Hello everyone,
The draft minutes of the Wikimedia DC Board of Directors meeting held on
June 2 are attached. As always, comments and suggestions are very welcome!
Cheers,
Kirill
--
Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
Hello everyone,
Many of you know Kevin Chen, who has served as Vice President of Wikimedia
DC over the past six months. For those of you who have not had the
pleasure of working with him, I will say that Kevin has been a major force
in the development and professionalization of Wikimedia DC over the course
of the last year, first as a member of our Legal Committee, and then as a
Director and as Vice President.
Unfortunately, Kevin will be moving out of the DC area in the near future.
As he will consequently be unable to devote a signifiant amount of time to
Wikimedia DC activities, Kevin is stepping down from his positions as
Director and Vice President. The Board of Directors has accepted Kevin's
resignation with great regret; we are all deeply grateful for Kevin's many
insightful contributions to the development of our chapter, and are looking
forward to working closely with him again at some point in the future.
To fill Kevin's seat until the next regular election this October, the
Board of Directors has appointed Tom Risen as a Director and to the
position of Vice President. Tom is a professional journalist who has
recently been assisting with some of our outreach initiatives; we are
certain that he will prove a valuable asset to our organization.
Please join me in welcoming Tom to the Wikimedia DC family!
Cheers,
Kirill
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Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
I'm very pleased to announce two new developments at Wikimedia DC.
First, we'd like to welcome our first staff member, Lisa Marrs, who will be
assisting us as an Outreach & Program Coordination Intern over the next
several months. Lisa's duties will include coordinating our outreach
efforts and acting as a primary point of contact for cultural and
educational institutions; preparing our external communications, including
blog posts, press releases, and social media postings; and supporting the
organizing teams of Wikimania 2012 and Wiki Loves Monuments USA 2012.
Second, we've moved into our new office space, which is located at 1875 K
Street NW in Washington, DC. We'll be using this space through at least
the end of September; it will be both a work area for Lisa (and perhaps
another intern later in the summer) as well as a location for internal and
external meetings over the next few months. We're currently busy getting
settled in and setting up the office, and will be ready to welcome visitors
in late June; if you're interested in visiting us, please let us know, and
we'll arrange access for you.
As always, any comments or suggestions are very welcome. We look forward
to hosting everyone here in Washington for Wikimania next month!
Cheers,
Kirill
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Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
Hello everyone,
The Board of Directors of Wikimedia DC will meet at 3 PM on June 2, 2012 to
conduct routine business. The meeting will take place at the
Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, located at 4450 Wisconsin Avenue
NW in Washington, DC, and will also be accessible via conference call
at 916-209-4534 (PIN # 7328117).
The order of business for the meeting is attached. As always, everyone is
welcome to attend, either in person or via conference call. If you're
planning to attend, please let me know.
Cheers,
Kirill
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Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
Hello everyone,
The draft minutes of the Wikimedia DC Board of Directors meeting held on
May 5 are attached. As always, comments and suggestions are very welcome!
Cheers,
Kirill
--
Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
Hi there, this was pointed at towards DC folks.
-Sarah
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [cultural-partners] Fwd: [Taxacom] Digitizing Science
Collections: Science Briefing for Policymakers
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 19:56:15 +0100
From: Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
Reply-To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination
<cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>
To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination
<cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>
Of interest to our Washington DC colleagues?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Julie Palakovich Carr<jpalakovichcarr(a)aibs.org>
Date: 14 May 2012 18:27
Subject: [Taxacom] Digitizing Science Collections: Science Briefing
for Policymakers
To: taxacom<taxacom(a)mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
Digitizing Science Collections: Unlocking Data for Research and Innovation
Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 2:00-3:00 pm
2325 Rayburn House Office Building
Natural science collections are research facilities and infrastructure
that house irreplaceable specimens and data. New technologies and
techniques make it possible to move this information from the shelves
of a science collection to a computer in a research laboratory,
classroom, or home.
This briefing will explore how scientists and natural science
collections managers are working to digitize the nation's natural
science collections to press forward the frontiers of research, spur
new technology, and provide information to answer pressing societal
problems.
The Value of Biological Collections to Science, Education, and the Economy
Speaker: Dr. Mary Liz Jameson, Associate Professor at Wichita State University
Digitization: Exponentially Increasing Access to Collections Data
Speaker: Dr. Larry Page, President of the Natural Science Collections
Alliance and Curator of Fishes at Florida Museum of Natural History
Protecting and Using America’s Irreplaceable Resource Now and in the Future
Speaker: Dr. Michael A. Mares, Director of the Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History and Professor of Zoology at University of
Oklahoma
This event is open to the public
RSVP at www.aibs.org/rsvp/digitization.html
Sponsored by the Natural Science Collections Alliance
Please share this invitation with your colleagues.
Julie Palakovich Carr
Senior Public Policy Associate
American Institute of Biological Sciences
1444 I Street, NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202-568-8117
www.aibs.org
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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Hi everyone,
Friday, May 25, we are hosting a second edit-a-thon at the Smithsonian
Institution Archives. This event will focus on general Smithsonian
history, specifically the improvement and creation of articles related
to SI museums, archives, research centers, and people related to them. I
hope you will join us. Ten participation slots are available.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC_32
This is also my last event in Washington, as I am leaving two days later
to move to the Bay Area. I'm grateful for all of the assistance and
support Wikimedia DC has provided during the two years I have been
there. Really happy to see all that has taken place and all that
continues to take place.
-Sarah
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*Sarah Stierch*
*/Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow/*
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Hello,
Today marks one year since Wikimedia District of Columbia held its
first meeting. Happy birthday, Wikimedia DC! Here is to many more
years of community and progress.
Regards,
James Hare