Hi Shani, Re: Please contact me if...
I work for the Foundation as a programmer. I've also run a editathon before. Although I'm not sure how much time I'll have to devote to volunteer activities, I'd be interested in hearing more. Cheers, Marielle On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 1:36 AM Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear WikiProject Medicine enthusiasts & friends, > > It's been a while since we last updated the list about what we've been up > to this year (sorry about that -- it's on our list of improvements for > next year). > > As we are wrapping up 2018, we thought you might appreciate an update > with some highlights, so below is a report on: > * *Summary of 2018* > * *Renewing membership for 2019* - for all members, *by Jan 31, 2019*! > * *Upcoming board election -* during February & March 2019! > ** Getting involved!* > > Yes, it's a bit long, but worth the read, and we do hope that it will > inspire more of you to get more involved in the coming year. > > Wishing you and your families a happy, fruitful and joyous 2019! > > Yours, > > Shani Evenstein Sigalov > Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > *==What did we achieve in 2018?==* > 2018 has been extremely busy - > * We continued to *collaborate with like-minded organizations*, like > Cochrane, Translators Without Boarders, The World Health Organization > (WHO), The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and Osmosis, to name > a few. > * We have continued our *collaborations with Universities *around the > world, where Medical students wrote medical-related articles as part of > their academic curriculum. > * Around *60 new members,* who share our passion to make high-quality > medical information available to the world, joined us. > * We *participated in conferences* and *published academic peer-reviewed > articles in *respected journals. > * We have further *developed our Offline Medical Wikipedia App*. > * *Internet-in-a-box became smaller and smarter! * We've continued to spread > the word about it and send it to various places around the world. > * We've been working on *an annual plan for 2019* for the first time. It > will soon be released and you'll be invited to help us make it a reality. > * And -- *we've applied to become a Thematic Organization > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Application>* (instead > of a user group). > > To read more about each of these, *please check out our 2018 report draft > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMMED/Reports/2018> *and *add your > activities to it by Jan 15th*. We know we didn't cover everything that's > happened this year, so please help us complete the report. > > *==Membership Renewal==* > Till now, membership was not limited by time, i.e. members who applied > were not given information about how long their membership is for. As our > organization grows and evolves, we need to be able to track our members > more closely. To that end, the board has decided to slightly edit the > membership requirement, and include that *membership will be for a > maximum of 2 years*, after which members will be asked to renew their > membership. > Consequently, we will be starting to track our members this way as of Jan > 2019, and membership in this round will last till December 2020, after > which we will ask members to renew their membership. > So -- *whether you are currently a member or not, please fill out our > updated membership form > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfP1MvuBmtCkqT7i5qYyIm0jspEL2wE440hWSD9tWLmMTFNKA/viewform>, > to ensure your membership till the end of 2020. * > > *Please note -- We ask that you fill out the form by Jan 31st, as we are > close to elections and only members can nominate themselves and vote!* > > *==Board elections == * > Our previous elections were in *Jan 2017 for a 2 years term*, where a > board of 12 people was nominated and elected. Due to the international > nature of our group, that board have had various difficulties operating and > at the end of 2017 it was decided to down-sizing the number of board > members from 12 to 7. In addition, on Jan 2018, 3 new board members joined > us, replacing departing board members. Thus, as of Jan 2018, the board > composition has been: > > 1. *Chair and Membership Admin*: Shani Evenstein (elected on Jan 2017) > 2. *Secretary*: Doug Taylor, M.A. (Cantab) (elected on Jan 2017) > 3. Daniel Mietchen, Ph.D. (elected on Jan 2017) > 4. Carl Fredrik Sjöland (elected on Jan 2017) > 5. Jennifer Dawson, Ph.D. (from Jan 2018) > 6. Sam Zidovetski (from Jan 2018) > 7. Indira Gowda (from Jan 2018) > > > These ended up being positive changes for the board and 2018 has been a > much better year in terms of board stability - we have been working more > closely, meeting almost monthly throughout the year. On October 2018 > Indira notified us that she cannot continue her role as board member, so we > are currently 6 members. We have not added a new board member as we knew > elections are close by. > > One decision we made regarding the coming elections is that we'd like to > keep the number of board members as 7, but *for a period of 3 years*, > rather than 2. We also decided to *split the elections, to ensure some > continuity in the board*. Building on the fact that we've had 4 board > members voted for 2 years from Jan 2017 and 2 board members joining us in > Jan 2018, we've decided to split the elections as follows: *5 board > member seats (4 from Jan 2017 + Indira's seat) will become available in the > coming elections, for a period of 3 years.* As Jennifer and Sam joined a > year later, they will continue as board members till the end of 2019 and > *their > seats will be up for re-election at the end of 2019 for a period of 3 > years. * > > *Below is the timeline for the new board elections: * > *Phase 1: 5 board members, till March 2022. * > * By Jan 2019 - Membership renewal > * Feb 3 - March 2 2019 - Nominations > * March 11 - March 24 2019 - Voting for 5 seats on the board > * March 26 - *Announcement of the 5 new board members. * > *Phase 2: 2 board members, till December 2022. * > * November 1 - November 30 2019 - Nominations > * December 1 - December 15 2019 - Voting > * End of December 2019 - *Announcement of the 2 new board members. * > > *Please note *-- only WPMedF members can nominate themselves for the > board and only WPMedF members can vote during the election, so please be > sure to *renew your membership*! > More details about the nominations will be sent out at the beginning of > Feb. > > *==Get involved!==* > Finally, we have be working on a yearly plan for 2019, but can already say > that one of our goals for this coming year is to involve more people from > our community, i.e. members of the user group who are not members of the > board, in our activities. In other words -- *you don't need to be on the > board to be involved*, and we need help from as many people as possible! > > We are looking for people who are either interested in getting involved > with specific tasks, or have specific skills the board recognized as ones > that could be helpful to the advancement of the organization in the > coming year. > > *Please contact me if you'd like to get involved with - * > * Running medical-related educational collaborations > * Running medical-related edit-a-thons > * Facilitating collaborations with a like-minded organization > * Presenting in relevant conferences > * Selling Internet-in-a-Box locally > * Helping map Wikidata items with Mix'n'match > > *Please also contact me if you have one or more of these skills - * > * Programming, writing Wiki Tools, Wiki bots or generating statistics of > specific pages across different languages. > * Fundraising experience > * Accounting experience (and in the US) > > *That's it for this time. Happy 2019, everyone!* > > Cheers, > Shani. > > ----------------------------------------------- > *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* > EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School > of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. > PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. > Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. > Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>. > Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>. > Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society > <http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>. > Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>. > *+972-525640648* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list > Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine >
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