[Wikimedia-l] Preliminary results of the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

[Katie Chan]

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Hello all,

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation 
Board of Trustees election 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024>. 
6000 community members from more than 180 wiki projects have voted.


The following four candidates were the most voted:

 * Christel Steigenberger
 * Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz
 * Victoria Doronina
 * Lorenzo Losa

While these candidates have been ranked through the vote, they still 
need to be appointed to the Board of Trustees. They need to pass a 
successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the 
Bylaws. New trustees will be appointed at the next Board meeting in 
December 2024.


Read the full announcement on Meta-Wiki 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Announcement/Results(long_version)>


Best regards,

The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

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[Wikimedia-l] 2024 Board of Trustees Voting Period to close tomorrow

[Katie Chan]

Hi,

A reminder that the voting period for this year's Board of Trustees 
election will close in just over 30 hours. If you have not voted yet, 
make sure to have your say 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/400>.


Thank you to everyone who has already participated in the 2024 Wikimedia 
Foundation Board of Trustees election 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024>! 
Voting will close on September 17th at 23:59 UTC.


The official data, including the preliminary results 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Results>, 
is scheduled to be announced in October, after the scrutineers have 
completed their work. The official announcement of the new trustees will 
happen later, once the selected candidates have been approved (all 
selected candidates are subject to a background and media check and are 
not eligible to be seated until they pass the checks) and appointed by 
the Board.


Data produced during the election will be published 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Stats> 
when the results are announced.


Regards,

Katie
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[Wikimedia-l] Have your say: Vote for the Board of Trustees!

[Katie Chan]

Hello all,

The Voting period for the 2024 Board of Trustees election 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024> 
is now open.

There are twelve (12) candidates running for four (4) seats on the Board.

Learn more about the candidates by reading their statements 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Candidates> 
and their answers to community questions 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Questions_for_candidates>.


When you are ready, go to the SecurePoll 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/400> voting 
page to vote. *The vote is open from September 3rd at 00:00 UTC to 
September 17th at 23:59 UTC.*


To check your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Voter_eligibility_guidelines>.


Regards,

KTC
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[Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee special election result

[Katie Chan]

Hello all,

The scrutineers have finished reviewing the vote and the elections 
committee have certified the results for the Universal Code of Conduct 
Coordinating Committee (U4C) special election.


I am pleased to announce the following individual as regional members of 
the U4C, who will fulfill a term until 15 June 2026:


 * North America (USA and Canada)
 o Ajraddatz

The following seats were not filled during this special election:

 * Latin America and Caribbean
 * Central and East Europe (CEE)
 * Sub-Saharan Africa
 * South Asia
 * The four remaining Community-At-Large seats

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this process and much 
appreciation to the candidates for your leadership and dedication to the 
Wikimedia movement and community.


Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and planning the 
2024-25 year in supporting the implementation and review of the UCoC and 
Enforcement Guidelines. You can follow their work on Meta-Wiki 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coordinating_Committee>.


On behalf of the U4C,

KTC
On behalf of the U4C and the Elections Committee.


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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Board of Trustees selection call for candidates

[Katie Chan]

Hello all,

The Call for Candidates for the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of 
Trustees selection is now closed. After verification by the Elections 
Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety team, 12 
candidates are eligible. In order to be eligible, all candidates had to 
complete the required questions in the candidate application and meet 
the eligibility criteria 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Candidate_application#Candidate_criteria>.


See the list of the 12 eligible candidates on this meta-wiki page 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Candidates> 
and learn more about the experience, diversity, and expertise they hope 
to bring to the Board.


*Key dates of the next steps*

 * *July*: candidates answer community questions
 * *July–August*: Campaigning period
 * *August*: Conversation with candidates
 * *September*: Voting period

Learn more about the full timeline on this meta-wiki page 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024#Timeline>.


Regards,

KTC

On behalf of the Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

On 08/05/2024 17:10, Katie Chan wrote:


Hello all,

The call for candidates for the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of 
Trustees selection is now open from May 8, 2024 - May 29, 2024 at 
23:59 UTC. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's 
work, and each Trustee serves a three-year term [1]. This is a 
volunteer position.


This year, the Wikimedia community will vote to fill four (4) seats on 
the Foundation Board in August 2024. Could you - or someone you know - 
be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees?


Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions 
and how to submit your candidacy on this Meta-wiki page 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Candidate_application> 
or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.

*
Community questions for candidates*
All community members, including affiliates, are invited to submit 
questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. From the 
list of questions, the Elections Committee selects 5 questions for 
candidates to answer, which the candidates are expected to answer. The 
selected questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from 
the community, if they’re alike or related. Questions can be submitted 
between May 8, 2024 - June 12, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. Learn more about how 
to submit your questions on this Meta-wiki page 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Questions_for_candidates>.


Regards,

KTC

On behalf of the Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

[1] - https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(B)_Term.


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[Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee election result

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

The scrutineers have finished reviewing the votes and the elections 
committee have certified the result for the Universal Code of Conduct 
Coordinating Committee (U4C) election.


I am pleased to announce the following individuals as regional members 
of the U4C, who will fulfil a two-year term:


 * Northern and Western Europe
 o Ghilt
 * Middle East and North Africa
 o Ibrahim.ID
 * East, South East Asia and Pacific (ESEAP)
 o 0xDeadbeef

I am pleased to announce the following individuals as community-at-large 
members of the U4C, who will fulfil a one-year term:


 * Barkeep49
 * Superpes15
 * Civvì
 * Luke081515

Thank you to everyone who participated in this process and much 
appreciation to the candidates for your contribution and dedication to 
the Wikimedia movement and community.


Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and plan out their 
next steps. You can follow their work on Meta-Wiki 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coordinating_Committee>.


Regards,

KTC
On behalf of the Elections Committee and the UCoC project team.


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[Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustees selection call for candidates

[Katie Chan]

Hello all,

The call for candidates for the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of 
Trustees selection is now open from May 8, 2024 - May 29, 2024 at 23:59 
UTC. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and 
each Trustee serves a three-year term [1]. This is a volunteer position.


This year, the Wikimedia community will vote to fill four (4) seats on 
the Foundation Board in August 2024. Could you - or someone you know - 
be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees?


Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions 
and how to submit your candidacy on this Meta-wiki page 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Candidate_application> 
or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.

*
Community questions for candidates*
All community members, including affiliates, are invited to submit 
questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. From the list 
of questions, the Elections Committee selects 5 questions for candidates 
to answer, which the candidates are expected to answer. The selected 
questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the 
community, if they’re alike or related. Questions can be submitted 
between May 8, 2024 - June 12, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. Learn more about how 
to submit your questions on this Meta-wiki page 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Questions_for_candidates>.


Regards,

KTC

On behalf of the Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

[1] - https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(B)_Term.

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[Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Comment on the 2024 WMF Board of Trustees selection rules package by 29 October

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

This is a reminder that request for review on the our draft of the 
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection rules package ends on 
29 October 2023. The selection rules package have been drafted by the 
Elections Committee and will be used in the 2024 Board of Trustees 
selection. Provding your comments now will help us provider a smoother, 
more community-supported and better Board selecction process. See more 
on the Meta-Wiki page 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024>.


Regards,

KTC

On 16/10/2023 22:51, Katie Chan wrote:


Hi all,

Please review and comment on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of 
Trustees 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees> 
selection rules package from now until *29 October 2023*. The 
selection rules package was based on older versions by the Elections 
Committee 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Elections_Committee> 
and will be used in the 2024 Board of Trustees selection.


The rules package includes campaign rules 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Candidate_guidelines>, 
voter eligibility criteria 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Voter_eligibility_guidelines>, 
and the voting method, platform, and timeline 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024>. 
In previous Board selections, the voter eligibility criteria and the 
voting method were adjusted to fit expressed community needs. The 
Candidate Guidelines were originally developed during the 2022 
election and have been revised.


The Wikimedia Foundation staff are supporting a community comment 
period for the rules package so the Elections Committee can receive 
comments and concerns well in advance of the Board selection process. 
Completing this comment period now will allow time for the Elections 
Committee to adapt the rules package as appropriate.


Please visit the Meta-wiki talk page 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024> 
to provide your comments now and invite people you know to do so as 
well. Your comments will help the Elections Committee provide a 
smoother, better Board selection process.


Regards,

KTC
Chair of the Elections Committee

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[Wikimedia-l] For Review & Comment: 2024 WMF Board of Trustees selection rules package

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Please review and comment on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees> 
selection rules package from now until *29 October 2023*. The selection 
rules package was based on older versions by the Elections Committee 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Elections_Committee> 
and will be used in the 2024 Board of Trustees selection.


The rules package includes campaign rules 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Candidate_guidelines>, 
voter eligibility criteria 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Voter_eligibility_guidelines>, 
and the voting method, platform, and timeline 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024>. 
In previous Board selections, the voter eligibility criteria and the 
voting method were adjusted to fit expressed community needs. The 
Candidate Guidelines were originally developed during the 2022 election 
and have been revised.


The Wikimedia Foundation staff are supporting a community comment period 
for the rules package so the Elections Committee can receive comments 
and concerns well in advance of the Board selection process. Completing 
this comment period now will allow time for the Elections Committee to 
adapt the rules package as appropriate.


Please visit the Meta-wiki talk page 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024> 
to provide your comments now and invite people you know to do so as 
well. Your comments will help the Elections Committee provide a 
smoother, better Board selection process.


Regards,

KTC
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[Wikimedia-l] Voting for BoT closes - timeline for result

[Katie Chan]

Thank you to all who participated in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board 
of Trustees election! Voting closed September 6 at 23:59. The official 
data, including the two most voted candidates, will be announced 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Results> 
on or after September 21st. Please note these will be preliminary 
results. The official announcement of the new trustees will happen 
later, once the candidates have been approved and appointed by the Board.


5,955 community members from 194 wiki projects have voted. This makes 
8.8% global participation. In 2021, 6,946 people from 216 wiki projects 
cast their vote. A full analysis is planned to be published when the 
results are announced. In the meantime, you can check the data produced 
during the election 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Stats>.


Diversity was an important goal with these elections. Messages about the 
Board of Trustees election were translated into about 40 languages 
thanks to election volunteers and community members.


Best,

The Elections Committee

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thanks for all the fish! / Stepping down April 15

[Katie Chan]

 transition
interim responsibilities starting February 8th. A C-level Transition
Team of Jaime Villagomez, Amanda Keton, and Robyn Arville, our two
board officers and chief people leader, will take up key
responsibilities and decision making around planning, community, and
people, and work closely with the broader C-team and VP leadership
cohort.
  * I’ll spend the next three months supporting the Foundation in
readying itself for a transition. I’ll spend February preparing with
this group and other organizational and community leaders on
movement strategy and institutional knowledge transfer, sharing
lessons learned, and supporting the organization in developing the
next year’s strategic plan.
  * I look forward to celebrating with you in March and April!

I'll be around for a bit, so feel free to reach out, and after that, 
I'll see you on the wikis!


Cheers,
Katherine

[1] https://viewcrestadvisors.com/ <https://viewcrestadvisors.com/>


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] RFC on wikimedia-l posting limits

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On 23/08/2017 21:21, Rogol Domedonfors wrote:

...

Enough already.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Katie Chan]

On 23/08/2017 15:32, Andy Mabbett wrote:

On 23 August 2017 at 12:32, Katie Chan  wrote:


Let's go with the broader definition from (en) Wiktionary - "A process of
choosing ... or other representatives by popular vote.", or even beyond the
first sentence from en Wikipedia - "To elect means "to choose or make a
decision", and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as referendums are
referred to as elections, especially in the United States.".


The community does not chose the representatives. It merely makes
*non-binding* recommendations.

The choice - as to whether *or not* to accept them - rests entirely
with the board.


The winners are still the chosen representatives of the community even 
if the existing board were not to appoint them to the board for whatever 
reasons or none, there were still an election.


In the 13 years and 10 elections that has taken place, all the winners 
has been appointed by the way as far as I can tell, why the focus on 
that one word? Maybe feedback or suggestion to the overall process [1] 
would be more useful?


Katie

[1]: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Post_mortem



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

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On 23/08/2017 00:33, Andy Mabbett wrote:


By definition, no, it is not. "An election is a formal group
decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to
hold public office." In this case the choice of who holds office is
made by the board, not the community who "vote". At best it's a
nomination process.



Let's go with the broader definition from (en) Wiktionary - "A process 
of choosing ... or other representatives by popular vote.", or even 
beyond the first sentence from en Wikipedia - "To elect means "to choose 
or make a decision", and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as 
referendums are referred to as elections, especially in the United States.".


Katie

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Katie Chan]

** Personal views follow **

On 22/08/2017 20:10, Andy Mabbett wrote:



María and Dariusz, were re-elected after the recent community election.


This is not correct. There was no "community election"; the community
is only empowered to /nominate/ candidates, which the board may or may
not appoint, at its whim.

Please be more careful to use accurate terms on such points, in the future.



Multiple people put themselves forward for the community considerations. 
The community then voted on it, resulting in a ranking by who got most 
votes based on the voting system used. By definition, that's an 
election. The electoral consisted of members of the Wikimedia community. 
Ergo, there was a community election.


That the winning candidates does not automatically become a member of 
the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as a result due (at least 
partly) to legal reasons does not make it any less of an election.


"A vote by the Wikimedia community for X numbers of winners to be 
considered by the WMF BoT for appointment as its members" is still an 
election.


Regards,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Spam email (Was: interesting reading)

[Katie Chan]

Spam/scam, with a forged from email address field.

Apology to anyone who received the original email(s).

KTC

On 15/03/2017 09:55, Andrea Zanni wrote:

mmm, scam?

Aubrey



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] List management

[Katie Chan]

The individual mailman list page shows the email address of all the list 
admins near the bottom: 
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>.


"XYZ list run by ADM1 at email.com, ADM2 at email.com"

KTC

On 09/02/2017 05:48, Alessandro Marchetti wrote:

Hi,is there a link where a generic subscriber can find a ("decently" updated) 
list of sysops? in https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Administration I find no 
specific information about that. Is this on purpose?
Also how can we know what are their "usual time zones" if we want a profile to apply to 
fit a gap? I mean, can you give us a disaggregated analysis, such as "currently two are UTC+1, 
two are UTC-6 and one is UTC+2". Just curious.

Il Giovedì 9 Febbraio 2017 6:26, Pine W  ha scritto:


 I regret seeing THO fade away. I found him to be likable, polite, and
competent.

I think well of Shani, and as she already has some experience with
moderation duties, I would like to second her (self-)nomination.

Pine


On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Austin Hair  wrote:


We've just had a bit of turnover of our list administrators. In order
to get moderation going smoothly again, I've added Asaf Bartov as an
admin. I don't think that decision will be controversial.

Richard has resigned for his own reasons, after putting in more than
his fair share of work here. Thehelpfulone has been removed following
a prolonged silence.

I would like a third active moderator. You can volunteer on this
thread, or send a message to wikimedia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org.
This should be No Big Deal, and while there are technically no
requirements, getting the reference is a bonus.

Austin

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Hong Kong

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This particular decision has arguably been a long time coming, but I am 
sad that it has indeed happened. My best wishes to all Wikimedians in 
Hong Kong with whatever their plans are for the future.


KTC

On 08/02/2017 02:19, Kirill Lokshin wrote:

Hi everyone,

Recognition as a Wikimedia movement affiliate — a chapter, thematic
organization, or user group — is a privilege that allows an independent
group to officially use the Wikimedia trademarks to further the Wikimedia
mission. While most affiliates adhere to the basic compliance standards set
forth in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation, a protocol has
been developed to address the exceptional cases when a Wikimedia movement
affiliate does not meet basic compliance standards and their continued
recognition as a Wikimedia movement affiliate presents a risk to the
Wikimedia movement.

On September 9, 2016, Wikimedia Hong Kong was notified of their suspension
as a Wikimedia affiliate due to long standing non-compliance with reporting
requirements, and was provided with an explicit list of tasks and deadlines
in order to return to compliance with their chapter agreement. The chapter
failed to complete these tasks by the deadline of November 1, 2016, and was
consequently notified that they would no longer be recognized as a
Wikimedia chapter after the termination of their Chapter Agreement on
February 1, 2017.

If you have questions about what this means for the community members in
Wikimedia Hong Kong’s geographic area or language scope, we have put
together a very basic FAQ, which may be found at
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[Wikimedia-l] Call for Elections Committee members

[Katie Chan]

Hello all,


The Wikimedia Foundation StandingElections Committee is, from today 
until February 17, seeking additional members to help facilitate 
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee and Funds Dissemination Committee 
elections. This is a volunteer role and the appointment is for two 
years. Please note that, while you are a member of the Committee, you 
will not be able to run for any election overseen by the Committee – 
this includes the upcoming 2017 Board and FDC elections and any other 
election where the committee had already begun formal preparation before 
your departure. You will also be restricted in your ability to publicly 
advocate for community members running in those elections.



The Elections Committee has the following duties, as defined by a July 
2015 Board Resolution 
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Elections_Committee>:


 *

   The Committee shall recommend the dates, rules, and regulation of
   the voting procedures for approval by the Board of Trustees pursuant
   to Article IV, Section 3(C) in the Foundation Bylaws
   <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Bylaws%7CWikimedia>.

 *

   The Committee shall recommend who is qualified to vote for the Board
   of Trustees pursuant to Article IV, Section 3(C) in the Wikimedia
   Foundation Bylaws <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Bylaws>.

 *

   The Committee shall be responsible for preparing recommendations for
   the dates, rules and regulation of the voting procedures for the
   Funds Dissemination Committee
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee>,
   and the Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson, consistent with
   the charter of the Funds Dissemination Committee.

 *

   To the extent possible, the Committee shall consult with the wider
   Wikimedia community in developing and revising election procedures
   within the scope of this charter.

 *

   The Committee shall be a source of information to any member of the
   Wikimedia community interested in the community selection processes
   of the Wikimedia Foundation.

 *

   Under the direction of the Board Governance Committee, the Committee
   shall take actions as necessary to execute the selection process for
   the Board of Trustees, the Funds Dissemination Committee, and the
   Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson.

 *

   As needed, the Committee may assist with other duties as may be
   assigned by the Board or the Board Governance Committee.


In practice, a member's duties involve communicating with the global 
committee who help to steward Board and FDC Elections. During an 
election period – one of which is over the next three to four months – 
this will be especially important as you help to run the upcoming 
elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and the Funds 
Dissemination Committee. During this period, members of the Elections 
Committee meet for semi-regular meetings to discuss the current election.



However, this appointment is not just for election periods. Outside of 
the election season you will lead community discussions on election 
process and advise the Board of Trustees Governance Committee 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee>as 
requested, such as in their search for appointed board members. The 
expected time commitment can range from around 10 hours a week during an 
election to one or two hours outside of the election period.



If you'd like to apply please send an email to 
bec-newmemb...@lists.wikimedia.org with:



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   Your username;

 *

   A brief summary of your Wikimedia related experience and any other
   experience you think may be useful along with;

 *

   Why you're interested in the role and a quick statement saying you
   understand the requirements.


Given the private information that committee members handle, candidates 
must be 18 years of age or older, and be willing to sign the 
confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality_agreement_for_nonpublic_information>if 
they haven't already. You can view information on how to sign this on 
Meta-Wiki 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Confidentiality_agreement_for_nonpublic_information/How_to_sign>.



As much as possible we want the committee to represent the diversity of 
the Wikimedia movement so if you're interested please apply! If you know 
of others, not on this list, who may want to apply please feel free to 
forward.



KTC,

On behalf of the Elections Committee


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] With my thanks to everyone ...

[Katie Chan]

Thank you for all the work you've put into this movement. Best wishes 
going forward.


KTC

On 13/07/2016 22:25, Geoff Brigham wrote:

Hi all,

Over the past five years, I’ve been honored to serve as the General Counsel
and Secretary of the Wikimedia Foundation. This job has been amazing, and
I’m grateful to everyone who has made it so rewarding. It's now time for my
next step, so, in the coming days, I will be leaving the Foundation to
pursue a new career opportunity.

I depart with such love for the mission, the Foundation, the Wikimedia
communities, and my colleagues at work. I thank my past and present bosses
as well as the Board for their support and guidance. I stand in awe of the
volunteer writers, editors, and photographers who contribute every day to
the Wikimedia projects. And I will hold special to my heart my past and
current teams, including legal and community advocacy. :) You have taught,
given, and enriched me so much.

After my departure, Michelle Paulson will serve as interim head of Legal,
and, subject to Board approval, Stephen LaPorte will serve as interim
Secretary to the Board. I can happily report that they have the experience
and expertise to ensure a smooth and professional transition.

The future of the Foundation under Katherine's leadership is exciting.
Having had the pleasure of working for her, I know Katherine will take the
Foundation to its next level in promoting and defending the outstanding
mission and values of the Wikimedia movement. Although I'm delighted about
my next opportunity, I will miss this new chapter in the Foundation's
story.

My last day at the Foundation will be July 18th. After that, I will take a
month off to recharge my batteries, and then I start my new gig at YouTube
in the Bay Area. There, I will serve as Director of YouTube Trust & Safety,
managing global teams for policy, legal, and anti-abuse operations. As with
Wikimedia, I look forward to learning from those teams and tackling
together a new set of exciting, novel challenges.

For those who want to stay in touch, please do! My personal email is:
geoffrey.r.brig...@gmail.com.

With respect, admiration, and gratitude,

Geoff
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Another goodbye

[Katie Chan]

:'(

On 12/02/2016 01:24, Siko Bouterse wrote:

Dear friends and colleagues,

I’ve had the amazing privilege of serving this movement in a staff capacity
for the past 4 ½ years, but I’ve now decided to move on from my role at the
Wikimedia Foundation.

Transparency, integrity, community and free knowledge remain deeply
important to me, and I believe I will be better placed to represent those
values in a volunteer capacity at this time. I am and will always remain a
Wikimedian, so you'll still see me around the projects (User:Seeeko),
hopefully with renewed energy and joy in volunteering.

This movement has become my home in so many unexpected ways, and I’m truly
honored to have learned from so many of you. It was an amazing experience
to have partnered with smart, bold, and dedicated community folks to
experiment with projects like Teahouse, IdeaLab, Inspire, Individual
Engagement Grants, and Reimagining Grants. I’ve seen you create some really
incredible content, ideas, tools, programs, processes, committees and
organizations, all in the service of free knowledge.

I expect my last day to be Thursday, February 25th. I have full confidence
in Maggie Dennis's abilities to lead the Community Engagement Department,
and I trust that my team will remain available to support the community’s
needs for grants and other resources throughout this time of transition.

Much love,
Siko




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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming Changes to Community Engagement

[Katie Chan]

You'll be missed Luis.

KTC

p.s. Yay Maggie!

On 08/02/2016 20:31, Luis Villa wrote:

Hi, all-
This is a bittersweet email to send. I still, and will always, love this
place and this movement, but it was also time for me to go.

Working with so many awesome Wikimedians (including WMF's staff) has been
an honor and a privilege, and has given me many great experiences,
memories, and a long watchlist ;) that I'll treasure for a long time. The
list of people who I'd like to thank is long, so I won't bore everyone with
it. However, I do want to particularly thank Kat, who introduced me to
Geoff during his first week with WMF. That was ultimately the opportunity
that led me to this incredible ride - so I quite literally owe it all to
her. Many, many other people have been welcoming and friendly along the
way, and I can't ask formore than that.

I'm not going too far! I'll continue to be around the movement, both as a
contributor, and to support Maggie and the rest of the department during
the transition. I look forward to seeing where Community Engagement goes
next - I believe the department will continue to support contributors in a
healthy way, and I'm sure Maggie and my long-term successor will continue
to build exciting things on the foundation we laid over the past year.

Professionally, I have no firm plans yet. I plan to to take a few deep
breaths and then explore some new opportunities in the legal, community,
and tech spaces, as well as becoming a parent in May.

If you want to be in touch (to talk about interesting opportunities, flame
me for old time's sake, or just chat) I'm pretty easy to find: lu.is,
@tieguy on Twitter, LinkedIn, and of course on my enwiki talk page.

See you on the wikis-
Luis


On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Lila Tretikov  wrote:


Dear all,


I am sad to let you know that Luis Villa, our lead for the Community
Engagement department, will be leaving the Wikimedia Foundation. A year
ago, Luis took on a big challenge, transitioning from the Legal Department
to lead the newly created  Community Engagement organization. In that role,
Luis and our teams were tasked with many recent community initiatives, such
as the creation of the Community Tech team, gender-related and
anti-harassment programs, and improved alignment of WMF annual planning
with the Funds Dissemination Committee. Prior to that, as Deputy General
Counsel he was responsible for a number of legal initiatives, including
licensing, contracts, and product counseling. I’m grateful for his counsel,
and his leadership in the WMF movement throughout these years.

Later this month, Luis will transition out of his current position with the
Wikimedia Foundation to pursue other opportunities. He will remain in a
consulting role with the Foundation over the next few months, continuing to
support our ongoing strategy and annual planning processes.

I want to thank Luis for his commitment to the WMF mission, and for the
inspired energy and contributions he has brought to our movement. I’m
looking forward to his future accomplishments and staying in close touch as
he grows in his career.

Maggie Dennis will step in as the interim director for the CE team
effective immediately. Her deep community background, passion for our
mission, and outstanding teamwork are great assets in this transition. She
will also continue to serve as Director of Support and Safety. Maggie is a
respected leader, colleague, and community member. I am confident she will
bring critical insights, especially now as we plan for our next year.

The work of of the CE department will continue as planned, and the overall
structure of the department (including the Community Tech team, which will
continue to report into the Product organization) will stay on-course. Our
goal is to ensure a smooth transition as we continue our progress to
improve the WMF support for our communities.

It is my priority that the WMF continues to build upon the initiatives we
started in 2015 in support for the global Wikimedia community. Continued
leadership of the Community Engagement department at executive level in the
WMF is a part of delivering on those commitments. We will be looking to
fill the Community Engagement leadership role with someone with a strong
background in community programs, and an understanding of the Wikimedia
movement. We will also look to engage with you to find the right person for
this role. We will send an update on the next steps and the job description
shortly, which will include a further discussion of the role on-wiki.


Lila
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Katie Chan]

On 06/01/2016 16:02, Steinsplitter Wiki wrote:


Kelly Battles and Arnnon Geshuri are Volunteers?

I am not able to find the volunteer  account of both.


Since when is (attempted) outing okay because the people involved are 
trustees?


KTC

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you, Jan-Bart and Stu

[Katie Chan]

Thank you both. Hope to continue to see you around. :)

KTC

On 06/01/2016 16:11, Anna Stillwell wrote:

Thank you both for your service.
Warmly,
/a

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Sydney Poore  wrote:


I also want to thank Jan-Bart de Vreede and Stu West for their work as
Trustees. I had the pleasure of working with both of them and know
them to be committed to the wikimedia mission.

I hope you all stay engaged.
Warm regards,
Sydney Poore
Sydney Poore
User:FloNight
Wikipedian in Residence
at Cochrane Collaboration


On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Cristian Consonni
 wrote:

2016-01-06 8:10 GMT+01:00 Lodewijk :

[...] But in the mean time, I'd like
to do it myself: Thank you Jan-Bart and Stu for all the time, energy and
effort that you poured into our movement. I know that not all of us
appreciate this as much as we perhaps should, and sometimes you may even
have perceived us as hostile. I do sincerely hope that you had fun with

us

though, and I'm confident that you made a big dent in our impossible
mission of sharing the sum of all knowledge with everyone.

I hope to meet you again soon, at least in Italy at Wikimania, and I

hope

to see you around in our movement in many different ways.


Thank you Jan-Bart and Stu for all your contributions to the movement
over many years.

Cristian

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Constants and Low-Interest Posts to the Wikimedia Announcement Newsletter

[Katie Chan]

That list is meant to be low traffic, not no traffic.

"A moderated list for any announcements of relevance to a large audience 
of Wikimedia community members, friends and interested observers."


We are a worldwide community sharing the same goals, but with widely 
differing interest within that. What may be interesting (or not) to you 
may well be very different to other people. A curated summary of the 
going-ons in the form of the Signpost or what's happening in the 
Wikimedia GLAM movement are relevant/interesting to many. If you are 
sure that never applies to you, pressing delete/ignore/read 5 times a 
month aren't that taxing. A hint, you'll probably end up with more email 
in this thread alone than you get in a month things you don't care about 
in the announce list.


KTC

On 13/11/2015 08:04, Shlomi Fish wrote:

Hi all,

I'm subscribed to wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org and it
receives constant posting of low interest posts such as "This month in GLAM" or
"The Signpost" stuff. This gets annoying because I expect the newsletter to
announce only really big announcements that interest me or require my
attention, and that appear infrequently.

There's also a risk similar to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf that really significant
announcements will be ignored due to people getting used to not paying attention
to the less significant ones.

Can someone take it to heart? If it continues, I'll have to unsubscribe from
the newsletter.

Regards,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 Montreal - scooped by Signpost

[Katie Chan]

On 03/10/2015 23:13, Nathan wrote:

Evidently the Signpost has scooped the WMF by revealing that Montreal has
been selected for the 2017 Wikimania host city in a secret process that
completed this past August. [1]


Not so much the Signpost as 梁忠明.[1]

KTC


[1]: 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Departure

[Katie Chan]

We will surely misses your dancing at Wikimedia events. Best wishes in 
your future endeavour.


KTC

On 10/09/2015 22:53, Garfield Byrd wrote:

All,

For the last four years, I’ve led the Wikimedia Foundation’s finance,
administration, and office IT teams. I've had the opportunity to work
closely with many of you through collaboration with the Wikimedia
affiliates. They have been remarkable experiences, and I am grateful for
all I’ve learned from you during my time here. Therefore it is with some
sadness that today I am letting you know that I’ve decided to take a new
opportunity outside the WMF, at a California-based foundation focused on
public education.

It has been a privilege to work with so many exceptional people over the
years. I’ve watched the WMF mature and take on many new challenges, and our
community grow and diversify. Our commitment to our free knowledge mission
is as strong as ever, and now shared by even more people. While I’ll no
longer be on staff, I plan to find ways to stay involved in the Wikimedia
community. I look forward to seeing the movement continue to do its
important work.

My last day will be September 30. I look forward to staying in touch and
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement

[Katie Chan]

Thank you for all the great work you've done over the years. I hope your 
health improves quickly and fully, and I will see you around on wiki 
with us blocking the wrong people, protecting the wrong version, and 
editing the wrong articles together.


KTC

On 31/08/2015 20:01, Philippe Beaudette wrote:

Dear friends,

Six years is a long time.  Over the last six years, I've been privileged to
be a part of so many things with you.  And I'm proud of what we've done
together.  For the last six years, I've been a part of things that will
excite me until the day that I die - the things that, together, we did in
service of that phrase - "the sum of human knowledge" - were magical.  I'll
never forget them, and I've been honored to be a part of this movement.

But it's time for me to move on.

As many of you know, for the last couple of years, I've struggled with my
health.  I've come to the unpleasant realization that for my own good, I
need to step back and focus on healing, and then look around for new and
exciting opportunities.

When Sue left, she said that her decision process included looking around
and taking stock of the people and the condition of the Foundation, and
asking herself "Is it safe? If I leave, is it safe?" and when she knew it
was, she began to consider the idea.

I've been doing the same, obviously focused on projects and programs that
are important to me.  And I look around and I know that with the
contributors that we have - brilliant, dedicated, passionate people and
the staff that we have - dynamic, talented, devoted, and fearless it's
safe.  So it's time for me to move on, and to leave it to them.

As a housekeeping note:  I've agreed with Luis that I'll be available until
9/15, though I'll be out on medical leave, so may be slow to answer
questions.  If I owe you something, please remind me so that we can get it
properly assigned out.

You can all reach out to me at any time... phili...@beaudette.me.... and
any time I see you will be a celebration.

With my deepest affection,

Philippe



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections

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On 29/04/2015 10:57, Dariusz Jemielniak wrote:
In fact, one could experiment with adding WMF as an organization equal 
to chapters to elections of "chapter seats", and banning WMF/chapters 
employees from "community seats" elections altogether ;) But 
seriously, I think the practical thing to do would be to start working 
on the rules of next elections right after the current ones are over, 
and introduce eligibility based on actual activity only (with possible 
lower requirements). best, dj "pundit" 


The problem with that is the assumption that just because an 
organisation (whether it be WMF, WMDE, WMFR, WMUK, WMAT, ...) has a 
voice in the affiliate seats, that their employees/members have a say in 
how their organisation vote for those seats. Different organisation will 
come to their conclusion differently, whether that be an open discussion 
within their community, internal board discussion, vote amongst its 
members, or even possibly delegation to a sub-committee/person to decide.


KTC

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Q on the 2013 elections re voter breakdown

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On 06/04/2015 18:14, Denny Vrandečić wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> regarding the Wikimedia Foundation elections 2013, I was trying to find a
> breakdown of the voters, i.e. how many voted based on which requirements,
> i.e. as editors, developers, staff and contractors, and board members, but
> I could not find anything.
> 
> I would appreciate a pointer to that data.

As far as I can remember, that's not something that's collected. A list
of eligible voters are created and fed to the software, which either let
or don't let someone vote. All votes are recorded the same regardless of
how someone is qualified to vote, which may of course be via more than
one way.

Katie


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement: A new structure for WMF Community Engagement

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;> Annual Plan Grants, Project and Event Grants, and Travel and
> Participation
> >> Support. Her team will include Katy Love, Winifred Olliff, Alex Wang,
> >> Janice Tud, Jonathan Morgan, and Asaf Bartov. Asaf will also take on a
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> >>
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> >> report to Luis. The Engineering Community team will be part of the tiger
> >> team but will continue to report to Engineering.
> >>
> >> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Another list WITH IDENTICAL NAME AS THIS ONE has been created on Google

[Katie Chan]

Hi Rui,

Yes, this is a known ongoing problem. See
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-January/076316.html>
&
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-January/076411.html>
for 2 threads from earlier this week discussing this.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Superprotect user right, Comming to a wiki near you

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On 12/08/2014 15:19, rupert THURNER wrote:

magnus, a vote always has 3 options.
* i am for it
* i am against it
* i can live with the outcome of the vote


No, there are other options.
* I didn't know the poll was happening
* I just want to get on with editing / reading Wikipedia (or sister 
project) and are sick of the constant bickering.
* I am happy for the Foundation (after consultation) to decide on what 
features to have on the project it is entrusted in running.



at the end it is very simple. the one who produces software has a conflict
of interest. so this person or organisation is not in a good position to
decide when it is used.



And the editor community are not in the best position to decide what are 
the best features for the (overlapping but much much larger) reader 
community either.


Katie

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia User Group China

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Congratulations and 歡迎。


On 30 July 2014 22:22, Cristian Consonni  wrote:

> 2014-07-30 19:16 GMT+02:00 Tonmoy Khan :
> > That's a great news! Congratulations to WM User Group China.
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[Wikimedia-l] Accounts on the Wikimedia UK wiki

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Dear all,

As you may be aware, Wikimedia UK
wiki<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page>was migrated from WMF
servers <https://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> to that of WMUK back in
September. If you previously had an account on the old wiki, but have not
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Reminder: Wikimania 2014 scholarship deadline 17 February

[Katie Chan]

If you were thinking of applying for a scholarship from either the
Wikimania Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland, or Wikimedia Österreich,
the deadline is end of the day UTC this coming Monday. Don't miss it!

Katie

On 08/01/2014 17:37, Katie Chan wrote:

Hi all,

Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being
accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17
February.

Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to
enable them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014.

Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia
Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will
cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged
by the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as
arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania.

Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and
selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine
which are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships,
please visit <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>.

To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on
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that applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page
and the associated FAQ before submitting an application.

If you have any question, please contact
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<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships>.

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[Wikimedia-l] Reminder: Wikimania 2014 scholarship deadline 17 February

[Katie Chan]

If you were thinking of applying for a scholarship from either the 
Wikimania Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland, or Wikimedia Österreich, 
the deadline is end of the day UTC this coming Monday. Don't miss it!


Katie

On 08/01/2014 17:37, Katie Chan wrote:

Hi all,

Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being 
accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 
February.


Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to 
enable them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014.


Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia 
Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will 
cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged 
by the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as 
arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania.


Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and 
selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine 
which are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships, 
please visit <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>.


To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on 
<http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply>. It is highly recommended 
that applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page 
and the associated FAQ before submitting an application.


If you have any question, please contact 
 or leave a message on 
<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships>.


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process

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Oh for heavens sake, what does that have anything to do with this thread?

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process

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On 21/01/2014 12:08, Craig Franklin wrote:

Hi Jan-Bart,

I was unaware that the panel had gone back to the drawing board with
looking at new candidates.  I gather from the tenor of Sue's original
posting that she was planning to have moved on by now, has she committed to
continuing to work on for the forseeable future while you continue to look
for a replacement?  Does the BoT have a contingency plan in case Sue does
decide to leave before a permanent replacement is found?




<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Executive_Director_Transition_Team/Update_9_December>

"Fortunately, Sue's reconfirmed with me that she's willing to stay on 
until the search reaches a successful conclusion, which means we have 
the luxury of time."


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paid editing v. paid advocacy (editing)

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On 10/01/2014 15:01, Erlend Bjørtvedt wrote:

A museum is a commercial entity. They live from ticket incomes from
customers.


Not all museum charges people entry... ;)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 scholarship now accepting application

[Katie Chan]

@Andrew,

Yes, of course. Or for that matter thematic organization, namely Amical 
Wikimedia.


On 08/01/2014 19:57, Risker wrote:


I too am sorry to see that partial scholarships will not be entertained
this year by the Wikimania Committee.


For the record, the type of scholarships on offer is up to the 
individual funding body, in this case the Wikimedia Foundation.


Regards,

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014 scholarship now accepting application

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being
accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 February.

Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to enable
them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014.

Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia
Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will
cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged by
the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as arranged
by the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania.

Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and
selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine
which are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships,
please visit <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>.

To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on
<http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply>. It is highly recommended that
applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page and the
associated FAQ before submitting an application.

If you have any question, please contact
 or leave a message on
<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships>.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 scholarship now accepting application

[Katie Chan]

On 08/01/2014 17:39, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:

On 01/08/2014 12:37 PM, Katie Chan wrote:

Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia
Foundation for Wikimania 2014.

I rather liked the idea of partial scholarships in past years since it
would allow more people to attend on the same budget when practical.

Can I ask why this was decided against this year?



Per the FAQ[1]:

"The low acceptance rate of partial scholarships and overhead in 
reimbursing for partial scholarships for Wikimania 2013 
<https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page> made it apparent 
that the funds would be better spent in offering more full scholarships."


I hope that helps.

KTC


[1]: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ

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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2014 scholarship now accepting application

[Katie Chan]

Hi all,

Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2014 in London are now being 
accepted. Applications are open until the end of the day UTC on 17 February.


Wikimania 2014 scholarships is an award given to an individual to enable 
them to attend Wikimania in London from 6-10 August, 2014.


Only a single type of scholarship will be available from the Wikimedia 
Foundation for Wikimania 2014. A Wikimedia Foundation scholarship will 
cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel costs as arranged by 
the Wikimedia Foundation travel agency, shared accommodation as arranged 
by the Wikimedia Foundation, and registration for Wikimania.


Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and 
selection criteria by the Scholarship Committee, who will determine 
which are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2014 scholarships, 
please visit <https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships>.


To apply for a scholarship, fill out the application form on 
<http://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply>. It is highly recommended that 
applicants review all of the material on the Scholarships page and the 
associated FAQ before submitting an application.


If you have any question, please contact 
 or leave a message on 
<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships>.


Katie Chan
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The British Library releases 1 million images

[Katie Chan]

On 15/12/2013 17:05, Jens Best wrote:

Thanks for the news.

A question comes to my mind when I read this article: Why did the British
Library use Flickr instead of Wikimedia Commons?


This:


"We plan to launch a
crowdsourcing application at the beginning of next year, to help describe
what the images portray."


The images release contained no image-level metadata == One million 
uncategorised images == Commons community raise up in arms



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[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Board update

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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK Board update
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:15:57 +
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On 09/12/2013 22:01, Fæ wrote:


I was under the impression that Alastair McCapra had stood down as
Secretary as decided in the September 2013 board meeting.[1] Could the
situation please be confirmed by the board of trustees?




The role of "company secretary" was abolished. Alastair remains
Secretary of the Board of Trustees.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Conference - Come to Berlin in April 2014!

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n with the AffCom to come up
> > with a
> > > decision upon inviting Thematic Organizations, User Groups and
> > > affiliations-to-be.
> > >
> > > We will open the registration in January, after the program team has
> > > presented the conference
> > >
> > > themes and goals. By following this order, we aim to motivate and
> consult
> > > the participating organizations to send representatives and experts
> > > according to the conference’s themes.
> > >
> > > == Travel, accommodation and supply ==
> > >
> > > We are delighted that the Wikimedia Foundation has agreed to cover the
> > > general costs of the event.
> > >
> > > Several organizations have included the travel and accommodation costs
> in
> > > their FDC proposals, project and events or other WMF grants and are
> > > responsible for covering these costs and booking their flights/trains
> > > themselves. For all those who have not budgeted for the conference,
> > travel
> > > grants are offered and can be applied for in the registration process.
> > > Their bookings will be handled by the WMF travel coordinator.
> > >
> > > Following the same principle, we will offer standard 4-bed-rooms in a
> > > hostel for everyone. Hotel beds will be available, but please not that
> > the
> > > travel grants only allow for the hostel accommodation. We will block a
> > > range of beds in nearby hotels for that purpose.
> > >
> > > Free food will be provided on all conference days at the venue, and
> > > Wikimedia Deutschland will host a light dinner at the new WMDE office
> > every
> > > evening, plus a social program on Friday and Saturday.
> > >
> > > Our event manager Wenke Storn will be the main contact for all
> questions
> > > regarding the logistics, you can reach out to her and her team via
> > > wm...@wikimedia.de.
> > >
> > >
> > > On behalf of the Wikimedia Deutschland board, I am looking forward to
> > > welcoming you in Berlin in April!
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Pavel Richter
> > >
> > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014
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> > > [2]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Programme_team
> > >
> > >
> > > With kind regards,
> > >
> > > Pavel Richter
> > > Executive Director
> > >
> > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who will host Wikimedia Conference 2014? Bidding process is open!

[Katie Chan]

On 20/09/2013 05:53, Balázs Viczián wrote:

I think you miss my point: I see an event that is being pushed despite no
sufficient visible interest in it from those whom you are targeting with
it...

Sure you'll have more applications than vacant slots, it is pretty easy to
find people to travel for free virtually from an to anywhere in the world.
Also, everybody loves to talk. If you measure success that way, it will be
a 100% success.

Balázs



Lack of interest in hosting something !=> Lack of interest / value in 
attending it


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Who will host Wikimedia Conference 2014? Bidding process is open!

[Katie Chan]

On 18/09/2013 14:29, Nathan wrote:

Simple solution - until someone else volunteers to host the
conference, just have it in the same place every year. You can work
out distribution of funding independently from where it is actually
held. Since WMDE seems to be in the driver seat, having a backup plan
of a conference in Germany seems like a smart idea. That might
privilege people with easy travel to Germany, but well organized
affiliates can always propose a plan to host it elsewhere.

It wouldn't be too bad to have a recurring conference in a fixed
location. The staff setting it up won't need to overcome issues
related to lack of experience, relationships with vendors and venues
can be normalized, attendees can depend on the quality and standards
of the event, and participants can expect a higher level of content
because other potential distractions are eliminated.



It *was* held in the same country (namely Germany) every year 
previously, until Italy hosted it this year. I presume the idea of 
changing was so we *don't* have it at the same place every year so that 
affiliates far from Germany don't have to travel as far some years 
(though Italy isn't necessarily that far away from Germany this year). 
Also possibly funding issue as WMDE don't necessarily want to bear the 
cost of the whole conference every year.


Italy applied to the WMF Grants Program for fund to host this year 
conference. Unless the WMF have agreed to guarantee funding for future 
years conference (I haven't been following so not sure), then whoever is 
hosting the conference will also need time to apply for funding from Grants.


KTC

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Radiological images

[Katie Chan]

On 17/09/2013 17:47, Erlend Bjørtvedt wrote:

I took CR scanning recently, and reflected on who would be the right
copyrightholder.

The manufacturer of the machine (Siemens) - certainly not, that would be
like Nikon and Canon holding rights to all photos on Commons...

The hospital - certainly not, since there ar eindividuals running the
machine who are closer to the rights.


Those individuals, in the case of the operators would probably / could 
well come under work for hire.



The operators - well in the case of CR there are two, and they only push a
button (i.e., not artistic). They are Remote from the Object, do not see
it, and do not Direct the skanner ("camera") to adjust or improve the final
image.


Someone taking a photograph using a point and shoot compact camera also 
only push a button, yet the law have no problem with assigning copyright 
to the photographer.



The patient - the only real candidate in my view. While as a patient you
are alone With the machine, the only one present in the room, and you move
to get Your body in the right position (i.,e., you are the primary agent to
make the image successful).

Erlend, Oslo


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] : WMF resolution on neutral point of view

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On 17/09/2013 03:33, Risker wrote:


I am not certain that neutral point of view applies to all Wikimedia
projects.  Wikiversity programs may deliberately examine one aspect of a
subject while ignoring others, for example. It is difficult to apply the
concept of  "neutrality" to images and other media, some of which is
explicitly non-neutral (see the Jyllands-Posten Muhammed images).  I am not
sure that "neutral point of view" applies to Wiktionary at all.




"Wikipedia 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia>, 
Wiktionary 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wiktionary>, 
Wikibooks 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikibooks>, 
Wikiquote 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikiquote>, 
Wikisource 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikisource> and 
Wikinews <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikinews> – 
but not Wikiversity 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikiversity>, 
Wikivoyage 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikivoyage>, 
Wikispecies 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikispecies>, 
Wikimedia Commons 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Commons>, 
the many "backstage" projects 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Main_Page/Sisterprojects>, 
or Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Meta:About> 
– have a strict *neutral point of view* (NPOV) policy."

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] is wikipedia zero illegal because it violates net neutrality?

[Katie Chan]

On 26/08/2013 18:14, Martijn Hoekstra wrote:





I do think there is some merit in the net neutrality argument, at least
sufficiently so to be open to discussion on whether or not offering
Wikipedia Zero is a good thing. It comes down to the question if we believe
that having a walled garden variety of internet consisting only of
Wikipedia for free, and with that undermining the market position for a
paid, open internet is a net positive. I'm inclined to say it is, but the
opposite position, though counter-intuitive, is pretty defensible.

-Martijn



Wikipedia Zero seeks to increase (free) access to one of our project. If 
we don't think that's a good idea, what the heck are we doing running 
the project in the first place?


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Single User Login finalisation: some accounts will be renamed

[Katie Chan]

On 03/08/2013 09:41, Chris McKenna wrote:

and should
be sent at 1 year, 6 months, 3 months, 1 month, 2 weeks, 10 days, 5
days, 2 days and 1 day in advance of the renaming, and that is at a
minimum.



Why not ten years, or maybe twenty years just to be on the same side?



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Staff Images

[Katie Chan]

On 14/07/2013 02:59, K. Peachey wrote:

The issue at the 26 odd email chain is that the staff member should be
the main focus of their staff photo? That doesn't seem unreasonable…


They are not required to have a photo at all, never mind requiring that 
their face be the focus of said photo.


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage logo

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On 03/06/2013 10:49, Ziko van Dijk wrote:

The case already cost money to the WMF, because of the time invested by our
legal counsel. As with the Loriot stamps and the office action then, it's
not worth to loose (even more) money for it. That might look different in a
different legal system and with better odds.
I am not quite happy with making this a moral question about 'standing up
to bullies', Peter. If you want to fight bullying, there is a lot to do
within the Wikipedia editing community...
Kind regards
Ziko



This has already been raised in this thread, but I want to emphaise can 
we please not equate everyone who enforces their trademarks as bullies. 
If a trademark holder do not enforces their trademark, they lose the 
trademark. Enforcing ones trademark is what a trademark holder is 
suppose to do. Now we can argue that the WTO is being overly broad in 
their interpretation of the similarity between the two logos, then the 
question becomes whether the Wikivoyage logo is worth spending the money 
fighting over.


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[Wikimedia-l] WMF Board and FDC's elections - delay by one week

[Katie Chan]

The Election Committee regrets to advise that it is necessary to delay 
the start of voting in the WMF Elections 2013 for one week.  This delay 
is being implemented for three reasons:


* We have been unable to verify that the list of eligible voters is 
complete and that all voters meet the published criteria
* We have been unable to verify that the SecurePoll setups for the 
election are properly functioning
* The voter interfaces have not been translated and are not currently 
available in any language other than English, thus disadvantaging 
Wikimedians who do not read English.


The following changes are now made to the Election timeline:
*8-22 June 2013: elections
*23-25 June 2013: vote-checking
*25-28 June: publication of results.

For the Election Committee,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2014: London

[Katie Chan]

Congratulations to everyone who's been involved with the London bid.

Looking forward to seeing many of you in London next year!


On 1 May 2013 18:10, James Forrester  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> On behalf of the Wikimania 2014 selection Jury, after review and
> evaluation of the two final bids, we have awarded the conference to
> London. Congratulations to the London team, and to the Arusha team who
> also put forward a solid effort.
>
> We were concerned this year to see that both bidding teams put forward
> proposals which were costly and complicated, in contrast to the
> Wikimania tradition. The Jury briefly considered re-opening the bid
> for other teams, and asked both bids to present a simpler core budget
> and lower-cost options for attendees.
>
> The London team took our comments to heart and decreased their core
> budget to 20% of their initial proposal, and have committed to finding
> ways to reduce the cost for community attendees.
>
> We encourage future bidding teams to not give up their dreams, to keep
> aiming for the stars, but at the same time, to not forget the spirit
> of Wikimedia: a volunteer movement that makes creative use of limited
> resources. We look forward to the proposed Wikimania Committee setting
> out clearer guidelines on these principles.
>
> The process to bid for hosting Wikimania requires a substantial time
> investment, and we thank both candidate teams for their submissions
> and hard work.
>
> Yours,
>
> James Forrester
> Moderator, Wikimania 2014 Jury
> For the Wikimania 2014 Jury
> --
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> jdforres...@gmail.com
> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania

[Katie Chan]

On 30/04/2013 11:49, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote:
My personal experience after being an active program committee member 
on the 2010 Wikimania Organizing Committee was that my activity there 
(and I believe in the end of the day we did a good job - for example, 
we managed to accept all submissions with a very few exceptions) was 
only appreciated by my fellow organizers. I have not heard any good 
words from anybody else, a lot of bad words were coming from all kind 
of corners, and nobody in 2011, 2012, 2013, or, for that matter, in 
2014 ever contacted me asking whether I would have any interest to do 
this job again. In 2011, someone duly revoked my Wikimania wiki 
administrator flag saying smth like "not needed anymore", and nobody 
cared to thank me or even to inform me of that. I obviously decided 
afterwards that there are other, less painful ways I can be do my 
community service, and lost all interest in Wikimania organization.


I would just like to point out that there's no Program Committee for 
2014 as the jury decision on host haven't even been made yet, and for 
2013 there were an open invitation for people to volunteer to serve on 
the Programmes Commitee and Scholarship Committee - 
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2012-October/004375.html>. 
Yes, as a movement in general we need to get better at showing 
apperication for others hard work, but let's not generalise.


Regards,

KTC

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why not everyone have the right to vote in the Board & FDC elections?

[Katie Chan]

On 28/04/2013 06:15, rupert THURNER wrote:

also agree to simplify the rules. what i'd really love would be to
better standardize and with it simplify "volunteer community", for all
elections and votes. and at least my wish would be that people who
donate their time by sending code patches to software considered
essential to run the site are included.


Erm...

"Developers qualify to vote if they:



Have commit access and have made at least one merged commit in git 
between 1 May 2012 and 30 April 2013."


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] "Tweet this page" from some or all sites???

[Katie Chan]

On 18/04/2013 13:51, David Gerard wrote:


So far, it's apparently a gateway to advertising.

Mathieu, I'm not a huge advocate of Twitter buttons, and I think the
neutrality objection (do we favour a few services, or have 2000
buttons?) is a serious problem. But your arguments so far have been
absolutely terrible.




We already selectively choose which outside service we display when a 
user click on say an ISBN number or geoip. Doing likewise for share 
buttons wouldn't be something new....


Katie

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] fiction: WMF policy of paying less than market

[Katie Chan]

No one is force to, or have a right to work for the WMF. Like any other 
organisation, for-profit or otherwise, an organisation determines what 
it can affords and wants to pay for a position. Similarly, a potential 
employee gets to decides whether the proposed compensation is acceptable 
to them based on their experience, what the job would be, and their 
personal circumstance. So, what's the problem?


KTC

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation's non-disclosure agreement

[Katie Chan]

On 06/03/2013 23:00, MZMcBride wrote:


Out of curiosity, if you sign an NDA as a volunteer, what is the
"disclosure period", then? Is it indefinite?


"Disclosure period"? If you mean how long the party is bound by the 
agreement, then it'll depends on the exact agreement. For things like 
personally identifiable information, it will be forever which is kinda 
the point of having the NDA in the first place.


KTC

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

[Katie Chan]

On 19/02/2013 07:27, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton wrote:


But as the Wikimania is itinerant, lectures in the local language could be
very interesting, and even a form of local people interact more, I
know that English
is present among the HK natives, but I do not see why not have a lectures in
Cantonese to appreciate local culture...


"There will be the option for submission authors to hold their session 
in either Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) or English. We plan to set up 
a separate Chinese-language track if there is enough demand for such 
sessions." - 


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Outcome of Wikimedia board discussion on the Chapters Association

[Katie Chan]

On 05/02/2013 15:50, Nathan wrote:

I misspoke slightly; WCA fees were submitted in budget requests, but the
amounts were removed from the allocations themselves[1]. Sorry for the
inaccuracy there.


[1](
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/FDC_recommendations/2012-2013_round1#The_WCA_and_the_role_of_the_FDC
).


On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Nathan  wrote:


Presumably Round 1 disbursements have already been made, which means that
the chapters in receipt of funds can choose to spend them how they see fit.
But I don't recall seeing plans to donate money to the WCA in funding
requests to the FDC, and I suspect that since the WMF has chosen not to
recognize the WCA any chapter that donates a portion of their FDC funding
to the WCA will find it difficult to receive funds again in the current or
subsequent rounds. Nemo seems to be saying that is self-evident, but it
doesn't seem so clear cut to me.


FDC / WMF Grants is not the only source of chapter's funding for all 
chapters. (Not that I'm saying asking for 2 or 3 chapters who does have 
such alternative funding to pay for WCA is realistic.)


KTC

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion

[Katie Chan]

On 28/11/2012 15:38, cyrano wrote:


Which is completely normal. An image of volunteers building a great
project for a great cause was constantly set up in every single
communication, during years. So that's what uninformed people would
believe.
But, from the moment someone asks for money, it contradicts the image of
a project run by the sheer efforts of volunteers. " This money will end
in the pocket of persons, ", they think, " who are thus not doing it
because it's a great cause but because they're paid".


Being run by volunteers != no money is needed. It's pretty normal for a 
charity/non-profit to ask for donation to carry out its activities. I'll 
be very surprised if the majority of Wikipedia users don't already have 
experience of that.


KTC

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Naming for the Travel Guide project

[Katie Chan]

On 27/09/2012 22:10, Nathan wrote:

Is the idea of owning the domain name first (and submitting it by
e-mail) aimed at forestalling any sniping? I have a suggestion, for
instance, but I don't own it nor necessarily want to buy it without
some likelihood of it being selected. In that case, should I suggest
it and risk having it sniped by someone with other interests?



I would assume that was the intention, but even if it weren't, it's a 
guarantee that someone will register it between the shortlist for voting 
is published and the end of voting.


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] CNET News: "Corruption in Wikiland? Paid PR scandal erupts at Wikipedia"

[Katie Chan]

On 19/09/2012 20:10, Erik Moeller wrote:


- My understanding is that qrpedia.org is still under individual
control, rather than chapter control. Is that correct? If so this is a
bit problematic, and it would be good to secure control of it (I'm not
offering that WMF would host it; I don't think the value/impact case
for QR codes is sufficiently strong for that, but it would be good for
at least a chapter to take responsibility for it for now).


Per Chris Keating on the UK list:
"QRpedia.org is owned by Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden, who have been 
maintaining it, along with qrwp.org (where the "qrpedia" links resolve), 
as volunteers. An agreement between Roger and Terence on the one hand 
and Wikimedia UK on the other is in the works, shouldn't take more than 
a few weeks to finish off, and will provide a firm basis for the growing 
use of Wikipedia-linked QR codes in future."


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Articles for Creation broken

[Katie Chan]

On 19/08/2012 11:04, Andreas Kolbe wrote:

I currently see 370 submissions pending. Does this mean that someone has
processed 700 articles since the beginning of this thread, or am I looking
at the wrong thing?



More than one someone, but you're looking at the right thing.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Should we lock StrategyWiki?

[Katie Chan]

On 12/08/2012 16:45, MZMcBride wrote:

Ziko van Dijk wrote:

It seems to me that there was a period in the WMF history when it was
"popular" to install new wikis, for strategy or outreach, instead of
using Meta. I don't see the advantages of having seperate wikis, or
disadvantages of Meta. Meta has always been the platform for the whole
movement, not only the wiki content websites. By the way, the WCA
decided not to have a wiki of its own but to use Meta.


I'm not sure what a WCA is.



?

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Grant Advisory Committee Expanded

[Katie Chan]

>> Which means the answer is no: not all committee members have been
>> identified.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Yaroslav

Hardly any are, including existing members. Those that are identified to 
the foundation are so because of other current or former positions.



On 24/07/2012 16:13, Béria Lima wrote:

The question is: They will?

(For disclosure, I'm a member of GAC - since the beginning last year - and
I'm identified since 2008.)


AFAIK, it's not been a requirement and it wasn't stated as a requirement 
in the call for (self-)nomination, which I was slightly surprised at 
initially but seeing as there's no access to either restricted 
permissions or non-public data[1], is thus not covered by the Access to 
nonpublic data policy[2].


KTC


(Disclosure: New member, identified 2008.)


[1] Everything is done on Meta
[2] 

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] IRC office hours to discuss FDC eligibility-time clarification

[Katie Chan]

On 24/07/2012 15:48, Chary, Meera wrote:

Hi all,


The correct starting times for these IRC office hours are 16:00 UTC (9PDT) and 
23.00 UTC (16PDT) as stated in the Wikimedia-l posts last week. The times are 
now corrected on Meta - thanks for alerting us to this, Michael!



Correction was only applied to the second of the the listed meeting on 
Meta. I've gone ahead and change the listed time for the first meeting 
based on the above. Please check it's correct.


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

[Katie Chan]

Please join me in welcoming James!



Well, in our case it's more like waving good bye, but certainly 
congratulations!


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] No internet censorship in Hong Kong

[Katie Chan]

On 11/05/2012 21:16, Kim Bruning wrote:


Right. My concern about Israel was that almost no one from the surrounding area 
would be
able to visit.  (This turned out to be accurate, but it was too late to fix).

Will many people from surrounding countries be able to visit .hk without 
problems? If so,
that should be ok then.

That and I'm looking forward to visiting a place with sane border customs 
practices for a
change ;-)



While pretty much every countries from Europe, N&S America & Australasia 
are visa free according to the bid page, a lot of Asian and Middle 
Eastern countries would require visa. Even those places from where visa 
would be required, they should be okay I believe. Ironically, the only 
exception to that is if the person is from mainland China (PRC).


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] No internet censorship in Hong Kong

[Katie Chan]

On 11/05/2012 00:14, Tom Morris wrote:


In the bidding process, there rightly are some minimum standards,

> specifically with regards to freedom of speech laws and whether or not
> the cities in question are welcoming to religious and LGBT minorities.
> If we wish to include anti-censorship as one of those requirements,
> it'd be worth knowing that up-front so Wikimedians who wish to bid in the
> future can take that into account rather than have it brought up after
> the bidding process is complete.




If the community want to include anti-censorship (and or numerous other 
possible complaints) as one of the requirements, then good luck finding 
any city in the world to host Wikimania.


On 11/05/2012 00:07, Richard Symonds wrote:
> I must admit I had concerns, but they're allayed considerably by the
> statement that HK is fiscally independent from the PRC. Hopefully
> having such a free event in an area of the world where freedom of
> information is in relatively short supply will do wonderful things
> for the movement and the world!

Or one can just read [[Special administrative region]] (among other 
related articles) and see "Currently, the two SARs of Hong Kong and 
Macau are responsible for all issues except diplomatic relations and 
national defence."



If people have a problem with one of the most multi-ethnic, 
multicultural & number 1 ranked index of economic freedom place in the 
world with constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech and press, then 
I give up.


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2013: Hong Kong

[Katie Chan]

Congratulation Hong Kong! I'll be there. :)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] ombudsmen commission

[Katie Chan]

On 25/04/2012 23:50, Casey Brown wrote:


I'm not advocating for anything in particular -- I could care less if
the ombudsman commission made an OTRS queue. It's entirely up to them.
:-)


I knew this was going to happen LOL. When I said "you", I wasn't aiming 
it at anyone in particular but making a general statement. Apology for 
any confusion.


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] ombudsmen commission

[Katie Chan]

On 25/04/2012 03:52, Pedro Sanchez wrote:


It really amazes me how much we distrust the people who have been
doing a great work (otrs admins, ombudsmen, etc).

And all upon contrived hypothetical scenarios.  "And how about one of
the root-access devs is secretly working for the goverment of... is
anyone working on a solution for this?"


On 25/04/2012 20:35, Casey Brown wrote:
>
> Nothing will ever be perfect though. For example, the mailman mailing
> list that they currently use can easily be accessed by anyone with the
> root mailman password. The list of people with that password is very
> small -- and is mostly restricted to sysadmins and high-level staffers
> -- but there are still people who can hypothetically access it without
> anyone knowing. It's more an issue of minimizing risk than eliminating
> it.
>

The main difference is the target of an ombudsman commission 
investigation are generally not (if at all) sysadmin, but CU, 
bureaucrat, admin, abcom & oversight. Out of the 12 OTRS admin, 5 are 
oversighter with 3 CU, and multiple bureaucrat & admins. Having the main 
potential target of your investigation able to access your primary 
communication channel used to discuss such investigation without audit 
record is just not a good idea.


Of course it's all very well believing in the good work and ethics of 
those currently with those type of rights. However it's a different 
issue entirely to assume there will never be a bad apple. If that's your 
attitude, then it have to follow that you believe the ombudsman 
commission is superfluous.


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