Hey folks,
We really appreciate everyone's concern and help with the Ally Skills Workshop! Some answers to questions or concerns on this thread:
1. We are working to get the workshop into the programme. 2. The workshop is on the Wikimania wiki here: https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ally_Skills_Workshop 3. The workshop is about half-full, and we would appreciate you inviting people to apply using the above link.
-VAL
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
This is a bit of a problem, as I see it. While it is invitation only (and at this point, there is no feedback about what percentage of the available seats are taken), the very limited advertising is not targeting people who are actually going to be at Wikimania. Now, it could be that all the seats are full, in which case no further advertising is needed. But attaching this to Wikimania and then not bothering to take advantage of the advertising power of Wikimania wiki at least does not seem terribly helpful.
There are several sessions that will occur that are strictly invitation-only, but those invitations are much more narrowly focused and the potential invitees have been communicated with much more directly. Perhaps Valerie or someone else directly involved in the seminar can advise if all the seats are full and, if not, how many more applicants they are seeking.
Risker/Anne
On 6 July 2015 at 19:53, J Hayes slowking4@gmail.com wrote:
it's not on the programme it's invitation only
https://adainitiative.org/2015/06/apply-now-for-the-ally-skills-workshop-at-...
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 4:46 AM, Chris Keating chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Valerie,
Is the workshop listed on the Wikimania programme? I can't see it. https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme
(Great that this is happening, though!)
Chris
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 9:35 PM, Valerie Aurora valerie@adainitiative.org wrote:
Hi long-suffering Gender Gap list members,
I have good news! Thanks to the hard work of many of the people on this list, the WMF funded a grant to run a pilot Ally Skills Workshop at Wikimania in July:
https://adainitiative.org/2015/06/apply-now-for-the-ally-skills-workshop-at-...
The Ally Skills Workshop teaches men simple, everyday ways to support women in their communities. This workshop will be laser-focused on techniques that work specifically in Wikipedia and related projects, including how to use existing policies and suggestions for advocating for new policies. It will also teach people about the mindset of trolls and what strategies work best for foiling them.
If it goes well, we'll apply for another WMF grant to run a train-the-trainers, with the end goal of teaching the workshop to many of the Wikipedia admins around the world. The goal is to get them educated and wised up to the sexist tactics often used against women editors, women's bios, and women's causes on Wikipedia.
If you are going, or if you know someone who would be a good person to attend this workshop, please sign up or encourage them to sign up! You can also retweet the announcement here:
https://twitter.com/adainitiative/status/613803456692793344
Thanks,
-VAL
-- Valerie Aurora Interim Executive Director
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