Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie!
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Siko Bouterse sbouterse@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: Staff All wmfall@lists.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where help from WMF is needed.
Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.
Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime!
Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates.
Welcome, Ellie!
[1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org
Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :)
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse sbouterse@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie!
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Siko Bouterse sbouterse@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: Staff All wmfall@lists.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where help from WMF is needed.
Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.
Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime!
Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates.
Welcome, Ellie!
[1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org
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Welcome Ellie. I'm sure the local Wikimania team will be happy to have you on board :)
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Leslie Harms lharms@wikimedia.org wrote:
Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :)
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse <sbouterse@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie!
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Siko Bouterse sbouterse@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: Staff All wmfall@lists.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point
of
contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team,
to
ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support
where
help from WMF is needed.
Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been
an
activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her
life.
Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents
helped
build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin
America
and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts
year-over-year.
She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like
to
hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime!
Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates.
Welcome, Ellie!
[1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org
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Awesome!
Ellie is great and will serve as a great coordinator. I look forward to working with her on the planning Commitee!
Sarah
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On Mar 27, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse sbouterse@wikimedia.org wrote:
Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie!
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Siko Bouterse sbouterse@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: Staff All wmfall@lists.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where help from WMF is needed.
Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.
Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime!
Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates.
Welcome, Ellie!
[1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org
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sbouterse@wikimedia.org
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Welcome again Ellie
A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job. - making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.
Is there not a contradiction here ?
Flo
Amongst other tasks * On 3/27/13 7:24 PM, Siko Bouterse wrote:
Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie!
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Siko Bouterse sbouterse@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: Staff All wmfall@lists.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where help from WMF is needed.
Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life.
Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime!
Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates.
Welcome, Ellie!
[1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org
Good point, Florence.
Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during one school term for only 6 months.
Tom
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Welcome again Ellie
A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
- making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.
Is there not a contradiction here ?
Flo
She has been to every country in Latin America
and the Caribbean except Brasil.
Why not Brasil? :'(
:p welcome, and come to Brasil!!!
On 28 March 2013 23:06, Everton Zanella Alvarenga tom@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good point, Florence.
Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during one school term for only 6 months.
Tom
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Welcome again Ellie
A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
- making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.
Is there not a contradiction here ?
Flo
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I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton < rodrigo.argenton@gmail.com> wrote:
She has been to every country in Latin America
and the Caribbean except Brasil.
Why not Brasil? :'(
:p welcome, and come to Brasil!!!
On 28 March 2013 23:06, Everton Zanella Alvarenga tom@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good point, Florence.
Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during one school term for only 6 months.
Tom
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Welcome again Ellie
A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
- making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.
Is there not a contradiction here ?
Flo
-- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
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[off-topic]
2013/3/29 Matthew Roth mroth@wikimedia.org
I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)
Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and foreigners, hey!) will have access to.
And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(
Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this, because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the mid and long term of so much corruption.
Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be sustainable.
Tom
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Wikimania in Brazil in 2015, so no problems. ;)
And, yeah, some strange sport...
On 29 March 2013 20:09, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < everton.alvarenga@okfn.org> wrote:
[off-topic]
2013/3/29 Matthew Roth mroth@wikimedia.org
I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)
Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and foreigners, hey!) will have access to.
And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(
Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this, because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the mid and long term of so much corruption.
Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be sustainable.
Tom
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Quite agree about the lack of benefits for most of the population. The Cape Town stadium is now a large burden on the ratepayers as they built it in one of the most inappropriate places for functionality. It is now a virtually unused and unusable monument to corruption, greed and stupidity, but it doesn't look like anyone is likely to gain by the lesson except the corrupt. Cheers, Peter in Cape Town ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton" rodrigo.argenton@gmail.com To: "Wikimedia Mailing List" wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 2:34 AM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
Wikimania in Brazil in 2015, so no problems. ;)
And, yeah, some strange sport...
On 29 March 2013 20:09, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < everton.alvarenga@okfn.org> wrote:
[off-topic]
2013/3/29 Matthew Roth mroth@wikimedia.org
I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)
Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and foreigners, hey!) will have access to.
And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(
Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this, because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the mid and long term of so much corruption.
Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be sustainable.
Tom
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[still in the off-topic]
*Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be
sustainable*.
Don't need to hope no more, hotels in Rio are *already* expensive because of the World Cup renovations (is impossible to get a hotel in Rio for less than 100 USD/night) and I do believe the price will double in 2014 and only drop after 2016 (after yet another "let's-rob-the-people-and-impress- foreigners" event)
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On 29 March 2013 20:09, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < everton.alvarenga@okfn.org> wrote:
[off-topic]
2013/3/29 Matthew Roth mroth@wikimedia.org
I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :)
Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and foreigners, hey!) will have access to.
And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :(
Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this, because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the mid and long term of so much corruption.
Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be sustainable.
Tom
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One needn't stick around to establish and maintain a working framework for such - continuity and knowledge-transfer sounds rather like consistency and maintainability of code, where if it is well set up and documented anyone can reasonably pick up where someone else left off.
So to ensure that there is continuity between events from year to year, the important thing would be the framework and that what was done gets written down - and in an organised and consistent fashion. That way never mind who it is in this position, the future organisers should still be able to find stuff from previous events as well, pick up where others left off, and continue from there.
On 29/03/13 02:06, Everton Zanella Alvarenga wrote:
Good point, Florence.
Is it like if we hired someone for a education position to work during one school term for only 6 months.
Tom
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Florence Devouard anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Welcome again Ellie
A question came to my mind when I read the description of the job.
- making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the
conference moves to new hosts year-over-year.
Yet, she is taking on the role as an annual contract.
Is there not a contradiction here ?
Flo
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