We'll be happy to have you, Mossab! Happy new year, Shani.
On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 2:44 AM, مفتاح المعرفة <mossab...@gmail.com> wrote: > Verey very nice info. Looking forward to join all of you alive. > Regards--mossab > > بتاريخ ٠١/٠١/٢٠١٨ ١٢:٢٩ ص، كتب "Shani Evenstein" <shani.e...@gmail.com>: > >> Dear WikiProject Medicine enthusiasts & friends, >> >> It's been a long time since we last updated the list about what we've >> been up to this year (sorry about that -- it's on our list for improvements >> for next year :)). >> >> As we are wrapping up 2017, we thought you might appreciate an update >> with some highlights. It's a bit long, but worth the read and getting >> involved. >> >> Wishing you and your families a happy, fruitful and joyous 2018! >> >> Yours, >> >> Shani Evenstein >> Chair, WikiProject Medicine Foundation. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> --------------------------------------------- >> >> *==What did we achieve in 2017?==* >> 2017 has been extremely busy - >> * We *collaborated with like-minded organizations*, like Cochrane, >> Translators Without Boarders, The World Health Organization (WHO), The >> International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and Osmosis, to name a few. >> * We have continued our *collaborations with Universities *around the >> world, where Medical students wrote medical-related articles as part of >> their academic curriculum. >> * Around *70 new members,* who share our passion to make high-quality >> medical information available to the world, joined us. >> * We *participated in conferences* and *published academic peer-reviewed >> articles in *respected journals. >> * We have further *developed our Offline Medical Wikipedia App*. >> * And -- we're *released Internet-in-a-box!* >> >> To read more about each of these, please check out our 2017 report draft >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMMED/Reports/2017>. >> And don't forget -- it's a wiki, so please feel free to click on the >> "edit" button and add what you did this year! >> >> *==Board Activity & Composition ==* >> In Jan 2017 a new board of 12 was elected and started operating, and as an >> organization,* we have made some great progress *- >> * We have started a routine of having monthly meetings, which helped the >> board work closer together; >> * We have been involved in the movement's strategy process and have >> supported and strategic direction. >> * We have been active in internal conferences, like WikiConference 2017, >> Wikimania 2017 and Wikidata Conference 2017 and were invited to speak in >> local ones as well. >> * We have greatly improved our process for accepting new members to our >> user group >> * We have started a long process of managing our finances and donations >> better >> * And -- we have made some important changes to our bylaws, as well as >> administrative decisions, such as having elections *only every 2 years >> instead of yearly*, to make sure board members have enough time to >> actually have a positive impact before they change. >> >> *That said, we have also had our share of challenges -- * >> Our main challenge had to do with the fact that we are an international >> group. As such, finding a time that suited all 12 of us every month has >> proven more of a challenge than we anticipated. Wrapping up a year of >> working together as a board, it has become clear to us that we must change >> our board composition in order to operate smoothly as board. >> Our solution to this challenge was as follows - >> 1) We have set up *clear guidelines *as to what is required from a board >> member in terms of time commitment. >> 2) Based on that, during December, *board members* who felt they could >> not invest the necessary time, *have stepped down* from the board and >> will continue their involvement as Special Advisers to the board. >> 3) We have also decided to r*esize our board and keep it to a smaller >> number of 7.* >> 4 members of the original board remained, 2 new members have been added >> to the remainder of the term (2018) and 1 more potential board member has >> been approached, so we will hopefully become 7 again. >> To see a list of the current board and our special advisers, please see >> this page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Board>. >> >> Finally,* to increase our transparency*, as well as involve more members >> who are not on the board, *we have decided to broadcast our monthly >> meetings live.* This means that every interested member of the user >> group can either join us live, watch us live, or watch the recording later. >> In case of meetings where sensitive issues are discussed, the meetings will >> have an open part that will be recorded and a closed part to board members >> only, which will not be recorded. >> Our coming meeting will be before Jan 15 and we'll post the date & time, >> as well as a link, as soon as we set it. >> >> >> *==Renewing Membership for 2018 == * >> Of the decisions the board has made this year was regarding membership in >> our organization. >> Till this year, anyone who wanted to join us had to fill out a google >> form once, but we did not have a process for renewing membership or >> tracking it yearly. The board has decided to change that, and *set up a >> process, in which membership has to be renewed yearly for existing members.* >> *This is how it will work as of 2018 --* >> ** New members* will continue to sigh up via the general membership >> form, after which they will be added (or not) to our group and mailing >> list. ** Existing members* will be asked to *renew their membership* >> yearly, which for now still means only filling out a google form with >> personal details and showing involvement in our cause. There is no >> membership fee, but filling out the form is essential for those who wish to >> be part of the user group formally. >> Doing this we will be achieving 2 things -- >> 1) It will help the organization have an up-to-date report on its number >> of members, as required by authorities. >> 2) It will help the organization track the eligibility for voting during >> elections to the board. >> >> We will therefore be *asking all those interested in remaining part of >> the User Group, to sign up the renewal membership form for 2018.* >> A separate email with a link to the form will be sent separately in the >> coming week. >> >> *==Get involved!==* >> Finally, we will be working on a proper 2018 yearly plan, but can already >> say that one of our goals for this coming year is to involve more people >> from our community, i.e. members of the user group who are not members of >> the board, in our activities. In other words -- *you don't need to be on >> the board to be involved*, and we need help from as many people as >> possible! >> >> We are looking for people who are either interested in getting involved >> with specific tasks, or have specific skills the board recognized as ones >> that could be helpful to the advancement of the organization in the coming >> year. >> >> *Please contact me privately if you'd like to get involved with - * >> * Selling Internet-in-a-Box locally >> * Helping map Wikidata items with Mix'n'match >> * Running medical-related educational collaborations >> * Facilitating a collaboration with a like-minded organization >> >> *Please also contact me privately if you have one or more of these skills >> - * >> * Programming, writing Wiki Tools, Wiki bots or generating statistics of >> specific pages across different languages. >> * Fundraising experience >> * Accounting experience (and in the US) >> >> >> *That's it for this time. Happy 2018, everyone!* >> *Shani.* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list >> Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list > Wikimedia-Medicine@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine > >
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