[Gendergap] Fwd: Announcing the shutdown of the Ada Initiative

2015-08-04 Thread Carol Moore dc
They did great work. Assumedly more info on how long the website will be up and how to download materials will be forthcoming. Forwarded Message Subject:Announcing the shutdown of the Ada Initiative Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:48:23 -0400 (EDT) From: The Ada

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: Announcing the shutdown of the Ada Initiative

2015-08-04 Thread Risker
Wow. I can sympathize with the difficulty of the decision that the board of the Ada Initiative has had to make, but their reasoning is logical and understandable. They have certainly created an important legacy. I wish both Valerie and Mary very well in the future, and thank them for their

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: Announcing the shutdown of the Ada Initiative

2015-08-04 Thread Valerie Aurora
Hi all, Thanks for the kind words, Pine! When it comes to Wikimedia projects and the Ally Skills Workshops, I will be starting a for-profit consulting business doing the Ally Skills Workshops and would be quite happy to continue the Wikimedia admin training through that avenue if the community

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Social-media] Wikipedia and the Fashion Weeks: A Look at Usage Patterns

2015-08-04 Thread Pine W
I think there was at least one fashion week Wikipedia editathon in Europe a year or two ago. I wonder if anyone would be interested in having more of them, in Seattle or elsewhere. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Joe Sutherland jsutherl...@wikimedia.org Date: Aug 4, 2015 10:08

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: Announcing the shutdown of the Ada Initiative

2015-08-04 Thread Carol Moore dc
Yes, they'll be up. Yeah! On 4 August 2015 at 10:29, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net mailto:carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: They did great work. Assumedly more info on how long the website will be up and how to download materials will be forthcoming. Forwarded