Thanks for the mail, Nicole, and Teele for the post. Two points:

a) It is great to see this kind of chapter interchanges, and I hope to see more of it. It would be great if more chapters can offer such opportunities.

b) It is great to see how a generation of young people grows in/into the Wikimedia movement, who do internships, write their BA thesis on a Wikimedia topic or travel to conventions. When I started with Wikipedia, I was already 30, way over the age of secondary socialisation.

Kind regards Ziko

2016-07-29 12:30 GMT+02:00 Nicole Ebber nicole.ebber@wikimedia.de:

Hi all,

Following up on our Wikimedia Conference report 2016[1], we have now published more information about our “Visiting Wikimedian” initiative that we kicked-off with Teele Vaalma from Wikimedia Eesti this year. This initiative aims to transfer practical knowledge from the German chapter to other Wikimedia movement affiliates and provides us with an outside view.

Teele wrote a blog post on the movement blog, describing her time in Berlin and her work to support us in organising the conference. It’s really worth a read, as she provides insights into cross chapter exchange and knowledge transfer.[2]

We have also set up a page (on Meta!) that describes the pilot that we started this year. We would like to continue this for the Wikimedia Conference 2017 and now start looking for the next Visiting Wikimedian.[3] We are especially looking for a person who can apply the knowledge to an upcoming event, for example if the affiliate is hosting a regional or international conference. If you are interested in becoming a Visiting Wikimedian, please reach out to me directly until mid September.

A special thanks goes out to Wikimedia Eesti for being so supportive of the idea and to Teele for doing such an awesome job!

Cheers, Nicole

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Report [2] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/07/28/digest-estonia-germany-wikimedia-confe... [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visiting_Wikimedian

-- Nicole Ebber Referentin Internationale Beziehungen Adviser to the ED, International Relations

Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 21915826-0 http://wikimedia.de

Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://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.

---

Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l