Hi all,
>From time to time, we have a chance in WMF Research to start a research
collaboration with researchers in academia/industry. In this case, we may
have an opportunity to form a research collaboration to spend some of our
attention on minority/gender gap issues on Wikipedia [1].
There is a specific proposal [2] that I would like to hear if you and/or
your community are interested to work with us on. As you will see once you
read the proposal, the general idea of the intervention suggested will
require at least one community, likely more depending on the size of the
community, being willing to work with us and give it a try. Individual
contributors, chapters, affiliates, and user groups are all welcome, as I
understand the gender/minority gap is a topic that many of you are
interested in.
Please leave comments on the discussion page of the proposal if you would
like to get more involved or if you have questions/comments.
Thank you! :)
Best,
Leila
[1] The current proposal is for Wikipedia. However, this does not need to
remain a research project on Wikipedia. For example, it would be invaluable
to learn if there are differences in projects in terms of how their
volunteer projects respond to interventions with the aim of reducing gender
gap, for example. So, if your project is not Wikipedia, you're still
welcome to get in touch with me.
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Voice_and_exit_in_a_voluntary_work…
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Leila Zia
Senior Research Scientist
Wikimedia Foundation
Dear all,
We would like to announce that we are officially beginning recruitment for
two open appointed positions on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.
This email will outline the process and timeline for the recruitment.
The Board initially began discussions on recruitment in May-June 2016 [1].
After a pause, the Board Governance Committee (BGC) has renewed recruitment
for its vacant appointed seats and would love to share an update with you
today.
With support from Anna Stillwell (from the Talent & Culture department) and
Michelle Paulson (our interim General Counsel), the BGC developed four
candidate profiles for the vacant and soon-to-be-vacant seats and gave its
recommendations to the Board in December 2016.
During its December meeting, the Board decided that it hopes to find the
following types of experience and expertise:
1.
Growing a global movement: apply
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567318?gh_src=3vh7tx1#.WIZGvrYr…>
[2]
2.
Engaging new communities: apply
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567342?gh_src=b1ftgs1#.WIZL_Fyz…>
[3]
3.
Social sector governance: apply
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567375?gh_src=5gwopi1#.WIZMoFyz…>
[4]
After that Anna, Michelle, and the Communications team integrated Board
feedback and developed recruitment materials, which include background
information about the Wikimedia movement and Foundation as well as the
profiles describing the types of candidates we are looking for. These
recruitment materials can be found at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=55283092 [5].
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees currently has two vacant
appointed seats. We also have a vacant community-selected seat, but this
seat will be filled through the community selection process. The Election
Committee, who runs the election process for community-selected seats, will
provide further information about the process and timeline at a later date.
We hope to have all three candidates join the Board no later than Wikimania
in August.
We will begin accepting applications and referrals for these positions
today and will close the submission period on Monday, 06 March 2017 at
17:00 PST. A more detailed timeline of the full recruitment process is
available on Meta here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10176203 [6].
Applicants may apply online at:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us#Wikimedia_Careers. We
also accept applications and referrals by email at
board-nominations(a)lists.wikimedia.org.
Over the next six weeks, we invite you all to tell us about people who are
potentially interested in serving the Wikimedia community on the Wikimedia
Foundation Board of Trustees. And we look forward to hearing from you.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Commi…
[2]
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567318?gh_src=3vh7tx1#.WIZMiFyz…
[3]
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567342?gh_src=b1ftgs1#.WIZL_Fyz…
[4]
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567375?gh_src=5gwopi1#.WIZMoFyz…
[5]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2017_Board_Recruiting_Candidate_Pac…
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Commi…
Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
*NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working
hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You
should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in
advance!*
Hi all,
Past Saturday during the new year's event in Leiden, the Netherlands, the
Dutch Wikipedia community reached the annual prizes for most valued
contributions to this Wikipedia in 2016.
In six categories users and projects were nominated by the community and in
a closed voting they decided which of them should receive the physical
appreciation.
The most valued contributors received a stone statue of an owl, standing
for wisdom.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiUilen_2016_(2).jpg
See for more photos of the ceremony and statues at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiUilen_ceremony_2016,_21_Jan…
More information about the special awards can be found at:
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiUilen
Congratulations to all receivers!
Romaine
Forwarding from WikimediaAnncounce-l to Wikimedia-l because auto-foward is
still not working. Also forwarding to Wikitech-l and MediaWiki-l because
the "Reconstructing MediaWiki history" presentation sounds like it may be
of interest to some people on those lists.
Pine
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Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 4:41 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Invitation to WMF January 2017 Metrics &
Activities Meeting: Thursday, January 26, 19:00 UTC
To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hello everyone,
The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take
place on Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC
channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be
broadcast as a live YouTube stream.
The theme of the January meeting is: "Building our future” – Exploring how
we can build for the future of the Wikimedia movement together.
Meeting agenda:
* Welcomes, theme introduction
* Movement update
* Reconstructing MediaWiki history
* Community capacity development
* Executive update
* Questions and discussion
* Wikilove
Please review
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities_
meetings
for further information about the meeting and how to participate.
We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting.
Thank you,
Lena
Lena Traer
Project Assistant // Communications // Advancement
Wikimedia Foundation
149 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
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Hello!
As part of our ongoing improvements to the new grants structure, the
Conference Grants program will be accepting proposals three times a year.
We hope that moving to rounds will ensure a more efficient and predictable
process for grant applicants, WMF staff, and grant committee members.
We are currently accepting proposals for Round 1 and the submission
deadline is February 26th. Decisions will be announced March 24th and
grants disbursed in April. The deadline for Round 2 is May 28th. You can
see the schedule for all rounds here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference
If you plan on holding a conference in the first 6 months of 2017, please
apply in Round 1!
If you are thinking about organizing a conference and need funding from
WMF, please reach out to me as soon as possible to discuss your ideas.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Best,
Kacie
Dear all,
On behalf of the Affiliation Committee, I would like to congratulate our following colleagues on being elected as members of the committee for the term 2017-2019. We have found their expertise and passion for the movement, as well as their skills and participation in the wider community as very valuable assets the committee needs.
The following candidates have been elected for the 2017-2019 term:
*Camelia Boban (User:Camelia.boban)
*Kirill Lokshin (User:Kirill Lokshin) (re-elected)
*Satdeep Gill (User:Satdeep Gill)
Many thanks also to all the wikimedians that submitted an application.
In addition to that, I would like to thank Emily Temple-Wood, Manuel Schneider, Ting Chen, Anirudh Singh Bhati and Ganesh Paudel, outgoing members of the committee, for their service, expertise and tireless dedication. You guys rock and will be missed dearly!
Please, welcome our new members :-)
Regards,
M.
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Dear all,
We are happy to let you know that Wiki(p/m)edians across 7 cities in
Bangladesh celebrated the 16th anniversary of Wikipedia. Wikipedia's
anniversary was celebrated with much spontaneity by so many enthusiastic
Wiki(p/m)edians in the country. They organized meetups on the occasion
where educators, senior citizens and people from diverse background took
part in the celebration. Photos of the events can be found in the
Commons[1].
[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Day_2017_in_Bangladesh
Regards,
Tanweer Morshed
Treasurer, Wikimedia Bangladesh
Hi,
As someone working in the world of municipal archives, I would suggest the
open-source software Archivematica,
https://www.artefactual.com/
As per this interview on the Library of Congress blog:
http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2012/10/archivematica-and-the-open-source-mi…
"Archivematica is a software system that is designed to maintain
standards-based, long-term access to collections of digital objects. It
processes digital objects from ingest to access in compliance with the
ISO-OAIS functional model. It uses a micro-services approach to invoke a
number of integrated open-source tools that perform granular processing
tasks such as virus checking, checksum verification, file format
conversions, etc. Users monitor and control the processing workflows via a
web-based dashboard. There is a brief screencast at archivematica.org that
demonstrates this functionality."
A bit more technical info:
https://wiki.archivematica.org/Overview
The software is used by UNESCO, the UN Archives, NATO Archives, Library and
Archives Canada, MoMA, and many others:
https://www.artefactual.com/clients/
Regards,
Nick
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