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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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Re: [Wikimedia Cascadia] TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
by Brian Henry 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

I concur that the startup funds should be disbursed to Pine. - Brian On Jan 19, 2015 4:36 PM, <wikimedia-cascadia-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list submissions to > wikimedia-cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimedia-cascadia-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimedia-cascadia-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-Cascadia digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for Cascadia Wikimedians User > Group (Pine W) > 2. Re: TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for Cascadia Wikimedians > User Group (Raymond Leonard) > 3. Re: TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for Cascadia Wikimedians > User Group (Ann Summy) > 4. Re: TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for Cascadia Wikimedians > User Group (Pine W) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:09:43 -0800 > From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> > To: Alex Wang <awang(a)wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Cascadia mailing list > <wikimedia-cascadia(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, James Hare > <james.hare(a)wikidc.org>, Kirill Lokshin < > kirill.lokshin(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimedia Cascadia] TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for > Cascadia Wikimedians User Group > Message-ID: > <CAF= > dyJhFzYe_u4bv1NvspGDgExjmoq_pW2mKwekCj17Aj6cFYg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Wikimedia DC, Alex (WMF), and Cascadia board, > > As I mentioned in an earlier email, Xero is having a sale that will save > $90 in cost if we subscribe by the end of January. (I have a coupon code > for the sale.) > > In addition to this timing consideration, I have observed the following > conundrum: we can't set up a bank account if we don't have an address and a > Washington State business registration, and we can't set up our address > with Impact HUB if we can't pay, and we can't register with Washington > State if we can't pay. > > To get out of this conundrum, because timing is important (the Xero sale > ends on January 31, which means that we need have funds available before > then), and because Wikimedia DC's reporting requirements appear to be less > time-consuming than PEG's reporting requirements, I would like the group's > permission to request interim funding from Wikimedia DC's grants program > for the following expenses. The payment would be made to me, and I would > use the funds for the following purposes: > > Two months of Xero subscription, after discount, plus tax: $33 > Two months of Impact HUB rent, for 2 days each month: $70 > Two months of Impact HUB mailbox rent: $50 > State of Washington business license, including $19 processing fee and $5 > trade name fee: $24 > State of Washington Secretary of State nonprofit corporation registration: > $30 > City of Seattle registration: $110 > City of Bellevue registration: $86 > Initial refundable bank deposit with BECU: $5 > High-security checkbook from BECU: $35 > Total grant request: $443 > > Any remaining funds would be returned to Wikimedia DC. If these expenses > are funded by Wikimedia DC, then they would be deducted from our upcoming > PEG request to WMF. > > Is this agreeable to Cascadia's Board members? We need at least 4 members > of our Board to agree before I can submit this request to Wikimedia DC. > > Thank 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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TIME SENSITIVE startup funds for Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
by Pine W 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Wikimedia DC, Alex (WMF), and Cascadia board, As I mentioned in an earlier email, Xero is having a sale that will save $90 in cost if we subscribe by the end of January. (I have a coupon code for the sale.) In addition to this timing consideration, I have observed the following conundrum: we can't set up a bank account if we don't have an address and a Washington State business registration, and we can't set up our address with Impact HUB if we can't pay, and we can't register with Washington State if we can't pay. To get out of this conundrum, because timing is important (the Xero sale ends on January 31, which means that we need have funds available before then), and because Wikimedia DC's reporting requirements appear to be less time-consuming than PEG's reporting requirements, I would like the group's permission to request interim funding from Wikimedia DC's grants program for the following expenses. The payment would be made to me, and I would use the funds for the following purposes: Two months of Xero subscription, after discount, plus tax: $33 Two months of Impact HUB rent, for 2 days each month: $70 Two months of Impact HUB mailbox rent: $50 State of Washington business license, including $19 processing fee and $5 trade name fee: $24 State of Washington Secretary of State nonprofit corporation registration: $30 City of Seattle registration: $110 City of Bellevue registration: $86 Initial refundable bank deposit with BECU: $5 High-security checkbook from BECU: $35 Total grant request: $443 Any remaining funds would be returned to Wikimedia DC. If these expenses are funded by Wikimedia DC, then they would be deducted from our upcoming PEG request to WMF. Is this agreeable to Cascadia's Board members? We need at least 4 members of our Board to agree before I can submit this request to Wikimedia DC. Thank 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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Accounting software sale
by Pine W 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

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

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Budget and bylaw proposals
by Pine W 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Hi all, I have almost finished drafting a proposed budget. I need to make a few more tweaks to the bylaws proposal. I hope to have both documents be published and ready for public comment by sometime on Friday. Apologies that this is happening on short notice. I had planned on doing this work in February, but due to WMF Grantmaking's announcement about a January 31 deadline, things are a bit rushed. We can make amendments to the budget and bylaws later if needed, although amending the budget may require that we wait until May for funding unless we have an urgent request or we request funding from a source other than WMF. The budget is the more time-sensitive of the two documents because of the January 31st deadline to submit a proposal. Please be sure to check your email on Friday evening or over the weekend for links to the draft budget and bylaws, and please look through them prior to our meeting on Tuesday so that we are all prepared with questions and comments. 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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On campus now
by Pine W 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Email me if you'd like to connect ahead of the meeting (: Otherwise I'll be in the Communications building at around 5:30. Pine

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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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