Hello All,
I’m writing on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Legal department to
announce our updated Donor Privacy Policy
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Donor_privacy_policy/en>, which goes
into effect today, April 15, 2019.
The policy was last updated in February 2017. The recent updates provide
clarity about our existing practices, as well as more information about how
we handle the data we collect from donors when they make a donation or
otherwise interact with Wikimedia donation- or fundraising-related sites,
banners, and emails. These updates are part of our ongoing efforts to
provide clear information to our users and donors, and do not represent a
substantial change in our practices. For further information, we invite you
to read the policy
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Donor_privacy_policy/en>; you can
also review a comparison
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donor_privacy_policy%2Fe…>
between the previous version of the policy and the update.
If you have questions, you can contact us at privacy(a)wikimedia.org for more
information. Questions about donating to the Foundation can be directed to
donate(a)wikimedia.org. Thank you.
Best,
Aeryn Palmer
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Dear all,
The call for submissions for the Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2019, which will
take place in Belgrade from 11-13 October, is now open. This year's
conference will be labelled with the slogan "Broaden Your Capacity!" to
point out on capacity development as its main goal.
Session proposals can be submitted in six different types with standardised
durations. The authors of the submissions have freedom to identify the
topic(s) covered with their proposals, and the conference themes will be
determined after marrying up the indicated topics of the accepted
submissions.
There is no limit on the number of session proposals submitted by an
individual, a group or a community, and we are looking forward to receiving
submissions pertaining to diverse topics from every community within the
CEE region. We also welcome, and have reserved limited space for,
submissions from people outside this region.
The submission process will be facilitated by six programme liaisons
covering several thematic areas:
* Community & Governance: Đorđe Stakić
* Education & Research: Marios Magioladitis
* GLAM & Outreach: Wojciech Pędzich
* Organisation & Diversity: Gayane Vardanyan
* Strategy & Communication: Philip Kopetzky
* Technology & Languages: Marko Adam
The call for submissions closes on 30 June 23:59 (CEST).
For detailed information, please see:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2019/Submissions
Best regards,
Kiril
Back in 2013 the WikiVoyage community joined the Wikimedia Movement after
leaving their prior hoster and site behind.
Per Alexa WikiVoyage this month passed in popularity the website they left.
WikiVoyage is now the 14,793 most popular website in the world as opposed
to WikiTravel at 15,821.
A BIG congratulations to the WikiVoyage community :-)
--
James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
[Sorry for the cross posting]
Dear all,
*Wikimedia Chile* (WMCL) held its annual General Assembly on April 13th,
which was also the beginning of a new term of our Board (2019-2021). All
the members from the 2017-2019 Board were reelected for the next two years,
and the positions were filled as follows:
- Rocío Consales, Chair;
- Marco Correa: Vicechair;
- Carlos Figueroa, Secretary;
- Osmar Valdebenito, Treasurer;
- Dennis Tobar, Director:
- Claudio Loader, Director.
We are glad to have Rocío serving as the new president of WMCL, not just
for her amazing work as volunteer and Board Member, but also because she is
the first woman to hold this position in our chapter's history.
Congratulations, Rocío!
Best regards,
*Marco Correa Pérez*
Vicechair - Wikimedia Chile
http://www.wikimediachile.cl
Hi,
I have some concerns regarding this whole process which, I think, need to
be addressed as soon as possible.
As far as I have understood, Samir is coming to India to get feedback from
the Indian affiliates and communities about the re-branding proposal and
report it back to WMF. Re-branding is a very debatable proposal which will
definitely affect, in a controversial and unclear way, the future of almost
all emerging communities, affiliates and sister projects.
So, my questions are,
1) Why was information about Samir's trip to India, not declared to the
communities well ahead of time so that the communities and affiliates could
express their voices and concerns directly with preparation?
2) Who decided that visiting only Punjabi, Hindi and Bangalore communities
is sufficient enough to provide the feedback of all Indian communities? Why
were not other communities and affiliates included in the process? What
criteria these three communities met so that they can represent the voices
from all over the country and why not other communities consulted about
this?
Why is Samir staying in Patiala, Delhi and Bangalore for extra days for
local sightseeing and not utilizing the days to communicate with other
communities and who planned for this kind of schedule?
How will it be ensured to provide ample opportunity for community members
to express their opinions? Online session is not a good option as many
don't have the necessary infrastructure to do so.
There is a feeling in the community that re-branding is already a made
decision by the WMF and this kind of non-transparency further endorses that
theory.
Hoping to get positive responses.
Regards,
Manoj Kulkarni
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Gopala Krishna A <bhat.gka666(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 8:29 AM
Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Updates about Wikimedia Foundation Community
brand and marketing coordinator visit to India
To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: <wikimedia-in-blr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikimedia-in-mlr(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <wikimedia-in-chn(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
<wikiml-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <wikikn-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikite-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello Wikimedians,
Greetings from A2K. In upcoming week, Wikimedia Foundation Community brand
and marketing coordinator Samir Elsharbaty
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Selsharbaty_(WMF)> is visiting India
to collect feedback from affiliates and communities in India. Schedule will
be as follows:
1. 16 April 2019 - Session with Hindi Wikimedians User group members and
other Wikimedians in New Delhi. This is going to takes place at CIS office,
First floor, B 1/8, Hauz Khaas, near G Block market, New Delhi between 11
AM and 2 PM.
2. 18 April 2019: Session with Punjabi Wikimedians User group in Patiala
between 11 AM and 2 PM.
3. 21 April 2019: Session with CIS-A2K and Wikimedians in Bangaluru.
Event is going to take place at CIS office, No. 194, 2nd 'C' cross, Domlur,
2nd Stage, Bengaluru between 11 AM to 2PM.
Main agenda will be:
- Wikimedia brand project presentation for the 2030 strategic direction.
- Discussion and open Q&A.
- Introduction about the Wikimedia Foundation's communication's team and
their work.
- Open discussion on communications.
Please read more about these sessions here and register your name for
participation:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Brand_Project_-_Community_review_…
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
--
Regards,
Gopala Krishna A
Community Advocate, CIS-A2K
Contact : +918884244408
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Hello all,
It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to
serve on the Code of Conduct (CoC) committee. The Code of Conduct Committee
is a team of five trusted individuals plus five auxiliary members with
diverse affiliations responsible for general enforcement of the Code of
conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces. Committee members are in charge of
processing complaints, discussing with the parties affected, agreeing on
resolutions, and following up on their enforcement. For more on their
duties and roles, see
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct/Committee
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission>
This is a call for community members interested in volunteering for
appointment to this committee. Volunteers serving in this role should be
experienced Wikimedians or have had experience serving in a similar
position before.
The current committee is doing the selection and will research and discuss
candidates. Six weeks before the beginning of the next Committee term,
meaning 23th of April 2019, they will publish their candidate slate (a list
of candidates) on-wiki. The community can provide feedback on these
candidates, via private email to the group choosing the next Committee. The
feedback period will be two weeks. The current Committee will then either
finalize the slate, or update the candidate slate in response to concerns
raised. If the candidate slate changes, there will be another two week
feedback period covering the newly proposed members. After the selections
are finalized, there will be a training period, after which the new
Committee is appointed. The current Committee continues to serve until the
feedback, selection, and training process is complete.
If you are interested in serving on this committee or like to nominate a
candidate, please write an email to techconductcandidates AT wikimedia.org
with details of your experience on the projects, your thoughts on the code
of conduct and the committee and what you hope to bring to the role and
whether you have a preference in being auxiliary or constant member of the
committee. The committee consists of five members plus five auxiliary
members and they will serve for a year; all applications are appreciated
and will be carefully considered. The deadline for applications is end of
day on 20th of April, 2019.
Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think
may be qualified and interested.
Best,
Amir on behalf of the CoC committee
Thanks Krishna for forwarding the mail to main thread in Indian mailing
list. My mails are not reached at Indian mailing list, although I have
successfully subscribe the to the list. I am again cc to Indian mailing
list. we should discuss your tread also
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2019-April/014000.ht…
Regards,
Manoj Kulkarni
On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 6:23 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga <kcvelaga(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> This message was originally Telugu Wikimedia mailing list on the branding
> community consultation discussion, by Manoj Kulkarni. I am looping in the
> Indian mailing list, where this discussion was originally going on.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 5:49 PM manoj kulkarni <
> kulkarnimanoj1969(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have some concerns regarding this whole process which, I think, need to
> > be addressed as soon as possible.
> >
> > As far as I have understood, Samir is coming to India to get feedback
> from
> > the Indian affiliates and communities about the re-branding proposal and
> > report it back to WMF. Re-branding is a very debatable proposal which
> will
> > definitely affect, in a controversial and unclear way, the future of
> almost
> > all emerging communities, affiliates and sister projects.
> >
> > So, my questions are,
> > 1) Why was information about Samir's trip to India, not declared to the
> > communities well ahead of time so that the communities and affiliates
> could
> > express their voices and concerns directly with preparation?
> > 2) Who decided that visiting only Punjabi, Hindi and Bangalore
> communities
> > is sufficient enough to provide the feedback of all Indian communities?
> Why
> > were not other communities and affiliates included in the process? What
> > criteria these three communities met so that they can represent the
> voices
> > from all over the country and why not other communities consulted about
> > this?
> > Why is Samir staying in Patiala, Delhi and Bangalore for extra days for
> > local sightseeing and not utilizing the days to communicate with other
> > communities and who planned for this kind of schedule?
> > How will it be ensured to provide ample opportunity for community
> members
> > to express their opinions? Online session is not a good option as many
> > don't have the necessary infrastructure to do so.
> >
> > There is a feeling in the community that re-branding is already a made
> > decision by the WMF and this kind of non-transparency further endorses
> that
> > theory.
> >
> > Hoping to get positive responses.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Manoj Kulkarni
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Hi,
I have some concerns regarding this whole process which, I think, need to
be addressed as soon as possible.
As far as I have understood, Samir is coming to India to get feedback from
the Indian affiliates and communities about the re-branding proposal and
report it back to WMF. Re-branding is a very debatable proposal which will
definitely affect, in a controversial and unclear way, the future of almost
all emerging communities, affiliates and sister projects.
So, my questions are,
1) Why was information about Samir's trip to India, not declared to the
communities well ahead of time so that the communities and affiliates could
express their voices and concerns directly with preparation?
2) Who decided that visiting only Punjabi, Hindi and Bangalore communities
is sufficient enough to provide the feedback of all Indian communities? Why
were not other communities and affiliates included in the process? What
criteria these three communities met so that they can represent the voices
from all over the country and why not other communities consulted about
this?
Why is Samir staying in Patiala, Delhi and Bangalore for extra days for
local sightseeing and not utilizing the days to communicate with other
communities and who planned for this kind of schedule?
How will it be ensured to provide ample opportunity for community members
to express their opinions? Online session is not a good option as many
don't have the necessary infrastructure to do so.
There is a feeling in the community that re-branding is already a made
decision by the WMF and this kind of non-transparency further endorses that
theory.
Hoping to get positive responses.
Regards,
Manoj Kulkarni
Hi,
I have some concerns regarding this whole process which, I think, need to
be addressed as soon as possible.
As far as I have understood, Samir is coming to India to get feedback from
the Indian affiliates and communities about the re-branding proposal and
report it back to WMF. Re-branding is a very debatable proposal which will
definitely affect, in a controversial and unclear way, the future of almost
all emerging communities, affiliates and sister projects.
So, my questions are,
1) Why was information about Samir's trip to India, not declared to the
communities well ahead of time so that the communities and affiliates could
express their voices and concerns directly with preparation?
2) Who decided that visiting only Punjabi, Hindi and Bangalore communities
is sufficient enough to provide the feedback of all Indian communities? Why
were not other communities and affiliates included in the process? What
criteria these three communities met so that they can represent the voices
from all over the country and why not other communities consulted about
this?
Why is Samir staying in Patiala, Delhi and Bangalore for extra days for
local sightseeing and not utilizing the days to communicate with other
communities and who planned for this kind of schedule?
How will it be ensured to provide ample opportunity for community members
to express their opinions? Online session is not a good option as many
don't have the necessary infrastructure to do so.
There is a feeling in the community that re-branding is already a made
decision by the WMF and this kind of non-transparency further endorses that
theory.
Hoping to get positive responses.
Regards,
Manoj Kulkarni