Dear friends!
I am writing on behalf of the UG Wiki Movimento Brasil to share updates
about our board.
Our group members convened at our General Assembly, on November 1st, and
unanimously appointed the following members as our new board:
* Valério Melo, User:Ixocactus, president
* Chico Venancio, User:Chicocvenancio, vice-president
* Lucas Teles, User:Teles, finance director
They will serve for a four-year term, according to our bylaws. All new
board members come from the Northeast Region, one of the most impoverished
areas in Brazil. Regional power decentralization is a major objective in
Wiki Movimento Brasil's Diversity Plan (https://w.wiki/4Kio).
In the occasion of our General Assembly, we also appointed:
* User:Albertoleoncio and User:Vini_175 to the Fiscal Council, and
* User:DarwIn, User:Victor Lopes, User:Friduxa, User:Tetizeraz and
User:TiagoLubiana to the Good Governance Committee.
I take this opportunity to thank Vinicius Siqueira and Célio Costa Filho
with whom I have served on the board from 2017 to 2021. We were honored to
be part of the consolidation of Wiki Movimento Brasil as a thriving
Wikimedia affiliate.
Best of luck to the new board. Thank you for all you do for this Movement.
Abraços,
João Alexandre Peschanski
User:Joalpe
Hi,
The WMLGBT+ User Group report for the past year has been published on
Meta, feedback is welcome on the talk page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT+/2021
Highlights:
* 3 day bilingual "working days" event focused on capacity building
and improved support for volunteers
* Engaging with global community initiatives in strategy and code of
conduct as a stakeholder for LGBTQ volunteers
* Creation of a user group governance committee
* Increased international and multilingual participation using
Telegram, our most popular forum
To join in with our WMLGBT+ community, or have a friendly chat with
fellow LGBTQ volunteers in our "safe space" groups on Telegram, see
our communications page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT+/Communications
The WMLGBT+ team.
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Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT
Dear friends,
Greetings!
We are glad to inform you of our annual report FTY 2020/2021 is ready and
published on meta for your review.
Kindly check the link here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria/Reports/2020-2…>
for details about the report.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Regards
Olushola Olaniyan
President, Wikimedia User Group Nigeria.
Hi all,
The Wikimedia Foundation legal team has posted a draft of an updated
conflict of interest policy on Meta-Wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_policy/2021_updates
We are collecting feedback on the policy for the next three weeks: today
until 22 November.
The updated policy will replace the current Conflict of Interest Policy for
Board Members, Officers, Executives, and Key Employees.[1] Note: This is
not related to any policies or issues regarding paid/conflict of interest
editing of the projects. It is about conflicts of interest that may arise
in connection with an individual’s executive or Board role at the
Foundation.
In preparing the updated policy, we consulted model conflict of interest
policies, guidance regarding best practices for conflict of interest
policies, outside legal experts on non-profit governance, and the points
raised in the community discussion on conflicts of interest earlier this
year.[2]
We invite you to review the draft policy and leave any feedback you have on
the talk page. In particular, we are interested in identifying any aspects
of the policy where the language or procedure is not clear. We also want to
know if there are any gaps in the policy: are there any conflict of
interest situations that cause you concern and that the policy does not
seem to cover?
The Governance Committee of the Board of Trustees has reviewed the draft
policy, and will review it again following the feedback period. It will
then go before the full Board to be approved and adopted.
Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read the draft policy. Please
leave your feedback on the talk page[3] so that we can best review and
respond to it in an organized manner.
In solidarity and with gratitude,
Amanda
Amanda Keton
She/They
General Counsel and Transition Team Member
Wikimedia Foundation
[1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_policy
[2]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Conflict_of_interest_policy/2021_updat…
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Amanda Keton (she/they)
General Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community
members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more
on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*
Greetings,
We hope this email finds you well.
It is already the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the
Months of African Contest 2021 [1] achievements so far! We want to extend
our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested.
If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do
it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.
[2]
Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the
article achievements section of the contest page [3] so they can be
tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the
Users By Articles page.[4] Please note that your articles must be present
in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well
as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.
Thank you once again for your valued participation!
Regards,
Ebenezer Mlay
Community Liaison –
Afrocine project
1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_Afri…
Hi everyone,
We have published strategies for the Linked Open Data activities around
Wikidata and the Wikibase Ecosystem, and would like to get your feedback on
the proposals!
You can find them at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LinkedOpenData/Strategy2021 and we would
love to hear your feedback and thoughts on the talk page at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:LinkedOpenData/Strategy2021.
These strategies are a thorough update of the 2019 strategy papers for
Wikidata and the Wikibase Ecosystem (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Strategy/2019). The strategy
papers were very helpful for us to clarify where we see Wikidata and the
Wikibase Ecosystem going and have conversations about it with editors,
other chapters and user groups, outside organisations, and within our team.
Over the past months we have looked at everything we have learned from
conversations within the communities, research we have done, and how we and
the world have changed since the first strategy papers were published.
During WikidataCon, we shared the strategy for feedback with the Wikidata
and Wikibase communities, and would now like to open it up for the wider
Movement. We are very much looking forward to your feedback!
Cheers
Lydia, Sam, Manuel and Lea for the development team at Wikimedia Deutschland
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Lea Voget
Head of Product Management
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
http://wikimedia.de
Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit
teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
https://spenden.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
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.
Fellow Wikimedians,
Wikipedia Asian Month has started!
WAM is an annual Wikipedia contest focused on the promotion of Asian
content on various language-specific Wikipedias. Each participating
community runs a month-long (November 2011) online edit-a-thon every
November on their language's Wikipedia to create new content or improve
existing articles about Asian topics apart from their own country.
Individuals or groups who made exemplary work in this global campaign will
be sent with postcards from the organisers!
Visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Asian_Month_2021 to know
more how to participate or how your community organise a contest in your
local language Wikipedia!
Kind regards,
Butch Bustria