Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-10-01 Thread Heather Ford
Thank you so very much for your reply, Anasuya and Asaf. And sorry you've been ill :( Your message was so helpful - thank you for explaining how the decisions were made, and for writing that you are open to changes in the strategy as you learn more about this process. That is much appreciated :) I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-09-30 Thread Asaf Bartov
All the data is public: Project and Event Grants are all listed at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Index/Requests and tabulated at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Table Annual Plan Grants (FDC) are listed here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FDC_portal/Proposals Cheers, Asaf O

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-09-29 Thread rupert THURNER
many thanks, that helps a lot! is the base data (a list of grants and how you consolidate it) available, including a link to the project page? rupert. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Anasuya Sengupta wrote: > Hi Rupert, > > The ~200,000 USD Asaf mentions is the total of the grants we gave to fi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-09-29 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
Hi Rupert, The ~200,000 USD Asaf mentions is the total of the grants we gave to five GS chapters in the last fiscal year (to WMAR, WMIN, WMMX, WMVE, WMZA). Of the overall 5.65 million USD we gave out in grants last year, the total to the Global South was ~470,000 USD (including the grant to CIS In

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-09-29 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
Hi Heather, Apologies for the delayed response; as you’ve probably heard, we’ve been a bit under the weather around here. In any case, here are a few thoughts related to your questions, I hope they’re clarifying. The Global South strategy and what it really means: Thank you too for giving us anot

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-09-27 Thread rupert THURNER
hi asaf, would you have a breakdown of the ~200'000 usd given to global south please? rupert. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:38 AM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > Hi, everyone. > > I have finally uploaded my Wikimania talk to Commons. It took some time to > add links and explanatory notes that were spoken alo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-09-27 Thread Abbas Mahmood
+1 to the questions Heather asked. Especially the South Africa issue. Abbas. > Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:36:17 +0200 > From: heather.f...@oii.ox.ac.uk > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy > > I'm sorry I&

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-09-16 Thread Heather Ford
I'm sorry I'm coming so late to this but I've been thinking about this a lot and there are two questions that I still have that have been bugging me that perhaps you might clarify, Asaf. The first is why South Africa isn't included in the strategy. The more I think about it, the more I think that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-30 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:51 AM, Anders Wennersten < m...@anderswennersten.se> wrote: > Thanks for sharing this, giving me an insight into an area where I myself > have little first-hand experience > > [..] > But what about the key issue: What are the parameters that makes a active > community t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-30 Thread Michael Jahn
Regarding missing alternatives to the GS _term_. 2013/8/30 John Vandenberg > 'Global Strategy countries'? > > I think this aligns with the intention of GS, which is to support > initiatives that help make our movement more global by investing in > areas/languages where editors and/or readers is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-30 Thread Anders Wennersten
Thanks for sharing this, giving me an insight into an area where I myself have little first-hand experience For me the key finding are: *We know now what approaches does NOT work. I am struck with how much of these findings are also relevant for work being done from chapter. Hopefully Frank S

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread John Vandenberg
'Global Strategy countries'? I think this aligns with the intention of GS, which is to support initiatives that help make our movement more global by investing in areas/languages where editors and/or readers is low but potential is high. John Vandenberg. sent from Galaxy Note On Aug 30, 2013 11:4

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread Balázs Viczián
What about making it simply global...? Balázs 2013.08.30. 2:44, "Asaf Bartov" ezt írta: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > > > > > The first section was removed? I got excited to see the term "Global > > South" with a line through it (in the agenda index), but I think I > > i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread Balázs Viczián
What about making it simply global...? Balázs 2013.08.30. 2:44, "Asaf Bartov" ezt írta: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > > > > > The first section was removed? I got excited to see the term "Global > > South" with a line through it (in the agenda index), but I think I > > i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread Osmar Valdebenito
Thanks Asaf, I've updated WMAR website with the new presentation. *Osmar Valdebenito G.* Director Ejecutivo A. C. Wikimedia Argentina 2013/8/29 Asaf Bartov > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > > > > > The first section was removed? I got excited to see the term "Global > > So

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:30 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > > The first section was removed? I got excited to see the term "Global > South" with a line through it (in the agenda index), but I think I > initially misunderstood its meaning. No, the strikethrough was a visual cue that the _term_ "Global S

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread MZMcBride
Asaf Bartov wrote: >I have finally uploaded my Wikimania talk to Commons. It took some time >to add links and explanatory notes that were spoken aloud at Wikimania, >hence the delay. > >https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/102946507 Thank you for posting this. The first section w

[Wikimedia-l] WMF's New Global South Strategy

2013-08-29 Thread Asaf Bartov
Hi, everyone. I have finally uploaded my Wikimania talk to Commons. It took some time to add links and explanatory notes that were spoken aloud at Wikimania, hence the delay. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMF%27s_New_Global_South_Strategy.pdf If you have read it elsewhere (I had to up