Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF and non-WMF funding for Wikimedia work

[Yair Rand]

As far as I can tell, the way that this is supposed to work is for there to
be no WMF influence on funds distribution.

"We affirm that all funds given to the Wikimedia movement are given in
support of our global projects... funds raised via the Wikimedia project
sites should be considered to be movement money, not the entitlement of a
particular organization or stakeholder. Decision-making about funds
dissemination should be broad and inclusive, consistent with our mission,
vision and values. ... To support a broader and more inclusive
decision-making process for funds distribution, the Wikimedia Foundation
will create a volunteer-driven body (working title: the Funds Dissemination
Committee, or FDC) whose sole purpose will be to make recommendations to
the Wikimedia Foundation for funding activities and initiatives in support
of the mission goals of the Wikimedia movement. All funds raised via the
Wikimedia project sites will be distributed via the recommendations of the
FDC, with the exception of Wikimedia Foundation core operating costs and
the operating reserve as described above." -- Board of Trustees,
[[wmf:Resolution:Funds Dissemination Committee]]

Where are we on this? Since the 2015-16 annual plan the WMF hasn't been
filling out its FDC applications (to regular objections every annual plan
review and FDC election), and the Grants process pages on Meta are
prominently labeled "Wikimedia Foundation Grants". I'm having difficulty
finding out how the various Grants systems are run, but the IEG final
decisions are apparently made by WMF staff, and the FDC doesn't seem to be
directly involved in those?

I haven't found any retraction of the original board resolution, so I
assume that the current situation is a temporary setup until whatever
remaining obstacles are dealt with and the FDC is capable of fulfilling its
mandate. (I don't know what these obstacles might be. I think it would be
helpful if the WMF and/or Board would comment on this.) Although the WMF,
for the duration, appears to act as though it's their money to distribute
and makes many of the relevant decisions, that appears not to be the
(eventual) intended process.

(My apologies if some of this is inaccurate. The pages on Meta aren't well
organized, and it's hard to get a coherent picture of how things work.)

(Also, FWIW, I really think it would be a bad idea to directly fund content
creation or Signpost support.)

-- Yair Rand

‫בתאריך יום ב׳, 3 בספט׳ 2018 ב-22:07 מאת ‪Pine W‬‏ <‪wiki.p...@gmail.com
‬‏>:‬

> I apologize for the unusually large load of typos, especially misspelling
> Kaarel's name. Usually I get enough sleep but last night I didn't.
> Apparently my attention to detail is diminished.
>
> I'm rapidly spending my Wikimedia-l quota of 15 emails per calendar month,
> so if there is extensive discussion on this topic then I may ask that we
> move the conversation to a wiki page.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 9:02 PM Pine W  wrote:
>
> > Hello colleagues,
> >
> > A topic which I feel that I should address again on this mailing list is
> > revenue for Wikimedia work, specifically WMF and non-WMF sources of
> revenue.
> >
> > I will start by talking about my personal situation, and then discuss
> some
> > related situations.
> >
> > I am currently requesting a grant from WMF. I cannot afford afford to
> work
> > on this project in a sustainable way without funding, and I feel that I
> am
> > making a request that is reasonably aligned with market rates for someone
> > with my current level of skills and knowledge, but I feel conflicted
> about
> > requesting funding from WMF because of the potential for difficulties
> > between WMF and the community, especially because of the potential that I
> > would be reluctant to express my views regarding WMF due to fear of
> losing
> > WMF funding. (I'm not linking to my grant request here because I don't
> want
> > this email to give the impression that I'm using this topic to ask for
> > community endorsements for my grant request.)
> >
> > Similarly, *The Signpost *is labor-intensive to produce, and I would like
> > for funding to be available for the more prolific *Signpost *contributors
> > so that they have a good reason to treat their labor for The Signpost as
> > part time jobs. However, it would be difficult to maintain the editorial
> > independence of *The Signpost *from WMF if the contributors (especially
> > contributors to the "News and Notes" and "In the Media" sections, and the
> > contributors who are responsible for the overall editing and publication
> of *The
> > Signpost*) received funding from WMF.
> >
> > There are many other areas in the Wikimedia community where there is
> > enough work that is not getting done by volunteers, and/or where
> volunteers
> > can put in so many hours that they can get burnt out, that I think that
> > non-WMF funding would be good to make available for contributors w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] fallout from 2018 Wikimedian of the Year announcement

[Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin]

http://mic.tatarstan.ru/rus/index.htm/news/1273420.htm

It's probably the first time regional government website in the Russian 
Federation quoted Russian Wikinews article 
https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/Главные_сайты_Татарстана_перешли_на_свободную_лицензию
 ― only the part about Republic of Tatarstan government portal 
http://www.tatarstan.ru/ and its subdomains now being available under Creative 
Commons Attribution 4.0 International is mentioned, the part about local 
seminar initiative to be dedicated to Education, GLAM etc. was left out, but 
their press-service made the day of Russian Wikinews community by also being 
attentive to proper attribution.

regards,
farhad

--
Farkhad Fatkullin - Фархад Фаткуллин http://sikzn.ru/ Тел.+79274158066 / 
skype:frhdkazan / Wikipedia:frhdkazan
>
> 29.08.2018, 20:56, "Фархад Фаткуллин / Farkhad Fatkullin" :
>>  Dear colleagues,
>>
>>  Since yesterday all subdomains hosted @ http://tatarstan.ru/ (including 
>> websites of the http://president.tatarstan.ru/, the Cabinet 
>> http://prav.tatarstan.ru/, ministries/departments, state-owned 
>> organizations, municipalities and Representative offices of the Republic 
>> around Russia and abroad) moved to Creative Commons Attribution. The only 
>> exceptions are those of the First (ex-) President & the Parliament, that 
>> already had their own unique type free licenses (in Russian, non-standard).
>>
>>  Russian Wikinews requested me to draft an article & my counterparty at the 
>> Regional Ministry of InfoComm has gladly approved. I will probably need to 
>> find time for that today. That was the easy part. Some context: Russian 
>> President, Executive Branch of the Federal Government, both Chambers of the 
>> Federal Parliament, etc. are using Creative Commons Attribution for a while 
>> now, thanks to Senior Volunteers efforts of Wikimedia Russia members. I just 
>> communicated the benefits of this to the Regional (Republic of Tatarstan) 
>> Deputy Prime-Minister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Shaykhutdinov, 
>> head of the regional infocomm department & he championed it far and wide 
>> within his area of responsibility.
>>
>>  I started engaging high-school & university students into helping the 
>> Infocomm ministry people to learn what is Wikimedia like & how it works - 
>> Deputy Prime-Minister is interested in anything that can benefit Education, 
>> Heritage Outreach, etc. development in the region & help in making culture 
>> of the Republic better known globally & promote Tatar language use online 
>> (Wikidata, GLAM, etc.). Another minister I met is excited with examples of 
>> Greek school children 
>> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/July_2017/A_class_of_26_8-year-old_Wikipedia_article_creators
>>  & youth in Italy 
>> http://www.rivistabricks.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BRICKS_4_2017.pdf & 
>> other places develop critical thinking and develop immunity to mass & social 
>> media stories painting the world black & white as they please (stories from 
>> any outlets, including the BBC or New York Times, have to be taken with a 
>> pinch of salt - there's no unbiased human). In parallel, we are starting a 
>> cooperation with private Cambridge International school in Kazan 
>> http://school.balacity.ru/ (the founders & the director know me, invited me 
>> for cooperation, key contact person was part of the meeting, I provided 
>> necessary initial links). I know that our youth is now inspired to organize 
>> a User Group, report on their Spring & Summer efforts at Wikimedia 
>> Conference Russia this September & take their existing Selet WikiSchool 
>> project even higher. 
>> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/May_2018/Selet_WikiSchool 
>> , more stories coming.
>>
>>  Last night WMF Partnerships agreed to support me in organizing a 
>> videoconference type seminar with best practices in Education/GLAM/Heritage 
>> promotion/Wikidata/etc. to explain locals about how great is the Wikimedia 
>> movement (something mainly unheard of in Russia, even though Wikipedia is 
>> actually used). I would love to have you, my dear international colleagues, 
>> to find time to connect and give a video talk on some Use Case 
>> implementation during the upcoming public seminar, organized in conjunction 
>> with Tatarstan InfoComm ministry (whenever we get the dates they will be 
>> able to gather local crowd in the IT-Park in downtown Kazan). I will take 
>> care of the simultaneous interpretation — all the necessary equipment is 
>> there, so I'll try to find the funding & qualified people.
>>
>>  In parallel I'll continue working on organizing a short in-person version 
>> at WMF Headquarters for the President of the Republic, if and when we can 
>> fit it into his schedule (Tatarstan Deputy Prime-Minister - Regional 
>> Minister for InfoComm wanted this to take place during one of the annual 
>> regional government delegation visits to California). President Minnikhanov 
>> is a 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF and non-WMF funding for Wikimedia work

[Pine W]

I apologize for the unusually large load of typos, especially misspelling
Kaarel's name. Usually I get enough sleep but last night I didn't.
Apparently my attention to detail is diminished.

I'm rapidly spending my Wikimedia-l quota of 15 emails per calendar month,
so if there is extensive discussion on this topic then I may ask that we
move the conversation to a wiki page.

Regards,

Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )


On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 9:02 PM Pine W  wrote:

> Hello colleagues,
>
> A topic which I feel that I should address again on this mailing list is
> revenue for Wikimedia work, specifically WMF and non-WMF sources of revenue.
>
> I will start by talking about my personal situation, and then discuss some
> related situations.
>
> I am currently requesting a grant from WMF. I cannot afford afford to work
> on this project in a sustainable way without funding, and I feel that I am
> making a request that is reasonably aligned with market rates for someone
> with my current level of skills and knowledge, but I feel conflicted about
> requesting funding from WMF because of the potential for difficulties
> between WMF and the community, especially because of the potential that I
> would be reluctant to express my views regarding WMF due to fear of losing
> WMF funding. (I'm not linking to my grant request here because I don't want
> this email to give the impression that I'm using this topic to ask for
> community endorsements for my grant request.)
>
> Similarly, *The Signpost *is labor-intensive to produce, and I would like
> for funding to be available for the more prolific *Signpost *contributors
> so that they have a good reason to treat their labor for The Signpost as
> part time jobs. However, it would be difficult to maintain the editorial
> independence of *The Signpost *from WMF if the contributors (especially
> contributors to the "News and Notes" and "In the Media" sections, and the
> contributors who are responsible for the overall editing and publication of 
> *The
> Signpost*) received funding from WMF.
>
> There are many other areas in the Wikimedia community where there is
> enough work that is not getting done by volunteers, and/or where volunteers
> can put in so many hours that they can get burnt out, that I think that
> non-WMF funding would be good to make available for contributors who would
> like to work in these areas. Two examples are investigations of undisclosed
> paid editing, and translation and development of medical content.
>
> With Kaarl's cooperation (thank you, Kaarl) I have requested that two  of
> the WMF strategy working groups consider non-WMF funding for Wikimedia work
> as a part of their discussions.
>
> I would like for significant non-WMF revenue to be available for Wikimedia
> work. I think that this could be arranged with WMF's cooperation, although
> there is a long journey between saying that "I think that this could be
> arranged" and having a successful system in place.
>
> If you have thoughts that you would like to share on this topic, then I
> hope that you will comment here on this mailing list, or in some other
> appropriate location such as one or both of the relevant strategy talk
> pages ([1
> ]
> or [2
> 
> ]).
>
> Let me make a specific invitation to WMF employees to share your thoughts.
> I would like to hear your comments, both official and personal, if that is
> okay and if you would like to comment.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
>
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[Wikimedia-l] ما الذي يمنحك السعادة هذا الأسبوع؟ / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 2 September 2018)

[Pine W]

*The Guardian* published an encouraging opinion piece about Wikipedia:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/02/in-hysterical-world-wikipedia-ray-of-light-truth

In *This Month in Education*, there were some nice reports. I especially
appreciated this report from The Hashemite University in Jordan:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/August_2018/54_students_help_enrich_the_digital_Arabic_content

What's making you happy this week? You are welcome to comment in any
language.

Pine
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[Wikimedia-l] WMF and non-WMF funding for Wikimedia work

[Pine W]

Hello colleagues,

A topic which I feel that I should address again on this mailing list is
revenue for Wikimedia work, specifically WMF and non-WMF sources of revenue.

I will start by talking about my personal situation, and then discuss some
related situations.

I am currently requesting a grant from WMF. I cannot afford afford to work
on this project in a sustainable way without funding, and I feel that I am
making a request that is reasonably aligned with market rates for someone
with my current level of skills and knowledge, but I feel conflicted about
requesting funding from WMF because of the potential for difficulties
between WMF and the community, especially because of the potential that I
would be reluctant to express my views regarding WMF due to fear of losing
WMF funding. (I'm not linking to my grant request here because I don't want
this email to give the impression that I'm using this topic to ask for
community endorsements for my grant request.)

Similarly, *The Signpost *is labor-intensive to produce, and I would like
for funding to be available for the more prolific *Signpost *contributors
so that they have a good reason to treat their labor for The Signpost as
part time jobs. However, it would be difficult to maintain the editorial
independence of *The Signpost *from WMF if the contributors (especially
contributors to the "News and Notes" and "In the Media" sections, and the
contributors who are responsible for the overall editing and
publication of *The
Signpost*) received funding from WMF.

There are many other areas in the Wikimedia community where there is enough
work that is not getting done by volunteers, and/or where volunteers can
put in so many hours that they can get burnt out, that I think that non-WMF
funding would be good to make available for contributors who would like to
work in these areas. Two examples are investigations of undisclosed paid
editing, and translation and development of medical content.

With Kaarl's cooperation (thank you, Kaarl) I have requested that two  of
the WMF strategy working groups consider non-WMF funding for Wikimedia work
as a part of their discussions.

I would like for significant non-WMF revenue to be available for Wikimedia
work. I think that this could be arranged with WMF's cooperation, although
there is a long journey between saying that "I think that this could be
arranged" and having a successful system in place.

If you have thoughts that you would like to share on this topic, then I
hope that you will comment here on this mailing list, or in some other
appropriate location such as one or both of the relevant strategy talk
pages ([1
]
or [2

]).

Let me make a specific invitation to WMF employees to share your thoughts.
I would like to hear your comments, both official and personal, if that is
okay and if you would like to comment.

Thank you,

Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Portugal General Assembly

[Chico Venancio]

I echo the request Affcom publish this decision and others in a more
transparent and expedient manner. Ideally that would include a brief
justification for the decisions as well, the movement should be informed
about the dealings of the Affiliations Committee.


Chico Venancio

2018-09-03 16:40 GMT-03:00 Paulo Santos Perneta :

> I second, and strongly support Pine's suggestion.
>
> Being the Affiliations Committee a community-run Wikimedia committee
> emanating from the Wikimedia Movement itself, transparency is to be
> expected whenever it is possible. As far as I know, there is nothing
> confidential in that resolution.
>
> Obscurity is the mother of all rumors, and we're dearly suffering from
> that.
>
> All the best,
>
> Paulo
>
> Pine W  escreveu no dia segunda, 3/09/2018 à(s)
> 19:18:
>
> > Hello Gonçalo,
> >
> > Thank you for this report.
> >
> > I would like to ask the Affiliations Committee to post the July 2018
> > resolution regarding Wikimedia Portugal to this mailing list and to
> publish
> > that resolution on Meta.
> >
> > I am an advocate for transparency about financial and governance matters,
> > which includes the activities of the Affiliations Committee. I request
> that
> > going forward, all similar resolutions from the Affiliations Committee
> > should be sent to Wikimedia-l and published on Meta within one week of
> > their approval by AffCom.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Pine
> > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:56 AM GoEthe.wiki 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > As part of the roadmap AffCom agreed with us after they decided to
> > suspend
> > > some of our benefits within the Wikimedia Foundation programs
> > > (
> > >
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimediapt/
> 2018-July/002625.html
> > > <
> > >
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimediapt/
> 2018-July/002625.html
> > > >),
> > > Wikimedia Portugal held an Extraordinary General Assembly on the 1st of
> > > September, and a board was elected. This board is identical, with one
> > > exception, to the board elected in April of this year and that I
> > announced
> > > in a similar message (
> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-
> April/090073.html
> > ).
> > >
> > > The board is now composed of:
> > >
> > >-
> > >
> > >Gonçalo Themudo, president
> > >-
> > >
> > >André Barbosa, treasurer
> > >-
> > >
> > >Ana Cravo, secretary
> > >
> > >
> > > We also elected members for the other governing bodies of the chapter:
> > >
> > > General Assembly
> > >
> > >-
> > >
> > >Paulo Santos Perneta, president
> > >-
> > >
> > >Carlos Barradas, secretary
> > >-
> > >
> > >João Carvalho, member
> > >
> > > Fiscal Council
> > >
> > >-
> > >
> > >Waldir Pimenta, president
> > >-
> > >
> > >Manuel de Sousa, secretary
> > >-
> > >
> > >João Lemos, member
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The general assembly also approved the financial statement of our
> annual
> > > report, which is published at
> > > https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017. An English
> > > translation
> > > is provided at https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017/en.
> > >
> > > The minutes of the meeting are available at
> > > https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reuni%C3%B5es/XI_Assembleia-Geral (in
> > > Portuguese only).
> > >
> > >
> > > We are currently working on the final step of the roadmap, which is a
> > plan
> > > for active contributor involvement and improved chapter capacity. The
> > first
> > > part is to gather signatures of at least 20 chapter members who are
> > active
> > > contributors to Wikimedia projects, which is currently underway at
> > >
> > >
> > https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Utilizador:GoEThe/P%C3%A1gina_
> de_apoio_%C3%A0_Wikimedia_Portugal
> > > .
> > > We will keep you informed of the second part, once we have developed
> it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Gonçalo
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Portugal General Assembly

[Paulo Santos Perneta]

I second, and strongly support Pine's suggestion.

Being the Affiliations Committee a community-run Wikimedia committee
emanating from the Wikimedia Movement itself, transparency is to be
expected whenever it is possible. As far as I know, there is nothing
confidential in that resolution.

Obscurity is the mother of all rumors, and we're dearly suffering from that.

All the best,

Paulo

Pine W  escreveu no dia segunda, 3/09/2018 à(s) 19:18:

> Hello Gonçalo,
>
> Thank you for this report.
>
> I would like to ask the Affiliations Committee to post the July 2018
> resolution regarding Wikimedia Portugal to this mailing list and to publish
> that resolution on Meta.
>
> I am an advocate for transparency about financial and governance matters,
> which includes the activities of the Affiliations Committee. I request that
> going forward, all similar resolutions from the Affiliations Committee
> should be sent to Wikimedia-l and published on Meta within one week of
> their approval by AffCom.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:56 AM GoEthe.wiki  wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > As part of the roadmap AffCom agreed with us after they decided to
> suspend
> > some of our benefits within the Wikimedia Foundation programs
> > (
> >
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimediapt/2018-July/002625.html
> > <
> >
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimediapt/2018-July/002625.html
> > >),
> > Wikimedia Portugal held an Extraordinary General Assembly on the 1st of
> > September, and a board was elected. This board is identical, with one
> > exception, to the board elected in April of this year and that I
> announced
> > in a similar message (
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-April/090073.html
> ).
> >
> > The board is now composed of:
> >
> >-
> >
> >Gonçalo Themudo, president
> >-
> >
> >André Barbosa, treasurer
> >-
> >
> >Ana Cravo, secretary
> >
> >
> > We also elected members for the other governing bodies of the chapter:
> >
> > General Assembly
> >
> >-
> >
> >Paulo Santos Perneta, president
> >-
> >
> >Carlos Barradas, secretary
> >-
> >
> >João Carvalho, member
> >
> > Fiscal Council
> >
> >-
> >
> >Waldir Pimenta, president
> >-
> >
> >Manuel de Sousa, secretary
> >-
> >
> >João Lemos, member
> >
> >
> >
> > The general assembly also approved the financial statement of our annual
> > report, which is published at
> > https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017. An English
> > translation
> > is provided at https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017/en.
> >
> > The minutes of the meeting are available at
> > https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reuni%C3%B5es/XI_Assembleia-Geral (in
> > Portuguese only).
> >
> >
> > We are currently working on the final step of the roadmap, which is a
> plan
> > for active contributor involvement and improved chapter capacity. The
> first
> > part is to gather signatures of at least 20 chapter members who are
> active
> > contributors to Wikimedia projects, which is currently underway at
> >
> >
> https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Utilizador:GoEThe/P%C3%A1gina_de_apoio_%C3%A0_Wikimedia_Portugal
> > .
> > We will keep you informed of the second part, once we have developed it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Gonçalo
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Portugal General Assembly

[Pine W]

Hello Gonçalo,

Thank you for this report.

I would like to ask the Affiliations Committee to post the July 2018
resolution regarding Wikimedia Portugal to this mailing list and to publish
that resolution on Meta.

I am an advocate for transparency about financial and governance matters,
which includes the activities of the Affiliations Committee. I request that
going forward, all similar resolutions from the Affiliations Committee
should be sent to Wikimedia-l and published on Meta within one week of
their approval by AffCom.

Thank you,

Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )


On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:56 AM GoEthe.wiki  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As part of the roadmap AffCom agreed with us after they decided to suspend
> some of our benefits within the Wikimedia Foundation programs
> (
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimediapt/2018-July/002625.html
> <
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimediapt/2018-July/002625.html
> >),
> Wikimedia Portugal held an Extraordinary General Assembly on the 1st of
> September, and a board was elected. This board is identical, with one
> exception, to the board elected in April of this year and that I announced
> in a similar message (
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-April/090073.html).
>
> The board is now composed of:
>
>-
>
>Gonçalo Themudo, president
>-
>
>André Barbosa, treasurer
>-
>
>Ana Cravo, secretary
>
>
> We also elected members for the other governing bodies of the chapter:
>
> General Assembly
>
>-
>
>Paulo Santos Perneta, president
>-
>
>Carlos Barradas, secretary
>-
>
>João Carvalho, member
>
> Fiscal Council
>
>-
>
>Waldir Pimenta, president
>-
>
>Manuel de Sousa, secretary
>-
>
>João Lemos, member
>
>
>
> The general assembly also approved the financial statement of our annual
> report, which is published at
> https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017. An English
> translation
> is provided at https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017/en.
>
> The minutes of the meeting are available at
> https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reuni%C3%B5es/XI_Assembleia-Geral (in
> Portuguese only).
>
>
> We are currently working on the final step of the roadmap, which is a plan
> for active contributor involvement and improved chapter capacity. The first
> part is to gather signatures of at least 20 chapter members who are active
> contributors to Wikimedia projects, which is currently underway at
>
> https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Utilizador:GoEThe/P%C3%A1gina_de_apoio_%C3%A0_Wikimedia_Portugal
> .
> We will keep you informed of the second part, once we have developed it.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gonçalo
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Portugal General Assembly

[GoEthe.wiki]

Dear all,

As part of the roadmap AffCom agreed with us after they decided to suspend
some of our benefits within the Wikimedia Foundation programs
(https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimediapt/2018-July/002625.html
),
Wikimedia Portugal held an Extraordinary General Assembly on the 1st of
September, and a board was elected. This board is identical, with one
exception, to the board elected in April of this year and that I announced
in a similar message (
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-April/090073.html).

The board is now composed of:

   -

   Gonçalo Themudo, president
   -

   André Barbosa, treasurer
   -

   Ana Cravo, secretary


We also elected members for the other governing bodies of the chapter:

General Assembly

   -

   Paulo Santos Perneta, president
   -

   Carlos Barradas, secretary
   -

   João Carvalho, member

Fiscal Council

   -

   Waldir Pimenta, president
   -

   Manuel de Sousa, secretary
   -

   João Lemos, member



The general assembly also approved the financial statement of our annual
report, which is published at
https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017. An English translation
is provided at https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017/en.

The minutes of the meeting are available at
https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reuni%C3%B5es/XI_Assembleia-Geral (in
Portuguese only).


We are currently working on the final step of the roadmap, which is a plan
for active contributor involvement and improved chapter capacity. The first
part is to gather signatures of at least 20 chapter members who are active
contributors to Wikimedia projects, which is currently underway at
https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Utilizador:GoEThe/P%C3%A1gina_de_apoio_%C3%A0_Wikimedia_Portugal.
We will keep you informed of the second part, once we have developed it.



Best regards,

Gonçalo
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