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Wikimedia Foundation names Lila Tretikov as its new Executive Director
(San Francisco, CA) May 1, 2014 -- The Board of Trustees of the
Wikimedia Foundation
(This is the second in a series of monthly blog posts by the members
of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. This month's post is by
Board member Alice Wiegand on the topic of Board governance, and is
available in English, Deutsch, Español, and Indonesian.)
From:
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Frank Schulenburg named executive director of new Wiki Education Foundation
(San Francisco, California) 12 February 2014 -- The Wik
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wiki page.
You can also find a blog post announcing the release of the report here:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/01/21/wikimedia-foundation-annual-report/
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Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner Will Receive the
First Knight Innovation Award from Knight Foundation
Gardner to speak at the Kn
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Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner Will Receive the
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Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero
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Board and according to the
Foundation's bylaws, three members are elected by the Wikimedia community,
two are selected by the Wikimedia chapters, the Founder seat is held by
Jimmy Wales, and four members are appointed by the Board itself to provide
additional, specific expertise.
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nd part of the Wikimedia
movement. Here's to another huge ten years!
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Posted by Jay Walsh on June 20, 2013
Ten years ago today, on June 20, 2003, Jimmy Wales announced the
founding of the Wikimedia Foundation. He entrusted the new nonprofit
with t
dates.
We'll also be sharing the opportunity via twitter/identi.ca
(@wikipedia and @wikimedia) and on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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*Winners Announced in World’s Largest Photo Contest, Wiki Loves Monuments
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Posted to the WMF and WM UK blogs a few moments ago.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/28/joint-statement-from-wikimedia-foundation-and-wikimedia-uk/
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who made and shared the beautiful imagery in the book by posting it to
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to think it's one of the more unique and successful free culture printed
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*Wikimedia Israel announces the seventh annual international Wikimania
conference this week in Haifa, Israel*
*HAIFA, ISRAEL -- August 2, 2011* The annual international conference, run
by the Wikimedia community, and organized by a different local team each
year, will be attended by 650 Wikipedia
*Wikimedia Foundation Announces 2011-2012 Board of Trustees and Elected
Officers
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HAIFA, ISRAEL--August 2, 2011 The Wikimedia Foundation today announced the
official Board of Trustees and elected officers for 2011-2012. As a result
of an official community election in June, the full Board is as fo
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*Wikimedia Foundation Announces 2011-2012 Board of Trustees and Elected
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HAIFA, ISRAEL--August 2, 2011 The Wikimedia Foundation today announced the
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of an official community election in
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Many thanks to folks in the community who helped us sort out some of the
details for the stories throughout the report. And of course we owe great
thanks to the generous photographers whose work makes the report look pretty
darn good, cover to cover. Free is beautiful!
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Wikipedia Celebrates 10 Years of Free KnowledgeWikipedia users and contributors mark the project's first decade with events around the worldSan Francisco, January 12, 2011 -- Almost ten years ago, on January 15, 2001, a website with a funny name invited people everywhere to come together to create
Half a Million People Donate to Keep Wikipedia Free$16 million raised by more than 500,000 individual donations during seventh annual giving campaignSAN FRANCISCO, January 1, 2011 — Supported by half a million people from all over the world, the Wikimedia Foundation today announced it has exceeded
edia community.
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