Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (Announcement) Ana Toni Announced as New Wikimedia Foundation Board Member

Welcome Ana! (while everyone is assuming Ana is already subscribed to this list, I will do the same. i hope that when this thread lies down a bit, someone will forward it of course :) ) We have always heard a lot about Greenpeace, and as you probably know, it was often used as an example in our st

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (Announcement) Ana Toni Announced as New Wikimedia Foundation Board Member

Hey I am also very happy to publicly welcome her to the Board, and am really happy that she was able to free up time for the commitment of our board, which demands a good deal of time. With regards to your questions: 1) I am forwarding these messages to Ana Toni :) And gave her instructions ho

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (Announcement) Ana Toni Announced as New Wikimedia Foundation Board Member

Dear Ana, Congratulations on your appointment and greetings from Wikimedia UK - the UK chapter of the movement. We are pleased that you know the UK well. Do you speak any Welsh? There is always a welcome and a desk for visitors from the Foundation here in London so pop in and see us next time y

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: June 2013

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Argentina report: June 2013

Dear Wikimedians, Here is the monthly report of Wikimedia Argentina for June 2013. You can read the full report (in Spanish and English) here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Argentina/Reportes/2013-06 1. Edit-a-thon in the Legislative Palace 2. Wikimemory in Rosario 3. Wiki Loves Monume

[Wikimedia-l] "reasonable compensation near the mid-point of the tech sector"

Gayle, Page 26 of the 2013-4 Annual Plan says that you have "optimized Wikimedia's value proposition [with] reasonable compensation near the mid-point of the tech sector". How much of a change to previous compensation scales pegged to the nonprofit sector does that represent in percentage terms?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] "reasonable compensation near the mid-point of the tech sector"

James Salsman wrote: How much of a change to previous compensation scales pegged to the nonprofit sector does that represent in percentage terms? If I understand correctly, it's been requested that questions are asked at , so per

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Advocacy Advisors] WMF response to PRISM?

On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 11:07 PM, James Salsman wrote: > Luis Villa wrote: > >... > > I'll probably post some more details on the talk page in the next > > day or two, but suffice to say that we continue to listen for options > > that are aligned with our values and likely to have an impact on > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Tech/Product] Engineering/Product org structure

Answer came in the annual plan: «Product and Engineering will be split into two departments, to bring additional leadership strength to the organization and to rebalance the senior team so one person doesn’t need to represent both disciplines. We will invest further staffing resources in both are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] 2013-14 Annual Plan of the Wikimedia Foundation

Tilman Bayer, 09/07/2013 07:00: Hi all, the Wikimedia Foundation's 2013-14 Annual Plan has just been published at https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:2013-2014_WMF_Plan_As_Published.pdf accompanied by a Q&A: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2013-2014_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Answer

[Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

ink/ to sites which hold content copyrighted by others. RIA Novosti has more information on the subject: <http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130709/182150416/Russian-Wikipedia-Faces-Ban-Due-to-Anti-Piracy-Law--Director.html> I'm CC-ing the advocacy advisors mailing list because this lies within

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

ighted by others. > > RIA Novosti has more information on the subject: > <http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130709/182150416/Russian-Wikipedia-Faces-Ban-Due-to-Anti-Piracy-Law--Director.html> > > I'm CC-ing the advocacy advisors mailing list because this lies within > their a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

On 07/09/2013 08:37 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: > How is that not theft that we are facilitating? Because "theft", is to deprive, temporarily or absolutely, the owner of it, or a person who has a special property or interest in it, of the thing or of his property or interest in it. In some jurisdictio

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

> On 07/09/2013 08:37 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: >> How is that not theft that we are facilitating? > > Because "theft", is to deprive, temporarily or absolutely, the owner of > it, or a person who has a special property or interest in it, of the > thing or of his property or interest in it. > > In som

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

Well, not wanting to wade into that "pirates' little helpers" snarkiness, but it takes 30 seconds from anywhere on the web to find a copyright violation. Maybe a bit longer if you have a slow connection. Risker On 9 July 2013 23:36, Fred Bauder wrote: > > On 07/09/2013 08:37 PM, Fred Bauder wr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

> On 9 July 2013 23:46, Fred Bauder wrote: > >> > Well, not wanting to wade into that "pirates' little helpers" >> snarkiness, >> > but it takes 30 seconds from anywhere on the web to find a copyright >> > violation. Maybe a bit longer if you have a slow connection. >> > >> > Risker >> >> True eno

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

- Original Message - From: "Fred Bauder" To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:36 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again >> On 07/09/2013 08:37 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: >>> How is that not theft that we are facilitating? >> >> Beca

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

> > - Original Message - > From: "Fred Bauder" > To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:36 AM > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again > > >>> On 07/09/2013 08:37 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: How is that not theft that we are facilitati

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

- Original Message - From: "Fred Bauder" To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 6:01 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again > > >> - Original Message - >> From: "Fred Bauder" >> To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" >> Sent: Wednes

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Advocacy Advisors] WMF response to PRISM?

Luis Villa, 09/07/2013 21:41: I discussed this a bit yesterday in the talk page and will flesh that out more, but the specific concern (raised here, on the blog, and in the talk page) is that stopwatching is too US-focused. [...] Have WMNYC and WMDC considered supporting it? It's unclear to me

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

>> >> If you post a creative work on a website the purpose which is to share >> files you have assumed the rights of the owner, one of which is to >> determine the conditions which must be met to view or listen to the >> work. >> The owner can give his work away to the world but not third parties.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia in trouble /yet/ again

On 10 July 2013 07:51, Fred Bauder wrote: > It is easiest to analyze if the work has never been published. > Distributing it then is a taking of intellectual property regardless of > whether the original is physically taken or only a copy. The theft is of > the possible gain lost. Actually, rathe