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Today's Topics:

   1. Neeru Khosla to Become Wikipedia Advisor (Jay Walsh)
   2. Re: Report to the Board of Trustees: October 2008 (Erik Moeller)
   3. Re: Report to the Board of Trustees: October 2008
      (effe iets anders)
   4. Re: and what if... (Delirium)
   5. Re: Report to the Board of Trustees: October 2008
      (Gerard Meijssen)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:24:06 -0800
From: Jay Walsh &lt;jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org&gt;
Subject: [Foundation-l] Neeru Khosla to Become Wikipedia Advisor
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Hi all - passing this on.  We sent out this press release earlier today.

Thanks!

Jay, Communications

...

 ''Neeru Khosla to Become Wikipedia Advisor''

 Philanthropist and education pioneer joins non-profit's Advisory Board

 San Francisco CA December 15, 2008 -- The Wikimedia Foundation, the  
 non-profit organization behind the web encyclopedia Wikipedia, today  
 announced the appointment of Neeru Khosla to its Advisory Board.  
 Khosla is co-founder and chair of CK-12, a non-profit based in Palo  
 Alto, California which is pioneering the concept of "open source  
 textbooks." In September, the U.S. state of Virginia announced a  
 collaboration with CK-12 to produce an open source physics textbook,  
 a major coup for the young non-profit organization.

 "I am delighted that Neeru is joining us," said Michael Snow,  
 Chairman of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. "In addition  
 to her understanding of the educational arena both in the United  
 States and elsewhere, Neeru is experienced with the challenges of  
 building and leading non-profit organizations. As we grow and  
 evolve, her expertise will be enormously valuable and welcomed."

 The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the volunteer-written  
 encyclopedia with a staff of just under 25 people, created its  
 Advisory Board in January 2007 as a mechanism for input from leaders  
 and thinkers in fields like education, technology, and free culture.  
 Advisory Board members convene with Wikimedia's leadership once a  
 year and also support the organization in their specific areas of  
 expertise.

 "When people want to learn things online, they go to Wikipedia  
 first," said Neeru Khosla. "It's absolutely clear to me that anyone  
 who cares about education online should seriously consider how they  
 can help Wikipedia do an even better job. It's an important cause,  
 and I'm more than happy to volunteer."

 In March 2008, the Wikimedia Foundation received a $500,000 donation  
 from Vinod and Neeru Khosla.

 The current Advisory Board membership includes:

    * Angela Beesley (Chair, Wikimedia Advisory Board; co-founder,  
 Wikia)
    * Ward Cunningham (Developer of the first wiki)
    * Heather Ford (Executive director, iCommons)
    * Debbie Garside (Multi-lingual web pioneer)
    * Melissa Hagemann (Open Access advocate)
    * Danny Hillis (Engineer, author, inventor)
    * Mitch Kapor (Founder/Co-founder Lotus Developments, EFF,  
 Mozilla Foundation)
    * Neeru Khosla (Co-founder, CK-12)
    * Teemu Leinonen (Head, Learning Environments research group of  
 the Media Lab, University of Art and Design Helsinki)
    * Rebecca MacKinnon (Journalist; founder, Global Voices Online)
    * Wayne Mackintosh (Education specialist, Commonwealth of Learning)
    * Benjamin Mako Hill (Author, free software advocate)
    * Erin McKean (Chief consulting editor, American Dictionaries at  
 Oxford University Press)
    * Trevor Neilson (Partner, Global Philanthropy Group)
    * Florence Nibart-Devouard (Former Chair, Wikimedia Foundation  
 Board of Trustees; Scientist)
    * Achal Prabhala (Journalist and researcher)
    * Jay Rosen (Journalist, author, educator)
    * Clay Shirky (Author, consultant, educator)
    * Peter Suber (Open Access advocate)
    * Raoul Weiler (ICT advocate)
    * Ethan Zuckerman (Research Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet  
 and Society at Harvard Law School)

 For more information, visit: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board

 ''About the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia''
 wikimediafoundation.org
 wikipedia.org

 The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization which  
 operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore,  
 Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia  
 Foundation receive more than 270 million unique visitors per month,  
 making them the 4th most popular web property world-wide. Available  
 in more than 265 languages, Wikipedia provides more than 11 million  
 articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than  
 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia  
 Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily  
 through donations and grants.

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:54:01 -0800
From: "Erik Moeller" &lt;erik(a)wikimedia.org&gt;
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: October
    2008
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2008/12/14 effe iets anders &lt;effeietsanders(a)gmail.com&gt;om>:
...
  But also have a small additional suggestion. Would it
be nice to the
 chapters to have somewhere a list of all major software WMF is using? As a
 suggestion list? For example, GIMP for promotional images editing etc, so
 that the chapters have an easier time looking for free software on
 accounting etc. Would be great! 
I started a page for this purpose a while ago:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FLOSS-Exchange

We have a mixed Mac/Linux office environment. We're not currently
using open source software for accounting and for more complex design
work. Most calendaring is done via Google right now.
-- 
Erik M?ller
Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation

Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:11:09 +0100
From: "effe iets anders" &lt;effeietsanders(a)gmail.com&gt;
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: October
    2008
To: "Erik Moeller" &lt;erik(a)wikimedia.org&gt;
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Nice page. But could you perhaps also list the non-free software used there
sometime, so that the community could suggest otherwise? :)

2008/12/15 Erik Moeller &lt;erik(a)wikimedia.org&gt;

...
  2008/12/14 effe iets anders
&lt;effeietsanders(a)gmail.com&gt;om>:
  But also have a small additional suggestion.
Would it be nice to the
 chapters to have somewhere a list of all major software WMF is using? As  a
  suggestion list? For example, GIMP for
promotional images editing etc, so
 that the chapters have an easier time looking for free software on
 accounting etc. Would be great! 
 I started a page for this purpose a while ago:
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FLOSS-Exchange

 We have a mixed Mac/Linux office environment. We're not currently
 using open source software for accounting and for more complex design
 work. Most calendaring is done via Google right now.
 --
 Erik M?ller
 Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation

 Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:57:28 -0800
From: Delirium &lt;delirium(a)hackish.org&gt;
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] and what if...
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David Gerard wrote:
...
  It
 would be novel indeed to have a Holocaust denier who wasn't a crank as
 an editor, but I don't expect it to happen any time soon.

You'd be surprised, then. If you're talking about Holocaust-denial 
*activists*, trying to edit articles to encompass that point of view, 
then sure. But normal people who believe the Holocaust either didn't 
happen or was overblown, but realize their view is a minority one and 
edit in other areas? We have quite a few, especially editors from Arab 
countries.

-Mark

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:54:35 +0100
From: "Gerard Meijssen" &lt;gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com&gt;
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: October
    2008
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Hoi,
When you run an organisation, stability in procedures ensures that you get
work done. Procedures are to a large part dependent on the tools that are
used. If anything it is disruptive to have to continually assess
alternatives in software because of external factors. It is also expensive
and I do say that there is enough where the WMF underspends.
Thanks,
        Gerard

2008/12/15 effe iets anders &lt;effeietsanders(a)gmail.com&gt;

...
  Nice page. But could you perhaps also list the
non-free software used there
 sometime, so that the community could suggest otherwise? :)

 2008/12/15 Erik Moeller &lt;erik(a)wikimedia.org&gt;

  2008/12/14 effe iets anders
&lt;effeietsanders(a)gmail.com&gt;om>:
 > But also have a small additional suggestion. Would it be nice to the
 > chapters to have somewhere a list of all major software WMF is using?  As
  a
 > suggestion list? For example, GIMP for promotional images editing etc,  so
   that the
chapters have an easier time looking for free software on
 accounting etc. Would be great! 
 I started a page for this purpose a while ago:
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FLOSS-Exchange

 We have a mixed Mac/Linux office environment. We're not currently
 using open source software for accounting and for more complex design
 work. Most calendaring is done via Google right now.
 --
 Erik M?ller
 Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation

 Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
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