[Wikimedia-l] Happy Ada Lovelace Day

2014-10-14 Thread Pine W
Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated on October 14 this year. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (born in the year 1815) was a mathematician and computer programmer who worked on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. She foresaw how computers could evolve into devices that perform tasks more sophisti

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Android "Nearby" Feature (was: Re: Community RfCs about MediaViewer)

2014-10-14 Thread Erik Moeller
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote: > An answer would be appreciated... I know you've been in touch w/ the mobile web team since this thread, but just to close the loop for the record: "Nearby" (now re-implemented in native code and with a new UI) is part of today's stable release

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

2014-10-14 Thread Risker
Which organizational values are you speaking about, Pine? The identified Wikimedia values[1] do not really speak to financial investment strategy. Risker [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values On 14 October 2014 14:18, Pine W wrote: > Yes, thanks, those are relevant policies. It appe

[Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Monument commemorative book

2014-10-14 Thread Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska
Dear members of the Wikimedia Community! On October 22, 2014, at 6:00 p.m., at the *Frankfurter Platz* in Słubice the Wikipedia Monument will be unveiled. We would like to give the Wikipedia community to express their thanks to the originators of the Monument, i.e. the employees of Collegoun Polon

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaus-l] Wikimedia DC Annual Plan for 2014-15

2014-10-14 Thread Kirill Lokshin
Hi Pine, Our financial report for the past year and our budget for the coming year will be released this Friday in advance of our annual meeting. I'll send you a follow-up email once they're published. As far as staff and volunteer hours are concerned: - The only paid staff we've had for the pa

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediaus-l] Wikimedia DC Annual Plan for 2014-15

2014-10-14 Thread Pine W
Hi Kirill, Thanks for the info. I looked at this to get ideas for Cascadia. What are WMDC's current financials, what is its budget for the 14-15 plan year, and what are its sources of funds for last year and the 14-15 year? Can you quanitify the amount of volunteer and staff hours last year? Do

[Wikimedia-l] 2013-2014 Online Fundraising Report

2014-10-14 Thread Megan Hernandez
Hi all, The 2013-2014 fiscal year fundraising report is up on meta. Please take a look & leave any questions or comments on the discussion page. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2013-14/Report Thank you, Megan -- Megan Hernandez Director of Online Fundraising Wikimedia Foundat

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Letters of Intent (LOIs) for Round 2 of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process due 1 November

2014-10-14 Thread Winifred Olliff
Dear members of the Wikimedia community, Organizations that plan to apply for funding in Round 2 of the Annual Plan Grants / FDC process should submit their Letters of Intent by 1 November. This is the essential first step in creating a proposal. Proposal forms for Round 2 will be due by 1 April a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Audit - June 30, 2014

2014-10-14 Thread Pine W
Yes, thanks, those are relevant policies. It appears that we don't have a policy that aligns WMF's investment choices with organizational values. For short-term investments where the goals are liquidity and preservation of capital, I think that this alignment should be relatively easy to achieve. F

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Mexico. Report of Activities August and September 2014

2014-10-14 Thread Carmen Alcázar
Dear community: Below you will find the report of activities of August and September 2014 done by the volunteers of Wikimedia Mexico. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with us if you require extra information about this activities or only to make some suggestions. The report is also available

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia Executive Director

2014-10-14 Thread Lila Tretikov
добродошли на покрету , Иван! On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 1:53 AM, Tanweer Morshed wrote: > Welcome Ivan and congratulations to Wikimedia Serbia! > > Tanweer Morshed > Wikimedia Bangladesh > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 5:47 AM, Erlend Bjørtvedt > wrote: > > > Dobre! > > > > Welcome to the movement,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Serbia Executive Director

2014-10-14 Thread Tanweer Morshed
Welcome Ivan and congratulations to Wikimedia Serbia! Tanweer Morshed Wikimedia Bangladesh On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 5:47 AM, Erlend Bjørtvedt wrote: > Dobre! > > Welcome to the movement, Ivan! > > Erlend Bjørtvedt > Wikimedia Norway > > Den søndag 12. oktober 2014 skrev Filip Maljković > følgen