Good morning, Thanks very much to those of you who voted. Congrats to Gabe Fishman, who will be our representative at the Berlin meeting. Thanks also to Abhishek for volunteering.
Hope to see you all at our #Wikipedia15 meetup/celebration on Saturday! You can RSVP at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15/Events/Boston#Sign_up http://www.meetup.com/wikipedia-5/events/227634518/ https://www.facebook.com/events/486749654831344/ best, Maia On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:58 PM, Maia Weinstock <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We have two volunteers to represent the New England Wikimedians at the > 2016 Wikimedia Conference: Gabe and Abhishek. We can only send one > representative, so please take a moment to read their information and then > weigh in at the Google survey below with your recommendation as to who > should represent us in Berlin. > > Note: To vote, we request that you have demonstrated some activity with > our group within the past four (4) years, either in person or online, and > that the New England Wikimedians is your primary local Wikimedia > affiliation. For your vote to be counted, you must respond to the survey > with both your real name and your Wikimedia username. Names will not be > used for anything beyond tallying for this survey. > > *Candidates:* > > Gabriel Fishman > User:GabrielF <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GabrielF> > > I began volunteering on Wikimedia projects in 2004, and, since that time, > I've contributed by writing articles, providing academic sources for other > editors, assisting with college classes, and working on software > development. I'd like to travel to the Wikimedia conference to learn more > about how we can grow the Wikimedia New England group and to learn more > about Wikimedia Germany's software development efforts, particularly > Wikidata. > > Abhishek Suryawanshi > User:AbhiSuryawanshi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AbhiSuryawanshi> > > I will be in the Cambridge area for next two years. This Wikimedia > Conference will help me to understand other chapter/user-group efforts and > programs. I can learn from them and it will enable me to execute our > programs at a better level. > > *Take the survey: * > > http://goo.gl/forms/8HVx2GR5mk > > Votes will be collected through Wednesday, January 13. Please let me know > if you have any questions! > > thanks, > Maia (user:Girona7) > > > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Maia Weinstock <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> The New England Wikimedians user group has been cleared to send a >> representative to the 2016 Wikimedia Conference >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016> taking place >> in April 22-24 in Berlin, Germany. The person who would go on our behalf >> would receive travel funding, including flight and accommodations during >> the conference. (We are in Group 2 of the specific funding guidelines >> here >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Travel_and_Hotel> >> .) >> >> We are looking for a volunteer to represent the NE Wikimedians at this >> event. If you are interested, please email me by 11:59 pm on Sunday, Jan >> 10. Include your name, Wikipedia username, and a 1-2 sentence statement >> explaining why you'd like to go. I will announce candidates on Monday, and >> we as a group will need to vote on who to send by Thurs., Jan. 14 (info on >> the mechanism for voting will be given at that time). >> >> Eligibility: All those who have demonstrated that they are a member of >> our group in some way within the past two years, whether attending group >> meetings, participating in edit-a-thons, taking part in relevant activity >> on the Wikimedia platforms, or similar. Not sure if you qualify? Apply >> anyway! >> >> cheers, >> Maia (user:Girona7) >> >> Co-leader, New England Wikimedians >> >> >> >
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