Re: [Wikimedia-l] Personal news // ED transition
Hi Abraham, Yes, there is a time to come and a time to go ... I want to thank you for your support over the years that I have served on the board of WMNL. The collaboration between WMDE and WMNL has always been more than just partners and I would like to express my gratitude for that. Your support for board member training was also invaluable. Hopefully we will see each other again in the future. Kind regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout* +31 6 5333 9499 Op wo 27 jan. 2021 om 08:52 schreef Bobby Shabangu : > Thanks for the heads up Abraham, we are keeping a close eye on the > transition process and wishing you good luck on your future endeavours. > > Kind regards, > Bobby Shabangu > > On Tue, 26 Jan 2021 at 16:51, Abraham Taherivand < > abraham.taheriv...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > >> Dear fellow Wikimedians, >> >> >> Today I am informing you that I will not be renewing my contract with >> Wikimedia Deutschland, which runs until January 2022. This decision was not >> easy for me because Wikimedia has been such an important, even central, >> part of my life in the past nine years. After thorough introspection, I >> feel that this step is the right one for me and for our organisation. >> >> >> This means that a successor will have to be found for the position of the >> Executive Director. The search is managed by our Supervisory Board and me >> with support of an external executive search firm. The search process has >> been well prepared in recent weeks and I am working closely with our board >> on each of the steps. >> >> >> Together, we will ensure a good handover and transition to my successor. >> This point is very important to me, as is the fact that we will continue to >> work without losing focus on achieving our goals, on working with the >> entire movement, and on collaborating very closely on movement strategy >> implementation. That's why I don't want to say a big goodbye right now. >> >> >> What’s next >> >>- >> >>In cooperation with the external executive search firm Kienbaum, we >>have developed a search profile and a job posting that will go online >>shortly. >>- >> >>We strive to have someone on board well before the end of my term in >>January 2022. As we have commenced the procedure so early, we are on a >> very >>good track. >> >> >>- >> >>I also consider it essential to be available for a comprehensive >>transition and onboarding of a new Executive Director. >> >> >> If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Abraham >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Geschäftsführender Vorstand / Executive Director >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin >> Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 >> http://wikimedia.de >> >> >> ___ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Wikimedia Clinics retrospective and next Clinic
Hi Asaf, It is great to see that you have been able to reach so many wikipedians through this program. Really a great achievement, thank you, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout* +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Op di 15 dec. 2020 om 17:04 schreef Asaf Bartov : > Dear Wikimedians, > > As the year draws to a close, the Wikimedia Foundation's Community > Development team took some time to reflect on the Wikimedia Clinics > program, a pilot we created a couple of months into the pandemic. > > You can read our retrospective here: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Clinics/Retrospective > > The next Wikimedia Clinic call is scheduled for January 12th at 6pm UTC, > and will feature a short presentation from the Foundation's *Growth* > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth>[1] team with an overview of their > recent work, followed by time for questions, and, as usual, additional time > for bringing up any Wikimedia-related topic on your mind. > > See you then! > > A. > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth > > Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) > > Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.org > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Snøhetta and Wikimedia
Thanks Pine, +1, in particular for this sentence, which goes beyond the legal status of the brand name: "I think that the Wikipedia brand is, in a way, the brand of the community. WMF is the steward of the brand, and should not use the brand in ways which the community has not authorized by consensus." Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op zo 2 feb. 2020 om 01:31 schreef Pine W : > Hello, > > I have waited to return to this thread until I could clear enough > space in my mind to try to address it thoroughly. Apologies for the > delay. I will try to address multiple topics in one email. > > I think that the Wikipedia brand is, in a way, the brand of the > community. WMF is the steward of the brand, and should not use the > brand in ways which the community has not authorized by consensus. > > There was a previous mailing discussion on Wikimedia-l in September > 2019. I would have expected an update after that discussion if WMF was > considering moving ahead with rebranding itself. An email announcing > that the matter was being reviewed by the Board, and/or that WMF was > starting an RfC, would have been fine. Community consultations or an > RfC could have taken place at that time without using outside > contractor. > > I don't appreciate being surprised. Given that the focus of this > effort in WMF is inside of its Communications Department, I think that > staff should be especially proactive in communicating what they are > doing with regards to major initiatives, and prior to engaging in a > contracting process with donors' funds. > > Staff appear not to have addressed, at least in public on English > Wikipedia, the sockpuppeting allegations with regards to Snøhetta. [1] > [2]. > > Also worth noting is the RfC, which was previously mentioned in this > thread: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia > . > The current count as of the time of my writing this email is 26 > support and 292 oppose. > > This series of events should have been handled differently. Nobody is > perfect, but there are problems here that appear to be more > significant than a simple one time failure to communicate on an issue > of moderate importance. > > One oversight that I made in my earlier email, and which I will > correct with an apology for not stating this earlier (I too can be > wrong), is that problems in this series of events could include > decisions that were made by the WMF Board. However, without access to > WMF's internal communications, it is impossible to know how this > series of events happened. > > I am not advocating adding stress to people who do good work, or > people who have so much work that they can't realistically handle > everything that they're told to do. It is possible that staff are > simply overworked. However, while I don't enjoy writing about this > topic, sometimes changing personnel is for the best. This happens in > government organizations and companies, and I imagine happens on > occasion in WMF, although often in private. Also, in WMF and in > affiliate boards, sometimes board members are replaced as a result of > elections. In the community, we occasionally revoke people's > permissions or block people in public, and here too people sometimes > are replaced as a result of elections. I realize that this is a topic > that can be stressful, but I think that candor is appropriate. I feel > rooted in the English Wikipedia community and I think that what I say > in this paragraph is consistent with how our community works, and is > consistent with how I see government agencies sometimes work in the > United States. At the same time (and I wish that I said this in my > previous email) the point isn't to have a culture where people should > be fearful on a daily basis. I would hope that generally things go OK > for people, and that one time mistakes which are easily reversed don't > result in someone feeling fearful. What is more concerning is a > pattern of problems, or an error that results in a single major > problem that is difficult to reverse. > > I personally have made considerable efforts during my personal time to > try to address what I heard was widespread fear among WMF staff about > communicating in public, and that interest continues. A "culture of > fear" can limit communication and erodes trust. At the same time, I > think that the WMF Board and staff should communicate proactively > about initiatives and decisions with significant implications. > > Pine > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > [1] h
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Leadership change at Wikimedia Israel
Hk Itzik, thanks for letting us know. I also want to thank Michal, it was a pleasure to work with her. And welcome to Revital. Hope to meet her in Berlin during the WM Summit. Kind regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op wo 18 dec. 2019 om 14:50 schreef Itzik - Wikimedia Israel < it...@wikimedia.org.il>: > Dear friends, > > I wanted to share with you some changes in WMIL. This weekend, after more > than 6 years of service, Michal Lester will conclude her position as WMIL's > ED. > > Michal, WMIL’s first ED, joined us more than 6 years ago, and was our > second employee. Michal’s joining marked the transition of WMIL from an > organization operated and managed by volunteers only to professional hired > staff supporting and leading the activity with the volunteers. > > Michal started to initiate and lead large-scale projects and raise the > resources needed for the activity through collaborations, donations and > fund grants. From a one-employee organization with a limited budget, she > brought us to the current position as an established NGO, with varied > activity, hired staff to support it, volunteers and a sufficient budget to > support all of that. > > Under her leadership, we initiated the education project in Hebrew, and > later in Arabic. We guided tens of thousands of teachers on how to work > with (and for) Wikipedia. We created training tools and tutorials, formed > years-long collaborations with dozens of organizations, and hosted the > international hackathon and later the GLAM conference. We represented WMIL > and our movement values in Parliament discussions and in discussion with > archives; and when they failed to cooperate we did not hesitate to “force” > them to give back to the public the photos that belong to them by law. The > list of projects and achievements is too long to summarize in one email. > > We are proud to say that WMIL turned not only to a leading and recognized > organization in Israel, but also to one of the important and active > affiliates of the global movement. > > Michal’s activity in WMIL was beyond that of an employee, but true > recruitment and belief in Wikimedia’s activity and values. Her > round-the-clock investment and great love to the movement, organization, > its employees and volunteers, serves proof. Many volunteers benefited from > Michal’s attention, advice and support at all times. > > The Board, and I personally, would like to thank Michal for this > significant contribution that brought us to our current dignified position, > and we wish her the best of luck in the future. We will remember you as the > first ED who saw the hardship and labor pains of WMIL, and as WMIL’s > “mother” in its professional role. We extend to you our greatest thanks. > > While Michal is leaving, I would like to congratulate Revital Poleg, > replacing Michal in her position. Revital is a former diplomat. She was one > of the founders of the Peres Peace Center, she served as Chief of Staff for > the Knesset Speaker; VP Business Development of a lobbying company; > External Relations and Resource Development Director for the Ruppin > Academic Center; and in her last position – Chief Executive and Head of the > Jewish Agency Mission to Brazil. > > Revital brings extensive experience in large organizations, both local and > international, and a vast network of contacts in the private and public > sectors. She speaks Hebrew, English, Portuguese and Spanish. > > We wish her good luck in her position, in filling Michal’s big shoes, and > we are positive she continues to advance WMIL forward. > > > > *Itzik Edri* > Chairperson (volunteer) > it...@wikimedia.org.il > +972-54-5878078 > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Amical Wikimedia statement about the Spanish new Royal Decree-Law of public security
Hi Toni, Just to be sure: is this also the text that you want me to paste into: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Comments_on_the_Rebranding_Strategy ? Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op wo 13 nov. 2019 om 10:55 schreef Toni Hermoso Pulido < toni...@wikimedia.cat>: > FYI > > > > https://www.wikimedia.cat/2019/11/13/statement-about-the-spanish-new-royal-decree-law-of-public-security/ > -- > > Statement about the Spanish new Royal Decree-Law of public security > > On November 5th, The Official State Gazette (BOE) published the Royal > Decree-Law 14/2019 > (https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/11/05/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-15790.pdf), which > was passed on October 31st, whereby the General State Administration > reserves the right to suspend, exceptionally and precautionary, the > transmission of data and the connection to Internet claiming reasons of > public order. > > According to Chapter IV, modification of the Law 9/2014 of General > Telecommunications, the State reserves the right to take over any types > of infrastructure, network, service or digital resource that may affect > public security within the framework of national defense. The power of > immediate action is granted to the Government of Spain for the closure > of websites and other services through the Ministry of Economy and > Business, as well as the control and operation of all networks during > transitory periods described as exceptional. No prior judicial > requirement is needed. > > From Amical Wikimedia we hereby express our profound disagreement with > this new decree and our growing concern for the restriction of digital > rights in Spanish territory. First of all, the lack of debate on this > law in Parliament, its approval under a caretaker government, during the > electoral campaign and under the formula of a royal decree-law > represents a drastic regression of the freedom to information in key > moments. Secondly, vaguely defined concepts such as “national security,” > “public order,” “transitional period,” or “exceptional situation” allow > for indiscriminate action based on political interests for the > repression of ideological dissent. > > Thirdly, we are concerned that the preamble of this law contextualizes > and aims to justify the adopted measures for the ongoing socio-political > mobilizations in different areas of the Spanish territory. Amical > Wikimedia, in this regard, has previously declared itself in favor of > the organization of actions that defend basic civil rights and the > freedom of expression throughout all the Catalan-speaking areas. The > abovementioned decree seriously violates the freedom of information, > which should be open and accessible to the public as is the case of > Wikipedia and its sister projects. Article 19 of the Universal > Declaration of Human Rights upholds that “Everyone has the right to > freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold > opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart > information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”. > > There are recent precedents of digital censorship which have had very > serious social impact. In February 2014, the Turkish parliament passed > the Law No. 5651, granting new powers to the state telecommunications > authority regarding Internet regulation. A few years later, on April > 2017 and making use of this law, access to all idiomatic versions of > Wikipedia were blocked based on Turkish Government claims of > state-funded terrorism on the English Wikipedia. > > For all these reasons, Amical Wikimedia reaffirms its rejection of this > decree-law and demands its immediate withdrawal. Our organisation stands > unequivocally in favor of digital freedom and the human rights of > expression, peaceful assembly, and access to information. > > -- > Toni Hermoso Pulido > > Amical Wikimedia > - > https://www.wikimedia.cat > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Wikimedia Summit 2020: Registration now open!
Dag Sandra, wil je ook nog even kijken naar de meest waarschijnlijke datum voor onze ALV? Ik denk dat het zaterdag 18 april is. De week ervoor is het paasweekend, de week erna is het weekend met Koningsdag op maandag. De Summit wordt gehouden op 3 -5 april en dat betekent dus dat ik voor de laatste keer naar de Summit ga. Groet Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op do 7 nov. 2019 om 16:48 schreef Cornelius Kibelka < cornelius.kibe...@wikimedia.de>: > Dear Wikimedians, > > We are delighted to announce that the registration for the Wikimedia Summit > 2020 [1], which will be held in Berlin from Friday, April 3, through > Sunday, April 5, is now open! > > Following Katherine’s and Abraham’s invitation, we would like to provide > you with important information regarding the eligibility for participation, > participant number regulation, registration procedure, specifics in regards > to the travel and hotel booking as well as the visa application process. > > == Eligibility criteria and participant number regulation == > > The eligibility criteria for participating in the Wikimedia Summit 2020 are > aligned to the Affiliates’ Agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation. > Chapters, Thematic Organizations, and User Groups must have shown signs of > recent activity (within the past six months as of September 30, 2019) and > be > up-to-date on their reporting by the eligibility deadline (December 1, > 2019). > [2] Moreover, affiliations need to have been officially recognized by the > Wikimedia Foundation before January 1, 2019. Before registering for the > conference, please check the eligibility and status overview of your > affiliate as well as the participant number regulation on meta [3]. > > == Registration information == > > We invite all eligible Wikimedia Affiliates to take part in the Wikimedia > Summit. To ensure that we use the in-person time as best as possible, we > ask Affiliates to only send delegates who will come with a good > understanding of the movement strategy process and the draft > recommendations, and are ready to take agency and responsibility to design > and implement the recommendations in collaboration with every part of the > Movement and our partners. > > People, who are selected by their organization to represent them at the > conference, need to register via the registration form.[4] The registration > deadline is Monday at midnight CET, December 16, 2019. Please note that we > won’t be able to accept and process registrations > > after this deadline. > > We are looking forward to welcoming members of the Wikimedia Foundation > Board of Trustees and staff as well as the Affiliations Committee in > Berlin. We see a huge advantage in having their representatives participate > on site. Please also register via the registration link [4]. > > In addition to the core-conference, a post-conference “Train the trainers” > is organized by the WMF Community Development team. Should you be > interested in participating in this event, you can indicate your interest > in the registration form. > > Further information on the registration process can be retrieved from meta > [5]. > > == Hotel and travel booking == > > The Wikimedia Summit will take place at the Seminar Campus Hotel in > Berlin’s green neighbourhood Dahlem.[6] A high number of hotel rooms > directly located in the same building have been reserved for the > conference participants. Based on WMDE’s great experiences at WikidataCon > and following our aim to reduce the environmental impact of this event, we > will provide vegetarian catering only during this event. > > Representatives of affiliates with an annual plan grant (group 1) will need > to book and pay for their hotel rooms as well as travel individually. Our > hotel group code and price information can be found on meta [7]. > > Affiliates, which don’t receive funding via an annual plan grant (group 2), > will be supported by WMDE for their hotel needs and travel booking. > > Members of the WMF Board, AffCom or WMF staff (group 3) receive travel and > hotel booking support by the WMF travel department. > > As for additional participants specifically invited by the Program Curator, > Cornelius, to complement the conference program (group 4), WMDE will assist > you with your hotel and travel booking. > > We advise you to check meta [3] to which group you belong to. > > == Visa information == > > Please visit the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Berlin [8] > to find out whether you need a visa for travelling to Germany. In case you > are in need of a
Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Board WMNL
yep, we are a little eco-friendly as well, frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op vr 10 mei 2019 om 11:47 schreef Chris Keating : > > > > (new) Jan Bart de Vreede, community health > > > > > I'm not sure "new" is quite the right word, possibly "recycled" ;) > > Chris > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] New Board WMNL
During the last WMNL general assembly board elections took place. Two board members resigned, two new members were elected in their place. The composition of the Board and division of responsibilities now is as follows: Frans Grijzenhout, chair Bart Nieuwenhuis, treasurer Justus de Bruijn, secretary Michel Wesseling, fundraising Marike van Roon, open knowledge and partnerships (new) Lizzy Jongma, open knowledge and partnerships (new) Jan Bart de Vreede, community health Mike Nicolaye and Harriet de Man resigned from the Board. Mike was a board member for 2 years and Harriet served two terms of two years and we are grateful for their contributions to WMNL. Kind regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Introducing our newest chapter, Wikimedia Korea
We are very happy that another chapter is approved after so many years. Wikimedia Korea you are very welcome to join the ranks of the chapter affiliates. And I also want to express my gratitude to Affcom and BoT. Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op wo 24 apr. 2019 om 15:48 schreef Samuel Patton : > Congratulations! Very heartening to see. > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 6:48 AM Nabin K. Sapkota < > nboycreationne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Congratulations and looks forward to future collaboration. > > > > Cheers, > > Nabin > > Wikimedians of Nepal > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 1:12 PM Philip Kopetzky < > philip.kopet...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Congrats Korea! :-) > > > > > > On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 05:17, Roman Bustria Jr. > > > wrote: > > > > > > > In behalf of the East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Regional > > > Cooperation > > > > (ESEAP) we would like to extend our congratulations to our member > > country > > > > for being elevated as a fully recognized chapter! > > > > > > > > We are looking forward to our future regional meeting and > > collaboration! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > Butch > > > > Philippines > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Note: ESEAP is a regional collaborative composed of affiliates > > Wikimedia > > > > Indonesia, Wikimedia Taiwan, Wikimedia Australia, Wikimedia Korea, > > > > Wikimedians in Thailand, Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group, > > > > Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia, Wikimedia User Group China, > > > > Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong, and Vietnam Wikimedians. > > > > Membership also include Wikimedia communities and nationalities of > > > Brunei, > > > > Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua > New > > > > Guinea, Singapore, and Timor Leste (East Timor). > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 6:11 AM María Sefidari < > msefid...@wikimedia.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > > > I am happy to share that earlier this year, the Wikimedia > Foundation > > > > Board > > > > > of Trustees approved our newest Wikimedia chapter - Wikimedia > Korea! > > > > > > > > > > For more information about our newest Wikimedia chapter, Wikimedia > > > Korea, > > > > > please see the announcement on the Wikimedia Foundation website: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/04/23/wikimedia-korea-new-chapter-affiliate-launches-in-south-korea/ > > > > > > > > > > I want to congratulate the new chapter and recognize their > > commitment, > > > > > efforts, and time involved in moving through the chapter > recognition > > > > > process over the past year. From their work building partnerships > > with > > > > > universities, to supporting and training new editors in South > Korea, > > we > > > > > look forward to seeing the impactful work from our community > members > > in > > > > > South Korea as they advance in their new affiliate role. > > > > > > > > > > As many of you know, this is our first chapter approval in several > > > years > > > > - > > > > > since the newest Wikimedia affiliate approval processes were put in > > > > place. > > > > > This marks a new moment in the history of our Wikimedia movement > > > > > affiliates. The Board appreciates the amazing work coming from > these > > > user > > > > > groups around the world, and is inspired to see how far some of > these > > > > > groups have come in terms of their impact both on our movement and > > > their > > > > > local communities. Indeed, we should all be proud of the impact our > > > > > affiliates continue to have on our projects, our vision, and the > > world > > > > > around us. > > > > > > >
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions about proposed new Chapter agreement for Wikimedia Portugal
Hi Gonçalo, It might also be useful to compare the new proposed Chapter Agreement with a few existing Agreements from other chapters. Might give you a better insight in the proposed changes and also provide you with some alternative formulations. You can find ours here: https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Chapter_agreement.pdf I will also ask the moderator on the session on bylaws during the Board Member Training if he can pay some attention to the Chapter Agreement as well. Regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op di 29 jan. 2019 om 14:22 schreef GoEthe.wiki : > Hi, > > Thank you all for the insightful and reassuring responses. > WMF agreed to extend our current chapter agreement for a couple of months > so that we have more time to go over the details and ask questions, and > discuss it with the membership of the chapter. > Cheers, > > Gonçalo Themudo > > *Presidente* > *Wikimedia Portugal* > *Email: *goethe.w...@gmail.com > *Website: *http://pt.wikimedia.org <https://sites.google.com/view/themudo> > *Imagine um mundo onde cada ser humano pode partilhar livremente a soma de > todo o conhecimento, na sua própria língua.* > > > > GoEthe.wiki escreveu no dia segunda, 28/01/2019 > à(s) 01:58: > > > (sorry for cross-posting, but since this is a time sensitive issue, I > > would like to get as many comments as possible) > > > > Dear all, > > > > Last 30 October, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) decided it needed more > > time to evaluate the case of Wikimedia Portugal, it extended the > suspension > > of Wikimedia Portugal, and said that they must use the time that would > > otherwise be the termination period for the Chapter Agreement between > > Wikimedia Portugal and the Wikimedia Foundation, therefore giving notice > of > > termination of the Chapter Agreement. WMF also said that if Wikimedia > > Portugal fully and completely resolved the issues described above and > > otherwise remained compliant with its obligations as a chapter - which > > happened, and the suspension was lifted - then WMF would sign a new > chapter > > agreement with Wikimedia Portugal. The current chapter agreement > therefore > > terminates this 31 January. On 25 January WMF sent us a new proposal of > > Chapter Agreement for Wikimedia Portugal to sign. It can be seen here, > side > > by side with the current Chapter Agreement Wikimedia Portugal has with > the > > WMF: > > > > https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Utilizador:Alchimista/Chapter_Agreement > > > > This new proposal differs in many ways from the Chapter Agreement > > currently in place, and from the ones other chapters have signed (at > least > > the ones that are public) and we have several questions about it, so we > > would like to ask the Wikimedia Portugal associates, other affiliates and > > the Wikimedia community in general to help us by clarifying some of these > > questions and weigh in on the advantages and disadvantages of continuing > > being a WMF affiliate under these changed conditions. > > > > We have also accordingly asked from the WMF a two month extension of the > > current Chapter Agreement, to allow for proper discussion of their > proposal. > > > > > > Main concerns: > > > > These are some of the main differences we found that are concerning us > > (first in italic the current agreement, second in bold the new proposal) > > > >- > > > >“This Chapter is authorized to cover the geographic region of the > >Portugal. The Foundation will not seek to create or authorize the > creation > >of any additional chapter within this geographic region. The > Foundation > >will not engage with other local organizations without consulting > with the > >chapter.” (Current CA) disappears entirely, and becomes “WMF hereby > >recognizes Chapter as part of the Wikimedia movement supporting its > Focus > >Area.” (i.e. Portugal) > >- > > > >Chapter shall do business as “Wikimedia Portugal, an independent > >organization for Wikimedia volunteers in Portugal”, irrespective of > its > >locally incorporated name. - this seems unique among chapters, and in > >our view conflicts with the possibility of affiliates including both > >volunteers and professionals, as well as both Wikimedians and people > >otherwise engaged and interested in programs, such as teachers, > librarians > >and museologists. The ta
Re: [Wikimedia-l] New board of Wikimedia Venezuela
Hi Oscar, congratulations with your reelection and with the new board. It is good to read that you continue your work in Venezuela and abroad, despite the difficult economic and social situation. Kind regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op ma 10 dec. 2018 om 09:41 schreef Oscar Costero : > Dear Wikimedians, > > At our seventh general assembly on November 24, the members of Wikimedia > Venezuela elected its new board, whose members are the following: > > * Oscar Costero (re-elected) > * Ybsen Lucero (re-elected) > * Marianny Contreras > * Lourdes Herrera > * Samuel Cirilo > > Ybsen and Samuel have been in previous boards, while Marianny and Lourdes > are new to our board, please join me in welcoming them. I also would like > to thank Kevin Dels, Jin Kadaba and Tomas Guardia for their work as now > former board members. > > During our assembly we proposed a new set bylaws to tackle the current > outflow of volunteers and members that migrated the country in past years. > We decided to have a new volunteer role in communication with the board > that oversight our activities and engage with members, volunteers and > expats in wiki activities around the globe. Jin Kadaba (Perú) and Santiago > de Viana (Spain) were elected to this new post. > > I am delighted to be able to work with these people in favor of the mission > and vision of our movement. > > Kind regards, > > Oscar Costero > Presidente | Wikimedia Venezuela > J-40129321-2 > http://wikimedia.org.ve > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Proposed changes to the Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws
Hi all, I want to express my concerns regarding this proposal to amend the WMF bylaws at this moment. It is a clear attempt to change the structure of our movement, and it seems to be a logic step after the endorsement of the Movement Direction (“Structure follows strategy”). However this proposal interferes with our common commitment to the second step of the Movement Strategy. After the endorsement of the Movement Direction 9 working groups have been installed. Their basic assignment is: “[...] map the present situation of their respective Thematic Areas, including the obstacles and opportunities, as well as changes needed for the movement to advance in our Strategic Direction. They will identify possible strategies for making these changes and develop concrete recommendations for the movement on how to *ratify and implement* [italics mine] them. This wording is in accordance with the email of Maria Sefidari of July 19, 2018 in which she expressed the commitment of the Board of Trustees to this process. I quote from her email: “Now our task as a movement is to apply the Strategic Direction to our own work. We need to answer questions that define our path forward: What kind of *structures* [again, the italics are mine] are ideal for achieving our strategic direction?” Issuing a proposal to change the bylaws clearly trespasses the work of all those involved in the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Process. I urge the Board of Trustees to postpone a decision about this matter and I suggest to hand over the recommendations of the Affcom to the appropriate working groups. Finally: Of course I do not want the Board of Trustees to act passively during the Movement Strategy Process. But this proposal is only a part of the bigger problem that we have to solve: the organization of the affiliates (chapters, user groups, new forms of affiliation) and the whole decision making process that goes with this, and as such it concerns the very heart of the international community. It needs a more careful consideration than the one-time consultation that has now been started. Let's not undermine this process, let's stick to the process that we have committed ourselves to. Frans Grijzenhout (chair WMNL, moderator Affiliate Chairpersons meetings) *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ Op zo 9 dec. 2018 om 00:13 schreef Pine W : > I think that the proposals are worth considering, although my wish list for > reforming the WMF Board has other priorities at this time (especially > regarding transparency, and the changing of the Founder's seat to a > community-selected seat). I think that these proposals should wait until > after the Strategy process is further along. > > I note the concerns that people have expressed about both proposals, both > here and on the talk page. I encourage the Board and staff to avoid > becoming locked into defending the proposals and pushing them through in > their current forms. > > However, I think that the Board should be encouraged to make proposals to > the community like this, and I thank the Board for making these proposals > open for public discussion. > > Pine > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Movement Strategy: First round of Working Group members
Hi All, I cannot support the idea that the movement strategy is designed for functionaries only. We encouraged editors and volunteers to meet and discuss the strategy locally and also gave them (financial) support so that they were able to attend the international conferences and take their part in the discussions. Frans (chair WMNL) *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ 2018-07-25 11:01 GMT+02:00 Yaroslav Blanter : > Hi Jane, > > I think Andres is completely right of this description, that the whole > exercise was designed by functionaries for functionaries, and nobody ever > thought that volunteers working on the projects could be involved. > > It is indeed right that many of those do not care about the strategy > discussions and just edit in their projects (though even say a Wikipedia > editor from time to time confronts the situation that Commons and Wikidata > exist but do not necessarily have the same policies as their project). But > many do care. In the 2010 strategy discussions, we had the volunteer > editors providing the input, and this is why this was a success. > Apparently, this time there were a large number of applications from the > volunteer editors who are not functionaries. > > Now, you can say that functionaries and staffers are sometimes editors as > well. Indeed, some of them are and are well respected in the communities > (Maggie Dennis is a great example). Some edited the projects before but > since then have gone inactive and have no idea what is going on in the > communities. Some are openly fighting with the communities and have no or > very little respect there. Some never edited. Well, you can of course make > a selection and hope that these selected people understand everything about > the variety of our projects. May be. Or may be not. We had in the past very > bad decisions which WMF, with varying degree of success, tried to impose on > the projects. I often had an impression that people making these decisions > had no understanding of what is actually going on the projects, and do not > even know whom to ask. > > Now the whole process only convinces me that this would repeat more and > more often. Especially since in the first round much of the project > feedback was ignored. > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Jane Darnell wrote: > > > Hmm. Yes and no. Yes the May 2017 conference suffered from some > interesting > > selection bias, but no the people there were not all brainwashed into > > forgetting their "wildness". We are all still wild wild Wikipedians at > > heart, speaking for the 2006 cohort in its entirety. I really doubt > whether > > the WMF is trying to shove us all in a direction of their choosing. I > think > > that we are in fact split down the middle into parties that believe "some > > languages are better than others" and "let's save all existing languages > on > > the planet, including all of their fonts ever used on- and offline". Then > > there is a huge discrepancy in workflow for these people and the folks > who > > work in just one language and never think of language as a movement topic > > at all. Among this monolingual crowd (many of whom do not subscribe to > any > > mailing list or other communication outlets) are the overlapping groups > > between the "field workers" and the "library workers". The field workers > > tend to operate more by a "drive-by" methodology, and the "library > workers" > > tend to operate more by a "step-by-step" methodology. I respectfully > submit > > that we have all dabbled in all of these worlds and therefore we all have > > enough common sense to shout "Whoa!" if something really really wrong > gets > > proposed. But in the past I have felt quite strongly that something was > > really really wrong, but it turned out it was just a factor of me being > > unaware of workflow difficulties experienced by others. So e.g. > personally > > I was against the idea of "protected pages" but have come around to > seeing > > they are useful - even on Wikidata. > > > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 10:12 PM, Anders Wennersten < > > m...@anderswennersten.se> wrote: > > > > > As I see it the strategy process is run for the functionaries in the > > > movement and by them. People with focus on contributing to the projects > > are > > > not involved, when volunteers is mentioned it is mostly people running > > > worskhops for begi
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Polska - new Board
Hi Wojciech, Thank you for letting us know the changes in composition of your board and the other statutory bodies. Welcome to the new members and a big thank you for those who ended their terms. And separate words of gratitude to Tomasz whom I have met so often during discussions on international themes. Kind regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ 2018-06-10 10:39 GMT+02:00 Wojciech Pędzich : > Dear all, > > > > following yesterday's General Assembly of Wikimedia Polska Association, > held in Katowice, a new composition of the Board and other statutory bodies > of the chapter have been established. > > > > Tomasz "Polimerek" Ganicz decided to resign his long-standing position on > the Board, after 13 years of service - as the Board's Treasurer (first term > of Wikimedia Polska ever) and President (ever since then). Two other > members - Jarosław "Powerek38" Blaszczak and Tomasz "Elfhelm" Skibiński - > have also left the Board. The current composition of the statutory bodies > of the Association for the term 2018-2020 is as follows: > > > > == Board == > > > > * Michał "Aegis Maelstrom" Buczyński, President > > * Małgorzata “Maire” Wilk, Vice-President > > * Paweł “Yarl” Marynowski, Vice-President > > * Piotr “PMG” Gackowski, Vice-President > > * Marek “Masti” Stelmasik, Treasurer > > * Wojciech Pędzich, Secretary > > * Jacek “Phinek” Fink-Finowicki, Member of the Board > > > > == Revision Board == > > > > * Juliusz “Julo” Zieliński > * Karol “Karol007” Głąb > > * Maciej “Maikking” Król > > > > == Internal Court == > > > > * Tomasz “Polimerek” Ganicz > > * Maria “Gytha” Drozdek > > * Julia “Lantuszka” Koszewska > > > All the best! > > Wojciech > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Why We Read Wikipedia in your language
Hi Leila, thank you for sharing the results of this important survey. Must have been a tremendous job and we are very happy to have this information about our readers now available. We will certainly discuss this with the Dutch WP community. During this discussion we will of course also focus on the difference between WP-NL and some other languages (another valuable aspect of this research). Thanks again, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ 2018-03-15 17:45 GMT+01:00 Leila Zia <le...@wikimedia.org>: > Hi all, > > We are ready to share the result of the first part of the study for > the 14 languages that participated in the survey with you. To recap: > the goal of the first part of the study was to compute the prevalence > of the use-cases of Wikipedia across the 14 languages, basically, > generating plots similar to Figure 2 in our earlier research [0] for > these languages. What took most of our time was the debiasing step we > had to take for every language and triple-checking the results to make > sure we didn't make a mistake. You can read more about this first part > at the blog post we just published [1] and on meta [2]. > > What's left? A lot! :) We took one big step to make sense of the data, > but there is a lot left. We have now entered the second phase of the > study during which we will try to do a deeper analysis to characterize > readers by survey response type across as many languages as we can. > The higher the number of survey responses from a language, the higher > the chances for us to be able to get good results in this phase. We > expect to be able to do this deeper analysis in around 5 languages, > maybe more. We will let you know once we know more about this part. > > This is a good opportunity for me to thank many of you who have made > this research possible. Many colleagues at Wikimedia Foundation > stepped up and helped us in every step of the way, thanks to all of > you. I specifically want to call out the work that the points of > contacts and volunteers put to help us run the survey in your > languages [3] and to our formal collaborators Bob West (EPFL, > User:Cervisiarius) and Florian Lemmerich (RWTH Aachen University, > User:Flemmerich) who have been working in this area of research, truly > tirelessly. Florian had a lot of sleepless nights to prepare these > results. > > If you have questions or comments, you know where to find us: IRC > channel #wikimedia-research on freenode (look for leila or lzia), the > discussion page where we document things, etc. Your role is key now. > Please look at the results in your languages, ponder on them, and tell > us if you see interesting patterns that we have missed and we should > consider digging deeper in and making sense of. And, please enjoy > using this data for your language. We stand behind these results [4]. > > Best, > Leila > > [0] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.05379.pdf > [1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/03/15/why-the-world-reads-wikipedia/ > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Characterizing_ > Wikipedia_Reader_Behaviour/Robustness_across_languages > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Characterizing_ > Wikipedia_Reader_Behaviour/Robustness_across_languages# > Participating_languages > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Characterizing_ > Wikipedia_Reader_Behaviour/Robustness_across_languages#Results > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:28 AM, Amir E. Aharoni > <amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > > OK, I did it :) > > > > I don't write in the Russian Wikipedia as much as I do in Hebrew and > > English, but it should be OK. > > > > > > -- > > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > > “We're living in pieces, > > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore > > > > 2017-06-21 9:57 GMT+03:00 Leila Zia <le...@wikimedia.org>: > > > >> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Amir E. Aharoni > >> <amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > >> > > >> > If I want this done for Hebrew and Russian, do I just reply to this > >> thread? > >> > >> > >> [Amir, you are aware of this but I'm hoping by saying it here we can > >> change the outcome.] > >> > >> At the moment, all text is translated to Russian but we don't have any > >> volunteer as a point of contact for Russian Wikipedia. The PoC is > >> needed to communicate the notifications from us to the ruwiki > >> community and also transfer anything we should know from that > >
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France new Board members
Hi Nadine, thank you for letting us know that your board is now complete again. I wish all of you a good term and I hope there is also time to enjoy your difficult work as well. Good luck, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ 2017-12-08 17:11 GMT+01:00 Nadine Le Lirzin <nlelir...@wikimedia.fr>: > Hi all, > > > We’re glad to briefly present to the community the two new members elected > on December 2 to Wikimédia France Board of Trustees by our General > Assembly. > > > — Pierre-Selim, 35, is a Product Manager and Data Scientist. Long-time > wikimedian, he enjoys contributing with his pictures to Wikimedia Commons. > He has already served on the board of Wikimédia France previously, in 2013 > and from 2015 to Spring 2017. His term runs until October 2019. > > > — Hélène Masson, aka Edhral, is a 41-year-old Business Analyst. She has > been a Wikimedian since 2006 and strives to explain how Wikipedia works to > all her relations. Her term runs until October 2019. > > > > Three other members of the Board, who had been elected in September for > this very short period, have been successfully reelected too. > > > — Kvardek du, 22, has been contributing to Wikimedia projects for 7 years > and organizes events like Art+Feminism editathons in Paris. Their PhD > research focuses on operational management in transportation. Their term > runs until October 2019. > > > — Lucas Lévêque, 29, a librarian and a passionate wiktionarist, arrived in > the association in 2014. He co-founded Lingua Libre and he registers > regional languages for the Wiktionary. His term runs until October 2019. > > > — Florence Raymond, 37, is an assistant curator, at the initiative of > Wikimuseum Project since 2016. She works for a better place of common goods > (photos and contents) in cultural structures. Her term runs until October > 2017. > > > We are now 10 members at the board, but there's work for all :) > > > Nadine Le Lirzin > > > *Board member* > > *Wikimédia France* > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] The other side of the crisis at WMFR
Hi Remi, You're mail is one big complaint, may I remind you to the last phrase of your Board Handbook? It states: Fortes capacité d’auto-évaluation (Strong self-assessment capability). Thank you, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* Mariaplaats 3 - 3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ 2017-10-20 13:49 GMT+02:00 Rémi Mathis <mathis.r...@gmail.com>: > Katherine, > > I told you a month ago "Maybe you should reply as a responsible human being > and not as a trained crisis communication people". This is truer everyday. > > What did you write this email yesterday, and not one,two, three months ago? > Because I left Wikimedia France, because a Fields Medallist left, because > the president of Picasso Museum left, and because journalists began to talk > about the harassment and the violence of some members of the community. > Because the fact that Nathalie Martin had filed a complaint against > Christophe Henner begins to spread not only amongst the community but also > outside. > Because the articles made people aware of the problem and that they are > victims too, and new testimonies are being sent to journalists. > Because you met Christophe Henner in person the day before. > > Because you are doing your job to protect your boss and make as little > noise as possible. But when I donate to Wikimedia, when I edit Wikipedia, > that's not what I want from you. I want a safe community. > > I wrote to you, Christophe and your team more than ten times between July > and today. I even met your Legal Conselor and Christophe Henner to talk > about the harassment. I never got an email back from you. Not a single word > to a private message I sent. You only answered once on Twitter, because it > was a public conversation. > > Now, I'm for you "an individual", you never only *say my name*. > At the same time, I receive a letter from Henner's lawyer trying to make me > remove my post. > Still keeping people quiet instead of accepting and therefore tackling the > problems. > > I spent nine years working for the movement as a benevolent member. I have > been chair for 3 years, I worked 9-12pm for the movement for years, I was > threatened by the French Intelligence Service. And thanks to this > dedication, I made a lot of friends ; I met a lot of extraordinay people ; > we contracted with the Bibliothèque nationale, Versailles Palace, > Ministries, etc. We made a huge and very good job. > > Now, do you really think I'm leaving with no reason? Do you really think > I'm a liar or frivolous? Do you think I'm being manipulated by an evil > witch we had to get rid of - as some say to journalists and some add (with > neutrality of course) to the Wikipedia article about me? > > Denouncing the violence, I'm losing 30 of my closest friends, stopping one > of my favouriste activities and canceling 9 years of my life. > > Sending an email like this one, "managing" instead of "caring", you only do > the job you're getting paid for. > But, maybe you also realise that you are shatterring lives of > "individuals"... who have no names. But since we don't even have names, > since there is no violence or harassment problem to deal with, I'm sure you > will never have any problem to look at yourself in a mirror. > > Even Hollywood is facing the violence and harassment problem. Wikimedia > still doesn't. > I'm sad. But now I'm only sad for you and one of the greatest human > projects of the time, you are currently making vile and foul. > As for me, it's over. > > X, individual [used to be] associated with our movement > > > > > On 19 October 2017 at 23:19, Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Everyone, > > > > The past six months have been a complex and troubling time for our > > community in France. Let me be absolutely clear, with no confusion or > > ambiguity, that the Wikimedia Foundation condemns harassment. We take all > > harassment claims seriously, investigate them promptly, and take the > > appropriate action to enforce our policies whenever necessary. My goal > here > > today is to provide more information about the actions of the Wikimedia > > Foundation, the principles to which we adhere, and the situation in which > > our movement finds itself. > > > > As many of you know, there have been months of discussion within the > French > > Wikimedia community, independent committees and governance bodies, and > the > > Wikimedia Foundation about the governance and operations of Wikimédia > > France. During this time, we have seen growing tensions between a number
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia France short update
Hi Florence, thank you for keeping the international community up to date. I am glad to hear that the AG was successful. Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 - http://www.wikimedia.nl/ -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2017-09-12 22:29 GMT+02:00 Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com>: > Thank you to Florence for the update and links. Thanks also for the public > WMF report; and to the many members helping with the transformation. //SJ > > On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Florence Devouard <anth...@anthere.org> > wrote: > > > I thought the electoral commission would forward the results but over 24h > > hours after the GA closed... apparently not. > > > > > > So very brief summary: > > > > > > Saturday, Wikimedia France held a full day General Assembly. > > > > > > The agenda was here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > > i/Wikimédia_France/Assemblée_générale/septembre_2017 > > > > Results of votes are available there : https://upload.wikimedia.org/w > > ikipedia/commons/0/04/WMFR_AG_2017-09-09.pdf > > > > > > Key points > > * Emeric (chairman until end of June) resigned the day prior to the > > General Assembly > > * the remaining board (5 people) was constituted of Samuel (Chair), > > Marie-Alice (Vice Chair), FloFlo (treasurer), Edouard and Florence > Raymond > > (not me...) > > * Raymond, who was an appointed board member, was confirmed by the > General > > Assembly > > * the General Assembly voted by 73% the "lack of trust" in the previous > > board > > * however, the General Assembly voted to retain the remainer of the > > previous board despite the distrust, in order to allow transfer of > > information and to support the new board during the audit. > > * Floflo and Edouard will finish their term in 6 weeks (may resign > > earlier). Samuel and Marie-Alice indicated they would resign at the > > earliest convenience, only staying to help the transition and the audit > > > > * 6 new people were elected on the board. 4 for slightly more than a > year, > > 2 for a duration of 6 weeks. All of those are experienced members, > > including former board members and former president (I suppose > > presentations will follow next week) > > * the chapter mailing list is reopened > > * the members whose new memberships or renewal had been rejected will be > > invited to re-apply > > * the prior vote passed in July to expell members will be cancelled > > * the GA also voted to support the adoption of a non-discrimination > > policy, for a complete revamping of the conflict of interest committee, > and > > for a financial audit to be done. > > > > Sides notes > > > > Next General Assembly will take place around 20th of October and will be > > the opportunity to elect new board members to fill the remaining seats. > > Except for the appointed board member, it is likely the board will be > > entirely renewed in the next few weeks (compared to this last summer > one). > > > > Also, WMF published two documents to guide the next few months > > > > > > WMFr site visit report - septembre 2017 > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMFr_site_visit_report_-_septembre_2017 > > > > Grant expectations for Wikimedia France - 2017-2018 > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_expectations_for_Wikim > > edia_France_-_2017-2018 > > > > I wish the best to the new board. They have a lot of work to do to > rebuild > > the complete mess left by the previous management. Please, help them as > > much as you can. > > > > Florence > > > > ___ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > > i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Some news from Wikimédia France
Bonjour Envel, merci pour votre courriel, je vous souhaite courage, sagesse et l'unanimité nécessaire pour résoudre les problèmes. Cordialement, Frans Hi Envel, thanks for your email, I wish you courage, wisdom and the necessary unanimity to resolve the problems. Kind regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 - http://www.wikimedia.nl/ -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2017-08-27 19:13 GMT+02:00 Envel Le Hir <envel.le@gmail.com>: > (English translation is available below) > > Bonjour, > > Samuel Le Goff, président de Wikimédia France, m'a demandé d'assister à la > réunion des président-e-s des organisations affiliées à la fondation > Wikimedia [1], réunion qui a eu lieu le 12 août pendant Wikimania, parce > qu'aucun membre du conseil d'administration de Wikimédia France n'était > présent à Wikimania. Même si j'ai été nommé par le conseil > d’administration, la suite reflète mon opinion, pas celle du CA. > > Le situation de Wikimédia France a été abordée en fin de réunion. Les > président-e-s ont notamment demandé comment ils pouvaient aider. Pour > résumer, j'ai indiqué ceci : > * la crise est toujours en cours ; > * il me semble difficile pour les autres chapitres d'apporter leur aide > pour l'instant ; > * deux assemblées générales vont avoir lieu en septembre et en octobre, ce > qui devrait renouveler en profondeur le conseil d'administration (a priori, > au moins 10 des 12 sièges) ; > * dès l'assemblée générale du 9 septembre, de nouveaux membres devraient > être désignés au conseil d'administration, probablement pour la plupart > inexpérimentés à ce poste, et une aide des autres chapitres leur sera alors > utile ; > * il n'est pas encore possible de faire un retour d'expérience sur les > problèmes rencontrés par le chapitre. > > Lors de l'assemblée générale du 9 septembre, 6 nouveaux membres au conseil > d’administration seront élu-e-s, choisi-e-s parmi 12 candidat-e-s [2]. Et > encore d'autres en octobre [3]. Je les encourage vivement à utiliser l'aide > proposée par les autres chapitres. Même s'il y a beaucoup à faire, je suis > convaincu que la communauté française saura remettre son chapitre sur les > rails, et toute aide pour y parvenir est bienvenue. > > Je remercie les président-e-s pour leur gentillesse lors du meeting. > > (English translation starts here) > > Hello, > > Samuel Le Goff, chair of Wikimédia France, asked me to attend the > Chairpersons meeting [1], that took place on August 12th at Wikimania, > because no member of the Wikimédia France board attended Wikimania. Even if > I was appointed by the board, the following reflects my opinion, not > theirs. > > The topic of the situation of Wikimédia France came up at the end of the > meeting. Chairpersons asked how they could help. To sum up, I stated the > following: > * we're still in the middle of the crisis, > * it seems difficult to me that other chapters can help at the moment, > * two general meeting of Wikimédia France will occur in September and > October, and that will certainly deeply renew our board (a priori, at least > 10 of the 12 seats), > * starting at the general meeting of September 9th, new board members will > be appointed, probably most of them unexperienced at this position, and any > help from other chapters would be useful to them, > * for now, it is not yet possible to make feedbacks on the problems > encountered by the chapter. > > During the general meeting of September 9th, 6 new board members will be > elected, chosen among 12 candidates [2]. And also others in October [3]. I > deeply encourage them to use the help offered by other chapters. Even if > there is a lot to do, I'm confident that the French community can manage to > get its chapter back on track, and any help to do so is welcome. > > Thanks to the chairpersons for their kindness during the meeting. > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_Chairpersons_ > meeting_August_12_2017 > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/ > Assembl%C3%A9e_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale/septembre_2017 > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikim%C3%A9dia_ > France/Assembl%C3%A9e_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale/septembre_2017# > Renouvellement_du_CA > > -- > Envel Le Hir / User:Envlh > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikim
[Wikimedia-l] New Board WMNL
Dear all, Wikimedia Netherlands had its AGM on April 22. During this meeting the annual Report 2016 was approved and a new Board was elected. On May 13 the new Board held its first official meeting and the different portfolios were reassigned. Frans Grijzenhout - chair Justus de Bruijn - secretary Marike van Roon - education program Harriet de Man - institutional relations Bart Nieuwenhuis - treasurer Mike Nicolaye (new board member) - community liaison Michel Wesseling (new board member) - sponsoring and outreach Mike is an active, long-time Wikipedian and Michel Wesseling is an information professional. We are very happy that these new board members are willing to share their experience with WMNL. We also want to thank Jan Anton Brouwer who did an exellent job as our treasurer over the past 3 years. Kind regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 - http://www.wikimedia.nl/ -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] WMIL General Assembly meeting and Board elections 2017
Hi Itzik, congratulations! I look forward to continue our cooperation. Regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 - http://www.wikimedia.nl/ -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2017-05-09 11:01 GMT+02:00 Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <it...@wikimedia.org.il> : > Dear all, > > Yesterday (8.5.17) Wikimedia Israel (WMIL) held a general assembly meeting, > during which the members held the elections for members of the Board of > WMIL. > > The results of the elections are as follows: > > Itzik Edri,(reelected) > Deror Lin, (reelected) > Ido Ivri, (reelected) > Hana Yariv (reelected) > Dana Dekel (reelected) > > Audit committee: Oved Cohen (reelected). > > The new Board then proceeded to reelect Itzik Edri as the chairperson, and > to elect Ido Ivri as the Board Secretary > > > Regards, > Itzik > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Statement from the Chairs regarding the Movement strategy process
Hi everybody, Yesterday the chairs of the various affiliates held their meeting and I am very pleased to inform all of you that the chairs that were present at this meeting all supported the following statement: "The Wikimedia chairs, meeting in Berlin on 1 April 2017 support the Wikimedia strategy process and we will encourage our respectieve organizations to contribute." We kindly request the chairs that could not attend the meeting to also motivate their respective organizations to contribute to the process. Kind regards, Frans Grijzenhout -- *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 - http://www.wikimedia.nl/ -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 -- *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 - http://www.wikimedia.nl/ -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: 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] Funds Dissemination Committee Recommendations for Round 1 2016-2017
Hi Anne, thank you for this report and for sharing with us the deliberations on the requests. We greatly appreciate the constructive and thoughtful approach. Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 - http://www.wikimedia.nl/ -- *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2016-11-18 4:23 GMT+01:00 Risker <risker...@gmail.com>: > Dear Wikimedians, > > > The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets twice a year to make > recommendations about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve > the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. This is now the > 9th round of allocations made by the FDC, and we met in person from > November 13-17 in San Francisco to deliberate on 11 proposals submitted > this round. We would like to thank all of the participating organizations > for the hard work they put into this round’s proposals. > > > Our recommendations for Round 1 2016-2017 on the annual plan grants to the > Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees have now been posted on Meta.[1] The > Board will review our deliberations and make a decision by January 1, 2017. > > > We received grant requests for approximately USD 3,467,000 this round > (including two requests for two-year funding). Before we met, committee > members reviewed all of the proposals and documents submitted. We were > assisted in this review with input from the FDC staff assessments which > included analysis on impact, finances, and programs, as well as community > comments on the proposals. > > > As you may know, there is a formal process to submit complaints or appeals > about these recommendations. Here are the steps for both: > > > Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s Round 1 > recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC by > 23:59 UTC on 8 December 2016 in accord with the appeal process outlined in > the FDC Framework [2]. A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s > recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary > directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representatives to the FDC, > Dariusz Jemielniak and Guy Kawasaki. The appeal should be submitted > on-wiki, and must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking > applicant. The Wikimedia Foundation Board will publish its decision on this > and all recommendations by January 1, 2017. > > > Anyone can file a complaint about the FDC process [3] with the Ombudsperson > at any time. The complaint should be submitted on wiki, as well. The > Ombudsperson will publicly document the complaint, and investigate as > needed. > > > > On behalf of the FDC, > > > Anne Clin / Risker > > FDC Chair > > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2016-2017_ > round_1 > > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Appeals_to_the_Board_on_the_ > recommendations_of_the_FDC > > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Complaints_ > about_the_FDC_process > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: 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] Wikimedia Deutschland: New board elected, annual plan postponed.
Hi Tim, congratulations with the new board. It is difficult at the moment I guess and I sincerely hope that the new board can find consensus within the movement lead WMDE back into the frontier of the international movement. Kind regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2014-12-03 23:55 GMT+01:00 Lila Tretikov l...@wikimedia.org: Congratulations, new board! On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 5:04 AM, Nurunnaby Hasive n...@nhasive.com wrote: Congratulations WMDE new board! On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: Congratulations to WMDE -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People Moderator, Social Media Interaction | The Daily Prothom-Alo http://www.prothom-alo.com Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge http://www.okfn.org Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) http://www.bdosn.org Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh http://www.mozillabd.org Author Translator | Global Voice http://bn.globalvoicesonline.org/author/hasive fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive http://www.twitter.com/nhasive | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com ___ 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 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 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] FDC funds allocation recommendation is up
Hi all, this is to inform you that I just placed an official reaction to the FDC funds allocation recommendation for WMNL on: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2014-2015_round1#Comments_regarding_Wikimedia_Nederland I'd like to add here that, contrary to many opinions on this list, we find that the FDC has done a good job. The recommendations were thoughtful and we will take their advice seriously. Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair +31 6 5333 9499 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2014-11-27 8:15 GMT+01:00 Ting Chen wing.phil...@gmx.de: Hello dear all, this is not a response to any specific mails on this thread, just a few thoughts from my side. I am not very heavily involved in the FDC process, what I did was, well, as one of the board member decided to create this process and one of the advisory group member observed the feedbacks, and I read a few of the mails in this thread. By all means, I would not call myself expert in this matter. I have a very high respect for those people who apply for funds throw the FDC process and I have a very high respect for the FDC members. I know most of these people (both the applicants and the FDC members) and I believe in their good will, their honest, their belief that what they are doing is helping the movement and the effort they invested. Now back to the matter. One of the issue that the advisory group reviewed in May this year was that the FDC is a very hard and, because of this, a very expensive process. Every partner organization that apply for FDC has an annual planning, this alone is an organizational effort that eat up fund that do not go into program. I know from the WMF that the annual planning is very expensive. The whole organization is involved and the entire process lasted (anyway when I was in board) half a year. One can do a rough estimation of manhours invested into this process and then put a price on it. My rough estimation would go into 4 digits, maybe five. Partner organizations have less (alone because they have less C-level management), but I believe the proportion would be the same. Atop of this partner organizations who apply for FDC have to do an extra effort. I cannot say how much this extra effort is, but from my remote observation and my impression from the frustration and accounts in the list I would say it is not a small one. I have a guess, but it is totally subjective. Maybe one of the chapters can provide an example of insight? All these costs go into organization and off from program. The anual planning part is unavoidable, the FDC part is atop. This makes a malignant feedback: More organizational cost makes the efficiency worse, and that makes it more necessary to make more effort in the presentation and reasoning, which means more FDC effort. We need to break up this circle. The advisory group made two recommendations this spring: The first one is to make repeating applications easier, and the other is to allow applications for more than one year. My impression from this thread is that either these recommendations didn't catch, or they were not implemented in this round. If the last case is true (not implemented) I would like to ask FDC to take these recommendations seriously and implement them. If the first case is true (implemented but doesn't catch), then I would think that we need to think about this again. Can someone clarify which case is more the reality? One of the critics about the fund dissimination as a total that catchs my eyes again is how unbalanced the distribution is. As I said I know most of the people who expressed their frustration here. I know that they are all reasonable people. So, if let's say the total funding is declining, I believe that the outcry would not be so loud as that we currently have the situation that the total sum of the funding is increasing and the partner organizations feel that they are being cut off from that increase. The total amount that the FDC can distribute is not determined by FDC. So, since as I said most of the people are reasonbale and rational, I would like to call the Foundation to take this point really really seriously. It remains one of the biggest problem between the Foundation and the partner organizations. Greetings. Ting ___ 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Subject for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015: CoSyne
Hi Balázs, WMNL hosted the international hackaton in 2013. Documentation is archived and thus still available and we are more than willing to help you in preparing the international hackaton in 2015. Regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair fr...@wikimedia.nl +31 6 5333 9499 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht ABNAMRO NL33 ABNA 0497164833 - Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2014-07-14 16:56 GMT+02:00 Balázs Viczián balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu: Hi, WMHU would be interested in *hosting *a Hackathon in Hungary (anywhere) but we would need a couple of international volunteers to help filling the core of event (finding topics and speakers or building up the content in general). In exchange, the rest (from side events to the smallest details) can be left with us :) Balazs 2014-07-14 14:53 GMT+02:00 Frans Grijzenhout fr...@wikimedia.nl: Hi Romaine, this is to remind you that the CoSyne project was a research project, sponsored by the EU and conducted by different partners. The research has been concluded and the results have been reported early 2013..The technical infrastructure has sinds then been dismantled, so it will not be that easy to restart CoSyne. Regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair fr...@wikimedia.nl +31 6 5333 9499 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht ABNAMRO NL33 ABNA 0497164833 - Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2014-07-09 23:44 GMT+02:00 Romaine Wiki romaine.w...@gmail.com: I doubt if these tools are similar. But I do think they can benefit from each other. Romaine 2014-07-09 16:03 GMT+02:00 Antoine Musso hashar+...@free.fr: Le 09/07/2014 14:33, Romaine Wiki a écrit : As a subject of one/more hackathons I would like to recommend CoSyne [1]. CoSyne is translation and multilingual synchronisation tool. The project was set up by Wikimedia Netherlands together with several universities and other partners, including the EU. The tool makes it possible to translate much more easier from one Wikipedia (etc) to another with much better quality translations than existing translating tools. It does not matter if an article is already written, it is possible with this tool to expand existing articles and to update articles with a new section when on one Wikipedia this was added. It makes it possible to exchange information in more languages and helps users to keep the articles up-to-date. I have tested the Bèta version of this tool and these tests were very successful. [1] https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/CoSyne Romaine Hello, Seems it is very similiar to the content translation Wikimedia i18n team is working on: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation Demo video: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:CX_Section_Alignment_Preview_and_Basic_Editing.webm -- Antoine hashar Musso ___ 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 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 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 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 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
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Subject for Wikimedia Hackathon(s) 2014-2015: CoSyne
Hi Romaine, this is to remind you that the CoSyne project was a research project, sponsored by the EU and conducted by different partners. The research has been concluded and the results have been reported early 2013..The technical infrastructure has sinds then been dismantled, so it will not be that easy to restart CoSyne. Regards, Frans *Frans Grijzenhout*, voorzitter / chair fr...@wikimedia.nl +31 6 5333 9499 http://www.wikimedia.nl/ *Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland* *Postadres*: *Bezoekadres:* Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 3500 AD Utrecht3511 LH Utrecht ABNAMRO NL33 ABNA 0497164833 - Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 2014-07-09 23:44 GMT+02:00 Romaine Wiki romaine.w...@gmail.com: I doubt if these tools are similar. But I do think they can benefit from each other. Romaine 2014-07-09 16:03 GMT+02:00 Antoine Musso hashar+...@free.fr: Le 09/07/2014 14:33, Romaine Wiki a écrit : As a subject of one/more hackathons I would like to recommend CoSyne [1]. CoSyne is translation and multilingual synchronisation tool. The project was set up by Wikimedia Netherlands together with several universities and other partners, including the EU. The tool makes it possible to translate much more easier from one Wikipedia (etc) to another with much better quality translations than existing translating tools. It does not matter if an article is already written, it is possible with this tool to expand existing articles and to update articles with a new section when on one Wikipedia this was added. It makes it possible to exchange information in more languages and helps users to keep the articles up-to-date. I have tested the Bèta version of this tool and these tests were very successful. [1] https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/CoSyne Romaine Hello, Seems it is very similiar to the content translation Wikimedia i18n team is working on: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation Demo video: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:CX_Section_Alignment_Preview_and_Basic_Editing.webm -- Antoine hashar Musso ___ 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 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 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] [Wikimedia Announcements] Please welcome Lila Tretikov, the Wikimedia Foundation's new ED
Welcome Lila, hope to meet you in person in London. And thanks to Jan-Bart the other members of the transition team. I will forward this great news to the Dutch board community. Frans Grijzenhout 2014-05-01 20:15 GMT+02:00 Jan-Bart de Vreede jdevre...@wikimedia.org: Dear fellow community members, On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees I am delighted to announce that the new Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation will be Lila Tretikov. Lila is a widely respected Bay Area technology leader, most recently with SugarCRM. As many of you know, about a year ago Sue Gardner announced she planned to step down as our ED. As we launched the search for her successor, we spent some time working through the most critical requirements for the role. We decided the new ED should be someone with a product/engineering background, ideally in an open-source or other online community context. We wanted someone experienced with organisations that were growing, who'd managed staff and budgets comparable to ours, and who had experience creating continuous delivery of technology improvements in an agile context. We wanted a person who is oriented towards collaboration, transparency and openness, with some experience with complex stakeholder environments, and with an international orientation. We knew we needed someone with courage and strong personal integrity, who wouldn't be intimidated by attempts to censor the projects. Lila is precisely what we set out to find. Lila was born in the Soviet Union and moved to the United States alone, as a teenager. She's been working for technology companies, primarily in open source, in the Bay Area for the past 15 years. In 1999 she started her career at Sun Microsystems. Shortly afterwards she founded GrokDigital, a technology and design company. She spent three years as senior director of development at Telespree, a company that provides cloud-based wireless data services for mobile carriers. For the past eight years, she was at SugarCRM, where she held positions of increasing responsibility as the organization grew, including being in charge of internal IT, marketing, customer support and professional services, engineering, and product development. She has a stellar reputation as a leader who is highly skilled, collaborative, open, passionate and curious. We think Lila will be a terrific fit for the ED role. The Transition Team (Phoebe, Alice, Kat, Sue, Erik, Geoff, Gayle and I) voted unanimously to recommend her to the Board, and the Board voted unanimously to accept the recommendation. She strikes all of us as smart, brave and unpretentious, and we believe she has the skills the WMF needs. Lila is going to spend the next few weeks in learning-and-listening mode, and will take over the ED position from Sue at the end of the month. Her first priority will be to immerse herself in deepening her understanding of the Wikimedia projects. I want to close this announcement by saying a heartfelt and deeply appreciative thanks to Sue, who has been the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation for the past seven years. When the Board and I hired Sue in 2007, we were just a chaotic little non-profit in small-town Florida, with a tiny staff and not much money. Over the past seven years, Sue's leadership has built the Foundation into an effective, well-funded and well-managed organisation, with integrity and a clear sense of purpose, and her steady and committed presence throughout the search process was integral in helping us come to this excellent result. We will be forever grateful for her leadership and vision, and I hope we can continue to rely on her support in the months and years ahead. In June Sue will move into a new role as a special advisor to me and Lila. She'll also take a well-earned holiday, and maybe even a bit of a wiki-break, before beginning to think about what she's going to do next. Many of us will get a chance to see her in London, at Wikimania, in August. The Wikimedia Foundation is delighted to have reached such a successful outcome to the search. My thanks to Lisa Grossman of m/Oppenheim for helping us with it, and I ask you to please join me in extending a warm welcome to Lila Tretikov, our new ED. Jan-Bart de Vreede Chair Wikimedia Board of Trustees ___ 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 Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https
[Wikimedia-l] New board Wikimedia Nederland
It is with great pleasure that I present to you the new board of Wikimedia Netherlands (WMNL). During our General Assembly of March 29, 2014 the following persons were elected for a new term of 1 year. - Ronn Boef - new Board member - Jan Anton Brouwer - Treasurer, board member since 2013 - Justus de Bruijn - new Board member - André Engels - Secretary of the Board, new Board member - Frans Grijzenhout - Chair, Secretary since 2013, Board member since 2012 - Ad Huikeshoven - Board member since 2012 - Marlon Thé - new Board member André en Ronn have been active Wikipedians for a long time and we are glad that they are willing to serve the community in a different role. Justus and Marlon are new to the Wikimedia community but both have a track record in serving volunteer organizations. The general meeting gave a warm applause to the two board members that stepped down after serving the community for many years: Ziko van Dijk, Board member and Chair since 2011 and Paul Becherer, who served as Secretary of the Board and as Treasurer since 2010. They have led the Dutch chapter in an outstanding way during turbulent years. Frans Grijzenhout -- *Frans Grijzenhout*, chair fr...@wikimedia.nl +31 6 5333 9499 Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland Postbus 167 3500 AD Utrecht http://www.wikimedia.nl/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list 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] Overloaded with CentralNotices (Tilman Bayer)
Hi everyone, this is just to point out that we organized 4 meetings with WMNL members (july - sept) in order to get as much input as possible for our Annual Plan and Budget 2014. We also welcomed ideas and feedback on draft documents in our Newsletter and on the Dutch chapter's wiki. We received lots of input, valuable ideas were raised and inserted in the final plan. As a result of this procedure the Annual Plan 2014 and its budget (for the larger part FDC funded) was unanimously approved during the General Assembly of Sept 21. Regards, Frans Grijzenhout (secretary WMNL) 2013/10/31 Tilman Bayer tba...@wikimedia.org Hi Jane, On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Jane Darnell jane...@gmail.com wrote: @Sue, I understand the idea behind doing this and applaud the idea - it would be so much easier to make strategy decisions in WMNL if we had more input from more involved people in the Dutch Wikipedia community. I get that it is really a conflict of interest for WMNL insiders to be the only ones to comment and approve the funds request made by WMNL insiders. The problem with this central sitenotice, as Romaine pointed out, is that it is in English and points to the WMNL fund request in English. Actually, the banners are available in Dutch, and Romaine had said so as well. If you see them in English, one possible reason could be that your browser's interface language is set to English. The main (global) FDC banner has been translated into over 70 languages, and the general community review page that it points to is available in over 10 languages: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/FDC_portal/Proposals/Community/Review . Comments on the funding requests can be made in languages other than English, too. As for the funding requests themselves, yes, they are in English. I guess it would be too much of a burden for the either fund-seeking organizations or volunteer translators to provide the entire proposal form in several languages. But one idea for the future might be to make at least the shorter overview section of each request translatable (e.g. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals/2013-2014_round1/Wikimedia_Nederland/Proposal_form#Overview_of_grant_request ). -- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- *Frans Grijzenhout*, secretaris fr...@wikimedia.nl +31 6 5333 9499 Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland Postbus 167 3500 AD Utrecht http://wmnederland.nl/ * * ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
