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Fwd: 2 Upcoming Legal Trainings: Advocacy & Lobbying - Liability Issues
by Lane Rasberry 21 May '15

21 May '15

Hello, I got notices about these two Seattle lectures and thought that I would share that these kinds of talks are out there for people who are interested. This is from a nonprofit mailing list that leans to the big corporate side of things, but as we have been talking about liability, I thought others might be interested to know that nonprofit orgs in Seattle often wonder about these things. yours, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Washington Nonprofits <info(a)washingtonnonprofits.org> Date: Thu, May 21, 2015 at 9:26 AM Subject: 2 Upcoming Legal Trainings: Advocacy & Lobbying - Liability Issues To:xxx Two Upcoming Legal Trainings: Advocacy & Lobbying - Liability We are pleased to share information about these nonprofit trainings in your area offered by our nonprofit support organization partner, Wayfind. Advocacy and Lobbying: What Your Nonprofit Needs To Know *Tuesday, June 2, 2015 * 12:00-2:00pm 2100 Building 2100 24th Avenue South Seattle, WA This seminar will examine the rules and requirements around advocacy and lobbying by nonprofit tax-exempt organizations in Washington State. There are many misconceptions about whether and to what extent nonprofits can egage in lobbying and advocacy. Nonprofits can do some advocacy, but there are limitations and specific rules regarding the type and amount of adovcacy that nonprofit tax-exempt organizations can do. We will explore the Washington State law registration requirements and the Federal tax law restrictions on tax-exempt organizations that do advocacy and lobbying. Local experts will talk about best practices on managing nonprofit advocacy work. *ABOUT THE SPEAKERS* Elaine Rose, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest, Sheila Anderson, Campion Advocacy Fund and Stand For Your Mission and Robin Kosky, Building Changes. Our speakers are lawyers and nonprofit leaders who have experience in advocacy and lobbying in nonprofit settings. *COST* $30 nonprofit leaders or staff, $100 General Admission/Attorneys with CLE credit, $80 for Wayfind Volunteer Attorneys with CLE credit Snacks and coffee, tea and water will be served. Bring your own lunch. 2.75 CLE Credit (approval pending) Register here <http://www.washingtonnonprofits.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=430999&uid=365…> *Thank you to the Campion Foundation for sponsoring this training!* ------------------------------ Can We Be Sued? Liability Issues for Nonprofits *Tuesday, June 16, 2015* 12:00-2:00pm 2100 Building 2100 24th Avenue South Seattle, WA This seminar is for attorneys and nonprofit leaders to learn about what their risk of being sued as a board member or nonprofit organization. All nonprofit board members should understand what their liability exposure is and how minimize it. The question of what type of insurance should a nonprofit have will be addressed. Topics covered will include common liability risks of nonprofits, high risk activities, liability waivers, Directors and Officers insurance and other types of insurance. *ABOUT THE SPEAKER* Peter J. Smith is a partner at the Apex Law Group, LLP where he has a diverse general business law practice advising nonprofit and for-profit organizations on corporate governance, finance, and risk management. Peter’s practice focuses on entrepreneurs and organizations aiming to make a social impact. John Policar joined Sprague Israel Giles in 1995 and is a Vice President and shareholder. Along with heading up the Commercial Lines Department, he manages a large commercial book of business with a strong focus on the nonprofit community. *COST* $30 nonprofit leaders or staff, $100 General Admission/Attorneys with CLE credit, $80 for Wayfind Volunteer Attorneys with CLE credit Snacks and coffee, tea and water will be served. Bring your own lunch. 2.75 CLE Credit (approval pending) Register here <http://www.washingtonnonprofits.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=431000&uid=365…> ------------------------------ For more information about this event or Wayfind, please visit their website <http://www.washingtonnonprofits.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=431001&uid=365…> or email contact(a)wayfindlegal.org. ------------------------------ WASHINGTON NONPROFITS Washington Nonprofits, Washington's state association for nonprofit organizations, is a membership-based organization that builds a strong, collaborative network of nonprofits serving Washington communities through education, advocacy, and capacity building. It is a member of the National Council of Nonprofits. Join us today! <http://www.washingtonnonprofits.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=431002&uid=365…> <http://www.washingtonnonprofits.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=431003&uid=365…> <http://www.washingtonnonprofits.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=431004&uid=365…> <http://www.washingtonnonprofits.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=431005&uid=365…> <http://www.washingtonnonprofits.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=431006&uid=365…> ------------------------------ Washington Nonprofits 120 State Avenue #303, Olympia, WA 98501 (855) 299-2922 | info(a)washingtonnonprofits.org | www.washingtonnonprofits.org <http://www.washingtonnonprofits.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=431008&uid=365…> This email was sent to: rasberry(a)booti.org | Click here <http://www.washingtonnonprofits.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Email.Unsubscribe&…> to change your preferences for this mailing list. ------------------------------ This email was sent by: Washington Nonprofits 120 State Avenue #303 Olympia, WA 98406 ------------------------------ [image: Powered by CitySoft Community Enterprise] <http://www.citysoft.com> -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com

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Notes from Wikimedia Conference 2015
by Pine W 21 May '15

21 May '15

Hi Cascadians, Here are some of the developments at WMCON: We discussed volunteer burnout, and how affiliates can prevent it among our volunteers. Some of us have raised this subject with WMF as needing their attention as well. I am told by Community Advocacy that they are working on this issue, as well as civility. We discussed the need for better and easier tools to evaluate the impacts of programs. We asked for a learning pattern about how to increase affiliates' human resources capacity We discussed the recruitment and retention of students, professors and high school teachers in Wikipedia education programs. We discussed how to use data and storytelling in written communications like grant reports, blog posts, social media, and press releases. We discussed how we can recruit good quality board members, and keep boards functioning well with low drama and an atmosphere of public service. We discussed government and WMF bureaucracy and how they affect affiliates. We learned some of the finer points about Wikidata. We talked about how projects can fail in good and not-so-good ways. Learning from failure is good; doing pilot projects with managed risk is good. We talked about storytelling, which would be applicable to various kinds of grantmaking reports as well as press releases and outreach efforts. Storytelling can include numbers, and narrative context for those numbers. We learned that for editor retention, the projects with the highest rate of 3-month retention appear to be writing contests. Photo events like Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth engage many more people, but the activity of those users appears to be low outside of photo events; it may be possible to engage such high numbers of photo event participants that a reasonable number, even if a small percentage, of contributors would remain active throughout the year. We discussed communications with the press. WMF Communications is developing resources for affiliates to assist with this. Also, Dorothy said that she'd be willing to consult with us about press releases and other tools that we can use to recruit for our events. We are discussing the creation of a new mailing list for thematic organizations and user groups, and/or expanding the existing Chapters email list so that it is open to board members of thematic organizations and user groups. The Wikimedia Affiliates Network page on Meta ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Network) appears to be an abandoned draft. Some of its ideas appear to be similar to ideas that got support at the conference, such as affiliates networking and supporting each other. I created a logo for the Wikimedia Affiliates Network, by modifying a logo that User:Sonia created awhile back. People may modify the WAN page in accordance with discussions at WMCON. Community Resources, formerly known as Grantmaking, is considering providing more support for user groups Community Resources and the FDC are considering a new grantmaking track for annual plans that are too complex for GAC but fall below the current bright-line thresholds for APG applications Community Resources is planning to have a community consultation about grantmaking processes later this year. WikiAmericans have discussed ways in which we can collaborate this year. These include: * National campaigns for themed events, e.g. Wiki Loves Pride, Art & Feminism * Peer reviews of each other's grants * Share media contacts on a private list with designated people at each affiliate. Particularly noteworthy: BBC, NPR, PBS, C-SPAN, WMF communications staff for the blog, etc * GLAM-Wiki US Consortioum Coordinator, to be hired by WMUS-DC but will have a national scope * Camera and accessories loans and insurance * Press credentials * Public policy coordination * Creation of a mailing list for US board members and officers * Language preservation programs for Native American languages Particular suggestions and ideas for Cascadia Wikimdians that were discussed at the conference or came to mind: * Expand our human resources capacity by using press releases and other tools to recruit new participants * Expand our human resources capacity by hosting editing contests, because those have a relatively high 3-month persistence rate for new contributors * Expand our human resources capacity by creating new partnerships, such as with education and GLAM organizations. * Expand our human resources capacity by holding events on a regular basis at the same location * Document our outcomes more holistically and with greater detail. This includes individual outcomes achieved by Cascadia members. * Document the in-kind support and benefits from partnerships that we receive, such as through UW and OHSU. Bringing resources into the movement is viewed favorably by WMF, including shared and partnership resources. * For dealing with our current challenges regarding WMF's present unwillingness to fund staff time, and our position that we need part-time staff in order to sustain and grow, we have at least 3 options: :* Continue to negotiate with WMF :* Distribute work among more officers, volunteers, and board members (though this may conflict with the concept of the board as a governing group rather than a working group) :* Recruit more people to volunteer. See ideas above. There were a number of suggestions at the conference regarding how to increase human resources capacity, although many of those have questionable long-term sustainability and stability. :* Expand our financial capacity through outside funding :* Crowdfund for specific stories, events, or projects Many photos and some of the presentations for the conference are available on Meta in the category https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Conference_2015. The "official" notes from conference sessions will hopefully be available by early next month, after they have been reviewed by presenters for quality assurance. Let's discuss our potential next steps when we meet on Monday. Cheers, Pine

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Date change: meetup on Monday at Cafe Allegro
by Pine W 20 May '15

20 May '15

Hi Cascadians, Agenda and signup are at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle Thanks, Pine

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Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] [Wikitech-l] [Wmfall] Welcome Darian Patrick
by Pine W 19 May '15

19 May '15

Hi Darian, Welcome to Wikimedia. I'd like to invite you to subscribe to the Cascadia Wikimedians email list; we're the regional affiliate for Oregon, Washington State, and British Columbia. Signup is at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia I'm cc'ing my colleague Another Believer who is in Portland. I hope that the two of you can find time to meet. Cheers, <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia> Pine On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Brion Vibber <bvibber(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Welcome aboard! > > -- brion > > On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, Chris Steipp <csteipp(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'd like to introduce Darian Anthony Patrick, our new Application > Security > > Engineer for the foundation! Darian joins me as a member of the newly > > formed Security Team. He comes from Aspect Security, where he provided > > code/architecture reviews and pen testing to large national and > > international financial institutions. Darian will be working remotely > from > > Portland, OR. You can find him on irc as dapatrick. Darian will focus on > > maintaining and improving the security of MediaWiki and other software at > > the WMF. > > > > In his own words, > > > > “I’m super excited to join the organization, and I look forward to > > working with you all.” > > > > Welcome Darian! > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >

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Cascadia Wikimedians VisualEditor training update; upcoming meetings
by Pine W 08 May '15

08 May '15

Hi all, * We piloted VisualEditor training at the most recent edit-a-thon that we held at UW. The feedback from the librarians was positive. I'll work on turning the training into a video format soon, possibly during my travel to the Wikimedia Conference. I am considering producing a PDF version first because that is easier to do, and a video version second. * The UW librarians are interested in continuing to partner with us. More info about that during the next few weeks. * We received feedback from WMF about the current version of our proposed annual plan on Meta. At this point, WMF is willing to fund portions but not all of our plan. Our Board is in the process of scheduling a meeting to discuss our next steps. * You may remember that Monika mentioned on this list ( https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-cascadia/2015-March/000492.…) her grant proposal for an Inspire campaign project "Full Circle Gap Protocol: Addressing the ‘Unknown Unknowns". WMF has awarded funding for this project. Congratulations, Monika. (: * We will have our regular social meetup at Cafe Allegro on May 26th this month, later than usual. At this meetup, I plan to share what I learned at the Wikimedia Conference and any potential new partnerships or initiatives. We can also discuss our plans for the remainder of this year, including potential future events at the UW libraries. I hope to see many of you on the 26th. (: Pine

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Fwd: [Wikimediaus-l] Great American Wiknic, July 2015 dates?
by Raymond Leonard 02 May '15

02 May '15

Folks, Wikipedia:Wiknic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic> states that "The 2015 Wiknic will be on Sunday, July 5 or Saturday, July 25th (to avoid the holidays), as well as nearby dates, as per local preference." For Seattle, I would like to suggest Sunday, July 5th. At least a couple of us are planning on going to Wikimania 201 <https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>5, July 15–19 (or the shortened varsion July 17-19) in Mexico City. There is also Wikiconference USA 2015 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_USA> in the mix; all we know is that it "is being planned for the second half of 2015." I think that it would be prudent to schedcule the Seattle Wiknic for earlier than later. July 5th would also be constent with last year's date. Previous Seattle Wiknics were held in late June. Thoughts? Yours, Peaceray ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, May 1, 2015 at 10:49 AM Subject: [Wikimediaus-l] Great American Wiknic, July 2015 dates? To: "Wikimedia U.S. Chapter" <wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi fellow Wiki-Americans, I'd like to start a conversation about the Great American Wiknic, and planning for the 2015 edition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiknic On different years we have chosen different suggested dates, and last year we generally moved the events from June to July, to make space for the Wiki Loves Pride campaign. User:Quinto Simmaco has put up two suggested dates on the wiki-page for 2015, Sunday July 5 or Saturday July 24, with each location choosing what suits them best. I generally like the idea of two different weekends to choose from, but I'd like to find out if these are the ones folks prefer. It would be good to settle on some suggested dates, so we can promote more widely, and get planning with local events soon. (Of course, any one or two dates we suggest would be merely suggestions, and folks can pick any date in the summer that suits them best. The major overlapping event for Wiknic this year will be Wikimania, which including preconference runs from July 15-19.) Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC _______________________________________________ Wikimediaus-l mailing list Wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l

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Photos from Nepal
by Pine W 01 May '15

01 May '15

Hi WMF Comms folks, Can you think of a way that we can contact the woman who is mentioned in this article? Some of the photos that she took of Nepal may be of significant value to Wikipedia, Commons, Wikivoyage and related projects. I would like to ask her if she would be willing to license the photos to Commons. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/lifestyles/ct-ln… Thanks, Pine

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Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] [Wikimedia-l] Helping Nepal Through Collaborative Mapping
by Raymond Leonard 29 Apr '15

29 Apr '15

For those of us in the Seattle area: HOT Mapping for Nepal http://www.meetup.com/MaptimeSEA/events/222141886/ Thursday, April 30, 2015, 6:00 PM Yours, Peaceray On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Great article about how you can use pitch in with the Humanitarian > OpenStreetMaps Team (HOT) to aid Nepal rescue and recovery: > > > http://www.fastcoexist.com/3045527/one-way-you-can-help-nepal-right-now-all… > > I'm going to check it out. > > Jake (Ocaasi) > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Introduction by new group member Steve Zitkovich
by Steve Zitkovich 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

Hello Wikimedia-Cascadians, I just joined the group and want to introduce myself. I am a native Seattleite (Garfield High School, 1984) but majored in German and have lived/worked 12 years of my adult life in Europe (Germany, France, UK, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Slovakia). Professionally I am an international product manager specialized in localization. I recently left my last position and am looking for a new job based in Seattle with international travel or be based abroad. There are two reasons I joined the Wikimedia-Cascadia group: 1/ Wikimedia is for me the ultimate internet organization: my internet career is a extension of my interest in languages and inspiration of the internet as a communications medium to make information available across languages regardless of time + geography -- exactly what Wikimedia does! I want to be involved with Wikimedia. 2/ I have a social-entrepreneurial idea around digitizing old print periodicals for which I would like to use some of Wikimedia's open-source tools or potentially even partner with Wikimedia itself. I have talked to Jonathan Morgan about it and he suggested I join this group and see if there are some people who would be interested in working on the idea with me. So if anyone in this group (or has friends outside this group) has a passion for digitizing print materials from the past (ex. DIY music/culture magazines, neighborhood newsletters, school newsletters), send me an email. In any case, I hope to meet you in person at an upcoming Wikimedia-Cascadia gathering. Kind regards, Steve Zitkovich subscribed with "mailinglists(a)zitkovich.com", primary email = "steve(a)zitkovich.com"

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LFNW and SeaGL
by Pine W 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

Hi all, Someone nicely suggested to me that we could have a Wikipedia presentation, workshop, and/or editathon at LFNW and SeaGL. The LFNW schedule has already been published, but SeaGL appears to be some distance from finalizing their schedule, so I've reached out to them. 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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