[Wikimedia-l] Re: Take Action for Truth during the 30th Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi Commemoration

2024-04-11 Thread fjmustak
Dear Derrick, I salute you for keeping the memory of the atrocious genocide against the Tutsi alive: a genocide that went on while the world silently observed and trivialized; a true blotch on the history of humanity, among many others. While some might say the Wikimedia movement is not a place

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Draft Annual Plan & Request for Input

2024-04-11 Thread Maryana Iskander
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Joint Statement on Palestine

2024-04-11 Thread Saqib Qayyum
Seriously? While hailing from Pakistan might suggest an automatic alignment with such a letter, and I do have all my sympathies for Palestinians but it's crucial to recognize that Wikipedia, and even WMF are intended to remain impartial. I believe supporting or denouncing political issues is not

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana

2024-04-11 Thread Mahuton Possoupe
Welcome Botswana! On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 2:57 AM Mamadou Oury Sow wrote: > Félicitations > > Sent from Outlook for iOS > -- > *From:* Levi Kambai Timothy > *Sent:* Saturday, April 6, 2024 3:17:43 PM > *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Niger

2024-04-11 Thread Mahuton Possoupe
Félicitations et bienvenue à la communauté du Niger ! On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 6:00 PM wikimedia Bénin user group < wikimediens.be...@gmail.com> wrote: > Toutes mes félicitations pour ce que vous avez accompli et surtout ce que > vous accomplirez > Bon courage à tous et toutes > Mermoze Adodo > >

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Dicussing the future of budget planning and funds distribution in the Wikiverse

2024-04-11 Thread Yael Weissburg
Thank you for sharing this here, Philip. It's been very encouraging to have these conversations together. As you know, I think the participatory vision laid out by the CEE Hub would help us shift in the direction of greater subsidiarity, enabling professional movement structures like Hubs to

[Wikimedia-l] Dicussing the future of budget planning and funds distribution in the Wikiverse

2024-04-11 Thread Philip Kopetzky
Dear all, over the last few weeks there have been many ongoing conversations about the current state of funds distribution in the Wikiverse and what a process built on subsidiarity and a more open planning phase could look like. The CEE Hub has been having discussions with the Wikimedia

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Joint Statement on Palestine

2024-04-11 Thread geni
On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 at 17:45, Shaba 50 wrote: > > Greetings Farah and fellow Wikimedians, > > I am writing to express my support for the Joint Statement on Palestine. I am > deeply concerned about the humanitarian catastrophe in Palestine and believe > that Wikimedia groups, affiliates, allies,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Joint Statement on Palestine

2024-04-11 Thread Shaba 50
Greetings Farah and fellow Wikimedians, I am writing to express my support for the Joint Statement on Palestine. I am deeply concerned about the humanitarian catastrophe in Palestine and believe that Wikimedia groups, affiliates, allies, and volunteers should unite in solidarity with humanity and

[Wikimedia-l] Joint Statement on Palestine

2024-04-11 Thread Farah Jack Mustaklem
Dear fellow Wikimedians, On the 7th of April, a joint statement was published by Wikimedia groups, ally organization, and individual Wikimedians expressing concern over the humanitarian catastrophe in Palestine. The statement calls on "all Wikimedia groups, affiliates, allies, and volunteers to

[Wikimedia-l] You are invited to the conversation hour with Community Resilience and Sustainability

2024-04-11 Thread Jackie Koerner
Hi all, You are invited to the quarterly Conversation hour led by Maggie Dennis, Vice President of Community Resilience and Sustainability, on 30 April 2024 at 18:00 UTC

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia UK 2023-24 annual impact report

2024-04-11 Thread Daria Cybulska
Dear all, Wikimedia UK recently published its impact report for 2023 - you can read it here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Wikimedia_UK_-_Funding_request_for_1st_February_2023_-_31st_January_2025/Yearly_Report_(2023) There were quite a few learning