Wikimedia-Cascadia December 2014

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Suggested reading for Board members
by Pine W 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

http://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/charities/QuickGuideHandbook.pdf Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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Report on December 15 event
by Pine W 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Hi, I heard from someone at TA3M that they would like to have a report of our December 15 event for inclusion in TA3M's records. I'm including Cascadia, SURF, and the Wikimedia Foundation on the to and/or bcc lines of this email as well. * The signup spreadsheet had 30 unique registrations after removing one person who backed out and two duplicate entries, and I counted about 30 people present at the event. * Affiliations noted on the signup spreadsheet include TA3M Seattle, Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, the University of Washington, Seattle Privacy Coalition, and SURF Incubator. * We had six speakers. The presentations were about the following subjects: 1. Overview of Surf Incubator 2. Firmware manifesto to OEMs 3. Privacy and Wikipedia Zero 4. Ricochet instant messaging software 5. Lightning photography with free software 6. Overview of the Seattle Privacy Coalition * We had a roundtable discussion about editing Wikipedia through Tor and open proxies. * We had more pizza than we needed (: * Anecdotal reports are that the venue was good, the food was good, the presentations were good, and the networking was good. * The suggestion has been made that we hold a similar event in December of next year. Cheers, Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] Scheduling issues
by Pine W 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Thanks everyone, I very much appreciate your support. It sounds like there will be more testing done mid-week followed by the main surgery sometime next week or early January. If all of the vitamins that he's been taking for years have been effective then I'm hopeful for a good outcome. When I'm not working this week or visiting with family, I hope to catch up on Cascadia tasks. Also, I may join the Beowulf cluster tonight if I get a good chunk of work finished by that time today. Pine

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Scheduling our first board meeting
by Pine W 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

Hi Cascadians, Let's plan on having our first board meeting on or around the semi-regular Seattle meetup day, which would be Tuesday, January 13. I was planning to postpone most of my further work on Cascadia until February, but I just learned today that there's a WMF funding deadline that requires us to have our initial budget submitted by the end of January *or* wait until May if we want WMF funding. I'd like to get us underway sooner than May. I apologize for the rush. Today was the first that I heard of the deadline. Tentative agenda items: * Bylaws (Peaceray and I have been drafting these; we'll send out a copy soon for public review). * Officer appointments by the Board. * Website agreement with Top Level Design * Program selection and funding for February through July (tentative) * Startup budget for February through July (tentative). We can submit supplemental requests in May or later. We can also submit requests to WMDC for smaller items, and we can include a relatively large request for reserve funds due to the funding blackout period.) * Authorization for initial legal registrations, service purchases, and other contracts. * Additional agenda items forthcoming. To accommodate board members who are away from Seattle on that date, Mako has graciously agreed to provide us with access to the Internet via UW so that we can video conference. Let's plan on having a relatively long meeting (maybe 6 PM to 10 PM?) although hopefully we'll move fast enough that we'll be done by 9 PM. For non-board members: there won't be confidential business at this meeting and you are welcome to attend. Although only Board votes will be counted, your good-faith comments and questions are welcome. If any board members cannot make that date and time, please let me know. Also, if you plan to attend via phone or Google Hangout, please let me know. Reminder: we will meet at *UW*, not at Cafe Allegro, exact location to be determined; we will also have Google Hangout available so that people can attend remotely. Thanks, and I look forward to seeing you! Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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Initial budget
by Pine W 30 Dec '14

30 Dec '14

Hi Cascadians (especially Board members): The only person who has commented on the initial draft budget request on Meta is Bluerasberry. Based on his comments, I have made a few modifications. If I hear no objections within the next several days, I'll proceed with making a budget request to GAC. Peaceray and I made progress today on bylaws. Hopefully we will have a draft set of bylaws ready soon for public comment. Thanks, Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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Twas the night before Christmas on Wikimedia
by Pine W 29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

* Twas the night before Christmas on Wikimedia * (Variation on "A Visit from St. Nicholas", written in the year 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore) 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the wikis, Not a creature was stirring, not even a bot; The stockings were hung by the talk pages with care, In hopes that Jimbo soon would be there; The students were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of barnstars danc'd in their heads; And Mama in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap — When out at the village pump there arose such a clatter, James Alexander sprang from bed to see what was the matter. Away to the wiki I flew like a flash, Opened a window, and logged in, in a dash. What to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and bold, I knew in a moment it must be Jimbo. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of barnstars — and Jimbo too: And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney Jimbo came with a bound: He was dress'd all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnish'd with ashes and soot; A bundle of barnstars was flung on his back, And he look'd like a peddler just opening his pack. And I laugh'd when I saw him in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And fill'd all the stockings; then turn'd with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprung to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew, like the down of a thistle: But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight — "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night." Merry Christmas, Wikimedians. (: Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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Cascadia programs for first year
by Pine W 25 Dec '14

25 Dec '14

Hi all, I've put this on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians#Drafting_programs… I'm hoping that people will comment so that we can get a sense about the priorities of our group. The Board can use the comments to finalize a program plan and an associated budget. The budget will be developed to support the program plan. I'm still working in the background about the "infrastructure" budget for issues like insurance, but even these will benefit greatly by being informed by a program plan. One important note is that the plan will likely be adjusted and adapted as our capabilities and opportunities change. My thinking is that the Board can do this via quarterly review meetings with community input. Please share your comments! Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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Fwd: [wikimedia-dc-board] nonprofit insurance...
by Lane Rasberry 24 Dec '14

24 Dec '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kirill Lokshin <kirill.lokshin(a)wikimediadc.org> Date: Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [wikimedia-dc-board] nonprofit insurance... To: Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> Cc: Wikimedia DC Board Mailing List <wikimedia-dc-board(a)googlegroups.com> Hi Lane, Wikimedia DC does not currently carry an insurance policy. That having been said, there are a couple of points that I would recommend you consider in your case: (1) The regulation you cite seems to be about general liability coverage (which typically applies to things like personal injury, etc.). This is normally not the same as either errors and omissions (E&O) coverage, which in my experience is typically of interest only when the organization is performing some sort of professional services (and could be sued for performing those services improperly) or directors and officers (D&O) coverage, which is what protects individual members of your board from liability if you're sued for fiduciary misconduct, etc. I would suggest clarifying with your local regulatory agency whether they are in fact only talking about general liability coverage here; while I suppose it's possible that some quirk of Washington law would allow that to be applied to other scenarios, it does strike me as rather odd. (2) Generally speaking -- and, again, without having looked into whether some aspect of your local laws mandates certain actions on a statutory basis -- the question of whether an incorporated nonprofit carries insurance coverage is distinct from the question of whether that nonprofit indemnifies volunteers against liability related to the performance of their duties. It's possible, at least under DC law, to do either one without the other; in other words, we could indemnify our volunteers without carrying insurance coverage (in which case the organization would be directly responsible for paying any damages) or we could carry coverage exclusively for the organization's benefit, without necessarily indemnifying individual volunteers. I would suggest checking what the statutory provisions for this are in Washington, but, regardless, I expect that you will want to have something more detailed and explicit about this in either your bylaws or some additional policy. Note that you may not necessarily want to offer a blanket indemnity to everyone who might claim to be a volunteer, since you may have no knowledge of or control over what they do in that capacity. Cheers, Kirill -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary, Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Does Wikimedia DC purchase nonprofit insurance? If so, what kind and from > whom? > > I am asking on behalf of Wikimedia Cascadia, which is looking at this law > which seems to apply to nonprofit organizations in Washington state: > <http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.24.670> > > It says > > "a volunteer of a nonprofit organization or governmental entity shall not > be personally liable for harm caused by an act or omission of the volunteer > on behalf of the organization or entity if... > > The nonprofit organization carries public liability insurance covering the > organization's liability for harm caused to others for which it is directly > or vicariously liable of not less than the following amounts: > > (i) For organizations with gross revenues of less than twenty-five > thousand dollars, at least fifty thousand dollars due to the bodily injury > or death of one person or at least one hundred thousand dollars due to the > bodily injury or death of two or more persons;" > > There is talk in Cascadia of protecting volunteers by providing this > insurance at a cost of perhaps $500 per year. > > yours, > > -- > Lane Rasberry > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > 206.801.0814 > lane(a)bluerasberry.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Wikimedia DC Board" group. > To post to this group, send email to wikimedia-dc-board(a)googlegroups.com. > -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com

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Scheduling issues
by Pine W 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Hi Cascadians, I learned this afternoon that my dad needs to have a heart procedure. It sounds like the issue was caught in time and he will go in for sugery sometime next week. There may be a delay in my work for Cascadia while this gets sorted out. In the meantime, I would appreciate your thoughts and prayers Pine

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User at UW libraries blocked
by Dennis Bratland 18 Dec '14

18 Dec '14

Should we do a block appeal for User:Courtney at UW Libraries? Admin Barek blocked her for her username, but the policy says <name> at <org> is acceptable, since it doesn't imply a shared account, and even then they should only be blocked for promotional editing. Fixing broken links to the photo archive isn't disruptive or promotional. I posted at Bareks talk page <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Barek#User:Courtney_at_UW_Libraries>; maybe he'll take care of it tomorrow. It seems like we have an interest in encouraging librarians to contribute. Dennis

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