[Foundation-l] Global Sysops proposal on Meta

2009-10-07 Thread James Alexander
Hi all!, I wanted to bring everyones attention to the discussion happening on meta about global sysops. I know its been discussed before and it appears that we have a fairly concrete concerns in favor on the discussion page but its a smallish group and if we want this to be successful we need to ha

Re: [Foundation-l] Bookshelf project

2009-10-07 Thread Jim Redmond
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 09:18, Waerth wrote: > I never new the goal of the wikimedia foundation was to evangelize the > world. As an agnost I take offence to this. > In this context, the term "evangelist" is not specifically a religious term; rather, it refers to a highly enthusiastic recruiter f

[Foundation-l] Bookshelf project

2009-10-07 Thread Waerth
I am worried about this passage in the Bookshelf project > The materials created as part of the Bookshelf Project include basic > "first step" documents, compelling invitations to participate, *but > most importantly, **in-depth series of resources targeting potential > editors, trainers, and evang

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Marlita Kahn as the Project Manager for the Bookshelf Project

2009-10-07 Thread Bod Notbod
> Please join me in warmly welcoming Marlita to the Wikimedia Foundation. Welcome Marlita! The qualifications sound amazing. The Bookshelf Project hasn't really grabbed me so far. I think it's important but I haven't got overly excited about it. But seeing Marlita's qualifications I think this

[Foundation-l] Announcing Marlita Kahn as the Project Manager for the Bookshelf Project

2009-10-07 Thread Frank Schulenburg
Hi all, I am delighted to announce that Wikimedia's Bookshelf Project will be led by Marlita Kahn. Marlita is a Senior Project Manager/Program Manager with over 15 years experience managing educational, technical, media-rich and multilingual projects. Her employment contract with us started on Se