I thought that this is open to anyone, regardless of where they live, as long as they fulfill the requirements.
Bejinhan On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Peter Coombe <[email protected]>wrote: > On 22 July 2010 20:15, Sage Ross > <[email protected]<ragesoss%[email protected]>> > wrote: > > The Wikimedia Foundation is now recruiting Online Ambassadors for the > > Public Policy Initiative. (The Initiative is a new program in which > > university students will contribute meaningful work to Wikipedia as > > part of their classes -- but we need a corps of Wikipedia Ambassadors > > to help professors and students throughout the semester and to lay the > > groundwork for new, more effective, and more systematic ways of > > helping new users.) > > > > We are finalizing a list of Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors who will be > > available in person on the college campuses, but we also want > > Wikipedia Online Ambassadors who can coordinate with professors and > > assist students via email, on the wiki, and on IRC. > > > > We need experienced Wikipedians with a track record of helping newbies > > who will be able to commit at least 2 hours per week in the fall > > semester to join. We want the Online Ambassadors program to be > > something that continues on and expands after the Public Policy > > Initiative concludes, as a more systematic way to help new users and > > put Wikipedia's friendliest face forward. So the idea is to develop a > > community, and best practices, for focused welcoming of new editors, > > especially students assigned to edit. > > > > If you're interested, please visit our Online Ambassadors page for > > more details on the position and how to apply: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Policy/Online_Ambassadors > > > > You haven't mentioned it, but I guess this is only open to people in the > US? > > Pete / the wub > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
