[Gendergap] Please join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15)

2017-03-15 Thread Nicole Ebber
apologies for cross-posting


Dear Wikimedians,

If you are a representative of an Affiliate, committee, or other
organized group in the Wikimedia Movement, please read this email
carefully and forward it to your peers.

I am writing you today in my role as the Movement Strategy Lead for
organized groups (Track A), and would like to encourage you to
actively participate in Wikimedia’s movement strategy process.
Together with you, we would like to find answers to the question “What
do we want to build or achieve together over the next 15 years?”
https://2030.wikimedia.org is the universal start page to the strategy
portal on Meta.

== This is our time! ==
This is the time many of us have been waiting for for years. I would
love to see each and every one of you make your voice heard and take
the chance to shape the future of our movement together.

== Timeline and process ==
The timeline up to Wikimania 2017 is organized in 3 consecutive
discussion cycles that are designed to explore, cluster and sharpen
the strategic direction and define 3-5 focus areas for the movement.
After Wikimania, we will discuss the movement structure, roles, as
well as 3-5-year goals and starting in 2018, organizations will
incorporate the findings into their strategic and annual planning.

Today, we are kicking off cycle 1 which is running until 15 April.
Organized groups will find all relevant information on the Meta page
for Track A.[1]

== Get involved! ==
Last week I reached out to all Chairs and EDs of Affiliates as well as
to active members of other organized groups and committees. While I
have heard from many, I would like to remind everyone to appoint a
discussion coordinator for your group that will act as the linker to
the strategy process.[2][3][4]

As an organized Group, you can invite all your stakeholders to join
your conversation: Board and staff members, members, external partners
and allies as well as members of your communities. Track A is closely
connected to Track B (Individual Contributors)[5], as many organized
Groups have close bonds with their local or thematic communities. We
encourage Track A and Track B coordinators to sync on their plans.

Your conversations can happen on- and offline. To host a conversation,
please read the discussion guide[6] that provides material to prepare,
conduct and document each conversation in each format. Before you and
your peers enter the conversation, please make yourself familiar with
the briefing[7] which provides a high-level overview of what we know
about the future and about our movement today.

I also look forward to seeing many of you at the Wikimedia Conference
in Berlin where we will discuss our future, generate thematic
statements, identify keywords and create thematic clusters of our
ideas. The rough outline of the program will be adjusted in the coming
days.[8]

Let’s make this happen! Please reach out to me with any question or
feedback you might have.

Sincerely,
Nicole


[1] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_A
[2] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_Coordinator_Role
[3] Sign-up to become a Discussion Coordinator here:
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.de/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyzOcB9FmgWWrenoe0RnCyXo6F9YZyustrmsrD0g0zTRr2Cg/viewform
[4] Overview of organized groups’ discussions
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Outreach/List
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_B
[6] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_guide
[7] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Process/Briefing
[8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017

-- 
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Adviser International Relations
Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups

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Re: [Gendergap] Need help - German/English WikiWomen's Collab post

2014-10-12 Thread Nicole Ebber
happy to help. :)

On 12 October 2014 17:27, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi -

 I need some help! I'm hoping a German participant on this list can translate
 a Facebook post and a Tweet for me so I can promote a German edit-a-thon in
 English and German. Please contact me off list if you can!

 If you offer translation in other languages please let me know, I want to
 make sure I make event and news posts multilingual whenever possible.

 Thanks,

 --

 Sarah Stierch

 -

 Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization.

 www.sarahstierch.com


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Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: [Adacamp Alumni] Applications open for AdaCamp Berlin and Bangalore

2014-07-23 Thread Nicole Ebber
Frist AdaCamp in Berlin! :)

On 23 July 2014 00:16, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:
 First AdaCamp in India!

 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Valerie Aurora vale...@adainitiative.org
 Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 3:11 PM
 Subject: [Adacamp Alumni] Applications open for AdaCamp Berlin and Bangalore
 To: AdaCamp Alumni adacamp-alu...@lists.adainitiative.org


 Hi AdaCampers,

 We just opened applications for AdaCamp Berlin and Bangalore!

 http://adainitiative.org/2014/07/applications-open-for-adacamp-berlin-and-adacamp-bangalore/

 A lot of AdaCamp Alumni have asked: Should I go to AdaCamp again? This
 isn't an easy question, because we are pretty sure all future AdaCamps
 are going to be sold out, and because we are trying hard to reach
 people who need AdaCamp the most (usually those who don't have a
 chance to attend many supportive conferences). At the same time, we
 need people who have been to previous AdaCamps to attend to help show
 new people the ropes, and we also need women who have a lot of
 confidence and experience and expertise to attend to serve as role
 models, give advice, and make relationships.

 If you want to attend AdaCamp but are feeling guilty about taking up a
 spot someone else might need more, here's what I recommend: Apply to
 AdaCamp and in the Anything else? field of the application, say that
 you are happy to give up your spot if someone else needs it more. :)

 In other words, apply!

 -VAL

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Re: [Gendergap] Job offer: Secretary-General for Chapters Association

2013-02-01 Thread Nicole Ebber
Thanks for the info, strange indeed. Probably because of too many
links? Was my other mail (to Sarah) also marked as spam?

Best,
Nicole

On 31 January 2013 23:54, Emily Monroe emilymonro...@gmail.com wrote:
 Just FYI,

 I'm not sure why, but this email was in my spam folder. I'm not sure why.

 From,
 Emily


 On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de
 wrote:

 Hi all,

 sorry for crossposting, but I think this job add is worth spreading
 throughout the whole movement – and beyond. So please feel free to
 forward it to any friend, village pump, mailing list or social media
 site of your choice.

 For reference, you can find the ad here:

 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Election_committee/Secretary_General_job_description

 Thanks a lot and best regards,
 Nicole


 -- Forwarded message --
 From: Markus Glaser markus.gla...@wikimedia.de
 Date: 26 January 2013 16:49
 Subject: [Chapters] Job offer: Secretary-General for Chapters Association
 To: Wikimedia Chapters general discussions chapt...@wikimedia.ch


 Dear all,

 after a long period of discussions and clarifications, we are now
 finally starting our search for a Secretary-General to serve the
 Chapters Association.
 Please distribute to following text to as many of your contacts,
 mailing-lists  and networks as possible.

 Thank you very much,
 kind regards,

 Markus
 Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
 --

 The Chapters Association (CA) will be an umbrella organization for
 Wikimedia chapters established in various regions around the world.
 The association represents the common interests of those chapters
 within the Wikimedia movement.

 One of its goals is to set, review and enforce standards of
 accountability and participation among its members. The association
 will facilitate the exchange of experiences, ideas, and knowledge
 between chapters and assist them in their organizational development
 and to develop common programs and projects.


 To enhance external communication, coordinate the Wikimedia movement
 and represent its chapters on official occasions, CA is looking for an
 experienced and motivated person to become the full-time

 Secretary-General (f/m)

 of the Chapters Association.
 CA is incorporated in Geneva, however depending on your place of
 residence a relocation might not be necessary.

 Job description

 The Secretary-General is to be head of the CA´s Secretariat as defined
 by the CA´s charter. The Secretariat performs the executive powers of
 the Association. The Secretary-General will be elected by the Council.
 The other Members of the Secretariat are appointed by the
 Secretary-General, with the consent of the Council. The Secretariat
 reports to the Council on the Association's activities and has the
 right to submit proposals for Council resolutions.

 She/He will be responsible for:

 Defining the organizational structure, publishing job offers and
 hiring the officers of the secretariat;
 Building the strategic plan for the association;
 Assuring the financial stability of the organization;
 Coordinating between all association members;
 Building annual program plans to achieve the CA mission;
 Handling all formal administrative tasks including finance,
 communications, legal and technical;
 and preparing the assemblies of the CA council.

 Desired personal traits


 Leader – the selected Secretary-General will have to build the
 organization from its earliest stages according to the outlines set by
 the CA council.
 Administrator – some of the tasks of the Secretary-General would be of
 administrative nature. She/He would have to write detailed program
 plans, review by-laws, financial reports, program plans and program
 reports of other organizations.
 Excellent communication skills – one of the the Secretary-General's
 primary tasks would be to communicate with member chapters. Those
 chapters are dispersed in different regions of the worlds representing
 various cultural habits. The selected Secretary-General would have to
 be multi-culturally-minded to work effectively with these partners.
 Willing and able to travel world-wide.
 Proven experience with building and managing a large diverse organization.
 Comfortable working with people at all levels of the organization,
 including community members and volunteers.
 Experience in other like-minded/ international/ volunteer-driven/
 non-profit/ peer-review-driven organizations would be considered as an
 advantage.


 The ideal candidate will be hard-working, creative, highly-motivated,
 and able to operate and effectively manage multiple cultural contexts,
 time-zones and expectations
 Incredible diplomatic problem-solving skills in an international
 environment as well as the ability to deal comfortably and efficiently
 with ambiguity and an ever changing environment


 Must be fluent in English; skill in other languages would be
 considered

Re: [Gendergap] WikiWomen's Collaborative Report (Phase 1)

2012-11-07 Thread Nicole Ebber
Thanks, Sarah! Great work!

I have added the information to our weekly Wikimedia:Woche, where we
collect news and reports from our global movement and send it via our
blog and mailinglist.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia:Woche/N%C3%A4chste_Woche

Until now, the information is only available in German, but I'd like
to kick-off sth. similar on Meta in English within the next weeks.

If any of you is interested in contributing to a global Wikimedia
newsletter with very brief information and links to several current
topics, let me know - and also, if you are aware of any other
newsletter or information channel like this. :)

Cheers,
Nicole


On 7 November 2012 21:15, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi everyone,

 I have released my report about phase one of the WikiWomen's Collaborative.
 You can find it here:

 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:WikiWomen%27s_Collaborative/Phase_1/Report

 Any comments or concerns should take place on wiki, preferably.

 Thank you! (And if you want to get involved, let me know :D)

 Sarah


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Re: [Gendergap] New gender gap mailing list in German

2012-08-29 Thread Nicole Ebber
Hi John,

On 29 August 2012 05:10, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote:
 Great news Nicole!

Thanks :)

 Is there any German Wikipedia surveys which can be included on the
 following page?

 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Survey


The http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Survey_2011 also covers the
German Wikipedia.

 And, has there been any analysis of the WMF editor surveys which can
 answer whether their results are applicable to German Wikipedia?

 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Editor_Survey_2011#Survey_population



There is no analysis of the data regarding the German Wikipedia, but
the raw data is available for analysation. Does the information on the
methodology help you with this question?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Editor_Survey_Report_-_April_2011.pdf
(page 42)

Should you have further questions, don't hesitate to get in touch.

Best,
Nicole

 On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Nicole Ebber nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de 
 wrote:
 Dear all,

 we have just launched a gender gap mailing list for the German
 speaking community.

 https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

 Everyone who is interested in discussing topics regarding female
 participation or gender-specific discrimination in the German speaking
 projects is invited to join in.

 The mailing list should serve as a platform for connecting and
 exchange and we are looking forward to a respective and fruitful
 atmosphere.

 Should you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

 Cheers,
 Nicole Ebber

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[Gendergap] Wikipedia Academy 2012: Programme and Registration

2012-05-23 Thread Nicole Ebber
(Appologies for cross posting)

tl;dr: registration open, programme announced: scientific conference
with focus on wikipedia research incl. diversity and gendergap.


From 29 June until 1 July 2012 the Wikipedia Academy (#wpac2012) [1]
will take place in Berlin, under the theme “Research and Free
Knowledge”. For the first time, Wikimedia Deutschland organises this
conference in cooperation with Freie Universität Berlin [2] and the
Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society [3]. This year, we lay the
focus on research on, with and within Wikipedia and invite researchers
who scientifically deal with Free Knowledge and its implications for
research and society to participate in the conference.
The Wikipedia Academy is aimed to address an international audience.
The conference language is English.

On Friday and Saturday the conference will be set at Freie Universität
Berlin, School of Business  Economics, Garystrasse 21. The event
venue for Sunday will be announced soon.

== Registration ==
For participation you have to register for a participant pass in
advance. The online registration
(http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Registration) is open now. The
participation fee is 60 Euro (reduced price: 30 Euro) [4].

== Programme ==
The conference programme is yet subject to alterations. A preliminary
programme schedule can be found on the WPAC2012 website [5].

=== Friday 29 June ===
Ahead of the conference, in the morning of Friday, we offer three
workshops (tutorials) which will take place at the conference venue.
The topics are Wikipedia Data Analysis for Researchers, Toolserver and
GLAM Tools. You can register via the online registration form against
an extra participation fee of 10 Euro.

The conference will officially be launched on Friday around 01:30 PM
with a keynote speech by Benjamin Mako Hill (researcher at MIT Media
Lab and the MIT Sloan School of Management, fellow at Berkman Center
for Internet and Society, Free Culture Activist and Advisor der
Wikimedia Foundation) introducing to the conference theme Wikipedia
and Research. In the afternoon, we will provide the opportunity to get
to know a number of different research topics, projects, and ideas in
an alternative format during a so-called Speed Geeking. Then, we will
also have our first couple of Paper Sessions! Many international
researchers have followed our Call for Papers. A list of all accepted
submissions is available on our website. At the Paper Sessions the
authors will present their scientific works on Wikipedia and Free
Knowledge in 30-minute slots each. The first conference day will close
with a panel talk on Wikipedia research and the Wikipedia Community.

=== Saturday 30 June ===
On Saturday we will host paper presentations in three blocks of one
and a half hours each. Apart from that, we are planning a panel on
science communication applying Wikis and Blogs. The Lightning Talks in
the later afternoon will offer an additional opportunity to learn
about the results of recent research projects and also about proposals
for future projects.

=== Sunday 1 July ===
On Sunday the Wikipedia Academy will open up for a broader public and
invite Wikipedia researchers as well as all those who are interested
in the various facets of Wikipedia and related projects and those who
are engaged in projects in the context of free culture, free licences,
open data or free software.
Following a keynote speech by Sarah Stierch (Community Fellow of the
Wikimedia Foundation, consultant and expert for topics such as the
gender gap and GLAM) on Wikipedia and Diversity, an extended Free
Culture Brunch will allow for international and interdisciplinary
exchange and cross-linking. Later on, Jeanette Hofmann (HIIG) und
Sebastian Hauss (Universität Konstanz) will discuss topics such as the
social aspects of Free Knowledge in a panel moderated by Matthias
Spielkamp (irights.info).
Around 03:00 PM the festive presentation of the Zedler Prize for Free
Knowledge will round the Wikipedia Academy 2012 off. With this prize,
Wikimedia Deutschland awards single persons, groups or projects for
their outstanding performances in the field of Free Knowledge. All
Academy participants are cordially invited to join this event.

We look forward to our Guests with their various fields of research
and scientific interests, stimulating talks and presentations as well
as an active exchange of experiences and ideas at the Wikipedia
Academy 2012.

The WPAC2012 Team (acad...@wikimedia.de) will be happy to answer
questions: Nicole Ebber, Angelika Adam, Maria Rößler and Denis Barthel

[1] http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page
[2] http://www.fu-berlin.de/
[3] http://hiig.de/
[4] http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Registration
[5] http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Schedule

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[Gendergap] Call for Papers – Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge.

2012-01-17 Thread Nicole Ebber
(Appologies for cross-posting)

We have just announced the Call for Papers for this years Wikipedia
Academy in Berlin. Diversity will be one of the main topics, so I
think this could be especially interesting for the readers of this
list. :)

Cheers from Berlin,
Nicole



CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge.
June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany

Conference Website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page
Submit your papers here: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012

The “Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge” provides a
platform for the research community and the Wikipedia community to
connect, present, discuss and advance research on Wikipedia in
particular and on free knowledge in general.

The Wikipedia Academy 2012 is organized by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for
Internet and Society and Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will
take place in Berlin, June 29 to July 1, 2012. The event will be open
to all interested parties and features a variety of session formats,
ranging from panel discussions and tracks with traditional paper
presentations to break-out sessions, lightning talks, poster
presentations and a science fair. We particularly invite young
doctoral and postdoctoral researcher to participate and to submit
extended abstracts.

For research paper and poster sessions, we encourage the submission of
extended abstracts addressing issues in the overall nexus of Wikipedia
and free knowledge.

== Dates ==

* Submission of extended abstracts: March 31, 2012
* Notification of acceptance: May 01, 2012
* Submission of full papers: June 1, 2012
* Event: June 29 - July 1, 2012

== Topics of interest ==

Submissions are invited for the following categories, further details
will be available soon on the conference website:

http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Submission_process

=== Wikipedia Analytics ===

* Wikis and Wikipedia as a research tool
* Analyzing Wikipedia as a source of Big Data
* Assessing and measuring the quality of Wikipedia articles

=== Wikipedia Global ===

* Relations and Differences between national Wikipedias
* Differences between and critique of free/open knowledge ideologies
* Regional studies of Wikipedia and free knowledge with global lessons

=== Sharing Cultures and Practices ===

* Sharing culture(s) in Wikipedia and other projects of commons-based
peer production
* Incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative
peer production
* Wiki theory and wiki practices

=== Research on Users of and Contributors to Wikipedia ===

* Diversity among users of and contributors to Wikipedia
* Influencing participation by adapting user interfaces in open
collaborative settings
* Using information visualization as information instrument to users
and contributors

=== Economic and Regulatory Aspects of Free Knowledge ===

* Economic, regulatory and societal implications of (increased) access
to free knowledge
* Different Modes of Governance: Emergence of Order and Coordination
in Wikipedia
* The role of licensing decisions for Wikipedia and other
collaborative forms of knowledge production

== Submission Guidelines ==

Extended Abstracts must be submitted by the given deadline for peer
review. Conference language is English, exceptions can be made on a
case-by-case basis. Submission entails a commitment that at least one
author will attend the event in the case of acceptance and deliver a
full paper version prior to the event. Also, authors grant the
organizers the right to publish accepted papers in the form of online
proceedings or a similar format, to be determined at a later stage. In
addition, accepted submissions will be automatically licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, unless the authors
explicitly state in their submission that they wish to opt out of this
licensing agreement. We encourage authors to use said license in order
to promote open access to scholarly work, although decisions to opt
out will be respected and will not influence the review process in any
way. In any case, authors of accepted submissions cannot opt out from
the basic condition that they grant the organizers the right to
publish at least the extended abstract online.

Please submit your extended abstract (about 2-3 pages) in PDF, Open
Document Format (ODF) or plain text format at:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012

Note: You will need an easychair account to submit. You can create one
on the spot if you don't already have one.


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