[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedistas Wayuu
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedistas de Ecuador
¡Felicitaciones! Bienvenidos y bienvenidas de vuelta. :) On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 8:15 AM Chqaz wrote: > Heartiest congratulations! > > Chqaz on behalf of Wikimedians of Japan User Group > > 2023年11月7日(火) 8:11 Affiliations Committee : > >> Hi everyone! >> >> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized >> [1] Wikimedistas de Ecuador [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group aims >> to disseminating, promoting, developing, and fostering the use of Wikipedia >> and its sister projects within the national territory of Ecuador. >> >> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group! >> >> Regards, >> Jeffrey Keefer >> Chair, Affiliations Committee >> >> [1] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Recognition_of_Wikimedistas_de_Ecuador >> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedistas_de_Ecuador >> ___ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/GNA7X4FRHKFRA6LXQREENFATH2RYAZKD/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/LQTWZTAXSJHKUENK53ERLZU36DXH7AAT/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- *Jorge Vargas* (he/him) Director of Partnerships Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> M: (+1) 415.404.9536 I work from San Francisco, USA. My time zone is PST: UTC/GMT -8. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/E2XZD55FXXIMCWDYMICS2SSVMMYTVA3S/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Google not indexing Wikisource for last few years now.
Hi all, I am Jorge Vargas, Director of Partnerships at WMF. It was lovely to see many of you in person last week in Singapore! Hope you’re all doing well and energized after a week of celebration and learning, for those who were in person as well as online. As Nicholas Perry shared on August 3rd on this list <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/324UY5XRHZO2HZCFGYMMHWVADGGLLQVS/>, we are already working with Google to get more information from their Indexing team to learn more about how this works on their side. As he also mentioned, we don’t have any influence or can decide what Google indexes or where Wikimedia content ranks in their search. Some potential solutions would also rely more on our platform than theirs. Additionally, the Google folks at the “Mind the Gap” event in their Singapore office were probably not the best suited to provide further information on this particular topic, something we shared with Butch and others before Wikimania. Several Google representatives attended the entire Wikimania conference to learn more about our Communities and Movement. Hopefully, some of you had an opportunity to talk to them then. We’ve seen for the last years Google's increasing interest in learning and working closer with us to be as aligned as possible. In this line, we are working with them to find the right people to get more guidance about how indexing works. This matter has not only been raised with them already regarding Wikisource but also regarding some language Wikipedias as well. I will share an update on this thread as soon as more information is available. In the meantime, feel free to contact me, Nicholas, or partnersh...@wikimedia.org if we can clarify anything else. Best, Jorge On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 5:23 PM Paulo Santos Perneta < paulospern...@gmail.com> wrote: > For many months I have been extremely frustrated with Wikisource due to > Google not indexing what is being added to it. I also suspect the problem > may have to do with Ilario Valderi and Galder described, the gadget > parafernalia under it, which seems to have got more complex by 2019 (I seem > to recall this coincides with new developments by WMF devs dedicated team, > namely concerning page organization, which may have been the culprit of > this?) > I'll experiment removing these complex gadgets and page framework from > some pages at the Portuguese Wikisource to see if the situation improves. > > Best, > Paulo > > Nanour Garabedian escreveu no dia > quarta, 23/08/2023 à(s) 08:02: > >> +1 to this. I suggest adding what you indicated to the agenda of the next >> Wikisource Community meeting to request it formally from WMF on behalf of >> the user group. >> >> Best, >> NANöR >> >> On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 3:08 AM Bodhisattwa >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> The sessions at Google headquarters in Singapore were designed in a way >>> that there was no option to sit together and discuss this grave issue with >>> Google's Search team. I guess, the slim opportunity for the Wikisource >>> volunteers to discuss the issue directly with Google was unfortunately >>> lost. Now it is totally up to WMF and sysadmins to take it up and figure it >>> out themselves with Google. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Bodhisattwa >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 14:48 Butch Bustria wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> I think this is a good opportunity to discuss with Google's Search Team >>>> here in Singapore in 2 weeks time. >>>> >>>> You can register at Wikimania pre-Conference at this link: >>>> >>>> https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Related_events/Mind_The_Gap >>>> >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> >>>> Butch >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 5:13 PM James Heilman wrote: >>>> >>>>> Am having the same issue with Google poorly indexing MDWiki.org. I >>>>> have personally switched my default browser to duckduckgo as they index >>>>> much better. The two folks at Google who used to support their >>>>> collaborations with Wikipedia are no longer with the company. Not sure if >>>>> they have been replaced by anyone. >>>>> >>>>> James >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:51 AM Bodhisattwa < >>>>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>> >
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Fwd: Meta, WikiMedia, and the Hewlett Foundation partner with Africa No Filter
and others: I know there's often good reason to message >> Wikimedia-l, and also to let you know that you can always reach the WMF >> Partnerships team at partnersh...@wikimedia.org and on our Meta page >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Partnerships_team> if >> you want to engage with us directly! >> >> Best, >> >> Yael >> >> -- >> Yael Weissburg (she / her) >> Director, Strategic Partnerships >> Wikimedia Foundation >> E: yweissb...@wikimedia.org >> M: +1.415.513.6643 >> >> On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 11:28 AM Jorge Vargas >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Florence, >>> >>> Thanks for your email. We wanted to acknowledge receipt and say that >>> we're working on a more detailed answer about the partnership with Africa >>> No Filter (ANF) and the Africa Union (AU), and to some of the higher-level >>> points you've raised around our general approach to this work. >>> >>> We're gathering all the right information to make sure we can offer a >>> comprehensive answer, but in short, to your first question, the >>> collaboration between WMF and ANF described in the announcement, is led by >>> the Foundation's Partnerships and Community Programs teams and will be >>> implemented in collaboration with Wikimedia communities. This collaboration >>> sits under a larger ongoing relationship with the African Union, who were >>> actually the ones who first connected us to ANF. We broadly introduced the >>> project during this specific session [1] at WikiIndaba, and have a >>> comprehensive Diff post coming up soon with more information about this >>> project's goals and how it connects with existing movement priorities, >>> which we are happy to forward to this thread when it’s live. Unfortunately, >>> ANF went slightly earlier on what was going to be a joint announcement, and >>> we're talking with them on how this came about. >>> >>> To be clear, we are not partnering on this project with Meta; we are >>> partnering solely with ANF and the Africa Union, within their 2063 Agenda >>> strategy [2] for the region. We have no involvement in the separate >>> partnership that ANF announced with Meta in the same announcement. >>> >>> We read your email as elevating some larger concerns we want to make >>> sure are heard, for us all to have a good faith and important dialogue on >>> how we inform, collaborate, and work with the Movement in >>> partnership-related activity. Our intention is never to create >>> overlapping/conflictive work with the ones in the Movement, but rather add >>> value and collaborate, as we believe we are doing in this case. >>> >>> We will be providing an answer soon with more details. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Jorge Vargas >>> Director of Regional Partnerships >>> >>> [1] >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2021/Program/The_future_of_knowledge_creation_in_Africa_through_partnerships >>> [2] https://au.int/en/agenda2063/overview >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 11:36 AM F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l < >>> wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Thank you for raising up this topic in the list, Florence. I fully >>>> agree with you in all your points and find it of great concern, especially >>>> regarding accountability of the WMF towards the community. But also because >>>> its increasing agreements and decisions that are not thoroughly reviewed or >>>> shared before a long way (i.e. money, hiring and staffing time expenditure) >>>> has already been done. >>>> >>>> This matter can be linked a lot with the long debate that Galder (user >>>> Theklan) had here about a month and a half ago on the disappointing WMF >>>> tech support, while we see big efforts on content that disrupt the >>>> decentralized role of communities and that, in this precise case, they seem >>>> to be even very unequally communicated. >>>> >>>> I am looking forward to read more on this in case someone is aware of >>>> what's going on. It does not look any good so far, especially for the >>>> silence on "our" side (as what WMF does has an impact in the discursive >>>> trustworthiness of all volunteers) and because in that newsletter it is >>>> being ment
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Fwd: Meta, WikiMedia, and the Hewlett Foundation partner with Africa No Filter
Hi Florence, Thanks for your email. We wanted to acknowledge receipt and say that we're working on a more detailed answer about the partnership with Africa No Filter (ANF) and the Africa Union (AU), and to some of the higher-level points you've raised around our general approach to this work. We're gathering all the right information to make sure we can offer a comprehensive answer, but in short, to your first question, the collaboration between WMF and ANF described in the announcement, is led by the Foundation's Partnerships and Community Programs teams and will be implemented in collaboration with Wikimedia communities. This collaboration sits under a larger ongoing relationship with the African Union, who were actually the ones who first connected us to ANF. We broadly introduced the project during this specific session [1] at WikiIndaba, and have a comprehensive Diff post coming up soon with more information about this project's goals and how it connects with existing movement priorities, which we are happy to forward to this thread when it’s live. Unfortunately, ANF went slightly earlier on what was going to be a joint announcement, and we're talking with them on how this came about. To be clear, we are not partnering on this project with Meta; we are partnering solely with ANF and the Africa Union, within their 2063 Agenda strategy [2] for the region. We have no involvement in the separate partnership that ANF announced with Meta in the same announcement. We read your email as elevating some larger concerns we want to make sure are heard, for us all to have a good faith and important dialogue on how we inform, collaborate, and work with the Movement in partnership-related activity. Our intention is never to create overlapping/conflictive work with the ones in the Movement, but rather add value and collaborate, as we believe we are doing in this case. We will be providing an answer soon with more details. Regards, Jorge Vargas Director of Regional Partnerships [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiIndaba_conference_2021/Program/The_future_of_knowledge_creation_in_Africa_through_partnerships [2] https://au.int/en/agenda2063/overview On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 11:36 AM F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Thank you for raising up this topic in the list, Florence. I fully agree > with you in all your points and find it of great concern, especially > regarding accountability of the WMF towards the community. But also because > its increasing agreements and decisions that are not thoroughly reviewed or > shared before a long way (i.e. money, hiring and staffing time expenditure) > has already been done. > > This matter can be linked a lot with the long debate that Galder (user > Theklan) had here about a month and a half ago on the disappointing WMF > tech support, while we see big efforts on content that disrupt the > decentralized role of communities and that, in this precise case, they seem > to be even very unequally communicated. > > I am looking forward to read more on this in case someone is aware of > what's going on. It does not look any good so far, especially for the > silence on "our" side (as what WMF does has an impact in the discursive > trustworthiness of all volunteers) and because in that newsletter it is > being mentioned as a project side to side with Facebook. > > Best, > > Xavier Dengra > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > El dimecres, 8 de desembre 2021 a les 4:51 PM, Florence Devouard < > fdevou...@gmail.com> va escriure: > > Hello > > > Got that in my mailbox today. > I had known that for a few days because it had been displayed on ANF > website and been the object of an ANF previous email a few days ago about a > partnership between Wikimedia Foundation / ANF / African Union to fix the > gap related to African representation. So it is not really a surprise to > ME, but... > > On one hand, it is a good news to see the big organisations get involved. > > On the other hand... there are a few points bugging me and I wanted to > share just that. > > > ANF has been announcing those partnerships for several days on their > networks. > But from WMF... I see a complete silence. No announcement in the lists, > nor in the grant space, nor on diff, nor to the affiliates impacted by this > announcement; > Nothing. No mention of an Africa Knowledge Initiative on meta either. > Nothing at all. > > > The total silence from WMF raises questions and concerns in my mind. Such > as : > > 1) Is that partnership real and known from the Wikimedia Foundation ? > > 2) If it is, why is Wikimedia Foundation not informing the community about > what seems to be a significant partnership ? > Is it
[Wikimedia-l] New collaboration with the World Health Organization
Hi everyone, Following up on my earlier thread about this, we are excited to announce a new collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and the World Health Organization (WHO). The collaboration will initially focus on releasing WHO content such as public-health related infographics, videos, and other COVID-19 resources under a free license (CC BY SA 3.0) to be shared on Wikimedia Commons. We are hopeful that these resources will be useful for volunteers writing about COVID-19 across language wikis and further expand access to knowledge about the pandemic to people around the world. You can read more about the collaboration announcement in the press release we published earlier today [1], and see the first batch of content uploads from WHO on Wikimedia Commons [2]. If you want to help share the collaboration news on social media, please retweet the Foundation’s account [3] or share your own post using this toolkit [4]. I want to give a major thank you and shout out to the volunteers (including Doc James, Dr. Netha Hussain, John Cummings, and many others) who have been moving these conversations with WHO forward for years, as well as to the many Wikimedians providing accurate and relevant coverage of COVID-19 on the projects that this collaboration hopes to support. We are so excited to finally reach this milestone with WHO. In the coming months, Alex Stinson, from our Community Programs team, will be working with volunteers to continue sharing details of the WHO content available on Commons and collaborating with volunteers to understand how WHO resources might help address information needs and gaps about COVID-19 on the projects. We need your help identifying the most useful content. Please join us on the project page on Commons to request WHO materials, and ask questions or give feedback on the project [5]. We are excited to celebrate this important achievement in making more knowledge about COVID-19 freely available to everyone in such a critical time in the world. Thank you to all who made this possible! Feel free to reach out on this thread or to Alex and I directly in case you have further questions about this collaboration. Jorge Vargas Sr. Manager, Regional Partnerships [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/10/22/world-health-organization-and-wikimedia-foundation-expand-access/ [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:World_Health_Organization_COVID-19_Disinformation_Infographics [3] https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/1319263874303037442 [4] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCc0uXewzL5CUD2JPQYSYIDs3B63KxdLjprSBsn4kvA/edit?usp=sharing [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:World_Health_Organization On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:41 AM Zana Strkovska <777.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > The same video translated on Macedonian language is on national television > in my country several days already. > Regards, > Zana > > On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, 19:30 James Heilman, wrote: > > > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially videos) > under > > open licenses since since Feb 2020. > > > > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in their > > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc. > > > > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not seemed > too > > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-( > > > > James > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l < > > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > Some of us sent an email when it was (only apparently) less serious > but > > > we got no reply, as far as I know. It was sent by the UG of Washington > DC > > > and I contacted WMCH doing that, because they might reach their central > > > office quickly in Geneva if necessary. > > > Changing some licenses was one of the things I hoped to discuss, but in > > > general we knew it was already serious and we were trying to gain some > > time. > > > > > > In the end, WHO changed their attitude only after the last week-end, > > > probably because people started finally to be worried in the USA, but > the > > > pandemia should have been declared weeks ago or at least last week, > IMHO, > > > when also the data of another "not small" country, that is Spain, > started > > > to be quite out of control (if Italy was already not enough after > China, > > > Iran and South Korea). > > > > > > They seem to have taken more slowly than necessary. Let's hope they > > > finally reach out. > > > > > > Regards. > > > Alessandro > > > > > > Il giovedì 12 marzo 2020, 16:29:34 CET, Andy Mabbett < > > > a...@pigsonthewing.or
Re: [Wikimedia-l] World Health Organization licences & COVID-19
Hi all, Jorge Vargas, WMF's Sr. Manager for Regional Partnerships here. Wanted to quickly chime in to mention that as several folks on this list know, WMF has been more proactive in the past year or so to build bridges with UN agencies to see how they can better support our movement and have a more coordinated/holistic approach, in addition, and in collaboration with all the amazing local and regional efforts already taking place and being led by affiliates worldwide. One immediate result (and thanks to work supported by John Cummings and Wikimedia Argentina) we have been working closely with UN Human Rights [1] to support ongoing and future efforts to distribute and create content related to human rights (#WikiForHumanRights, with more info on this post [2] and meta [3]), and now their support to gender-related initiatives like the WIkiGapChallenge [4]). All of this to say that part of that agreement was starting to navigate how to get more UN-copyrighted content on a free license (starting with content from UN Human Rights, but broadening the scope to other agencies). Part of this work has been understanding the complexity to navigate decision-making within the UN system for things like copyright ownership and licensing of content. From our understanding so far, even if a UN agency (like UN Human Rights or UNICEF) wants to free up content, a decision needs to happen from the UN Publications Office in NY (an exception to this are decentralized agencies, like UNESCO, who can make that call themselves). We have been lobbying with UN Publications Office to better understand where they stand, but as mentioned, when they do use a free license, they include an NC clause by default. I want to take this opportunity to rally ongoing efforts, approaches, etc being done by folks reading this. Ping me here or off-thread if you'd like to share more of what you've done so far (I'll follow up with you James! Thanks for already taking the lead in contacting WHO before). Ideally, mapping what stakeholders are on the table right now and what past conversations have happened will help us make progress in getting traction as we and the movement at large continue the conversation. Feel free to reach out anytime if you have any comments or questions. Thanks! Jorge [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/08/16/wikimedia-and-un-human-rights-partner-to-expand-wikipedias-knowledge/ [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/12/10/wikimedia-foundation-and-un-human-rights-launch-wikiforhumanrights-campaign/ [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights [4] https://standup4humanrights.org/en/2020/highlights_04.html On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 11:44 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Well, we did our share. For both medical and social aspects, we were > there. > > I was hoping at least to get some guidelines for our affiliates' social > media... > > Alessandro > Il giovedì 12 marzo 2020, 19:35:56 CET, Damon Sicore > ha scritto: > > Not to mention a lost opportunity for the world. > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 1:30 PM James Heilman wrote: > > I have been asking WHO to release COVID19 content (specially videos) under > open licenses since since Feb 2020. > > I have spoke with Aleksandra Kuzmanovic who has been involved in their > collaboration with Facebook and Twitter etc. > > They say maybe. But despite a bunch of follow up emails have not seemed too > keen. It is really a lost opportunity for both of us :-( > > James > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:47 AM Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l < > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Some of us sent an email when it was (only apparently) less serious but > > we got no reply, as far as I know. It was sent by the UG of Washington DC > > and I contacted WMCH doing that, because they might reach their central > > office quickly in Geneva if necessary. > > Changing some licenses was one of the things I hoped to discuss, but in > > general we knew it was already serious and we were trying to gain some > time. > > > > In the end, WHO changed their attitude only after the last week-end, > > probably because people started finally to be worried in the USA, but the > > pandemia should have been declared weeks ago or at least last week, IMHO, > > when also the data of another "not small" country, that is Spain, started > > to be quite out of control (if Italy was already not enough after China, > > Iran and South Korea). > > > > They seem to have taken more slowly than necessary. Let's hope they > > finally reach out. > > > > Regards. > > Alessandro > > > > Il giovedì 12 marzo 2020, 16:29:34 CET, Andy Mabbett < > > a...@pigsonthewing.org
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Leadership change at Wikimedia Israel
*Itzik Edri* > > Chairperson (volunteer) > > it...@wikimedia.org.il > > +972-54-5878078 > > ___ > > 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> > > > > -- > Delphine Ménard (she/her) > Wikimedia Foundation > Strategy Liaison > Program Officer Annual Plan Grants > > User:Delphine_(WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Delphine_(WMF)> > ___ > 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> -- Jorge Vargas Senior Partnerships Manager Wikimedia Foundation jvar...@wikimedia.org +1 415.310.5922 ___ 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>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the extension of funding by the Basque Government
¡Felicidades, Galder! Buenísimas noticias. On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:19 AM Isaac Olatunde wrote: > Good news and thanks for sharing. We'd like to replicate this in our > country. > > Regards > > Isaac > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2019, 5:12 PM Florencia Claes wrote: > > > Great news, Galder And congrats for your fabulous work! > > > > El mié., 18 sept. 2019 a las 16:18, Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga (< > > galder...@hotmail.com>) escribió: > > > > > Dear wikimedians, > > > Three years have gone since we started with the Basque Wikimedians User > > > Group Education Program, funded by the Basque Government. After two > years > > > and a half of great enhancing of Basque Wikipedia (more than 2.500 > > students > > > adding more than 1.5 million words on fundamental topics) the Basque > > > Government has announce us today the extension of the funding for four > > more > > > years. > > > > > > In this four years we will try to strengthen our Educaton Program but > > also > > > open to new areas in order to make our knowledge equity vision > possible. > > By > > > 2024 we will have taken sure steps towards creating a free knowledge > > > ecosystem centered at Wikimedia. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Galder > > > ___ > > > 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> > > > > > > > > -- > > Florencia Claes > > Vicepresidenta Wikimedia España > > Telegram @Floren_Floppy > > https://www.wikimedia.es > > ___ > > 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 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> -- Jorge Vargas Senior Manager - Partnerships Wikimedia Foundation jvar...@wikimedia.org +1 415.310.5922 ___ 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>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing our newest chapter, Wikimedia Colombia
¡¡Felicitaciones!! 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴 On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 9:12 AM Anna Torres wrote: > Congrats!!! Felicidades queridos/as > > El mié., 31 de jul. de 2019 a la(s) 13:02, Kirill Lokshin ( > kirill.loks...@gmail.com) escribió: > > > Hi everyone! > > > > I'm very happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of > Trustees > > has approved the recognition of Wikimedia Colombia [1] as a Wikimedia > > chapter. > > > > Over the past five years, Wikimedia Colombia has successfully planned and > > executed a significant portfolio of innovative and effective programs, > > attracting new contributors, forming partnerships with local > institutions, > > promoting the Wikimedia movement throughout the Republic of Colombia, and > > demonstrating a substantial record of programmatic impact. > > > > It is our hope that recognition as a Wikimedia chapter will empower the > > Wikimedia Colombia community to continue fostering the Wikimedia movement > > in Colombia and enable them to more effectively engage with government > > entities and other partners. We additionally hope that Wikimedia > Colombia > > will prove to be a source of inspiration and support for emerging > Wikimedia > > communities in the surrounding geographic areas, furthering affiliate > > development across northern South America and Central America. > > > > I want to thank everyone who has been involved with setting up the new > > chapter, and recognize their commitment and patience over the past two > > years as we've worked through the chapter recognition process. Please > join > > me in congratulating the entire Wikimedia Colombia team for their > > accomplishment! > > > > Regards, > > Kirill Lokshin > > Chair, Affiliations Committee > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Colombia > > ___ > > 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> > > > > -- > Anna Torres Adell > Directora Ejecutiva > *A.C. Wikimedia Argentina* > ___ > 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> -- Jorge Vargas Senior Manager - Partnerships and Global Reach Wikimedia Foundation jvar...@wikimedia.org +1 415.310.5922 ___ 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>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] New board of Wikimedia Venezuela
¡Muchas felicitaciones, Oscar y equipo! Me alegra mucho leer cómo están buscando empoderar a los venezolanos y venezolanas en el exterior con estas reformas a los bylaws. Un abrazo y a tus órdenes en lo que sea útil. :) On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 1:35 PM attolippip wrote: > Congratulations! And warm welcome to Marianny and Lourdes! > > Best regards, > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv > > > пн, 10 груд. 2018 о 10:40 Oscar Costero пише: > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > At our seventh general assembly on November 24, the members of Wikimedia > > Venezuela elected its new board, whose members are the following: > > > > * Oscar Costero (re-elected) > > * Ybsen Lucero (re-elected) > > * Marianny Contreras > > * Lourdes Herrera > > * Samuel Cirilo > > > > Ybsen and Samuel have been in previous boards, while Marianny and Lourdes > > are new to our board, please join me in welcoming them. I also would like > > to thank Kevin Dels, Jin Kadaba and Tomas Guardia for their work as now > > former board members. > > > > During our assembly we proposed a new set bylaws to tackle the current > > outflow of volunteers and members that migrated the country in past > years. > > We decided to have a new volunteer role in communication with the board > > that oversight our activities and engage with members, volunteers and > > expats in wiki activities around the globe. Jin Kadaba (Perú) and > Santiago > > de Viana (Spain) were elected to this new post. > > > > I am delighted to be able to work with these people in favor of the > mission > > and vision of our movement. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Oscar Costero > > Presidente | Wikimedia Venezuela > > J-40129321-2 > > http://wikimedia.org.ve > > ___ > > 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 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> -- Jorge Vargas Senior Manager - Partnerships and Global Reach Wikimedia Foundation jvar...@wikimedia.org +1 415.310.5922 ___ 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>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome the new Board of Wikimedia Argentina!
¡Mis más sinceras felicitaciones a todos y todas en WMAR! Anna: tu trabajo es y ha sido excepcional. Gracias por tanto que haces por Iberocoop y por nuestro movimiento. Abrazos, Jorge On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Anna Stillwell wrote: > Congratulations to the entire board. > /a > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Cristian Consonni > wrote: > > > On 19/09/2017 16:27, Anna Torres wrote: > > > Last Saturday, September 16, the General Assembly of Wikimedia > Argentina > > > took place. This was an election year and new authorities were chosen. > > The > > > new Board was define as follows: > > > > > > * President: Ivana Lysholm > > > * Vice-president: Galileo Vidoni > > > * Secretary: Mariano Pérez > > > * Deputy Secretary: Ivana Molena > > > * Treasurer: Nicolás Giorgetti > > > * Deputy Treasurer: Patricio Molina > > > * Board members: Esteban Zárate, Andrea Kleiman, Jorge Abreu > > > * Deputy Board members: Beatrice Murch, Leandro Kibisz > > > > ¡viva viva la presidenta! > > > > Congratulazioni! > > > > Cristian > > > > ___ > > 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 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> > -- Jorge Vargas Head of Strategic Partnerships - LATAM Wikimedia Foundation jvar...@wikimedia.org +1 415.404.9536 Skype: jorge.a.vargas.p ___ 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>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Recognition of the Wikimedians of Peru User Group
¡Felicitaciones! Que buena noticia. :) On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Biyanto Rebin < biyanto.re...@wikimedia.or.id> wrote: > Congratulations Peruvian Wikimedians :) > > Pada tanggal 27 Apr 2017 07.56, "Johnattan Rupire" > menulis: > > > Its a very good news! let's keep doing activities, thank you all! > > :) > > > > El 26/04/17 a las 12:46, Joseph Dess Mura escribió: > > > > Thanks for the especial and constantly support, Edgar, in order to > forming > > and helping the creation of this user group :) > > > > El abr 26, 2017 12:29 PM, "Edgar José Rosero Villacís" < > > ejroser...@gmail.com> escribió: > > > >> We at Ecuador are happy that our neighbors finally got recognized. We're > >> grateful that our efforts in helping their community to figure out ways > to > >> develop their user group have turned into this. Congratulations, > >> Wikimedistas de Perú! > >> > >> 2017-04-26 6:30 GMT-05:00 Kangah Donatien KOFFI < > donatien.ka...@gmail.com > >> >: > >> > >>> A good news after de-recognition. > >>> > >>> Welcome, > >>> > >>> 2017-04-26 3:25 GMT+00:00 Kirill Lokshin : > >>> > >>>> Hi everyone! > >>>> > >>>> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has > >>>> recognized the Wikimedians of Peru User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User > >>>> Group. The group will work to promote the Wikimedia projects in Peru, > >>>> and plans to support events, such as edit-a-thons, in the region. > >>>> > >>>> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group! > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Kirill Lokshin > >>>> Chair, Affiliations Committee > >>>> > >>>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedistas_de_Perú > >>>> > >>>> ___ > >>>> Affiliates mailing list > >>>> affilia...@lists.wikimedia.org > >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> *Donatien Kangah* > >>> Wikimédien| Chef de Projets| Entrepreneur Social | Consultant Formateur > >>> Numérique > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> Affiliates mailing list > >>> affilia...@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *Edgar J. Rosero Villacís* > >> Móvil: (+593) 96 934 4829 <+593%2096%20934%204829> > >> > >> > > > > ___ > > Affiliates mailing list > > affilia...@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates > > > > > ___ > 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> > -- Jorge Vargas Head of Strategic Partnerships - LATAM Wikimedia Foundation jvar...@wikimedia.org +1 415.404.9536 Skype: jorge.a.vargas.p ___ 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>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annual report Wikimedia Argentina
¡Felicitaciones Wikimedia AR! Espectacular manera de mostrar el increíble trabajo que han hecho este 2016. :) On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Tanweer Morshed wrote: > Dear Anna, > > I find the report magnificent in terms of presentation and aesthetics, > though I can't read it due to being Spanish. Thanks for such a cool yearly > report! > > All the best! :) > > > Regards, > Tanweer > Wikimedia Bangladesh > > On Wednesday, January 4, 2017, Àlex Hinojo wrote: > > Hi All. Anna, your report is great! Is there anyway we could copy or > reuse > > the template adapting to our own affiliations? I've seen is CCBYSA :P > > > > > > > > El dc., 4 de gen. 2017 a les 16:14, Anna Torres () > va > > escriure: > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> On behalf of Wikimedia Argentina we hope the new year find you all well! > >> > >> Moreover and like every year, we have launched our annual activities > >> report. Even though it is in Spanish, we hope you can enjoy it! > >> > >> Please find the report here < > http://www.wikimedia.org.ar/memoriaanual2016/ > >> >. > >> > >> Hugs! > >> > >> -- > >> Anna Torres Adell > >> Directora Ejecutiva > >> *A.C. Wikimedia Argentina* > >> ___ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > >> 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> > > > > -- > > Àlex Hinojo > > ___ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > 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> > > -- > Regards, > Tanweer > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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> > -- Jorge Vargas Head of Strategic Partnerships - LATAM Wikimedia Foundation jvar...@wikimedia.org +1 415.404.9536 Skype: jorge.a.vargas.p ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Signing out with my official hat!
> > Mozilla’s Participation team as South Asia Community Catalyzer [4]. I am > > super excited for it. And I will keep seeing you all amazing people on > the > > Wikimedia projects like before. > > > > Do feel free to get in touch with me in my talk page at User:Psubhashish, > > or over email at psubhashish (at) gmail (dot) com, or at @subhapa on both > > Twitter and Telegram. > > > > 0. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K > > 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikipediansSpeak > > 2. https://twitter.com/wearewikipedia > > 3. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project_Ol_chiki > > 4. https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/introducing- > > our-new-south-asia-community-catalyzer/11975 > > > > Love, > > Subhashish > > > > Subhashish Panigrahi > > Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge > > Centre for Internet and Society > > @subhapa / https://cis-india.org > > ___ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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> > -- Jorge Vargas Head of Strategic Partnerships - LATAM Wikimedia Foundation jvar...@wikimedia.org +1 415.404.9536 Skype: jorge.a.vargas.p ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Arabic version of Offline Medical App Launches
Excellent news James!!! Congrats on this new milestone. Huge fan of your work. :) On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 3:29 AM, James Heilman wrote: > Hey All > > We have just launched the Arabic version of our offline medical app. It is > all of Arabic Wikipedia's healthcare, pharmaceutical, anatomy, and > sanitation articles. > > > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixcustomwikimedar > > Only avaliable for Android at this point in time. Persian coming soon :-) > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > www.opentextbookofmedicine.com > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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> -- Jorge Vargas Head of Strategic Partnerships - LATAM Wikimedia Foundation jvar...@wikimedia.org +1 415.404.9536 Skype: jorge.a.vargas.p ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update
Thank you, Patricio. And thank you, Katherine, for stepping up at this time for us. I'm genuinely happy for this choice. It fills me with optimism for all of us to move forward to a new phase. Gracias y buena suerte! On Thursday, March 10, 2016, Dario Taraborelli wrote: > Thank you for stepping up, Katherine. > > Very glad about the choice and the rapid and transparent process that led > to it, thanks to everyone involved. > > Dario > > On Mar 10, 2016, at 18:55, Patricio Lorente > wrote: > > Hello all, > > I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has > proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our full > support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications Officer > Katherine Maher (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katherine_(WMF)) > will step into the role of interim Executive Director. We thank the > C-levels for their careful consideration in this process, and Katherine for > stepping up during this period of transition. > > In choosing an interim ED, the C-levels started by identifying immediate > priorities for the coming months, including building trust, improving > communications, and filling key leadership positions. They felt, and we > agree, that Katherine is the right person to lead the organization while it > addresses these and other important issues. Additionally, this will allow > the rest of the executive team to focus on critical organizational > functions, including community and engineering management, fundraising, and > strengthening our human resources function. You can read more about our > process and thinking here: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/March_2016_-_Leadership_Team_transition_planning > > > Katherine has been with the Foundation as Chief Communications Officer for > about two years now. During that time, she has developed a versatile and > effective team that serves the needs of the organization and movement, > collaborating closely with other departments and the community. She has > thoughtfully introduced new capacities and led her team through > transitions, and played a critical role in shepherding the strategy process > and the annual plan, in collaboration with other C-levels. She is known for > listening to and empowering the people that she works with. > > For those who don’t know Katherine, she’s been a longtime advocate for > global open communities, culture, and technology. She previously led > advocacy for the international digital rights organization Access Now, > where she worked on freedom of expression, access to information, and > privacy. She has supported the efforts of citizens and governments around > the world to deepen transparency and participation in her roles at the > World Bank, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and > UNICEF (where her team built wikis for youth participation in major global > issues). She is a member of the advisory board of the Open Technology Fund. > > With interim leadership in place, our next step as the Board is to move > quickly to plan and implement the search for a permanent Executive > Director. We will be working together over the coming weeks to clarify > roles and responsibilities in this search, and identify the best way for > community and staff to participate. We want this process to be inclusive > and incorporate many voices. We look forward to sharing an update on our > progress toward the end of next week. > > As interim Executive Director, Katherine will report to the Board. Geoff > Brigham will continue serving as Board Secretary, and Jaime Villagomez as > Board Treasurer, reporting to the Board in those capacities. As of March > 14, Katherine's reports include the C-team: Geoff Brigham, Jaime > Villagomez, Maggie Dennis, Lisa Gruwell, Joady Lohr, and Wes Moran. The > Communications team will continue to report to Katherine for the time > being, with support from the leadership of Juliet Barbara and Heather > Walls. > > Thank you, > > Patricio > > Translation notice - This message is available for translation on > Meta-Wiki: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/10_March_2010_-_Wikimedia_Foundation_executive_transition_update > -- > > > ___ > Wmfall mailing list > wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall > > -- Jorge Vargas Regional Manager for Strategic Partnerships - Latam Wikimedia Foundation jvar...@wikimedia.org +1 415.404.9536 +57 320.8011.750 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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>
