Wikimedia-Cascadia January 2015

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Valentine's Day Feminism and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Event
by Monika Sengul-Jones 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

*'I Love To You': Critical Wikipedia Edit-a-thon * Valentine's Day, Saturday, Feb. 14, 9:30am - 1:30pm UW Research Commons <http://commons.lib.washington.edu/> 'I Love To You' will bring dialogues in feminist theory to a hands-on editing workshop to build community and critically engage with Wikipedia. Cost: Free! Anyone who wishes to attend this event is welcome. Bring your own laptops & power cords. (Guest access to UW WiFi will be available.) Bring your own coffee mugs and water bottles to enjoy delicious refreshments sustainably. 'I Love To You' would like offer free childcare to participants who RSVP and indicate their childcare needs by 5pm on Friday, January 23, 2015. RSVP here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GAwZP22RTC0MDMgLtgzcuYeO6QO_t4yQvvcny7wc_0…> ! https://ilovetoyouedit.wordpress.com/ Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/386485468200575 Twitter: #ilovetoyouedit Affiliated Sponsors: UW Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies; UW Research Commons; UW Simpson Center for Humanities; Wikimedia Washington DC; UW iSchool; UW Human Centered Design and Engineering; UW Comparative History of Ideas; UW Department of Communication; UW Pipeline Project; Cascadia Wikimedia User Group Hosted by Monika Sengul-Jones <http://monikasengul.com/> and Amanda Menking <http://www.amandamenking.com/>. ~~~~~ “I love to you means I maintain a relation of indirection to you. I do not subjugate you or consume you. I respect you (as irreducible). I hail you: in you I hail. I praise you: in you I praise. I give you thanks: to you I give thanks for … I bless you. […] "The 'to' is the guarantor of indirection. The "to" prevents the relation of transitivity, bereft of the other's irreducibility and potential reciprocity. The "to" maintains intransitivity between persons, between the interpersonal question, speech or gift: I speak to you, I ask of you, I give to you (and not: I give you to another). The "to" is the sign of non-immediacy, of mediation between us.” ~ Luce Irigaray. *I Love To You: Sketch of a Possible Felicity in History*. Translated by Alison Martin. Routledge: New York, NY. 1996. pp. 109-110

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Wikipedia Facilitator Training Workshop
by Monika Sengul-Jones 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

*Wikipedia Facilitator Training Workshop* Friday, Feb. 13, 6-8pm Mary Gates Hall <http://www.css.washington.edu/MGH_Directions>430 Led by James Hare, from Wikimedia DC, this workshop covers best practices on teaching new Wikipedia editors. In his words: "Knowing these best practices allows you to translate your expertise in Wikipedia into something an audience with a modest amount of technical literacy can understand." This workshop is open to anyone interested in learning how to host an edit-a-thons or other Wikipedia editing event or activity for newcomers. Bring your own laptops & power cords. (Guest access to UW WiFi will be available.) Please circulate!

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Next Cascadia board meeting
by Pine W 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Hi all, Thanks to everyone who attended Tuesday's meeting, including participants who were teleconferencing from New York, Portland, and San Francisco. We had an excellent meeting that moves Cascadia forward, with many people contributing thoughtful suggestions. We will need to get to the remaining business from Tuesday's meeting, including wrapping up the budget, then moving to bylaws, our website, and the trademark agreement. I have requested meeting space at the Mercer Island Library on Tuesday, January 27 from 6pm to 9pm. I tried the Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond libraries but they were already booked on that day. I am awaiting confirmation of our reservation. Please do read the relevant documents ahead of our meeting so that the discussion can proceed efficiently. Thanks! I will follow up when I have confirmation of the reservation. Pine

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501(c)(3) filing requirement
by Pine W 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Since someone asked about whether we are required to file for 501(c)(3), check out: http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Organiz… http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Public-… 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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Google Apps and TLD
by Pine W 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Jason, Does Top Level Design include Google Apps integration with the website hosting for cascadia.wiki? The host for SeaFOSS does include Google Apps integration, although this requires paying the separate Google Apps fee. It would be very convenient to be able to use the Google Apps suite for CWUG. We could conceivably purchase subscriptions for our users until we get our 501(c)(3) at which time we would be eligible for Google for Nonprofits and get the apps for free. 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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AfroCROWD Wikipedia Workshops at Brooklyn Public Library in New York (Feb 7 & 8)
by Alice Backer 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Announcing AfroCROWD Intro to Wikimedia and How to Edit Wikipedia workshops at New York's Brooklyn Public Library. Please also excuse cross-posting to various lists as we try to network across the United States. WHEN: Saturday, February 7th 12:30 -3PM Sunday February 8th 1-3:30PM EVENTBRITE (better reading format): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afrocrowd-intro-to-wikimedia-how-to-edit-wikip… If you plan to view via Livestream from a different city, please let me know of your interest at alice.backer(a)gmail.com. BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNOUNCEMENT: http://bklynlib.org/15tFUph http://bklynlib.org/15tGPGd PROPOSAL: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/AFROcroWd_and_Interglider.ORG/Ou…) BACKGROUND: Against the backdrop of Black History Month, the workshops seek to further the International Decade for People of African Descent’s development and education goals and Wikimedia’s goal of increasing its reach. Technology companies Facebook, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Twitter have recently reported that their workforce is 2% Black, a figure non-proportionate to the 13% of Blacks living in the United States. The Black Twitter phenomenon shows that Afrodescendants have successfully taken to social media as an organizing tool. Exposing more Afrodescendants to Wikimedia has the potential to take this foray a step further and transfer skills that might deepen Afrodescendant exploration of online technology. But beyond it all, editing Wikipedia alone or as a group is a constructive and rewarding way to spend time online. The workshops will be the first in a series of activities by Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCROWD), a new initiative which seeks to increase the number of people of African Descent who actively partake in the Wikimedia and free knowledge, culture and software movements. The workshops are open to all Afrodescendants including but not limited to individuals who self-identify as African, African-American, Afro-Latino, Biracial, Black, Black-American, Caribbean, Garifuna, Haitian or West Indian. Although the February workshops will be held in English, they will take into account that many Afrodescendant groups in the United States might find that access to Wikipedia’s multilingual crowdsourcing platform can help them transfer free knowledge to populations of African descent outside of the United States that they are connected to through origin or direct familial bonds. Multilingual Afrodescendants may also want to use such platforms to develop and maintain online bodies of relevant knowledge in native languages such as Garifuna, Haitian Kreyòl, Igbo, Spanish, Twi or Yoruba, thereby contributing to the survival of and increasing their proficiency in those languages while also feeling more culturally grounded. WHERE: Brooklyn Public Library Main Branch 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn. NY http://www.bklynlibrary.org/ (Subway: 2,3, 4 to Grand Army Plaza) FOUNDERS AfroCROWD founders are Alice Backer, founder of www.kiskeacity.com, www.haitianbloggers.com, and Global Voices Lingua, a Brooklyn-based lawyer, blogger and free knowledge and culture enthusiast who has been aggregating and disseminating Haitian online expression since 2005 and has launched citizen media campaigns in Haiti, the Caribbean, Africa and the United States and Milos Rancic, founder of Anarchopedia, veteran Wikimedian with over 10 years in the movement, Wikimedia Language Committee member and chair of Interglider.ORG. Milica Gudovic, Interglider.ORG's CEO, participant to the process of localization of Creative Commons Licenses for Serbia and experienced feminist activist of 20 years, has lended considerable time and expertise to our grant proposal and will help us with training in the coming months. STAY UPDATED VIA FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/afroCROWD A L I C E B A C K E R Haitian Blog Aggregator: http://haitianbloggers.com LOF1804 Podcast: http://www.kiskeacity.com Blog: http://www.kiskeacity.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/kiskeacity Newsletter: Kiskeácity Daily skype: alicebacker

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PEG deadline
by Pine W 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Hi all, FYI, Alex told me that since we are planning activities that are time sensitive on our calendar, GAC would still consider our request if it came in February, although it would be ideal to have our request by the end of January. Since we're already close to finishing out our budget, I'm hoping that we can submit the grant request shortly after next week's board meeting, and hopefully get the funding a few weeks after that. 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] Accounting software sale
by Pine W 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

I've had a couple of people mention GnuCash, so I'll document here a few reasons that I don't recommend it for our group: * It wasn't on any of the lists of "best accounting software" reviews that I checked. * It appears to lack online banking and payroll integration. * It appears not to be designed with multi-user online access in mind. GnuCash might be a suitable alternative in a single user environment, but in our multi-user environment I think Xero is a better alternative. 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* On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Blibbet <blibbet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Did you consider GNUcash? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_accounting_software > > I'm not sure how you see a corp-controlled cloud-based product/service > would be good for privacy. > > Use of commercial software seems rather out-of-place, but perhaps I just > hang out more with open source people. It may be different with open > data people, I guess. > > On 01/16/2015 10:10 AM, Ann Summy wrote: > > Thanks Lane! --Ann > > > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:51 AM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Ann, > >> > >> The beginning of it was hearing repeatedly for years that practically > >> every Wikimedia community group has trouble reporting their finances > back > >> to the Wikimedia Foundation, and that arguments over who is responsible > for > >> reporting finances do a lot to cause arguments in community groups which > >> receive grants. > >> > >> After first evaluating the need to try something different to prevent > >> problems in the future and deciding that paying for software was a good > >> idea, Pine did research then presented it back to the rest of the group > and > >> we all discussed the options. That is not a full answer to your > question, > >> but in Wikimedia community groups, the bigger question often is "Why > should > >> anyone pay for any software?" and coming to terms with our own need was > the > >> bigger hurdle here. > >> > >> From the budget, Pine noted - > >> > >> -------------- > >> Note: I researched other options including Wave, Quickbooks Online > >> Sage One, and Freshbooks. It appears to me that Xero is the best choice > >> for us based on the following considerations: usability, privacy, > >> multi-user capabilities and access controls, scalable payroll, > >> 3rd-party tool availability, online banking integration, tax reporting, > >> and cost > >> > >> -------------- > >> > >> The other option considered was Google Spreadsheets, but plain > >> spreadsheets have a history of being insufficient in other community > groups. > >> > >> yours, > >> > >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Ann Summy <ann.summy(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> How/why did you all decide on this accounting software? I have to > start > >>> looking into these as well. > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Alex and James, > >>>> > >>>> Xero, the accounting software that we plan to use, is running a sale > of > >>>> 50 percent off for 6 months if we subscribe by January 31. This would > save > >>>> about $90. But our PEG funding is most likely to come in February. Is > there > >>>> a way that we can *quickly* get funding early from WMF or WMDC for > just the > >>>> first month of service, which I believe will be $15 plus tax? I think > this > >>>> will be sufficient to lock in the discount for 6 months. I am trying > to > >>>> avoid loaning my personal funds to keep everything as clean as > possible > >>>> from accounting and legal standpoints. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Pine > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > >>>> Wikimedia-Cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > >>> Wikimedia-Cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Lane Rasberry > >> user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > >> 206.801.0814 > >> lane(a)bluerasberry.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > >> Wikimedia-Cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > Wikimedia-Cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >

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Google Voice phone number for the user group
by Pine W 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Hi all, I have been asked more than once for contact information in association with our user group, so I have gone ahead with creating a Google Voice account for us: (206) 659-7420. Please feel free to distribute the number if someone asks for contact info for the user group. It currently goes to voicemail. In the unlikely event that we get phone calls through this number on a frequent basis, then we can explore getting a different phone number or answering service to take these calls. When we get around to assigning officer positions at our next board meeting, I will be happy to distribute the PIN number for the voicemail to our new board chair, president, secretary, and treasurer. Stephen, please add this number to the contact info that WMF keeps on file for us. 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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