Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiProject Medicine Foundation: New Board Elected

[Tonmoy Khan]

Heartiest congratulations! Good to see these excellent people on the board.

Best regards

Ali Haidar Khan
President, Wikimedia Bangladesh

On Jan 30, 2017 11:28 AM, "Allyson Kapin"  wrote:

> Huge congrats!
>
> Allyson
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Katy Love  wrote:
>
> > Congratulations to the new board! Wow :)
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Tanvir Rahman 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Congratulations! A great team indeed!
> > >
> > > T.
> > >
> > > --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome Delphine Ménard as WMF's Annual Plan Grants Program Officer

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations Delphine :)

Ali Haidar Khan
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On Jun 21, 2016 12:37 PM, "Sydney Poore"  wrote:

> Congratulations Delphine!
>
> Sydney
> On Jun 21, 2016 12:55 AM, "Katy Love"  wrote:
>
> > Hi Wikimedians,
> >
> > Today WMF's Community Resources team is joined by Delphine Ménard as our
> > newly appointed Annual Plan Grants
> >  (APG) Program Officer. In
> > that
> > role, Delphine will support both funding streams included in the Annual
> > Plan Grants program, including Simple Annual Plan Grants and the Funds
> > Dissemination Committee's
> > <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee>
> > (FDC) full process APG, with her focus on the FDC.  We are excited to
> have
> > her join our team.
> >
> > Some of you may know Delphine as [[user:notafish]]. She's a longtime
> > Wikimedian who has played many roles in our movement. She was WMF's
> > Chapter's Coordinator many years ago, then a member of the Board of
> > Wikimedia Deutschland, and most recently, a member of the Funds
> > Dissemination Committee herself. Her wide array of experiences and roles
> > will serve her well as the new APG Program Officer.
> >
> > In the weeks ahead, Delphine will be reaching out to the FDC-funded
> > organizations and will also be leading the Board's recruitment to fill
> four
> > open seats on the FDC. I know she is looking forward to working with all
> of
> > you. :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Katy Love
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of the Levant User Group

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congregations to WM Levant User Group members & volunteers :)

Ali Haidar Khan
Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
On May 22, 2015 3:51 PM, "Katherine Maher"  wrote:

> Mabrouk!
> On May 22, 2015 8:02 AM, "Salvador A"  wrote:
>
> > Welcome. Let us know if we can do something for you in Mexico.
> >
> > Regards!
> >
> > 2015-05-21 19:44 GMT-05:00 Wong Rover :
> >
> > > Congratulations :)
> > > 2015年5月22日 上午8:32 於 "Habib M'henni"  寫道：
> > >
> > > > Welcome to the new user group!
> > > > Best wishes.
> > > >
> > > > Habib
> > > >
> > > > Le 21/05/2015 19:10, Carlos M. Colina a écrit :
> > > >
> > > >> Dear all,
> > > >>
> > > >> On behalf of the Affiliations Committe, it is an honor for me to
> > > announce
> > > >> the recognition [1] of a new Wikimedia User Group, the fourth in the
> > > Arab
> > > >> World: Wikimedians of the Levant User Group [2]. Our Levantine
> > brothers
> > > and
> > > >> sisters have been working for several years on different projects,
> not
> > > only
> > > >> in Education but also interacting with their peers from projects in
> > > other
> > > >> languages such as Russian and something very important, trying to
> > close
> > > the
> > > >> gender gap and increasing the free knowledge available in Arabic.
> They
> > > are
> > > >> also thinking of organizing WikiArabia 2016.
> > > >>
> > > >> Please, join us in welcoming the newest member of the wikifamily.
> > > >> Mabruk :-)
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 1:
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_the_Levant_User_Group_-_Liaison_approval,_May_2015
> > > >> 2: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_the_Levant
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > .
> > > > Habib M'henni
> > > > Technologue, ingénieur civil à l'Iset de Nabeul
> > > > Membre fondateur de CLibre et Wikimedia TN User Group
> > > > http://about.me/habibmhenni
> > > > http://habibmhenni.tn
> > > > Téléphone : +216 52232190
> > > > [Thund.linux]
> > > >
> > > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Kourosh Karimkhany, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships

[Tonmoy Khan]

Welcome Kourosh to the Wikimedia family :)

Cheers

Ali Haidar Khan
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Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
On Mar 28, 2015 6:02 AM, "Pine W"  wrote:

> Welcome Kourosh. (:
>
> Can you give us some examples of partnerships that you will be developing
> or supporting?
>
> It would also be really interesting to hear how your role relates to the
> kinds of institutional relationships that other departments have formed
> over the years. I'd love to hear an overview sometime of how you hope to
> develop these further in ways that are beneficial to the Wikimedia
> community.
>
> I hope that we will see you in Berlin!
>
> Regards,
>
> Pine
>
> *This is an Encyclopedia* 
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
> our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we
> must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
> which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
> fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Algeria Wikimedians User Group

[Tonmoy Khan]

Many congratulations to Algerian Wikimedians.

Cheers

Ali Haidar Khan
FDC Member
Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
On Nov 2, 2014 3:14 PM, "Vishnu"  wrote:

> Many congratulations!! Happy to hear this.
>
> Vishnu
> CIS-A2K
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re-licensing Wikimedia logos on Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0

[Tonmoy Khan]

This indeed a great news! Thanks to WMF, especially the legal team.

Cheers

Ali Haidar Khan
FDC Member
Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
On Oct 27, 2014 11:52 PM, "Yana Welinder"  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm happy to announce that we are re-licensing the Wikimedia logos on
> Commons to CC BY-SA 3.0:
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/10/24/wikimedia-logos-have-been-freed/
>
> I would really appreciate your help with replacing the {{Copyright by
> Wikimedia}}
> [1]
> templates on the logos with the {{Wikimedia trademark}}
> [2] and
> {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}  >[3]
> templates. But we don't want to replace templates on the MediaWiki
> [4] and the
> Community
> [5]
> logos, which were originally released under free licenses.
>
> There are also some pages on Commons, like this one
> [6], that may need
> to
> be updated based on the re-licensed logos.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yana
>
> [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Copyright_by_Wikimedia
>
> [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikimedia_trademark
>
> [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0
>
> [4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki.svg
>
> [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo.svg
>
> [6] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing
>
>
> --
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> Wikimedia Foundation
> 415.839.6885 ext. 6867
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>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Chapters] Recognition of Wikimedia Belgium as a Wikimedia chapter by the WMF Board

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to Wikimedia Belgium and everyone involved.

Ali Haidar Khan
FDC Member
Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
On Sep 6, 2014 11:28 AM, "Balázs Viczián" 
wrote:

> Congrats from Wikimedia Hungary!
>
> Balázs
> 2014.09.02. 19:46, "Carlos M. Colina"  ezt írta:
>
> >  Dear all,
> >
> > It is an honour for me to announce that during Wikimania, the WMF
> resolved
> > [1] to recognise Wikimedia Belgium as a Wikimedia chapter. The resolution
> > was made public a few days ago.
> >
> > The first discussions towards the establishment of a Belgian chapter
> > started many years ago, with the local community doing projects related
> to
> > freedom of knowledge since then, like organisation of WLM Belgium &
> > Luxembourg in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Along with these and other activities,
> > the idea of a chapter grew and evolved to the moment when, the decision
> was
> > taken to start officially the chapter creation process.
> >
> > This process took longer than usual, due to many reasons, among those the
> > change in the chapter approval process by the WMF Board last year.
> > Nevertheless, after months of intensive discussion and interaction
> between
> > all parties involved, a recommendation from the AffCom was sent to the
> WMF
> > regarding Wikimedia Belgium. And here we are :-)
> >
> > Please welcome the newest member of the family of Wikimedia affiliates!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Carlos
> >
> >
> > 1:
> >
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Belgium
> >
> > --
> > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
> > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> > Carlos M. Colina
> > Vicepresidente, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> > www.wikimedia.org.ve 
> > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
> > Phone: +972-52-4869915
> > Twitter: @maor_x
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia User Group China

[Tonmoy Khan]

That's a great news! Congratulations to WM User Group China.

Cheers

Ali Haidar Khan
FDC Member
Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
On Jul 30, 2014 10:18 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 know and use
> Wikipedia, encouraging people to become contributors to the different
> Wikimedia projects, and maintain the community healthy and growing.  Let's
> welcome the newest member of the family of affiliates -and the fourth from
> the Sinosphere!
>
>
> Regards,
> Carlos
>
> 1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/
> Resolutions/Wikimedia_User_Group_China_-_July_2014
> --
> "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
> junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> Carlos M. Colina
> Vicepresidente, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
> www.wikimedia.org.ve 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Video Documentary about Wikimania

[Tonmoy Khan]

Excellent work indeed, Victor. Wish you continue doing such extraordinary
work in ensuing Wikimania as well.

Best of luck.

Ali Haidar Khan
FDC Member
Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
On Jul 24, 2014 7:42 AM, "Subhashish Panigrahi" 
wrote:

> Awesome work Victor! Loved the way you have connected the footages and
> created a beautiful story - feels like experiencing the Wikimania in real.
> Kudos!
>
> Best!
> Subha
>
> > On 23-Jul-2014, at 11:26 pm, Tomasz Finc  wrote:
> >
> > thank you for this Victor
> >
> >> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Victor Grigas 
> wrote:
> >> Hello Wikimedians,
> >>
> >> Last year, I went to Wikimania to create a documentary about the
> convention
> >> itself, to educate the public about what Wikimania is and simulate the
> >> feeling of what it's like to be there.
> >>
> >> Here is the short documentary:
> >>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_in_Hong_Kong.webm
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq8ZgIeYmow
> >> https://vimeo.com/101369412
> >>
> >> Here is a version without burned-in English-language subtitles (I'll be
> >> adding open captions to this one soon):
> >>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2013_in_Hong_Kong_%28no_subtitles%29.webm
> >>
> >> Blog post here:
> >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/22/look-back-wikimania-2013/
> >>
> >> My thanks to everyone who let me interview them on camera last year.
> >>
> >> I'll be at Wikimania in London this year looking more stories from
> >> Wikimedians - I hope to see you there :)
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> *Victor Grigas*
> >> Storyteller 
> >> Wikimedia Foundation
> >> vgri...@wikimedia.org
> >> https://donate.wikimedia.org/
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Joint office Jakarta - Wikimedia Indonesia, HOT Open Street Map, and World Wide Web Foundation

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to WMID. Wish you do wonderful activities from your new
address :)

Cheers

Ali Haidar Khan
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On Jun 23, 2014 5:01 PM, "Isabella Apriyana" <
isabella.apriy...@wikimedia.or.id> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We would like to announce that Wikimedia Indonesia now officially has
> a joint office in Jakarta with Humanitarian Open Street Map (HOT-OSM) and
> World
> Wide Web Foundation (Open Data Lab Jakarta Project).
> It is a two level building in Menteng, Central Jakarta.
>
> Our mailing address, however, is still unchanged.
>
> Photo:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/wikimedia.indonesia/photos/a.406789046084.197840.126570256084/10152520597936085/?type=1&theater
>
> Regards,
>
>
> --
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> *Wakil Sekretaris Jendral*
>
> *(Deputy Secretary General)Wikimedia Indonesia*
> Seluler +628889752858/ +6281213700084
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>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh

[Tonmoy Khan]

Thank you Lane and others for your encouraging words, it really means a lot
to us. I remember how hard it was for us! At times I got so frustrated that
I even thought of leaving the Wikimedia movement in few occasions! But now
the job is well done & I am quickly erasing memories of all the frustrating
days/months/years. Thank you all on behalf of Wikimedia Bangladesh.

Cheers

Ali Haidar Khan
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On Jun 11, 2014 1:48 AM, "Lane Rasberry"  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Ali is being modest.
>
> Not only is Wikimedia Bangladesh among only the 5% who got NGO
> registration, but they are also among the 1% to do it without paying anyone
> a bribe. I have heard that they were asked for money many times to make
> things go more quickly. Perhaps people outside the region do not know, but
> there are a lot of desks that all want to stamp the registration papers
> before giving the final approval. For a foreign-affiliated Internet
> technology organization mostly run by younger people who have a
> relationship to a major Internet property to be able to get a registration
> without paying any bribe is probably unprecedented in the history of South
> Asia. Getting a registration is something to be proud of, but getting it
> completely honestly means that a lot of extra work went into the
> registration just to keep a good reputation.
>
> I am thrilled with the good example this sets and not only is having the
> registration a wonderful thing for the Wikimedia community, but also this
> shows an excellent precedent for all Bangladeshi community activists
> because they have a bright example in Wikimedia Bangladesh that paying a
> bribe is not necessary to get an NGO registration. This is really something
> to publicize, stress, and note as a point of pride. No one should forget
> this as it really takes a lot of sacrifices to do this without bribing and
> in terms of cost, it actually is cheaper to save time and pay the bribes.
>
> I hope that this encourages other organizations in Bangladesh to also file
> their own NGO paperwork and accomplish whatever they feel ought to be done.
>
> Congratulations a thousand times!
>
> yours,
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) 
> wrote:
>
> > Tonmoy Khan, 10/06/2014 19:28:
> >
> >  less than 5 applications for registration as societies get
> >> approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012
> >>
> >
> > That's heroic, thanks.
> >
> > Nemo
> >
> >
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh has completed its local registration in Bangladesh

[Tonmoy Khan]

Dear All,


It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wikimedia Bangladesh (WMBD) has
successfully completed its local registration in Bangladesh. Our
application for registration was approved by the Registrar of Joint Stock
Companies & Firms - Bangladesh on 9th June, 2014 and I have collected the
certificate of registration today (10th June, 2014).



Wikimedia Bangladesh has been registered under the Societies Registration
Act of Bangladesh & our official name is Wikimedia Bangladesh Foundation.

The registration process was a very long and demanding one, but our
perseverance and determination finally prevailed. It has become very
difficult to get registration of a society/foundation in Bangladesh as the
incumbents have to have security clearance from the National Security
Intelligence (NSI) of Bangladesh, which is very difficult to get if not
impossible. In the course of dealing with the registration process of WMBD,
I learned that less than 5 applications for registration as societies get
approved out of every 100. We submitted our application in May 2012 and it
took us a little over two years to get the security clearance from NSI &
complete all the bureaucratic process!


It gives us a great sense of achievement that we could uphold the Wikimedia
movement volunteerism spirit with passion, integrity and professionalism
despite being a small volunteer community. The pending registration issue
could not hold us from doing outreach activities locally & taking in the
greater Wikimedia Movement. We organized some excellent programs, workshops
& meet-ups with our limited resources during this time period. This effort
successfully brought in good number of new contributors to Bengali
Wikipedia & increased the article count. Volunteers from WMBD/Bangladesh
are also actively participating in the international Wikimedia movement by
taking part in discussions, conferences & as committee members in different
Wikimedia committees.



We, as a chapter, want to make small but steady steps towards sustainable
progress in fostering the Wikimedia movement in Bangladesh so that we can
make the sum of all human knowledge accessible to the people of this region.


Cheers


Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy)
Treasurer
Wikimedia Bangladesh

"ভাবুনতো এমন এক পৃথিবীর কথা, যেখানে প্রতিটি মানুষ সমস্ত জ্ঞান বাধাহীন ভাবে
আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার।"
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC recommendation round 2 announced

[Tonmoy Khan]

Hello everyone,

I thank you all for your encouraging comments on behalf of the FDC. We will
be very happy to see our recommendations materialise for the benefit of the
Wikimedia movement as a whole. We are grateful to everyone who has been a
part of this process so far.

Regards

Ali Haidar Khan
On May 24, 2014 9:06 PM, "Lila Tretikov"  wrote:

> Thank you FDC for completing this work and providing valuable feedback. As
> we continue to improve our planning process and our funding programs we
> hope to make your work easier as well.
>
> Thanks everyone else who has participated with comments and
> recommendations.
>
> Lila
>
>
> On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Samuel Klein  wrote:
>
> > Dear Dariusz and FDC,
> >
> > Thank you for this fine recommendation.  I just read through it for
> > the first time (of many, I expect), and the analyses are clearly
> > getting crisper over time. There are many constructive details packed
> > into each review, and the results are relevant both to the applying
> > organizations, and to how we plan for the future.
> >
> >
> > I am glad to see the analysis of the excellent Wikimedia France
> > proposal.   And both the CIS and the Wikimedia Norge proposals seem to
> > have been complicated in their own way, but were handled smoothly.
> >
> > The analysis of WMF's own proposal is clear and rewardingly thorough.
> > (Other organizations may be jealous and ask for a more detailed report
> > next time)
> > A few points I found particularly useful: the focus on areas where we
> > need clearer goals + measures, the detailed feedback on technical
> > changes, and the observation that legal work is a significant part of
> > our budget and work, and central to our mission, but here was lumped
> > in with administration.  The last point is indicative of a larger
> > blind spot, I think.
> >
> > I also appreciate the emphasis on regular checks of our work against a
> > strategy, and the need to organize an effective transition to new
> > strategic goals. The suggestions for a community-led strategy advisory
> > group, and for a pool of global metrics for [cross-]evaluation, are
> > well considered.  Both could also make the FDC's work easier in the
> > future...
> >
> > Congratulations on this work.  And good luck to those FDC advisors
> > meeting over the coming days.
> >
> > Sam.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak 
> > wrote:
> > > Hello friends,
> > >
> > > The Funds Dissemination Committee meets twice annually to help make
> > > decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve
> the
> > > Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. [1]
> > >
> > > On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to announce that Round 2
> > 2013-2014
> > > recommendations to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have now
> > been
> > > posted on Meta [2]:
> > >
> >
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2013-2014_round2
> > >
> > > The WMF Board will make their decision on these recommendations by 1
> July
> > > 2014.
> > >
> > > For the second round of this fiscal year, the committee received four
> > > proposals.  [3] These four proposals came from two chapters, WMF and
> one
> > > non-Wikimedia organization, totaling requests of '''$1.56''' million
> USD.
> > >  Prior to our face-to-face deliberations in Frankfurt from 21st-24th
> May,
> > > the FDC reviewed the proposals in careful detail, aided by staff
> > > assessments and analysis on programs, finances, grant compliance and
> > > history, as well as community comments on the proposals. Staff
> presented
> > an
> > > overview of these findings to the FDC during the deliberations. The FDC
> > and
> > > FDC staff also asked clarifying questions to the entities on the
> proposal
> > > form discussion pages during the four-week community review period (and
> > > prior to the publishing of staff assessments), and observed the
> > discussions
> > > about the proposals.
> > >
> > > The committee thanks all organizations that submitted proposals, as it
> > > required significant effort to both create the proposal and to respond
> to
> > > the questions and feedback from the community, FDC, and FDC staff.  We
> > > sincerely appreciate them all for this work.
> > >
> > > For formal complaints or appeals about the recommendations, there is a
> > > separate process that entities should follow. Note that at the request
> of
> > > many stakeholders, we are clarifying the complaints and appeals
> > terminology
> > > so that complaints are made about the process to the ombudsperson and
> > > appeals on the recommendations are made to the WMF Board
> representatives.
> > > These are further explained below:
> > >
> > > 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
> > > '''end of day UTC 8 June 2014''' in accordance with the appeal process
> > > outlined in the FD

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Please welcome Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new ED

[Tonmoy Khan]

Welcome Lila and best wishes.

Ali Haidar Khan
Wikimedia Bangladesh
On May 2, 2014 6:59 AM, "Paolo B."  wrote:

> On behalf of Wikimedia Philippines, congratulations, Lila! We wish you
> all the best and we look forward to working with you. Mabuhay at
> maligayang pagdating!
>
> Paolo Barazon
> Chairman of the Board of Trustees
> Wikimedia Philippines
>
> On 5/2/14, Markus Glaser  wrote:
> > Congratulations and a very warm welcome, Lila! Hope you will find it
> > easy to be at home in the Wikimedia world. Thanks to everyone involved
> > in the process. The task is not completely done, yet. Let us work
> > togehter, with Lila, to make her start as smooth as possible!
> >
> > Best,
> > Markus
> >
> > Am 01.05.2014 21:59, schrieb Tim Moritz Hector:
> >> A warm welcome from Germany and all the best for your new role at the
> >> Foundation, Lila!
> >> Looking forward to meeting you in real life, probably in London.
> >>
> >> Big thanks to the transition team for the hard work you've done in the
> >> past year.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Tim
> >>
> >> Am 01.05.2014 21:51, schrieb Chris Keating:
> >>> Congratulations, Lila!
> >>> On 1 May 2014 20:49, "Frans Grijzenhout"  wrote:
> >>>
>  Welcome Lila, hope to meet you in person in London. And thanks to
>  Jan-Bart
>  & the other members of the transition team. I will forward this
>  great news
>  to the Dutch board & community.
>  Frans Grijzenhout
> 
> 
>  2014-05-01 20:15 GMT+02:00 Jan-Bart de Vreede
>  :
> 
> > Dear fellow community members,
> >
> > On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees I am
> > delighted to
> > announce that the new Executive Director of the Wikimedia
> > Foundation will
> > be Lila Tretikov. Lila is a widely respected Bay Area technology
> > leader,
> > most recently with SugarCRM.
> >
> > As many of you know, about a year ago Sue Gardner announced she
> > planned
>  to
> > step down as our ED. As we launched the search for her successor, we
>  spent
> > some time working through the most critical requirements for the
> > role. We
> > decided the new ED should be someone with a product/engineering
>  background,
> > ideally in an open-source or other online community context. We
> wanted
> > someone experienced with organisations that were growing, who'd
> > managed
> > staff and budgets comparable to ours, and who had experience creating
> > continuous delivery of technology improvements in an agile context.
> We
> > wanted a person who is oriented towards collaboration, transparency
> > and
> > openness, with some experience with complex stakeholder
> > environments, and
> > with an international orientation. We knew we needed someone with
> > courage
> > and strong personal integrity, who wouldn't be intimidated by
> > attempts to
> > censor the projects.
> >
> > Lila is precisely what we set out to find.
> >
> > Lila was born in the Soviet Union and moved to the United States
> > alone,
>  as
> > a teenager. She's been working for technology companies, primarily in
>  open
> > source, in the Bay Area for the past 15 years. In 1999 she started
> her
> > career at Sun Microsystems. Shortly afterwards she founded
> > GrokDigital, a
> > technology and design company. She spent three years as senior
> > director
>  of
> > development at Telespree, a company that provides cloud-based
> wireless
>  data
> > services for mobile carriers. For the past eight years, she was at
> > SugarCRM, where she held positions of increasing responsibility as
> the
> > organization grew, including being in charge of internal IT,
> > marketing,
> > customer support and professional services, engineering, and product
> > development. She has a stellar reputation as a leader who is highly
> > skilled, collaborative, open, passionate and curious.
> >
> > We think Lila will be a terrific fit for the ED role. The
> > Transition Team
> > (Phoebe, Alice, Kat, Sue, Erik, Geoff, Gayle and I) voted
> > unanimously to
> > recommend her to the Board, and the Board voted unanimously to
> > accept the
> > recommendation. She strikes all of us as smart, brave and
> > unpretentious,
> > and we believe she has the skills the WMF needs.
> >
> > Lila is going to spend the next few weeks in learning-and-listening
> > mode,
> > and will take over the ED position from Sue at the end of the
> > month. Her
> > first priority will be to immerse herself in deepening her
> > understanding
>  of
> > the Wikimedia projects.
> >
> > I want to close this announcement by saying a heartfelt and deeply
> > appreciative thanks to Sue, who has been the Executive Director of
> the
> > Wikimedia Foundation for the past seven years. Whe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania 2015

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to Mexican friends :)
On Apr 22, 2014 7:09 AM, "Steven Walling"  wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Ellie Young 
> wrote:
>
> > On the recommendation of the Wikimania 2015 selection Jury Committee, we
> > have accepted the proposal from Mexico DF to host. The proposal will be
> > further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming month, after which time we
> > hope to confirm the award.
>
>
> Congrats to Wikimedia Mexico. :)
>
> I have only one concern about possibly attending a Mexico City Wikimania,
> which is safety. The bid on Meta sort of acknowledges this by saying
> "Safety is like any big city, some areas are unsafe at night".
>
> I feel a bit like a dumb, xenophobic American bringing this up, but I have
> to be honest and say Mexico tends to have a reputation for violent
> crime.[1] Sources do seem to suggest Mexico City proper may be
> better,[2][3] but it would be comforting to hear how we've assessed the bid
> regarding the safety issue, and how we're going to be prepared in case the
> worst (robberies, kidnappings) do happen.
>
> 1.
>
> http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarnings/mexico-travel-warning.html
> 2.
> http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mexico/mexico-city/practical-information/health
> 3.
>
> http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g150800-s206/Mexico-City:Mexico:Health.And.Safety.html
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Press Release: Wikimedia Indonesia Receive Grant from The Ford Foundation to Preserve Indonesian Culture By Content Digitalization

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to Wikimedia Indonesia. Great work!!




Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy)
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আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার।"



On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:54 PM,  wrote:

> 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 <
> isabella.apriy...@wikimedia.or.id> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > We are happy to announce that Wikimedia Indonesia is awarded a grant by
> The
> > Ford Foundation to support our projects on Indonesian content
> > digitalization. Please find below the official press release. Thank you.
> >
> >
> > *Press Release*
> > To be distributedJakarta, 3 March 2014
> >
> >
> > *Wikimedia Indonesia Receive Grant from The Ford Foundation to Preserve
> > Indonesian Culture By Content Digitalization*
> >
> >
> >
> > Wikimedia Indonesia, an independent association established by Indonesian
> > Language Wikipedia volunteers, has received a grant from The Ford
> > Foundation for two separate programs that will be carried through 2014
> and
> > 2015. This follows the successful completion of the first grant from Ford
> > Foundation to Wikimedia Indonesia awarded in 2011 to support Creative
> > Commons Indonesia  and Cipta Media
> > Bersama from
> > 2011-2013.
> >
> > The first program is to Preserve Indonesian Culture by Content
> > Digitalization, an effort supported by the Indonesian Coordinating
> Ministry
> > for People's Welfare under PNPM Pusaka program, and coordinated under
> SAPA
> > (Stratetic Alliance for Poverty Alleviation).
> >
> > The project has a budget of USD 125,000 (1,4 billion rupiah) to be used
> by
> > Wikimedia Indonesia for the following wikimedia projects:
> >
> >   1. Indonesian Wikipedia (Free Your Knowledge
> > 2014 in
> >   Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta)
> >   2. Javanese Wikipedia (Semarang, Yogyakarta, and Solo)
> >   3. Sundanese Wikipedia (Bandung)
> >   4. Banjar Wikipedia (Samarinda and Banjarmasin)
> >   5. Minankabau Wikipedia (Pekanbaru)
> >   6. Digitalization of Indonesian content for the Wikisource project
> >   (online)
> >
> > Ten universities from Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta have signed up to
> > participate in Free Your Knowledge 2014, Indonesian Wikipedia writing
> > competition, which will commence in March 2014. The other wikimedia
> > projects will commence in mid 2014.
> >
> > The second program is Cipta Media Seluler , a
> joint
> > effort between Wikimedia Indonesia, ICT Watch, Independent Journalist
> > Alliance Indonesia, and Ford Foundation with the total value of USD
> 750,000
> > to fund cellular initiatives with social justice goals via open call for
> > proposals.
> >
> >
> > ** * END * **
> >
> >   - For more information, please contact Ivonne
> > Kristiani,
> >   Secretary General of Wikimedia Indonesia at info[image:
> > px]
> >   wikimedia.or.id.
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Isabella Apriyana*
> > *Wakil Sekretaris Jendral 2013-2015*
> > *Deputy Secretary General 2013-2015*
> > *Wikimedia Indonesia*
> > Seluler (Ph.) +628889752858
> > Surel (E-mail) isabella.apriy...@wikimedia.or.id
> >
> >
> > Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan
> > http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Annoucement from the Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina

[Tonmoy Khan]

Hello Osmar,

It's really sad to see you go so quick. You have done tons of good works at
WMAR & we are thankful to you for your earnest efforts. Best of luck with
out future plans.

Take care

Ali



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Wikimedia Bangladesh

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আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার।"



On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:12 PM, Jon Davies wrote:

> Really sad to see you go.
>
>
>
> On 28 January 2014 17:11, Anders Wennersten  >wrote:
>
> > Good luck in your future endeavors!
> >
> > And much thanks to you for the excellent job you with help of your
> > colleagues have done, making WMAR a model for chapters
> >
> > Anders
> >
> > Osmar Valdebenito skrev 2014-01-28 17:59:
> >
> >  Dear members of the Wikimedia Movement:
> >>
> >> In the past weeks, I've taken the decision to resign to my position of
> >> Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina. This decision was presented
> to
> >> the Board of the chapter past Saturday and it was accepted.
> >>
> >> For personal and professional reasons, I've decided to return to my
> >> country, Chile, in the following weeks and start a new stage of my life.
> >> Two years ago, I was presented with the opportunity of living in
> Argentina
> >> and working for one of my passions. This was a big challenge for me: I
> had
> >> to leave my country and my family and work in a foreign country. These
> >> last
> >> 18 months have been a unique experience and I've learnt a lot, becoming
> a
> >> better professional and a more mature person. However, at the same time
> I
> >> feel that I need to move on and continue with new projects and
> challenges.
> >>
> >> Certainly, this has not been an easy decision for me, because I'm very
> >> fond
> >> of this work, the people that have participated in our activities and
> the
> >> projects we worked on and we are still working on.
> >>
> >> I leave the Association in a very different position than when I took
> >> office. We have several ongoing projects and we regularized all the
> >> delayed
> >> paperwork. We became the first organization from a developing country to
> >> get an Annual Plan Grant via FDC and have been one of the best-graded
> >> chapters in both processes. We are now a reliable and serious
> >> organization,
> >> continuing a process of professionalization that can improve our
> programs,
> >> making them more efficient and more effective. Clearly, this has not
> been
> >> only due to my work, which is why I thank the Board of the Chapter that
> >> helped me in everything and to María Cruz, which has been a great
> >> colleague
> >> these months.
> >>
> >> My main interest is that Wikimedia Argentina continues to grow, which is
> >> why we have decided that my departure occurs at the end of March. This
> >> will
> >> allow us to work calmly to ensure the continuity of the ongoing projects
> >> of
> >> Wikimedia Argentina and the transfer of knowledge once the new Executive
> >> Director takes office. In any case, I will continue to participate as a
> >> member and Wikimedia volunteer, once this period expires. By request of
> >> our
> >> Board, I will also attend the next Wikimedia Conference, so I will be
> able
> >> to transmit the experiences of Wikimedia Argentina in the last year.
> >>
> >> I appreciate the trust placed in me by the Board and all the members of
> >> Wikimedia Argentina and their support all these months. I'm sure they
> will
> >> continue the great work we have done lately.
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >> *Osmar Valdebenito G.*
> >> Director Ejecutivo
> >> A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Alexandra Wang joins the WMF Grantmaking team

[Tonmoy Khan]

Great news! Wish Alex all the best :)

Ali
On Jan 23, 2014 5:55 AM, "Samuel Klein"  wrote:

> Excellent news and artistry!  Welcome, Alex.
>
> SJ
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Asaf Bartov 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi, everyone.
> >
> > I'm thrilled to announce that as of last week, WMF's new Project and
> Event
> > Grants (PEG) Program Officer is Alex Wang.  She will be supporting the
> PEG
> > program's scaling up, and will enable us to offer our grantees a much
> > higher level of support in project management and frequent check-ins
> during
> > grant execution.
> >
> > She brings great expertise in project management, event planning, and
> > grantmaking in the non-profit sector, including much experience in the
> > developing world.  Before joining Wikimedia, she worked with the
> > ClimateWorks Foundation and the Energy Foundation, in sustainable energy
> > projects in India, Europe, and China.  (She's fluent in Mandarin.)
> >
> > When she wasn't setting up non-profits from scratch in India, she could
> be
> > found practicing and teaching yoga, installing solar panels in rural
> > maternity clinics in Nepal, and taking photos in precarious situations
> > (mostly while mountaineering and backcountry skiing)[1].
> >
> > In 2003-2004, she could also be spotted riding a pony around Ulaanbaatar
> in
> > her quest to study the development of the Morin Khuur (upright
> two-stringed
> > violin[2]) along the Silk Road[3].
> >
> > We are very excited to have her join the WMF Grantmaking team, and look
> > forward to improving our ability to serve the needs of applicants and
> > grantees alike.
> >
> >Asaf
> >
> > [1] http://www.alexwangphotography.com/adventure/ [4]
> >
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> https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D1%85%D1%83%D1%83%D1%80
> >
> > [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road
> >
> > [4] I personally also recommend her portraits:
> > http://www.alexwangphotography.com/
> >
> > --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia France] Welcome to Nathalie, our new ED

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to WMFR! And welcome & best wishes for Nathalie:)

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On Oct 2, 2013 4:57 AM, "Cristian Consonni"  wrote:

> 2013/10/1 Christophe Henner :
> > We have the great pleasure to announce Nathalie Martin is starting
> > today as the new Executive Director of Wikimédia France!
>
> Congrats WM-FR and benvenuta Nathalie!
>
> [...]
> > I'm happy to say that she too suffered from
> > PWD (Post-Wikimania Depression).
>
> That's good to hear (well, maybe not in general =P)
>
> C
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Uruguay recognized as newest chapter

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations WM Uruguay:)

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On Jul 14, 2013 10:10 PM, "Bence Damokos"  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> It is my pleasure to bring to your attention the Board's latest resolution
> that recognizes Wikimedia Uruguay as the newest Wikimedia chapter:
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Uruguay
>
> Please welcome them to the Wikimedia family with open arms and wish them
> success in furthering our mission in Uruguay!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bence Damokos,
> Chair, Affiliations Committee
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Congratulations

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations!!!



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On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:03 AM, Ziko van Dijk wrote:

> Hello,
> My warm congratulations to the people chosen to the WMF board, and to the
> FDC positions, and also my thankfulness to those who were candidates.
> Running for a public office is a lot of work and even more to invest time
> and energy in such a position. Without these people, things would be a lot
> less democratic in the world.
> Kind reards
> Ziko
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/Results
>
>
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> 
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> deputy chair Wikimedia Chapters Association Council
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Swedish Wikipedia reach 1 million (with support of bots)

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations!!!

Tonmoy
On Jun 16, 2013 6:30 PM, "Patricio Lorente" 
wrote:

> Congratulations to the swedish wikipedians!
>
> 2013/6/16 Anders Wennersten :
> > Yesterday sv:wp reached 1 M articles. The one who did the passing was a
> bot
> > generated article of a butterfly
> > http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erysichton_elaborata.
> >
> > The bot behind this article is Lsjbot who creates articles from the
> database
> > Catalogue of Life
> > http://www.catalogueoflife.org/services/res/2011AC_26July.zip which
> > (complemented by other databases) which holds data of around 1.5 million
> > species. The bot genrates about 5000 new articles per day and has
> generated
> > just under 400 000 of the sv:wps million and continues...
> >
> > The guy who runs he bot is a member of the Swedish chapters board
> > http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kandidater_2013/Sverker_Johansson and is
> in his
> > civil life a University teacher. In this capacity he is also a guest
> > lecturer at the university of the Phillipines where he stayed the last
> > couple of months (and the bot was on hold). He is there active in
> > Cebuano-Wikipedia http://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unang_Panid and
> supporting
> > their local community, and he is now running his bot on their wikipedia
> as
> > well as on the Warai-Warai Wikipedia
> > http://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syahan_nga_Pakli. So perhaps at the end
> of the
> > year these two language versions will also pass the 1 million mark!
> >
> > Anders
> > PS out other major botgenerating effort of all lakes in Sweden is also
> > making very nice progress, done 25% of all DS
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Approval of Wikimedians of Nepal user group

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to Nepali Wikimedians!!

Ali Haidar Khan (Tonmoy)
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On May 30, 2013 11:12 PM, "Deryck Chan"  wrote:

> Congratulations Ganesh and the Nepal team! Are there plans to move on and
> transition to an incorporated Wikimedia chapter?
> Deryck
>
> On 30 May 2013 17:32, Bence Damokos  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am happy to inform you that the Affiliations Committee has approved the
> > recognition of a Wikimedia User Group today:  Wikimedians of Nepal.
> >
> > Please join me in welcoming this new group into the fold of Wikimedia
> > entities, and let's celebrate their success and hard work as Wikipedia
> > turns eleven in Nepal!
> >
> > == Wikimedians of Nepal ==
> >
> > Wikimedians of Nepal 
> is a
> > group of enthusiastic Nepali Wikimedians working towards developing and
> > promoting Wikimedia projects in Nepal. They've been actively working to
> > help expand the community, launch projects in more languages of Nepal and
> > promote and support the existing ones.
> >
> > The group is working towards chapterhood, and have a good chance of
> > attaining that status this year. Granting them user group recognition
> > allows the movement to express its appreciation for their hard work even
> > while they are working on the bureaucratic aspects of meeting the
> > requirements of chapterhood. The timing is fortuitous  in that the group
> is
> > going to mark the 11th anniversary of Wikipedia in a Nepali language on 3
> > June, next Monday.
> >
> > Ganesh, the group's interim president has been invited to this year's
> Milan
> > conference, where he gave a comprehensive overview of the group's
> history,
> > its projects (including a successful 'wikiwomen" programme) and its
> > ambitions. The slides are at:
> > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/WMNepal_WMC_2013.pdf
> >
> > The Affiliations Committee's
> > recognition<
> >
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Wikimedians_of_Nepal_-_May_2013
> > >is
> > valid until 28 May 2014, or until they are recognized as a chapter.
> >
> >
> > == Wikimedia User Groups ==
> >
> > Wikimedia User Groups are one of the three new types of affiliations
> > created last year to empower volunteers wanting to conduct offline work
> and
> > provide them recognition from the Wikimedia movement.
> >
> > User group status is meant to be an easy form of affiliation, where the
> > main requirements are an agreed goal, plans for offline work, at least
> > three people participating and a public wiki page with all the relevant
> > information).
> >
> > Under the movement roles
> > recommendations<
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models/User_Groups>
> > , user groups are to be recognized in a quick and easy process directly
> by
> > the Affiliations Committee, for a fixed, renewable time-period and they
> are
> > to enjoy limited trademark use and simplified access to grants.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Bence Damokos
> > Chair, Affiliatons Committee
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] AffComs $40,000 Hong Kong junket

[Tonmoy Khan]

Hi,
I think the question here should be more general, not for the particular
case of AffCom only. We should really give a serious thought on whether
such big expenditures are really worth the money or not. And it should
encompass all the parties to the movement (volunteers, chapter members,
WMF). Here, the choice of hotel really seems expensive. Though I didn't
have any prior idea about hotel rent in Hong Kong, I searched on google for
some good quality hotels in Tsim Sha Tsui area and found that there are
many 4 star hotels (also highly rated) that have room rent within $110 to
$150 range. Link:
http://www.agoda.com/pages/agoda/default/DestinationSearchResult.aspx?asq=bs17wTmKLORqTfZUfjFABizf6xim3HxBNSprgOQXrVsxfdzWn0%2f0znqfDl5OpHpJEpI6UxJ3hIJhRGCSVK%2f54u4zfq8pkoaMpcy7sIc2UgCZdKAkRVT5G%2fOzan8m99LRyQrMqUm5cC3FKFKM4Rpinbn%2fmElm0M49SNeQL0KmHao%3d&tick=635041800643

So, if there is option to save some movement money then why not!

Thanks


Tonmoy



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On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Itzik Edri  wrote:

> Bence,
>
> I appreciate AffCom work, and everyone of the the committee volunteers that
> doing a great job. But I really don't like the excuse of sticking to WMF's
> policy. Without having to start discussing the WMF's policy, I
> think AffCom should be mature enough to adopt a similar policy behavior as
> the chapters which they confirms and leading in the start-up steps. Even in
> DC, Berlin and Milan - the WMF's booked expensive hotel, while the chapters
> were mature enough to stay in others good hotels with much more fair
> prices. Again, this is not the time for criticism of the policy and it's
> not AffCom fault, but you as volunteers, as part of the community, I think
> should have the maturity to say "Thanks for the option, but we prefer for
> the visibility and the fairness to book less expensive accommodation".
>
> BTW. 40,000$ it's about 25 scholarships we can give. Not saying AffCom
> don't need to attend Wikimania, but having much less fancy budget is always
> welcome.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:01 AM, Bence Damokos 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tomasz,
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Tomasz W. Kozlowski <
> > tom...@twkozlowski.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Gregory Varnum wrote:
> > >
> > >  I am not sure what you mean by none of the members being willing to
> > >> comment.
> > >>
> > > > Our chair has responded several times on Meta and many others have
> > > responded
> > > > to Odder via email about this.
> > >
> > > Let me just straighten this, Greg. Nobody has ever contacted me via
> > e-mail
> > > about this except for the insults aimed at me after my first blog post
> on
> > > the matter — and you as an AffCom member should be especially aware of
> > > this, as the whole of AffCom was CC'd to every message that I received.
> > >
> > >
> > I apologise if the tone of some of the e-mails you have received were
> > harmful, and I am sorry for my involvement in that.
> > I think it really came down to the fact that we were quite surprised at
> the
> > time that as a committee member or adviser you did not feel able to raise
> > the issue or issues that you were perceiving. This lack of trust or
> ability
> > to communicate openly really saddened me.
> >
> > >
> > >  The hotel is in-line with WMF guidelines and as has been noted, we
> look
> > >> to
> > >>
> > > > the staff to book those reservations and make appropriate cost-saving
> > > decisions.
> > >
> > > Which is opposite to what the Committee has been doing so far; for
> > > instance, during the last Committee meeting, the then-ChapCom members
> > have
> > > been using the same accommodation as the rest of the conference
> > > participants — and that was a true a cost-saving decision.
> > >
> > If I remember correctly, at the time the Committee did not have a budget
> > and a number of details around fiscal responsibility ended up very
> > complicated out of sheer goodwill (with certain chapters paying AffCom
> > members' travel, Wikimedia Germany kindly offering to pay for those who
> had
> > to stay only an extra night, and the WMF paying from the Board's budget
> for
> > the rest) and the choice was probably made by me to stay with the chapter
> > delegates as that was the default.
> >
> > In any case, with the dedicated budget we have taken steps to greater
> > clarity and accountability and this involves making sure that the WMF
> pays
> > for AffCom travel, and that in turn we follow WMF policy on reimbursement
> > and choice of accommodation and in any other way they may prescribe for
> > spending our budget.
> > Technically and individually we could decide on anything that is cheaper
> > than what is allowed by policy (e.g. shared accommodation, or different
> > level of comfort), but those decisions would be made on the grounds of
> suc

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2014: London

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to WMUK & London! Wish all the success for Wikimania 2014.

Cheers
Tonmoy
On May 2, 2013 4:07 AM, "Charles Gregory"  wrote:

> Congratulations WMUK and the London 2014 team!  Thanks also to the Arusha
> bid - hopefully there will be another opportunity in the future!
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles / User:Chuq
>
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Markus Glaser  >wrote:
>
> > Congratulations, London and WMUK! Looking foward to a Wikimania in a city
> > I already lived in ;) And my respect and many thanks to Arusha /
> Tanzania.
> > I would have loved to go to Africa this time and I really think the
> > Movement should make some efforts to make something like this happen in
> the
> > future.
> >
> > Best, Markus
> >
> > Am 01.05.2013 22:22, schrieb Patricio Lorente:
> >
> >  Congratulations, London! See you there!
> >>
> >> Patricio
> >>
> >> 2013/5/1 Dhaval S. Vyas :
> >>
> >>> Congratulations UK! So happy with the news, after all wikimania is
> >>> coming at
> >>> our doorstep...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Katie Chan <
> katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
>  Congratulations to everyone who's been involved with the London bid.
> 
>  Looking forward to seeing many of you in London next year!
> 
> 
>  On 1 May 2013 18:10, James Forrester  wrote:
> 
> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >
> > On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and
> > evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to
> > London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team
> who
> > also put forward a solid effort.
> >
> > We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put
> forward
> > proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the
> > Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid
> > for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget
> > and lower-cost options for attendees.
> >
> > The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core
> > budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to
> finding
> > ways to reduce the cost for community attendees.
> >
> > We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to
> keep
> > aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit
> > of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited
> > resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee
> setting
> > out clearer guidelines on these principles.
> >
> > The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time
> > investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions
> > and hard work.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > James Forrester
> > Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury
> > For the Wikimania 2014 Jury
> > --
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> > jdforres...@gmail.com
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Armenia

[Tonmoy Khan]

Wonderful news! Congratulations to Wikimedia Armenia:-)

Tonmoy
On Mar 28, 2013 1:21 PM, "Ting Chen"  wrote:

> Hello dear Armenian friends,
>
> it is a great joy for me to see this happen. Next time when I come to
> Yerevan we need to record the traditional dances :-)
>
> Greetings
> Ting
>
> Am 3/27/2013 9:26 PM, schrieb Bence Damokos:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am happy to announce that the the WMF Board of Trustees have resolved to
>> recognize Wikimedia Armenia as the newest Wikimedia chapter:
>> http://wikimediafoundation.**org/wiki/Resolution:**
>> Recognition_of_Wikimedia_**Armenia
>>
>> This group has  already put a lot of effort into promoting Wikipedia and
>> the other projects in Armenia on their road to recognition and I am really
>> looking forward to hearing of their future endeavours.
>>
>> Please give a warm welcome to Wikimedia Armenia!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bence
>> (Affiliations Committee)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

[Tonmoy Khan]

Oh Sue, I still can't believe I am reading this mail! Though we will have
you for another 6 months, but it will be very hard to say goodbye. I
believe your departure would only mean your leaving the organization of WMF
and you will remain an indispensable part of the movement as ever. I am
confident that we, the free knowledge movement, will continue to benefit
from your good works ahead.

Gratitude for your tremendous achievements for the movement.

Ali Haidar Khan
On Mar 28, 2013 5:35 AM, "phoebe ayers"  wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Sue Gardner 
> wrote:
> > Hello Wikimedia community members,
> >
> > This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard
> > decision to make. But I’m writing to tell you that I’m planning to
> > leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia
> > Foundation.
>
> Oh, Sue, if only you were posting that you were leaving forever
> because everything about Wikipedia was terrible!111! -- if only
> that, because then we would all know that you were really coming back
> soon (though perhaps with a different username).
>
> But no, you are as classy and thoughtful and open as always, and for
> once that makes me so sad, because I will be very sad to see you go.
> But! There is also a big exciting future ahead, for both you and for
> Wikimedia, and I am sure that those paths will be intertwined for a
> long time yet: there is work to be done.
>
> with respect,
> -- phoebe
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Markus Glaser is elected Chair of the Wikimedia Chapters Association Council

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to Marcus!

Tonmoy
On Mar 19, 2013 4:52 PM, "Lodewijk"  wrote:

> Thanks Fae indeed for the hard work. It is a pity that things went as they
> went - and that you had to work under tough circumstances. Of course it is
> the council as a whole that bears responsibility, but when things go wrong,
> you get the heat of it...
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
> 2013/3/19 Delphine Ménard 
>
> > Hi Fae,
> >
> > Wikimedia Deutschland is thankful for Markus' election, and we will
> > support him as best as we can in his future endeavours.
> >
> > But this email is more to you Fae. I wanted to thank you for the work
> > done on the WCA so far. I know it hasn't been easy on you.
> > Nevertheless you kept going forward, pushing and prodding and making
> > sure things would happen, with sometimes great critic, other times
> > hopefully great support. For this I am thankful. Sometimes politics is
> > ungrateful to the hard working, and I am sorry it came to this, but I
> > applaud how you managed all possible situations, and especially how
> > you made sure that the WCA and the spirit of chapters working together
> > live on. I strongly believe that Wikimedia's diversity is one of its
> > biggest strengths, and I am convinced that working towards
> > sustainability of chapters definitely is one way to make sure this
> > diversity lives on.
> >
> > I look forward to working with you on all the tasks still to
> > accomplish, within or outside the WCA.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Delphine
> > 
> > Delphine Ménard
> > Vice-president
> > Wikimedia Deutschland
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Fae  wrote:
> > > Congratulations to Markus on becoming the Chair of the WCAC.
> > >
> > > The election results is available at
> > > <
> >
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Elections/2013_Chair#Votes
> > >,
> > > with an associated detailed Q&A from the candidates on the associated
> > > talk page.
> > >
> > > Thank you to all candidates for coming forward and taking part in the
> > > public debate so well.
> > >
> > > I look forward to supporting Markus in his role as our Chair, and the
> > > discussions with everyone at the Milan conference next month.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Fae
> > > --
> > > Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) fae...@gmail.com
> > > Chapters Association Council Chair
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WCA
> >
> > Heh. ;)
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Zero wins!

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations:)

Tonmoy
On Mar 13, 2013 9:01 AM, "Ivan Martínez"  wrote:

> Awesome!
> Poca madre ;)
>
> El martes, 12 de marzo de 2013, Sarah Stierch escribió:
>
> > Congratulations!
> >
> > Viva le revolution!!
> >
> > -Sarah
> >
> > On 3/12/13 6:28 PM, Kul Wadhwa wrote:
> >
> >> Hey all,
> >>
> >> Wikipedia Zero just won the Activism Award @ SXSW!
> >>
> >> A big thanks to all of you for keeping knowledge free for EVERYONE!
> >>
> >>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Shabab Mustafa of WMBD joins the WCA Council

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to Shabab:)


Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy)
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On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Shabab Mustafa wrote:

> Thank you everyone for your wishes.
> ---
> Shabab Mustafa
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Markus Glaser  >wrote:
>
> > Shabab Mustafa and WMBD, welcome on board!
> >
> > Am 07.03.2013 13:44, schrieb Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive:
> >
> >  Congrtz Shabab Mustafa..
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Fae  wrote:
> >>
> >>  Dear Wikimedians,
> >>>
> >>> I have the pleasure of announcing that Shabab Mustafa has joined the
> >>> Wikimedia Chapters Association Council. This appointment makes a total
> >>> of 23 members.[1]
> >>>
> >>> Shabab is a founding member of the Wikimedia Bangladesh Chapter and
> >>> currently serves on the Executive.[2] He is a veteran open source
> >>> software advocate.
> >>>
> >>> Links
> >>> 1.
> >>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_**
> >>> Association/Membership<
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Membership>
> >>> 2. http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_Bangladesh<
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Bangladesh>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Fae
> >>> --
> >>> Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) fae...@gmail.com
> >>> Chapters Association Council Chair
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/WCA
> >>> Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae
> >>>
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> > WCA Council Member (WMDE)
> > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] IEGrants Committee

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations to everyone of the new committee:)

Best

Ali Haidar Khan (tOnmOy)
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আদান প্রদান করতে পারবে। এটাই আমাদের অঙ্গীকার।"



On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:15 AM, Sarah Stierch wrote:

> Congrats everyone - I'm happy to see a nice diverse group of people from
> around the world participating in this!
>
> -Sarah
>
>
> On 2/13/13 12:14 PM, Siko Bouterse wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I'm happy to announce selection of the first members of the Individual
>> Engagement Grants Committee, who will be serving through February
>> 2014.  This committee will review proposals for IEGrants and make
>> recommendations for funding to WMF.
>>
>> Committee members:
>>
>> Ansumang
>> Bobrayner
>> Doc James
>> Gryllida
>> Harold Hidalgo
>> Ilario
>> Isaac Kosgei
>> MikyM
>> Netha Hussain
>> Ocaasi
>> Pine
>> Raystorm
>> Steven Zhang
>> Thehelpfulone
>> Tomo suzuki
>> Wittylama
>> WWB
>> Whym
>>
>> More information about the committee:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee
>>
>> Introductions from committee members:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Grants:IdeaLab#idealab-**introducing
>>
>> Congratulations to the new members, and many thanks to everyone who
>> participated!
>>
>>
>> --
>> Siko Bouterse
>> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
>>
>> sboute...@wikimedia.org
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia ED Sue Gardner named to Global Voices Board of Directors

[Tonmoy Khan]

Congratulations Sue:) It's a wonderful news!


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On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive
wrote:

> good news!
> congratulations Sue..
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Oona Castro 
> wrote:
>
> > wonderful news!
> > Congratulations, Sue!
> >
> > Oona
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:35 AM, MZMcBride  wrote:
> >
> > > Jay Walsh wrote:
> > > >Hi folks - happy to share this news that WMF and Global Voices are
> > > >releasing today. Also posted on the WM Blog,
> > > >https://blog.wikimedia.org/?p=21160
> > > >
> > > >[...]
> > > >
> > > >SAN FRANCISCO -- January 16, 2013 -- The Wikimedia Foundation is happy
> > > >to announce that Sue Gardner has been named to the Board of Directors
> > > >at Global Voices. Global Voices is a community of more than 1300
> > > >authors and translators in dozens of countries around the world that
> > > >publishes reports from global citizen journalists, with an emphasis on
> > > >voices that aren't ordinarily heard in major international media.
> > > >
> > > >“Global Voices does great work, and I’m really looking forward to
> > > >sharing experiences and expertise with the people involved there.”
> > > >said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “The
> > > >Wikimedia Foundation and Global Voices hold a lot of the same values,
> > > >and for me the most important is our shared commitment to freedom of
> > > >expression. The world needs strong voices advocating for internet
> > > >users’ right to express themselves and to access information without
> > > >impediment.”
> > >
> > > Congrats, Sue! :-)  Global Voices is lucky to have you.
> > >
> > > Given the mention of global citizen journalists in the blog post, I
> was a
> > > little surprised to not see a mention of Wikinews. Some collaboration
> > > between the Wikinewsies and the Global Voices folks might be good to
> > > explore. (I'll admit that I'm still somewhat trying to wrap my head
> > around
> > > what Global Voices exactly is, but a collaboration between the two
> seemed
> > > like it might have promise. If I'm off-base, ignore me.)
> > >
> > > MZMcBride
> > >
> > >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia office

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Congratulations to Wikimedia Serbia:-)

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