Wikimedia UK is not currently cancelling all in person events and meetings and hasn't instituted a work from home policy, however the senior management team and board are monitoring the situation carefully, communicating with staff and partners regularly, and following advice from the government and associated bodies such as Public Health England. We are expecting a further announcement from our Prime Minister this evening so the situation may change rather rapidly.
Best wishes Lucy On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 at 12:02, <wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimedia-l mailing list submissions to > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimedia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Practical implications of Coronavirus (Risker) > 2. Wikimedia branding (effe iets anders) > 3. Re: Practical implications of Coronavirus (Dariusz Jemielniak) > 4. Joint Statement of the ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team and > Wikimania Steering Committee on COVID-19 (Roman Bustria Jr.) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:58:23 -0400 > From: Risker <risker...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Practical implications of Coronavirus > Message-ID: > < > capxs8yr+nsvbdq9p2vogibuo-7rc-cegn-li+lp-k0x3nzn...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Regardless of what platforms people might want to use for virtual meetings, > it is my personal opinion that all movement organizations, groups (formal > and informal) and the WMF itself immediately stop meeting in person. For > the movement entities that have offices, work-from-home should be the > standard (as it has been for the WMF for almost a week). Edit-a-thons and > similar meet-ups should be cancelled for the foreseeable future. The broad > movement has spent a lot of time talking about the safety and security of > its communities, and this level of social distancing at this time is > probably the best way to demonstrate that we really mean what we say. > #CancelEverything is not just a cute hashtag - it's really serious, and our > movement can be leaders in showing how it is done. > > I'm speaking from my own experience (having worked in a hospital with SARS > patients and having participated in the development of pandemic plans for > hospitals), so perhaps my perspective is different from other people's. But > given there's very little downside to this proposal, there's no reason not > to take these steps, at least for a few months while the world has a better > sense of how this will all play out. > > Risker/Anne > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 22:31:54 -0700 > From: effe iets anders <effeietsand...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia branding > Message-ID: > < > cacf6betsgms_zwm9yfmmxuk86ogmeuewwjumjvbeft20qdm...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > It looks like this list was skipped in providing an update in asking for > feedback (or I missed something - in which case, my apologies). I'm just a > random passer by who was wondering why this wasn't shared yet. > > The Wikimedia branding process seems to have moved to yet another phase on > March 1 (I think?), allowing for a feedback phase to define one more > 'concept' besides the 23 that have been defined (again: I think. The > communication is a bit confusing to me, sorry). Deadline is March 17 (5-6 > days from now). > > The process should be explained here: > https://brandingwikipedia.org/concepts/ (scroll down, the concepts are > actually on that page below the text. Yes, those blocks.) > > It turns out that at the very bottom in the footer, there's a link to a > wikipage where you should be able to engage: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project > > on that meta page however, they seem to rather recommend to engage on > Facebook (a closed group > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediabrandnetwork/>) or on Wikimedia > Space (!sic). > > Anyhow, at a first glance those concepts look fine, but that'd be true for > many sets of 23 buzzwords :). I don't have enough insights into the > consequences of these choices, or how they got together, but hopefully the > communications team can share that at some point better than me. > Other people here may have more informed opinions than me. > > -- Lodewijk > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 06:54:51 -0400 > From: Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Practical implications of Coronavirus > Message-ID: > <CADeSpGWkjpfDU89GMwhNE_vkcLMAfnhN-WLg_7=+ > pqky8mz...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear Risker, > > Many thanks for sharing - I know you're a professional in the field. This > is pretty much what we're doing as the WMF, and the affiliates surely can > follow suit. > > All universities I'm currently affiliated with (Harvard, MIT, Kozminski) > cancelled all classes and move to virtual meetings only, too. > > Best, > > DJ "pundit" > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 00:54 Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Regardless of what platforms people might want to use for virtual > meetings, > > it is my personal opinion that all movement organizations, groups (formal > > and informal) and the WMF itself immediately stop meeting in person. For > > the movement entities that have offices, work-from-home should be the > > standard (as it has been for the WMF for almost a week). Edit-a-thons > and > > similar meet-ups should be cancelled for the foreseeable future. The > broad > > movement has spent a lot of time talking about the safety and security of > > its communities, and this level of social distancing at this time is > > probably the best way to demonstrate that we really mean what we say. > > #CancelEverything is not just a cute hashtag - it's really serious, and > our > > movement can be leaders in showing how it is done. > > > > I'm speaking from my own experience (having worked in a hospital with > SARS > > patients and having participated in the development of pandemic plans for > > hospitals), so perhaps my perspective is different from other people's. > But > > given there's very little downside to this proposal, there's no reason > not > > to take these steps, at least for a few months while the world has a > better > > sense of how this will all play out. > > > > Risker/Anne > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 19:40:38 +0800 > From: "Roman Bustria Jr." <bustr...@gmail.com> > To: "wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org" > <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Joint Statement of the ESEAP Wikimania > Organizing Team and Wikimania Steering Committee on COVID-19 > Message-ID: > <CAGTLcfMq68VLnWr2EtxA3v-m5yFcwAE+CTpPrZegAcPDjv5+= > w...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear Wikimedians, > > I would like to share to you a statement: > > > *Joint Statement of the * *ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team * *and Wikimania > Steering Committee * *on COVID-19* > > 12 March 2020 > > > > The ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team, Wikimania Steering Committee and the > Wikimedia Foundation acknowledge the current COVID-19 threat > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic> and > are taking this situation seriously. > > A joint decision on the fate of Wikimania 2020 based on a careful risk > assessment will be forthcoming and we ask for your patience. > > Thank you. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Butch Bustria > > Head of the Communications Committee > > ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > ------------------------------ > > End of Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 192, Issue 17 > ******************************************** > -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0762 *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement, and a registered charity. 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