Wikimedia-boston December 2012

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Wikipedia Day 2013?
by Gabriel Fishman 21 Dec '12

21 Dec '12

Does anyone have any ideas for how we can celebrate Wikipedia Day 2013 locally? It is officially Tuesday January 15th, but I think we can treat it like Washington's birthday and celebrate it when we feel like it. The New York Chapter has a mini-conference, which might be too ambitious for us on short notice, but perhaps we could do an informal gathering with cake? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Day/United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day Best, Gabe

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Fwd: [berkmanfriends] New edX course: Copyright, Spring 2013
by Samuel Klein 20 Dec '12

20 Dec '12

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nathaniel Levy <nlevy(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:31 PM Subject: [berkmanfriends] New edX course: Copyright, Spring 2013 To: berkmanfriends(a)eon.law.harvard.edu Cc: William Fisher <tfisher(a)law.harvard.edu>, Kendra Albert < kalbert(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu> Hi Berkfolk, We’re excited to announce that Berkman Faculty Director Terry Fisher will be teaching a version of his Copyright course on the edX platform in the spring, beginning Jan. 28: https://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/HLS1x/2013_Spring/about. Unlike other “MOOCs” (massive open online courses), Copyright will be offered to a relatively small cohort of 500 students, who will be admitted via an application process and supported by a small army of Harvard Law School Teaching Fellows. The Teaching Fellows will lead weekly, real-time discussions for course sections. The application process is open now through Jan 3. We're looking forward to diverse and international participation, and would very much appreciate if you could help spread the word to your communities: - Tweet: https://twitter.com/berkmancenter/status/281801653223559168 - edX Copyright course page: https://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/HLS1x/2013_Spring/about - edX Copyright application page: https://hub.law.harvard.edu/copyrightx/courses/1?course_tracker_id=1 Harvard Gazette story: below. Appreciatively, Terry, Nathaniel, Kendra, and the Copyright team ******************** via the Harvard Gazette: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/12/edx-springs-into-action/ EdX expansion set for springHarvardX offers courses in humanities, law, social sciences By Michael Patrick Rutter Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Students from around the world can enroll in edX courses, which are designed specifically for interactive study via the Web. EdX, the online learning initiative founded by Harvard University <http://www.harvard.edu/> and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology <http://www.mit.edu/> (MIT), announced <https://www.edx.org/courses>its spring course and module offerings today. With an emphasis on the humanities and the social sciences, topics include the concept of the hero in classical Greek civilization and literature, the riddle of world poverty, and global environmental change. Harvard will offer four new courses during the spring season and several “beta” learning modules. Although students will be able to register for the HarvardX and edX courses immediately, the start and completion dates of each will vary. The three fully open HarvardX courses are: - “The Ancient Greek Hero,” taught by Gregory Nagy<http://chs.harvard.edu/wa/pageR?tn=ArticleWrapper&bdc=12&mn=1234>, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and professor of comparative literature, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS); - “Justice <http://www.justiceharvard.org/>,” taught by Michael Sandel<http://www.gov.harvard.edu/people/faculty/michael-sandel>, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, FAS; and - “Human Health and Global Environmental Change,”<http://www.extension.harvard.edu/courses/23703> taught by Aaron Bernstein<http://chge.med.harvard.edu/about/people/aaron-bernstein>, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard School of Public Health and a pediatric hospitalist at Boston Children’s Hospital. In addition, “Copyright” will be taught by William Fisher III<http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/index.html?id=20>, WilmerHale Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Harvard Law School, and director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society. “Copyright,” which will explore the law of copyright and the ongoing debates concerning how that law might be reformed, will be offered as an experimental course, exploring different combinations and uses of teaching materials, educational technologies, and the edX platform. Enrollment is limited, based on the belief that high-quality legal education depends, at least in part, on supervised small-group discussions of difficult issues. Five hundred learners will be selected through an application process. There will, however, be open access to course materials via Fisher’s personal website <http://tfisher.org./>. Although edX was launched just six months ago, nearly 200,000 people registered for the first two Harvard courses (CS50x: “Introduction to Computer Science I” and PH207x: “Health in Numbers: Quantitative Methods in Clinical and Public Health Research”). All told, more than 500,000 unique users are engaging with the edX platform. In addition to courses from the two foundational partners, Harvard and MIT, in the coming year students will have opportunities to experience offerings from the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Texas system; Wellesley College; and Georgetown University. “We have been surprised and gratified by how faculty have responded to edX/HarvardX and the opportunity it provides to fundamentally rethink how we approach teaching,” said Rob Lue<https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/mcb/faculty/profile/robert-a-lue/>, professor of the practice of molecular and cellular biology and faculty leader for HarvardX. ”It’s also clear that our first round of courses have had an outstanding impact on learners around the world. The feedback we have received from HarvardX students has been tremendously positive, and there is so much more to come.” On campus, CS50 and CS50x instructor David Malan<http://cs.harvard.edu/malan/> is using data insights and self-reports by course bloggers to tweak and enhance one of the most popular classes at the College. Beyond campus, the global reach of the edX platform is already showing the power of massive open online courses (MOOC). U.S. Air Force pilot Michael Dunn, who is currently stationed in Afghanistan, wrote a letter to the CS50x teaching team thanking the members for “an amazing experience.” He also conveyed what he saw as the promise of widening educational access, writing, “Please continue to make education available to the masses. It’s the only way we’ll have a permanent, lasting impact in the lives of the many.” Given the growing interest by faculty and instructors to learn more about how to build appropriate course content on the platform, Lue will lead a series of practical workshops in January and February. “We view edX and HarvardX not only as a way to expand access to high-quality educational content, but also as an opportunity to enhance teaching and learning on campus,” said Provost Alan M. Garber<http://www.provost.harvard.edu/people/> . HarvardX is only one part of a broader University effort to develop novel teaching and learning activities and gain insights on learning and learning outcomes through research. The Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching (HILT), created through a gift from Gustave and Rita Hauser, and the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning both plan to collaborate with the new endeavor. “Ultimately, HarvardX will strengthen on-campus learning, which is and will remain the foundation of a Harvard education,” said Michael D. Smith<http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/content/deans-biography>, FAS dean. ---------- You are subscribed to the BerkmanFriends discussion list. Mailing list options: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/info/berkmanfriends Mailing list members: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/lists/review/berkmanfriends Reminder: emails sent through this list are considered on-record unless otherwise noted. -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266

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Idea for meetings
by Kevin Rutherford 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

Hey everyone, So, I was talking to Lane Rasberry from the Cascadia/New York City/Medicine Chapter(s), and he was inquiring about where we are in the process of chapter formation. I know we have a meeting planned for this spring, but if we want to get this off the ground and start moving forward, we should probably start having monthly or bi-monthly meetings after that in order to form a chapter within the year. We have the support and we are very organized as a proto chapter, and I would like to see if we could set a goal of having a chapter by the end of 2013, and possibly set goals before our next meeting to get this done. Heck, we could even hold the meeting earlier in the year. Since it has been almost a year and a half since we first started talking about this, it would be nice to make some progress in terms of setting goals and setting timelines for us. I’m wondering what you all think, but I would also like to have a goal established for a formation of this chapter, as it would be very good to have one in the region. While I’m here, are there any objections to moving our meeting date to the weekend, or combining it with proto-chapter meetings? It would be a lot easier for some of us outside of the Boston metropolitan area to attend these meetings if they are on days when school is not the next day, and we could also save money on parking, as Cambridge is quite the opposite of cheap and affordable. Another benefit for doing this is that we could harness our support from the meetup participants, and it would be another step towards productive meetings. Finally, if we could do this on the weekend, we could also bring in more students and professors, as they will not have school to worry about. Well, that’s all I have to say for now, and I hope that all of you are surviving finals/the holiday season/the impending end of the world. Kevin Rutherford

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] The Affiliations Committee needs you!
by Dominic McDevitt-Parks 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

Apologies for the inevitable cross-posting but I just wanted to get this out to those of us in the US, which currently has no members on the Affiliations Committee despite being a major region for potential new chapter development in the coming years. Please consider volunteering! Dominic ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bence Damokos <bdamokos(a)gmail.com> Date: 12 December 2012 07:48 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] The Affiliations Committee needs you! To: wikimediaannounce-l <WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User Groups and Thematic Organizations ("affiliates" in short) and approving them when they are ready is looking for about 6 new members. The main focus of AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in forming affiliates. We make sure that the group is large enough to be viable (and advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups. This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to understand legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in our members. Key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate members, are typically: * Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide * Willingness to work in a sometimes bureaucratic, sometimes political process * 4 hours per week availability[2] * International orientation * Very good communication skills in English * Ability to work and communicate with other cultures * Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the WMF * Communication skills in other languages are a major plus * Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus With the help of the Affiliations Committee, 2012 has been an exciting year of transformation for the movement with the introduction of new types of affiliation. This means that the workload of the Committee has increased and diversified and help is wanted! Currently many applications to become a Chapter, Thematic Organization or User Group are in the pipeline and can use your attention and dedication! You can send your applications with your name, contact data (e-mail, wiki username), experience and motivation to join to the AffCom email address, affcom AT lists DOT wikimedia DOT org by January 12, 2013. You will get a confirmation that your application came through. Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered two year terms. The applications will be considered by the current members and outgoing members and Committee advisers, who are not seeking re-selection. Since I will be a candidate for re-selection myself, this process will be managed by another committee member, Lodewijk Gelauff. I hope for many suitable applications. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me or Lodewijk[3] privately. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested. Best regards, Bence Damokos Chair, Affiliations Committee [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_… [3]: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Effeietsanders _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

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Fwd: [SPS] Fwd: Call for Entries (Food, Robots, Rockets, oh my!)
by Samuel Klein 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

FYI - proposals welcome through Friday. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Hello: There are some exciting outreach opportunities available for the 2013 Cambridge Science Festival. Please forward this notice along to your community. Thank you for your help. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for other groups or organizations to connect with. Best, Sung Kim -- Cambridge Science Festival <http://cambridgesciencefestival.org/> Events & Logistics Coordinator 617.324.4379 sungmi(a)mit.edu *Save the Date! April 12-21, 2013!* If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online<http://e2.ma/message/q2f3c/2fu8wb>. Share This: <http://e2.ma/share/outbound/e/q2f3c/2fu8wb><http://e2.ma/share/outbound/t/q2f3c/2fu8wb><http://e2.ma/share/outbound/f/q2f3c/2fu8wb> <http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/i43wq> *Showcase Your Robots, Food Science, * *Rockets, and More! * Proposal Deadline: Friday, December 7, 2012!* ** * The call for proposals is still open for the 2013 Cambridge Science Festival! Join the 10-day festival April 12-21, 2013 to celebrate the great science, technology, engineering, art, and math happening all throughout the Cambridge and Boston area. We are looking for fun interactive workshops, talks, exhibits, performances, games, and great ideas only you can think up. Some larger events to participate in include: - *Science Carnival* <http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/yw4wq> - Show off performances, building workshops, or cool activities in a carnival of the sciences - *A Robot Zoo* <http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/ep5wq> - Present robotics projects as part of National Robotics Week<http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/uh6wq> - *Science of Sports* <http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/aa7wq> - Why does a curveball curve, anyway? - *Rocket Day* <http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/q27wq> - Have a blast demonstrating astronomy-related research and engineering projects on National Astronomy Day (Saturday, April 20) - *Science of Food* <http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/6u8wq> - Cook up the biology, chemistry, physics, and materials behind the food we eat every day! *Participant online entry form* <http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/mn9wq> *Hard deadline date: December 7, 2012!!* *Cambridge Science Festival* <http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/2faxq> *April 12 - 21, 2013 <http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/i8axq> * * * *About the Cambridge Science Festival:* The Cambridge Science Festival is a celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science, technology, engineering and math. A multifaceted, multicultural event every spring, the Cambridge Science Festival makes science accessible, interactive and fun for everyone! Our founding collaborators are MIT, Harvard University, the City of Cambridge, the Museum of Science and WGBH. Our generous 2012 sponsors include MIT, The National Science Foundation, The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Biogen Idec Foundation, Cubist, Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Alnylam, American Chemical Society, Elsevier, Harvard University, Novartis, Pfizer, Vertex, Cambridge Community Foundation, Akamai, Amgen, Boston University, Draper Laboratory, IBM, MathWorks, and MIT Lincoln Laboratory. *Please tell a friend!* MIT Museum, N51-200 | 265 Massachusetts Ave | Cambridge, MA 02139 | www.cambridgesciencefestival.org <http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/y0bxq> This email was sent to *sungmi(a)mit.edu*. To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book or safe list. *manage*<https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/32949/19600/99030160/?v=a>your preferences | *opt out*<http://e2.ma/optout/q2f3c/2fu8wb?r=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAuZTJtYS5uZXQvYXBwMi9hdWRp…>using *TrueRemove*®. Got this as a forward? *Sign up*<https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/32949/19600.4719760/99030160/?v=a>to receive our future emails. email marketing by Cambridge Science Festival<http://e2.ma/click/q2f3c/2fu8wb/etcxq> powered by [image: emma]<http://www.myemma.com/powered-by-emma?utm_source=PoweredBy&utm_medium=Simpl…> _______________________________________________ sps-list mailing list sps-list(a)lists.hcs.harvard.edu https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/sps-list -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266

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Party?
by Sven Manguard 01 Dec '12

01 Dec '12

I know it's short notice, but is anyone interested in doing a little party for the tenth birthday of Creative Commons licenses? [1] The CC people are calling the birthday the week+ of December 7 to December 16. That gives us two full weekends to find time to do it, if we're interested. I'd imagine something along the lines of an edit-a-thon... with cake. Alternatively, we could just do cake. Frosting and keyboards don't tend to go together very well. Thoughts? Sven Credit for bringing this up goes to NaBUru38 at [2] [1] http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC10 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost#10_years_of_…

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