Hey all - as a followup to the informal meetup we had at the end of
august, this seems like something we could probably benefit a lot from
doing more regularly. Some things that came up or stuff:
* When planning events, no matter how small/informal, we should
probably be starting a few weeks in advance, where there's at least
a week or two to discuss/finalise what we're doing, and another week
between then and the thing itself to ensure the plan has time to,
well, actually reach everyone.
o This went reasonably well for the first part, the second less
so, but bear in mind too that something actually happening at
all is still a major success regardless so we shouldn't be
getting too tripped up on small parts that don't work as well.
* We'll never find a time everyone's going to make it, but that's
probably fine, because:
* This is likely something we should be doing on a monthly or
bi-monthly basis, or quarterly, or whatever, depending on interest.
So basic proposal:
We should do these regularly, just a general dinner/drinks/awkward
loitering/whatever floats your goat (the point is the /options/ are
there for all of us) meetup where we talk and catch up on things and
maybe hatch diabolical plans for other things. We should set a
particular time for them, say, 6pm on the third wednesday of every other
month, and stick to whatever schedule we come up with unless we really
need to change it for some reason, so that it's predictable and can be
planned around. We should have a general area for them (such as sticking
to pearl street, if that works for people) and move the venue we
actually use around there unless/until we find something that's just
perfect. We should make a thing for it on Meetup, and anyone using
social media etc should advertise it there so we can reach a potentially
wider audience and bring in users from the wider editing, reading, and
GLAM/whatever communities.
Thoughts, issues, recommendations?
-I
Hi all,
WikiConference North America 2019 will be taking place in Boston,
Massachusetts on Friday, November 8 through Monday, November 11.
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Main_Page
Plans are under way for our annual Culture Crawl, hackathon and programming
days. We're also teaming up with and are thrilled to have the support of
the Credibility Coalition to put on a great event with reliability as a
central theme.
Session proposals are open! We are pleased to announce that we are
accepting submissions for WCNA lectures, panels, workshops, etc. Visit our
submissions page on the conference wiki to learn more and start your
submission. Submissions are due by September 20th (or September 27th for
academic proposals).
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2019/Submissions
Scholarship applications are also open! You can apply for a scholarship
from September 1st through September 20th. Everything you need to know
about the scholarship -the criteria, application timeline, evaluation
process, a FAQ section, as well as a link to the application form- are
available on our scholarship page.
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We have 4 "yes" for today at 6 pm.
I plan on being at the Mountain Sun (1535 pearl street) around 5:30-5:45 pm.
Hope to see you there!
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> From: Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com>
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> If everyone who could do the 26th can do the 27th, should we just
> declare that the day? Does that not work for anyone (else)? Alternately
> it could well be worth putting this off a bit more just so we can plan
> it better, and perhaps that way Oleksiy could also make it...
>
> Is doodle still a thing? Could someone maybe set up a poll for this to
> really sort it out, name a place, etc? (Sorry, my internet is crapping
> out too much for me to even really try right now.)
>
> -I
>
> On 21/08/2019 20:49, Neal McBurnett wrote:
> > Monday nights, and the 26th in particular, are good for me. Tuesday the
> 27th would also work, and perhaps Thu the 29th.
> > Boulder would be most convenient for me.
> >
> > The local 500 Women Scientists group has also been thinking about
> another event,
> > so I've BCC'd them.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:29:28PM +0300, oleksiy golubov wrote:
> >> Have a nice meeting! Hope to see you all another time!
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 9:30 PM Todd Allen <toddmallen(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Afraid I can't, I'm taking an evening class on Mondays. Hope
> everyone enjoys the meetup though!
> >>
> >> Todd
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 12:07 PM Abhay Natu <asnatu(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sounds like Monday, 26th works for most of us.
> >>
> >> Suggestions for a place?
> >>
> >> Abhay
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 9:38 AM Abhay Natu <asnatu(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Wikimedians of Colorado,
> >>
> >> How about getting together to take stock of our activities
> and plan a few small things over the next few months?
> >>
> >> We can plan to meet in Boulder or somewhere on the
> Turnpike one of the evenings during the week of 8/26 (week after
> >> next) or week of 9/2 (Labor Day week.) Let us know what
> works for you.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Abhay
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> Here's a Doodle poll for y'all! https://doodle.com/poll/q875ty3m5vfs5h4h
> I've set 6-8pm as the meeting time, but I can tweak as needed. In terms of
> meeting places, I liked both the Southern Sun [1] and Under The Sun [2],
> but of course my information may be hopelessly out of date ^_^.
> Have a fun meetup!
> cheers,
> Gaurav
>
> [1] http://mountainsunpub.com/contact.htm
> [2] https://www.underthesuneateryandpizzeria.com/
>
> On Aug 24 2019, at 12:11 pm, Isarra Yos <zhorishna(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > If everyone who could do the 26th can do the 27th, should we just
> > declare that the day? Does that not work for anyone (else)? Alternately
> > it could well be worth putting this off a bit more just so we can plan
> > it better, and perhaps that way Oleksiy could also make it...
> >
> > Is doodle still a thing? Could someone maybe set up a poll for this to
> > really sort it out, name a place, etc? (Sorry, my internet is crapping
> > out too much for me to even really try right now.)
> >
> > -I
> > On 21/08/2019 20:49, Neal McBurnett wrote:
> > > Monday nights, and the 26th in particular, are good for me. Tuesday
> the 27th would also work, and perhaps Thu the 29th.
> > > Boulder would be most convenient for me.
> > >
> > > The local 500 Women Scientists group has also been thinking about
> another event,
> > > so I've BCC'd them.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/
> > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:29:28PM +0300, oleksiy golubov wrote:
> > > > Have a nice meeting! Hope to see you all another time!
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 9:30 PM Todd Allen <toddmallen(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > Afraid I can't, I'm taking an evening class on Mondays. Hope
> everyone enjoys the meetup though!
> > > > Todd
> > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 12:07 PM Abhay Natu <asnatu(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > Sounds like Monday, 26th works for most of us.
> > > > Suggestions for a place?
> > > > Abhay
> > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 9:38 AM Abhay Natu <asnatu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello Wikimedians of Colorado,
> > > > How about getting together to take stock of our activities and plan
> a few small things over the next few months?
> > > > We can plan to meet in Boulder or somewhere on the Turnpike one of
> the evenings during the week of 8/26 (week after
> > > > next) or week of 9/2 (Labor Day week.) Let us know what works for
> you.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Abhay
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And so it happens, Mountain Sun is closed today to "celebrate an amazing
summer". LOL
I am hanging out here for a bit.
Abhay
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> All right, I'll be there!
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> Hopefully everyone sees this in time.
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> -I
>
> On
>
You are cordially invited to the Ninth Annual Colorado Wiknic from noon to
4:00 Sunday afternoon, July 14, 2019. We will host the Wiknic at our home
at 8032 West 78th Circle, Arvada, Colorado. Full information is available
at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Colorado/Wiknic/2019
Please call us at (303) 477-7139 for any further information or assistance.
We look forward to seeing you,
Buaidh(a)gmail.com & BikeSally(a)gmail.com
(AKA Steve Brown and Sally Berriman)
Hi everybody,
Here's the results of the ASBS elections from May! Congratulations to Nataliia Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein Sigalov!
cheers,
Gaurav
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From: Ad Huikeshoven <ad(a)huikeshoven.org>
Subject: [All-affiliates] ASBS results
Date: Jun 12 2019, at 5:58 pm
To: all-affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear Wikimedians,
We are writing to let you know the result of the election for the 2 Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia Foundation board. The successful candidates were Nataliia Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein Sigalov. A total of 122 affiliates voted, 85% of the 143 eligible to vote, which is a record.
As you know the election was conducted under a variation of the Single Transferable Vote, which meant that prorated votes were redistributed between candidates to come up with the final result. In the 10th step of counting the final place, after Nataliia Tymkiv was elected, was between Shani Evenstein Sigalov (40.519678) and Richard Knipel (40.480322).
We have put the full count narrative on meta so that others can verify it if they wish.[1] It is the closest ASBS result for some time, and all candidates brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the WMF.
In the 9th step of counting Reda Kerbouche lost by a very small margin. Adding a ballot with rank #1 for Richard or Reda would result in them being elected instead of Shani. The same goes for removing a ballot. Changing the ranking on one of the ballots in a specific can way can result in a different outcome for the second seat. This is an election in which every vote counts.
As in any election, there is a chance that some voters misinterpreted the instructions and voted wrongly. We don't see a justification for an action as extraordinary and controversial as opening votes for review after the vote period is over. The instructions were visible and clear: "Rank any candidate from 1 (your preferred candidate) to 11 (your least preferred candidate)." After voting, voters received a confirmation email stating the name of each candidate they voted with the number of their rank: Rank 1, Rank 2, ... The agency of voters should be respected. As part of the retrospective we may identify areas of improvements on our side, but still the process was quite simple and documented.
Some voters realized they made a mistake and requested a new ballot. New ballots were issued in those cases. This choice was done because of the specific situation of this election, since the process was complex for new affiliates and participation, diversity and inclusion were a clear goal.[2] We have published on meta information about who got a new ballot within the voting deadline.[3] The Election Facilitators have been available nearly 24 hours a day monitoring the various communication channels to answer any questions affiliates might have. We did our best at answering all of them.
After our own scrutiny of the data, and based on our experience in community processes, we strongly advise the community to respect the integrity of the process, and advise against allowing any modifications of votes at this point. If the votes had been reopened for modification with or without publishing vote results, that would have caused significant confusion and criticism that could have jeopardized the entire election.
We will publish a debrief with recommendations for a next ASBS process on meta.[4] We invite all representatives of affiliates to a feedback session at Wikimania.[5]
We would like to congratulate Nataliia Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein Sigalov and thank everyone who stood.
Regards,
Ad Huikeshoven, Lane Rasberry, Jeffrey Keefer, Neal McBurnett, Abhinav Srivastava, Alessandor Marchetti
Election Facilitators
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Results
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2…
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/New_bal…
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Debrief
[5] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/ASBS_Feedback
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Just a reminder that if you'd like to be on the Wikimedia Board, you've got about 98 hours left!
cheers,
Gaurav
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Dear All,
Please post your nominations at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Nominat… within the next 100 hours. Limit your text to 500 words.
Please pay attention to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Questio….
Best wishes,
Ad Huikeshoven
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Hello friends!
As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees is soon going to include two members elected by Wikimedia Affliates [1], including the Wikimedians of Colorado User Group (hereafter: "we" or "our" or "WM-CUG" if I'm feeling formal). A call for candidates to these positions is now open [2]. After May 8, we will be submit ONE VOTE in which we RANK the candidates we would like elected to the board in our order of preference. The ugly details are available here [3], but really this is just a Single Transferable Vote [4].
I'm currently listed as the primary contact for WM-CUG, so I'll make sure we can discuss this vote on-wiki and on this mailing list, decide on our final vote, and communicate that to the Wikimedia Foundation (hereafter: "thems"). If somebody else would like to take over this job, please holler! If you have any other questions, please let me know and I'll send it on to thems and see what thems say.
Note that we're only eligible to vote because Isarra and Nealmcb completed and submitted our Annual Report 2018 [5], so thanks so much for that!
cheers,
Gaurav
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Call_fo…
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats_election_FAQ…
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_single_transferable_votes#Droop_quota
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/Annual_R…
Hi, all.
So I made it to the summit, and so far I have this to report: help I
want to go back to bed. Also uuuuh we're apparently an affiliate and
have some say in affiliate-selected board seats?!
But seriously, the focus of this thing seems a lot more specific than
previous years, not that I'm particularly familiar with previous years
either: it's all about Strategy. Movement process. 2030 stuff. That...
discussion I maybe kind of sort of derailed a year or two ago on this
same list (sorry about that). As such, I'm wondering if anyone does have
any particular thoughts on this, or ideas as to stuff I ought to be
looking into in particular that might affect us as a group/loosely
affiliated lump of people in theoretical proximity to each other who
occasionally organise things in theoretically relevant geological locations?
Or if you actually want to read up it, it's probably this:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20
As for the affiliate-selected board seats thing, I'm... honestly not
really sure what the deal with that is - I've been signed up for a
mailing list about it (possibly as the selected person for this
conference? Not sure - was anyone else added to that?) but haven't been
able to find out a whole lot about what's the deal with that onwiki,
either, partly on account of being a bit distracted travelling all over
and being ill.
So, yeah, should I be representing us on that, too, does anyone know any
more about that one, and what do we make of that?!
-I
Forwarding for anyone who uses telegram and is interested:
On 31/03/2019 10:08, Shani Evenstein wrote:
> Dear all,
>
>
> Continuing the process of "on boarding" User Groups to participate in
> the upcoming election process (which started here on this mailing list
> and continued in the WMSummit in Berlin), we have opened a telegram
> group for User Groups.
> The main purpose of the grouo is for you to have a platform to ask
> questions relevant pnly to UGs, brainstorm together on how to engage
> your communities, or just share you thoughts (and frustrations ☺).
>
> Here is a link to the new Wiki User Groups Affiliates group. So if you
> belong to a User Group, please join the group and introduce yourself -
> https://t.me/joinchat/Ee0ANBOp0AuT48mFpNweqg
> Please note that more than one person can join the group (unlike this
> maing list), so please share it with your communities. The more, the
> merrier. ☺
>
> Cheers,
> Shani.
>
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