Perhaps there will be a site visit from Cascadia Wikimedians to the
consultants' office this year, and perhaps we can invite them to join us at
the (usually) monthly Seattle meetups. (:
Pine
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Last week's update was late, this one is early - the Foundation staff are
> together this week for the Developers Summit and All Hands meeting the next
> two days, so we'll be doing more stuff face to face, learning and sharing.
> So, with no further ado:
>
> As I mentioned in past updates, we have been working to identify the
> external experts which will serve as the Lead Architects for this process.
> I am very excited to introduce you to williamsworks
> <http://williamsworks.com/>!
>
> williamsworks[1] has more than a decade of experience working with
> nonprofits, companies, and philanthropists around the world. Their team is
> made up of folks with deep experience in philanthropy, communications,
> public policy, and global development. They are based out of Seattle, with
> a global team in places such as Nairobi and Berlin. We're going to be
> working with a dedicated team, including their founder, Whitney Williams,
> on this process.
>
> williamsworks will be responsible for coordinating all the various moving
> parts and needs of the strategy process. They'll be working closely with
> folks in the Foundation, community, and myself to help us identify the
> information we need and the conversations we need. They'll be leading us
> through parsing information and making decisions to help us arrive at a
> shared direction.
>
> To begin this work process, I'm delighted that they'll be joining us at
> this week's All Hands. They've been meeting with teams from across the
> Foundation today in order to get to know folks. Tomorrow and Friday they'll
> be here to listen and learn about our culture and mission.
>
> Over the past few weeks, we evaluated williamsworks among other candidates
> according criteria that reflects our needs as a movement. This included
> whether the candidate had created successful organizational or movement
> strategies before, whether they demonstrated a strong understanding of the
> need to build an inclusive process, and whether the candidate had
> international and nonprofit experience. (More specific criteria is outlined
> on Meta-Wiki.[2])
>
> The next step is building out and confirming the core team facilitating the
> work ahead. Please stay tuned to this list and the Movement Strategy Portal
> on Meta-Wiki for more details.[3]
>
> Katherine
>
> PS. A version of this message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Updates/11_January_2017_-_Update_4_on_
> Wikimedia_movement_strategy_process
>
>
> [1] http://williamsworks.com
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
> movement/2017/Team#Criteria_for_Lead_Architect
> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
>
> --
> Katherine Maher
>
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 149 New Montgomery Street
> San Francisco, CA 94105
>
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> +1 (415) 712 4873
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You have been invited to the following event.
Title: Fwd: Scheduling the January 2017 meeting for the US Wikimedians
Coalition
When: Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:30pm – 7:30pm Pacific Time
Calendar: Wikimedia Cascadia mailing list
Who:
* Melissa Ganus - organizer
* Pine W
* San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians
* Wikimedia Cascadia mailing list
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: Scheduling the January 2017 meeting for the US Wikimedians
Coalition
To: "Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS)" <
wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, North American Cultural Partnerships <
glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello US Wikimedians,
Our meeting will be on Monday, January 30th at 6:30 PM Pacific / 9:30 PM
Eastern. The Zoom meeting info will be forthcoming.
Pine
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 10:51 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi US Wikimedians,
>
> Happy 2017.
>
> Please participate in this Doodle poll to indicate your scheduling
> preferences for our January meeting: http://doodle.com/poll/ggph4y4
> rtr9dfvtv.
>
> A tentative meeting agenda is at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik
> i/WALRUS/January_2017. You are welcome to make additions to the agenda.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pine
>
>
Dear Wikimedians,
The annual report for Cascadia Wikimedians User Group is available on
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cascadia_
Wikimedians/2016_report
Note that there may be some updates.
No members stood for election to the January 1, 2017 through December 31,
2019 term. The current board and officer assignments are below:
2016-01-01 through 2018-12-31 terms (3 year)
* Peaceray
* Benjamin Mako Hill
* Pine
2016-01-01 through 2017-12-31 terms (2 year, initial staggered)
* SounderBruce
* Jmabel
* Brianhe
Board appointment to fill a vacant seat until next election (2017-01-01
through 2017-12-31 )
* Another Believer (continuing from 2016 board)
We have 2 remaining open seats on our board that may be appointed by the
other board members, or may be filled during the next regular election.
Officer re-appointments:
*President: Peaceray (continuing from 2016)
*Vice President: Benjamin Mako Hill (continuing from 2016)
*Treasurer: Brianhe (continuing from 2016)
Brianhe will act as the Secretary until we fill this role.
You may reach me for questions by email or on my talk page.
Happy 2017,
Peaceray
--
Raymond F. Leonard, Jr.
User:Peaceray
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Peaceray>Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
<http://cascadia.wiki/> board member & president
peaceray(a)cascadia.wiki (forwards to)
raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com
Cascadia Wikimedians User Group is a 501(c)3 non-profit, charitable
organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and
distribution of free, multilingual, educational Wikimedia content in
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Hello Cascadians,
Happy New Year!
I'd like to invite this group to be an affiliated sponsor of Editing as
Activism: Black History Month Wikipedia Workshop and Editing at University
of Washington-Bothell Feb. 22 and 23, 2017.
This exciting two-day event is being organized by the SocialJustice
Organizers <https://www.uwb.edu/sea/socialjustice/sjo> (Kimberly Michelle
Correa, lead organizer, is cc'd).
Please read below and let me know if you can participate. I will also start
a Seattle meetup page and connect with the Black WikiHistory Month events.
I created an outreach page here:
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Washington_-_Bo…
*Editing as Activism: Black History Month Wikipedia Workshop and
Edit-a-thon*
*Learn to Purposefully Edit Wikipedia*
February 22, 2017 ~3-4:30pm
Location: Activities and Recreation Center
This workshop gives you the critical tools you need to log on with purpose
and make edits that make a difference
Lead by Monika Sengul-Jones
*Black History Month Edit-a-thon*
February 23, 2017 3-6pm
Location: UW Bothell Common Grounds
Put your editing skills to work in a group editing session. Edit and/or
create pages that improve Wikipedia's coverage of Black history and
culture. All welcome. Novice editors encouraged to attend the Learn to
Purposefully Edit session on Feb. 22. Bring your laptops, power cords, and
books/articles to edit with.
All are welcome; this event is specifically geared towards the University
of Washington student and faculty community.
*Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion *
The organizers of this event are committed to diversity and inclusion. "At
the University of Washington Bothell, diversity is integral to excellence.
We value and honor diverse experiences and perspectives, strive to create
welcoming and respectful learning environments, and promote access,
opportunity and justice for all."
This event will incorporate the following
• Pronoun check-ins. Ensure the space is inclusive
• Kindness and respect. No racist, sexist, or hateful speech
• Reflexivity. Speak for ourselves and not for others
--
Monika Sengul-Jones
www.monikasengul.com
(206) 715-2320
Thanks for sending this, Gnangarra. Cascadia Wikimedians has an interest in
content relating to the indigenous peoples of North America, so I'm
forwarding your email to the Cascadia mailing list for others to read.
Pine
On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Kaya
>
> Some of you would have become aware of a project in Perth Western Australia
> that has been ongoing since 2014. The ultimate aim is have
> nys.wikipedia.org
> currently its at https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys with 500
> articles
>
> While everyone has been focused on enjoying the holiday break the people
> facilitating this project have been busily writing a report on the project
> and it was publish last night.
>
> It looks at working with an Indigenous cultural/language group in the
> southwest of Western Australia, the first chapter covers this detail.
>
> The project has been working on a number of very specific challenges facing
> minority and Indigenous cultures in contributing to the projects. It
> discusses what worked how that evolved, we investigated intangible
> knowledge sources and even challenged the methods of collecting the
> statistics behind the conclusion that Noongar language is a threatened
> language.
>
> The project has worked with multiple generations of Nyoongar people in
> differing environments, its worked with students from the early years of
> primary school 6,7 8 years old through to post graduate students.
>
> Wikimedia Australia is currently organising opportunities to discuss with
> facilitators of the project, the first event is in Darwin in March and
> later in Perth during October. As always if you find yourself in Perth let
> me know we are always ready to have yarn. In the mean time enjoy reading
> about Noongarpedia and we hope it offers insights
>
> http://cultural-science.org/journal/index.php/culturalscience
>
> --
>
> G
> ideon
> President Wikimedia Australia
> WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra
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Hello colleagues,
This afternoon, Cascadia Wikimedians User Group had our annual meeting at
the University of Washington in Seattle. Meeting notes (not yet finalized)
are available at
http://cascadia.wiki/Workroom/Meeting_minutes/December_17,_2016.
Regards,
Pine
Acting Secretary
Hello Cascadians,
As of today there is a total of $3,075.41 in the Cascadia Wikimedians bank
accounts.
I am still working through the accounting for our WMF grant funding. I have
a draft report here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Cascadia_Wikimedians_User_Group/…
Of the $6765.81, it appears that we spent $4419.79. Any remaining funds
from the grant, estimated at $2346.02, will be returned to WMF.
If we take the funds in the bank, $3,075.41, and subtract the amount
estimated to be returned to WMF, $2346.02, that leaves us $729.39 that we
will retain for our use. That $729.39 amount is higher than I anticipated,
and I will be doing further work to verify the correct amount.
WMF will look at our receipts for our expenses before accepting our grant
report.
I will be at the meeting this afternoon and am available for questions,
both at the meeting and online. At this point my work focuses on reporting
for past expenses, and I believe that Brian and Peaceray are developing a
budget for next year.
Regards,
Pine