Hi,
thanks for that information. I forward it to other guys.
Juan,
wmcz
2011/4/28 Annie L. Lin <alin(a)wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
The Wikipedia Ambassador Program - consisting of volunteers who support
professors and students on Wikipedia-editing class assignments - is
currently recruiting for a new, super important leadership role called the
"Wikipedia Regional Ambassadors," and I would encourage you to apply! If you
enjoy being in a coordinator, leader, manager, organizer, and/or facilitator
role, and if you believe in free knowledge and Wikipedia's potential in
education, you will really like this role. More details - including role
descriptions, qualifications, benefits, time commitments, and information
about how to apply - are available at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Regional_Ambassadors.
A bit more background information for those of you less familiar with the
Ambassador program:
The Wikipedia Ambassador
Program<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Ambassador_Program&… an effort
to help new Wikipedia users and reach out to new potential
Wikipedia contributors—particularly professors who want to incorporate
Wikipedia into the classroom and their students who are assigned to edit
Wikipedia. Many professors around the United States (and abroad) have
started using Wikipedia as a teaching tool, and are assigning their students
to edit or create Wikipedia articles related to the subject the students are
learning in class (professors from Harvard, Georgetown, UC Berkeley, and a
large number of other universities have already come on board). Wikipedia
Ambassadors work closely with these professors to design effective
Wikipedia-editing assignments, and then teach students in these classes
throughout the semester how to edit Wikipedia. All Wikipedia Ambassadors
have to go through a screening/selection process and a training.
Wikipedia Regional
Ambassadors<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Regional_…
crucial leaders in the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. The Regional
Ambassador role is distinct from the regular Ambassador role mentioned above
- Regional Ambassadors lead, coordinate, and facilitate the work of the
regular Ambassadors, and are also responsible for recruiting professors (to
incorporate Wikipedia-editing into their classes) and recruiting regular
Ambassadors. In other words, whereas regular Ambassadors focus on teaching
and mentoring students, Regional Ambassadors focus on coordinating,
recruiting, organizing, and leading. This is a new (volunteer) role that
provides significant leadership development and networking opportunities.
The time commitment is approximately 3-5 hours a week.
I would highly encourage you to apply. You'll notice on the page linked
above that we've divided the U.S. into 12 "regions," each of which needs
one
or more Regional Ambassadors.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me: alin [at]
wikimedia [dot] org.
Thank you!
Annie Lin
Campus Team Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation
alin(a)wikimedia.org
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