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Travel Policy
by Pine W 28 Jan '15

28 Jan '15

Note for board members, the Awards Policy was getting scope creep into travel policy, so I moved Travel Policy to a separate document and made modifications. The draft policy is based on WMF's travel policy. It's OK if we don't have time to discuss travel policy tonight, since it is a lower priority than other items that we have on the agenda. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iM-PxtYwElZ2NCLD5zVODBwXDXq_K-mko03bvoy… 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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Edits to bylaw document
by Pine W 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Hi all, With thanks to Kirill for thoroughly reading the proposed bylaws, I have made the following modifications which we will discuss during our Tuesday meeting: *Article III, section 1 broken up into 2 sections. Section 2 concerns lobbying. Consistent with discussion with Steven LaPorte about interpretation of our user group agreement, the restriction about influencing legislation is modified to restrict only lobbying or influencing legislation that is inconsistent with the Wikimedia mission. *Article V, section 3 "Notice of Member Meetings" modified to allow for electronic meeting notice provided that RCW 24.03.009 is fulfilled. *Article V "Membership meetings" sections 4 and 5 modified to more explicitly discuss virtual presence and allow for voting by mail in some circumstances. Artivle V "Quorum" section modified to allow for a lower threshold quorum than 50% of the membership once the total number of members is sixteen or more. *Article VI "Board of directors" section 9 on Director vacancies changed from "Board shall appoint" to "Board may appoint". I highlighted for Board to discuss this section in particular at our meeting. *"Consequences of failing a background check; privacy disqualification" changed to limit prohibition on becoming a Board member or officer until "the appropriate length of time has passed since the incident in question per Article VI section 3 subsection C, "Qualifications"." *Article VI, Section 4.a on executive sessions: clarified that Board members and officers in attendance must not be recused. *Article VII, section 1 list of officers made consistent with Article VII, Section 5. *Article VII, section 2 changed to require that the board chair and vice-chair be board members. *Moved the 2nd portion of the Treasurer's job description, which discussed authority to allow variances from budgets. This section is now in Article X, "Fiscal Controls". * Modified the documentation requirement to allow that some expenses of $10 or less where there may be no receipt offered, such as parking fees that are paid with cash, may still be eligible for disbursements at the discretion of the Treasurer and subject to later review by the Finance Committee. *Article X - "Fiscal controls" section 1-c clarified. Thanks very much for your feedback, Kirill. 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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Your Wikimedia DC grant application
by Kirill Lokshin 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Hi Pine, Thank you for submitting a grant application on behalf of the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group [1]. Wikimedia DC is committed to supporting Wikimedian groups around the country, and we look forward to seeing how we can assist you and your group. We have begun our review of your application, and we have a few questions regarding the budget items you listed: (1) In line item 1, what is the rationale for selecting Xero as an accounting tool? (2) In line item 1, what is the rationale for selecting the Standard package on Xero? (3) In line item 4, why is a trade name fee required? (4) In line items 6 and 7, why is local registration occurring in multiple jurisdictions? (5) In line item 9, what is the nature of the high-security checkbook, and why is it required? To expedite further review of your application, please provide your responses to these questions at your earliest convenience. Regards, Kirill [1] http://wikimediadc.org/wiki/Grant:Cascadia_Wikimedians_User_Group_Quick_Sta… -- Kirill Lokshin Secretary, Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org

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Reminder: meeting at Mercer Island Library on Tuesday
by Pine W 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Reminder: Cascadia Wikimedians User Group board meeting at Mercer Island Library on Tuesday! Agenda here. Please sign to indicate your attendance plans. Please add any items to the agenda that you think should be added. We're going to try to finish Cascadia's setup at Tuesday's meeting, so that we can move forward with sending our substantive grant request to GAC and doing major preparation work for programs later this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle 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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Editing Workshop: Learn to Contribute to Wikipedia!
by Monika Sengul-Jones 24 Jan '15

24 Jan '15

*Editing Workshop: Learn to Contribute to Wikipedia!* Friday, Feb. 13, 2pm-4pm at the University of Washington Research Commons <http://commons.lib.washington.edu/about/location-1>, Green Room A <http://commons.lib.washington.edu/resources/green-a> Hosted by Wikimedia DC and Wikimedia Cascadia User Group Learn to be an editor on Wikipedia! Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia. Anyone can learn to contribute. Get signed up, learn the markup language, and how to avoid common pitfalls. Whether you're completely new, or you've written or edited in the past, the workshop will cover the basic skill set. Experienced Wikipedia editors will be on hand to answer questions. This workshop is open to anyone who wishes to attend. Bring your own laptops & power cords. (Guest access to UW WiFi will be available.) The Wikipedia Editing Workshop is recommended as a pre-session for participants in 'I Love To You': Critical Wikipedia Edit-a-thon <http://www.ilovetoyou.wordpress.com/>, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2013. -- Please circulate!

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Valentine's Day Feminism and Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Event
by Monika Sengul-Jones 24 Jan '15

24 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 24 Jan '15

24 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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