Wikimedia-l January 2017

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don't run away from the mess we've made, fix it (Re: Concerns in general)
by James Salsman 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

Does anyone doubt that the English Wikipedia's longstanding, pervasive, counter-factual, systemic bias towards supply side trickle-down austerity libertarian objectivist economics due at least in part to early influence of editors attracted to Jimmy Wales' former public positions isn't at least partially responsible for the situation Romaine describes below? Would it be better to move the Foundation out of the U.S., fix the bias, or both? https://twitter.com/JaneMayerNYer/status/808003564291244033 Sincerely, Jim Salsman ---- forwarded message ---- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 04:33:53 +0100 From: Romaine Wiki <romaine.wiki(a)gmail.com> To: Wikimedia <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Concerns in general Today I was reading in the (international) news about websites with knowledge on the topic of climate change disappear from the internet as result of the Trump administration. The second thing I read is that before something can be published about this topic, the government needs to approve this. Do you realise what the right word for this is? censorship. Even if it is only partially. Luckily there are many scientists working on getting all the data abroad, out of the US to ensure the research data is saved, including on servers in the Netherlands where Trump (hopefully) has no reach. In the past week I was reading about the Internet Archive organisation, who is making a back up in Canada because of the Trump administration. I did not understood this, you may call me naive, but now I do understand, apparently they have some visionary people at the Internet Archive. I miss a good answer to this situation from the Wikimedia Foundation. Trump is now promoting harassment and disrespect, already for some time, What signal is given to the rest of the world if an America based organisation is spreading the thought of a harassment free Wikipedia and the free word, while the president of the US is promoting harassment, disrespect and censorship on a massive scale. This is just the first week of this president! I am 100% sure everyone in the Wikimedia movement is willing to make sure Wikimedia faces no damage whatsoever, including in WMF, but to me this still starts to get concerning. If we as Wikimedia movement think that free knowledge, free speech, freedom of information, etc are important, I would think that the location where the organisation is based is that country where liberty is the largest, I do not know where this is but it is definitely not the US. To my impression WMF is stuck in the US, so I do not believe they would actually move when the danger grows. But I think it is possible to make sure risks are spread over the world. Certainly as we are an international movement that intends to cover the knowledge of the whole humanoid civilisation. To come to a conclusion, I think WMF and the Wikimedia movement should think about a back-up plan if it actually goes wrong. If you do not agree with me: that is perfectly fine, that's your right and should be protected. Thank you. Romaine

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General Assembly: board + annual reports
by Romaine Wiki 03 Feb '17

03 Feb '17

Dear all, Today Wikimedia Belgium had the annual General Assembly <https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017-01-28_General_Assembly>. At 1 January 2017 the board had five board members. Every board member is elected for a two years term, besides the president who is elected every year. From these five board members, the two year term of two of them ended (Romaine + Afernand74), as well as the term of the president ended (Geertivp). With no new applications for board members and the General Assembly and board happy with how the past period has been dealt and how stable the board has become, the General Assembly voted to give the three board members a new term. Meaning that the board stays the same and as stable team can move forward with our chapter. The board is composed out of Geertivp (president), Romaine (treasurer), SPQRobin (secretary), Afernand74 (National Liaison) and Lfurter (Gender and Diversity Liaison). See also: https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board Before the voting, the reporting from the past year was discussed, and the board has been cleared responsibility. The financial report from Wikimedia Belgium about 2016 can be found at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/ Wikimedia_Belgium/Financial/2016 The activity report from Wikimedia Belgium about 2016 can be found at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/ Wikimedia_Belgium/Activity/2016 Kind regards, Romaine

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Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed permanent Executive Director
by Tim Moritz Hector 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

Dear Wikimedians, It is our great pleasure to announce that during last weekend’s Board retreat, we voted to appoint Abraham Taherivand as Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland with immediate effect. Abraham has joined Wikimedia Deutschland in 2012, has been the director of our Software Development department, and interim ED in the past two months. In all his roles he has shown vast experience and qualifications as well as the much needed, deep commitment for Free Knowledge. We are convinced that Abraham is the right person at the right time for Wikimedia Deutschland and have great confidence that the management of the office is in good hands with him. Abraham will continue to lead the Software Development department on an interim basis until we have been able to fill this position with a new permanent director. Together with Abraham, WMDE staff, our members and communities as well as other interested parties, the board will analyse and – where applicable – revise the composition of leadership and decision making structures at WMDE in 2017. Kurt Jansson, Sebastian Moleski and myself will be steering this process and are available for your questions and feedback via email ( praesidium(a)wikimedia.de). We wish Abraham the very best in this role, and the Board looks forward to continuing to work with him. Please join us in congratulating Abraham! For the Supervisory Board Tim Moritz Hector Chair

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Positions open for strategy coordinator contractors.
by Maggie Dennis 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

Hello, all. :) As you know, we are launching a movement strategy process and want people from the community integrally involved at every stage. We are accordingly seeking active Wikimedians interested in applying for a number of Community Strategy Coordinator positions. The people hired for these positions will be part-time, remote contractors of up to 20 hours a week with a contract of 3 months. Start date should be in early March. You can see the job descriptions and apply for the positions at < https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us>, but here’s a quick summary of who we’re looking for and what they’ll be doing: *Language Specialist Strategy Coordinators* These will be bilingual speakers of a specific list of non-English languages[1] and English who are experienced in their language project community or communities. They will be expected to be able to both conduct deep outreach to these non-English communities and to liaise between these communities and others, in order to maximize the ability of their communities to participate in the movement strategy process. They will also need to be capable of monitoring and summarizing discussions about strategy topics and will be expected to produce a summary report at the end of their contract. *Metawiki Strategy Coordinators* These facilitators need not be multilingual (although it is a plus), but must be fluent in English and must be experienced contributors to one or more Wikimedia communities. They will be working alongside the language specialist coordinators, the global community, the Wikimedia Foundation and the strategy team to facilitate the most inclusive strategy process possible. This will include outreach to global communities, offering their own community experience and advice to those involved in the process, and leading, monitoring, and summarizing strategy-related discussions. They will be expected to produce a summary report at the end of their contract. If you think either of these sounds like you or another community member you know, I encourage you to visit the job application page and review the job descriptions for more details (again, that's at < https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us#Wikimedia_Careers>). Please tell us about your experiences as a Wikimedian and why you think you would be a good fit for this role. Our goal is to run the most inclusive strategy process we can, and that means we need experienced community members like you to help! Best, Maggie [1] - Arabic - Bengali - Chinese - Dutch - French - German - Hebrew - Hindi - Italian - Japanese - Malayam - Polish - Portuguese - Russian - Spanish - Swedish - Vietnamese -- Maggie Dennis Interim Chief of Community Engagement Director, Support, Safety and Programs Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] news events impacting the Foundation's ability to hire and its employees' ability to travel
by James Salsman 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

Why are proposals to abandon the US being given more consideration than those to address the underlying issues? And from those who have been so concerned about the frequency of discussion on this topic (amongst dozens of redundant crongradulatory messages which have never in a dozen years resulted in any such concerns), is it fair to ask how frequent they consider appropriate discussion should be; in particular given the perspective here? https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] news events impacting the Foundation's ability to hire and its employees' ability to travel
by James Salsman 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

I propose that the Foundation issue a statement in support of striking Google employees: http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/30/14446312/google-immigration-protest-walko… And endorsing the call for a national general strike: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/5r3wxp/forget_protest_trumps_act… (Except for the Lyft part, because one of its founders is on the adminstration's transition team.) On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:38 PM James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote: Is this more appropriate for the Public Policy or Wikimedia-l list? http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/01/court… Several permanent residents have apparently been tricked into signing away their green cards while being detained without benefit of counsel. How many Foundation employees are affected by the travel ban? Will the foundation join the calls for a general strike?

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Positions open for strategy coordinator contractors.
by John Erling Blad 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

In Scandinavia there are a bunch of closely related languages, they are often referred to as North Germanic Languages.[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germanic_languages] Icelandic and Faroese language is often referred to as Insular Scandinavian, West Norwegian, or Old West Norse, and is somewhat different from the Continental Scandinavian. There are four midsized Wikipedias in Scandinavia; Swedish (3 782 560 articles, 2 950 active users), Bokmål (460 848 articles, 1 631 active users), Danish (223 121 articles, 1 076 active users), and Nynorsk (132 213 articles, 205 active users). There are also two smaller Wikipedias; Islandic (41 739 articles, 161 active users), and Faroese (12 418 articles, 44 active users). Yes the biggest in number of articles is the Swedish Wikipedia, but it is mostly just bot-created articles. Swedes have trouble speaking with both Norwegians and Danes, Danes have lesser trouble with Swedish and even less with Norwegian, Norwegians have virtually no problems wiith Swedish and Danish. People from Island and the Faroe icelands usually speaks Danish, they learn it in school, and as Norwegian and Danish is pretty close they usually understands Norwegians without any problem. It is somewhat strange how much trouble Swedes have in understanding the other Scandinavian languages, given that they are so closely related. The reason why you see signs with Swedish text on airports are because Swedes have problems with all other Scandinavian languages. I'm not sure it is wise to continue that "tradition". Get someone fluent in the _Scandinavian_ languages, it is not uncommon for people in Scandinavia to be speak and write several of the languages, even all of them. Yes, I'm a bit frustrated because I know that if a "language specialist" is hired because (s)he knows Swedish the rest of the languages will be forgotten. It is simply how things work in Scandinavia, Swedes are in general introvert, the rest are extrovert. (Sorry Swedes!) Some says Sweden geopolitically is located between Germany and France, and the rest of Scandinavians wonder why they haven't noticed they are way up north… On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:01 PM, Maggie Dennis <mdennis(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, all. :) > > As you know, we are launching a movement strategy process and want people > from the community integrally involved at every stage. We are accordingly > seeking active Wikimedians interested in applying for a number of Community > Strategy Coordinator positions. The people hired for these positions will > be part-time, remote contractors of up to 20 hours a week with a contract > of 3 months. Start date should be in early March. > > You can see the job descriptions and apply for the positions at < > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us>, but here’s a quick > summary of who we’re looking for and what they’ll be doing: > > *Language Specialist Strategy Coordinators* > > These will be bilingual speakers of a specific list of non-English > languages[1] and English who are experienced in their language project > community or communities. They will be expected to be able to both conduct > deep outreach to these non-English communities and to liaise between these > communities and others, in order to maximize the ability of their > communities to participate in the movement strategy process. They will also > need to be capable of monitoring and summarizing discussions about strategy > topics and will be expected to produce a summary report at the end of their > contract. > > *Metawiki Strategy Coordinators* > > These facilitators need not be multilingual (although it is a plus), but > must be fluent in English and must be experienced contributors to one or > more Wikimedia communities. They will be working alongside the language > specialist coordinators, the global community, the Wikimedia Foundation and > the strategy team to facilitate the most inclusive strategy process > possible. This will include outreach to global communities, offering their > own community experience and advice to those involved in the process, and > leading, monitoring, and summarizing strategy-related discussions. They > will be expected to produce a summary report at the end of their contract. > > If you think either of these sounds like you or another community member > you know, I encourage you to visit the job application page and review the > job descriptions for more details (again, that's at < > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us#Wikimedia_Careers>). > Please tell us about your experiences as a Wikimedian and why you think you > would be a good fit for this role. Our goal is to run the most inclusive > strategy process we can, and that means we need experienced community > members like you to help! > > Best, > > Maggie > > > [1] > > - Arabic > - Bengali > - Chinese > - Dutch > - French > - German > - Hebrew > - Hindi > - Italian > - Japanese > - Malayam > - Polish > - Portuguese > - Russian > - Spanish > - Swedish > - Vietnamese > > > -- > Maggie Dennis > Interim Chief of Community Engagement > Director, Support, Safety and Programs > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > >

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Inspire Campaign on outside knowledge networks launches today!
by Chris "Jethro" Schilling 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

Hi everyone, I am pleased to announce the launch of the fourth Inspire Campaign for IdeaLab, focused on outreach to outside knowledge networks: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire> There is tremendous potential in cooperative work between Wikimedia contributors and entities such as libraries (and other GLAM institutions[1]), cultural centers, content experts, and other sources of information. Such outreach can lead to rewarding collaborative efforts that, among many benefits, helps us create and offer better quality content to readers. All types of proposals are welcome - research projects, software development, and naturally for this campaign, community organizing and outreach. Wikimedia Foundation staff are also invited to advise on ideas they can offer support and guidance on. Project Grants[2] and Rapid Grants[3] are available for projects developed during this campaign that need financial support. For ideas that do not require funding, I am happy to provide general guidance on projects on how to bring your idea to action. The campaign runs until 28 February. If you're interested in doing some outreach work to an institution, organization, or group in your area, or want to help with an existing outreach project, I encourage you to check out the submissions of this campaign! With thanks, Jethro [1] <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM> [2] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> [3] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid> Chris "Jethro" Schilling I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)> Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>

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WikiProject Medicine Foundation: New Board Elected
by Shani Evenstein 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Dear all, I'm happy to announce that the user group "WikiProject Med Foundation" has a new board <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Board> elected, which includes: 1) *James Heilman* - chair 2) *Shani Evenstein* - vice chair; membership admin. 3) *Doug Taylor* - treasurer 4) *James Hare* - secretary 5) *Jacob F. de Wolff* 6) *Sydney Poore* 7) *Carl Fredrik Sjoland* 8) *Daniel Mietchen* 9) *Vinicius Siqueira* 10) *Subas Chandra Rout* 11) *Jake Orlowitz* 12) *Emily Temple-Wood * Please join me in thanking previous board members *Anthony Cole*, *Peter Coti* & *Brian Basden, *as well as *Lane Rasberry, *for their service thus far and their support during the transition period. Wishing all of us a fruitful and productive term, Shani Evenstein, On behalf of the WikiProject Med Foundation Board.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 154, Issue 82
by Lucy Crompton-Reid 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Excellent news, congratulations Abraham! Here in the UK we're looking forward to working with you. Lucy On 30 January 2017 at 16:22, <wikimedia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Wikimedia-l mailing list submissions to > wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimedia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimedia-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed > permanent Executive Director (Asaf Bartov) > 2. Re: Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed > permanent Executive Director (Tanvir Rahman) > 3. Re: Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed > permanent Executive Director (Nabin K. Sapkota) > 4. Re: Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed > permanent Executive Director (Christophe Henner) > 5. Re: Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed > permanent Executive Director (David Cuenca Tudela) > 6. Re: Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed > permanent Executive Director (Sydney Poore) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 08:05:20 -0800 > From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand > appointed permanent Executive Director > Message-ID: > <CAAmrcwfJQO-N+dHeEGoe=LAVFpGsLYCEtWnvXMxt4S2sDQtk1Q(a)mail.gm > ail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Congratulations, Abraham, and congratulations, WMDE! > > A. > > On Jan 30, 2017 7:57 AM, "Tim Moritz Hector" < > tim-moritz.hector(a)wikimedia.de> > wrote: > > Dear Wikimedians, > > It is our great pleasure to announce that during last weekend’s Board > retreat, we voted to appoint Abraham Taherivand as Executive Director of > Wikimedia Deutschland with immediate effect. > > Abraham has joined Wikimedia Deutschland in 2012, has been the director of > our Software Development department, and interim ED in the past two months. > In all his roles he has shown vast experience and qualifications as well as > the much needed, deep commitment for Free Knowledge. We are convinced that > Abraham is the right person at the right time for Wikimedia Deutschland and > have great confidence that the management of the office is in good hands > with him. Abraham will continue to lead the Software Development department > on an interim basis until we have been able to fill this position with a > new permanent director. > > Together with Abraham, WMDE staff, our members and communities as well as > other interested parties, the board will analyse and – where applicable – > revise the composition of leadership and decision making structures at WMDE > in 2017. Kurt Jansson, Sebastian Moleski and myself will be steering this > process and are available for your questions and feedback via email ( > praesidium(a)wikimedia.de). > > We wish Abraham the very best in this role, and the Board looks forward to > continuing to work with him. Please join us in congratulating Abraham! > > For the Supervisory Board > Tim Moritz Hector > Chair > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:06:17 +0100 > From: Tanvir Rahman <wikitanvir(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand > appointed permanent Executive Director > Message-ID: > <CAJZksxKm4gth24wXjYbWAv6Ls=sJGBjx7xgCASPPPKPd=F0jCw(a)mail.gm > ail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Congrats Abrahman and WMDE! > > T. > > -- > Tanvir Rahman > Wikitanvir on Wikimedia > meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/user:wikitanvir > > On 30 January 2017 at 17:03, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Congratulations Abraham and WMDE! > > > > The WMDE supervisory board, WMDE, and Abraham deserve recognition for > this > > smooth transition. Thank you to the WMDE board for your leadership in > this > > decision. I look forward to our continued work together. > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 07:57 Tim Moritz Hector < > > tim-moritz.hector(a)wikimedia.de> wrote: > > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > It is our great pleasure to announce that during last weekend’s Board > > retreat, we voted to appoint Abraham Taherivand as Executive Director of > > Wikimedia Deutschland with immediate effect. > > > > Abraham has joined Wikimedia Deutschland in 2012, has been the director > of > > our Software Development department, and interim ED in the past two > months. > > In all his roles he has shown vast experience and qualifications as well > as > > the much needed, deep commitment for Free Knowledge. We are convinced > that > > Abraham is the right person at the right time for Wikimedia Deutschland > and > > have great confidence that the management of the office is in good hands > > with him. Abraham will continue to lead the Software Development > department > > on an interim basis until we have been able to fill this position with a > > new permanent director. > > > > Together with Abraham, WMDE staff, our members and communities as well as > > other interested parties, the board will analyse and – where applicable – > > revise the composition of leadership and decision making structures at > WMDE > > in 2017. Kurt Jansson, Sebastian Moleski and myself will be steering this > > process and are available for your questions and feedback via email ( > > praesidium(a)wikimedia.de). > > > > We wish Abraham the very best in this role, and the Board looks forward > to > > continuing to work with him. Please join us in congratulating Abraham! > > > > For the Supervisory Board > > Tim Moritz Hector > > Chair > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > > Katherine Maher > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > 149 New Montgomery Street > > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > > +1 (415) 712 4873 > > kmaher(a)wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:51:59 +0545 > From: "Nabin K. Sapkota" <nboycreationnepal(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand > appointed permanent Executive Director > Message-ID: > <CANJF2RzLYEjJn-10jA_K_gmmKxdQK5Why+sFBk1WVwb29r6jSQ@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Congratulations Abraham for the new responsibility. Wish you all the > best.. > > Regards, > Nabin Sapkota > Wikimedians of Nepal > > On Jan 30, 2017 9:48 PM, "Katherine Maher" <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Congratulations Abraham and WMDE! > > > > The WMDE supervisory board, WMDE, and Abraham deserve recognition for > this > > smooth transition. Thank you to the WMDE board for your leadership in > this > > decision. I look forward to our continued work together. > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 07:57 Tim Moritz Hector < > > tim-moritz.hector(a)wikimedia.de> wrote: > > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > It is our great pleasure to announce that during last weekend’s Board > > retreat, we voted to appoint Abraham Taherivand as Executive Director of > > Wikimedia Deutschland with immediate effect. > > > > Abraham has joined Wikimedia Deutschland in 2012, has been the director > of > > our Software Development department, and interim ED in the past two > months. > > In all his roles he has shown vast experience and qualifications as well > as > > the much needed, deep commitment for Free Knowledge. We are convinced > that > > Abraham is the right person at the right time for Wikimedia Deutschland > and > > have great confidence that the management of the office is in good hands > > with him. Abraham will continue to lead the Software Development > department > > on an interim basis until we have been able to fill this position with a > > new permanent director. > > > > Together with Abraham, WMDE staff, our members and communities as well as > > other interested parties, the board will analyse and – where applicable – > > revise the composition of leadership and decision making structures at > WMDE > > in 2017. Kurt Jansson, Sebastian Moleski and myself will be steering this > > process and are available for your questions and feedback via email ( > > praesidium(a)wikimedia.de). > > > > We wish Abraham the very best in this role, and the Board looks forward > to > > continuing to work with him. Please join us in congratulating Abraham! > > > > For the Supervisory Board > > Tim Moritz Hector > > Chair > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > > Katherine Maher > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > 149 New Montgomery Street > > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > > +1 (415) 712 4873 > > kmaher(a)wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:13:03 +0100 > From: Christophe Henner <chenner(a)wikimedia.org> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand > appointed permanent Executive Director > Message-ID: > <CABVvNPd2FNouLztzJGCmHM_DouC6pFq+HbPXPiyJzHFtp-e3WQ@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Congratulations everyone! That is a really good news!!! :) > > > > Christophe HENNER > Chair of the board of trustees > chenner(a)wikimedia.org > +33650664739 > > twitter *@schiste* skype *christophe_henner* > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Nabin K. Sapkota < > nboycreationnepal(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Congratulations Abraham for the new responsibility. Wish you all the > > best.. > > > > Regards, > > Nabin Sapkota > > Wikimedians of Nepal > > > > On Jan 30, 2017 9:48 PM, "Katherine Maher" <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > Congratulations Abraham and WMDE! > > > > > > The WMDE supervisory board, WMDE, and Abraham deserve recognition for > > this > > > smooth transition. Thank you to the WMDE board for your leadership in > > this > > > decision. I look forward to our continued work together. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 07:57 Tim Moritz Hector < > > > tim-moritz.hector(a)wikimedia.de> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > > > It is our great pleasure to announce that during last weekend’s Board > > > retreat, we voted to appoint Abraham Taherivand as Executive Director > of > > > Wikimedia Deutschland with immediate effect. > > > > > > Abraham has joined Wikimedia Deutschland in 2012, has been the director > > of > > > our Software Development department, and interim ED in the past two > > months. > > > In all his roles he has shown vast experience and qualifications as > well > > as > > > the much needed, deep commitment for Free Knowledge. We are convinced > > that > > > Abraham is the right person at the right time for Wikimedia Deutschland > > and > > > have great confidence that the management of the office is in good > hands > > > with him. Abraham will continue to lead the Software Development > > department > > > on an interim basis until we have been able to fill this position with > a > > > new permanent director. > > > > > > Together with Abraham, WMDE staff, our members and communities as well > as > > > other interested parties, the board will analyse and – where > applicable – > > > revise the composition of leadership and decision making structures at > > WMDE > > > in 2017. Kurt Jansson, Sebastian Moleski and myself will be steering > this > > > process and are available for your questions and feedback via email ( > > > praesidium(a)wikimedia.de). > > > > > > We wish Abraham the very best in this role, and the Board looks forward > > to > > > continuing to work with him. Please join us in congratulating Abraham! > > > > > > For the Supervisory Board > > > Tim Moritz Hector > > > Chair > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > > > Katherine Maher > > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > 149 New Montgomery Street > > > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > > > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > > > +1 (415) 712 4873 > > > kmaher(a)wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:20:20 +0100 > From: David Cuenca Tudela <dacuetu(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand > appointed permanent Executive Director > Message-ID: > <CAJBSGSo2ZRK7pwaj9jPMuCu_BK4GuwJ3+nmsG36rSv1tQ-OhDA@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Congratulations Abraham! I wish you a good start in your new position! > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Tim Moritz Hector < > tim-moritz.hector(a)wikimedia.de> wrote: > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > It is our great pleasure to announce that during last weekend’s Board > > retreat, we voted to appoint Abraham Taherivand as Executive Director of > > Wikimedia Deutschland with immediate effect. > > > > Abraham has joined Wikimedia Deutschland in 2012, has been the director > of > > our Software Development department, and interim ED in the past two > months. > > In all his roles he has shown vast experience and qualifications as well > as > > the much needed, deep commitment for Free Knowledge. We are convinced > that > > Abraham is the right person at the right time for Wikimedia Deutschland > and > > have great confidence that the management of the office is in good hands > > with him. Abraham will continue to lead the Software Development > department > > on an interim basis until we have been able to fill this position with a > > new permanent director. > > > > Together with Abraham, WMDE staff, our members and communities as well as > > other interested parties, the board will analyse and – where applicable – > > revise the composition of leadership and decision making structures at > WMDE > > in 2017. Kurt Jansson, Sebastian Moleski and myself will be steering this > > process and are available for your questions and feedback via email ( > > praesidium(a)wikimedia.de). > > > > We wish Abraham the very best in this role, and the Board looks forward > to > > continuing to work with him. Please join us in congratulating Abraham! > > > > For the Supervisory Board > > Tim Moritz Hector > > Chair > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:21:43 -0500 > From: Sydney Poore <sydney.poore(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand > appointed permanent Executive Director > Message-ID: > <CAA6ZO2RcueD7jS6+n-YTeGZc8b=a1WAD4=Pqn_tQ6_oATYH4zA(a)mail.gm > ail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Congratulations, Abraham. Good work on the smooth transition. > > Sydney > > Sydney Poore > User:FloNight > Co-founder Kentucky Wikimedians, > Co-founder WikiWomen User Group, > Co-founder WikiConference North America > Board member of Wiki Project Med Foundation, > Member of Simple Annual Plan Grant Committee > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Christophe Henner <chenner(a)wikimedia.org > > > wrote: > > > Congratulations everyone! That is a really good news!!! :) > > > > > > > > Christophe HENNER > > Chair of the board of trustees > > chenner(a)wikimedia.org > > +33650664739 > > > > twitter *@schiste* skype *christophe_henner* > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Nabin K. Sapkota < > > nboycreationnepal(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Congratulations Abraham for the new responsibility. Wish you all the > > > best.. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Nabin Sapkota > > > Wikimedians of Nepal > > > > > > On Jan 30, 2017 9:48 PM, "Katherine Maher" <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > > > > > Congratulations Abraham and WMDE! > > > > > > > > The WMDE supervisory board, WMDE, and Abraham deserve recognition for > > > this > > > > smooth transition. Thank you to the WMDE board for your leadership in > > > this > > > > decision. I look forward to our continued work together. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 07:57 Tim Moritz Hector < > > > > tim-moritz.hector(a)wikimedia.de> wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > > > > > It is our great pleasure to announce that during last weekend’s Board > > > > retreat, we voted to appoint Abraham Taherivand as Executive Director > > of > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland with immediate effect. > > > > > > > > Abraham has joined Wikimedia Deutschland in 2012, has been the > director > > > of > > > > our Software Development department, and interim ED in the past two > > > months. > > > > In all his roles he has shown vast experience and qualifications as > > well > > > as > > > > the much needed, deep commitment for Free Knowledge. We are convinced > > > that > > > > Abraham is the right person at the right time for Wikimedia > Deutschland > > > and > > > > have great confidence that the management of the office is in good > > hands > > > > with him. Abraham will continue to lead the Software Development > > > department > > > > on an interim basis until we have been able to fill this position > with > > a > > > > new permanent director. > > > > > > > > Together with Abraham, WMDE staff, our members and communities as > well > > as > > > > other interested parties, the board will analyse and – where > > applicable – > > > > revise the composition of leadership and decision making structures > at > > > WMDE > > > > in 2017. Kurt Jansson, Sebastian Moleski and myself will be steering > > this > > > > process and are available for your questions and feedback via email ( > > > > praesidium(a)wikimedia.de). > > > > > > > > We wish Abraham the very best in this role, and the Board looks > forward > > > to > > > > continuing to work with him. Please join us in congratulating > Abraham! > > > > > > > > For the Supervisory Board > > > > Tim Moritz Hector > > > > Chair > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/ma > ilman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Katherine Maher > > > > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > 149 New Montgomery Street > > > > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > > > > > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > > > > +1 (415) 712 4873 > > > > kmaher(a)wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/ma > ilman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 154, Issue 82 > ******************************************** > -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. 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