I am pleased to announce the launch of the third Inspire Campaign for
IdeaLab, focused on addressing harassment of Wikimedia project contributors:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>
Harassment diminishes the experience of contributing and participation for
a substantial number of individuals, even those who simply witness it.
Current methods of dealing with harassment are considered unacceptable as
they often do not lead to productive outcomes.[1]
During the month-long campaign, you are invited to submit & review ideas on
how to better address harassment. Consider joining a team to help make an
idea happen. Ideas can be submitted in any language, and focus on
research, building tools or software, outreach efforts, or something
completely new. Grants are available from the Wikimedia Foundation to fund
projects that are eligible for financial support.[2] Ideas focused on
changes to community policies and guidelines are also welcome. Google
Hangout sessions are also scheduled in June if you’d like to discuss your
idea or have questions about WMF grants.[3]
Questions about the campaign can be directed at the Inspire talk page.[4]
An FAQ page about the campaign is also available.[5]
If you want to help make your projects safer for everyone to participate
in, I encourage you to participate in this Inspire Campaign. I believe we
can work together to address this difficult and important issue.
With thanks,
Chris "Jethro" Schilling
I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
[1] <
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harassment_Survey_2015_-_Results_Re…
>
[2] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start>
[3] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events>
[4] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:IdeaLab/Inspire>
[5] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/FAQ>
Hi all,
We have recently published our annual report 2015. It features
examples of Wikimedia Deutschland's projects and programmes from last
year, so if you would like to learn more about
* Wiki loves Monuments in Germany
* our work on Wikidata
* our project on Open Educational Resources
* the Freedom of Panorama campaign in Germany
* our participatory annual planning process
* our growth in membership numbers
please have a look at
https://www.wikimedia.de/w/images.homepage/b/b8/T%C3%A4tigkeitsbericht_2015…
We have also added links to the English and the German version on
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports.
Best regards,
Nicole
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Nicole Ebber
Referentin Internationale Beziehungen
Adviser to the ED, International Relations
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 21915826-0
http://wikimedia.de
Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
http://spenden.wikimedia.de/
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.
V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts
Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig
anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin,
Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hi everyone,
The Foundation is pleased to announce that our Annual Plan is now on
Meta.[1] This year's plan focuses on improving support for--and
consultation with--community, responding effectively to changing user
needs, and addressing strategic challenges facing our movement. We're
investing in areas that we believe the Foundation is uniquely positioned to
address, including readership and reach, volunteer retention and
engagement, and support for knowledge creation.
Thank you to everyone who contributed earlier this year to the strategy
consultations, which helped guide our thinking.
We look forward to your feedback!
Warmly,
Katherine
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/…
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Katherine Maher
Wikimedia Foundation
149 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
+1 (415) 712 4873
kmaher(a)wikimedia.org
Hi all,
The Board of Trustees has published minutes from the Board meeting on May
16, 2016. You can find the meeting minutes and accompanying documents on
the Foundation Wiki: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-05.
Thanks,
Zhou
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Zhou Zhou
Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
zzhou(a)wikimedia.org
NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged
information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please
delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the
Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice
to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff
members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see
our legal disclaimer
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.
Greetings,
The Wikimedia Foundation is excited to announce our participation in this year's San Francisco Pride Parade on Sunday, June 26, 2016.
The Foundation is participating in an effort to emphasize its support of diversity and inclusion as an employer in the San Francisco Bay Area.
This effort is coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation's Talent and Culture team, with support from the Foundation's Communications department and approval from the Foundation's Leadership team.
While the Wikimedia Foundation is doing this strictly on its own behalf, members of the Wikimedia community, including Wikimedia movement affiliates, are invited to participate.
For more information on our participation in this year's event, including how to signup to march with the Wikimedia Foundation in the parade, please visit this Meta-Wiki page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Pride/2016
The Foundation is continuously looking for opportunities to support diversity and inclusion in our workplace, and will continue to make an effort to showcase these efforts in ways that align with our approach. We hope this will become just one of many such efforts to do so.
Thank you,
Gregory Varnum
Wikimedia Foundation
Hi everyone,
**Summary: I am delighted to invite you to join me for two upcoming office
hours, where I’ll answer community questions and share updates on the
Foundation’s work.**
It’s been a busy few weeks around the Wikimedia Foundation offices. We
shared our 2016-2017 annual plan, finished our quarterly reviews, and
attended Wikimedia Conference 2016 in Berlin with the Wikimedia affiliates.
[1]
In Berlin, I had the chance to do one of my favorite things: sit with
Wikimedians, listen, debate, and plan for the future. Of course, Berlin is
just one gathering, and there are thousands of other perspectives out
there. I want to hear more of these perspectives, and so I’m looking
forward to hosting two office hours over the coming weeks.
We plan to hold a traditional office hours on IRC, and will also experiment
with a video Q&A. We hope these different formats will make it easier for
more people to participate using their preferred communications channels.
We’ve chosen two different time zones, with the goal of reaching as many
people as possible. They are as follows:
*Video session*
*This session will be recorded, and the video will be posted on
Commons/Meta. Due to video conferencing limitations, we encourage advance
questions.*
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
00:00-1:00 UTC | 17:00-18:00 PDT [2]
*IRC session*
*This session follows the May monthly metrics meeting.[4] Like other office
hours, it will be held in #Wikimedia-office on Freenode.*
Thursday, 26 May 2016
19:00-20:00 UTC | 12:00-13:00 PDT [3]
We’re also collecting questions in advance for those who can’t make either
of those sessions. We’ve created a page on Meta where you can leave
questions or comments, check the details on the location of each session:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Executive_Director/May…
Please share this invitation with others you think may be interested!
I look forward to speaking soon,
Katherine
Translation notice - This message is available for translation on
Meta-Wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Executive_Director/May…
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016
[2] Time converter link:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=0&min=00&sec=0&da…
[3] Time converter link:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&d…
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings
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Katherine Maher
Wikimedia Foundation
149 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
+1 (415) 712 4873
kmaher(a)wikimedia.org
Hi everyone,
We’ve had two Inspire Campaigns so far -- on the gender gap and on content
curation & review -- to encourage ideas and grant proposals on challenging
issues affecting the Wikimedia projects you work on. The third Inspire
Campaign, starting on May 31st, will run for one month and focus on
addressing harassment that occurs on Wikimedia projects:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>
The 2015 Harassment Survey[1] has shown evidence that harassment is
pervasive; 38% of participants reported experiencing it, and 51% reported
witnessing harassment. These include behaviors such as name calling,
threats of violence, discrimination, stalking, and impersonation, among
others. Furthermore, available methods and systems to deal with harassment
are considered to be ineffective. These behaviors are clearly harmful, and
in addition, many individuals who experience or witness harassment
participate less in Wikimedia projects or stop contributing entirely.
Starting May 31st, everyone is invited to submit and work together in
developing ideas to prevent and handle cases of harassment. Ideas can
include research, software, events, training programs, outreach efforts,
etc. If you need funding, ideas can easily be submitted as a proposal for
a WMF grant. Ideas can also encourage discussions to consider changes in
policies, guidelines, or best practices on your local Wikimedia project(s).
An FAQ page about this campaign and Inspire Campaigns generally is
available.[2] An announcement e-mail will be sent out on the 31st. For
folks who are interested in helping translate so we can reach a wide
audience, I welcome your help on the FAQ page[2] and main landing page.[3]
If you have an idea or want to help develop ideas to address harassment, I
encourage you to join me so that we can work together in addressing this
important and difficult issue.
With thanks,
Chris "Jethro" Schilling
I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
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[1] <
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harassment_Survey_2015_-_Results_Re…
>
[2] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire/FAQ>
[3] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>
Hi all,
The Board of Trustees has published minutes from the Board meeting on April
22, 2016. You can find the meeting minutes and accompanying documents on
the Foundation Wiki: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-04
Best,
Stephen
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Stephen LaPorte
Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
*NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal and ethical
reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community
members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more
on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*
Dear all,
The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday,
May 26, 2016, at 6:00 PM UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is
#wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as
a live YouTube stream.
Meeting agenda:
* Welcomes
* Community update
* Communications update
* Review of WMF top-level metrics
* Education Program update
* Questions/discussions
Please review
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings for further
information about the meeting and how to participate.
We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting.
Thank you,
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Janet Renteria
Administrative Coordinator