This is right up my alley! I will be applying and would be thrilled to take this off the ground. Thanks for the forward, Lane.
I hope everyone is doing well and to connect with you about future Cascadia meet ups, I have my check to be a member for 2017, where should I mail it? Also if you have any questions about the invitation to participate in the Editing as Activism event at UW-Bothell, please let me know. I believe it would be a great partnership and event to have as a Cascadia meet up. yours Monika On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Lane Rasberry <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > A few weeks ago wrote about a job opening for a Wikipedian who is based > either in Seattle or in Mateo, California. I got some questions so I will > share what other information I have, all of which is public. The deadline > for applying is Friday 13 January. I wish that some good candidates could > come from Seattle. > > The hiring organization is OCLC, a long-time partner of Wikipedia. They > hired a Wikipedian named Max Klein in 2012 who did a bot and database > project that was a precursor to many contemporary Wikidata projects. Since > then OCLC has sent staff to Wikipedia events regularly, particularly to > Wikimania. > > Earlier this year OCLC won a grant from the Knight Foundation to do > outreach to public libraries. That is the focus of this present job > opening. > <https://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2016/201612dublin.en.html> > I do not think that they actually got their full funding request, so this > is not a high-budget project. > > The Wikimedia Foundation gave them an additional grant to complement this > Knight Foundation request. > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/A_ > Wikipedian-in-Residence_to_Engage_500_Librarians_and_their_Communities > > > In this grant, they say that they are offering compensation and benefits > equivalent to 70k/year. > > OCLC is a great organization. I do not have inside information on the > position or the role but if anyone has any questions about wiki outreach > jobs in general then feel free to write me. > > Thanks, > > > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Lane Rasberry <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > It would be nice if Cascadia could encourage anyone local to apply. > > <http://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/wikipedia-libraries.html> > > > > One of the job requirements is living near one of their offices. One is > in > > Seattle. > > > > yours, > > > > > > -- > > Lane Rasberry > > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > > 206.801.0814 <(206)%20801-0814> > > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > Lane Rasberry > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > 206.801.0814 > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > -- Monika Sengul-Jones www.monikasengul.com (206) 715-2320 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
