Yes! I'm curious about doing that, and i think we'll get some good energy and honesty that way.
----- Jay Walsh Head of Communications wikimediafoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org t: @jansonw • 415.839.6885 x 609 On Jul 8, 2010, at 1:27 AM, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote: > hey Jay, > > thanks a lot for the heads up! Just one question: will the conversations only > be in English, or will you also be asking questions in mother tongue? (or > allow people to answer as they like). Combining the two, asking both to > answer in English and mother tongue, would give some interesting > opportunities when you want to roll something out on a more world wide level > - and it would allow people to more freely express what they feel without > having to translate in the mean while etc - which might limit them. > > best, > > lodewijk > > 2010/7/8 Jay Walsh <[email protected]> > Hi folks, > > For those who might not know me - I manage communications for the Foundation, > here for my third Wikimania! > > Some of you may be aware that the Wikimedia Foundation is undertaking a small > production here at Gdansk this year, largely to coincide with the presence of > so many of our project representatives from around the world. The intention > of this filming is to produce a bank of footage of our project participants, > and more specifically to produce a series of short videos that will help show > the faces and personalities behind our projects. Much photography and video > exists of our community, but this is the first time we're working to produce > something of significant, studio-style quality that everyone will be able to > use. We'll be asking some basic questions about how the projects work, > particularly Wikipedia, so we can have interesting perspectives and practical > knowledge - first hand from the contributors - to use for a variety of > purposes. > > The final videos will be CCBYSA, of course, and the timing of their release > (late August, early Sept) should help us with some major upcoming milestones, > specifically the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia, our next major fundraiser, > and efforts to both bring in new editors and to provide a short, simple, and > very good video that portrays some of the people behind our movement. We hope > the videos can also be subtitled and localized by and for chapters and other > groups interested in supporting the Wikimedia projects. > > Over the three days of Wikimania you might be approached by me or one of a > few staff or volunteers to share 10-15 mins of your time to tell us about > yourself and your involvement with the projects on camera. The questions > will be very simple - no special prep needed, just your honest answers and > enthusiasm. > > This is of course 100% voluntary, and because we're filming just off-site of > the main venue (we've set up a small studio at the adjacent Maritime Museum), > it will only involve those who wish to be filmed. This isn't a video project > focussed on Wikimania specifically, rather on the people of the projects, and > why and how you participate. A few other visiting video/media crews may be > shooting Wikimania itself (besides the many videographers amongst the > contributors), but this project is completely studio-based. Obviously if you > are not comfortable having your likeness, username/name, and nationality used > in a public work like this, it probably isn't something you would want to > participate in. The final videos will be hosted on Commons and other video > sites. > > Because we have limited time over three days, we won't be able to film > everyone, but we'll try to film as many as possible. We're trying to cover a > spectrum of people, projects, personalities, and nationalities. We'll shoot > mostly in English, but you'll be encouraged to add responses in native or > other languages as well. > > Jelly Helm, who was working with the Foundation at last year's Wikimania as > well, will be back to oversee and direct this production alongside the > Foundation. We're also working with a small film crew from Hamburg who has > done some work on the topic of Wikimedia's projects before. > > You can get a sense of the kind of production that we're envisioning by > seeing some of the earlier work Jelly has done with a non profit in the US > called Oregon Humanities: http://www.youtube.com/user/oregonhumanities# > > I'm really confident that the final videos and footage will be very good, and > highlight the people and passion of our projects. No one is better at > telling the story of why 'you' contribute than you - and without a doubt > (obviously!) Wikimedians know and speak about their movement better than > anyone else. > > The filming will take place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday starting at about > 11AM and running through 7 or 8 PM. If you'd like to participate you can > reach out to me off-list, or you'll probably meet or hear from me or some of > the other folks helping out with this project during Wikimania. Again, we > won't be able to film everyone, but we'll try to get lots. If this proves > successful we may try again next year as well - particularly for the big 10 > year anniversary. > > Please let me know if you have any questions! Thanks in advance for your > interest - hope to see you take part. > > Best, > jay > > > > -- > Jay Walsh > Head of Communications > WikimediaFoundation.org > blog.wikimedia.org > +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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