Is anyone going to the meeting besides sean, cary and I?
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Sandy Ordonez
Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Phone: 727.231.0101
Fax: 727.258.0207S
E-Mail: sordonez(a)wikimedia.org
Hello,
from a chapter point of view, may I ask what this position will exactly include?
Liaison between chapter media contacts and ComProj?
Liaison for combined WMF-Chapters communication issues?
Or did I misunderstand it completely?
MIchael
On 6/30/07, Jennifer Gristock <J.J.Gristock(a)sussex.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hello, I would like to do this - I will need a little help to connect to
> IRC though. Could anyone help me put the right server information in the
> IRC box in Trillian?
>
> The bid text is finished! Hurrah! Have a good weekend everyone.
>
> warm wishes
> Jenny/Open Research
>
>
> --On 29 June 2007 17:35 -0400 Sandy Ordonez <sordonez(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone want to be the ComProj Chapter Liaison:
> >
> > - This person would serve as the liaison between chapters and ComProj,
> > and Delphine. Basically, just touching up with them every once and
> > awhile, and seeing if they need help, and maybe informing comproj of
> > their current projects, so we are aware, and maybe formulate cool
> > comproj projects to compliment.
> >
> > communication could be casual, but just to have a contact in comproj
> > that chapters could go to.
> >
> > Please email me if you are interested.
> >
> > Sandy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Sandy Ordonez
> > Communications Manager
> > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> > Phone: 727.231.0101
> > Fax: 727.258.0207S
> > E-Mail: sordonez(a)wikimedia.org
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > ComProj mailing list
> > ComProj(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/comproj
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ComProj mailing list
> ComProj(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/comproj
>
Does anyone want to be the ComProj Chapter Liaison:
- This person would serve as the liaison between chapters and ComProj,
and Delphine. Basically, just touching up with them every once and
awhile, and seeing if they need help, and maybe informing comproj of
their current projects, so we are aware, and maybe formulate cool
comproj projects to compliment.
communication could be casual, but just to have a contact in comproj
that chapters could go to.
Please email me if you are interested.
Sandy
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Sandy Ordonez
Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Phone: 727.231.0101
Fax: 727.258.0207S
E-Mail: sordonez(a)wikimedia.org
Hello,
The following press releases was sent out yesterday. Please feel welcome
to pitch this story in your respective countries.
Sandy
*** The Wikimedia Foundation Announces New Consultant and Special
Advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees ***
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. – June, 27, 2007 – The Wikimedia Foundation, an
international nonprofit organization dedicated to the growth,
development and distribution of free, multilingual content, is delighted
to announce today it has engaged digital media executive Sue Gardner as
a consultant and special advisor to the board.
“This is an important step for Wikimedia, as we continue to
professionalize and evolve,” said Florence Devouard, Wikimedia
Foundation Chair. “Sue is an accomplished senior manager with the skills
and characteristics that we need right now. She’s experienced at leading
change, she’s oriented towards consensus, which is important for a
community-centered group such as ours, and she is experienced with
helping organizations develop out of youth and into maturity.”
Gardner’s engagement is a critical part of the Foundation’s continued
efforts to ensure sustainability and reliability, and to set the stage
for future growth. Her responsibilities will include assessing and
improving all aspects of the Foundation’s operations, in support of that
goal. She will also support the board in its efforts to further develop
the governance model.
Gardner is a nonprofit internet executive who was most recently head of
CBC.CA, the website of Canada’s national public broadcaster, and that
country’s largest and most popular news site. Under her leadership,
CBC.CA more than doubled its audience, and won dozens of international
awards. Prior to running CBC.CA, Gardner was a journalist for 10 years,
producing documentaries and talk programming primarily for the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, and also for media organizations such as the
British Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.
“I have an enormous amount of respect for Wikimedia, and I find its
mission deeply inspirational,” Sue Gardner said. “Launching Wikipedia
was brilliant and gutsy. And now it –along with the other projects- has
grown into a huge and undeniable success. I admire what the community
has managed to create in just a few years, and I want to help it to
achieve even more.”
###
*** For more information: ***
In the United States, contact Sandra Ordonez via email at
sordonez(a)wikimedia.org or by phone at (727) 231-0101.
In Europe, contact Jan-Bart de Vreede via email at
jan-bart(a)wikimedia.org or by phone at +31-648938014
*** About The Wikimedia Foundation ***
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a US-registered 501(c)(3)
tax-deductible nonprofit charity dedicated to encouraging the growth,
development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to
providing the full content of wiki-based projects to the public free of
charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest
collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including
Wikipedia, one of the world's 10 most visited websites, Wiktionary,
Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikinews and the Wikimedia Commons
media repository. The organization has received numerous honors for its
work, among them the Webby Award, the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica,
the Japan Advertisers Association's Web Creation Award and the World
Technology Award in Communications Technology.
The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of
existing projects and is based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Wikimedia has
local chapters in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, Poland, Serbia and Switzerland.
*** About Sue Gardner ***
Sue Gardner is a digital non-profit executive who most recently ran
CBC.CA, the largest and most popular news site in Canada and the website
of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s national public
broadcaster. While running CBC.CA, Sue oversaw a variety of programming
initiatives ranging from elections coverage to interactive children's
communities to entertainment journalism. Under her leadership, the site
more than doubled its audience, and won dozens of international awards.
Prior to running CBC.CA, Sue was a working journalist for 10 years,
writing for newspapers and magazines and producing talk programming and
documentaries for public broadcasters worldwide, including the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and
National Public Radio. In 2000, Sue created one of CBC Radio’s first
bimedial (radio/web) programs, the interactive summer series Road Dot
Trip. She later led the implementation of the CBC’s New Media Renewal
project, a year-long consultation process that led to a complete
overhaul of the CBC’s online strategy
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Sandy Ordonez
Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Phone: 727.231.0101
Fax: 727.258.0207S
E-Mail: sordonez(a)wikimedia.org
All,
>From what I can see, the meeting basically didn't happen last night.
This is a shame; I'm again sorry for not being there. While it is true
I am busy with IRC stuff I am on holiday now, so once I have fully
cleared my messages backlog (which is taking a long time,
unfortunately) I will be once again nice and active.
However, perhaps it would be a good idea to have an open discussion
here about where we currently are with ComProj in preparation for the
next meeting. This is because not everyone can come to meetings and
this topic is important enough, I think, that we get all of us
involved.
So, where are we at the moment with ComProj? Can we put together a
list of our current projects and see that they are being dealt with,
and are there other things we can work on? Is our way of working
efficient enough?
Thanks,
Sean
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—Sean Whitton (seanw)
<sean(a)silentflame.com>
http://seanwhitton.com/
I may be wrong but judging by this mailing list ComProj has all but
ground to a halt.
As for me, I'm slowly fighting back my backlog of stuff to read and do
before getting back in to Wikimedia proper after exams, which are now
over.
Do we want a meeting tonight?
Thanks,
Sean
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—Sean Whitton (seanw)
<sean(a)silentflame.com>
http://seanwhitton.com/
I asked, and Sandy has informed me that is indeed what I am. However, I
will be working "with her" instead of "under her," more collaborative
that way. :)
Nice to meet you, Guillaume!
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Hello, everyone!
I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Mike Halterman. I am an administrator on the English Wikipedia (User:Mike Halterman), and I've been editing since June 2004. Starting this month, I've started at the Wikimedia Foundation in St. Petersburg, working directly under Sandy Ordonez as the new Wikimedia Communcations Intern.
I started and finished the Florida press list yesterday; you can find that under Google documents under "presslist" and going to the "Florida" tab. I added the major newspapers in Florida as well as every television station that had a news department. You will notice that some stations and papers are not in Alabama (the Mobile and Dothan markets), but since they cover portions of the state, that they were pertinent to contact as well.
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Hehe, managed to send this to the medcom mailing list!
Sorry Martin, you will have seen this twice.
Sean
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sean Whitton <sean(a)silentflame.com>
Date: 19-Jun-2007 21:36
Subject: Arg!
To: "Private mailing list for the English Wikipedia Mediation
Committee." <mediation-en-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Unfortunately I can't come to the meeting tomorrow *again* :( This is
because I have statistics the next day. Typical: this week only has
exams on two days, and one has to be Thursday!
Anyway, after Friday I will have finished all my exams and so after
that should be able to come regularly, assuming nothing else gets in
the way.
Sean
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—Sean Whitton (seanw)
<sean(a)silentflame.com>
http://seanwhitton.com/
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—Sean Whitton (seanw)
<sean(a)silentflame.com>
http://seanwhitton.com/
Hey folks,
I'm trying to relaunch the List Summary Service. In order to make good
and complete summary I'll need help.
For the moment, I'll mainly focus on recruiting, and build up a "LSS"
team. Once the elections are over, I'll ask the TransCom to help to
translating the summary every week, and then spread it to the
Wikimedia Community throught mailing list.
So, Join Us... well Join Me is more correct atm :D
Have a nice day, and good luck to those having exams :)
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schiste