wow..good news..
Congratulations Bishakha..
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Bishakha Datta wrote:
> Thank you, all.
>
> It's been a terrific experience, and I hope to continue to be of use to the
> Foundation and to the movement in my next term.
>
> Best
> Bishakha
>
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at
Thank you, all.
It's been a terrific experience, and I hope to continue to be of use to the
Foundation and to the movement in my next term.
Best
Bishakha
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Florence Devouard wrote:
> Excellent decision !
>
> Flo
>
> On 12/28/12 4:39 PM, Geoff Brigham wrote
>
> I
Dear James,
My sincere congratulations for this important step, and I am really
very happy with a Wikimedia Medicine. But the name "Wiki Med
Foundation" - I find the choice for that name just strange (I saw the
discussion on Meta too late). "Wikimedia Health", by the way, would be
as great as "Wik
On Dec 28, 2012 9:53 PM, "Bence Damokos" wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
> > On Dec 28, 2012 7:12 PM, "Lodewijk" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > it should probably be emphasized that this organization was founded
> > against
> > > the advice of the Wikimedia
On 29 December 2012 00:05, James Heilman wrote:
> Yes so Wiki Med Foundation Inc incorporated Dec 19, 2012 and we had our
Isn't the name just a little prone to confusion with Wikimedia Foundation?
- d.
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I'd really like to hear something more than a guess :) In the sense:
Could it be said that we are now reasonably financially safe?
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Milos Rancic wrote:
> I read the official blog [1] about it, but it doesn't have rationale.
> And I am too lazy to analyze it.
>
> So
Yes so Wiki Med Foundation Inc incorporated Dec 19, 2012 and we had our
first official board meeting Dec 26, 2012. We have had expressed interest
from 57 people from more than a dozen countries with a large group of
interested members from India. Our 9 board members are from 7 different
countries.
On Dec 28, 2012 10:12 PM, "James Salsman" wrote:
>
> > I'm not quite sure what you mean by multivariate analysis
>
> I mean as in the tests done May 16, September 20, and October 9
> reported at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2012/We_Need_A_Breakthrough
> without adjusting the best per
Matt, I have specific answers to most of your questions, but I don't
know whether others on wikimedia-l would be interested in them, and
I'm not sure about the specifics of a couple terms you used relative
to what I remember of the testing harness, so I'll reply in more
detail off-list with some qu
I'm on a train so this will be brief... But let's say we do what you
suggest, and it only raises 90% of what is needed. What then?
I've had to pare back WMUKs budget in the past few weeks to what the FDC
granted. It's difficult enough to do on a smaller budget, I dread to think
how the WMF would d
James,
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 2:11 PM, James Salsman wrote:
> I mean as in the tests done May 16, September 20, and October 9
> reported at
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2012/We_Need_A_Breakthrough
> without adjusting the best performing pull-down delivery combined
> banner/landi
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:45 PM, James Salsman wrote:
> How about for the April fundraiser, instead of setting a dollar value
> goal, we agree to use multivariate analysis instead of A/B testing to
> optimize the messaging from volunteer submissions in advance, then run
> the whole thing for a fi
> I'm not quite sure what you mean by multivariate analysis
I mean as in the tests done May 16, September 20, and October 9
reported at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2012/We_Need_A_Breakthrough
without adjusting the best performing pull-down delivery combined
banner/landing page from
Wow, I want to start a Thematic Organization just so I can call it a
"thorg"!
What a great acronym :)
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Bence Damokos wrote:
> Thank you Ziko – your post is great! (
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Thematic_Organizations#Scope_and_names_for_moveme
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2012 7:12 PM, "Lodewijk" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > it should probably be emphasized that this organization was founded
> against
> > the advice of the Wikimedia Foundations' Affiliate Committee. It is not
> > recognized at this
Thank you Ziko – your post is great! (
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Thematic_Organizations#Scope_and_names_for_movement_entities
)
Best regards,
Bence
(P.S. AffCom is still looking for new members ready to think about the hard
questions that are raised there:
http://meta.wikimedi
The obvious point, which has been made many times on this list over the
years, is that activity on mailing lists or meta is not a good proxy for
measuring the activity of a member of the board. The best measure would be
engagement with the duties of the board (which don't include posting on the
lis
That would be complex, and could be a disaster... I'd appreciate some input
from folks like Tango.
On Dec 28, 2012 9:46 PM, "James Salsman" wrote:
> How about for the April fundraiser, instead of setting a dollar value
> goal, we agree to use multivariate analysis instead of A/B testing to
> opti
I'm not quite sure what you mean by multivariate analysis... You only seem
to be talking about one variable - the message.
On Dec 28, 2012 9:46 PM, "James Salsman" wrote:
> How about for the April fundraiser, instead of setting a dollar value
> goal, we agree to use multivariate analysis instead
On Dec 28, 2012 7:12 PM, "Lodewijk" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> it should probably be emphasized that this organization was founded
against
> the advice of the Wikimedia Foundations' Affiliate Committee. It is not
> recognized at this point.
Does it have a license to use the Wikimedia trademark in its nam
Excellent decision !
Flo
On 12/28/12 4:39 PM, Geoff Brigham wrote
I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee
on the WMF Board for another two-year term.
The Board resolution may be found here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Bishakha_Datta_Reappo
Sj,
I'm addressing this question to you because you seem to be the most active
trustee in the areas where I checked for trustee activity, and also because you
were one of the authors of the “Building a lasting movement” workshop
submission to Wikimania 2012. I would also be interested in hearin
How about for the April fundraiser, instead of setting a dollar value
goal, we agree to use multivariate analysis instead of A/B testing to
optimize the messaging from volunteer submissions in advance, then run
the whole thing for a fixed time frame, say three weeks, and then use
the actual amount
Indeed, I made use of my last day before leaving for Germany (5 days)
to present some thoughts about the affiliations, on that very talk
page.
Kind regards
Ziko
2012/12/28 Lodewijk :
> Hi,
>
> it should probably be emphasized that this organization was founded against
> the advice of the Wikimedia
Just a personal opinion about "talent retention" at the WMF.
There are not many factors contributing to retention in an organization
like this, in a context like ours:
- Tech sector is very competitive. Not even high pays, bonuses, stocks
and perks are any assurance of keeping people around f
Awesome news.
Sydney
On Dec 28, 2012 10:39 AM, "Geoff Brigham" wrote:
> I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee
> on the WMF Board for another two-year term.
>
> The Board resolution may be found here:
>
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Bishak
This is great news indeed.
Congratulations Bishakha!!!
regards
Arun
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Geoff Brigham wrote:
> I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee
> on the WMF Board for another two-year term.
>
> The Board resolution may be found here:
>
>
>
Hi,
it should probably be emphasized that this organization was founded against
the advice of the Wikimedia Foundations' Affiliate Committee. It is not
recognized at this point.
I am also quite unhappy about the chosen name because of the obvious
confusion that is to be expected. But speaking in
Great news!
Pavel
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Pavel Richter
Vorstand
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260
Twitter: @pavel
2012/12/28 Geoff Brigham
> I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee
> on the WMF Board for another two-year term.
>
>
(personal capacity, for a moment)
I make this the...third or fourth? currently active thread on this mailing
list that has been turned into "make more money, pay more money and invest
it in credit unions".
James, I don't think there's anything you've said here that you haven't
said 2, 3, 5 or 20
> people are not contributing in the English language markets this
> year as opposed to last
What is the evidence for that?
> because of trends when the English Wikipedia's popularity has not
> significantly changed.
English projects per http://reportcard.wmflabs.org/graphs/pageviews
November 2
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Steven Zhang wrote:
> Staff and contractors page includes Fellows...not sure about contractor and
> such but I'm pretty sure they are put on there too.
>
The staff and contractors page includes some contractors but not all.
By default, a contractor is not added
Very nice! I'll expect a performance in Hong Kong!
On a serious note, have you seen Geoff's comments on naming of affiliate
organisations?
On Dec 28, 2012 4:18 PM, "Ziko van Dijk" wrote:
> Hello,
> A week ago, as I found out now, a new association has been found in
> New York: "Wiki Med Foundati
Staff and contractors page includes Fellows...not sure about contractor and
such but I'm pretty sure they are put on there too.
Steve Zhang
Sent from my iPhone
On 29/12/2012, at 12:14 AM, Thehelpfulone wrote:
> On 28 December 2012 10:59, Andrew Gray wrote:
>
>> On 28 December 2012 07:31, Ma
Hello,
A week ago, as I found out now, a new association has been found in
New York: "Wiki Med Foundation, Inc." (!). We have the Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc., we have some other Wikimedias, we have MediaWiki...
how is the ordinary man on the street supposed to have the slightest
chance to understand
Wow!
Congratulations !!!
-RK
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Gerard Meijssen
wrote:
> Hoi,
> Good news :) Congratulations :)
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
>
> On 28 December 2012 16:39, Geoff Brigham wrote:
>
> > I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a
> Trustee
>
Hoi,
Good news :) Congratulations :)
Thanks,
GerardM
On 28 December 2012 16:39, Geoff Brigham wrote:
> I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee
> on the WMF Board for another two-year term.
>
> The Board resolution may be found here:
>
>
> http://wikimedia
I am happy to report that Bishakha Datta has been reappointed as a Trustee
on the WMF Board for another two-year term.
The Board resolution may be found here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Bishakha_Datta_Reappointment_2012
The Board minutes may be found here:
http://wikimediaf
On 28 December 2012 10:59, Andrew Gray wrote:
> On 28 December 2012 07:31, Matthew Roth wrote:
>
> >> A count of office.wikimedia.org account deactivations suggests that
> >> about 59 people left the WMF in 2012, for whatever reason. To me, that
> >> seems like a lot of people. Maybe it's occasi
Thank you everyone for your help, and I especially appreciate Sumanah for
setting up the bug and making the RT ticket happen. Unfortunately, I cannot
track the progress of the RT ticket, but I am sure someone will keep us
posted on the Bugzilla bug or on this list.
Eternal gratitude to everyone in
On 28 December 2012 07:31, Matthew Roth wrote:
>> A count of office.wikimedia.org account deactivations suggests that
>> about 59 people left the WMF in 2012, for whatever reason. To me, that
>> seems like a lot of people. Maybe it's occasionally good for people to
>> leave, but so many?
>
> Does
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:51 AM, Milos Rancic wrote:
>
> In relation to the question above, I'd be much more happy to hear that
> this is the product of staff's work, than the product of some global
> social changes. Although it would be great if the world is changing so
> quickly, it's much more
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