[Wikimedia-l] Open Knowledge Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation

2013-03-01 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
Hi all, I would like to invite you all to help to improve this page on possible and actual collaborations between the Open Knowledge Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation. http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Knowledge_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_Foundation In Brazil, Germany and UK, we have already seen some

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Knowledge Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation

2013-03-01 Thread Pierre-Selim
+1 Fae, I know for sure Wikimedia France has organized events with OKFN in France (such as Public domain day event in 2012 and 2013). I'll drop a word a WMFR lists. 2013/3/1 Fae fae...@gmail.com On 1 March 2013 12:08, Everton Zanella Alvarenga everton.alvare...@okfn.org wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Knowledge Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation

2013-03-01 Thread Sarah Stierch
On 3/1/13 8:37 AM, Fae wrote: On 1 March 2013 12:08, Everton Zanella Alvarenga everton.alvare...@okfn.org wrote: http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Knowledge_Foundation_and_Wikimedia_Foundation Tom Good idea Tom. As it's a wiki, I have taken the initiative to move the page to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Knowledge Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation

2013-03-01 Thread Fae
On 1 March 2013 13:42, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: We're actually even considering making the wiki internal because it's not fruitful for anyone outside of the internal community. So..don't expect much to happen with that wiki space. I think it would be great to have a public

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Knowledge Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation

2013-03-01 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
(Quick comment - cannot engage in the discussion now) Fae, thanks for moving this page! I agree with this. Sarah, I'll be using OKFN wiki, which I've been using since 2011, for organize the bylaw, board and advisory board. Let's discuss this on the OKFN channels later, it's a pity I could not go

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia UK monthly report - January 2013

2013-03-01 Thread Stevie Benton
Hello everyone, I've just published the Wikimedia UK activity report for January 2013. The report can be seen on our wiki at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports/2013/January For those who prefer the text directly in the email, this is below. Thanks and regards, Stevie *GLAM activities*

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open Knowledge Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation

2013-03-01 Thread Manuel Schneider
I'd like to point out that Wikimedia Österreich has good relationships with OKFN Austria. We had people from OKFN in our latest TV show (broadcast on March 4th, 19:30 CET on BR-alpha) and we are thinking about a joint-venture to set up a public Open Data portal for Austria. /Manuel Am

[Wikimedia-l] Provisional Wikimedia Kenya no longer a chapter

2013-03-01 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hello, everyone. I would like to inform you that the group known as Wikimedia Kenya is no longer a provisionally-recognized chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, as its provisional recognition has expired, and the WMF did not extend it. We encourage the Wikimedians in Kenya to regroup and make

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Info: Call for chapter peer review participation

2013-03-01 Thread Bence Damokos
Hi all, Speaking of chapter peer review, you might be interested in this great cooperation between WM DE and WM AR that might serve as a model: http://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/03/01/tutoria-in-buenos-aires/ Best regards, Bence On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: In the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Provisional Wikimedia Kenya no longer a chapter

2013-03-01 Thread Bence Damokos
Hi Mike, They have not yet incorporated and haven't signed a chapters agreement. They are not being encouraged to incorporate without being certain that they want to and are able to take on the responsibilities of running an organization (with the requirements to file government reports; have

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Provisional Wikimedia Kenya no longer a chapter

2013-03-01 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: On Mar 1, 2013 11:27 PM, Michael Peel michael.p...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Yes, I had read the email to the Kenyan list. My questions took that email into account. Then your first question confuses me. That email

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Provisional Wikimedia Kenya no longer a chapter

2013-03-01 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
2013/3/1 James Alexander jameso...@gmail.com: I'm very confused, could you explain a bit more about what you were trying to say with this link? http://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Comit%C3%AA_de_Cap%C3%ADtulos/Resposta_aos_questionamentos_2010_02