And welcome to the ex CEO club! Come and see me in London soon!
Well done for all you did,
Jon Davies
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> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 10:33:59 +0200
> From: Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland <rientjes(a)wikimedia.nl>
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> Hi Jan,
>
> I am very, very sorry to see you go. You are a wonderful colleague - and
> a source of sanity and calm in the group of chapter ED's.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sandra
>
>
>
>
>
> Sandra Rientjes
> Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland
>
> tel. (+31) (0)30 3200238
> mob. (+31) (0)6 31786379
>
> www.wikimedia.nl
>
> *Postadres*: *
> Bezoekadres:*
> Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3
> 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht
>
> 2015-10-08 10:22 GMT+02:00 Jan Ainali <jan.ainali(a)wikimedia.se>:
>
> > All,
> >
> > For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for Wikimedia
> > Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the
> > board (at different times) and have been involved since the founding of
> the
> > chapter in 2007. It is perhaps even an understatement to say that the
> > chapter has been a big part of my life. I have had the opportunity to be
> > part of a fantastic journey from starting the first chapter’s activities
> to
> > today, with stable strategic activities, seven people in the office, and
> a
> > diversified board. It has been an awesome time in my life and I have met
> > and worked with some truly wonderful persons along the way, and I am
> > thankful to all of you that have made it so inspiring. But now, as my
> > contract is about to come to an end, I feel that it is time for me to
> move
> > on to new endeavours. I am confident that the chapter is already in good
> > hands, with a professional board and an office with experienced staff
> > members and functional processes, but I’ll be around until at least the
> > beginning of January to make it a smooth transition.
> >
> > I will obviously always be a wikimedian at heart and probably pick up on
> my
> > editing again and I will also stay subscribed to most mailing lists. If
> not
> > earlier, I’ll see you in Esino Lario.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > *Jan Ainali*
> > Executive director, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se>
> >
> >
> >
> > *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till
> mänsklighetens
> > samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.*
> > Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se>
> > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 10:40:35 +0200
> From: Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on
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> Hoi,
> My compliment is that you have been a wonderful person. I did not realise
> that you had another function. You just did well. So thank you for that.
>
> You did good.
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
> On 8 October 2015 at 10:33, Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland <
> rientjes(a)wikimedia.nl> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jan,
> >
> > I am very, very sorry to see you go. You are a wonderful colleague -
> and
> > a source of sanity and calm in the group of chapter ED's.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sandra
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sandra Rientjes
> > Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland
> >
> > tel. (+31) (0)30 3200238
> > mob. (+31) (0)6 31786379
> >
> > www.wikimedia.nl
> >
> > *Postadres*: *
> > Bezoekadres:*
> > Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3
> > 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht
> >
> > 2015-10-08 10:22 GMT+02:00 Jan Ainali <jan.ainali(a)wikimedia.se>:
> >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for
> Wikimedia
> > > Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of
> the
> > > board (at different times) and have been involved since the founding of
> > the
> > > chapter in 2007. It is perhaps even an understatement to say that the
> > > chapter has been a big part of my life. I have had the opportunity to
> be
> > > part of a fantastic journey from starting the first chapter’s
> activities
> > to
> > > today, with stable strategic activities, seven people in the office,
> and
> > a
> > > diversified board. It has been an awesome time in my life and I have
> met
> > > and worked with some truly wonderful persons along the way, and I am
> > > thankful to all of you that have made it so inspiring. But now, as my
> > > contract is about to come to an end, I feel that it is time for me to
> > move
> > > on to new endeavours. I am confident that the chapter is already in
> good
> > > hands, with a professional board and an office with experienced staff
> > > members and functional processes, but I’ll be around until at least the
> > > beginning of January to make it a smooth transition.
> > >
> > > I will obviously always be a wikimedian at heart and probably pick up
> on
> > my
> > > editing again and I will also stay subscribed to most mailing lists. If
> > not
> > > earlier, I’ll see you in Esino Lario.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > *Jan Ainali*
> > > Executive director, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till
> > mänsklighetens
> > > samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.*
> > > Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se>
> > > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 10:45:22 +0200
> From: Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on
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>
> Jan,
> Thanks for all of your work. The Swedish Wikipedia is a very inspiring
> project for me as a Dutch Wikimedian and I have been following (somewhat
> jealously) how the WMSE community responds to new innovations. Under your
> leadership I think your Swedish Wikipedia community looks quite healthy (as
> least it does to me, as an outsider).
>
> good luck with any future plans you have,
> Jane
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jan Ainali <jan.ainali(a)wikimedia.se>
> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for Wikimedia
> > Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the
> > board (at different times) and have been involved since the founding of
> the
> > chapter in 2007. It is perhaps even an understatement to say that the
> > chapter has been a big part of my life. I have had the opportunity to be
> > part of a fantastic journey from starting the first chapter’s activities
> to
> > today, with stable strategic activities, seven people in the office, and
> a
> > diversified board. It has been an awesome time in my life and I have met
> > and worked with some truly wonderful persons along the way, and I am
> > thankful to all of you that have made it so inspiring. But now, as my
> > contract is about to come to an end, I feel that it is time for me to
> move
> > on to new endeavours. I am confident that the chapter is already in good
> > hands, with a professional board and an office with experienced staff
> > members and functional processes, but I’ll be around until at least the
> > beginning of January to make it a smooth transition.
> >
> > I will obviously always be a wikimedian at heart and probably pick up on
> my
> > editing again and I will also stay subscribed to most mailing lists. If
> not
> > earlier, I’ll see you in Esino Lario.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > *Jan Ainali*
> > Executive director, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se>
> >
> >
> >
> > *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till
> mänsklighetens
> > samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.*
> > Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 10:50:51 +0200
> From: Alice Wiegand <awiegand(a)wikimedia.org>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on
> Message-ID:
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>
> With the choir:
> Thank you for your long time committment, Jan.
>
> Alice.
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Jan,
> > Thanks for all of your work. The Swedish Wikipedia is a very inspiring
> > project for me as a Dutch Wikimedian and I have been following (somewhat
> > jealously) how the WMSE community responds to new innovations. Under your
> > leadership I think your Swedish Wikipedia community looks quite healthy
> (as
> > least it does to me, as an outsider).
> >
> > good luck with any future plans you have,
> > Jane
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jan Ainali <jan.ainali(a)wikimedia.se>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for
> Wikimedia
> > > Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of
> the
> > > board (at different times) and have been involved since the founding of
> > the
> > > chapter in 2007. It is perhaps even an understatement to say that the
> > > chapter has been a big part of my life. I have had the opportunity to
> be
> > > part of a fantastic journey from starting the first chapter’s
> activities
> > to
> > > today, with stable strategic activities, seven people in the office,
> and
> > a
> > > diversified board. It has been an awesome time in my life and I have
> met
> > > and worked with some truly wonderful persons along the way, and I am
> > > thankful to all of you that have made it so inspiring. But now, as my
> > > contract is about to come to an end, I feel that it is time for me to
> > move
> > > on to new endeavours. I am confident that the chapter is already in
> good
> > > hands, with a professional board and an office with experienced staff
> > > members and functional processes, but I’ll be around until at least the
> > > beginning of January to make it a smooth transition.
> > >
> > > I will obviously always be a wikimedian at heart and probably pick up
> on
> > my
> > > editing again and I will also stay subscribed to most mailing lists. If
> > not
> > > earlier, I’ll see you in Esino Lario.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > *Jan Ainali*
> > > Executive director, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till
> > mänsklighetens
> > > samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.*
> > > Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se>
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
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>
>
>
> --
> Alice Wiegand
> Board of Trustees
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 11:09:03 +0200
> From: Anders Wennersten <mail(a)anderswennersten.se>
> To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on
> Message-ID: <561632AF.1020206(a)anderswennersten.se>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> It is almost on the day 8 years since Jan and I joined the first WMSE
> board. And while we were many getting the chapters up and running, Jan
> did in many ways play a crucial role. When we were in internal turmoil,
> it was Jan who stepped in and took care of the critical task and saved
> the day. And even more important it was Jan who early on spotted the
> opportunity in the idea of the "new" chapters. And as an volunteer he
> and Holger spend almost a year filling in application forms, budgets
> etc, which become the excellent base for the fully fledged chapter that
> been here since
>
> Kudos for all what you have done and wishing you all the best for the
> future!
>
> Anders
> who still will meet you Wednesday when you once more will help me to
> interwork with Wikidata, the valuable asset but oh so technically
> complicated, but which you so well master
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Den 2015-10-08 kl. 10:22, skrev Jan Ainali:
> > All,
> >
> > For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for Wikimedia
> > Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the
> > board (at different times) and have been involved since the founding of
> the
> > chapter in 2007. It is perhaps even an understatement to say that the
> > chapter has been a big part of my life. I have had the opportunity to be
> > part of a fantastic journey from starting the first chapter’s activities
> to
> > today, with stable strategic activities, seven people in the office, and
> a
> > diversified board. It has been an awesome time in my life and I have met
> > and worked with some truly wonderful persons along the way, and I am
> > thankful to all of you that have made it so inspiring. But now, as my
> > contract is about to come to an end, I feel that it is time for me to
> move
> > on to new endeavours. I am confident that the chapter is already in good
> > hands, with a professional board and an office with experienced staff
> > members and functional processes, but I’ll be around until at least the
> > beginning of January to make it a smooth transition.
> >
> > I will obviously always be a wikimedian at heart and probably pick up on
> my
> > editing again and I will also stay subscribed to most mailing lists. If
> not
> > earlier, I’ll see you in Esino Lario.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > *Jan Ainali*
> > Executive director, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se>
> >
> >
> >
> > *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till
> mänsklighetens
> > samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.*
> > Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 11:10:07 +0200
> From: "Erik Zachte" <erikzachte(a)infodisiac.com>
> To: "'Wikimedia Mailing List'" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on
> Message-ID: <00bc01d101a9$214d4d30$63e7e790$(a)infodisiac.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> Dear Jan,
>
> Thank you very much for your immense contributions to the movement!
> Not the least of those is your ability to be (and I quote Sandra Rientjes)
> 'a source of sanity and calm'.
> I can't vow for chapter meetings as Sandra does, but I have seen a lot of
> that on public mailing lists.
> Happy editing!
>
> Erik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf Of Anders Wennersten
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 11:09
> To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on
>
> It is almost on the day 8 years since Jan and I joined the first WMSE
> board. And while we were many getting the chapters up and running, Jan did
> in many ways play a crucial role. When we were in internal turmoil, it was
> Jan who stepped in and took care of the critical task and saved the day.
> And even more important it was Jan who early on spotted the opportunity in
> the idea of the "new" chapters. And as an volunteer he and Holger spend
> almost a year filling in application forms, budgets etc, which become the
> excellent base for the fully fledged chapter that been here since
>
> Kudos for all what you have done and wishing you all the best for the
> future!
>
> Anders
> who still will meet you Wednesday when you once more will help me to
> interwork with Wikidata, the valuable asset but oh so technically
> complicated, but which you so well master
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Den 2015-10-08 kl. 10:22, skrev Jan Ainali:
> > All,
> >
> > For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for
> > Wikimedia Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and
> > Secretary of the board (at different times) and have been involved
> > since the founding of the chapter in 2007. It is perhaps even an
> > understatement to say that the chapter has been a big part of my life.
> > I have had the opportunity to be part of a fantastic journey from
> > starting the first chapter’s activities to today, with stable
> > strategic activities, seven people in the office, and a diversified
> > board. It has been an awesome time in my life and I have met and
> > worked with some truly wonderful persons along the way, and I am
> > thankful to all of you that have made it so inspiring. But now, as my
> > contract is about to come to an end, I feel that it is time for me to
> > move on to new endeavours. I am confident that the chapter is already
> > in good hands, with a professional board and an office with
> > experienced staff members and functional processes, but I’ll be around
> until at least the beginning of January to make it a smooth transition.
> >
> > I will obviously always be a wikimedian at heart and probably pick up
> > on my editing again and I will also stay subscribed to most mailing
> > lists. If not earlier, I’ll see you in Esino Lario.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > *Jan Ainali*
> > Executive director, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se>
> >
> >
> >
> > *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till
> > mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem.
> > <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se>
> > _______________________________________________
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> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
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Evidently the Signpost has scooped the WMF by revealing that Montreal has
been selected for the 2017 Wikimania host city in a secret process that
completed this past August. [1]
It seems like the community could have been looped into this new method
before it was a done deal.
~Nathan
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-30/News_…
This has been going on for three days, yet not one person involved in this
decision has take a moment to reachout personally to the people who worked
on bids, They have tabled justifications on list discussions, they have
changed the status of Meta pages but not once have they given anyone the
courtesy of owning the mistakes that have caused this, not even the WMF has
made any personal attempt to help reconcile the damage at a more personal
level..
my month ahead;
- in three hours a meeting with a bid sponsor
- in 2 days a workshop with GLAM commencement of a new project that will
include 100,000+ image donation
- in 5 days WMAU AGM where no doubt these events will be a topic of
discussion
- in 15 days on 21st & 22nd I'll giving presentations at a national GLAM
conference about working with us and about we have already started
I do all of this and a lot more as a volunteer not a paid employee, 3 days
ago my perception in the openness, honesty and integrity of the projects
took a big hit, so as hollow as it'll be now it'd still be nice to think
that the people involved in this have the courage to acknowledge & own
their failures in the way the changes evolved and were communicated.
As a foot note I contacted the WMF three days ago asking for information
and an apology then that I could take to those outside our community who
have also put time, effort and resources into the bid, those email havent
even been acknowledge as being received.
--
We all make mistakes but its what we do next that counts
Gideon
Hi Cornelius,
As part of the new approval/recognition process, a resolution is no longer required in these cases. The records used for tracking are in the usergroups-applications mailing list, which start when a group submits a request for recognition, as well as the official announcement on Wikimedia-l.
Regards,
Carlos
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From: "Cornelius Kibelka" <jckibelka(a)gmail.com>
To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska
Date: Wed, Oct 7, 2015 1:19 PM
Congratulations!
Carlos, could you please publish the AffCom liaison approval resolutions
for the Republia Srpska UG and Wikimedia MA UG? It's missing (and I can't
find it in your user contributions). I'd like to translate it and put it
into the German Wikimedia movement newsletter.
Cest
Cornelius
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On 7 October 2015 at 01:45, Cristian Consonni <kikkocristian(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Il 06/Ott/2015 23:11, "Asaf Bartov" <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> ha scritto:
> >
> > (As a courtesy for the possibly-confused: [[Republika Srpska
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republika_Srpska>]].)
>
> I have to say that it took me a while.
> Congrats to the new group!
>
> Cristian
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Dear all,
On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, I have the honor to announce
the recognition of a new Wikimedia User Group in Eastern Europe: the
Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska.
Among their goals are, apart from expanding the community of
contributors in the Republic of Srpska, introducing Wikimedia projects
to educational insititutions of all levels in Republic of Srpska and
using the different resources available in the Wikimedia projects to
improve the quality of the education.
Let's say dobrodošli to our colleagues! 8-)
1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Republic_of_Srpska
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junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
Carlos M. Colina
Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
Phone: +972-52-4869915
Twitter: @maor_x
Dear members of the Wikimedia movement,
I would like to announce that Wikimedia España’s General Assembly, that
was celebrated last 26 September 2015 in Madrid, elected a new board
after three years of the last election as our bylaws states.
The new board is comprised of:
President: Santiago Navarro
Vice-president: Jorge Sierra
Secretary: Luis Ulzurrun
Treasurer: Miguel Ángel García
Board member: David Abián
Board member: Diego Delso
Board member: Jesús Tramullas
Board member: José Emilio Mori
Board member: Manuel Palomo
Board member: Manuel Torío
Board member: Montserrat Sáez
Board member: Pablo Machón
Board member: Pedro Pacheco
I want to thank to the former members of WMES board, Felipe Ortega and
Rubén Ojeda. I hope that this new periode could help us.
--
Santiago Navarro
Presidente
Wikimedia España
www.wikimedia.es
I believe we all know now by now that the Committee regrets the delay in
posting a recommendation about the process change for venues/hosts for
Wikimania. There was no intention to blindside anyone or to not seek
input from the community. We should have updated the bid timeline to
reflect that things were being discussed and might be possibly changed. (I
was also wanting more time to investigate whether the idea of Montreal for
a 2017 venue could become a reality e.g., meeting space, prices, hotels,
etc confirmed, etc.)
I have reached out to the Perth bid, and also to Josh Lim about a bid from
the Philippines (although it wasn't listed) about the future and to offer
whatever support they need. If anyone else is thinking about hosting a
future Wikimania, I would like to strongly encourage you to get in touch
directly with me before starting. We are not happy about wasting any
volunteer time. I have worked closely with recent groups in preparing
their proposals and it was worked well-- saving time and effort on both
ends.
In the near future I will be working with the Foundation and the Steering
Committee to support development of a clearer process going forward. Siko
has outlined some of that in her posting. And as Richard has said below,
I am usually very prompt in responding, but I also have a lot on my plate
right now that are taking precedent-- like the financial reporting from the
past two Wikimanias to attend to, survey results, preparing for a site
visit to Montreal (and I am part-time).
I look forward to working with everyone in the coming months and years on
improving the conference and meeting the community needs.
Keep those cards and letters coming!
Ellie
Ellie Young
Events Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
eyoung(a)wikimedia.org
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 15:27:35 +0100
> From: Richard Symonds <richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Biggest disappointment from Wikimania 2017
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> Yaroslav,
>
> To be fair to Ellie (and speaking as an outsider), she is extremely busy
> and usually answers direct emails quite quickly, but doesn't usually get
> involved in big community discussion threads on mailing lists because she
> spends a lot of her time travelling (and thus, I suspect,using a mobile
> device).
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
> On 6 October 2015 at 15:21, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod(a)mccme.ru> wrote:
>
> > On 2015-10-06 06:25, Gnangarra wrote:
> >
> >> This has been going on for three days, yet not one person involved in
> this
> >> decision has take a moment to reachout personally to the people who
> worked
> >> on bids, They have tabled justifications on list discussions, they have
> >> changed the status of Meta pages but not once have they given anyone the
> >> courtesy of owning the mistakes that have caused this, not even the WMF
> >> has
> >> made any personal attempt to help reconcile the damage at a more
> personal
> >> level..
> >>
> >>
> > To be honest, I can not recollect a single instance WMF people ever
> > apologized to the community for any decision, even when it was
> immediately
> > clear that they screwed up badly (like removing admin rights on WMF Wiki
> > etc). I do not expect it this time. I do not see Elly Young in any of the
> > Wikimania threads.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Yaroslav
> >
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Hey folks,
Proposals for the current round of Individual Engagement Grant (IEG)
applications are now available, and include many great ideas:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-join
Grant applicants are seeking feedback on these proposals from contributors
like yourself through Oct. 19th! If one of these ideas catches your
attention, consider reading it over, and feel free to endorse, express
concerns, make suggestions, and ask questions. Your input and expertise
will help the applicants develop better proposals, and support the IEG
Committee during their evaluation. Reading over an IEG proposal may even
inspire you to get involved with a proposal by volunteering, becoming an
advisor, or even submitting one of your own ideas.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Many thanks,
Jethro
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I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
Dear all,
I am honored to announce the recognition of another Wikimedia User Group
from the Middle East and North Africa: Wikimedia MA User Group [1]. They
seek to contribute actively to the dissemination, improvement and
advancement of free knowledge and culture through the development and
distribution of encyclopedias, collections of quotations, books and
other educational compilations of documents, especially in the languages
spoken in Morocco.
Please join us in welcoming a new member of the family of affiliates 8-)
Mabrouk!
1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MA_User_Group
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"*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua
junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
Carlos M. Colina
Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
Phone: +972-52-4869915
Twitter: @maor_x
Hi everyone,
The fundraising team is happy to share the report on the 2014-15 fiscal
year fundraising. Please take a look at the report
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2014-2015_Fundraising_Report> and we
look forward to your feedback on the report talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising/2014-15_Report>.
Thank you to Wikimedia volunteers, readers, donors, staff and fundraising
team for making this the most successful year yet.
Megan Hernandez
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Megan Hernandez
Director of Online Fundraising
Wikimedia Foundation