Hi Christophe, Thanks for this information. It took me a few minutes to figure out what the American equivalent to this committee is; at first I thought this announcement was about a research committee. I think our equivalent is what we would call an advisory board. Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisory_board; does this look like a good description of what WMFR intends for its scientific committee? I ask partly because at this very moment I am working on Cascadia Wikimedia User Group's budget and goals documents, and it is helpful to know what experiments other movement organizations are doing as we think about how we want to move forward with the Cascadia group.
Thank you. (: Pine Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro* On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Christophe Henner < christophe.hen...@wikimedia.fr> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > First of all, I wish everyone a happy new year. > > Even if the first days of 2015 were tainted by violence, we also witnessed > people shouting how freedom is important. I hope 2015 will be at the image > of the latter. > > Now, to the announcement. > > As you might know, Wikimedia France is working hard at improving its > governance. A gap we identified month ago was that we lacked external point > of views regarding our activities. > > In order to fix that, we created a scientific committee. This committee is > a test, it doesn't exist in our bylaws. So, in 2015, we're trying this out > to see if it can help us better do our work. > > This first committee is chaired by Rémi Mathis, my awesome and wonderful > predecessor. It has 8 members, including Rémi : > > - *Dominique Cardon*, sociologist at Orange Labs laboratory and > associate professor at Marne-la-Vallée university ( > http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Cardon) > - *Camille François*, Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for > Internet and Society > - *Laurent Le Bon*, Chief curator, director of Picasso-Paris national > musuem (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Le_Bon) > - *Frédéric Martel*, journalist, writer and producer at France Culture > (French public radio) ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Martel) > - *Rémi Mathis*, former Wikimédia France chair, historian, curator ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9mi_Mathis) > - *Louise Merzeau*, associate professor at Paris Ouest university in > information sciences (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Merzeau) > - *Henri Verdier*, Etalab director , Chief Data Officer for France ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Verdier) > - *Cédric Villani*, mathématician, Fields Medalist ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9dric_Villani) > > > Those 8 persons will meet for the first time this week to better understand > what Wikimedia is. For the coming year, we will ask their inputs and > opinions on what we're doing and planning to do for free knowledge. > > As said earlier, this is a test. We will try to share as much as we can our > feedback on how it goes and if it's useful for Wikimedia France. > > The announcement in french is available on our blog : > > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/wikimedia-france-cree-son-conseil-scientifique-7059 > > If you have any question feel free to ask here or to Rémi and I off-list. > > All the best, > > Christophe HENNER | Président > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > › Mail : christophe.hen...@wikimedia.fr > › Mobile : +33(0)6 50 66 47 39 > › Tel : +33(0)5 62 89 12 01 > › Twitter : @schiste > ----------------------------------------------------- > Wikimédia France | Association pour le libre partage de la connaissance | > Visitez notre blog http://blog.wikimedia.fr > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
