Hi everybody,
Please check to see if you are eligible to vote for the 2022 Wikimedia Board of Trustees election (Aug 23 to Sep 6, 2022) [1]. All editors are eligible to vote through one account if that account is:
- not blocked in more than one project
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There is an online tool [2] available to check if you are eligible under the criteria listed above. If not, please check the additional criteria [3]. Some possible paths to eligibility that may apply to you:
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Cheers,
Gaurav
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022>
[2] https://meta.toolforge.org/accounteligibility/63 <https://meta.toolforge.org/accounteligibility/63>
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Voter_e… <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Voter_e…>
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> From: Mervat Salman <msalman-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [All-affiliates] BoT Election - Affiliates: Identify voters in your membership
> Date: August 8, 2022 at 6:15:27 AM EDT
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Dear NC Wiki friends,
First, this is your reminder that we'll meet this Thursday at 7pm at this
Zoom link: https://unc.zoom.us/j/91409562683
Before then, in the next few days, I'm supposed to cast a vote on behalf of
our user group for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, which is
bringing on two new members.
You can read about the *2022 Board of Trustees candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>
*here. The candidates have also responded to a set of questions here
<https://forum.movement-strategy.org/t/affiliate-questions-selected-for-the-…>.
Please send me any input, endorsements, or concerns about any of the
candidates *by Wednesday (6/14) at 7pm*. (On- or off-list, whichever your
preference) My deadline for casting a vote is Thursday, 6/15, at 8pm. (So I
will be voting before our Thursday meeting.) The election uses a
ranked-choice system called single transferable vote
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Single_Trans…>.
Affiliate representatives (that's me, voting on behalf of our user group)
will vote to select 6 of the 12 candidates to continue on to the Board of
Trustees Community Voting period, during which we'll each have an
opportunity to vote as individuals. The community voting period will take
place from Aug. 15 to 19.
For more information, please visit the *2022 Board of Trustees page on
Meta-wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>*
.
Thanks,
Emily
Hey NC Wikipedia friends!
We're ten days into the photo campaign and it seems like it's going well!
There are 200 photos uploaded, from all over the state, and there are a lot
of great ones! You can see them all here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Uploaded_via_Campaign:WikiPixNC
There's a local photography group meeting tonight and I think they're going
to mention the campaign at their meeting. I also submitted PSAs to four
college radio stations (WNCU, WXYC, WXDU, and WKNC) and sent a message to
the historic sites directors for the eastern and western parts of the
state. But honestly, I think the banner is doing a lot of work, so thanks
again to Richard for making that happen!
I'm inclined to schedule our next meeting as a wrap-up, sometime after June
22 when the campaign ends, unless anyone thinks we should meet before then.
OR unless anyone is feeling motivated to work on a grant for a Wikimania
meet-up... but I just realized those grant applications
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2022/Scholarships> are due on
Friday. If anyone wants to discuss, email is probably the best way to go...
and soon!
Cheers,
Emily
Hello Wiki friends!
We'll meet next Thursday evening, 7pm. We'll recap the Wiki Pix campaign
and discuss other current matters.
Zoom link: https://unc.zoom.us/j/91409562683
Hope to see you then!
Emily
Hey former Triangle Wikipedians,
I'm Ziski from the Global Advocacy & Public Policy team. I wanted to personally invite you to our first-ever monthly conversation hours. The call is on July 1 at 16h EST. All information you need to participate is on this Meta page [1].
The agenda is split between a dedicated theme for the month and whatever items you wish to cover. This month we will share some of our work on disinformation. There is no set agenda for the second half of the call - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [2]. Come and talk to us! Ask us anything, or tell us anything, related to public policy and advocacy initiatives for free knowledge online. For example:
* You want to learn more about our team and our current initiatives
* You would like to share a policy development or advocacy campaign idea and would like to get feedback or support
* You have questions about a specific WMF policy priority or development
Hope to see you there... or at the next one!
Ziski, on behalf of the Global Advocacy team
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[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_policy/Conversation_hours_and_Events…
[2] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Agenda_%26_Notes%2C_Global_Advocacy_Conver…
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> From: Ramzy Muliawan <ramzym-ctr(a)wikimedia.org>
> Date: May 27, 2022 at 1:52:56 AM MDT
> To: all-affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org, affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [All-affiliates] Movement Strategy Forum: you're invited!
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> Dear Wikimedia Affiliates,
>
> This is an invitation to try out a new space for truly multilingual collaboration: https://forum.movement-strategy.org/
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> We are starting a community review period of two months. If the community feedback is positive, the Forum will launch in August 2022 before Wikimania. If not, we will follow the feedback received, changing the proposal or closing it. You can read the full proposal in this Meta-wiki page.
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> Looking forward to your first impressions!
>
> Best regards,
> Ramzy
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We have 87 photos uploaded so far, and they all pretty much seem to be
on-topic too!:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaign:WikiPixNC
Not sure if it might be worthwhile to actually tweet or use the #WikiPixNC
hashtag, if anyone might be into that kind of thing. There aren't any
mentions on Twitter yet, but maybe one could seed it a bit.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
7pm. See you soon!
> On May 18, 2022, at 4:50 PM, E.S. Jack <emilysjack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hey everyone! Just a reminder about our meeting tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7pm.
> Zoom link: https://unc.zoom.us/j/91855322815
>
> Hope to see you then!
>
> Emily
>
>> On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 4:34 PM E.S. Jack <emilysjack(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey NC Wiki friends!
>>
>> We're just a couple weeks away from the launch of our first-ever spring photo project, Wiki Pics NC '22! We have a great meetup page, which you can find here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/North_Carolina_Wikipedians/wikipixNC…
>>
>> Even if you haven't been coming to the planning meetings, I hope you'll participate in the project. It's low pressure, low stakes, but hopefully high fun! Just visit a North Carolina place of cultural, natural, or historic significance and upload it to the Wikimedia Commons between May 22 and June 22. (Full details at the page above.)
>>
>> Our next planning meeting is next THURSDAY, May 19, at 7pm. Zoom link to come. The project will launch just four days later, so I hope you're able to join!
>>
>> In the meantime, here are a handful of things folks can work on asynchronously:
>> Gaurav did an amazing job of finding gorgeous photos for the bottom of the page. Anyone want to add an inline photo or two somewhere earlier in the page for visual interest?
>> The cute button at the top that says "click here to upload your photos" etc... can we add it again toward the bottom, right after the "Got Questions" section and before the photos? I just tried quickly copying and pasting, but it had a "float:right" situation and I couldn't figure out what to replace that with to make it centered. ;)
>> Try out the upload before our meeting, pretending you're brand new to the Wikimedia Commons. When we meet, we'll discuss: Did everything go smoothly? Was anything confusing?
>> Question: We talked about the hashtag #wikipixNC22 in our last meeting. Should we ask people to add that somewhere in their photo upload, the way we add it to an edit summary during #1lib1ref?
>> Related question: Should we add somewhere to the page that people should use that hashtag when talking about the project on social media?
>> Hope to see you Thursday!
>>
>> Emily
Hey NC Wiki friends!
We're just a couple weeks away from the launch of our first-ever spring
photo project, Wiki Pics NC '22! We have a great meetup page, which you can
find here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/North_Carolina_Wikipedians/wikipixNC…
Even if you haven't been coming to the planning meetings, I hope you'll
participate in the project. It's low pressure, low stakes, but hopefully
high fun! Just visit a North Carolina place of cultural, natural, or
historic significance and upload it to the Wikimedia Commons between May 22
and June 22. (Full details at the page above.)
Our next planning meeting is next *THURSDAY, May 19, at 7pm*. Zoom link to
come. The project will launch just four days later, so I hope you're able
to join!
In the meantime, here are a handful of things folks can work on
asynchronously:
- Gaurav did an amazing job of finding gorgeous photos for the bottom of
the page. Anyone want to add an inline photo or two somewhere earlier in
the page for visual interest?
- The cute button at the top that says "click here to upload your
photos" etc... can we add it again toward the bottom, right after the "Got
Questions" section and before the photos? I just tried quickly copying and
pasting, but it had a "float:right" situation and I couldn't figure out
what to replace that with to make it centered. ;)
- Try out the upload before our meeting, pretending you're brand new to
the Wikimedia Commons. When we meet, we'll discuss: Did everything go
smoothly? Was anything confusing?
- *Question: *We talked about the hashtag #wikipixNC22 in our last
meeting. Should we ask people to add that somewhere in their photo upload,
the way we add it to an edit summary during #1lib1ref?
- *Related question: *Should we add somewhere to the page that people
should use that hashtag when talking about the project on social media?
Hope to see you Thursday!
Emily