[Gendergap] Scholarships for Wikimania - Have you applied?

[Sarah Stierch]

Hi everyone,

*Have you applied for a scholarship to attend Wikimania?*
*
You should.* Just imagine: it takes 15 minutes of your time to apply. If 
all goes well you'll have your housing, travel and food covered for 4-5 
days in Washington DC at one of the most amazing experiences you will 
ever have in your Wiki-life, in an amazing city.


I'm going to get emo here:

Wikimania Haifa changed my life. And yes, that's cheesy, but it's true. 
Without Wikimania I wouldn't have met some of the amazing people I adore 
online, offline. I wouldn't have gained the confidence to apply for a 
Fellowship. I wouldn't have gotten to visit one of the most amazing 
places I had never been too. I would have never been able to feel like I 
truly mattered in the movement. And I have to say - no one parties like 
Wikimedians. Seriously. They know /how/ to party.


*Again, yeah, it's cheesy - but, seriously. Wikimania is pretty damn 
awesome. If you're worried about cost: we can help. If you're worried 
about not feeling you are worthy: you are. If you're worried about not 
filling out your application right: email me and I'll help.*


I want as many people to apply as possible. There is A LOT OF MONEY that 
is hoping to find the right person to help out.


http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships

Apply. Email me if I can help.  I want to see as many people from this 
list there. And remember /you don't have to be a Wikimedian/ to apply. 
But you can be into open source, tech, education, and related areas.


DO IT, DARNIT!

-Sarah



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Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: Re: [cultural-partners] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

[Béria Lima]

Yes Sarah, you can (and please, PLEASE do) cross post this. I put in pretty
much all the lists I'm on, but that exclude several lists, please announce
this as much as possible. :)
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On 1 February 2012 00:13, Sarah Stierch  wrote:

>  Assuming I can cross post this, as it's popped up on a few lists I'm on.
> Please see below - perhaps *you* should run for the board :)
>
> -Sarah
>
>  Original Message   Subject: Re: [cultural-partners] Call
> for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees  Date:
> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:09:57 -0200  From: Béria Lima 
>   Reply-To:
> Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination
>To: 
> Wikimedia
> Chapters cultural partners coordination 
> 
>
>
> cross posting
> _
> *Béria Lima*
> (351) 925 171 484
>
> *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
> livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
> construir esse sonho. *
>
>
> On 31 January 2012 22:05, Béria Lima  wrote:
>
>> The Wikimedia chapters are seeking to appoint two candidates to sit on
>> the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees for two years, starting 1 July
>> 2012. The two new members of the board will help to decide the future
>> direction of the world’s leading non-profit website. Wikimedia project are
>> constructed by hundreds of thousands of volunteers worldwide, supported by
>> a growing number of staff and an international network of chapters. Board
>> membership is unpaid.
>>
>> The chapters wish to appoint two excellent board members and believe this
>> can best be achieved by selecting from a large number of varied and skilled
>> candidates. Therefore, the chapters call for nominations by everyone who
>> believes they or someone they know would be suitable. The chapters ask that
>> this call for candidates be distributed as widely as possible through such
>> forums as mailing lists, village pumps, and blogs.
>>
>> The successful candidates will be committed to the Wikimedia mission and
>> willing and able to engage constructively with the stakeholders of the
>> movement, including the volunteers and the chapters that provide it with
>> essential support. The successful candidates will have:
>>
>>- The ability to provide expertise to the board in its goal of
>>implementing a coherent vision on how the projects’ communities, the
>>foundation, the chapters, and other affiliated groups work together;
>>
>>
>>- Sensitivity to complex issues surrounding the multiplicity of
>>languages, cultures, and jurisdictions served by the foundation’s 
>> projects;
>>
>>
>>- Knowledge and understanding of the governance of international
>>non-profit organizations, balancing autonomy and subsidiarity;
>>
>>
>>- The ability to think strategically and to work both as part of a
>>team and independently;
>>
>>
>>- A good standard of written and oral English (fluency in additional
>>language would be well regarded);
>>
>>
>>- Sufficient time to devote to the role of board member, and the
>>ability and willingness to travel.
>>
>> Increasing the geographical diversity of current board membership would
>> be an advantage.
>>
>> The selection process is set out 
>> here:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats
>>
>> Nominations must be sent to the moderator Béria Lima (Wikimedia Portugal)
>> and deputy moderators Milos Rancic (Wikimedia Serbia) and Mardetanha
>> (Wikimedia steward from Iran) by 23:59 UTC, 29 February. If you would like
>> to nominate yourself or someone else, please see the instructions here:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/2012/Nominate
>>
>> *Béria Lima*,
>> Moderator
>>
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[Gendergap] Fwd: Re: [cultural-partners] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

[Sarah Stierch]

Assuming I can cross post this, as it's popped up on a few lists I'm on. 
Please see below - perhaps /you/ should run for the board :)


-Sarah

 Original Message 
Subject: 	Re: [cultural-partners] Call for nominations: 
chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:09:57 -0200
From:   Béria Lima 
Reply-To: 	Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination 

To: 	Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination 





cross posting
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livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a 
construir esse sonho. /



On 31 January 2012 22:05, Béria Lima > wrote:


   The Wikimedia chapters are seeking to appoint two candidates to sit
   on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees for two years,
   starting 1 July 2012. The two new members of the board will help to
   decide the future direction of the world?s leading non-profit
   website. Wikimedia project are constructed by hundreds of thousands
   of volunteers worldwide, supported by a growing number of staff and
   an international network of chapters. Board membership is unpaid.

   The chapters wish to appoint two excellent board members and believe
   this can best be achieved by selecting from a large number of varied
   and skilled candidates. Therefore, the chapters call for nominations
   by everyone who believes they or someone they know would be
   suitable. The chapters ask that this call for candidates be
   distributed as widely as possible through such forums as mailing
   lists, village pumps, and blogs.

   The successful candidates will be committed to the Wikimedia mission
   and willing and able to engage constructively with the stakeholders
   of the movement, including the volunteers and the chapters that
   provide it with essential support. The successful candidates will have:

 * The ability to provide expertise to the board in its goal of
   implementing a coherent vision on how the projects? communities,
   the foundation, the chapters, and other affiliated groups work
   together;

 * Sensitivity to complex issues surrounding the multiplicity of
   languages, cultures, and jurisdictions served by the
   foundation?s projects;

 * Knowledge and understanding of the governance of international
   non-profit organizations, balancing autonomy and subsidiarity;

 * The ability to think strategically and to work both as part of a
   team and independently;

 * A good standard of written and oral English (fluency in
   additional language would be well regarded);

 * Sufficient time to devote to the role of board member, and the
   ability and willingness to travel.

   Increasing the geographical diversity of current board membership
   would be an advantage.

   The selection process is set out
   here:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats

   Nominations
   must be sent to the moderator Béria Lima (Wikimedia Portugal) and
   deputy moderators Milos Rancic (Wikimedia Serbia) and Mardetanha
   (Wikimedia steward from Iran) by 23:59 UTC, 29 February. If you
   would like to nominate yourself or someone else, please see the
   instructions here:
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/2012/Nominate

   /Béria Lima/,
   Moderator



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Re: [Gendergap] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

[Béria Lima]

Cross posting
_
*Béria Lima*
(351) 925 171 484

*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
construir esse sonho. *


On 31 January 2012 22:05, Béria Lima  wrote:

> The Wikimedia chapters are seeking to appoint two candidates to sit on the
> Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees for two years, starting 1 July
> 2012. The two new members of the board will help to decide the future
> direction of the world’s leading non-profit website. Wikimedia project are
> constructed by hundreds of thousands of volunteers worldwide, supported by
> a growing number of staff and an international network of chapters. Board
> membership is unpaid.
>
> The chapters wish to appoint two excellent board members and believe this
> can best be achieved by selecting from a large number of varied and skilled
> candidates. Therefore, the chapters call for nominations by everyone who
> believes they or someone they know would be suitable. The chapters ask that
> this call for candidates be distributed as widely as possible through such
> forums as mailing lists, village pumps, and blogs.
>
> The successful candidates will be committed to the Wikimedia mission and
> willing and able to engage constructively with the stakeholders of the
> movement, including the volunteers and the chapters that provide it with
> essential support. The successful candidates will have:
>
>- The ability to provide expertise to the board in its goal of
>implementing a coherent vision on how the projects’ communities, the
>foundation, the chapters, and other affiliated groups work together;
>
>
>- Sensitivity to complex issues surrounding the multiplicity of
>languages, cultures, and jurisdictions served by the foundation’s projects;
>
>
>- Knowledge and understanding of the governance of international
>non-profit organizations, balancing autonomy and subsidiarity;
>
>
>- The ability to think strategically and to work both as part of a
>team and independently;
>
>
>- A good standard of written and oral English (fluency in additional
>language would be well regarded);
>
>
>- Sufficient time to devote to the role of board member, and the
>ability and willingness to travel.
>
> Increasing the geographical diversity of current board membership would be
> an advantage.
>
> The selection process is set out 
> here:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats
>
> Nominations must be sent to the moderator Béria Lima (Wikimedia Portugal)
> and deputy moderators Milos Rancic (Wikimedia Serbia) and Mardetanha
> (Wikimedia steward from Iran) by 23:59 UTC, 29 February. If you would like
> to nominate yourself or someone else, please see the instructions here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/2012/Nominate
>
> *Béria Lima*,
> Moderator
>
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Re: [Gendergap] International Women's History Month

[Florence Devouard]

On 1/31/12 5:27 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:

Hi Caroline!

On 1/31/12 3:03 AM, Caroline Becker wrote:

Hi,

This is a great idea :) We can try to have a female-related article 
in the first page of wikipedias. (I've just asked for fr-wikipedia).


Glad you're excited - do you think Wikimedia France will sponsor the 
event perhaps? (Giveaways, funding) 


Wikimedia France has set a micro-grant system for its members.
It has rather been little used since it was created (6 requests approved).
If you need funding for a cake/drinks/whatever for such an event Caro, 
please do not hesitate to make such a request.


Flo


You know what would be cool - if we could also try to coordinate some 
translations of articles into other languages after or during the 
event. I've participated in events where the event was in Mexico, and 
we collaborated on Etherpad to write articles and translate them. It 
was really cool and a lot of good content came from it! But that's 
just an idea, for use now or to table for later!


You're lucky to have Women's History Month, in France we have 
"Women's Rights Day"', often translated in mass medias to "Woman's 
Day'" and, as women, we are always told the oh so funny joke "don't 
do the laundry today Leave it for tommorow". -_-"




Ugh, yes, I've heard jokes like that before regarding doing laundry. 
So let's turn that into "Do my laundry for me, we're editing 
Wikipedia!" :) I do know that Women's History Day is March 8, but the 
US and the UK decided to make it month long. It is called 
"International Women's Month," so I decided to say let's own it no 
matter where we are!


I'll try to involve feminist organizations in the Wikipedia edition, 
how writting women's history is a feminist act, etc. Anyone has the 
experience of dealing with teaching NPOV to polical organizations 
 and if it ends well ?


That sounds wonderful. I do know a few people who have worked with 
NPOV and political groups. [[User:Carolmooredc]] has recently put on 
an event that worked with advocacy groups and taught them how to edit 
neutrally. http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/One_day_training  The talk page 
also has her input from the recent event. I have no clue if this would 
be helpful, but it's a PowerPoint I presented to the Smithsonian 
Institution staff about NPOV and COI editing: 
http://www.slideshare.net/SarahStierch/sourcing-original-research-notability-conflict-of-interest-wikipedia-glam


I'm pretty sure that [[ User:Trizek]], [[User:Jean-Frédéric]], 
[[User:Remi_Mathis]] and [[ User:Serein]] have some experience as 
well. They're pretty active in GLAM and perhaps they have some French 
resources.


Even if we take this off list or develop something on Wiki, let me 
know how I can help! Thanks Caroline for carrying the French torch!


Sarah

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Re: [Gendergap] International Women's History Month

[Sarah Stierch]

Hi Caroline!

On 1/31/12 3:03 AM, Caroline Becker wrote:

Hi,

This is a great idea :) We can try to have a female-related article in 
the first page of wikipedias. (I've just asked for fr-wikipedia).


Glad you're excited - do you think Wikimedia France will sponsor the 
event perhaps? (Giveaways, funding) You know what would be cool - if we 
could also try to coordinate some translations of articles into other 
languages after or during the event. I've participated in events where 
the event was in Mexico, and we collaborated on Etherpad to write 
articles and translate them. It was really cool and a lot of good 
content came from it! But that's just an idea, for use now or to table 
for later!


You're lucky to have Women's History Month, in France we have "Women's 
Rights Day"', often translated in mass medias to "Woman's Day'" and, 
as women, we are always told the oh so funny joke "don't do the 
laundry today Leave it for tommorow". -_-"




Ugh, yes, I've heard jokes like that before regarding doing laundry. So 
let's turn that into "Do my laundry for me, we're editing Wikipedia!" :) 
I do know that Women's History Day is March 8, but the US and the UK 
decided to make it month long. It is called "International Women's 
Month," so I decided to say let's own it no matter where we are!


I'll try to involve feminist organizations in the Wikipedia edition, 
how writting women's history is a feminist act, etc. Anyone has the 
experience of dealing with teaching NPOV to polical organizations  and 
if it ends well ?


That sounds wonderful. I do know a few people who have worked with NPOV 
and political groups. [[User:Carolmooredc]] has recently put on an event 
that worked with advocacy groups and taught them how to edit neutrally. 
http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/One_day_training  The talk page also has her 
input from the recent event. I have no clue if this would be helpful, 
but it's a PowerPoint I presented to the Smithsonian Institution staff 
about NPOV and COI editing: 
http://www.slideshare.net/SarahStierch/sourcing-original-research-notability-conflict-of-interest-wikipedia-glam


I'm pretty sure that [[ User:Trizek]], [[User:Jean-Frédéric]], 
[[User:Remi_Mathis]] and [[ User:Serein]] have some experience as well. 
They're pretty active in GLAM and perhaps they have some French resources.


Even if we take this off list or develop something on Wiki, let me know 
how I can help! Thanks Caroline for carrying the French torch!


Sarah

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[Gendergap] San Francisco Bay Area! was Re: On Women's History Month

[Sarah Stierch]

Hi KS and Pete (and everyone else!),

Thanks Pete for sharing the Bookshelf. I know we still have a room to 
improve in regards to outreach "tips" about women, and I'm hoping we can 
develop something like that, very soon. While the event(s) don't have to 
be about GLAM, the GLAM WIKI outreach group (the group of Wikipedians 
who work with galleries, libraries, archives and museums) have developed 
a lot of great content:


http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Model_projects/GLAM_events

If you scroll down there is a section about edit-a-thons. Sadly, general 
parties and major events aren't really covered anywhere, but you might 
find some help from this page in general, depending on the level of an 
event you wish to put together.


I'd love to see more traction in the bay area, while I know things go 
on, it seems like not /enough/ goes on for the region and Wikipedia 
(there wasn't even a Wikipedia Day event!). KS - I also posted this to 
the SF Bay Area Wikimedian list, so perhaps that can provide a resource 
for getting people motivated. I'm probably going to send you a message 
off list to see how I can help :)


Thanks for volunteering, I can't wait to see something happen!

-Sarah


On 1/31/12 10:10 AM, Pete Forsyth wrote:


I think "outreach tool kit" could mean a lot of things, but maybe of 
use are the print materials listed at http://bookshelf.wikimedia.org 
(especially the "Welcome to Wikipedia" guide); and things like the 
latest annual report and the strategic plan. You could also probably 
get stickers, buttons, and other swaggy bits from the Wikimedia 
mothership.


Hope this helps -- if you want specific thoughts about how to make a 
request, maybe contact me offline. I may be out of town on the 8th, 
but if I'm back by then I'd love to pitch in for some kind of event.


-Pete


On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Karen Sue Rolph 
mailto:karenro...@hotmail.com>> wrote:


I would make a go of this in the San Francisco Bay Area if we
could get some traction going.  I'll check in with a couple groups
I know of, and see where they stand.  Do we have an outreach tool
kit ready that can be utilized, and if not, seems like an idea too?

KS Rolph

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Re: [Gendergap] On Women's History Month

[Pete Forsyth]

Hi Karen,

I think "outreach tool kit" could mean a lot of things, but maybe of use
are the print materials listed at
http://bookshelf.wikimedia.org(especially the "Welcome to Wikipedia"
guide); and things like the latest
annual report and the strategic plan. You could also probably get stickers,
buttons, and other swaggy bits from the Wikimedia mothership.

Hope this helps -- if you want specific thoughts about how to make a
request, maybe contact me offline. I may be out of town on the 8th, but if
I'm back by then I'd love to pitch in for some kind of event.

-Pete


On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Karen Sue Rolph wrote:

>  I would make a go of this in the San Francisco Bay Area if we could get
> some traction going.  I'll check in with a couple groups I know of, and see
> where they stand.  Do we have an outreach tool kit ready that can be
> utilized, and if not, seems like an idea too?
>
> KS Rolph
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[Gendergap] On Women's History Month

[Karen Sue Rolph]

I would make a go of this in the San Francisco Bay Area if we could get some 
traction going.  I'll check in with a couple groups I know of, and see where 
they stand.  Do we have an outreach tool kit ready that can be utilized, and if 
not, seems like an idea too?

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Re: [Gendergap] International Women's History Month

[Caroline Becker]

Hi,

This is a great idea :) We can try to have a female-related article in the
first page of wikipedias. (I've just asked for fr-wikipedia).

You're lucky to have Women's History Month, in France we have "Women's
Rights Day"', often translated in mass medias to "Woman's Day'" and, as
women, we are always told the oh so funny joke "don't do the laundry
today Leave it for tommorow". -_-"

I'll try to involve feminist organizations in the Wikipedia edition, how
writting women's history is a feminist act, etc. Anyone has the experience
of dealing with teaching NPOV to polical organizations  and if it ends well
?

Caroline


2012/1/31 Sarah Stierch 

>  Hi everyone,
>
> March 8th is International Women's History Day, however, in the US and UK
> we celebrate Women's History Month for the entire month! I'd like to know
> if anyone here, or anyone you know, will be hosting a Women's History
> editing event or event related to Wikimedia projects or women's outreach to
> celebrate.
>
> I'll be doing something in DC (date TBA) about women in science. I'm also
> hoping something can take place in Chile during GLAM-WIKI Santiago related
> to Chilean women's history.[2] There are also talks about doing something
> in NYC and Philadelphia.
>
> I'd love to see a number of events take place around the world - it can be
> as simple as an edit a thon with your friends at your house, or something
> more complex - working with a GLAM or related organizations.
>
> Please let me know if you have something planned, as I'll be developing a
> page on Wiki (not sure where yet) about it. And if you do not have
> something planned, please let me know how I can support you or help you
> plan something, even if I'm from afar! (Including swag, etc.). If you're
> concerned about funding something, there is always the option of applying
> for a WMF grant (i.e. if you want to buy a cake or something special!). I'd
> like to help anyway I can.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from my fellow gender gap-ers :)
>
> Sarah
>
>
> [1]http://nwhp.org/resourcecenter/whistoryday.php
> [2]http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Encuentro_GLAM-WIKI_Santiago_2012/en
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