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab#idealab-introducing

Congratulations to the new members, and many thanks to everyone who
participated!


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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Individual Engagement Grants program

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*Hi all,
I’m pleased to announce the launch of a new grantmaking program at the
Wikimedia Foundation: Individual Engagement Grants. These grants will
support Wikimedians as individuals or small teams to complete projects that
benefit the Wikimedia movement, lead to online impact, and serve the
mission, community, and strategic priorities.  This new program is intended
to complement WMF’s other grantmaking programs as well as the grants that
chapters and affiliate organizations provide.

The first round of proposals will be accepted from now until 15 February
2013.  We’re also seeking committee members to help select the first round
of grantees.  Please help spread the word to other lists!

To get involved, share your thoughts, submit a proposal, or join the
committee:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG

For more information on all of WMF’s grantmaking programs:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start

Best wishes,*
Siko

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[Wikimedia-l] New grants program for individuals

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*Hi all,
I’m pleased to announce the launch of a new grantmaking program at the
Wikimedia Foundation: Individual Engagement Grants. These grants will
support Wikimedians as individuals or small teams to complete projects that
benefit the Wikimedia movement, lead to online impact, and serve the
mission, community, and strategic priorities.  This new program is intended
to complement WMF’s other grantmaking programs as well as the grants that
chapters and affiliate organizations provide.

The first round of proposals will be accepted from now until 15 February
2013.  We’re also seeking committee members to help select the first round
of grantees.  Please help spread the word to other lists!

To get involved, share your thoughts, submit a proposal, or join the
committee:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG

For more information on all of WMF’s grantmaking programs:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start

Best wishes,*
Siko

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF grants for individuals

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On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:42 PM,

> wrote:

>
> > Anasuya will be responsible for running all grantmaking processes (for
> > both individuals and entities) and for helping movement entities, like
> > chapters and thematic organizations, to develop and mature. Reporting
> > to Anasuya will be Asaf Bartov, Jessie Wild, Oona Castro and Siko
> > Bouterse, as well as a Senior Program Officer for the FDC (a new
> > position that will be filled within the next month or so).
> > * The Senior Program Officer will be responsible for facilitating the
> > FDC process, which recommends funding allocations for the largest and
> > wealthiest Wikimedia organizations such as Wikimedia Germany and
> > Wikimedia France.
> > * Asaf continues to be responsible for the Wikimedia Grants Program,
> > supporting younger, smaller Wikimedia organizations like Wikimedia
> > Venezuela and Wikimedia Mexico, and for finding non-Wikimedia
> > organizations that we can fund to carry out good programmatic
> > activities in developing countries, particularly where there are no
> > chapters.
> > * Jessie will be responsible for evaluation and learning for all our
> > grantmaking --- both helping us internally optimize our processes, and
> > helping us and the grant recipients assess organizations? development
> > (for Anasuya) and the impact of the programs funded by movement
> > dollars (for Frank).
> > * Oona will continue to run the Brazil program. Consistent with the
> > Narrowing Focus plan, she is actively seeking a partner to continue
> > the work in Brazil within a grants structure similar to the one we
> > recently negotiated with CIS in India.
> > * Siko is taking over responsibility from Asaf for all funding for
> > individuals. This will make it possible for us to grow our individual
> > grant-making, and it will also free up Asaf to do more small
> > organization development. Siko will also be responsible for
> > documentation and analysis of all grants except the ones funded by the
> > FDC. It?s important for us to grow grantmaking to individuals because
> > individuals create 99% of the value in the projects. They do it with
> > practically no funding, but in some cases a little money will be able
> > to make something great happen.
>

Hi all,
As Sue mentioned, we're looking at growing WMF's grant-making to
individuals.  This allows us to accomplish the goals of narrowing focus (on
WMF's capacity as grant-makers, in this case), while finding new ways to
support projects led by individual community members. Some more specifics
are on meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Individual_Engagement_Grants
Please share your thoughts on-wiki if possible.
Thanks!

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] October Fellowship News

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Hi all,
The October edition of the Fellowship News is now available, and you're
invited to come learn what Wikimedia Fellows have been up to this month:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News

Topics covered include:

*Dispute Resolution project - RfC closed on universal DR request wizard,
and a new survey in the works
*Help Pages project - Help:Contents redesign usability tests and RfC, as
project comes to an end
*Small Wiki Editor Engagement project - 6 week help documentation pilot
wrapping up on Bangla Wikipedia
*Teahouse project - Phase 2 is complete and activity, engagement and
retention metrics demonstrate impact
*WikiWomen's Collaborative project - Results from the first month on social
media channels show a growing WikiWomen's movement
*Fellowships program to wind down in early 2013

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] September Fellowship News

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Hi all,

The August edition of the Fellowship News is now available on meta-wiki:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News

Project highlights in this issue include:

Dispute Resolution Project - Steven Zhang compiled results of the August
trial at the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard, and a Request for Comment on
an easier way to file dispute resolution requests is underway.

WikiWomen's Collaborative Project - Sarah Stierch and volunteer WikiWomen
around the world launched the WikiWomen's Collaborative, a social media
initiative connecting women who currently edit or aspire to edit Wikipedia.

Help Pages Redesign Project - Peter Coombe completed a redesign of English
Wikipedia's main help page and usability tests are being run to compare
users' experiences with it. Results will be compiled and a redesign
proposal will be brought to the community for discussion.

Small Wiki Editor Engagement Project - Tanvir Rahman launched the new help
page system on Bangla Wikipedia with pages that teach editors about new
article creation and other popular editing activities. Metrics are still
being collected but it appears article creation has already nearly doubled.

Teahouse Project - The Teahouse team refined automated invites and finished
improvements that surface hosting activity. The Teahouse pages are going
through a redesign to simplify the space for new editors, and we're looking
at creating a new volunteer "maitre d" role.

Come read all about it in this issue of the Fellowship News!

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] August Fellowship News

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Hi all,

The August edition of the Fellowship News is now available on meta-wiki:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News

Project highlights in this issue include:

Dispute Resolution Project — Steven Zhang monitored a trial
implementing changes to the dispute resolution noticeboard on English
Wikipedia this month. An update on his findings is in the Wikipedia
Signpost this week.

Gender Gap Project — Sarah Stierch has started developing the first
phase of a new WikiWomen's Collaborative project, which seeks to
engage and inspire more women to edit using social media and clear
calls to action.

Help Pages Redesign Project — Peter Coombe has created three new
introductory tutorials for the English Wikipedia, covering
referencing, uploading images, and navigating Wikipedia. He also
released the write-up from this summer's in-person usability tests.

Small Wiki Editor Engagement Project — Tanvir Rahman has been building
new step-by-step help pages on Bangla Wikipedia. The help pages will
be connected into a portal page and the new help page system will be
piloted in September.

Teahouse Project — We've been working on improvements for hosts,
including a simplified new host creation process. HostBot was approved
for an extended trial to send out automated invites to new editors,
contributing to a 50% increase in guest participation.

If you're interested in learning more about any of these projects,
please come read about what Wikimedia fellows have been up to this
month!
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] July Fellowship News

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Hi all,
The July edition of the Fellowship News is now available:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News

Topics covered include all current fellowship projects:
*Fellowship Program updates
*Dispute Resolution
*Gender Gap
*Help Page Redesign
*Small-Wiki Editor Engagement
*Teahouse
*Translations

Come learn what we've been up to this month!
Best wishes,
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[Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours with the Wikimedia Fellows

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Hi all,
The Wikimedia Fellows program will be holding IRC office hours in
#wikimedia-office this Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 21:00 UTC.  Fellows
Tanvir Rahman, Peter Coombe, Jon Harald Søby, Steven Zhang, Sarah Stierch
and Jonathan Morgan will be there to discuss their current fellowship
projects (exact topics TBD based on who shows up with
questions/comments/feedback), and I'll take any questions on the
fellowships program that you may have.[1][2]  As always, links to time
conversion and other office hour info is on Meta.[3]  Hope to see you there!
Best wishes,
Siko

1. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News/Current, and this should
be even more current by Thursday :-)
2. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships
3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Fellowship News

[Siko Bouterse]

Ah yes, some more context would have been good in my original post :-)

The fellows decided to put together a monthly digest that rolls together
all their updates from their projects in the past month, because we noticed
that until now everyone in our group shares progress and learning in
different ways for each fellowship project, it can take a lot of hunting to
find it all, and isn't always as transparent as we would like. We wanted a
way to start sharing as a group what the fellows "team" is doing.  I also
like the idea because those who are interested in the fellows program and
browse our meta pages now have a place to sample what fellows actually do
each month.

We do report some of this in the WMF metrics report each month, and that
won't change (it will just make it easier for me to write, since the info
will be compiled already!) - so to some degree, Lodewijk, I think the
fellowship news has always been incorporated into a report with other cool
stuff being done by staff and volunteers.  I would love to see more updates
from others on cool projects, though, and don't want this to be seen as a
split. If this inspires someone to roll this all up together elsewhere that
would be great!  We've got to start somewhere still. If is not of interest
to those on the mailing lists - I know there are a lot of things to read
out there already - we don't need to announce each month though, they can
be watched and subscribed to on-wiki.

Confirming Maggie's thoughts, Richard, this report covers all projects
being worked on by current fellows (which can, indeed, be a varied range of
topics!).

Siko

>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 07:43:46 -0400
> From: Maggie Dennis 
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the
> Fellowship News
> Message-ID:
> 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I haven't spoken to Siko about this at all (first I'm hearing about it),
> but I imagine, Richard, that it will focus on the work being done on
> fellowships by WMF Fellows.
>
> Lodewijk, I think it would be great to have a newsletter about the cool
> things people are doing around the Wiki World. :) If somebody chooses to
> put something like that together, surely having material to incorporate
> about Fellows would be useful? The content is freely licensed and can be
> reused (and modified) like other material on the projects under the same
> terms.
>
> Maggie
>
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Lodewijk wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > while it is great that you do this responsibly, I am indeed also
wondering
> > how we can make this a worth while read. Because while it is a nice
> > program, there are many other people around Wiki World doing similarly
cool
> > things (no offence) - as are "real" staff members. By splitting this
off in
> > a seperate news section (as we have been splitting off a lot) I'm afraid
> > you might be putting the news actually on a bigger distance than you
would
> > otherwise.
> >
> > Lodewijk
> >
> > 2012/7/6 Richard Symonds 
> >
> > > Thanks Siko!
> > >
> > > Could you explain what exactly this covers? Teahouse, translations,
small
> > > Wikis and dispute resolution is a very wide net - and presumably it
will
> > > change according to which fellows are 'employed' at the time it's
> > written.
> > > Is there an overarching theme?
> > >
> > > Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
> > > On Jul 6, 2012 11:54 PM, "Siko Bouterse" 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I am pleased to announce that the first monthly edition of the
> > Fellowship
> > > > News is now available on Meta-Wiki!
> > > >
> > > > Come learn what the Wikimedia Fellows have been working on in June:
> > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News
> > > >
> > > > Projects covered in this edition include:
> > > > *Dispute Resolution
> > > > *Gender Gap
> > > > *Help Pages Redesign
> > > > *Small Wiki Editor Engagement
> > > > *Teahouse
> > > > *Translations
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Siko Bouterse
> > > > Head of Community Fellowships
> > > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> > > >
> > > > sboute...@wikimedia.org
> > > >
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing the Fellowship News

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi all,
I am pleased to announce that the first monthly edition of the Fellowship
News is now available on Meta-Wiki!

Come learn what the Wikimedia Fellows have been working on in June:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_News

Projects covered in this edition include:
*Dispute Resolution
*Gender Gap
*Help Pages Redesign
*Small Wiki Editor Engagement
*Teahouse
*Translations

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 2 New Community Fellows

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi Richard and all,
I checked into the liability and benefits questions with our HR department
and WMF's Chief of Finance and Administration, and here is some more info
from them:

Individuals who have been awarded Fellowships from the Wikimedia Foundation
are covered by the insurance of the Wikimedia Foundation for work done as
part of their Fellowship agreement.

If they are in the United States, through third party service, the
Wikimedia Foundation is able to provide health insurance. If they reside
outside the United States, then the Wikimedia Foundation provides a
financial supplement to enable the Fellowship recipients to cover their own
health insurance.

If a Fellowship recipient is traveling on behalf of the Wikimedia
Foundation, outside of their home country, then they are provided with
travel accident insurance by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Hope this helps!  If you're looking for more specifics on WMF's HR
practices, I might suggest we take the conversation off-list and can try to
put you in touch with someone in a relevant department to advise.

Best,
Siko



> --
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 19:15:50 +0100
> From: Richard Symonds 
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 2 Community Fellow
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> >
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I'm asking from a purely good faith perspective, by the way: I tend to deal
> with HR here at WMUK, and I'll be dealing with it more and more in future.
> The more I know about how other Wikimedia orgs do things, Tyre better :-)
>
> Richard Symonds
> On May 21, 2012 7:09 PM, "Richard Symonds" <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > I must admit to being curious, as do at least two others i've spoken to
> > about this. With no benefits and no pensions, and what seems like hazy
> > employment rights that vary from state to state (not to mention fellows
> > from overseas) and person to person, this does seem a little odd. How
> much
> > notice are they given, and what support they are entitled to from the
> WMF,
> > would be very helpful.
> >
> > I'd  appreciate a more technical explanation so I can understand how the
> > WMF deals with people on these short term contracts. :-)
> >
> > Richard Symonds
>


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 2 Community Fellow

[Siko Bouterse]

Hi Florence,
I guess I didn't do a very good job addressing these questions in the
earlier thread, so I'll try one more time :-)

Fellowships are temporary roles, so they are not treated as full time staff
positions.  They do not receive retirement benefits, and generally the
paperwork setup and associated benefits is not like staff, its more like
contractor, though again the specifics will vary according to fellowship
location, duration, and what US regulation dictates based on these
variables.  I am happily ignorant of the liability/insurance side of
things, so perhaps someone from the LCA team can address this if needed.

Is there a particular issue that makes you ask about this, or just
generally curious?

Best wishes,
Siko


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> I can not help (I am optimistic with lot's of faith :))
>
> Does the fellowship status implies that the WMF pays for health or
> retirement benefits (as it would for a staff member) or does the fellow
> receive a lump sum and manages by himself to pay for taxes and benefits
> depending on the country he lives in (as would a contractor) ?
>
> Does the fellowship status implies that, should the fellow get in
> trouble, he would be considered "staff" (in terms of liability) or is he
> on his own ? (which in my terms would be "if as staff", he is covered by
> WMF insurance versus "if as contractor", he has to pay insurance by
> himself).
>
>
> Florence
>
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing 2 Community Fellows

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It is my great pleasure to introduce two new Community Fellows in the
Wikimedia Fellows Program: Tanvir Rahman and Steven Zhang.

Tanvir Rahman is a Wikimedian who serves the movement locally and
globally, both on- and off-wiki. Tanvir has been an active editor of
Bengali Wikipedia since 2009, he holds administrator rights on
multiple projects and he was elected a steward in 2011. He also
volunteers on the Small Wiki Monitoring Team, the Countervandalism
Network, as an OTRS agent, and is a translator for translatewiki.
Tanvir helped found Wikimedia Bangladesh and organizes local outreach
activities to raise awareness for Wikimedia and bring new editors to
the projects.

In his fellowship project, Tanvir will be experimenting with on-wiki
strategies to encourage and grow the editing community on small
language versions of Wikipedia, with specific focus on the Bengali
Wikipedia. Smaller projects have different needs and challenges than
the large language communities and may require different approaches to
engage with editors. By focusing on a community like Bengali
Wikipedia, which has about 50 active editors per month and sees 10 new
editors per month, Tanvir hopes to learn more about the basic editing
infrastructure needed to encourage new editors in new or small-scale
projects.

Steven Zhang is a Wikipedian with a passion for resolving on-wiki
disputes and helping others do the same. He has been contributing to
the English Wikipedia since 2008 and has been particularly active in
dispute resolution forums, including the Wikipedia Mediation Cabal.
Steven is studying a Certificate IV in Mediation at Open Colleges, and
over the past year he has made it his mission as a volunteer to
recruit more editors to join dispute resolution efforts. In 2011, he
helped create the dispute resolution notice board, an entry point for
mediating disputes on the English Wikipedia. Steven has noted that
there aren’t enough active participants to resolve all of the disputes
that arise on Wikipedia each day, and he believes that dispute
resolution processes could be streamlined to make them more accessible
and efficient to all editors who need them.

For his fellowship project, Steven will be analyzing community
feedback and dispute resolution activity in order to build a deeper
understanding of what is effective and what needs improvement in the
current systems. He will also be developing a guide for new editors
who want to get involved in resolving on-wiki disputes.

Steven and Tanvir will be documenting their work on-wiki and on the
Foundation blog. You can learn more about their projects and how to
get involved by visiting:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships/Fellows

Welcome, Tanvir and Steven!

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fellowship

[Siko Bouterse]

s why a fellow might not
> be
> > considered "staff" of the organization providing the fellowship is
> because
> > they would remain on the staff of whatever organization they were
> > affiliated with originally. Somebody at a university who receives a
> > fellowship to pursue research while on sabbatical is still primarily seen
> > as part of the university. (Not that Wikimedia fellowships are designed
> for
> > purely academic research, but the principle about affiliation applies
> > nevertheless.)"
> >
> > Which answers partly to my question indeed.
> >
> > I would be interesting to have not only a communication/management
> > perspective, but also an administrative & legal one.
> >
> > Does the fellowship status implies that the WMF pays for health or
> > retirement benefits (as it would for a staff member) or does the fellow
> > receive a lump sum and manages by himself to pay for taxes and benefits
> > depending on the country he lives in (as would a contractor) ?
> >
>
> Depends on the type of fellowship. Research fellows don't get other
> benefits, they are purely contractors. Community fellows are different, the
> exact nature of benefits was going through a change from what I remember
> since last year. Since majority of the community fellows have been located
> in SF, the exact tax and benefit paid, depends on California laws than
> elsewhere.
>
>
> > Does the fellowship status implies that, should the fellow get in
> trouble,
> > he would be considered "staff" (in terms of liability) or is he on his
> own
> > ? (which in my terms would be "if as staff", he is covered by WMF
> > insurrance versus "if as contractor", he has to pay insurrance by
> himself).
> >
>
> They are not staff. Research fellows truly are remote contractors, while
> Community fellows might be considered independent contractors working
> along-side staff. They are technically still not staff. In case of trouble,
> they would be considered as contractors. Perhaps not legally, but they are
> still considered representative of the organization that appoints them. I'm
> guessing, how far WMF takes the relationship or defends a contractor, would
> depend on the nature of the case.
>
> I hope this helps, I'm sure someone will correct me if I missed anything.
>
> Regards
> Theo
>
>
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Haitham Shamma and the Editor Growth and Contribution Program

[Siko Bouterse]

It is my great pleasure to announce a new program being launched in
the Wikimedia Foundation’s Global Development department and a new
member of the team: Haitham Shamma has been engaged as program
consultant for the Editor Growth and Contribution Program.  Pending
approval of the U.S. immigration visa process, we intend to bring
Haitham to San Francisco, full-time, as Contribution Research Manager
in the coming months.

Haitham is joining the Wikimedia Foundation in order to support new
editor growth on small-to-medium sized Wikimedia projects, and the
Editor Growth and Contribution Program is a new program being launched
at WMF to focus on the on-wiki needs of these projects.  Haitham will
be partnering with the community to design, test, and implement online
programs to attract and retain more editors in these language
communities. The program aims to increase the number of active editors
on Wikimedia projects by working with the community to understand the
online needs of each project, and taking a data-driven approach to
implement solutions based on these needs. The pilots and programs
on-wiki that the Editor Growth and Contribution Program will use in
order to encourage new editors are intended to serve as a complement
to off-wiki outreach activities already underway in other teams.

WMF is really excited to be working with Haitham because he has been a
very active Wikipedia editor for several years and has an extensive
technical background in research and experimentation.  Soon after he
began editing Arabic Wikipedia, Haitham began implementing systems and
tools to support editors and improve the quality of the Arabic
encyclopedia.  He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
and a master’s and PhD in Precision Engineering.  As a volunteer in
the Arabic community, he has recently been helping with WMF’s Arabic
Language Initiative.  Haitham speaks English, Arabic, and Japanese, as
well as some German, French, and Chinese.  He’s also no stranger to
MediaWiki, C++, Java, Python, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Haitham will be beginning his work with the Arabic Wikipedia
community, and based on what is learned there, he’ll be moving into
other languages and geographies soon.  The Editor Growth and
Contribution Program will be connecting with the Fundraising team to
build contribution campaigns that encourage readers to become editors,
taking lessons learned from fellowship projects and the new Editor
Engagement Experiment team’s work, and partnering with each target
language community to figure out what approaches work best to support
editor growth in a given language, culture, and size.

Some initial documentation and FAQs about the program are being
developed on meta wiki:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Growth_and_Contribution_Program

We’re looking forward to everyone’s input and feedback there.
Meanwhile, please join me in welcoming Haitham!


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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Community Fellow Peter Coombe

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It is my pleasure to introduce our newest Wikimedia Community Fellow of
2012, Peter Coombe. As a fellow, Pete will be working with the community to
improve help documentation on English Wikipedia. He’ll be leading a 6 month
effort and taking a data-driven approach to reorganize and rewrite key help
pages in order to make them more usable for new and experienced editors
alike.

Pete comes to the fellowships program with an impressive resume. He’s been
editing English Wikipedia as The
wub<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_wub>since 2005, he’s an
admin with over 75,000 global edits, and an active
member of Wikimedia UK. Pete volunteered on the Social Media Team in the
2010 Fundraiser, and worked as a Production Coordinator in 2011. He’s got a
B.A. and M.Sci. with honors in Natural Sciences from the University of
Cambridge, and much experience breaking down complex topics into clear
written information. He’s participated twice in a program at Cambridge to
create online teaching and learning modules on advanced materials science
and engineering topics. He’s also worked at The Helpful Book Company,
publishing books that teach senior citizens how to use computers.

Pete’s talent for making the complex seem simple, combined with his
experience A/B testing in the fundraiser and 7 years editing Wikipedia,
make him a great fit for his fellowship project. To follow his work or get
involved in the redesign project, please visit his project
page<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_pages_redesign_project>.
More info about Pete and his project are also on the WMF
blog<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/04/12/help-is-on-the-way-announcing-community-fellow-peter-coombe/>.
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