Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Iranian Wikimedians UG

2015-07-18 Thread Sydney Poore
Excellent news! Sydney On Jul 18, 2015 3:10 PM, "Carlos M. Colina" wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm pleased to announcce the recognition [1] of a new member of the family > of Wikimedia affilates, the Iranian Wikimedians User Group. Among their > main interests are encouraging the use of Wikimedia reso

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CAPTCHA issues discouraging new editors

2015-06-19 Thread Sydney Poore
dealing with group editing or the new account creation experience needs to be a priority. Sydney Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Andrew Gray wrote: > It's true that events *can* get whitelisted, but t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians User Group

2015-05-28 Thread Sydney Poore
Awesome news!! Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Carlos M. Colina wrote: > Dear all, > > On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, I am honored to announce the > recognition [1] of a new User Group i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing Marti Johnson as WMF Program Officer for Individual Grants

2015-05-04 Thread Sydney Poore
Congratulations, Marti! Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Siko Bouterse wrote: > Hi all, > Following up on the announcement about a new structure in the Community > Engagement team,[1] I'm happy to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing Inspire Campaign Grantees

2015-05-01 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you, Liam, for the supportive positive comments. Sydney On May 1, 2015 5:36 PM, "Liam Wyatt" wrote: > Congratulations on bringing to the surface these 16 project ideas! > I'm looking forward to seeing how these specific projects go, and also to > seeing if they can become replicable models

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2015-04-22 Thread Sydney Poore
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Sydney Poore > wrote: > > > I find the WMF staff who I interact with to be an inspiration to me with > > their dedication to the mission to the global wikimedia movement. > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2015-04-22 Thread Sydney Poore
to get more volunteer community members running for positions as well as voting. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Aleksey Bilogur wrote: > Frankly, I think such views are naive idealism. There is a politi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

2015-04-22 Thread Sydney Poore
mission of the movement. I fully support allowing our talented and dedicated WMF staff to have the opportunity to choose the people who guide the direction of the WMF. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Bohdan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF office location and remodel

2015-04-16 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you, Tim. That background information is extremely helpful to understand the thinking behind the previous decision. Sydney On Apr 16, 2015 10:15 PM, "Tim Starling" wrote: > On 15/04/15 22:45, Craig Franklin wrote: > > I do think that it's doesn't particularly match up for the Foundation to

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

2015-04-07 Thread Sydney Poore
This page explains the eligibility. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility Sydney On Apr 8, 2015 12:09 AM, "MZMcBride" wrote: > Katy Love wrote: > >tl;dr:[0] Please join the community review for six annual plan grant > >proposals requesting USD $1.5 million in movement funds. Add y

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014

2015-04-02 Thread Sydney Poore
On Apr 2, 2015 4:39 PM, "Risker" wrote: > > Actually, it appears it is also published here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommunicationsState_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation > > (Heather Walls sent me the link). This is good - but the document on > Commons points to a serious usability issue; the c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Kourosh Karimkhany, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

2015-03-27 Thread Sydney Poore
Welcome to the wikimedia movement, Kourosh. Looking forward to seeing the partnerships and initiatives that can be grown that support our mission. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Lila Tretikov wrote: > D

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Veteran Malayalam Wikipedian BabuG signed off...

2015-03-05 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you for sharing the history of G. Balachandran's work on Wikipedia, and his death. Condolences for your loss. Warm regards, Sydney User:FloNight Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 10:07 AM, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediameta-l] An alternative model for grant funding

2015-02-25 Thread Sydney Poore
Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Edward Saperia wrote: > Of course you're very correct that there are many projects sitting around > asking for scrutiny - the difference here is the (potential of) funding

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediameta-l] An alternative model for grant funding

2015-02-25 Thread Sydney Poore
ome type. I'm in favor of doing more to encourage members of the wikimedia movement to come to meta and join in working on them. IdeaLab. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Ideas Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF has lost its path

2015-01-20 Thread Sydney Poore
, I'm much more concerned about the large number of community indefinite blocks done by a single administrator with no training than these few bans that are investigated and signed off on by a professional whose work is being evaluated. Sydney Poore Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in R

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please report to Google [was Re: Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group]

2015-01-10 Thread Sydney Poore
I was resubscribed. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:18 AM, rubin.happy wrote: > I was resubscribed, too. > > rubin16 > > 2015-01-10 19:12 GMT+03:00 Luis Villa : > > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2

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

2015-01-09 Thread Sydney Poore
Siko makes an important point here. If there are too many time sensitive non-theme requests then that would be justification for allocating more resources to the grantmaking team next year. Let's wait and see how the data plays out. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residen

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

2015-01-09 Thread Sydney Poore
Hi Fae, That is not the impression that I'm getting from the comments. At least some people have the expectation that the funding stream will be available whenever they decide to make a request. Is it realistic to continue to have an ongoing open call for non - time sensitive grants when the wiki

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

2015-01-09 Thread Sydney Poore
this particular targeted campaign is not *perfectly executed* does not take this legitimate topic off the table. Sydney Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > * Sydney Poore wrote: &g

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

2015-01-09 Thread Sydney Poore
that people and organizations are being asked to set aside other projects in order to help address this vital area of concern. I hope everyone reading this email will do at least one small thing to help. Warm regards, Sydney On Jan 8, 2015 11:04 PM, "Bjoern Hoehrmann" wrote: > *

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

2015-01-08 Thread Sydney Poore
. Warm regards to all people everywhere in the wikimedia movement! Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 5:26 AM, Romaine Wiki wrote: > Hi all, > > Some disturbing news entered my mailbox the past days. The grant m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Awareness of Wikipedia and its usage patterns in Israel

2014-12-24 Thread Sydney Poore
Thanks for sharing the information. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 3:25 AM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > Hi Michal, > > On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:01:19 +0200 > Michal Lester wrote: > > > Several mont

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia India Chapter Announcements:Executive Committee for 2014-15 takes charge

2014-12-16 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you for sharing the news. Congratulations and wishing the Indian Chapter and community all the best for this year and many years ahead. Sydney Poore Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Jayanta Nath wrote: > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France board handbook

2014-12-09 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you for sharing and also the history of its development. It's inspiring to see the hard work that you all put into developing this important document. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member of FDC Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Tue, Dec 9,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Delphine Ménard, Lodewijk Gelauff and Bence Damokos as AffCom Advisers

2014-12-03 Thread Sydney Poore
Delphine Ménard], Lodewijk Gelauff, and Bence Damokos, Thank you all for offering your services to the wikimedia movement to give your expertise to this important committee. Warm regards, Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Sat, Nov 29, 2014

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Magyarország Board Elections

2014-12-02 Thread Sydney Poore
Congratulations to the newly and re-elected members of the board. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member of FDC Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:30 AM, Balázs Viczián wrote: > Hi all, > > WMHU had its general asse

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMIL General Assembly meeting and Board Elections

2014-12-02 Thread Sydney Poore
Congratulations to the newly or re-elected members. And thank you, Yael, for your service to the wikimedia movement. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member of FDC Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Italia Executive Director

2014-12-02 Thread Sydney Poore
Giuliana Mancini, welcome to the Wikimedia movement. :-) Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member of FDC Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Andrea Zanni wrote: > Hello everybody, > > It's with great pleasure t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.

2014-12-02 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you, Tim for sharing the results. And congratulations to the recently elected members and thank you to the outgoing members for their service to the wikimedia movement. Warm regards, Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member of FDC Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-26 Thread Sydney Poore
more about the ways that they can be supported when they do local fundraising. There is much learning that can come from sharing among the different chapters. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Lodewijk wrote

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-24 Thread Sydney Poore
discussion around strategic planning and wikimedia movement grants and join in!. Warm regards, Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member FDC On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 5:21 PM, pajz wrote: > Hi Dariusz, > > On 23 November 2014 at 18:05, Dariusz Jemielniak > wrote: > > > All in all, t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up

2014-11-24 Thread Sydney Poore
. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Lodewijk wrote: > I can very well understand why people are careful about commenting. Most > people who have the insight to make sensible comments on the con located > matt

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

2014-11-04 Thread Sydney Poore
s. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Thanks for the replies. They've calmed my fears a fair bit, but I'm still a > little concer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics

2014-10-30 Thread Sydney Poore
/wiki/Talk:Movement-wide_Financial_Report I'll look for the response on meta. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Michael Guss wrote: > Hi folks, > > We are the Finance Fellows, a multicultu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Alessio Guidetti, Cotton

2014-10-18 Thread Sydney Poore
Truly sorry to hear this sad news. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Andrea Zanni wrote: > It is with great sorrow that Wikimedia Italia announces the death of > Alessio Guidetti, better known on the pr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia Executive Director

2014-10-11 Thread Sydney Poore
Welcome. Sydney Poore User:FloNight On Oct 11, 2014 6:50 PM, "Filip Maljković" wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'd like to announce Ivan Nikčević as the new Executive Director of > Wikimedia Serbia. > > After a two month process, and with more than 200 submission

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Jake Orlowitz/Ocaasi comes onto the Grantmaking team at WMF with The Wikipedia Library

2014-10-07 Thread Sydney Poore
Happy dance This is awesome news! Congratulations, Jake. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Anasuya Sengupta wrote: > Dear friends and colleagues, > > I am delighted to announce that Jake

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call to Action

2014-10-06 Thread Sydney Poore
h only positive intentions. Open source requires a healthy community, and respectful interactions are a sign of a healthy community. I pledge to treat everyone with respect and use respectful and inclusive language. Please join me." --Damon Sicore Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in R

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group

2014-09-19 Thread Sydney Poore
Congratulations to Azerbaijani User Group! Sydney Poore User:FloNight Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Carlos M. Colina wrote: > Dear all, > > I am pleased to announce that the Affiliations Committee has r

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Ghana User Group

2014-09-15 Thread Sydney Poore
That's awesome news! Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Kirill Lokshin wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm pleased to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized > Wikimedia Gha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia User Group China

2014-08-01 Thread Sydney Poore
Congratulations! Sydney On Jul 30, 2014 12:18 PM, "Carlos M. Colina" wrote: > Dear all, > > It is an honor to announce that the Affiliations Committee has resolved > [1] recognizing the Wikimedia User Group China as a Wikimedia User Group; > their main focus areas are getting more chinese people

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Israel received the Roaring Lion Award for the Hebrew Wikipedia 10th anniversary PR

2014-07-03 Thread Sydney Poore
That's awesome. Congrats to Hebrew Wikipedia ! Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel < it...@wikimedia.org.il> wrote: > Hey, > > I'm very excited to share that la

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh

2014-06-10 Thread Sydney Poore
Congratulations, I'm so pleased that the persistence and hard work paid off. This wonderful news for your chapter but also the whole Wikimedia movement. Warm regards, Sydney Poore User: FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Jun 10, 2014 1:29 PM, "Tonmoy Kh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons

2014-05-29 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you AffCom committee members for taking on this important new role. I'll be very interested to see the type and amount of support that affiliates find useful. It will make for extra work but I hope you can document the work you all do with affiliates and publish the information. S

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Indonesia and Humanitarian Open Street Map receive ALL VOICES GRANT

2014-04-17 Thread Sydney Poore
That is great news. A wonderful sounding project. And I'm thrilled to hear that you all are becoming expert at getting this type of international grant. Well done! Sydney Poore Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Purpose of WMConf ( was: Cost of Wikimedia Conference 2014)

2014-04-02 Thread sydney . poore
board observers to the FDC which need to attend both meetings. Sydney Poore Sent from my iPhone On Apr 2, 2014, at 13:26, Nathan wrote: > A good starting point for discussion is the written material already out > there about the purpose of the event: > > "*Wikimedia Confer

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Press Release: Wikimedia Indonesia Receive Grant from The Ford Foundation to Preserve Indonesian Culture By Content Digitalization

2014-03-04 Thread sydney . poore
Congratulations. I'm very excited for you all. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:56, Isabella Apriyana wrote: > Hello all, > > We are happy to announce that Wikimedia Indonesia is awarded a grant by The > Ford Foundation to suppor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing Anna Torres Adell as new Wikimedia Argentina ED

2014-02-22 Thread sydney . poore
Welcome, Anna. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Sent from my iPhone On Feb 22, 2014, at 8:23, Anna Torres wrote: > Dear movement fellows, > > Thank you so much for your warm welcoming! > > As Galileo said and thanks to the support of the team and specially at this > very first

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annoucement from the Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina

2014-01-28 Thread sydney . poore
Osmar, Sorry to see you leaving the position. And I'm glad to you are assisting with the transition and plan to stay involved. Best of luck with your future ventures. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Sent from my iPhone On Jan 28, 2014, at 11:59, Osmar Valdebenito wrote: > Dear member

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution: Media about living people

2013-12-11 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you, Maria for passing this on, and to the Board of Trustees for adding wording to the resolution that more clearly conveys that WMF projects are creating content and acting as a repository for a broad range of media that have the potential to cause harm to living people. Sydney Poore

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

2013-05-01 Thread sydney . poore
Jan, I add my congratulations to you joining this team. Sydney Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Jan Eissfeldt wrote: > Moin, > > Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm looking forward to work with you in > improving our mutual understanding across this diverse movement we have >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Sydney Poore
Planning this graceful exit as Executivenu Director is exactly the professional and nurturing way that Sue has provided leadership for the Wikimedia Foundation. Although I have personal sadness to see Sue move on, I fully understand why and so very much respect the thoughtful way that she is implem

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome: Siko Bouterse and Katy Love join the Grantmaking team at WMF

2013-01-16 Thread Sydney Poore
Glad to hear that you both are moving into these new roles. :-) Sydney Poore User:FloNight On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Nicole Ebber wrote: > Congratulations, looking forward to working with you! > > Cheers, > Nicole > > On 16 January 2013 18:28, Patricia Pena wro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reappointment of Bishakha Datta as WMF Trustee

2012-12-28 Thread Sydney Poore
Awesome news. Sydney On Dec 28, 2012 10:39 AM, "Geoff Brigham" wrote: > I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee > on the WMF Board for another two-year term. > > The Board resolution may be found here: > > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Bishak

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CheckUser openness

2012-06-14 Thread Sydney Poore
red and used in limited ways. See the Terms of use and the privacy policy. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use#2._Privacy_Policy http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy#Purpose_of_the_collection_of_private_information I don't see any reason to alter a system that seems to be

[Wikimedia-l] Chapter Selected Board Seats- Election results

2012-05-19 Thread Sydney Poore
Resending with subject line more descriptive. Sydney On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Béria Lima wrote: > Cross posting > _ > *Béria Lima* > > *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter > livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a > con

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