[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update

2019-12-16 Thread Joseph Seddon
Hey All! Many of you know that the Wikimedia Endowment < https://wikimediaendowment.org/> was launched in 2016. The purpose of the Endowment is to act as a permanent safekeeping fund to generate income to ensure a base level of support for the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity. When the Endowment

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] December 18, 2019 at 9:30 AM PST, 17:30 UTC

2019-12-16 Thread Janna Layton
Just a reminder that this Showcase on knowledge bases and the 2016 US election will be on Wednesday. On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 9:37 AM Janna Layton wrote: > Hello everyone, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, December > 18, at 9:30 AM PST/17:30 UTC. We’ll have a

[Wikimedia-l] Affiliations Committee - Call for candidates 2019

2019-12-16 Thread camelia boban
Hi everyone! *The Affiliations Committee (AffCom)* – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – *is looking for new members!* The main role of the Affiliations Committee is to guide groups of volunteers that are

[Wikimedia-l] New Office hours for WMF/Research starting in January 2020

2019-12-16 Thread Martin Gerlach
Hi all, We, the Research team at Wikimedia Foundation, have received some requests over the past months for making ourselves more available to answer some of the research questions that you as Wikimedia volunteers, affiliates' staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Starting