Re: [Wikimedia-l] Response to recent developments of United States travel ban

We are getting down to brass tacks, finally. The interests of WMF are not whether the immigration regulations changes "threaten the ability of the US to attract skilled talent into the country", but rather whether they have such an effect on the WMF and Wikimedia community ("WMF&Co."). If WMF and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Response to recent developments of United States travel ban

Mario, Your argument is not convincing, because: "The so called ‘travel ban’ that was introduced by President Trump and the re-evaluation of the H-1B visa programme threaten the ability of the US to attract skilled talent into the country (Mahmud, 2017; You, Bohannon, & Stone, 2017). Indeed, Micr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Response to recent developments of United States travel ban

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 8:53 PM, James Salsman wrote: > The is between arbitrary border security theater and allowing the > Foundation to recruit and hire the best candidates. If the Foundation > was silent on the matter, there would be less of a chance of retaining > the right. > Not really. IMH

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Response to recent developments of United States travel ban

P.S. The choice* is between On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 12:53 PM, James Salsman wrote: > Mario, > > The is between arbitrary border security theater and allowing the > Foundation to recruit and hire the best candidates. If the Foundation > was silent on the matter, there would be less of a chance

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Response to recent developments of United States travel ban

Mario, The is between arbitrary border security theater and allowing the Foundation to recruit and hire the best candidates. If the Foundation was silent on the matter, there would be less of a chance of retaining the right. Thank you for your reply on the other thread about the Executive Directo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Response to recent developments of United States travel ban

I find these activities by the WMF really disturbing for the community. Looking at previous discussions, I am not the first one to voice these issues, but here is my summary: == It is cherry-picking == The WMF has no long-term commitment to immigration issues. This leads to the appearance that th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Response to recent developments of United States travel ban

Hello, I would suggest to update Wikimedia sites to reflect the fact that Wikimedia Foundation is active in lobbying in the area of immigration public policies: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_policy https://policy.wikimedia.org/ Best, MarioGom On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 12:42 AM, Katherine

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Response to recent developments of United States travel ban

Dear Katherine, Members of INGOs can normally apply to special visas. Has such legal status been considered for the Wikimedia movement as a whole? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_non-governmental_organization Regards, Micru On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 12:42 AM Katherine Maher wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Response to recent developments of United States travel ban

Thanks, Katherine, This is very heartwarming and encouraging. Mohsen Mardetanha On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 3:12 AM, Katherine Maher wrote: > *This letter is also available on Meta-Wiki here: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10631068 > * > *Please cons

[Wikimedia-l] Response to recent developments of United States travel ban

*This letter is also available on Meta-Wiki here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10631068 * *Please consider supporting with translations. * Dear friends, On Tuesday, the highest court in the United States, the Supreme Court, ruled in favor of the cu