[Wikimedia-l] Announcement WMCON 2016 dates and rough timeline

2015-07-09 Thread Nicole Ebber
Dear Wikimedia friends, Wikimedia Deutschland and the Wikimedia Foundation are delighted to announce the date for the next Wikimedia Conference in Berlin: April 20-24, 2016 Wikimedia Affiliates, members of the Wikimedia Foundation board and staff as well as the FDC and AffCom, please save the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Portugal's Board

2015-07-09 Thread Salvador A
Congratulations WMPT! We are happy to hear you are starting to move forward. We are waiting to hear more from you in the future. Best! El jul 8, 2015 2:35 a.m., Joao Miguel Vasconcelos mvasconcell...@gmail.com escribió: Dear members of the international Wikimedia Community, I would like to

[Wikimedia-l] Your chapter, user group, or thematic organization at Wikimania

2015-07-09 Thread Romaine Wiki
Hi all, Already some chapters and a user group have created a page for them on the Wikimania 2015 wiki. There they list who come to Wikimania, what talks they give, materials they are presenting, presentation of the organisation, office hours, and so on. An overview page is created at

[Wikimedia-l] Questions for Board QA

2015-07-09 Thread Jan-Bart de Vreede
Hi All Next week the Wikimedia Board of Trustees will not only elect a new chair (and vice chair) but we will also have our annual Board QA session at Wikimania on Saturday the 18th of July). Although the session will not be broadcast live we do want to take questions from the Board

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] This Month in GLAM: June 2015

2015-07-09 Thread The 'This Month in GLAM' team
*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.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Portugal's Board

2015-07-09 Thread Vinicius Siqueira
Congratulations to our friends from Portugal! We are very happy to hear such good news. The best wishes from the Brazilian User Group. On Thursday, July 9, 2015, Salvador A salvador1...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations WMPT! We are happy to hear you are starting to move forward. We are

[Wikimedia-l] Innovation

2015-07-09 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
The 2015 Call to Action identified the need to Support innovation new knowledge * Integrate, consolidate, and pause or stop stalled initiatives. * Create spaces for future community-led innovations and new knowledge creation. * Facilitate and support new models and structures for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Innovation

2015-07-09 Thread Samuel Klein
That's a great start - thank you Rogol. Innovation often starts with making connections and learning from friends - perhaps this can be a collaborative page to share with partner groups like the OA, OSM, Mozilla and ArchiveTeam communities. On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Rogol Domedonfors

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement WMCON 2016 dates and rough timeline

2015-07-09 Thread Itzik - Wikimedia Israel
Well done and thank you Nicole and the team. Great work and very detailed reports! *Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our