Dear Ben, Thanks so much for keeping on top of this. As Ben mentioned, it's a good opportunity to meet with others from global Wikimedia affiliates; the focus of the meeting is likely to be on movement strategy (see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20 for the current strategic process) as well as techniques for building affiliates. It would be great if the person going was also able to work on some Wikimedia New England organizing this year. Thanks Laura for volunteering! I haven't been the last few years (never for New England, actually) and am also free / interested in going next year. But I want to make sure it's open to all. Every year it seems we talk about having a slightly more robust process for choosing a delegate, but we haven't developed this to date. Do you have ideas Ben? (or anyone?) Discussion is open to all who considers themselves part of Wikimedia New England (a loose affiliation!) Thanks again Ben. best, Phoebe On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 8:51 AM Jenemann, Laura <ljeneman(a)bu.edu> wrote:

Three people initially expressed interest, but two of them have decided to withdraw in favor of Phoebe. Therefore, Phoebe will be our delegate! Benjamin On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 9:41 PM Benjamin Lees <emufarmers(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the small process around this. :) 🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Tue., Dec. 10, 2019, 9:41 p.m. Benjamin Lees, <emufarmers(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for posting your bio and background Phoebe. It’s great that you are going to the Summit to represent our region. I would be interested in helping organize some regional events in New England. I am based in Boston but always happy to have an excuse to travel. Maybe we could try for a February meet up somewhere? Polly Hamlen Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Wikimedia-boston &lt;wikimedia-boston-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; on behalf of phoebe ayers &lt;phoebe.ayers(a)gmail.com&gt; Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2019 12:15:38 PM To: Samuel Klein &lt;meta.sj(a)gmail.com&gt; Cc: Boston Wikimedians &lt;wikimedia-boston(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-boston] Delegate for Wikimedia Summit 2020 (it could be you!) Yes, thanks again Ben! And thanks Laura and others who are interested in this process. I'm really pleased multiple people were interested! And, thanks for your vote of confidence in me. I have now registered for the summit, so barring complications, I'm planning to attend. I think this year will be crucial as we try to decide what the strategy process, which has been somewhat unwieldy to date and hard to follow, means for affiliates like ours. Per Ben's request, here is a small bio for people who don't know me -- I have been a Wikipedian since 2003. I primarily edit English Wikipedia & Wikidata, but have dabbled in other projects (Wikivoyage, Commons, Spanish Wikipedia etc). I have spent most of my Wikimedia career as an events organizer, and have been involved in planning many of the Wikimanias (including Wikimania 2006 here in Cambridge) and various other conferences. I also served on the Board of Trustees for the Wikimedia Foundation from 2010-2015 as a community-elected & chapter-selected member. I am also a librarian, and have spent a lot of time trying to help Wikimedia and libraries become closer partners - through events, trainings, writing, etc. Currently I am a librarian at MIT, where I specialize in engineering; I moved to the area in 2015 and before that lived in California, where I worked for UC Davis (but I spent a lot of time here, so people often think I've lived in Boston longer!) My current personal interests as an editor are citations in Wikidata (the WikiCite project) and climate change information on Wikipedia, but I've done many different things over the years. As for the summit -- and Wikimedia New England generally -- I really want to present the perspectives of people who teach with Wikipedia in their classrooms/libraries as well as individual editors, and I think this group has national (and global) expertise in that. We have such a strong history of interesting Wikipedia projects in this area with individual champions in many universities; I think the trick is to share this expertise and help the group feel more cohesive, and also help those currently running projects feel more supported. This group doesn't have formal roles per se - anyone who wants to lead on any particular aspect is more than welcome to - so if you want to try something out with the group let us/me know and we can try to make it happen! cheers, Phoebe On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 9:49 AM Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com<mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com>> wrote: Thanks for the small process around this. :) 🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Tue., Dec. 10, 2019, 9:41 p.m. Benjamin Lees, <emufarmers@gmail.com<mailto:emufarmers@gmail.com>> wrote: I would prefer to have a collaborative process in the future, but since we only have a few days at this point, I think we're going to have to just do a quick vote. (Or else have a dictator choose someone. :-)) Therefore, I'd like to set a deadline for nominations of 11:59 PM on Wednesday. Then we can have voting and discussion until 6 PM on Saturday, which will give our selected delegate 24 hours to submit the application to the conference organizers. So for anyone who hasn't emailed me or the list, now's your (brief) chance! And for those who have, you should write up a short statement to introduce yourself to people on the list who don't already know you. Benjamin On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 10:14 AM phoebe ayers <phoebe.ayers@gmail.com<mailto:phoebe.ayers@gmail.com>> wrote: Dear Ben, Thanks so much for keeping on top of this. As Ben mentioned, it's a good opportunity to meet with others from global Wikimedia affiliates; the focus of the meeting is likely to be on movement strategy (see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20<http… for the current strategic process) as well as techniques for building affiliates. It would be great if the person going was also able to work on some Wikimedia New England organizing this year. Thanks Laura for volunteering! I haven't been the last few years (never for New England, actually) and am also free / interested in going next year. But I want to make sure it's open to all. Every year it seems we talk about having a slightly more robust process for choosing a delegate, but we haven't developed this to date. Do you have ideas Ben? (or anyone?) Discussion is open to all who considers themselves part of Wikimedia New England (a loose affiliation!) Thanks again Ben. best, Phoebe On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 8:51 AM Jenemann, Laura <ljeneman@bu.edu<mailto:ljeneman@bu.edu>> wrote: Hi all, I’m interested, though would happily defer to others. Please let me know the best way for next steps. Laura -- Laura Jenemann Communication, Media, & Film Librarian Boston University Libraries 617-353-9240 ljeneman@bu.edu<mailto:ljeneman@bu.edu> From: Wikimedia-boston <wikimedia-boston-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-boston-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org>> on behalf of Benjamin Lees <emufarmers@gmail.com<mailto:emufarmers@gmail.com>> Date: Monday, December 9, 2019 at 10:06 PM To: Boston Wikimedians <wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:wikimedia-boston@lists.wikimedia.org>> Subject: [Wikimedia-boston] Delegate for Wikimedia Summit 2020 (it could be you!) Just a reminder that applications for Wikimedia Summit 2020 are due on December 16: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2020/Registration_Information<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__meta.wikimedia.org_wiki_Wikimedia-5FSummit-5F2020_Registration-5FInformation&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=8KGyikSp4jW9U20Yxzb7v7JqaWizgqGH_sG_VpAA-T8&m=B6eY15QdNAX7JhzXr2Lwoizg9Ma0-BYE8bpJHZvyT3Q&s=6gbUPchbtB3RLnogITnjFz10Fld73KPVe_kbeMyA0-A&e=>> This is the annual meeting in Germany in April for all of the Wikimedia affiliates from around the world to collaborate on movement strategy. As a user group, we are eligible to send one delegate. The summit organizers cover participants' travel costs. We don't have much time for deliberation; perhaps those who are interested should say so here, or email me, and then we can quickly select someone? We can also talk about this on Slack, but I know not everybody has joined, so I don't want anybody to be left out. 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