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

2015-08-06 Thread Valerie Aurora
Our MySQL process died briefly. It should be working now. Please be reassured that our materials are available and properly licensed. We've had these materials licensed CC BY-SA and up on our web page for literally years. The license information is inside each document. If you have any more

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

2015-08-05 Thread Pine W
Hi Val, Would it be possible for Ada to copy many of its materials to Wikisource, where hopefully they can be reused indefinitely? I have some other options in mind that could also work depending on the licensing. Pine On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Valerie Aurora vale...@adainitiative.org

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

2015-08-05 Thread Valerie Aurora
They will continue to be hosted on our web site indefinitely, and the licenses are all CC BY-SA so you may also copy them to Wikisource if you would like. -VAL On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Val, Would it be possible for Ada to copy many of its materials

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

2015-08-05 Thread Pine W
OK. I'm getting database errors from several web pages like https://adainitiative.org/what-we-do/workshops-and-training/ Also, is the CC BY SA license noted somewhere? I just see © 2011–2015 Ada Initiative on the bottom of the homepage. Thanks! Pine On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Valerie

[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

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