[Wikimedia-l] Diversity Award for the mentoring program of the 2017 Wikimedia Hackathon in Vienna
Hello everyone! We wanted to share some good news with you: Our international team around the Wikimedia Hackathon mentoring program won the first Austrian Open Source Award in the category "Diversity" [1]. The Austrian Open Source Award was established this year in order to raise awareness and visibility for our local Open Source Communities and their projects. The jury consisted of representatives from across the various Open Communities in Austria (Open Knowledge, Linux, and Drupal among others) and honoured outstanding projects in the categories Open Data, Open Software, Open Hardware, and Diversity. The Jury particularly mentioned our comprehensive documentation under a free license which enables other event organizers to apply our ideas and concepts and to build on them [2] [3]. We are very happy about this positive signal for inclusive events, which make it easier for all newcomers to join our great communities and we hope it encourages even more people to also make our other Wikimedia events more and more newcomer friendly. A special thanks goes to our awesome mentors who were the heart and soul of the mentoring program and the Hackathon! For more information about what we learned around the mentoring program you can also check out our post from the Wikimedia Blog [4]. [1]: https://www.openminds.at/ [2]:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathons/Handbook [3]:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/Mentoring_Program [4]: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/05/31/vienna-hackathon-learnings/ -- Claudia Garád Executive Director *Wikimedia Österreich* Stolzenthalergasse /1 1070 Wien www.wikimedia.at ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] 1. International Wikisource Conference, Vienna - November 20-22: Registration open
Dear all, the Wikisource Community User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Community_User_Group> (WCUG) - together with Wikimedia Österreich (WMAT) and Wikimedia Italia (WMIT) - will host the first international *Wikisource Conference from November 20-22, 2015 in Vienna, Austria. ** * Registration <http://goo.gl/forms/K5SFPHNkWP> is now open until October 13, 2015. As our PEG proposal was successful, we will be able to offer some scholarships to increase diversity among participants in terms of language and geography. The registration process also entails the scholarship application for those participants who are not funded by a Wikimedia affiliate or other organization. We encourage especially visa applicants to register and get in touch with the event management team from WMAT soon. Please spread the word within your communities and inform other interested volunteers and partner institutions. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Vienna! Claudia, Andrea and David -- Claudia Garád Executive Director Wikimedia Österreich - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Siebensterngasse 25/15 1070 Wien 0699 141 28615 www.wikimedia.at <http://www.wikimedia.at/> ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Chapters] Wiki Loves Monuments in Italy largely blocked by WMF fundraising
Hi Andrea, thanks for the update. We were in the same situation last year, including all the negative side effects mentioned already. The worst part was to explain our long-standing and important partner the Federal Monuments Office that we can't have the banner time at cruical dates in September (especially the days leading up to our events around the national monuments day in Austria), at a time when all the information material with dates etc. was already printed and distributed. Like you, we decided to come to terms with the situation without causing drama or trouble, but we communicated very clearly and on various channels that we wish for or rather strongly recommend a better planning this year, i.e. an information for the affected countries months and not only weeks or days before the event, so that they they can come up with adequate strategies and plan accordingly. It sounds that - again - this was not the case this year. So, yes indeed - sad news - I really think this could have been avoided to a certain extend. Claudia Am 19.08.2015 um 11:18 schrieb Andrea Zanni: [sorry for cross-posting] Hello everyone. Thanks Romaine for bringing up this issue, because it's good to talk these kind of things together with the whole community. It's a way to improve collaboration, I hope. Yes, this year WLM and FR will split banners in Semptember: we reached an agreement in which * 1-7 September: everyone see a WLM banner * 8-22 September: everyone see a fundraising banner * 23-30 September: the traffic will be split 50/50 between the WLM campaign and the fundraising campaign. (50% of readers will see a fundraising banner and 50% will see the WLM campaign.) * * We asked also a bigger percentage of visibility during the last 2-3 days of September, as they are very important days in terms of number of photo uploads: we'll see if we manage to find an agreement also there. I'd like to declare that the conversation with the fundraising team have been nothing less than polite and contructive: at the same time, there *is* a banner conflict, and we will both suffer from this. Last year (WLM 2014) we had the same problem, but in the end FR decided to leave us the banner for the whole September, but the final days. This year the conflict is on the whole month of September, and WLM in Italy will definitely suffer (as it does also in normal conditions ;-). This is a pity because: * FR decided to use September months ago, and they are now in a rush and cannot really change their plans * WMIT decided to run WLM on September months ago as well, as it has done for the past 4 years. WMIT also declared his plans on WLM in the FDC appplication, reviewed in May. Knowing also that last year there was the same issue, it's fair to say, I hope, that from WMIT part there was no lack of communication. I agree with Maarten that, in the end, it's WMF decision the one that counts. This is why we were firm in stating our position but did not put up a fight (or a scene). We manage to reach a more favorable agreement for WLM (we asked for the first and last week of September, as they are in our opinion the most important). What we plan to do now is discussing the issue also with the Funds Dissemination Committee, as it will impact our goals and figures and metrics. Moreover, we do have sponsors in Italy for WLM, and it will not be easy to explain them if numbers drop dramatically. Lorenzo will explain to you what WLM means in terms of organization and management in Italy. Of course, this is the last time this problem has to happen. If the WMF is committed in running the FR banner in September in Italy (it seems it's the most favorable month), WMIT will have to change WLM and run it in October. I don't see other solutions. I hope this mail cleared a bit the situation. Cheers Andrea Zanni Wikimedia Italia On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Peter Southwood peter.southw...@telkomsa.net mailto:peter.southw...@telkomsa.net wrote: Is there not a method for time to be booked in advance for these things? Like a year in advance, so projects can be planned properly and not crippled at the last minute? Peter -Original Message- From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Liam Wyatt Sent: Tuesday, 18 August 2015 10:06 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Cc: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wiki Loves Monuments in Italy largely blocked by WMF fundraising On Tuesday, 18 August 2015, attolippip attolip...@gmail.com mailto:attolip...@gmail.com wrote: Can we get the WMF comments about it publicly? The WMF Fundraising department asked me to submit my own comments and feedback from previous
Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Finance Fellows to develop first-ever movement-wide financial report and metrics
After each FDC round the WMF conducted a survey among the participating organizations in which we were asked to give estimates on these questions (as far as I can recall). I'm not sure whether and where the results have been published but there might be some (rough) data available on this. Claudia Am 08.06.2015 um 21:26 schrieb Pine W: I agree. I don't think WMF has an appreciation of the scope of this problem and how it detracts from the prigrammatic activities that they aim to support in addition to its effects on volunteer morale and motivation (which is a WMF global metric). I am hoping that some hard numbers might get them to think about the status quo and how to improve it by a significant, measurable percentage. Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC annual plan grant recommendations for 2014-2015 Round 2
Thank you Dariusz and all and the other outgoing FDC members for your hard and impressive work! I think the latest round of decisions proves just how much effort the committee puts into making thoughtful and independent decisions. Best regards from Vienna Claudia -- Claudia Garád Geschäftsführerin Wikimedia Österreich - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens www.wikimedia.at http://www.wikimedia.at Am 01.06.2015 um 17:18 schrieb Dariusz Jemielniak: Hello Wikimedians, The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets twice a year to help make decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. [1] Just before the Wikimedia Conference, the FDC met in Berlin to deliberate on the five proposals submitted for this Round. [2] We thank these organizations for their hard work on their annual plans and their proposals. The FDC has now posted our recommendations on Meta for Round 2 2014-2015 on the annual plan grants to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. [3] Thanks to the leadership of the FDC’s two Board Representatives (Maria Sefidari and Frieda Brioschi), the WMF Board will review the recommendations and then make their decision on them by 1 July 2015. This round, the six proposals were submitted to the FDC. One proposal was withdrawn before we met to deliberate. We recommended allocations totaling roughly $1,248,913 USD for these five organizations. Note that all allocations were made in local currency. A total of $5,060,913 was allocated in both rounds in this year (2014-2015). The remaining $939,087 from the FDC’s $6 million budget will be returned to the Wikimedia Foundation. Before our face-to-face deliberations, the FDC reviewed the proposals in careful detail. We also reviewed staff assessments and analysis on impact, finances, and programs, as well as community comments on the proposals. We also took into consideration the discussion pages of relevant documents. There is a formal process for grant applicants to submit complaints or appeals about these recommendations. Here are the steps for both: Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s Round 2 recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC by 23:59 UTC on 8 July 2015 in accordance with the appeal process outlined in the FDC Framework. A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives to the FDC (Maria Sefidari and Frieda Brioschi). The appeal should be submitted on-wiki, [4] and must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking applicant. The Board will publish its decision on this and all recommendations by 1 July 2015. Complaints to the ombudsperson about the FDC process can be filed by anyone with the Ombudsperson and can be made any time. The complaint should be submitted on wiki, as well. [5] The ombudsperson will publicly document the complaint, and investigate as needed. The FDC would like to thank Wikimedia Deutschland for hosting this Round’s deliberations. We appreciate the team that worked hard to make our deliberations meeting a smooth and successful event. Finally, we offer our sincere thanks to the six organizations who submitted annual plan grant proposals to the FDC. On behalf of the FDC, pundit Dariusz Jemielniak (FDC Chair) [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2014-2015_round2 [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2014-2015_round2 [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Appeals_to_the_Board_on_the_recommendations_of_the_FDC [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_about_the_FDC_process ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Evaluation by WMF of Wiki Loves Monuments is failing to understand the community
Hi Sam, I am sure there are figures and stories that the various orgs collect and publish. But they are spread across different wikis and websites and/or languages. E.g. many of the FDC orgs are looking into ways to demonstrate these more qualitative aspects of our work (e.g. by storytelling) in their reports. But these information does not get the same attention and publicity in the wider community as the evaluation done by the WMF. Many WMAT volunteers and I myself share the concerns expressed by Romaine that these unidimensional numbers and lack of context foster misconceptions or even prejudices especially in the parts of the community that are not closely involved in the work of the respective groups and orgs. Best Claudia Am 06.05.2015 um 13:40 schrieb Sam Klein: Hi Romaine, Are there other evals of WLM projects that capture the complexity you want? Perhaps single-community evaluations done by the WLM organizers there? Sam On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Romaine Wiki romaine.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, In the past months the Wikimedia Foundation has been writing an evaluation about Wiki Loves Monuments. [1] At such it is fine that WMF is writing an evaluation, however they fail in actual understanding Wiki Loves Monuments, and that is shown in the evaluation report. As a result on the Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list a discussion grows about the various problems the evaluation has. As the Learning and Evaluation team at the Wikimedia Foundation already had released the first Programs Reports for Wiki Loves Monuments, we are now put as fait accompli with this evaluation report. Therefore I am writing here so that the rest of the worldwide Wikimedia community is informed that this is not going right. Wiki Loves Monuments is not just a bunch of uploads done in September, the report is too simplified without actual understanding how the community is doing this project. Romaine [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Evaluation_reports/2015/Wiki_Loves_Monuments ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Organizational effectiveness tool for Wikimedia organizations (including user groups, chapters, and thematic organizations)
Thank you Winifred! I think an extension of the deadline is a good call :-) Good news for everyone who plans to do this with German-speaking community members: We translated the questions on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire/de Season's greetings from Vienna! Claudia Am 15.12.2014 um 21:44 schrieb Winifred Olliff: Greetings, Wikimedia colleagues: Many thanks to all who have participated in the organizational effectiveness tool so far. The questionnaire is still active and *the date for responding has been extended to 29 December:* *Link to take questionnaire (can be used once per IP address, but more links can be requested): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire *User guide: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide *Questionnaire text: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire *Learning center: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center We want to highlight some support materials we have developed in the past few weeks, including a presentation about how to use the tool, and a list of questions and answers about the tool: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Support. These support materials will be evolving as different questions and needs come up, and we hope they will be helpful in understanding how the tool works and sharing that information within your organization. Please note that this tool is built for user groups as well as formal organizations like chapters and thematic organizations. The purpose of the tool is to help groups assess their own effectiveness, and build a plan for leveraging their strengths and building capacity in areas where they may have capacity gaps. Results will be compiled in an aggregate report, but specific results for each organization will not be shared publicly or with the Wikimedia Foundation. See Anasuya's announcement quoted below for more details about the purpose of the tool. If you are curious about participating but have concerns or need additional support, please contact us at orgeffectiven...@wikimedia.org (this Email address will reach me). If your questions aren't yet addressed in the FAQ, please add them to the support discussion page, or contact us by Email. Thanks again to all who have participated so far, and to those who have already offered helpful feedback about the tool! Cheers, Winifred On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Anasuya Sengupta asengu...@wikimedia.org wrote: tl;dr Request for Wikimedia organizations to take a survey on organizational effectiveness, that will help us understand and support each other better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire Dear friends and colleagues of the Wikimedia movement: The Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking team has initiated a project with TCC Group - a consulting firm focused on social impact - and the larger Wikimedia communities, to help Wikimedia organizations of all shapes and sizes (including user groups, chapters, and thematic organizations), to improve their effectiveness and their ability to have impact for the movement. The project was initiated in response to growing interest and conversations by volunteers and organizations, to better understand how organizations in particular have impact in the Wikimedia movement, which is unique in that it is online, growing extraordinarily fast, and created and supported almost entirely by volunteers. The project seeks to help Wikimedia organizations better understand 1) how impact is defined from an organizational perspective in their contexts, 2) what strategies Wikimedia organizations use to achieve that impact, and 3) what resources and skills Wikimedia organizations may need to be more effective in the strategies they choose to pursue. In the first “impact” stage of the project, TCC interviewed several organizations, administered an impact survey to all organizations, and attended Wikimania 2014 in London where the project was discussed with AffCom, an informal organizational effectiveness working group, the FDC and other grantmaking committees, as well as many other individuals in the movement. TCC also conducted in-depth research on three organizations, resulting in case studies illustrating different organizational models leading to impact. Many thanks to those of you who took your valuable time to participate in one or more of these exchanges; Wikimedians around the globe created the foundation for this work. The second and third stages of the project involve development of an online organizational effectiveness questionnaire, a user guide to help organizations interpret their results, and an organizational effectiveness learning center, which may help organizations think about the different strategies they are using and how they could build specific
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France board handbook
Thanks for sharing Emeric and Jean-Fred! I would love to see a translation of this important resource and I'm sure it could be useful for others as well. :-) Best Claudia Am 11.12.2014 um 07:20 schrieb Emeric Vallespi: Hi, and thanks for your support :) Sure Winifred, I will add a learning pattern, actually it's on my to-do list! In order to improve our sharing with the movement, we are thinking about translate some of documents we produced. Let us know if you think useful to translate the WMFr Board Handbook, even if others already exists in english. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Magyarország Board Elections
Gratulálok! And thank you Balazs et al. for your hard work over the last years Claudia for WMAT Am 02.12.2014 um 11:30 schrieb Balázs Viczián: Hi all, WMHU had its general assembly last Saturday where a new board was elected for the 2014 December - 2016 December period. Gervai, Péter - president (reelected) Balogh, Mónika - financial vice president (reelected) Bihary, Gábor - executive vice president Gyenes, Orsolya - board member Mészöly, Tamás - board member Please join me in congratulating and wishing them a successful term. Cheers, Balazs (the outgoing executive VP of WMHU) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)
Thank you for this initiative and all the hard work that went into creating these tools and resources! I'm really looking forward to the results and learnings of the next steps. At the moment, from our perspective the biggest challenge of the planned process is to overcome the language barrier: If we want to include our volunteers, especially the non-Board members, we'll have to translate the questionnaire and some general information first. While this is probably doable for German or French quickly enough to meet the deadline on December 21, it might be a major challenge for smaller langugage communities. Would it be possible for interested organizations to get in touch with the Foundation in order to get help in this regard? Best Claudia -- Executive Director Wikimedia Österreich - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Siebensterngasse 25/15 1070 Wien Austria +43 699 141 28615 www.wikimedia.at http://www.wikimedia.at/ Am 01.12.2014 um 22:56 schrieb Anasuya Sengupta: tl;dr Request for Wikimedia organizations to take a survey on organizational effectiveness, that will help us understand and support each other better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire Dear friends and colleagues of the Wikimedia movement: The Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking team has initiated a project with TCC Group - a consulting firm focused on social impact - and the larger Wikimedia communities, to help Wikimedia organizations of all shapes and sizes (including user groups, chapters, and thematic organizations), to improve their effectiveness and their ability to have impact for the movement. The project was initiated in response to growing interest and conversations by volunteers and organizations, to better understand how organizations in particular have impact in the Wikimedia movement, which is unique in that it is online, growing extraordinarily fast, and created and supported almost entirely by volunteers. The project seeks to help Wikimedia organizations better understand 1) how impact is defined from an organizational perspective in their contexts, 2) what strategies Wikimedia organizations use to achieve that impact, and 3) what resources and skills Wikimedia organizations may need to be more effective in the strategies they choose to pursue. In the first “impact” stage of the project, TCC interviewed several organizations, administered an impact survey to all organizations, and attended Wikimania 2014 in London where the project was discussed with AffCom, an informal organizational effectiveness working group, the FDC and other grantmaking committees, as well as many other individuals in the movement. TCC also conducted in-depth research on three organizations, resulting in case studies illustrating different organizational models leading to impact. Many thanks to those of you who took your valuable time to participate in one or more of these exchanges; Wikimedians around the globe created the foundation for this work. The second and third stages of the project involve development of an online organizational effectiveness questionnaire, a user guide to help organizations interpret their results, and an organizational effectiveness learning center, which may help organizations think about the different strategies they are using and how they could build specific capacities to be more successful with those strategies. *Learning center: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center. *User guide: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide *Questionnaire text: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire *Link to take questionnaire (can be used once per IP address, but more links can be requested): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire The learning center is intended to be a base from which Wikimedia organizations can grow their knowledge and share their own experiences and best practices. TCC worked closely with a handful of Wikimedia volunteers from different organizations to design the Questionnaire you are about to take. Wikimedia Foundation has provided funding for this project and has consulted closely with TCC over the course of the engagement. Please note that the questionnaire is not intended to be a test of individual organizations in any way; the Foundation will not be provided with individual organization results. As part of this consultation, TCC will aggregate findings from the movement-wide Organizational Effectiveness Questionnaire and provide them to the Foundation’s grantmaking team, along with a “capacity building roadmap” to help the team - and the wider movement - think about how organizations can build capacity for specific program strategies. *We request that you respond to the questionnaire by December 21st*, so that TCC can collate the results and share it with all of us early in the new year. Please let us know if you have any difficulties or
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)
Hi Sebastian, are you looking for this: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire Best Claudia Am 02.12.2014 um 18:03 schrieb Sebastian Moleski: Hi Anasuya, Is there by any chance a public list of the questions asked in the survey? I've just clicked through a few pages and noticed that some questions need a little preparation to answer truthfully. It would be helpful if the questions could be looked up in advance. Thank you for your help, Sebastian ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] 2014 General assembly of WMAT
Dear movement fellows, in the context of our annual general assembly on June 14, 2014 WMAT conducted elections for the board, the internal and external auditors and the community representative of our good governance committee. After a successful and constructive term of office we are happy to announce that all representatives were available for re-election and were confirmed in office by our members: _Board:_ Kurt Kulac, president Alexander Wagner, vice president Beppo Stuhl, secretary Michael Karolzak, vice secretary Reiner Strubert, treasurer Michael Kranewitter, vice treasurer Andrea Kareth, adviser Bernhard Wallisch, adviser _Auditors:_ Andrea Pfandner, Steirische Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH Co. KG, external auditor Gerhard Wrodnigg, community auditor _Good governance committee:_ Franz Pfeiffer, community representative Berhard Wallisch, board representative Thomas Planinger, staff representative We are convinced that this team with it's various personalities and areas of expertise and experience will lead WMAT through another two successful years on the quest for free knowledge. We are looking forward to this exciting time! Kurt Kulac President Wikimeda Österreich Claudia Garád Executive Director Wikimedia Österreich ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process
+1 Thank you Erik. A serious remark on the clone discussion: Instead of trying to copy a status quo I strongly suggest to move on and embrace the idea of something or someone new: change is not always easy - sometimes even scary - but change is inevtiable, necessary and good. Am 30.01.2014 16:55, schrieb Steffen Prößdorf: I absolut agree with all Erik said. Steffen 2014-01-30 Erik Zachte ezac...@wikimedia.org: I find it kind of sad to see how this thread after Ting reopened it (surely after careful consideration) morphed into frivolity. So let me say I deeply respect Ting's choice to reapply, and to do so, very on-topic, in the open. That takes courage. I personally think Ting would be a great CEO. It is not our call but I wish the committee all wisdom. Erik Zachte [..] Could the WMF strategy extend to creating a Death Star to preserve all of human knowledge? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
