I agree. Working with other volunteer organizations would certainly be useful as well. If you have some examples of volunteer organizations that I could provide as examples, I think it'd be helpful to add them on the landing page for the campaign so folks are aware of who they can consider reaching out to.
- Chris Chris "Jethro" Schilling I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)> Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 5:46 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi, > There are all kinds of organisation like the WMF working on their own > little niche. This proposal firmly concentrates on the "official" knowledge > organisations. My experience is that they are as committed as we are to > bring quality information to the world. > > So far we absolutely refuse to acknowledge them for the work that they do. > There are plenty of examples where we do not connect. Would connecting to > other volunteer organisations with the goal to mutually bring our content > to a higher level of quality be considered? > Thanks, > GerardM > > > > On 31 January 2017 at 12:20, Chris "Jethro" Schilling < > cschill...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am pleased to announce the launch of the fourth Inspire Campaign for > > IdeaLab, focused on outreach to outside knowledge networks: > > > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire> > > > > There is tremendous potential in cooperative work between Wikimedia > > contributors and entities such as libraries (and other GLAM > > institutions[1]), cultural centers, content experts, and other sources of > > information. Such outreach can lead to rewarding collaborative efforts > > that, among many benefits, helps us create and offer better quality > content > > to readers. > > > > All types of proposals are welcome - research projects, software > > development, and naturally for this campaign, community organizing and > > outreach. Wikimedia Foundation staff are also invited to advise on ideas > > they can offer support and guidance on. Project Grants[2] and Rapid > > Grants[3] are available for projects developed during this campaign that > > need financial support. For ideas that do not require funding, I am > happy > > to provide general guidance on projects on how to bring your idea to > > action. The campaign runs until 28 February. > > > > If you're interested in doing some outreach work to an institution, > > organization, or group in your area, or want to help with an existing > > outreach project, I encourage you to check out the submissions of this > > campaign! > > > > With thanks, > > > > Jethro > > > > [1] <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM> > > [2] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> > > [3] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid> > > > > Chris "Jethro" Schilling > > I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)> > > Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation > > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: 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 > New messages to: 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 New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
