[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE] Guy Kawasaki joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
This press release is also available online here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Guy_Kawasaki_joins_Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees A version of this as a blog post is available here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/ *Guy Kawasaki joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees* - *Author, entrepreneur to bring unique experience to the Wikimedia movement * Today, the Wikimedia Foundation announced the newest member of its Board of Trustees, Guy Kawasaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Kawasaki. Guy is a noted entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. He currently serves as chief evangelist of Canva, an online, graphic-design service, and as an executive fellow of Haas Business School at the University of California, Berkeley. “There are few projects in the history of the world that can have the long-term impact of Wikimedia.” said Guy. “The democratization of knowledge that Wikimedia stands for has been a long time in the coming, and I relish applying my passion and experience to this amazing mission.” “Guy joins the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees at an exciting time,” said Jan-Bart de Vreede, Wikimedia Foundation board chair. “We have great opportunities ahead, and Guy brings a wealth of experience and perspective as we look to that future.” Prior to joining Canva, Guy served as special advisor to the CEO of the Motorola business unit of Google. He is perhaps most widely known for his time at Apple, where he developed and popularized the concept of “secular evangelism” for Apple’s brand, culture, and products as the firm’s chief evangelist. Guy will continue in his full-time role as chief evangelist of Canva. Guy is a *New York Times* bestselling author of books such as *The Art of the Start 2.0*, *The Art of Social Media*, *Enchantment*, and ten other books about change, innovation, marketing, and disruption. He gives more than fifty keynote speeches a year and is a frequent public commentator on subjects such as innovation, enchantment, social media, evangelism, and entrepreneurship. Guy grasps what really moves people, said Lila Tretikov, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director. His passion for extraordinary experiences is a perfect fit for Wikipedia's remarkable mission. I am confident this will be an incredible collaboration. Guy holds an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a BA from Stanford University. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Guy is an American who resides with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please see the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Guy_Kawasaki for a complete biography of Guy Kawasaki. *About the Wikimedia Foundation* - https://wikimediafoundation.org - https://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia consists of more than 34 million articles in 288 languages. Every month, tens of thousands of active volunteers contribute to Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. With nearly half a billion monthly users, projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation are one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. *Wikimedia Foundation Press Contact* Katherine Maher - +1 415-839-6885 ext 6633 - pr...@wikimedia.org -- *Juliet Barbara* Senior Communications Manager I Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105 jbarb...@wikimedia.org I +1 (512) 750-5677 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communicati...@wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Well-Tempered Clavier
Hi Sage and all, Thanks for looping me in. I haven't been following the Wikimedia mailing list before now, so forgive me if I miss something. I (and, infrequently, others) use the #FundFreeCulture hashtag on Twitter to keep track of free and open projects that you can contribute money to, whether that's through donation drives, crowdfunding, conventional sales and commissions, subscriptions, etc. What Quim Gil seems to be suggesting is taking advantage of the metadata of Kickstarter (and IndieGoGo and Patreon would be the other big ones) to identify projects. I think #public-domain, #free-knowledge and #creative-commons would all be useful tags to have in common use. There is already a page on Kickstarter for Creative Commons projects https://www.kickstarter.com/pages/creativecommons, although it only shows ongoing and successfully funded projects (not failed projects), and it is not necessarily updated (for example, I alerted them to Blades in the Dark https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2080350433/blades-in-the-dark, which will be partially CC BY-NC-SA licensed, and they haven't added it). In terms of funding free culture, please do check out the FOSsil Bank. The most useful pages for you are probably: - http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/fundfreeculture (this collects all entries to the wiki that allow for monetary contributions in some way) - http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/patreon (this collects all libre Patreon pages) - http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/promised-libre-works (this collects works that I've come across that the creator says will be libre licensed in the future. This is where I put Kickstarter projects that have been funded but haven't yet been released) I'm excited to join the conversation, Chris *Chris Sakkas**Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/ and the Living Libre blog http://www.livinglibre.com and Twitter feed https://twitter.com/#%21/living_libre.* On 23 March 2015 at 06:37, Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Quim Gil q...@wikimedia.org wrote: Crowdfunding is on the rise, and tags in this field are important because once you fund a project about #tag you get recommendations for more #tag projects. Maybe we could partner with Creative Commons and friends to request Kickstarter and the other platforms to include a #freeknowledge tag, or a similar alternative (this example could have also been #public-domain)? Or maybe someone is already working on this? This is a wonderful idea. There is an occasionally-active hashtag already, #FundFreeCulture, but it would be a lot more useful if it had support from Creative Commons and other organizations and the people asking for funding started using such a tag proactively. See also the FOSsil Bank updates (run by Chris Sakkas, cc'd, who started that hashtag) which has intermittent posts about free culture crowdfunding campaigns: https://livinglibre1.wordpress.com/category/round-ups/fossil-bank-updates/ -Sage ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] Inspire Campaign: Help turn ideas into action!
Hello Wikimedians, On March 4th, the Community Engagement team initiated the first “Inspire Campaign”, a drive to foster and support new ideas to improve gender diversity on Wikimedia projects. The organizers set a goal of having 100 proposals by the end of March; this was met in the first week, and the total now stands at 220 ideas, with a few more days more to go! The campaign has brought in 492 participants to the process so far, nearly hitting its target of 500 participants. While discussion about gender has been active, the environment has largely remained friendly and productive. The Inspire team would like to especially thank the Meta community and its admins for helping to keep the process positive and running smoothly. Discussion has been further aided by a friendly spaces guideline for participants, which most everyone involved has respectfully followed.[1] However, the campaign is far from done. The next step is developing and supporting viable ideas to become real initiatives. We need your help, whether in the form of an endorsement for a strong idea, or constructive suggestions on a proposal that needs more work. Feedback from community members is key to helping an idea evolve, and incorporating past learning and knowledge is very important for the future success of these proposals. You can explore ideas by category[2] or through a ‘leaderboard’ of the most endorsed ideas[3]. And a list of ideas that have already expanded into grant proposals can be seen here[4]. We hope to see you over at the IdeaLab, and, remember, there are still a few days to help create actionable ideas before March 31st! If funding is needed to implement your idea, be sure to expand your idea into a grant proposal before the campaign ends March 31st. Funding decisions will be made by April 30th. Cheers, The Inspire Team [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Friendly_space [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/Ideas_by_theme [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/Leaderboard [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/Funding#Open_Grant_Proposals --- Alexandra Wang Program Officer Project Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
