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Check-in meeting: August 6th [17:30 UTC, 20:30 Amman, 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos]
by Jack Rabah 06 Aug '17

06 Aug '17

Dear all, I hope you are well. I’m reaching out because, as we finish the last cycle of the Movement Strategy process, I wanted to ask how you feel about having a check-in meeting this Sunday, August 6th (similar to our previous Global Reach Office Hours) for us to get together and talk. I know this is a busy time for us all, but I want to make sure your voice continues to be heard, represented, and to for you to know you have an open line of communication through me into the strategy team if you want it. Please let me know if you are OK with having a meeting this *Sunday, August 6th at **17:30 UTC (20:30 Amman, 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos).* As always, please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions. Thanks, Jack

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Wiki Loves Africa : funding request / Les sous
by Florence Devouard 03 Aug '17

03 Aug '17

Hello everyone Now that Wiki Loves Earth is mostly over... I think it is time to think and plan Wiki Loves Africa 2017 :) As a reminder, this year, 5 countries can ask funding in the same manner than last year (Tanzania, Uganda, Ethipia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi), should they decide to participate. Isla contacted them directly. All other countries should ask funding through a Rapid Grant: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid Please, do it at the earliest convenience. Even if Rapid Grant is granted rapidly (eheh, love that), it will take a little while and additional time is needed for the money to get in. As a reminder, WLAf will be hold in October-November, so grant request should be done now. If you plan to participate, please also mention it here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017#Participating_countr… If you need help, please get in touch ! ------- Bonjour Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroun, Tunisie, Algérie... les demandes de financement pour WLAf devraient se faire ces jours ci pour que l'argent vous parvienne dans des temps raisonnables. Si vous avez besoin d'un coup de main sur le brouillon de la demande, je suis prête à vous aider. N'hésitez pas à me demander. Flo

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 9, Issue 125
by Olushola Olaniyan 01 Aug '17

01 Aug '17

Thank you Jack for the excellent work. I will share the time with my circle of influence. I know that my people will be interested. Best Olushola On Aug 1, 2017 9:06 PM, <african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Check-in meeting: August 6th [17:30 UTC, 20:30 Amman, > 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos] (Felix Nartey) > 2. Re: Check-in meeting: August 6th [17:30 UTC, 20:30 Amman, > 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos] (Douglas Scott) > 3. Re: Check-in meeting: August 6th [17:30 UTC, 20:30 Amman, > 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos] (Samuel Guebo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 01:08:12 +0000 > From: Felix Nartey <flixtey(a)gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Check-in meeting: August 6th [17:30 > UTC, 20:30 Amman, 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos] > Message-ID: > <CAD7OFmWZhNQVPj+tbbR_MoGUPWw=6ATa8Er9zbSYz89nUYHmPQ@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > HI Jake, > > Its a good time for me and I will be glad to share my thoughts. > > I hope the others can make it. > > Cheers, > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Jack Rabah <jrabah(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I hope you are well. I’m reaching out because, as we finish the last > > cycle of the Movement Strategy process, I wanted to ask how you feel > about > > having a check-in meeting this Sunday, August 6th (similar to our > previous > > Global Reach Office Hours) for us to get together and talk. > > > > I know this is a busy time for us all, but I want to make sure your voice > > continues to be heard, represented, and to for you to know you have an > > open line of communication through me into the strategy team if you want > > it. Please let me know if you are OK with having a meeting this *Sunday, > > August 6th at **17:30 UTC (20:30 Amman, 19:30 Joburg, 18:30 Lagos).* > > > > > > As always, please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any > > questions. > > > > Thanks, > > Jack > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > African-Wikimedians mailing list > > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > > > > -- > *Felix Nartey* > *Cofounder/Director Finance & Admin* > *Open Foundation West Africa <https://openfoundationwestafrica.org/>* > *+233242844987 | +447440959477* > *Skype:Flixtey* >

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 9, Issue 122
by Ingo Koll 31 Jul '17

31 Jul '17

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Important Notice To All Amazon Customers
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31 Jul '17

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Important Notice To All Amazon Customers
by Amazon Sec. Team messages-noreply＠amazon.com 31 Jul '17

31 Jul '17

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Important Notice To All Amazon Customers
by Amazon Sec. Team messages-noreply＠amazon.com 31 Jul '17

31 Jul '17

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Important Notice To All Amazon Customers
by Amazon Sec. Team messages-noreply＠amazon.com 31 Jul '17

31 Jul '17

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Wikimedia Metrics Meeting
by Florence Devouard 28 Jul '17

28 Jul '17

Hello I know there are new members on this list. So taking the opportunity to drop a link for information Last Monthly WMF Metrics and Activities : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG6fBk78VRQ More info and archives here : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities… A good system to hear more about what is going at WMF and everywhere around the world... from your own "office".

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[WM-Chairpersons] Judgment i BUS v. Wikimedia Sverige case
by Sandister Tei 24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17

Is there anything other affiliates can learn from this? So we are mindful. -- Regards, Sandister Tei New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: OneMore Daniel <danencyclopedia(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] [Wikimedia-ng] Fwd: [WM-Chairpersons] Judgment i BUS v. Wikimedia Sverige case To: reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com, wikimedia-ng(a)lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Mailing list for African Wikimedians < african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> This is so nearly unbelievable. In digitally advanced days as these, a nonprofit organization like Wikimedia sharing knowledge that has even helped Swedish education and government richly, still gets muddled. Sad. Maybe it's the latent function of piracy and patent laws. This is not just good. On 7/7/17, Isaac Olatunde <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am forwarding this here. > > Regards, > > Isaac. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mattias Blomgren <mattias.blomgren(a)wikimedia.se> > Date: Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 7:41 PM > Subject: [WM-Chairpersons] Judgment i BUS v. Wikimedia Sverige case > To: Internal mailing list for the Wikimedia's affiliations chairpersons < > chairpersons(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Dear all, > I have to inform you that Wikimedia Sverige yesterday received the judgment > from the Swedish Patent and Market Court in our case against BUS > (Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige), an organisation representing artists. We > unfortunately lost the case and the court order reads as follows: > > > > - The Patent and Market Court enjoins Wikimedia Sverige, under a penalty > of a fine of SEK 100 000, to - by communication to the public - make > the > representations (pictures) in Exhibit 1-3 of the works available during > the > remaining term of protection for the works. > - The Patent and Market Court declares that Wikimedia Sverige is obliged > to pay reasonable remuneration to Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige ek.för. with > respect to the communication to the public of the representations > (pictures) in Exhibit 1-3 via the website offentligkonst.se from > December 19, 2013 and compensation for any additional damage caused by > the > infringement. > - Wikimedia Sverige shall compensate Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige ek.för. > for litigation costs in an amount of SEK 647 759, whereof SEK 562 200 > for > attorneys’ fees, together with interest in accordance with section 6 of > the > Swedish interest act (1975:635) from today until payment is made. > > > > The case has last since 2014, when we were sued by BUS, and in April 2016 > the Swedish Supreme Court decided not in our favour, but the case was then > handed back to the Patent and Market Court for final court order. Our > lawyers have argued that the images don’t reside on our server > offentligkonst.se, but are linked from Wikimedia Commons. This is not > acceptable, according to the court. > > > > We have now removed all links to images of public art where copyright still > remains, but have kept the images of art in public domain. The consequences > for Wikimedia Commons is not yet clear, and we have contact with Wikimedia > Foundation’s legal team, who are now awaiting a translation of the court’s > judgment (26 pages). > > > > We have sent out a press release via various channels. We have started a > crowdfunding campaign in order to get money to pay the litigation costs and > remuneration to BUS according to the court order. > > > > In the press release, we state that the problem with the judgment is that > it is not allowed to share images of public art, art which is placed in the > public space, in parks, squares and paid by the tax payers’ money. The > outcome is tragic, as the art is no longer as accessible and public as it > used to be. Our goal has been to give the art the visibility it deserves. > It is very strange that in a digitalized world it is not allowed to share > images digitally, if a public art can be seen on the image. Our opinion is > that the law must be changed. > > > > We don’t see that the judgment will impact Wikimedia Sverige’s ordinary > projects, as they are funded via special project funding. As we have been > aware that the outcome of the case could be what we now have faced, we have > saved some money during the last years, but of course we need money from > our supporters for this case. > > > > Link to our press release: https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/ wikimedia-sverige/ > pressreleases/domslut-krymper-det-offentliga-rummet-i-sverige-2054679 > > The image shows the most famous statue in Gothenburg outside the Gothenburg > museum of fine art, but now hidden in black. The original image can be > found on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/File%3APoseidonstatyn_i_G%C3%B6teborg_04.JPG > > > > Link to the website offentligkonst.se > > > > Kind regards > > > > Mattias Blomgren > > Chairman Wikimedia Sverige > > _______________________________________________ > Chairpersons mailing list > Chairpersons(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/chairpersons > _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

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