On 2 May 2012 10:10, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
Have to say that the last several office hours (of varying nature) have all
been during business/school hours in the Americas - and in some cases for
(western) Europe/Africa as well - and the ones on the current schedule are
all pretty
I think the top slot in the poll I took was Saturdays, either 11AM to noon
SF time (6PM-7PM UTC, going from memory) or noon to one SF time (7PM-8PM
UTC).
I am totally fine with either of those times, and so I will volunteer to do
my next office hours in one of those slots. Normally I'm scheduled
I checked the page a couple of days ago and didn't see any questions: maybe
I was looking at the wrong page?
I'll ask Tilman via this mail to help coordinate getting answers from the
appropriate people.
Separately/additionally: I thought the Signpost coverage was pretty good.
It wasn't
On 1 August 2012 09:47, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 1 August 2012 17:36, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote:
I checked the page a couple of days ago and didn't see any questions: maybe
I was looking at the wrong page?
The questions are on the page SJ suggested using
On 8 October 2012 12:18, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
It seems clear to me, based on the end result and what foundation board and
senior staff have said, that they decided an account of money they wanted
to request from the FDC and then decided what to designate as non-core so
On 7 November 2012 08:40, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote:
Crossposting is tricky – Sue's answer didn't reach wikimedia-l as far as I
can see. From
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-November/064281.html :
Oh thanks, Nemo. I don't know what went wrong there, but
of Erik's
note :-)
So to be super-clear: None of this is a done deal at this moment. Lots
of conversations are happening in various places, and it's all good.
That's why Erik made the pre-announcement --- to create a window for
discussion iteration and further thinking :-)
Thanks,
Sue
--
Sue
Quim, thanks for writing that. I am happy about the conversations that are
happening about this, and I'm finding people's thoughts and input useful.
There have been (and are being) lots of face-to-face conversations as well
as the ones on the lists and in other venues: it's all good.
There is of
The fundraiser has begun :-)
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Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
415 839 6885 office
415 816 9967 cell
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
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less, and still making the
money we need.
I am so proud of everybody working on this campaign :-)
Thanks,
Sue
--
Sue Gardner
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
415 839 6885 office
415 816 9967 cell
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the sum of all
We've been getting a ton of positive response to the banners this year. I
was at Newsfoo this weekend and a half-dozen people told me they donated
this year for the first time, because they liked the banners' factual tone.
I asked them if they found them ugly and they said yes, but that they
than just being ephemeral.
Thanks,
Sue
-- Forwarded message --
From: Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org
Date: Dec 5, 2012 7:05 PM
Subject: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev
Engineering)
To: Staff All wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org
hey folks,
The purpose
Hello Wikimedia community members,
This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard
decision to make. But I’m writing to tell you that I’m planning to
leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia
Foundation.
My departure isn’t imminent -- the Board and I anticipate
this weekend as well, so anybody with questions can ask them
here or turn up to talk with us on IRC.
Thanks,
Sue
--
Sue Gardner
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
415 839 6885 office
415 816 9967 cell
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
the sum of all knowledge
on a
case-by-case basis because I think the circumstances warrant it: I might.
But the default assumption should be that everything continues as planned,
unless I make a specific decision otherwise.
Thanks,
Sue
Sue Gardner
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
415 839 6885 office
415 816 9967 cell
On 3 April 2013 03:34, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
So, rather than close the internal wiki, I'd like to propose a radical
redesign and repurposing of it. Is there the interest and willingness in the
WMF and the chapters to share such information with each other?
I'd
Interesting thread, Itzik --- to be honest, I had forgotten that staff had
been granted the right to vote regardless of edit count. I wouldn't be
surprised if the only staff members who do vote are those who would qualify
under the edit count requirement anyway.
Seems to me that rather than
Gayle is travelling today and not online, so I'll take a crack at
responding to this.
The editors are responsible for the projects: the Wikimedia Foundation
knows that, acknowledges it, and is deeply appreciative (as are all
readers) for the work that volunteers do in the projects. The Wikimedia
On 15 May 2013 00:31, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you Michael for the thoughtful post!
Yeah, agreed. I always look forward to reading anything Michael's
written. He doesn't write frequently, but when he does it is always
good.
Email, usenet, PhPBB, wikis and the like
Hi Steven,
Just wanted to tell you (because I haven't run into you to say it, and
because people here may be interested) that last Saturday I helped some new
people at the San Francisco editathon register on the enWP, and the new
registration process was much easier for them than it was the last
On 1 June 2013 13:20, Frédéric Schütz sch...@mathgen.ch wrote:
I also see under Fundraising Agreements that Sue updated the Board on the
chapter fundraising agreements for 2013-14.
Is it possible to know more about this ? As a board member in a fundraising
chapter, I don't remember hearing
(Yes. Except the fire alarm is going off in the office now, so the
meeting may be delayed. If outside-SF people show up and we're not
here, that's why.)
--
Sue Gardner
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
415 839 6885 office
415 816 9967 cell
Imagine a world in which every single human being
Hi folks,
I’m sorry to tell you that Zack Exley has decided he wants to leave
the Wikimedia Foundation, although I am glad to say he’s planning to
continue contributing his prodigious creative and analytic talents to
our fundraising. As of August 30, Zack will no longer be Chief Revenue
Officer,
On 29 July 2013 17:41, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org wrote:
etc. He's also been one of the strongest proponents of making
decisions informed by data. We still rely on the bursts of insights
generated in the Summer
A supportive anecdote for you, Matt:
Back in 2008, I got toured through the fundraising operation of one of the
major American public broadcasters. It had a large fundraising team that
included a group dedicated solely to tracking and shipping premiums. Its
boss advised us to avoid going down the
Hi folks,
As you know, in July 2012 the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees asked
me to set up the Funds Dissemination Committee, a volunteer-driven advisory
committee created to make recommendations to the Board allocating funds for
chapters and other Wikimedia movement entities. I did that,
Just quickly while I walk down the street: I don't think the goal is
necessarily to get input from chapters members -- as you say, the best
avenue for those people to give input on chapter plans is probably simply
to be involved in the chapter's internal planning processes.
I think the purpose of
Just wanted to share this article, because it makes me so happy!
Erik's one of our earliest contributors and *we've* all depended on
his work for years, but it's mostly invisible to the world beyond
Wikimedia. It makes me really happy to see him get some external
recognition :-)
Thanks,
Sue
Hey folks,
The purpose of this note is to remind you that the WMF will be
participating in the FDC Process Round 2, which begins tomorrow. I'd
like to invite you to comment on the plan-in-progress, which will be
at this URL within about 24 hours:
On 21 March 2014 13:23, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
We will update the wiki page at
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence/Harvard_University_assessment
with more information and details. I encourage others to participate
in this as a collaborative process.
I stumbled across this last night and laughed out loud for a very long
time. May be useful for the folks headed to Berlin, in particular :)
(Obligatory: go Canada!)
Thanks,
Sue
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/communication-charts-around-the-world-2014-3
On 16 April 2014 14:03, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.com wrote:
Could the WMF and the BoT perhaps clarify whether COI editing amongst
WMF staff/contractors is officially discouraged/forbidden, and whether
there is something official in writing which lays out guidelines for
how and when
I feel like I've given the WMF's position pretty clearly upthread, so I'll
try not to repeat myself. I believe that policies like the one described
here would do more harm than good, for reasons including those given by
others in this thread.
To the suggestion that the WMF ought to hold staff to
Hey guys,
I use MediaViewer, I like it, and I am happy to trust the WMF product team
to build stuff. I didn't know about the RFC, but even if I had I would've
been unlikely to have participated, because I don't think small opt-in
discussions are the best way to do product development -- certainly
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