Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania 2015

¡Felicitaciones Wikimedia México! Great news! Enviado desde mi teléfono celular Disculpe la brevedad. El 21/04/2014 14:28, "Ellie Young" escribió: > Dear Wikimedians, > > On the recommendation of the Wikimania 2015 selection Jury Committee, we > have accepted the proposal from Mexico DF to host.

[Wikimedia-l] Announcement regarding Host for Wikimania 2015

Dear Wikimedians, On the recommendation of the Wikimania 2015 selection Jury Committee, we have accepted the proposal from Mexico DF to host. The proposal will be further vetted by the WMF staff in the coming month, after which time we hope to confirm the award. Please join us in congratulating

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

Oh wow, this is so... well, random. Cheers, Delphine On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Frank Schulenburg wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm writing to let you know that Sarah Stierch is no longer an employee of > the Wikimedia Foundation. > > The Wikimedia Foundation has recently learned that Sarah has

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

On 9 January 2014 22:43, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > You are certainly right, Michael. I suppose that WMF and Sarah communicated > with each other, and Frank has carefully chosen to use these words. > Kind regards > Ziko It would not be abnormal in the US for a termination of employment to involve a f

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

You are certainly right, Michael. I suppose that WMF and Sarah communicated with each other, and Frank has carefully chosen to use these words. Kind regards Ziko Am Donnerstag, 9. Januar 2014 schrieb Michael Peel : > > On 9 Jan 2014, at 14:32, Katherine Casey > > > wrote: > > > Add me to the lis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

In fact, a simple note that Sarah has left the WMF would, of course, have been enough from the WMF side. BUT, the obvious questions would then have been directed to Sarah in any possible way, most probably. And I guess, she just doesn't wish to answer those questions right now and I can fully under

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

On 9 Jan 2014, at 14:32, Katherine Casey wrote: > Add me to the list of people who are surprised the WMF has chosen to handle > this in so public and accusatory a manner. It is presumably their right to > sever business relationships with employees, of course, but they generally > don't do so by

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

Fae, You raise very good points in your email, and I have posted this for consideration by the WMF Board of Trustees https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Undeclared_conflicts_of_interest If anyone wishes to support this please feel free to do so on the noticeboa

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

Add me to the list of people who are surprised the WMF has chosen to handle this in so public and accusatory a manner. It is presumably their right to sever business relationships with employees, of course, but they generally don't do so by posting a public notice detailing the employee's alleged m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

* Frank Schulenburg wrote: >And so I ask you to respect Sarah's privacy at what is surely a >difficult time for her, ... An extremely visible public announcement that the Wikimedia Foundation has fired her within two days of an allegation of misconduct -- that is how you are making it sound -- is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

On 9 January 2014 00:07, Frank Schulenburg wrote: ... > The Wikimedia Foundation has recently learned that Sarah has been editing Wikipedia on behalf of paying clients, as recently as a few weeks ago. She did that even though it is widely known that paid editing is frowned upon by many in the edit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 16:07:47 -0800 Frank Schulenburg wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm writing to let you know that Sarah Stierch is no longer an employee of > the Wikimedia Foundation. > I'm sorry to hear that. Good luck to Sarah on her future endeavours and I hope she will remain part of the Wikim

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

Hopefully if "we" means the Wikimedia community, we haven't lost her - I trust that she will remain engaged with the Wikimedia projects as a volunteer. On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > It is extremely sad to lose one of our best and brightest. Was there no > other w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

Hoi, It is extremely sad to lose one of our best and brightest. Was there no other way ?? Was this even considered ?? Thanks, Gerard On 9 January 2014 09:16, Andrea Zanni wrote: > +1 Nathan. > > Aubrey > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Nathan wrote: > > > You know what, I think this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

+1 Nathan. Aubrey On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Nathan wrote: > You know what, I think this outcome is not just disappointing, it's > positively astounding. I have a lot that I could say about it, but I can't > imagine what the point of saying it could possibly be. Chalk one up for the > tro

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

You know what, I think this outcome is not just disappointing, it's positively astounding. I have a lot that I could say about it, but I can't imagine what the point of saying it could possibly be. Chalk one up for the trolls. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list

[Wikimedia-l] Announcement Sarah Stierch

Dear all, I'm writing to let you know that Sarah Stierch is no longer an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation has recently learned that Sarah has been editing Wikipedia on behalf of paying clients, as recently as a few weeks ago. She did that even though it is widel

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Jan, I add my congratulations to you joining this team. Sydney Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Jan Eissfeldt wrote: > Moin, > > Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm looking forward to work with you in > improving our mutual understanding across this diverse movement we have >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Jan Eissfeldt, 28/04/2013 11:23: The annual plan 2012-13, published a couple of months after the announcement mid 2012, provided more explicitation [...] I remember that passage very well, I know that these positions have been announced a long time ago; I specifically asked documentation of «T

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

The annual plan 2012-13, published a couple of months after the announcement mid 2012, provided more explicitation; saying on p. 42: "..we intend to invest in more thoroughly understanding the non-en-WP communities, and growing our social and political capital. To that end, we will build a team of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Philippe Beaudette, 28/04/2013 06:48: Yep. Meta. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/LCA_Announcement I don't remember reading anything like that in that page, and checking again I find only something about "community advisory board"... confusion increases. Nemo __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Yep. Meta. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/LCA_Announcement — Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc On Apr 27, 2013, at 1:12 PM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" wrote: Philippe Beaudette, 25/04/2013 22:39: The community advocacy

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Philippe Beaudette, 25/04/2013 22:39: The community advocacy team, you may recall, is an attempt to shore up the Foundation's knowledge of non-English speaking projects [...] Never heard this claim before, is it documented anywhere? Nemo ___ Wikime

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Moin, Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm looking forward to work with you in improving our mutual understanding across this diverse movement we have created. See you in the institute, Tobias ;) On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Tobias wrote: > On 04/25/2013 10:39 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

On 04/25/2013 10:39 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: Dear all, I am delighted to announce the expansion of the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Advocacy team to include our newest hire, Jan Eissfeldt, whose work will be focused on the German and Spanish language sites. Congratulations Jan! See y

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Congratulations, Jan! Looking forward to working with you. :) Cheers, Nicole On 26 April 2013 08:37, Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive wrote: > Welcome, Jan! > > -- > *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* > Moderator | Prothom-Alo Blog > Assignment Reporter | The Daily Prothom-A

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Welcome, Jan!​ -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* Moderator | Prothom-Alo Blog Assignment Reporter | The Daily Prothom-Alo Auto-confirmed, Reviewer & Roll backer Editor | Bangla Wikipedia Treasur

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Great news! Congratulations and welcome, Jan! Patricio 2013/4/25 Risker : > Congratulations to both Jan and the Community Advocacy team. :-) > > Risker > > > On 25 April 2013 16:40, Santi Navarro wrote: > >> Welcome Jan! >> >> > Dear all, >> > >> > I am del

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Congratulations to both Jan and the Community Advocacy team. :-) Risker On 25 April 2013 16:40, Santi Navarro wrote: > Welcome Jan! > > > Dear all, > > > > I am delighted to announce the expansion of the Wikimedia Foundation's > > Community Advocacy team to include our newest hire, Jan Eissfeld

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Welcome Jan! > Dear all, > > I am delighted to announce the expansion of the Wikimedia Foundation's > Community Advocacy team to include our newest hire, Jan Eissfeldt, whose > work will be focused on the German and Spanish language sites. Jan, who > made his first contributions to the German lan

[Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Jan Eissfeldt joins Wikimedia Foundation as Community Advocate

Dear all, I am delighted to announce the expansion of the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Advocacy team to include our newest hire, Jan Eissfeldt, whose work will be focused on the German and Spanish language sites. Jan, who made his first contributions to the German language Wikipedia in early

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*

Planning this graceful exit as Executivenu Director is exactly the professional and nurturing way that Sue has provided leadership for the Wikimedia Foundation. Although I have personal sadness to see Sue move on, I fully understand why and so very much respect the thoughtful way that she is implem

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*

Hey So I need a little time to set this up properly on meta (I want to get the structure right the first time round, but as we all know… that will probably not happen). But there will certainly be a good "suggestion" spot where people can leave thoughts and ideas (and discuss them!) Should be

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote: > The Board has appointed a Transition Team which consists of the Chair of > the Board of Trustees Kat Walsh, and HR Committee member Alice Wiegand, > Sue, Sue’s deputy and the Wikimedia Foundation’s Vice-President of Product > and Engin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*

As others have already said, it will be difficult to see Sue leave the organization (but not the movement). I thank her for the years of effort that have gone into first stabilizing and then building the Wikimedia Foundation. While I don't predict that this transition will be completely painles

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*

I'm not sure it could be any easier to write this message, but I'm not sure it could be any harder either. It is a great privilege to be able to say, as she is moving on, that this is not a sign of any trouble or strain between Sue and the board, or any sign of trouble at Wikimedia. It would be ha

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*

Dear Sue, thanks for the honest and open mail. This is not a farewell mail either, we still have much time to share. But I'd like to reply to this point: Am 27.03.2013 23:04, schrieb Sue Gardner: > And that’s what I want to do next. > > I’ve always aimed to make the biggest contribution I can t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*

Dear members of the community. As they say… all good things must come to an end… It’s hard for me and the rest of the Board to imagine the Wikimedia Foundation without Sue at the helm, but we’re confident, as is she, that we can make this transition positive for everyone. Sue is going to cont

[Wikimedia-l] Announcement *please read*

Hello Wikimedia community members, This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard decision to make. But I’m writing to tell you that I’m planning to leave my position as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. My departure isn’t imminent -- the Board and I anticipate i

[Wikimedia-l] Announcement: Nominations are invited for Chair of the Wikimedia Chapters Association Council

Re: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Elections/2013_Chair Nominations for candidates for the position of WCAC Chair are invited above. The schedule for nominations and votes is: Nominations open midnight on Monday 25 February 2013. Nominations close midnight o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

Tobias, 21/05/2012 01:32: On 05/17/2012 07:22 PM, Tom Morris wrote: You forgot one biggie: he has run the London Wikipedia meetup which first started in June 2004 has now met 57 times. Hong Kong has met more often, but London is, I believe, the "Original and Best" (in all 57 varieties).* Acco

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On 05/17/2012 07:22 PM, Tom Morris wrote: > You forgot one biggie: he has run the London Wikipedia meetup which > first started in June 2004 has now met 57 times. > > Hong Kong has met more often, but London is, I believe, the "Original > and Best" (in all 57 varieties).* According to urban legen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On 5/18/12 12:42 AM, James Forrester wrote: On 17 May 2012 22:51, Erik Moeller wrote: On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Kat Walsh wrote: Also, I am having serious trouble wrapping my mind around James living outside the UK. We've confirmed through experimental visits to San Francisco that J

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

Hurray for even more Britishness in the SF office! Congrats! On 19 May 2012 06:59, "Nurunnaby Chowdhury" wrote: > Congrtz James! > > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Patricio Molina > wrote: > > > Congratulations, James! > > > > Patricio Molina > > http://twitter.com/patriciomolina > > > > On 17

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

Congrtz James! On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Patricio Molina wrote: > Congratulations, James! > > Patricio Molina > http://twitter.com/patriciomolina > > On 17/05/2012, at 13:52, Howie Fung wrote: > > > Everyone, > > > > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

Congratulations, James! Patricio Molina http://twitter.com/patriciomolina On 17/05/2012, at 13:52, Howie Fung wrote: > Everyone, > > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual > Editor team. Jame

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On 17 May 2012 22:51, Erik Moeller wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Kat Walsh wrote: >> Also, I am having serious trouble wrapping my mind around James living >> outside the UK. > > We've confirmed through experimental visits to San Francisco that > James can in fact exist outside the U

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

I don't think "welcome" is the appropiate word to say him :) SO I sum myself to the other people on this thread saying instead: Congratulations! ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailma

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

Here here! It's a pile on at this point but I'm not sure I care. I honestly think this is one of the best hires the foundation has ever made and am so incredibly excited that I can't explain it properly. There have always been 2-3 Wikipedians who I would have classified as "I'd give up my right fo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Kat Walsh wrote: > Also, I am having serious trouble wrapping my mind around James living > outside the UK. We've confirmed through experimental visits to San Francisco that James can in fact exist outside the UK in a stable state. But let's face it -- we'll eith

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On 17 May 2012, at 21:33, Kim Bruning wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 01:02:30PM -0700, James Alexander wrote: >> Coffee? ... but not tea? > > > Despite the stereotype, brits tend to drink more coffee than tea. ;-) That depends on the brit - I know my average ratio is about 5 cups of tea to 1

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 09:52:23AM -0700, Howie Fung wrote: > Everyone, > > It?s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual > Editor team. Took your time! Nice to see James at WMF, where he can get into

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 01:02:30PM -0700, James Alexander wrote: > Coffee? ... but not tea? Despite the stereotype, brits tend to drink more coffee than tea. ;-) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Tom Morris wrote: > Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on the > planet. Good hire. > +1 Great choice! :) Best, anirudh ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscrib

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

(I am joking.) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 17 May 2012 21:34, Richard Symonds wrote: > No, tea is for staff and board members only. > > Richard S

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

No, tea is for staff and board members only. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 17 May 2012 21:02, James Alexander wrote: > Coffee? ... but not tea? >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

Coffee? ... but not tea? On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > I'm still working my way through the brownies James left at our office only > a few short days ago... > > James, you're always welcome in Dev House. There'll always be a seat >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

I'm still working my way through the brownies James left at our office only a few short days ago... James, you're always welcome in Dev House. There'll always be a seat available, and there'll always be a coffee. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

+1 Congratulations, James! On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Guillaume Paumier wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Tom Morris wrote: > > > > Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on the > > planet. Good hire. > > This^ > > One of the best hire the Foundation could eve

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Tom Morris wrote: > > Anyway, James F. knows more about Wikipedia than most people on the > planet. Good hire. This^ One of the best hire the Foundation could ever make. -- Guillaume Paumier Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation _

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On 17 May 2012 18:25, Kat Walsh wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Thomas Morton > wrote: > > On 17 May 2012 18:19, Chris Keating wrote: > > > >> > > >> > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San > >> > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporti

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

> > I do wish someone had been chosen who had some more community experience > though. ROFLMAO! :-) ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

PM To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org; Wikimedia developers Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst Everyone, It's my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Thomas Morton wrote: > On 17 May 2012 18:19, Chris Keating wrote: > >> > >> > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San >> > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual >> > Editor team. James started his work

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Chris Keating wrote: >> >> It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San >> Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual >> Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday >> and will be joining

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On 17 May 2012 17:52, Howie Fung wrote: > Everyone, > > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual > Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday > and will be joining us in S

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

On 17 May 2012 18:19, Chris Keating wrote: > > > > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San > > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual > > Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday > > and will be joining us in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

Please join me in welcoming James! Well, in our case it's more like waving good bye, but certainly congratulations! KTC -- Experience is a good school but the fees are high. - Heinrich Heine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wik

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

> > It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual > Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday > and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff > member. C

[Wikimedia-l] [Announcement] James Forrester joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst

Everyone, It’s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff member. Jam

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

On 16 May 2012 15:29, Philippe Beaudette wrote: >(about 100+ takedown demands a year that we challenge > successfully 95% of the time) That is a statistic you should boast about more often. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org U

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > As for the day to day work of the GC and LC I'll let one of them > answer that. I'm not an expert in it. Following up on my committment yesterday to find an answer to Mike's questions, Geoff provided the below (which I'm posting,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Samuel Klein wrote: > Great news.  It's good to have counsel who writes his own bots*. :-) > > Welcome, Stephen! > SJ > > * http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:BenchBot Good to see a wikisourcerer in the Legal and Community Advocacy team! Congrats Stephen. -- Joh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

Great news. It's good to have counsel who writes his own bots*. :-) Welcome, Stephen! SJ * http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User:BenchBot On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Kelly Kay wrote: >> >> I am happy to announce that effective today, Stephen LaPorte is joining >> the Foundation as legal coun

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

On 15 May 2012 21:33, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > > I'm speaking out of school here, but I think Gayle is working on something > like this? > Yes that's correct, I'm speaking from working with Gayle to improve the staff page. Heather Walls (she *is *on the page) is working on improving the staff

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Michael Peel wrote: > > Thanks Philippe - that sort of helps, yes. :-) But I'm a bit confused > looking at: > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff#Legal_and_Community_Advocacy > > Is there only one Legal Counsel or multiple - does Stephen replace, or > work w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

On 15 May 2012, at 21:18, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > Think of LCA as a fork: at the top, the General Counsel. Down one tine of > the fork, the Deputy GC, the Legal Counsel, and the Junior Counsel. > > Down the other tine of the fork, the Director, Community Advocacy, and the > Community Liaiso

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

(PS - i should say that this is an organizational description only - from a FUNCTIONAL perspective, the fork analogy goes out the window, and a group of flexible staff members comes into play. Effectively speaking, I could work immediately with any of the attorneys (and am) on projects, and they c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

Think of LCA as a fork: at the top, the General Counsel. Down one tine of the fork, the Deputy GC, the Legal Counsel, and the Junior Counsel. Down the other tine of the fork, the Director, Community Advocacy, and the Community Liaison(s)/Advocates. Sort of straddling the middle is Daisy, our pa

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

Congratulations Stephen! Stephen is intelligent and dedicated--he has done great work for Wikimedia during his internship (if you look at the LCA pages and see some of the legislative analysis sections you can see some of it), and I'm delighted to see him join the permanent staff. -Kat On Tue, M

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

Congrats and welcome to Stephen. :-) Could the LCA team expand a bit on the structure and division of roles in the team, please? In particular, how does the role of Legal Counsel differ from that of the General Counsel, how are those positions relate to the Direct of Community Advocacy and the

[Wikimedia-l] Announcement: New Legal Counsel

> > I am happy to announce that effective today, Stephen LaPorte is joining > the Foundation as legal counsel in the Legal and Community Advocacy team! > Stephen has been interning with us for a semester, and we're thrilled that > he's staying onboard. We went through a very competitive interview

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: IRC Office Hours

Just thought I'd bump this thread due to the IRC sessions imminence and add value with a link to Gayle's staff page on the Foundation wiki: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Gyoung Bodnotbod ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement: IRC Office Hours

+1 to all of that. Gayle is awesome fun. :) On 27 April 2012 21:29, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > Gayle Young, the Wikimedia Foundation's Chief Talent and Culture Officer, > will be our guest for IRC office hours on Tuesday, May 1, at 17:00 UTC. > > Gayle is a ridiculously smart lady, who has a de

[Wikimedia-l] Announcement: IRC Office Hours

Gayle Young, the Wikimedia Foundation's Chief Talent and Culture Officer, will be our guest for IRC office hours on Tuesday, May 1, at 17:00 UTC. Gayle is a ridiculously smart lady, who has a deep interest in organizational development; some members of local chapters met her in Berlin. This shoul

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