Thank you, Val. I don't know many people who are
planning to attend
Wikimania and who don't already have something scheduled at the same time
(I will be in a different closed session at the same time), but I have
reached out as best I can.
It occurs to me that, although the main thrust will be supporting women
who edit, many of the same techniques that can be used to support women can
be used to support *all* editors. While women on the internet are known to
be more likely to be subjected to certain types of online harassment and
trolling, I've seen similar behaviour directed to trans editors, gay
editors, straight male editors too.
Risker/Anne
On 6 July 2015 at 22:23, Valerie Aurora <valerie(a)adainitiative.org> wrote:
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(a)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(a)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(a)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(a)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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and
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