Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 201, Issue 38

Hello Still waiting for explanation. But wanted to point out that the statement from John below is a bit problematic to me. Wiki in Africa has been under APG for a year now. At no point have we been informed of any changes that would involve a "Tides Advocacy" organization. Note that I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund"

Thanks Lisa. That statement makes a lot of sense, though I do have some questions still. > > Our first priority was to ensure that we had enough funding to support > community grants. We transferred the full amount for Annual Plan Grants > (APG) for FY20-21 over to Tides to ensure that all

[Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedistas de Uruguay

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] *Wikimedistas de Uruguay *[2] as a Wikimedia User Group. This is a working group created at the initiative of former members of the official Wikimedia Uruguay

[Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of the Uzbek language User Group

Hi everyone! I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] *Wikimedians of the Uzbek language User Group* [2] as a Wikimedia User Group. It is a regional user group representing all Wikimedians who speak the Uzbek language, a Turkic language spoken in Uzbekistan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedistas de Uruguay

Thanks Mehman, I write you as member of Wikimedistas de Uruguay user group. We are very happy to continue participating of the movement. Regards!!! El lun, 14 de dic. de 2020 a la(s) 16:01, Mehman Ibragimov ( m.ibragimov@gmail.com) escribió: > Hi everyone! > > I'm very happy to announce that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedistas de Uruguay

Hi Mehman, Could you share a summary of what happened to turn Wikimedia Uruguay into a user group, please? Thanks, Mike > On 14 Dec 2020, at 18:49, Mehman Ibragimov wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized [1] > Wikimedistas de

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund"

Thanks Lisa, that's very reassuring. Again, I know there will be more info on the Knowledge Equity Fund in the > new year. I ask your patience for the folks initiating this and trust that > they will share more soon. > I look forward to hearing more from those folks in due course. There must be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Donations - show the editors you care?

Hi, I'd just like to revive the point made by Pelagic in the post that started this thread. I was just now once again presented with this banner wording, "Show the editors who bring you neutral and verified information that their work matters." I find this wording very offensive, as it implies

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund"

Hi all, Thanks for the questions. We intend to announce the Knowledge Equity Fund in early 2021, once we have a bit more details and specifics worked out. However, we can share the overall intention today. Some background: Our fiscal year runs from July through June, which means that the second

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund"

Hi Chris- I am happy to answer your questions about Tides. No, Tides is not picking the grantees. The docket of grantees and the specific of the grants comes from us. Tides provides legal and administrative review of the grants, approves them, and processes the grants(i.e. wires the funding

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund"

Hi Lisa, Isn’t this the oversight work that the WMF wanted to be able to do when it changed from Wikimedia affiliates being able to fundraise directly to the FDC process? Why has WMF chosen to outsource this to Tides rather than continuing to do it in-house? And why does Tides now get to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] December 16, 2020: Disinformation and Reliability of Sources in Wikipedia

Just a reminder that this Showcase will be happening on Wednesday. On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 11:22 AM Janna Layton wrote: > Hello, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, December > 16, at 9:30 AM PST/17:30 UTC, and will be on the theme of disinformation > and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund"

This is great to see. Thank you for helping to ensure continuity of support in a tense time. SJ On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:11 PM Lisa Gruwell wrote: > Hi Chris- > > I am happy to answer your questions about Tides. No, Tides is not picking > the grantees. The docket of grantees and the

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Meeting 18.12 19:30

Здравствуйте, коллеги! Мы с Дмитрием Жуковым будем 18.12 пролётом из Якутска в Москве, и поэтому хотелось бы провести собрание, на котором мы формально утвердим новый юридический адрес. Соответственно, я прошу прийти к 19:30 в новый офис Викимедиа РУ Москва, Улица Воздвиженка, д. 10, 3-й этаж,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund"

Hi Lisa, OK, so who in the Wikimedia movement is reviewing the funding applications and deciding where the money that Tides has been entrusted with gets spent? Thanks, Mike > On 14 Dec 2020, at 21:17, Lisa Gruwell wrote: > > Hi Mike- > > Thanks for the question. The review and oversight

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund"

Thanks Lisa, It makes total sense. Galder From: Wikimedia-l on behalf of Lisa Gruwell Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 6:53 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund" Hi all,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedistas de Uruguay

Congratulations, happy to see you turning back inside the community. Hugs, Camelia On Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 8:55 PM Esteban Zarate wrote: > Thanks Mehman, I write you as member of Wikimedistas de Uruguay user > group. We are very happy to continue participating of the movement. > Regards!!! > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF transfers $8.7 million to "Wikimedia Knowledge Equity Fund"

Hi Mike- Thanks for the question. The review and oversight that we will get from Tides is nothing like the FDC review. They will be looking at, for example, "Is this grant supporting activity that is legal for a 501c3 to fund?" It is in no way a replacement for the work that the FDC or the

[Wikimedia-l] WikiDonne User Group report Nov 2019 - Nov 2020

Hi everybody. Sorry for the delayed time, I just filled WikiDonne User Group report for the period November 2019 - November 2020, sending it to the Affiliates