Hi guys,
There's talk right now on the Facebook group about a proposed Asian Wikimedia meeting, similar to the Central and Eastern Europe meeting held last year in Belgrade. What do you guys think?
For reference, information on the CEE meeting may be found here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2012.
Regards,
Josh
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Date: Jan 27, 2013 5:42 AM
Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Job offer: Secretary-General
for Chapters Association
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Cc:
Cross posting to a few lists.
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From: Markus Glaser <markus.glaser(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: 26 January 2013 15:50
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Job offer: Secretary-General for Chapters Association
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
after a long period of discussions and clarifications, we are now finally
starting our search for a Secretary-General to serve the Chapters
Association.
Please distribute to following text to as many of your contacts,
mailing-lists and networks as possible.
Thank you very much,
kind regards,
Markus
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
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The Chapters Association (CA) will be an umbrella organization for
Wikimedia chapters established in various regions around the world. The
association represents the common interests of those chapters within the
Wikimedia movement.
One of its goals is to set, review and enforce standards of accountability
and participation among its members. The association will facilitate the
exchange of experiences, ideas, and knowledge between chapters and assist
them in their organizational development and to develop common programs and
projects.
To enhance external communication, coordinate the Wikimedia movement and
represent its chapters on official occasions, CA is looking for an
experienced and motivated person to become the full-time
Secretary-General (f/m)
of the Chapters Association.
CA is incorporated in Geneva, however depending on your place of residence
a relocation might not be necessary.
Job description
The Secretary-General is to be head of the CA?s Secretariat as defined by
the CA?s charter. The Secretariat performs the executive powers of the
Association. The Secretary-General will be elected by the Council. The
other Members of the Secretariat are appointed by the Secretary-General,
with the consent of the Council. The Secretariat reports to the Council on
the Association's activities and has the right to submit proposals for
Council resolutions.
She/He will be responsible for:
* Defining the organizational structure, publishing job offers and
hiring the officers of the secretariat;
* Building the strategic plan for the association;
* Assuring the financial stability of the organization;
* Coordinating between all association members;
* Building annual program plans to achieve the CA mission;
* Handling all formal administrative tasks including finance,
communications, legal and technical;
* and preparing the assemblies of the CA council.
Desired personal traits
* Leader -- the selected Secretary-General will have to build the
organization from its earliest stages according to the outlines set
by the CA council.
* Administrator -- some of the tasks of the Secretary-General would be
of administrative nature. She/He would have to write detailed
program plans, review by-laws, financial reports, program plans and
program reports of other organizations.
* Excellent communication skills -- one of the the Secretary-General's
primary tasks would be to communicate with member chapters. Those
chapters are dispersed in different regions of the worlds
representing various cultural habits. The selected Secretary-General
would have to be multi-culturally-minded to work effectively with
these partners.
* Willing and able to travel world-wide.
* Proven experience with building and managing a large diverse
organization.
* Comfortable working with people at all levels of the organization,
including community members and volunteers.
* Experience in other like-minded/ international/ volunteer-driven/
non-profit/ peer-review-driven organizations would be considered as
an advantage.
* The ideal candidate will be hard-working, creative,
highly-motivated, and able to operate and effectively manage
multiple cultural contexts, time-zones and expectations
* Incredible diplomatic problem-solving skills in an international
environment as well as the ability to deal comfortably and
efficiently with ambiguity and an ever changing environment
* Must be fluent in English; skill in other languages would be
considered as an advantage.
Great to have
* University degree
* Experience within the Wikimedia movement. However, according to CA?s
charter a Member of the Secretariat cannot be a Council Member or
hold a position in a Chapter or in the Wikimedia Foundation.
* Love working with a highly collaborative, consensus oriented environment
Competitive salary package. Please send your cover letter, full CV, salary
expectations and at least two references in one .pdf file to:
chaptersassociation(a)wikimedia.**ch <chaptersassociation(a)wikimedia.ch><mailto:
chaptersassociation(a)**wikimedia.ch <chaptersassociation(a)wikimedia.ch>>
In case of any questions, please also use email and the address given above.
Publication date: 26.01.2013 - Application deadline: 15.02.2013
Seat and postal address: Wikimedia Switzerland, 8008 Zurich
Office: Wikimedia CH, Escaliers du Marché 2, CH-1003 Lausanne
Web: www.wikimedia.ch
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Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
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Idul Fitri will be happening during 8-9 August 2013. When is Wikimania
is going to be held exactly?
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From: "Simon Shek" <simon.shek(a)wikimedia.hk>
Date: Nov 19, 2012 11:03 PM
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 call for scholarship review committee
To: <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: "Wikimania 2013 Hong Kong team" <wikimania(a)wikimedia.hk>, "Deryck Chan"
<deryckchan(a)wikimedia.hk>
Dear Wikimaniacs,
We are now calling for a scholarship review committee.
The scholarship review committee is an important and diverse group of
volunteers who help to run the scholarship program.
The main duties of the committee members prior to Wikimania 2013 are:
* Assistance in determination of scholarship applicant requirements.
* Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania
scholarship applications.
* Work with the local team.
We are looking for Wikimedians from all over the world, who are:
* Fluent in written English.
* Good communication skills.
* Discretion and ability to handle confidential applicant information,
and objectively assess candidates.
* Willing to review scholarship applicants in early 2013.
* Either:
** Prior attendance at Wikimania.
** Strong knowledge of cross-project Wikimedia community.
You will be working remotely. While we hope that scholarship review
committee members will enjoy Wikimania 2013 by giving significant
input to it, the local team cannot guarantee financial support for the
committee members' travel expenses.
If you're interested to serve on the scholarship reviewing committee,
please send us an email at wikimania(a)wikimedia.hk . If you have any
queries, please don't hesitate to ask us.
Deadline to apply is Tuesday, December 11, 2012.
The local team will contact all candidates between November and
January; the list of scholarship committee members will be announced
in January.
Yours sincerely,
Simon Shek
Community coordinator, Wikimania 2013 / Wikimedia Hong Kong
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There was a proposal for this blackout to occur on English Wikipedia for
readers the Philippines. Did that get closed?
Tagalog only accounts for 3.7% of readership from the Philippines.
http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageViewsPerCountryB…
Are other websites blacking out in the Philippines?
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From: "Stephen LaPorte" <slaporte(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Nov 10, 2012 7:17 AM
Subject: [Advocacy Advisors] Tagalog Wikipedia considering protest against
the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
To: <advocacy_advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello,
The Tagalog Wikipedia community is considering a blackout in protest of
the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. Here is an English translation of
the notice:
NOTE: Please encourage all the community to join Wikipediang Tagalog talk
about the proposed pagsasansala (blackout) of Wikipediang Tagalog against
Republic Act No. 10175, or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. Please
participate in the ongoing conversation in the Cafe. Thank you.
The notice:
https://tl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sitenotice&oldid=11441…
Discussion:
https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usapang_Wikipedia:Kapihan#Iminungkahing_pagsa…
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Stephen LaPorte
Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
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*For legal reasons, I may only serve as an attorney for the Wikimedia
Foundation. This means I may not give legal advice to or serve as a lawyer
for community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal
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Hello,
Please do let us know the developments in your chapter preparations. Your
brother and sister Asian chapters are willing to help!
I hear that the Thai Chapter will be setting up soon, I like to personally
visit Thailand and meet the community there. To our Thai Wikimedians, do
let us know about your chapter development.
--
Roman "Butch" Bustria Jr.
Vice President (2012-2013)
Wikimedia Philippines Inc.
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