Hi everyone,
I wanted to share my report about the WikiWomen's Collaborative with
you. It's a project I developed as a way to engage and build
community around experienced and potential women editors and
contributors to Wikimedia projects. My fellowship ends this week,
and I'll be writing a blog about my experience. But, please do know:
I am so grateful to everyone who has been involved in the past year.
Just knowing I had a community of people to come to really means a
lot - it's been an emotional and remarkable experience. I'll be
writing a more formal blog about the past year, soon.
--
Here are my report:
The highlight for me is seeing that women involved in the
Collaborative started editing more than ever in September - the same
time when the project launched.
You can also find the main page for my fellowship here:
I hope you'll join us in the project and get involved:
--
I am moving back to volunteer status in regards to my gender gap
work. I am still doing public speaking, presentations and all the
stuff that goes with spreading word about the importance of women's
involvement. But, please do remember: I'm a volunteer again and have
three jobs :)
If you're curious as to what I'm up to right now:
-I'm serving as US OpenGLAM Coordinator for the Open Knowledge
Foundation
-I'm doing a Wikipedian in Residency at the World Digital Library
-I also run my own consulting firm where I work with public and
private clients around the world doing museum curatorial work,
marketing, lecturing, blahblahblah.
I'm also hoping I can do some more projects with Wikimedia, so we'll
see!!
Thank you again for all of the support this list has given me. I am
indebted.
In wikilove,
Sarah