[Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France board update
Dear fellow Wikimedians, As you may know Christophe Henner, the Chair of Wikimédia France, has resigned from the board, as he is moving on to his next challenge at the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. We won't even try to summarise in a few sentences everything Christophe has brought to Wikimédia France in his 10 years stint as a board member ; let us just deeply thank him for his service! Our board of trustees had a meeting last week-end, during which we elected new officers of the board, following the resignation of Christophe. * Samuel Le Goff is our new Vice-chair, Samuel is 42 years old and lives in Paris. He works as a journalist, former parliamentary assistant for many years. He has been in the board since late 2014. He helps volunteers to deal with French governmental and public organization relationships, public consultations, and to expose Wikimedia positions in public debates. He will be in charge of internal organization and governance too. * Emeric Vallespi is our new Chair, Emeric is 29 years old and lives in Montpellier (south of France). He works as a Branch director in a bank. He has been at the board since late 2012, serving as Vice-chair since 2014. He's involved in internal organization, governance and international affairs and is interested in internal control, finance and strategy topics. Pierre-Selim Huard, our Secretary, will be in charge of the international affairs too. Other current officers are continuing in their functions. Our board is now structured as follow: * Emeric Vallespi, Chair * Samuel Le Goff, Vice-chair * Guillaume Goursat, Treasurer * Sébastien Beyou, Deputy treasurer * Pierre-Selim Huard, Secretary * Jean-Frédéric Berthelot, Deputy secretary * Edouard Hue, Board member * Benoît Prieur, Board member * Florian Pepellin, Board member Cheers, -- Jean-Frédéric Berthelot Secrétaire-adjoint | Wikimédia France jean-frederic.berthe...@wikimedia.fr ___ 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] How to find the Wikimedia Commons Android App form Google Play?
Hi Nasir, I am interested to use by myself and encourage others to use the Wikimedia Commons Android App [1]. But the problem is, i could not find the app by searching at Google Play and it is not listed even under the apps developed by Wikimedia Foundation[2]. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Mobile_app : [The Wikimedia Commons mobile app] was available for Android and iOS but has not been maintained in a while and will likely not see further development, thus it has been removed from Play Store and App Store per this e-mail thread [1] [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2014-September/007974.html Cheers, -- Jean-Fred ___ 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] Wikimédia France travel policy Learning patterns
Since so many movement entities have some take on this document, I have started listing them at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_Policy Feel free to expand. :-) -- Jean-Frédéric jean-frederic.berthe...@wikimedia.fr ___ 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] Wikimédia France board handbook
Hi, and thanks for your support :) Yes, thanks all for your kind words :) Another good exemple why we need to improve the Translation system on-wiki and allow to start from non-english source. So true! So true! As a reminder, this is tracked in Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T37489 Émeric wrote : Sure Winifred, I will add a learning pattern, actually it's on my to-do list! By which he literally means he got assigned a Trello card for this ;-) -- Jean-Frédéric ___ 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] Wikimédia France board handbook
Dear movement fellows, tl;dr Please find on Meta the Wikimédia France board handbook (in French) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration == Long story == Wikimédia France is moving forward with its continuous improvement process and wishes for an adapted governance. After revising our organizational structure [0], and putting in place the systematic evaluation of our programs [1], we do not want that governance becomes the limiting factor of our improvement. Since the hiring of our Executive Director who leads all staff, we were aware that the board tasks and processes had to evolve. That meant no more micro-management or operational stuff (except for certain board roles) and focus on strategy. To that effect, at the occasion of our previous General Assembly, the board drafted a board handbook [2], heavily inspired by the Wikimedia Foundation one (thanks for sharing!) The goal was to make sure every current member of the Board had the same vision of our governance, and to ensure that applicants for the Board have a good vision of what it means to be on the Board (expectations, posture, do's don'ts, ...) - like a shareholders' agreement. This shared version is our first iteration as we anticipate to complete, or adapt, this document according to our governance's evolution. It is relatively specific to our self-identified strengths and weaknesses. We also think that it is closely linked to our structure, our background and local context (relation with our ED, local labour law...). But despite all these specificities, we have (or will have) similar stages of development and governance issues: that's why we share with you this Handbook, with the hope that the initiative or the contents can be useful for you - even if it's in French. == Process == The handbook writing was led by Émeric Vallespi, supported by the rest of the board. It was then shared with a restricted circle where we gathered input from 6 former board members, with almost 100 comments. We then communicated the document to our members before the General Assembly, and finally published it on Meta where it joined the Austrian Kodex in [[Category:Governance]]. Sharing is caring :) [0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimédia_France/Proposal_form/Organisational_structure [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikimédia_France/Proposal_form/Quality_approach [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimédia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration If you have any questions, feel free to shoot them to Émeric ;-) Cheers, -- Jean-Frédéric ___ 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 France] WikiCheese crowdfunding - Let's photograph 'em all
Thanks again, I tried to remain brie-f 2014-12-03 18:06 GMT+00:00 Christophe Henner christophe.hen...@gmail.com: 110% !!! We bleu our first goal. Christophe, whether you are posting out of love for this awesome project or just for the sake of making puns, I cantal. ___ 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] WHO interested in evidence on the impact of CC licensing
Hi James, I have be trying to convince the World Health Organization to go to a CC BY SA license for a few years now. Najeeb Al-Shorbaji Director of Knowledge, Ethics and Research at WHO states: https://dgroups.org/hifa2015/discussions/35152a41 We would welcome sharing with us some evidence-based research on how licensing works under the Creative Commons attribution licence has made an impact in the area of scientific, technical and medical publishing. If people know of research articles on this topic please send them my way. Not research papers either, but a recent explanation on why ESA is sharing Rosette NAVCAM images under cc by sa. http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/04/rosetta-navcam-images-now-available-under-a-creative-commons-licence/ HTH, -- Jean-Frédéric ___ 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] Wrong attribution in PDF output of Wikipedia atricles
Hi, This is definitely a loop worth closing This is mentionned in the Talk page discussion, but for the benefits of all list readers who might not check it out :): please see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/AppropriatelyLicensed -- Jean-Fred ___ 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] Slide deck about Wikimedia?
Hello, Hello, Where can I find recent presentations about Wikimedia and what each of the main projects is for? I visited outreach.wikimedia.org but didn't see slides or overviews. Thanks! You might want to check out https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Presentations. It’s probably not super up-to-date, but many folks indicate a way to get the source ODP file (usually by contacting them, SlideShare link, etc). -- Jean-Frédéric ___ 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] Commons' frontpage probably shouldn't prominently feature a decontextualised stack of corpses.
Hi, As have been brought up by Risker earlier in this conversation, Common's MOTD on that day was transcluded to the mainpages of projects that do not use one of the five languages in which context for the video was provided. 1/ Which projects? A GlobalUsage on the current MOTD (as well as the one from yesterday and the one from tomorrow) seems to indicate that no Wikimedia projects transclude the MOTD. 2/ Assuming they exist, do these projects *also* use the actual thumbtime hardcoded for its display as MOTD on Wikimedia Commons? -- Jean-Frédéric ___ 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] Funding programs for individuals.
*Epic thread unearthing!* Thanks to everybody who added more information - Jan, Itzik, Nicolas, Christoph, Siko Jessie. Since apparently there was no Meta page for that(tm) (yet!) I went ahead and drafted https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jean-Frédéric/ Funding_programs The relevant Meta page is https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants It was written mainly with information from the Wikimania 2011 session pad, so it may be slightly outdated. Can you please merge yours in Nemo - I have no idea why we are moving to ElasticSearch: *you* should be implemented as the search backend for Meta - and MediaWiki.org and Bugzilla while we are at it ;-þ The table is now merged in https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants. Please fix any oversight I may have made in the process, and add any missing information. (It is my understanding that grantmaking programs will be a focus of the next Wikimedia Conference - I look forward more conversation happening on this topic!) Cheers, -- Jean-Fred ___ 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] How lovely live communication works worldwide
Hi, 2013/12/4 Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch Am 03.12.2013 23:33, schrieb Tilman Bayer: Note that this solution is still based on proprietary software, in that it requires users to install a Flash plugin. well, BigBlueButton is completely open source, including the flash applets used. Except that it appears the required Flash version is not available under Linux, except if using the proprietary Chrome. Back then in April I extensively tested BBB - the found issues were reported to the developers. https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/issues/detail?id=1479 https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/issues/detail?id=1243 These issues will not be fixed, given the current work done with HTML5 + WebRTC. -- Jean-Frédéric ___ 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
[Wikimedia-l] Funding programs for individuals.
Hi folks, While watching the current changes to Wikimedia France microgrants program implemented, I was curious to know which Wikimedia entities had similar funding programs for individuals - how they worked, how we could learn form each other. Since apparently there was no Meta page for that(tm) (yet!) I went ahead and drafted https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jean-Frédéric/Funding_programs I dug my information out of my email archives and FDC proposal forms, so I could totally have missed some programs - please add the ones you know about! Of course, it would be more useful to have more detailed information on every program. Together with Caroline Pierre-Selim we threw some ideas on what we thought was interesting to know about the programs, but that's still very alpha - please add more ideas! Looking forward to your thoughts about this! Cheers, -- Jean-Frédéric Wikimédia France ___ 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
