Hi Everyone,
The new Wikimedia Canada mailing list is:
wmca-public(a)googlegroups.com
To Join, please direct your web browser to the following url:
http://groups.google.com/group/wmca-public
Details about communicating with the Wikimedia Canada Chapter can be found
on the web site:
http://wikimedia.ca
If you have any issue registering for the new mailing list or have any
questions for the Wikimedia Canada chapter we can be reached at the
web site<http://wikimedia.ca>.
Respectfully,
Alan Walker
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What we have here is a great example of one of the reasons we wish to move
to a new mailing list. Let me elaborate
1) There is know way to determine if the person on this mailing list is or
is not a member of Wiki Canada. Membership per our bylaws is restricted to
Canadian citizens. The first response to Alans announcement of the move was
from Casey Brown. This person is not a member of Wiki Canada and does not
appear to be Canada per his Wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cbrown1023 Than we have a comment from
Delphine Menard who is also neither a member of Wiki Canada nor Canadian.
Neither one of them supported this move but they are not members of Wiki
Canada and do not appear to be eligible. And if we are to get charity status
from the Canadian Revenue Agency they cannot be eligible to have a say.
2) I have emailed people at Wikimedia in the past requesting moderator
control of this list. I never received a reply. I have done so again in the
last few days and have not been emailed back yet. We need a forum that
members of Wiki Canada have control over. I do not mind and actually
encourage people from other countries and non members to listen in but I am
not happy having non members generate drama for our organization. We on the
board of Wiki Canada are all volunteers, we all have professional lives and
do this in our free time. We want to keep work as productive as possible.
3) Let me re-post our up coming meet up in Vancouver:
We have decided on a location for a meet up in Vancouver. Details below
- Date : Friday April 29th, 2011
- Hour : 7 pm PST
- Location : Benny's Bagels, 2505 W. Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6K 2E9
Please sign up here http://wikimedia.ca/wiki/Meetings/2011-04-29 to give us
an idea of numbers. Amgine will be there early holding us a spot.
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James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
We have decided on a location for a meet up in Vancouver. Details below
- Date : Friday April 29th, 2011
- Hour : 7 pm PST
- Location : Benny's Bagels, 2505 W. Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6K 2E9
Please sign up here http://wikimedia.ca/wiki/Meetings/2011-04-29 to give us
an idea of numbers. Amgine will be there early holding us a spot.
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James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
I continue to plan a meet up in Vancouver April 29th, 2011. 7 pm is the
tentative time I have picked. Now all we need is a location. Suggestions?
Also if those who are planning on attending would be kind enough to sigh up
here to give us some ideas of numbers
http://www.wikimedia.ca/index.php/Meetings/GT/2011-04-29 I will put together
a bit of a schedule for the event.
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James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
Dear all,
Based on the input you have given through the brainstorming page[1] I have
put the first draft of the schedule of this year's Chapters Meeting online
at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2011/Schedule,
Note that this is not the final schedule. I would like to incorporate your
feedback on the draft and to assign specific content to the broader or
vaguer topics – if you have any suggestions on this, please get in touch
with me.
As you will notice, there are about three major topic areas that come up in
a number of sessions. The main themes build on the discussions we had in the
previous years on chapter projects (outreach and otherwise) and development.
New this year is the emphasis given to the discussion about various aspects
of movement roles that will hopefully clarify and improve on the
relationships among actors in the movement and inform the development of a
movement charter due by this year's Wikimania.
Time will be set aside also for discussion in smaller groups about some
specific issue that you would like to tackle. Some suggestions so far have
been: creating a framework to handle justified legal complaints; to continue
the discussion about the developing world and concrete steps Wikimedia can
do to spread its mission, or to continue the toolserver governance
discussion.
I would very much appreciate your input either here or in private about your
thoughts on the schedule, possible working groups, or the content of
particular sessions.
Thank you,
Bence
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Bence Damokos
Programme Coordinator,
Wikimedia Conference 2011
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_meeting_2011/Brainstorming
Dear Canadian Wikipedians,
Last Sunday a group of about 30 Wikipedians from the Toronto area meet at the Linux Caffe. During the meet-up Sue Gardner, the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, introduced herself and outlined her hope for the creation of a future WM Chapter in Canada.
Sue was extremely impressed by the energy and enthusiasm of the local Wikimedia contributors and she has asked me to convey to you her highest regard for the work this list and many others behind the scene are conducting to advance the mission of the Wikimedia movement. We hope you will continue to form meet-up and gatherings throughout Canada in the coming weeks and months. Sometimes there is no substitute for the power of in-person interactions, we hope this meet-up is the first of many successful events which will lead to Canada forming a robust community of volunteers.
If in the coming months and years WM-Canda considers hosting a larger national conference or Wiki-meet-up please keep me informed as I might be able to persuade one of the WMF Board of Trustees or maybe even Jimmy Wales to attend.
Thank you to all those who attended the meeting, I wish you and WM Canada the best of luck as you progress toward chapter status and advance the mission of the Wikimedia movement.
With great respect and regards,
James T. Owen
James Owen
Executive Assistant & Board Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation
Office +1.415.839.6885 x 6604
Mobile +1.415.509.5444
Fax +1.415.882.0495
Email- jowen(a)wikimedia.org
Website- www.wikimediafoundation.org
Hello everyone,
On behalf of the Wiki Canada board of directors I would like to invite all
of you to register and participate on the Wiki site we have set up for
Wikimedia Canada. We are close to reaching an agreement with the Wikimedia
Foundation to become the Canadian Chapter for the Wikimedia Foundation.
James and I will be attending their conference in Berlin with the aim of
getting to know foreign volunteer community better. By the end of the first
quarter of 2011 we expect to have our bank account operational and a
membership process in place. We hope all of you will join our team. We
have also set up an email account for general inquiries: info(a)wikimedia.ca
http://wikimedia.ca
Respectfully,
Alan Walker
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[http://fastalan.com]
Dear Wikimedia Project Contributors,
Sue Gardner, the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind Wikipedia, will be visiting Toronto from February 6-8 to speak at the Schulich School of Business. We have discussed on this list in the past about arranging a meet-up for the local project contributors to meet with Sue during her visit. In preparation I have secured a coffee house which will be open to Wikipedians for this private event. Please find the details for the meet-up listed below, space is limited so sign up early and if you can not attend for any reason please remove your name from the list.
Wiki Meet-Up Toronto with Sue Gardner
Date: Sunday, February 6
Time: 18:00-20:00
Location: Linux Caffee
Address: 326 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON
RSVP at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto/January_30_2011
I would appreciate if someone on this list could be responsible to announce this to other lists or on the IRC Canada channel to ensure a strong attendance.
Regards,
James T. Owen
James Owen
Executive Assistant & Board Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation
Office +1.415.839.6885 x 6604
Mobile +1.415.509.5444
Fax +1.415.882.0495
Email- jowen(a)wikimedia.org
Website- www.wikimediafoundation.org