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Wikimania goals, strategy, and resources
by Pine W 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Hi Ellie, (Breaking this into a separate thread) 1. Thanks for the link to the evaluation criteria ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/ <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_judging_criteria> wiki/Wikimania_2016_judging_ <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_judging_criteria>criteria <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_judging_criteria>). Those look like they are well developed. 2. On the topic of goals and strategy, let me be more specific about what I think Wikimania could leverage from the Wikimedia Conference. Over the past two years, since the hiring of the Program and Engagement Coordinator for the Wikimedia Conference, WMCON has had extensive documentation about its planning, goals, and evaluation. See: 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Documentation_and… 3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Feedback_evaluati… 4. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Report 5. https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMCON_Follow-Up_Day 6. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference/Program_and_Engagement… While extensive documentation does not automatically imply that the conferences were successful, I believe that WMDE is making valuable efforts toward (1) helping attendees to prepare for the conference in order to maximize the value of the conference to them and their organizations, (2) documenting goals for the conference, (3) documenting how well the conference was received, (4) documenting what subsequent actions in Wikimedia affiliates were influenced by information exchanges or relationship developments at the conference, and (5) documenting whether conference goals were achieved. I would hope that Wikimania could take some inspiration from the Wikimedia Conference in these areas. I am cc'ing Cornelius from WMDE in case he would like to add any comments. Regarding staff support for conferences, I'm glad to hear that WMF is providing more paid staff support for Wikimanias. I would like to see this trend continue, both for Wikimania and for national conferences. Depending on volunteers to exhaust themselves in order to plan and execute conferences is a circumstance that I think we would all like to avoid. Volunteer time is a precious resource. I am keen on achieving economies in the WMF budget, and I am also keen on achieving movement strategic goals. Event support, for Wikimania and regional/thematic conferences, is one of the domains where careful additional investment of WMF resources could be valuable, whether by adding WMF staff/contractor time or adding resources for affiliates to hire event contractors. I hope that these factors will be included in WMF's consideration of its future goals, strategy, and resource commitments for Wikimania and other conferences. Regards, Pine On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Ellie. > > On the topic of event safety, I am wondering if there is a standard > checklist that WMF uses when narrowing potential sites for Wikimanias and > if you could make that checklist public. Perhaps it is public already but I > don't know where to find it. > This is what we were using for the past few Wikimanias. It is public. I reference it in the recent posting as well. I will be updating this since we are no longer doing the competitive bidding process but it does have a lot of information and is pretty accurate. Regarding Wikimania goals and strategy, I'd like to suggest that WMF take a > look at what our friends in WMDE have done with the Wikimedia Conference to > increase focus on specific topics and to make conference outcomes a bit > clearer and more measurable. > WMF funds with a grant this conference and works closely with WMDE. There was a proposal a couple of years ago to have a paid program and events coordinator who would provide continuity year to year and liaise with other conferences/groups. There is also paid meeting planner as well as staff support from the WMDE itself. > I also like that WMDE devotes significant staff support to the conference, > which decreases the burden on volunteers; I would like to see a similar > shift for Wikimania so the event is less dependent on heroic efforts from > volunteers. I realize that there is financial cost involved with increased > staff support for conferences; this is one area in which increased > expenditure makes sense to me. > We started that in London and Mexico City Wikimania with my position and a paid local coordinator (Esino Lario was an exception where the local team received a grant and handled pretty much everything.) > I look forward to hearing about further developments. > > Thanks, > > Pine > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation eyoung(a)wikimedia.org c. 510 701 8649 _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference venues
by Pine W 18 Oct '16

18 Oct '16

Hi Pax, My understanding is that WMF is doing a strategic review of Wikimania. If that is correct, considerations like the ones you raise about location could be included in the scope of that review. I'm pinging Ellie with the hope that she can provide information about the status of WMF's thinking about Wikimania, perhaps in a new thread. Wikimania involves significant amounts of time and money, and I am hoping that WMF will develop ways to align Wikimania with WMF and community strategic goals. Pine On Oct 16, 2016 08:10, "Pax Ahimsa Gethen" <list-wikimedia(a)funcrunch.org> wrote: > Hello all. I had a positive experience at WikiConference North America > last weekend, where I gave a talk on transgender issues and Wikipedia.[1] > I'm posting because there's an active discussion in Wikipedia Weekly on > Facebook about choosing a host country for Wikimania 2018.[2] I am > concerned that some of the suggestions are not taking into account the > safety of LGBT+ people; not just those attending the conference, but also > those living in the host country. > > As a queer trans atheist in a same-sex marriage, there are a number of > places where I am considered a criminal for just existing or going about my > daily routine. This applies to some parts of the U.S. as well, by the way; > I won't be visiting North Carolina as long as it's illegal for me to use > the men's restroom there. Please keep these considerations in mind when > planning meetups and conferences. Thank you. > > - Pax aka Funcrunch > > [1] http://funcrunch.org/blog/2016/10/12/making-connections-at- > wikiconference-north-america/ > > [2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/ > 1114259788621851/ > > -- > Pax Ahimsa Gethen | http://funcrunch.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Future Wikimanias
by Ellie Young 17 Oct '16

17 Oct '16

This is a follow-up to a posting to this list by the Wikimania Committee in July soliciting proposals for people who might be interested in hosting a future Wikimania (especially 2018 and 2019), as follows: " We are now looking for proposals of teams and locations. This is not a bidding process; we are keen for this to be a light-weight, simple request for suggestions. You don’t need to have a venue locked down, contracts drafted or sponsors lined up. You can have a quick look at the “judging criteria” which were used for 2016,[2] but the key part is commitment. In deciding where to hold conferences, we have to take into account additional factors about potential sites such as cost, accessibility, and security. " I will be following up with various people who have expressed interest in the coming week. If anyone else is interested in discussing the possibilities (the team/prospective host need not be tied to a particular venue), please get in touch with me directly by October 30, 2016. We will be working with the WM F in the coming months in finalizing a venue/team for 2018, and we also want to get an early start at identifying potentials for the following year. Thank you, Ellie Young WMF Events Manager eyoung(a)wikimedia.org [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_judging_criteria

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A personal experience regarding safety at conference venues
by Mina Theofilatou 17 Oct '16

17 Oct '16

I was appalled to read that there are such crazy laws against LGBT individuals! However I should point out that one need not be LGBT to be challenged in terms of safety at a conference venue: I was shouted at in Malpensa airport right after Wikimania 2016, in the presence of a WMF employee who did nothing to stop the shouting, by a Wikimedian who should be a "role model" for his community (given all the authorities he has been conceded); the WMF totally backed the offender and decided that despite my feeling harassed, hurt, intimidated and frustrated, no action need be taken. [Needless to say I don't put up with hypocrisy and if you ever see me again at a Wikimania or other Wikimedia event it will not be on a WMF scholarship (I've received three). If the WMF supports such unacceptable behavior I want nothing to do with it: I remain faithful to the movement and the movement only, it being by the people for the people.] Read my full report about the encounter here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:TPS/Saintfevrier/Wikimania/2016… (also check out the last paragraph in the Grants tab) Best of luck in your endeavors to find a safe venue for upcoming Wikimanias and do not tolerate harassment in any form, from anyone. Keep us posted. Best wishes, Mina (User:Saintfevrier) Kefalonia, Greece ----- Original Message ----- From: <wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 9:34 AM Subject: Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 126, Issue 1 > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimania-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference > venues (Pine W) > 2. Re: [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations for conference > venues (Amir Ladsgroup) > 3. Future Wikimanias (Ellie Young) > 4. Re: Future Wikimanias (cs) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 10:26:56 -0700 > From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Ellie > Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org>, "Wikimania general list (open > subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] [Wikimedia-l] LGBT+ safety considerations > for conference venues > Message-ID: > <CAF=dyJjpcL94jC2U5DDRC=MURi3J9X0CPE+Cx7km2-QpKb0eYQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Pax, > > My understanding is that WMF is doing a strategic review of Wikimania. If > that is correct, considerations like the ones you raise about location > could be included in the scope of that review. I'm pinging Ellie with the > hope that she can provide information about the status of WMF's thinking > about Wikimania, perhaps in a new thread. Wikimania involves significant > amounts of time and money, and I am hoping that WMF will develop ways to > align Wikimania with WMF and community strategic goals. > > Pine > > On Oct 16, 2016 08:10, "Pax Ahimsa Gethen" <list-wikimedia(a)funcrunch.org> > wrote: > >> Hello all. I had a positive experience at WikiConference North America >> last weekend, where I gave a talk on transgender issues and Wikipedia.[1] >> I'm posting because there's an active discussion in Wikipedia Weekly on >> Facebook about choosing a host country for Wikimania 2018.[2] I am >> concerned that some of the suggestions are not taking into account the >> safety of LGBT+ people; not just those attending the conference, but also >> those living in the host country. >> >> As a queer trans atheist in a same-sex marriage, there are a number of >> places where I am considered a criminal for just existing or going about >> my >> daily routine. This applies to some parts of the U.S. as well, by the >> way; >> I won't be visiting North Carolina as long as it's illegal for me to use >> the men's restroom there. Please keep these considerations in mind when >> planning meetups and conferences. Thank you. >> >> - Pax aka Funcrunch >> >> [1] http://funcrunch.org/blog/2016/10/12/making-connections-at- >> wikiconference-north-america/ >> >> [2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/permalink/ >> 1114259788621851/ >> >> -- >> Pax Ahimsa Gethen | http://funcrunch.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik >> i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >

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Podcast Source Code Berlin about Wikimania
by Nicole Ebber 30 Aug '16

30 Aug '16

Dear all, I would like to draw your attention to our podcast “Source code Berlin”[1], especially to the latest two episodes which are set in Esino Lario. “Listening to Wikimania 2016”[2] and “Wikipedians: Voices of a Global Movement”[3] both cover stories and insights from participants of Wikimania as well as thoughts on Wikidata, Wikipedia and Education, Wikipedia Zero. You will hear familiar voices, as these episodes for example feature Shani Evenstein, María Cruz, and Marta Pigazzini. Every two weeks, the podcast contributes to the dissemination of our topics and issues such as open culture, open knowledge, and open data. In addition we are focusing more on stories from the Wikiverse, in order to engage the audience with our topics, and reaching out to developers who are already somewhat familiar and interested in working with Wikimedia projects. Podcast contributors come from all different backgrounds, providing a good diversity of topics. The show’s host is Mark Fonseca Rendeiro, who might be better known to some you of as Bicyclemark. You can subscribe to the podcast via your favourite podcatcher, like it on facebook[4] or follow on twitter[5]. We are also looking for suggestions for topics for future episodes, or hints to people you would love to hear being interviewed. Please drop us a line via sourcecodeberlin(a)wikimedia.de Happy listening! Nicole [1] https://sourcecode.berlin/ [2] https://sourcecode.berlin/2016/08/01/listening-to-wikimania-2016/ [3] https://sourcecode.berlin/2016/08/29/wikipedians/ [4] https://www.facebook.com/SourceCodeBerlin [5] https://twitter.com/SrcCodeBerlin -- Nicole Ebber Referentin Internationale Beziehungen Adviser to the ED, International Relations Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 21915826-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.

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I think I need to submit my report
by Andy Mabbett 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

I was lucky enouigh to receive a partial scholarship to Wikimania this year. I've a vague feeling I'm required to submit a report about how I benefited. Where should I do this? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Wir suchen studentische Mitarbeiter/innen in den Bereichen: Verwaltung 4.0, Open Access & Internetbasierte Innovation – JOIN US!
by Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

STELLENAUSSCHREIBUNG am HIIG Unser Team braucht Verstärkung. Ab sofort sind drei offene Stellen für studentische Mitarbeiter/innen an unserem Institut zu besetzen – Jetzt bewerben!: http://www.hiig.de/institute/offene-stellen/ Verwaltung 4.0 Du interessierst dich für die Digitalisierung der Verwaltung und hast Lust, Publikationen und Veranstaltungen zu unterstützen? Dann bewirb dich jetzt für eine Stelle in unserem Team im Forschungsbereich "Globaler Konstitutionalismus und das Internet" mit Projektleiter Christian Djeffal. | Zur Ausschreibung: http://www.hiig.de/jobs/stellenausschreibung-studentischer-mitarbeiterin-ve… Open Access Du bist an netzpolitischen Themen interessiert und würdest gerne die Redaktion eines Open Access Journals unterstützen? Für den Internet Policy Review suchen wir ab 15. September 2016 eine/n studentische/r Mitarbeiter/in (11-15 Stunden die Woche). Du arbeitest im engen Austausch mit dem leitenden Redakteur und kannst deine eigenen Ideen dabei einbringen. | Zur Ausschreibung: http://www.hiig.de/jobs/stellenausschreibung-studentischer-mitarbeiterin-op… Internetbasierte Innovation Wir suchen ein/e studentische/r Mitarbeiter/in (15 Stunden die Woche) für den Forschungsbereich Internetbasierte Innovation ab dem 15. September 2016. Du führst Literaturrecherchen und Datensammlungen durch, recherchierst und kodierst Fallbeispiele sowie die Kommunikation in Online-Communities. | Zur Ausschreibung: http://www.hiig.de/jobs/stellenausschreibung-studentischer-mitarbeiterin-in… -- Florian Lüdtke | Wissenschaftskommunikation Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Oberwallstraße 9 · 10117 Berlin · Germany T +49 30 20 07-60 82 · F +49 30 20 60-89 60 · www.hiig.de · Gesellschaftssitz Berlin | Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg | HRB 140911B | Steuer-ID 27/601/54619 Forschungsdirektorium: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann (Geschäftsführung) · Prof. Dr. Dr. Ingolf Pernice (Geschäftsführung) · Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer · Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz | Geschäftsführung: Dr. Karina Preiß

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Discussion Room 2017
by Lodewijk 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Hey Marc, all, Based on this conversation, I took a look at the programme draft here <https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme>. I noticed that the Round table discussions <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discussions> (a.k.a. Discussion Room) are not scheduled. Given the description that is available on the wiki, I presume this is not covered by the 'birds of a feather'. I do hope we can schedule the round table discussions again, and that we can implement some of the lessons we're drawing from the experiences in the past three years on this issue (we = the small committee that organised the discussions this year). Feedback seemed rather positive initially (with some suggestions for improvement), but we'll be collecting some more in the upcoming weeks. Best, Lodewijk 2016-07-07 15:23 GMT+02:00 Marc-Andre <marc(a)uberbox.org>: > Hey, > > On 2016-07-07 08:27 AM, Lane Rasberry wrote: > >> Backing up - one way to improve Wikimania to meet this and other demands >> is to >> 1. Have extra spaces for small meetups >> 2. Put those spaces on a public schedule which can be edited by the >> community >> >> > So, in practice, that already exists for Montreal in two flavours: > > (a) Bird-of-a-Feather sessions, which are open to anyone to schedule (in > advance) and have reserved meeting space. Those will be open for > reservation from about three months before the event to as late as we can > make it and still have them appear in the programme. Those are ideal for > preplanned meetings and probably what you'd use for the North American > meetups. > > (b) Unconferency meetups, that are *not* scheduled in advance, but for > which both meeting space and a common scheduling system (think > "whiteboard") are made available for ad-hoc meetings during the conference > and preconference. Any room which had been set aside for the BoF that was > not used will be added to the pool, but there /will/ be meeting space even > if all of the BoF slots are taken. > > > -- Coren / Marc > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >

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Wiki Conference India 2016 (Chandigarh hackathon)
by Santosh Shingare 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Hello all, I am happy to announce, chandigarh hackathon WCI2016, close with 7 application, which is useful to all community. *1)* *WikiSpeak with native language :* (Hindi) (*Web Application* + *Android Mobile application*). *2)* *Edit Tamil Wiktionary **(Tamil community request)** :* - (*Android application*) *3)* *Audio file upload to WikiData (Punjabi community request) :* (*Android application*) *4) Wikipedia articles on google map :* find wikipedia articles on google map (with latitude and longitude) as per city. *5) OCR (Native Application) *: Convert scanned book copy to Indian language text with google doc (Tested for Hindi and Malayalam). *6) Communication platform[WebRTC] (Web Application)* : Community used this to talk or conference (Audio/video web conferencing application) *7) Notification (Event based)* : showing popup on event eg (If recent changes happen, It will show popup which article was updated) Thank you all participant. who participate in hackathon and deliver a big success *Note : I will share code, links and other details very shortly.* Thank you *Santosh Shingare.* *User:cherishsantosh*

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Reminder to WMF Scholarship Recipients for Wikimania '16
by Ellie Young 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

I sent an email reminder to full and partial scholarship recipients to be sure to submit a short report on meta-wiki using the instructions and input box provided here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#Reporting The purpose is to share something from the conference with the Wikimedia movement after the conference has ended. Note that the deadline to submit your report August 1. Thank you on behalf of the Foundation, -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org>

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