[Sorry for crossposting]
Hi,
Last Saturday Wikimedia Chile held their Annual General Assembly where a
new Board was elected. I'm glad to announce you the brand new board of our
Chapter, composed of 6 members, of which 3 are new.
- Marco Correa, President.
- Rocío Consales, Vicepresident.
- Carlos Figueroa, Secretary.
- Osmar Valdebenito, Treasurer.
- Dennis Tobar, Member.
- Claudio Loader, Member.
Our former Board members Sarah Chambers, Juan David Ruiz and Eduardo
Testart were not running for a new term. We are very grateful for their
service these years, specially of Juan David and Eduardo, both Board
members since the beginning of our Chapter.
Sincerely,
*Marco Correa Pérez*
President - Wikimedia Chile
http://www.wikimediachile.cl
Please join us in downtown San Francisco in you are at the Wikimedia
Foundation mothership!
The last Wednesday evening of every month, wiki enthusiasts gather for the
'''Bay Area WikiSalon''' series to collaborate, mingle, and learn about new
projects and ideas.
We allow time for informal conversation and working on articles. Newcomers
and experienced wiki users are encouraged to attend. Free Wi-Fi is
available so bring your editing devices. We will have beverages (including
beer and wine) plus light snacks.
We will have some announcements and lightning talks from the floor, and a
breakout session. This is our one year anniversary, so there will be cake!
Please RSVP here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bay_Area_WikiSalon_April_2017
... and bring a photo ID that matches your registration name. This also
helps us figure out how much food and drink to bring in. If you do not have
time to RSVP, go ahead and crash the gates and Stephen will get you in!
See you soon! {{u|Checkingfax}} (Wayne) and {{u|Ben Creasy}} (co-organizers)
Dear Michelle,
As many many other Wikimedians, I am truly grateful for the, in the very
sense of the word, service you have done to the Wikimedia movement over the
past years both as a legal professional and as a community member. I am
saddened to see you go. Together with the rest of the legal team, you
admirably worked day and night to keep Wikimedians and the Wikimedia
projects safe, and were extremely successful in doing so.
Most of all, there has always been a great feeling of mutual trust and deep
understanding of community values that I know you hold highly. We will miss
you and I hope that you will continue to be a part of this movement. Let me
thank you again for these last nine years. All the best for your future
endeavors, Michelle!
Dear Eileen,
Welcome to the Wikimedia movement! You are joining an amazing team that is
part of an energetic organization at an exciting point in its short
history. Wikimedians all over the world are looking forward to working with
you and I am sure you will soon experience the first examples of the
amazing feats this community is capable of.
"Be bold!" – One of the core rules of Wikipedia is not a phrase you would
normally use to welcome a new general counsel, but I know it is just right
for the general counsel of the Wikimedia Foundation. I am sure that you
will soon learn more about what this phrase means to us.
Lukas
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Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 260 – (0151) 268 63 931
http://wikimedia.de
Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
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Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
Hi all,
I am writing to share some news about the leadership of our Legal
department at the Wikimedia Foundation. Over the last eight months, we’ve
worked to identify a permanent General Counsel for the Wikimedia
Foundation. I am delighted to share that we have found a new General
Counsel, Eileen Hershenov. I am sad to say that our respected colleague
and friend Michelle Paulson has decided this is a good time to move on to
something new.
*Michelle moving on*
Michelle Paulson, who has been serving as interim General Counsel, has
decided that after nine years it is time to move on from the Wikimedia
Foundation. Michelle has made her mark here: she served as interim General
Counsel twice; created our legal fellowship program, pushed to make key
policies more user-friendly and aligned with our core values; protected the
office, organization, and volunteers from threats; helped built a new
Foundation public policy program; vigorously and passionately defended the
privacy and security of our users; advocated for truly inclusive policies
and recruiting practices; and acted as a steadfast voice and advocate for
the values which make our movement possible.
Michelle’s brilliance, humor, professionalism, and determination have
fundamentally shaped our organization and movement. We will miss her
immensely, and I look forward to seeing what she will achieve in the name
of justice, equity, openness, and opportunity.
*Eileen Hershenov joining our movement*
Today I would like to introduce you to Eileen Hershenov, who will join us
as General Counsel on May 8th.
Eileen has nearly 30 years of experience in media and intellectual property
law, as well as in civil rights and civil liberties law, not-for-profit law
and governance, and privacy and cyber-security. She is passionately
committed to values that make our movement possible: free expression,
access to knowledge, freedom of association and an internet that embodies
the open-source movement and that resists censorship and surveillance.
Throughout her career, she has applied these values to her work with a
unique focus on grassroots organizing and advocacy.
Previously, Eileen served as Vice President and General Counsel for
Consumers Union, the not-for-profit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine
and ConsumerReports.org, for 10 years. In that role, she worked with tens
of thousands of volunteers in the organization’s advocacy programs. Before
Consumer Reports she spent 11 years at the Open Society Foundations, where
she served as the General Counsel to the global foundation network,
overseeing the legal work of the foundations in close to 40 countries
across the globe.
Eileen was also the founding general counsel for the Central European
University,[1] the first U.S.-accredited liberal arts university located in
a former Communist country. She has worked for the American Civil Liberties
Union and the NOW Legal Defense Fund. Most recently, she has been working
at Miller Korzenik Sommers Rayman LLP, a media law firm, and serving on the
boards of a number of public interest justice organizations.
*Next steps*
Eileen is based in New York City, and will relocate to San Francisco with
her family this summer. Until then, she will be commuting to the office
starting in May to begin work with the Legal team.
Transitions can feel uncertain, but I know that this movement is one that
is welcoming and appreciative of what new colleagues bring to our efforts.
We had hoped Michelle would stay with us as Deputy General Counsel, but
after nine years I think we all can appreciate the desire for a wikibreak
(and rumors of a new puppy!). In the meantime, Eileen and Michelle are
working together to ensure that we have a smooth transition and no balls
get dropped. I am so grateful to Michelle for her generosity of time,
attention, and care in working to make sure this transition supports the
Legal team, the Foundation, and the movement.
We will publish a formal public announcement closer to Eileen’s first day.
Until then, please join me in welcoming Eileen and thanking Michelle for
her years of commitment to our movement.
Yours,
Katherine
--
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
Hi everyone!
I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
the Wikimedians of Peru User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
group will work to promote the Wikimedia projects in Peru, and plans to
support events, such as edit-a-thons, in the region.
Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
Regards,
Kirill Lokshin
Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedistas_de_Perú
Congratulations, welcome to the affiliates.
Hope we can work on projects and contribute together.
Hugs from Brazil,
Chico Venancio
User Group Wikimedia Comunity Brasil
Em 26 de abr de 2017 00:51, "Anna Torres" <de(a)wikimedia.org.ar> escreveu:
Welcome to the Wikimedia movement!
Can't wait to start working with you!!
Hugs from Argentina!
2017-04-26 0:25 GMT-03:00 Kirill Lokshin <kirill.lokshin(a)gmail.com>:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized
> the Wikimedians of Peru User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group. The
> group will work to promote the Wikimedia projects in Peru, and plans to
> support events, such as edit-a-thons, in the region.
>
> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
>
> Regards,
> Kirill Lokshin
> Chair, Affiliations Committee
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedistas_de_Perú
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Hello Josh,
The WMF and the AffCom have decided not to disclose further details of
the very serious governance issues in order not to hurt the movement and
the reputation of the people involved. Please, avoid misleading and
adding drama to this situation -which is already difficult, and damages
the movement as a whole. WMPH was given very specific recommendations of
what do and what not to do, but decided to go its own way.
M.
El 25/04/2017 a las 06:17 a.m., Josh Lim escribió:
> If you folks seriously think that we weren’t being “accountable”, then
> I have serious doubts about how this process will remain sustainable.
>
> I’m sorry, but this process has been exceedingly demotivating for
> everyone involved. I’ve been trying to keep myself composed
> throughout the entire process, but at this point I simply cannot.
>
> I will gladly admit that we’ve made mistakes, us more than others.
> Every organization does. But I will not allow the work that I’ve
> dedicated over a decade of my life to be thrown out the window because
> we weren’t “accountable”. To the best of our ability, we WERE
> accountable to our community and to the movement. And I, frankly,
> feet that we were as accountable as we could’ve been.
>
> You may all want to know why I’ve been silent through this entire
> process. It’s because I cannot, and I still cannot, process the grief
> this entire process has brought upon Wikimedia Philippines, and
> especially myself. I will try to be optimistic about the future, as
> people have been telling me to do, but at this point in time, at least
> have some respect for the work that we’ve done over the last six
> years. That’s really all I’m asking for at this point.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
>> On Apr 23, 2017, at 9:41 PM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com
>> <mailto:jmh649@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I second Itzik's comments. We need some degree of accountability.
>> Hopefully this will encourage groups in the Philippines to become
>> more active again.
>>
>> James
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia
>> Israel<itzik(a)wikimedia.org.il <mailto:itzik@wikimedia.org.il>>wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Maor for the update.
>>
>> We usually love to see our movement expend and welcome
>> recognition of new
>> organizations, but I strongly believe that we continuously need
>> to check
>> and evaluate our current organizations.
>>
>> Our brand, name and reputation are part of our core assets - and
>> while it's
>> not an easy step, I appreciate Affcom efforts not only to
>> recognize new
>> ones but also to de-recognize organizations that are not longer
>> active or
>> non-compliance with our movement requirements.
>>
>> Few weeks ago in Berlin we had a first meeting to start discuses
>> what is a
>> "movement accountability" and how we evaluate organizations who
>> operate
>> outside of the FDC process and I believe Affcom have a
>> significant part in
>> it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Regards,Itzik Edri*
>> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
>> +972-54-5878078
>> <tel:%2B972-54-5878078> |http://www.wikimedia.org.il
>> <http://www.wikimedia.org.il/>
>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely
>> share in the
>> sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Maor Malul <maor_x(a)zoho.com
>> <mailto:maor_x@zoho.com>> wrote:
>>
>> > *
>> >
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > *
>> >
>> > **
>> >
>> > *Recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate - a chapter, thematic
>> organization,
>> > or user group - allows an independent group to officially use
>> the Wikimedia
>> > name to further the Wikimedia mission, with certain duties and
>> > responsibilities. While most Wikimedia affiliates adhere to
>> the basic
>> > compliance standards set forth in their agreements with the
>> Wikimedia
>> > Foundation, a protocol has been developed to address the
>> exceptional cases
>> > when a Wikimedia affiliate does not meet minimum compliance
>> standards and
>> > their continued recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate presents a
>> risk to the
>> > Wikimedia movement.*
>> >
>> > *
>> >
>> > On September 9, 2016, Wikimedia Philippines was notified of their
>> > suspension as a Wikimedia affiliate due to long standing and
>> serious
>> > governance issues, as well as non-compliance with reporting
>> requirements
>> > which go as back as 2014, has been sent multiple warnings
>> regarding them,
>> > and on the date mentioned above, was provided with an explicit
>> list of
>> > tasks and deadlines in order to return to compliance with their
>> chapter
>> > agreement. The chapter failed to complete these tasks by the
>> deadline of
>> > November 28, 2016, and was consequently notified that they
>> would no longer
>> > be recognized as a Wikimedia chapter after the termination of
>> their Chapter
>> > Agreement on March 1, 2017. It is important to make clear that the
>> > Affiliations Committee will continue to support other organized
>> Wikimedia
>> > communities and their activities in the Philippines.
>> >
>> > If you have questions about what this means for the community
>> members in
>> > their region or language areas, we have put together a very
>> basic FAQ,
>> > which may be found at<https://meta.wikimedia.org/
>> > wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliate_de-recognition_FAQ>https:/
>> > /meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/
>> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/>
>> > Affiliate_derecognition_FAQ.*
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee
>> wayuukanairua
>> > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya
>> junain."
>> > Maor Malul
>> > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2
>> |www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://www.wikimedia.org.ve/>
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Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 |
www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
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Phone: +972-52-4869915
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Hi all,
As I mentioned in my email earlier this month, we've put together a longer
statement regarding paid editing and how we see the balance of the
communities' role and the role that WMF legal can play in these cases. We
tried to address the concerns that people have raised to us, and explain
when it's helpful to contact us to assist on a case. Of note, it does
explain what actions we can take even in cases that don't involve the WMF
trademarks.
You can find it here: Wikimedia Foundation statement on paid editing and
outing
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation_statement_on_p…>
Best,
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our legal disclaimer
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.
The de-recognition notice was sent on February 26 to WMPH. If you read the original email sent, it clearly says that on September 9, 2016, Wikimedia Philippines was notified of their suspension as a Wikimedia affiliate, and given a deadline to correct a list of issues, which was not met. The chapter's recognition was not renewed after March 1, 2017. We're just 5 days before May. Please read well the original email.
Honestly, do you really think the chapter was de-recognised all of a sudden, without a chance to correct the issues raised? Do you really think there was no communication between September 2016 and March 1, 2017?
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Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Philippines
Date: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 1:43 PM
In the original email from Josh he raises some points about still working to address the issues in the five hours between his email and your response which have occurred between 9pm and 2am in San Francisco it appears that it could not be possible for the WMF to have considered and refuted what was raised, especially to say "The WMF and the AffCom have decided not to disclose further details."
I am concerned about how you can speak so categorically after just 5 hours for the WMF when they arent even awake, especially given it normally takes a few days for any official statement from the WMF.
I have no problem with affiliates being deregistered but the process should be transparent and it should also be fair, no discussion or response to what Josh raised publically is neither fair nor transparent
Josh response was that WMPH was accountable you could have least given him the chance to clarify the availability of the reporting requirements by providing them
On 25 April 2017 at 17:33, Maor Malul <maor_x(a)zoho.com> wrote:
Hello,
The wikimedians from the Phillippines that attended the WMCON are /not /members of WMPH but of PhilWiki Community [1], which is a completely different Wikimedia affiliate.
If you read the original e-mail sent, the governance issues started to appear in 2014, and the chapter was notified back then. More issues accumulated over the time, and a solution was indeed searched for. Please elaborate on what "substantive discussion, consultation or investigation" means.
1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/PhilWiki_Community
El 25/04/2017 a las 12:16 p.m., Gnangarra escribió:
It appears to me as this discussion has caused some confusion and it should be clarified as I know that the Philippines had two members at the recent Wikimedia Conference in Berlin arent there reporting requirements attached to eligibility requirements. They are also part of the group organising the ESEA conference in February 2018 along with a number of other affiliates in the region. Those of us who have committed people, time and other resources need some clarity as well
While there appears to be some confusion here, Affcom and WMF should at least take some time to clarify the issues especially given its currently 2am in San Francisco and it was only 9pm when Joshes email was sent. To me it appears as if no substantive discussion, consultation or investigation of Joshes claims could have taken place to warrant such a harsh response so quickly.
On 25 April 2017 at 16:05, Maor Malul <maor_x(a)zoho.com <mailto:maor_x@zoho.com>> wrote:
Hello Josh,
The WMF and the AffCom have decided not to disclose further
details of the very serious governance issues in order not to hurt
the movement and the reputation of the people involved. Please,
avoid misleading and adding drama to this situation -which is
already difficult, and damages the movement as a whole. WMPH was
given very specific recommendations of what do and what not to do,
but decided to go its own way.
M.
El 25/04/2017 a las 06:17 a.m., Josh Lim escribió:
If you folks seriously think that we weren’t being
“accountable”, then I have serious doubts about how this
process will remain sustainable.
I’m sorry, but this process has been exceedingly demotivating
for everyone involved. I’ve been trying to keep myself
composed throughout the entire process, but at this point I
simply cannot.
I will gladly admit that we’ve made mistakes, us more than
others. Every organization does. But I will not allow the
work that I’ve dedicated over a decade of my life to be thrown
out the window because we weren’t “accountable”. To the best
of our ability, we WERE accountable to our community and to
the movement. And I, frankly, feet that we were as
accountable as we could’ve been.
You may all want to know why I’ve been silent through this
entire process. It’s because I cannot, and I still cannot,
process the grief this entire process has brought upon
Wikimedia Philippines, and especially myself. I will try to
be optimistic about the future, as people have been telling me
to do, but at this point in time, at least have some respect
for the work that we’ve done over the last six years. That’s
really all I’m asking for at this point..
Thanks,
Josh
On Apr 23, 2017, at 9:41 PM, James Heilman
<jmh649(a)gmail.com <mailto:jmh649@gmail.com>
<mailto:jmh649@gmail.com <mailto:jmh649@gmail.com>>> wrote:
I second Itzik's comments. We need some degree of
accountability. Hopefully this will encourage groups in
the Philippines to become more active again.
James
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia
Israel<itzik(a)wikimedia.org.il
<mailto:itzik@wikimedia.org.il>
<mailto:itzik@wikimedia.org.il
<mailto:itzik@wikimedia.org.il>>>wrote:
Thank you Maor for the update.
We usually love to see our movement expend and welcome
recognition of new
organizations, but I strongly believe that we
continuously need
to check
and evaluate our current organizations.
Our brand, name and reputation are part of our core
assets - and
while it's
not an easy step, I appreciate Affcom efforts not only to
recognize new
ones but also to de-recognize organizations that are
not longer
active or
non-compliance with our movement requirements.
Few weeks ago in Berlin we had a first meeting to
start discuses
what is a
"movement accountability" and how we evaluate
organizations who
operate
outside of the FDC process and I believe Affcom have a
significant part in
it.
*Regards,Itzik Edri*
Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
+972-54-5878078
<tel:%2B972-54-5878078> |http://www.wikimedia.org.il
<http://www.wikimedia.org.il/>
Imagine a world in which every single human being can
freely
share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Maor Malul
<maor_x(a)zoho.com <mailto:maor_x@zoho.com>
<mailto:maor_x@zoho.com <mailto:maor_x@zoho.com>>> wrote:
> *
>
> Dear all,
>
> *
>
> **
>
> *Recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate - a chapter,
thematic
organization,
> or user group - allows an independent group to
officially use
the Wikimedia
> name to further the Wikimedia mission, with certain
duties and
> responsibilities. While most Wikimedia affiliates
adhere to
the basic
> compliance standards set forth in their agreements
with the
Wikimedia
> Foundation, a protocol has been developed to address the
exceptional cases
> when a Wikimedia affiliate does not meet minimum
compliance
standards and
> their continued recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate
presents a
risk to the
> Wikimedia movement.*
>
> *
>
> On September 9, 2016, Wikimedia Philippines was
notified of their
> suspension as a Wikimedia affiliate due to long
standing and
serious
> governance issues, as well as non-compliance with
reporting
requirements
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warnings
regarding them,
> and on the date mentioned above, was provided with
an explicit
list of
> tasks and deadlines in order to return to compliance
with their
chapter
> agreement. The chapter failed to complete these
tasks by the
deadline of
> November 28, 2016, and was consequently notified
that they
would no longer
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termination of
their Chapter
> Agreement on March 1, 2017. It is important to make
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other organized
Wikimedia
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