Thank you for this announcement, though I am sorry to hear it.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Sue Gardner wrote:
> Here's an example: As you know, we have long wanted to create a
> program making grants to volunteers -- both to chapters and individual
> Wikimedians. Erik and I launched the ch
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:22 PM, David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/9/17 Michael Peel :
>
>> This doesn't seem quite right to me. "average" donors may financially
>> be worth less in each donation, but remember that there's a lot more
>> of them, and they're more likely to give repeat donations. Also,
>>
I'm sure Erik has been dying for the chance to run multilingual
rcbirds in a corner with some custom west-coast birdcalls
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Liam Wyatt wrote:
> and, in terms of data displays I've always been a fan of WikipediaVision
> http://www.lkozma.net/wpv/index.html and
2009/9/17 Michael Peel :
> This doesn't seem quite right to me. "average" donors may financially
> be worth less in each donation, but remember that there's a lot more
> of them, and they're more likely to give repeat donations. Also,
> there's more to "worth" than just financial, e.g. in good wil
2009/9/17 Frieda Brioschi :
> 2009/9/16 Mike Godwin :
>> We've had a lot of experience of spurious reports of lawsuits originating in
>> Italy.
>
> How many originating from Wikimedia Italia?
>
>> I'd like to see any official complaints that have been filed in Italian
>> courts (or elsewhere) again
2009/9/15 Domas Mituzas :
> This is entirely off-topic, and could be continued in wikitech-l, if
> you're really eager to tell how you modify compressed files "in
> place". ;-)
You can decode bzipped files an arbitrary block at a time (which makes
reader apps surprisingly viable on devices with
2009/9/17 Everton Zanella Alvarenga :
> Ciao,
> I'd like also to have a copy. Can you put it online? Would you
> infringe some law if you put in Wikisource?
> If it's not possible to put online, please, send to my email.
Sorry, I can't publish it. But tomorrow morning (now it's 10 pm in
Italy) I'l
Ciao,
2009/9/17 Frieda Brioschi :
> I'll forward to you a copy of the document in few minutes. It's in
> italian. Is it ok for you?
I'd like also to have a copy. Can you put it online? Would you
infringe some law if you put in Wikisource?
If it's not possible to put online, please, send to my e
2009/9/17 Mike Godwin :
>> How many originating from Wikimedia Italia?
>
> Not many, and perhaps not any -- in general the spurious threat is against
> WMF itself, so far as I can recall.
As far as I remember we asked WMF help just once, few months ago.
There were nothing in the news at that momen
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Frieda Brioschi wrote:
> 2009/9/16 Mike Godwin :
> > We've had a lot of experience of spurious reports of lawsuits originating
> in
> > Italy.
>
> How many originating from Wikimedia Italia?
>
Not many, and perhaps not any -- in general the spurious threat is aga
2009/9/16 Mike Godwin :
> We've had a lot of experience of spurious reports of lawsuits originating in
> Italy.
How many originating from Wikimedia Italia?
> I'd like to see any official complaints that have been filed in Italian
> courts (or elsewhere) against Wikimedia Italia.
I'll forward to
2009/9/17 Michael Peel :
>
> On 17 Sep 2009, at 17:22, Gregory Kohs wrote:
>
>> They are a key constituency in
>> supporting the financial stream, as every single one of them is
>> worth 16 or
>> more "average" donors.
>
> This doesn't seem quite right to me. "average" donors may financially
> be w
On 17 Sep 2009, at 17:22, Gregory Kohs wrote:
> They are a key constituency in
> supporting the financial stream, as every single one of them is
> worth 16 or
> more "average" donors.
This doesn't seem quite right to me. "average" donors may financially
be worth less in each donation, but re
Thanks Sue. You mention a sort of re-envisioning process for the Chief
Program Officer role - can you give us an idea of the challenges that
you and Jennifer encountered with the current concept of a CPO, and
what types of changes you might consider making?
Nathan
Congratulations to Anya, and it sounds like Rand made a nice choice.
Anya, if you wish to continue receiving my assistance on the 2009
Fundraising Survey that I helped design, I hope that Rand will put you in
touch with me during the data analysis phase. I think a key "break-out" for
analysis wil
Thanks Thomas; we're sorry about it too.
The real problem won't be so much "who will take over the work" -- Jennifer had
only been on the job about five months, so she was mostly in
building/thinking/planning mode rather than executing mode. So the real problem
will be a hit to our ability to p
2009/9/17 Sue Gardner :
> However, Jennifer and I have agreed that despite those contributions,
> she ultimately will not be a good fit for the Chief Program Officer
> role. That doesn't mean her path will never cross ours again, and
> it's not a decision intended to reflect badly on her skills or
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