Local activist needs Wikipedia help. Any help appreciated! Thanks.
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Subject: Re: [ta3m-seattle-discuss] [ta3m-seattle-announce] announce:
TA3M Seattle June: Community, Communications, Assholes and Infiltrators
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:17:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Paul English (via ta3m-seattle-discuss Mailing List)
<ta3m-seattle-discuss(a)lists.riseup.net>
Reply-To: tallpaul(a)engmooski.net
To: ta3m-seattle-discuss(a)lists.riseup.net
People were curious how they could support GWOB, and the recent website
hack was mentioned.
If you have Wordpress / PHP security skills, one thing that is needed is
some forensic analysis and cleaning of a Wordpress database.
Another thing that is clearly needed, given that gwob.org is mostly
offline is an update of their Wikipedia page, for those of you that are
(or know!) Wikipedia editors:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeks_Without_Bounds
It is the first hit on DuckDuckGo and doesn't mention Lisha at all(!),
or much of their more current work that was covered in the talk, and
probably sufficiently referencable for Wikipedia standards.
On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, Lee Fisher wrote:
> Lisha, our speaker from last night needs some funding help. Please help
> if you can. Thanks!
>
> -----SNIP-----
> Please help Lisha Sterling and Joel Preston Smith get to the The Circle
> of HOPE conference !
>
> Lisha will be giving a talk entitled "Tech Warrior Camp at Standing
> Rock: Lessons for Keeping The Lights On and the Livefeeds Streaming".
>
> Lisha and Joel will be presenting a workshop together called "Assholes
> and Infiltrators: A game for every activist" to help people learn how to
> deal with difficult or problematic members of a community to prevent
> damage to the core work of your group.
>
> Unfortunately, HOPE does not pay for speakers' travel, so we need YOUR
> help to get there. We need airfare for each of us (coming from different
> states), plus a place to sleep, food, and transportation in New York.
>
> Joel Preston Smith is the Director of Field Operations and
> Communications at Frontline Wellness United. Lisha Sterling is the
> Executive Director at Geeks Without Bounds and also a board member at
> Frontline Wellness United. Both do this work FULL TIME and neither
> currently receives a salary for the work they do.
> -----SNIP-----
>
> https://www.gofundme.com/get-joel-and-lisha-to-hope
>
>
> On 06/11/2018 05:26 PM, Lee Fisher wrote:
>> WHAT: TA3M Seattle (Tech Activism, 3rd Mondays) June meeting
>> WHEN: June 18th, 6:30-9:00pm (3rd Mondays)
>> WHERE: WeWork South Lake Union, 500 Yale Ave N
>>
>> Networking and food 6:30-7:00. Presentation starts at 7:00. Community
>> discussion after presentation.
>>
>> Food is pizza, pizza and 2 kinds of vegetarian salad, about 1/3 of the
>> pizzas are also vegetarian. Lesson learned from last month.
>>
>> =====
>>
>> PRESENTATION:
>>
>> Community, Communications, Assholes and Infiltrators
>> By Lisha Sterling
>>
>> Over the past three years, Geeks Without Bounds (GWOB) has been working
>> on a number of community Internet projects -- from "Canoe Net" in the
>> Ecuadoran jungle to WiFi at Standing Rock. Along the way, we've learned
>> that communications technology is both a boon for low resource
>> communities and a potential weakness that allows powerful enemies of the
>> community to track and destroy the very things the community stands for.
>> Mobile networks are vulnerable to cell site simulators (aka IMSI
>> Catchers, aka Stingrays). An Internet connection opens you up to all
>> manner of possible attack. Social media gives the government and
>> corporations information that can be used against you. And yet, without
>> these communications tools low resource communities have little if any
>> chance to compete, engage in global discussions, or improve their local
>> situation. Learn about how we are working to help communities from India
>> to "Indian Country" connect to the Internet and each other, and how we
>> are helping them stay safe(r) once they connect.
>>
>> Lisha Sterling is the executive director of Geeks Without Bounds, a
>> nonprofit organization that supports open source technology in low
>> resource situations. She writes about cybersecurity for activists at
>> nonviolent-conflict.org. She is the board member in charge of
>> information security for Frontline Wellness United (a nonprofit
>> organization providing free medical, dental and mental health services
>> to activists and whistleblowers) and also serves on the board of Gods
>> and Radicals (a nonprofit cooperative Pagan Anti-Capitalist publisher),
>> where she has recently been writing about lessons learned while
>> coordinating the technology team at the Water Protector camps in
>> Standing Rock, ND in 2016-2017.
>>
>> =====
>>
>> COMMUNITY DISCUSSION:
>>
>> We'll have dedicated time for community Q&A with the speaker and meet &
>> greet after the talk. We've had a lot of this at past meetings - let's
>> keep it going!
>>
>> =====
>>
>> LOCATION:
>>
>> This month, for the first time, we'll be hosted at the South Lake Union
>> branch of WeWork. Thanks to Meetup.com and Michelle for arranging it!
>>
>> WeWork - South Lake Union
>> 500 Yale Avenue North
>> Seattle WA 98109
>> https://www.wework.com/buildings/south-lake-union--seattle--WA
>>
>> Note: Try to get there on time. Building doors lock after hours. A TA3M
>> organizer will be waiting for stragglers until about 7:10, After that,
>> look for a yellow-sticky on door for a number to call to get someone to
>> get you in.
>>
>>
>>
>
Written by Peaceray and myself. I won't be surprised if Sage (who was
there in a separate capacity from Cascadia Wikimedians), has something
to add. I'm pretty sure that at least some of what is here will be news
to each of you.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_Wikimedians/2018_Wikimedia_Confere…
JM
I talked this evening with Felix Nartey
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Nartey) from Ghana and it looks
like their group are pretty far along in arranging to do some
orally-based work with people from indigenous cultures there. However,
the want to use Wikidata to track their content, and on data modeling
they are very much just beginners. I told them that I suspect I am not
the only Cascadia Wikimedian who would be interested in helping them
work out a schema to model the data, since several of us have relevant
skills. This might eventually also be of benefit to us locally as well,
for cultural stuff with ethic groups and tribes/nations in our
geographic area. Not sure all of what this will ultimately entail from
us, but Felix seems rock-solid, so we'd have a strong collaborator on
the other end: I'm pretty sure they can sort out most of what data
they'd want to track, and we'd just have to devise a schema.
Are there others in Cascadia besides just me who'd be interested in
taking this on? Anyone know someone not yet a Wikimedian (or not all
that active) who might find this interesting?
JM
Hello,
I am in Seattle for the Sage Bionetworks Assembly.
<http://sageassembly.org/>
On behalf of Cascadia I will be pitching Wikipedia collaboration to
everyone.
Is anyone free and interested to meet up at any time Monday - Wednesday
April 16-18? Perhaps we could meet some evening at Cafe Allegro. I would do
annual reporting if that still needs to be done.
Sorry for short notice.
Thanks,
--
Lane Rasberry
user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
206.801.0814
lane(a)bluerasberry.com
Hi Cascadia Wikimedians board members,
As a part of issue the issue of Cascadia Wikimedians reports, I would like
to ask specifically whether CWUG is caught up on filing its reports and
paying money owed to government agencies like the City of Seattle,
Washington State Secretary of State, Washington State Department of Labor
and Industries, and the US Internal Revenue Service.
I think that filing those reports and paying those amounts due is more
urgent than completing WMF reports and completing the public accounting for
CWUG's funds in 2017, because late reports and payments to government
agencies can result in fines or worse consequences such as loss of licenses
and receiving legal consequences for operating an unlicensed organization.
If there is a question about which work to prioritize among (1) reports and
fees due to government agencies, (2) public accounting for CWUG's finances,
(3) reports about CWUG's programs for WMF and the public, and (4) outreach
or content development activities, then I would suggest prioritizing them
in that order.
I realize that I'm no longer on the CWUG board and I'm not currently a
registered member of the organization, but I would like the organization to
survive.
Thanks,
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
Forwarding.
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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From: Kevin Payravi <kevinpayravi(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 11:32 AM
Subject: [Wikimediaus-l] WikiConference North America 2018 - Community
Survey [Help Wanted]
To: "Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States (WALRUS)" <
wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
WikiConference North America needs your help! We want your input on the
needs and wants for our conference. This is your chance to let us know the
problems, goals, and types of programming you think our North American
Wikimedia community needs to focus on.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFcST3dDx6Za7nSxGW
iCl4YgkYpWsZl05y3j_ceplY_R6JuA/viewform
The survey shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes, and is a prerequisite for
us to get grant funding from the Wikimedia Foundation - so your input is
greatly appreciated!
If you haven't heard yet, we're thrilled to announce that WikiConference
North America 2018 will be happening in Columbus, Ohio from October 18 -
21. Stay tuned to our website for details, and follow us on social media to
be kept up to date.
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2018/Main_Page
Thank you!
Kevin Payravi
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Hello Wiki Cascadia,
I wanted to share some news. I have served as Wikipedian in Residence at
Consumer Reports since April 2012. Thanks to Cascadia's own user:llywrch
for writing in 2006 "Wikipedian-in-residence, a proposal
<http://original-research.blogspot.ca/2006/12/wikipedian-in-residence-propos…>",
which I credit as the origin of the creation of this first full-time wiki
job position.
Elsewhere on this list there is discussion about Wiki Cascadia's
organization and development. Normally I like to be a little reserved and
have something to show before making announcements, but since people are
asking about what is next for Wiki Cascadia, I have some news. At the
beginning of March accepted a new job as Wikimedian in Residence at the
Data Science Institute at the University of Virginia. I have some projects
with Consumer Reports which I will continue through 2018 at least, but now
my focus is on Wikidata for the university.
- job announcement
<https://dsi.virginia.edu/people/lane-rasberry/profile>
- profile page <https://dsi.virginia.edu/people/lane-rasberry>
I recognize that I am on the opposite side of the country as Cascadia, and
while my projects at Consumer Reports put me close to Wiki NYC, I grew into
these job roles because of the culture of Cascadia and the collaboration
that I have had with Wiki Cascadia members. Wiki Cascadia and the spirit
which preceded it contributed significantly to the creation of these wiki
jobs and will continue to generate future institutional partnerships
including jobs, media donations, in-kind support, recruitment of individual
organization members and wiki participants, and when the time comes, direct
sponsorship.
In my new role I will be engaging with Wikidata on behalf of the university
and its own partners. In Seattle Mako and Jonathan have organized these
kinds of activities for years, so this kind of activity already has 5+
years of history in Wiki Cascadia.
https://wiki.communitydata.cc/Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle/archive
Other people in Seattle have done other data based projects, like Sage
whose excellent Programs and Events Dashboard provides the communication
metrics which organizations require to justify their wiki engagement, and
Monika, whose cooperation with OCLC has encouraged librarians and
information scientists to explore opportunities to federate Wikimedia
content to all the information available through the connection of
individual concepts to library catalog identifiers. Other people in
Cascadia have other data heavy projects which eventually we will better
document.
Although I think Wikidata partnerships are trendy now and likely to become
more popular, the entire Cascadia region is well positioned to benefit from
a range of interest in Wikimedia projects for all the reasons that this
list's members continue to recognize. If and when there is any organization
in Cascadia that could imagine a Wikidata partnership, then as always, any
program in partnership with Wiki Cascadia and its members has my particular
attention, favor, and gratitude.
Thanks,
--
Lane Rasberry
user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
206.801.0814 <(206)%20801-0814>
lane(a)bluerasberry.com
Thanks Peaceray!
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:44 PM, Raymond Leonard <
raymond.f.leonard.jr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Monika,
>
> I added the following:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#Art+
> Feminism,_Saturday,_February_24th,_1-5pm
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Meetup/February_2018
>
> I also submitted it to
> http://www.artandfeminism.org/find-an-event/
> but I am still waiting for it to appear.
>
> Yours,
> Peaceray
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Monika Sengul-Jones <
> jones.monika(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Lane! Good idea! Looks like the invite is for invited people only
>> to
>> RSVP (are you coming over from NY for the occasion?)
>>
>> That reminds me, please, all are invited to the next edition of Art +
>> Feminism at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, on Feb. 24. Time TBD, I'll follow
>> up.
>>
>> MSJ
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Cascadia,
>> >
>> > Check this out:
>> > <http://hivemedialabgrandopening.com/>
>> >
>> > 4:30 - 7:30 PM
>> >
>> > FEBRUARY 9TH
>> >
>> > *HIVE MEDIA LAB*
>> >
>> > *401 MERCER STREET*
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=401+MERCER+STREET*+%0D+%3E+%0D+%3E+*SEATTLE,+WA+…>
>> >
>> > *SEATTLE, WA 98109
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=401+MERCER+STREET*+%0D+%3E+%0D+%3E+*SEATTLE,+WA+…>
>> *
>> >
>> > KCTS9 is the PBS affiliate in Seattle.
>> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCTS-TV>
>> > Brian Glanz, who is an Open Knowledge Foundation organizer, is managing
>> > programs here and has said that the space could host and promote
>> > wiki-meetups. One of the goals of this place is to promote Seattle's
>> > culture of open media.
>> >
>> > If any Wiki Cascadia people are able to go then great! I think that one
>> of
>> > the challenges in Seattle to developing wiki culture has been outreach
>> and
>> > advertising. Perhaps by combining wiki with more general open culture
>> in a
>> > designated space, various open content groups could share communities
>> and
>> > collaborate.
>> >
>> > yours,
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > 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
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Monika Sengul-Jones
>> www.monikasengul.com
>> (206) 715-2320
>> _______________________________________________
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>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
>>
>
>
--
Monika Sengul-Jones
www.monikasengul.com
(206) 715-2320