Re: [Wikimedia-l] The GAC wants you!

2013-07-19 Thread Alex Peek
I am interested to sign up and learn more about the process On 19 July 2013 09:57, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: *bump* (thank you for the folks who have stepped up so far!) A. On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello, everyone.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The GAC wants you!

2013-07-19 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Alex Peek alexpe...@gmail.com wrote: I am interested to sign up and learn more about the process Ok, go ahead, then. :) A. -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Imagine a world in which every single human being

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The GAC wants you!

2013-07-19 Thread Asaf Bartov
*bump* (thank you for the folks who have stepped up so far!) A. On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hello, everyone. We could use some fresh b--- er, volunteers! -- in the Grant Advisory Committee (GAC). As you may know, the GAC are community

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The GAC wants you!

2013-07-15 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi, Rupert. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I'm not quite sure I follow your thinking though. With that in mind, I'll offer some statements from my perspective: 1. I don't think we expect anyone to be perfect. _We_ certainly aren't perfect... 2. I don't think we incentivize complete

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The GAC wants you!

2013-07-13 Thread rupert THURNER
hi, many thanks for that great invitation! i'd really consider this, if the GAC process would be less work and would target imperfect people. the grants incentive should imo be changed to get more for the bucks. what do i mean with this: 1. if the GAC decides to grant money to somebody, it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The GAC wants you!

2013-07-13 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
2013/7/13 rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com: i used imperfect people, core wikipedia people and typical content providing person in the last paragraphs, which probably needs a little explanation. wikipedia is built traditionally by imperfect volunteers, error-prone, partially educated,

[Wikimedia-l] The GAC wants you!

2013-07-12 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hello, everyone. We could use some fresh b--- er, volunteers! -- in the Grant Advisory Committee (GAC). As you may know, the GAC are community volunteers who are explicitly invited[1] to review and evaluate grant proposals made in the Wikimedia Foundation Grants Program[2], and offer advice to