Hi Pine,
The Program Officer for Conference Grants does serve as a single point of
contact for conference funding at the Wikimedia Foundation. However, that
position has been open for last several months and we've been undergoing a
hiring process to fill it.
I'm copying in Alex Wang, who oversees that position so she can respond to
your questions.
Kind regards,
Marti
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On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 10:16 PM Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Ad,Thanks for pointing out that open position. I am
glad that WMF seems
to agree that at least some of these questions are worth asking and that
WMF is willing to dedicate staff time for this purpose.This is not a job
that I am seeking. I have too many disagreements and have had too many
disappointing experiences with WMF to want to work for them in a staff
role. Maybe that will change someday. I am already in the difficult
position of wanting work to get done by staff and/or potential grantees (I
include myself in the latter category) when I distrust WMF, and becoming an
employee myself is unlikely to be something that I would agree to do. Some
things and people are not for sale.I don't know what your qualifications
for the job are, so I would feel uncomfortable saying one way or another
whether I think that you are a good candidate. If you want to apply for it
then I wish you good luck.Regards,Pine(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
-------- Original message --------From: Ad Huikeshoven <
ad.huikeshoven(a)gmail.com> Date: 11/4/18 12:11 PM (GMT-08:00) To:
Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re:
[Wikimedia-l] Strategic planning for conferences hello Pine,Did you have a
look at the events team manager job description? It is anopen position, so
there is currently nobody at the wmf to answer yourquestion. For me the
concept of 'event' is broader than the range ofconferences you described.
Would you consider yourself as a candidate forthe position. Wpuld you
consider me?greetings,AdOp zo 4 nov. 2018 20:58 schreef Pine W <
wiki.pine@gmail.com:> Hello,>> My request from September has gone
unanswered, so I am trying again. I> don't think that there is a single
point of contact for conference funding> and strategy at WMF, but I think
that there should be, and perhaps the lack> of such a person is why there
hasn't been a response to this email. I don't> know who I should ping but
I'm hoping that Katy can provide at least a> partial response, or direct
this email to someone who can do so.>> Thanks,>> Pine> (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )>>> On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at
5:55 PM Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:>> > Mindful of the ongoing
discussions about conferences, I think that it> > would be helpful to have
a big picture understanding of the goals, plans,> > and budgets for
conferences collectively.> >> > As far as I know, these are the types of
recurring conferences:> >> > (1) Wikimania, which seems to be a
multi-purpose international> conference,> > with somewhat open admission if
someone can afford to attend, is willing> to> > attend, and can get the
necessary legal permissions;> >> > (2) the Wikimedia Summit (which I hope
will get a name change to reflect> > its actual scope, because it's not an
all-Wikimedia summit) which will> > focus on WMF, WMF committees that work
with WMF affiliate organizations,> > and WMF affiliate organizations;> >>
>
(3) thematic conferences, such as the Wikisource Conference;> >> > (4)
regional conferences, such as WikiConference North America;> >> > (5)
organization-specific meetings of various kinds, including affiliate> >
organizations' annual general meetings and WMF All Hands, and> >> > (6)
the
Wikimedia Technical Conference.> >> > I believe that WMF intended to do
some strategic planning for the> > collection of conferences as a part of
the larger WMF-led strategic> > planning process. Is this type of planning
underway for conferences, and> if> > so can we get an update from someone
who is familiar with the situation?> If> > the person who will respond is a
paid staff member, then please feel free> > to wait to respond until a
convenient workday next week. In the meantime,> > other people may wish to
comment or ask questions.> >> > Thanks!> >> > Pine> > (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )> >>
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