[Gendergap] Sarah Stierch on Huffington Post! On why women should care about SOPA and PIPA.
Subject line says it all. That's right, on the day that the most widely-read original content site on the Internet went black in protest of the SOPA and PIPA bills, Sarah went to the *second* most widely-read original content site [1] to talk about it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-stierch/sopa-blackout_b_1213149.html Great post, Sarah! -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] [1] Fact-check that, please? ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Call for Participation - Wikimania 2012
Hi everyone! See below - Wikimania 2012's Call for Participation is now open. I do hope to see lots of great quality papers, presentations, round tables and more about gender and systemtic bias! -Sarah Originele bericht Onderwerp: [Wikimania-l] Call for Participation - Wikimania 2012 Datum: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:07:16 -0500 Van:Tiffany Smith tiffany.lmb.sm...@gmail.com Antwoord-naar: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org Aan: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi all, We're happy to announce that the Call for Participation for Wikimania 2012 is open! During this time of reflection, please take a few minutes to consider what topics you've been thinking about most and how you'd be willing to share what you know with the worldwide Wiki community. The two most important dates to keep in mind - outside of July 12-14 - are as follows: Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 March 2012 Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2012 To submit a proposal, visit http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions. If you'd like to forward this message to other mailing lists or for broader distribution (please do!), please use the Call for Participation included below my signature line. Thanks so much for your consideration, and, on behalf of the Program Committee, we look forward to reviewing your proposals and seeing you in Washington. Best, Tiffany Tiffany Smith Program Committee Chair, Wikimania 2012 tiffany.lmb.sm...@gmail.com -- Call for Participation - Wikimania 2012 To submit a proposal, visit:http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions Important Dates Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 March 2012 Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2012 Overview Wikimania conferences provide unique opportunities for the wiki community and its sister projects (including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikispecies, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikimedia) to come together, share their common goals, and develop better ways to work together on an international level. The Wikimania 2012 program structure is designed to create multiple opportunities for conference participants to actively engage with the subject matter, the environment, and, most importantly, each other. Washington, D.C, can play an important role in Wikimania 2012 as a locale that gathers interest in government, culture, media, and academia around the general goals of the Wikimania conference series. In accordance with these goals and themes, the program will include traditional conference offerings such as paper presentations, tutorials, panels, and poster sessions; provide lounge space and breaks throughout for participants to gather; and innovate with an unconference day for attendees to design their own schedule and participation around common interests. Submissions will be reviewed and selected in advance by the program committee. Attendees are welcome to present in the open space track of the conference, regardless of whether their submitted presentations were accepted. The eigth annual Wikimania will be held between 12th and 14th July, 2012 in Washington D.C. For more information, please visit the main site. Presentation length Due to the extensive amount of program submissions received in the previous years, we request your presentation be a maximum of 25 minutes, including time for questions. You may request more time, though shorter individual presentations are more likely to be accepted. This does not apply for keynote speakers, panels, or workshops. 70 minute presentations must be submitted either as panel presentations to include at least three presenters or as workshops with a clear lesson plan. Tracks Tracks are used by Wikimania to organize submissions and diversify audiences so that presentations of competing interest do not have time conflicts. Five tracks are proposed: Wikis and the Public Sector The Washington, DC, location for Wikimania 2012 provides a special opportunity for those working in the social good, policy, government, nonprofit, and disaster response arenas to share their experience with collaboration on a local, national, or international level. Wikis and complementary technologies are proving to be critical in times of crisis and in ongoing work with citizen participation in government, as well as in long-term goals for education, public policy, social entrepreneurship, and development in the global south and throughout the world. This track will explore the ways that Wikimedia projects and related activities can be used to support citizens worldwide. GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums This track aims to support current outreach to Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums and build enthusiasm for continued work in this area. Presentations and panels will demonstrate effective outreach techniques and results from
Re: [Gendergap] Sarah Stierch on Huffington Post! On why women should care about SOPA and PIPA.
Yes, well said and well written. Congrats on this WP-less day. Christine Meyer User:Figureskatingfan On Jan 18, 2012 11:37 AM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: Subject line says it all. That's right, on the day that the most widely-read original content site on the Internet went black in protest of the SOPA and PIPA bills, Sarah went to the *second* most widely-read original content site [1] to talk about it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-stierch/sopa-blackout_b_1213149.html Great post, Sarah! -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] [1] Fact-check that, please? ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
[Gendergap] Fwd: Ada Initiative linux.conf.au 2012 talk streaming live at 0220 UTC Jan 19
FYI, please see below!!! -Sarah Original Message Subject: Ada Initiative linux.conf.au 2012 talk streaming live at 0220 UTC Jan 19 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:24:05 +1100 From: Mary Gardiner m...@adainitiative.org To: support...@lists.adainitiative.org Valerie and I will be speaking about Women in open technology and culture worldwide http://lca2012.linux.org.au/schedule/116/view_talk?day=thursday at linux.conf.au http://linux.conf.au 2012 today, surveying women in open technology and culture initiatives. Tech willing, this talk will stream live at view.streamti.me/caro http://view.streamti.me/caro at 0220 UTC. (See this event time in your local time. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Ada+Initiative+linux.conf.au+talkiso=20120119T1320p1=435am=50) Join us from whereever you are in the world. We recommend joining the stream a few minutes early to give the video time to sync. If you miss out on the live stream, a recorded version of the talk will likely be available in a few weeks, and we will share the video when it is available. -Mary ___ Supporters mailing list support...@lists.adainitiative.org http://lists.adainitiative.org/listinfo.cgi/supporters-adainitiative.org ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] Sarah Stierch on Huffington Post! On why women should care about SOPA and PIPA.
Excellent article, Sarah! On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Christine Meyer christinewme...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, well said and well written. Congrats on this WP-less day. Christine Meyer User:Figureskatingfan On Jan 18, 2012 11:37 AM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: Subject line says it all. That's right, on the day that the most widely-read original content site on the Internet went black in protest of the SOPA and PIPA bills, Sarah went to the *second* most widely-read original content site [1] to talk about it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-stierch/sopa-blackout_b_1213149.html Great post, Sarah! -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] [1] Fact-check that, please? ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Call for Participation - Wikimania 2012
I agree that gender gap issue should be a topic in Wikimania 2012, it is nice to have women Wikichix lunch but we should do more. I intend to offer presentation about the effort in Israel to recruit women editors to Wikipedia Hana 2012/1/18 Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com Hi everyone! See below - Wikimania 2012's Call for Participation is now open. I do hope to see lots of great quality papers, presentations, round tables and more about gender and systemtic bias! -Sarah Originele bericht Onderwerp: [Wikimania-l] Call for Participation - Wikimania 2012 Datum: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:07:16 -0500 Van: Tiffany Smith tiffany.lmb.sm...@gmail.com tiffany.lmb.sm...@gmail.com Antwoord-naar: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org Aan: Wikimania general list (open subscription) wikimani...@lists.wikimedia.orgwikimani...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi all, We're happy to announce that the Call for Participation for Wikimania 2012 is open! During this time of reflection, please take a few minutes to consider what topics you've been thinking about most and how you'd be willing to share what you know with the worldwide Wiki community. The two most important dates to keep in mind - outside of July 12-14 - are as follows: Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 March 2012 Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2012 To submit a proposal, visithttp://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions. If you'd like to forward this message to other mailing lists or for broader distribution (please do!), please use the Call for Participation included below my signature line. Thanks so much for your consideration, and, on behalf of the Program Committee, we look forward to reviewing your proposals and seeing you in Washington. Best, Tiffany Tiffany Smith Program Committee Chair, Wikimania 2012tiffany.lmb.sm...@gmail.com -- Call for Participation - Wikimania 2012 To submit a proposal, visit: http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions Important Dates Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 March 2012 Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2012 Overview Wikimania conferences provide unique opportunities for the wiki community and its sister projects (including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikispecies, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikimedia) to come together, share their common goals, and develop better ways to work together on an international level. The Wikimania 2012 program structure is designed to create multiple opportunities for conference participants to actively engage with the subject matter, the environment, and, most importantly, each other. Washington, D.C, can play an important role in Wikimania 2012 as a locale that gathers interest in government, culture, media, and academia around the general goals of the Wikimania conference series. In accordance with these goals and themes, the program will include traditional conference offerings such as paper presentations, tutorials, panels, and poster sessions; provide lounge space and breaks throughout for participants to gather; and innovate with an unconference day for attendees to design their own schedule and participation around common interests. Submissions will be reviewed and selected in advance by the program committee. Attendees are welcome to present in the open space track of the conference, regardless of whether their submitted presentations were accepted. The eigth annual Wikimania will be held between 12th and 14th July, 2012 in Washington D.C. For more information, please visit the main site. Presentation length Due to the extensive amount of program submissions received in the previous years, we request your presentation be a maximum of 25 minutes, including time for questions. You may request more time, though shorter individual presentations are more likely to be accepted. This does not apply for keynote speakers, panels, or workshops. 70 minute presentations must be submitted either as panel presentations to include at least three presenters or as workshops with a clear lesson plan. Tracks Tracks are used by Wikimania to organize submissions and diversify audiences so that presentations of competing interest do not have time conflicts. Five tracks are proposed: Wikis and the Public Sector The Washington, DC, location for Wikimania 2012 provides a special opportunity for those working in the social good, policy, government, nonprofit, and disaster response arenas to share their experience with collaboration on a local, national, or international level. Wikis and complementary technologies are proving to be critical in times of crisis and in ongoing work with citizen participation in government, as well as in long-term goals for education, public policy, social entrepreneurship, and development in the global south and throughout the
