Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Kalliope Tsouroupidou]

Pretty welcome to all :)

K.

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Samuele Mantani 
wrote:

> I wish all the Coordinators a good job! :)
>
> Samuele2002
>
> Il 10/Mar/2017 06:09 AM, "Guillaume Paumier"  ha
> scritto:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
> > ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a
> > movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
> >
> > The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
> > individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized
> > group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> > involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the
> > usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> > discussions are relevant to them.
> >
> > For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
> > has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> > bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities
> > of contributors.
> >
> > Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search and
> > assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed
> > to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
> >
> > As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> > familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> > Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
> > Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the
> > team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s
> > Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> > activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
> >
> > All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> > they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta and
> > organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> > focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others
> > will support an array of smaller communities.
> >
> > If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the
> > gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
> > description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> > that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk page.
> >
> > I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved in
> > this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent &
> > Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative onboarding
> > masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out
> > to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
> > ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.
> >
> > Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon,
> > Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan,
> > Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role.
> >
> >
> > Guillaume Paumier
> >
> >
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
> >
> > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators
> >
> > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map
> >
> > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > movement/2017#Language_list_in_development
> >
> > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_Coordinator_Role
> >
> > --
> > Guillaume Paumier
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Samuele Mantani]

I wish all the Coordinators a good job! :)

Samuele2002

Il 10/Mar/2017 06:09 AM, "Guillaume Paumier"  ha
scritto:

> Hello,
>
> As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
> ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a
> movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
>
> The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
> individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized
> group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the
> usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> discussions are relevant to them.
>
> For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
> has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities
> of contributors.
>
> Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search and
> assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed
> to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
>
> As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
> Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the
> team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s
> Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
>
> All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta and
> organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others
> will support an array of smaller communities.
>
> If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the
> gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
> description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk page.
>
> I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved in
> this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent &
> Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative onboarding
> masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out
> to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
> ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.
>
> Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon,
> Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan,
> Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role.
>
>
> Guillaume Paumier
>
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators
>
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map
>
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017#Language_list_in_development
>
> [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_Coordinator_Role
>
> --
> Guillaume Paumier
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Guillaume Paumier]

Hi Lane,

2017-03-10 8:01 GMT-08:00 Lane Rasberry :

> Congratulations to everyone.
>
> I notice that some of these users do not have their WMF accounts connected
> to their user accounts.
>
> Would it be a problem to ask for user and work accounts to reference each
> other?


Not a problem at all; it is probably an oversight. The coordinators have
had a lot to do this week with onboarding, translations, and preparations,
and it may simply be that they didn't get around to completing their user
page. I would suggest leaving them a friendly note on their talk page if
you notice something missing.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Yaroslav Blanter]

Thanks Guillaume for your answer. I provided enough info for the Community
Engagement to double-check if they want to, and I have no personal interest
in the outcome, so I am happy to leave it as it is now.

Cheers
Yaroslav

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Guillaume Paumier 
wrote:

> Hello Yaroslav,
>
> Yes, the Foundation's Community Engagement department, who are the most
> familiar with Wikimedia communities, reviewed the applications thoroughly.
> If you have concerns about a specific person, which obviously can't be
> discussed on a public list, I happy to discuss them with you privately.
>
>
> 2017-03-09 23:48 GMT-08:00 Yaroslav Blanter :
>
> > Thanks the coordinators. I do not know everybody on the list, but I
> > recognize there names of many excellent people.
> >
> > I also see there a name which has rung a bell for me, and the sound of
> the
> > bell was somewhat alarming. I checked and found indeed that the
> coordinator
> > has a sizable block log on the Russian Wikipedia, their home project, for
> > actions which include trolling and disruptive editing, and at some point
> > had to be placed under a topic ban. The most recent block is one and half
> > years ago. Which poses a natural questions whether the candidates were
> > actually screened.
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Lane Rasberry]

Congratulations to everyone.

I notice that some of these users do not have their WMF accounts connected
to their user accounts.

Would it be a problem to ask for user and work accounts to reference each
other?

Thanks,



On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Guillaume Paumier 
wrote:

> Hello Yaroslav,
>
> Yes, the Foundation's Community Engagement department, who are the most
> familiar with Wikimedia communities, reviewed the applications thoroughly.
> If you have concerns about a specific person, which obviously can't be
> discussed on a public list, I happy to discuss them with you privately.
>
>
> 2017-03-09 23:48 GMT-08:00 Yaroslav Blanter :
>
> > Thanks the coordinators. I do not know everybody on the list, but I
> > recognize there names of many excellent people.
> >
> > I also see there a name which has rung a bell for me, and the sound of
> the
> > bell was somewhat alarming. I checked and found indeed that the
> coordinator
> > has a sizable block log on the Russian Wikipedia, their home project, for
> > actions which include trolling and disruptive editing, and at some point
> > had to be placed under a topic ban. The most recent block is one and half
> > years ago. Which poses a natural questions whether the candidates were
> > actually screened.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Guillaume Paumier
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Guillaume Paumier]

Hello Yaroslav,

Yes, the Foundation's Community Engagement department, who are the most
familiar with Wikimedia communities, reviewed the applications thoroughly.
If you have concerns about a specific person, which obviously can't be
discussed on a public list, I happy to discuss them with you privately.


2017-03-09 23:48 GMT-08:00 Yaroslav Blanter :

> Thanks the coordinators. I do not know everybody on the list, but I
> recognize there names of many excellent people.
>
> I also see there a name which has rung a bell for me, and the sound of the
> bell was somewhat alarming. I checked and found indeed that the coordinator
> has a sizable block log on the Russian Wikipedia, their home project, for
> actions which include trolling and disruptive editing, and at some point
> had to be placed under a topic ban. The most recent block is one and half
> years ago. Which poses a natural questions whether the candidates were
> actually screened.




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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Sydney Poore]

+1 I'm thrilled to see this group from around the globe.

Sydney

On Mar 10, 2017 2:55 AM, "Christophe Henner"  wrote:

Welcome in your new roles Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon, Satdeep,
Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan, Gereon, Chico,
Bohdan, and Abbad!!!

For years we've been struggling to get involvement from local communities
in global processes, and with you we're finally gonna make it! :)

Thanks for your help!!!



Christophe HENNER
Chair of the board of trustees
chen...@wikimedia.org
+33650664739

twitter *@schiste*skype *christophe_henner*



On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Yaroslav Blanter  wrote:

> Thanks the coordinators. I do not know everybody on the list, but I
> recognize there names of many excellent people.
>
> I also see there a name which has rung a bell for me, and the sound of the
> bell was somewhat alarming. I checked and found indeed that the
coordinator
> has a sizable block log on the Russian Wikipedia, their home project, for
> actions which include trolling and disruptive editing, and at some point
> had to be placed under a topic ban. The most recent block is one and half
> years ago. Which poses a natural questions whether the candidates were
> actually screened.
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Anna Stillwell 
> wrote:
>
> > Welcome. Thank you for joining us and offering your talents.
> > /a
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Welcome all! I am so grateful for your participation and perspective
as
> > we
> > > begin this work.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 00:46 Tanweer Morshed 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Welcom to all the 19 Wikimedians! I see, most of the names are
> familiar
> > > to
> > > > me. Thank you all for your dedication for the movement.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Tanweer
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Tanweer
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Guillaume Paumier <
> > > > gpaum...@wikimedia.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on
an
> > > > > ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and
> determine a
> > > > > movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
> > > > >
> > > > > The movement is composed of people in many different roles,
notably
> > > > > individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any
> organized
> > > > > group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> > > > > involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor
> the
> > > > > usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> > > > > discussions are relevant to them.
> > > > >
> > > > > For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia
Foundation
> > > > > has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> > > > > bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local
> communities
> > > > > of contributors.
> > > > >
> > > > > Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search
> > and
> > > > > assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have
> agreed
> > > > > to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
> > > > >
> > > > > As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> > > > > familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> > > > > Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin,
Samuel,
> > > > > Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of
> the
> > > > > team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the
> Foundation’s
> > > > > Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> > > > > activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
> > > > >
> > > > > All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> > > > > they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta
> > and
> > > > > organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> > > > > focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and
> others
> > > > > will support an array of smaller communities.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge
> the
> > > > > gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at
the
> > > > > description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> > > > > that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk
> > page.
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was
involved
> > in
> > > > > this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s
> Talent
> > &
> > > > > Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative
> > onboarding
> > > > > masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached
> out
> > > > > to 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Christophe Henner]

Welcome in your new roles Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon, Satdeep,
Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan, Gereon, Chico,
Bohdan, and Abbad!!!

For years we've been struggling to get involvement from local communities
in global processes, and with you we're finally gonna make it! :)

Thanks for your help!!!



Christophe HENNER
Chair of the board of trustees
chen...@wikimedia.org
+33650664739

twitter *@schiste*skype *christophe_henner*



On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Yaroslav Blanter  wrote:

> Thanks the coordinators. I do not know everybody on the list, but I
> recognize there names of many excellent people.
>
> I also see there a name which has rung a bell for me, and the sound of the
> bell was somewhat alarming. I checked and found indeed that the coordinator
> has a sizable block log on the Russian Wikipedia, their home project, for
> actions which include trolling and disruptive editing, and at some point
> had to be placed under a topic ban. The most recent block is one and half
> years ago. Which poses a natural questions whether the candidates were
> actually screened.
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Anna Stillwell 
> wrote:
>
> > Welcome. Thank you for joining us and offering your talents.
> > /a
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Katherine Maher 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Welcome all! I am so grateful for your participation and perspective as
> > we
> > > begin this work.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 00:46 Tanweer Morshed 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Welcom to all the 19 Wikimedians! I see, most of the names are
> familiar
> > > to
> > > > me. Thank you all for your dedication for the movement.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Tanweer
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Tanweer
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Guillaume Paumier <
> > > > gpaum...@wikimedia.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
> > > > > ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and
> determine a
> > > > > movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
> > > > >
> > > > > The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
> > > > > individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any
> organized
> > > > > group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> > > > > involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor
> the
> > > > > usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> > > > > discussions are relevant to them.
> > > > >
> > > > > For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
> > > > > has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> > > > > bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local
> communities
> > > > > of contributors.
> > > > >
> > > > > Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search
> > and
> > > > > assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have
> agreed
> > > > > to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
> > > > >
> > > > > As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> > > > > familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> > > > > Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
> > > > > Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of
> the
> > > > > team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the
> Foundation’s
> > > > > Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> > > > > activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
> > > > >
> > > > > All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> > > > > they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta
> > and
> > > > > organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> > > > > focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and
> others
> > > > > will support an array of smaller communities.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge
> the
> > > > > gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
> > > > > description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> > > > > that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk
> > page.
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved
> > in
> > > > > this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s
> Talent
> > &
> > > > > Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative
> > onboarding
> > > > > masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached
> out
> > > > > to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
> > > > > ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.
> > > > >
> > > > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Natacha Rault]

Thank you for your engagenent! I am glad to see that the Francophone rep is 
from Africa, and I hope we can engage on the representation of women. 

Kind regards,

Nattes à chat

> Le 10 mars 2017 à 08:48, Yaroslav Blanter  a écrit :
> 
> Thanks the coordinators. I do not know everybody on the list, but I
> recognize there names of many excellent people.
> 
> I also see there a name which has rung a bell for me, and the sound of the
> bell was somewhat alarming. I checked and found indeed that the coordinator
> has a sizable block log on the Russian Wikipedia, their home project, for
> actions which include trolling and disruptive editing, and at some point
> had to be placed under a topic ban. The most recent block is one and half
> years ago. Which poses a natural questions whether the candidates were
> actually screened.
> 
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
> 
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Anna Stillwell 
> wrote:
> 
>> Welcome. Thank you for joining us and offering your talents.
>> /a
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Katherine Maher 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Welcome all! I am so grateful for your participation and perspective as
>> we
>>> begin this work.
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 00:46 Tanweer Morshed 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
 Welcom to all the 19 Wikimedians! I see, most of the names are familiar
>>> to
 me. Thank you all for your dedication for the movement.
 
 
 Regards,
 Tanweer
 
 
 Regards,
 Tanweer
 
 
 On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Guillaume Paumier <
 gpaum...@wikimedia.org>
 wrote:
 
> Hello,
> 
> As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
> ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a
> movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
> 
> The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
> individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized
> group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the
> usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> discussions are relevant to them.
> 
> For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
> has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities
> of contributors.
> 
> Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search
>> and
> assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed
> to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
> 
> As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
> Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the
> team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s
> Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
> 
> All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta
>> and
> organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others
> will support an array of smaller communities.
> 
> If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the
> gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
> description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk
>> page.
> 
> I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved
>> in
> this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent
>> &
> Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative
>> onboarding
> masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out
> to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
> ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.
> 
> Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon,
> Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan,
> Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role.
> 
> 
> Guillaume Paumier
> 
> 
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
> 
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators
> 
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map
> 
> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Yaroslav Blanter]

Thanks the coordinators. I do not know everybody on the list, but I
recognize there names of many excellent people.

I also see there a name which has rung a bell for me, and the sound of the
bell was somewhat alarming. I checked and found indeed that the coordinator
has a sizable block log on the Russian Wikipedia, their home project, for
actions which include trolling and disruptive editing, and at some point
had to be placed under a topic ban. The most recent block is one and half
years ago. Which poses a natural questions whether the candidates were
actually screened.

Cheers
Yaroslav

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Anna Stillwell 
wrote:

> Welcome. Thank you for joining us and offering your talents.
> /a
>
> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Katherine Maher 
> wrote:
>
> > Welcome all! I am so grateful for your participation and perspective as
> we
> > begin this work.
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 00:46 Tanweer Morshed 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Welcom to all the 19 Wikimedians! I see, most of the names are familiar
> > to
> > > me. Thank you all for your dedication for the movement.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Tanweer
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Tanweer
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Guillaume Paumier <
> > > gpaum...@wikimedia.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
> > > > ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a
> > > > movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
> > > >
> > > > The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
> > > > individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized
> > > > group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> > > > involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the
> > > > usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> > > > discussions are relevant to them.
> > > >
> > > > For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
> > > > has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> > > > bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities
> > > > of contributors.
> > > >
> > > > Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search
> and
> > > > assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed
> > > > to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
> > > >
> > > > As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> > > > familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> > > > Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
> > > > Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the
> > > > team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s
> > > > Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> > > > activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
> > > >
> > > > All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> > > > they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta
> and
> > > > organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> > > > focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others
> > > > will support an array of smaller communities.
> > > >
> > > > If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the
> > > > gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
> > > > description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> > > > that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk
> page.
> > > >
> > > > I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved
> in
> > > > this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent
> &
> > > > Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative
> onboarding
> > > > masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out
> > > > to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
> > > > ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.
> > > >
> > > > Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon,
> > > > Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan,
> > > > Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Guillaume Paumier
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
> > > >
> > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > > movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators
> > > >
> > > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > > movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map
> > > >
> > > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > > movement/2017#Language_list_in_development
> > > >
> > > > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Anna Stillwell]

Welcome. Thank you for joining us and offering your talents.
/a

On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Katherine Maher 
wrote:

> Welcome all! I am so grateful for your participation and perspective as we
> begin this work.
>
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 00:46 Tanweer Morshed 
> wrote:
>
> > Welcom to all the 19 Wikimedians! I see, most of the names are familiar
> to
> > me. Thank you all for your dedication for the movement.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tanweer
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tanweer
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Guillaume Paumier <
> > gpaum...@wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
> > > ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a
> > > movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
> > >
> > > The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
> > > individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized
> > > group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> > > involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the
> > > usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> > > discussions are relevant to them.
> > >
> > > For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
> > > has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> > > bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities
> > > of contributors.
> > >
> > > Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search and
> > > assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed
> > > to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
> > >
> > > As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> > > familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> > > Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
> > > Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the
> > > team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s
> > > Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> > > activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
> > >
> > > All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> > > they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta and
> > > organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> > > focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others
> > > will support an array of smaller communities.
> > >
> > > If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the
> > > gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
> > > description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> > > that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk page.
> > >
> > > I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved in
> > > this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent &
> > > Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative onboarding
> > > masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out
> > > to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
> > > ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.
> > >
> > > Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon,
> > > Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan,
> > > Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role.
> > >
> > >
> > > Guillaume Paumier
> > >
> > >
> > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
> > >
> > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators
> > >
> > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map
> > >
> > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > movement/2017#Language_list_in_development
> > >
> > > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > > movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_Coordinator_Role
> > >
> > > --
> > > Guillaume Paumier
> > >
> > > ___
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Katherine Maher]

Welcome all! I am so grateful for your participation and perspective as we
begin this work.

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 00:46 Tanweer Morshed 
wrote:

> Welcom to all the 19 Wikimedians! I see, most of the names are familiar to
> me. Thank you all for your dedication for the movement.
>
>
> Regards,
> Tanweer
>
>
> Regards,
> Tanweer
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Guillaume Paumier <
> gpaum...@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
> > ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a
> > movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
> >
> > The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
> > individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized
> > group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> > involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the
> > usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> > discussions are relevant to them.
> >
> > For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
> > has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> > bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities
> > of contributors.
> >
> > Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search and
> > assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed
> > to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
> >
> > As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> > familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> > Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
> > Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the
> > team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s
> > Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> > activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
> >
> > All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> > they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta and
> > organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> > focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others
> > will support an array of smaller communities.
> >
> > If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the
> > gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
> > description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> > that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk page.
> >
> > I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved in
> > this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent &
> > Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative onboarding
> > masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out
> > to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
> > ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.
> >
> > Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon,
> > Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan,
> > Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role.
> >
> >
> > Guillaume Paumier
> >
> >
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
> >
> > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators
> >
> > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map
> >
> > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > movement/2017#Language_list_in_development
> >
> > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> > movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_Coordinator_Role
> >
> > --
> > Guillaume Paumier
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Tanweer Morshed]

Welcom to all the 19 Wikimedians! I see, most of the names are familiar to
me. Thank you all for your dedication for the movement.


Regards,
Tanweer


Regards,
Tanweer


On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Guillaume Paumier 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
> ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a
> movement-wide strategic direction. [1]
>
> The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
> individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized
> group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
> involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the
> usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
> discussions are relevant to them.
>
> For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
> has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
> bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities
> of contributors.
>
> Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search and
> assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed
> to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.
>
> As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
> familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
> Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
> Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the
> team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s
> Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
> activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.
>
> All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
> they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta and
> organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
> focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others
> will support an array of smaller communities.
>
> If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the
> gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
> description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
> that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk page.
>
> I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved in
> this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent &
> Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative onboarding
> masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out
> to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
> ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.
>
> Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon,
> Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan,
> Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role.
>
>
> Guillaume Paumier
>
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators
>
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map
>
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017#Language_list_in_development
>
> [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_Coordinator_Role
>
> --
> Guillaume Paumier
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Welcoming 19 long-time Wikimedians as Coordinators for Movement strategy

[Guillaume Paumier]

Hello,

As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an
ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a
movement-wide strategic direction. [1]

The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably
individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized
group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and
involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the
usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy
discussions are relevant to them.

For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation
has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better
bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities
of contributors.

Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search and
assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed
to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity.

As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many
familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico,
Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel,
Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the
team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s
Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day
activities of the group of Asian language coordinators.

All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and
they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta and
organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will
focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others
will support an array of smaller communities.

If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the
gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the
description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on
that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk page.

I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved in
this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent &
Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative onboarding
masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out
to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this
ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me.

Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon,
Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan,
Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role.


Guillaume Paumier


[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017

[2] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators

[3] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map

[4] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017#Language_list_in_development

[5] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_Coordinator_Role

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