WikimediaAnnounce-l December 2016

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The Signpost – Volume 12, Issue 30 – 22 December 2016. Year in review, and much more
by Wikipedia Signpost 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

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November 2016 minutes of the Board of Trustees
by Stephen LaPorte 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hi all, The Board of Trustees has approved and published minutes from the meeting on November 13, 2016. You can find the Board's minutes on the Foundation Wiki here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-11-13 Best, Stephen -- Stephen LaPorte Senior Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation *NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal and ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*

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Project Grants program will fund 12 community-led projects
by Marti Johnson 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

Hi all, In the second round of Project Grants, 21 eligible proposals were submitted for review. The committee recommended 12 projects for a total of $194,490 in funding. WMF has now approved all 12 grants. Here’s what we’re funding. [1] - Kiwix/Offline medical <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Stephane/Kiwix/Offline_medic…> Wikimed is a medical encyclopedia app that runs on the offline platform Kiwix <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kiwix_-_Wikipedia_Offline>. It serves as a powerful resource for its users, who are predominantly based in areas of the Global South with limited connectivity. This project will update the existing Kiwix code to improve access and content quality, benefitting both Wikimed and other Wikimedia projects supported by Kiwix. [2][3] - Video templates <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Ainali/Video_templates>Video is used by Wikimedians for many reasons, like sharing on social media, providing trainings, reporting on successes and more. This project will produce templates to enable volunteers to more easily develop professional-level videos compatible with our visual identity guidelines <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Visual_identity_guidelines>. The templates will be developed for open source software. [4][5] - GLAMpipe <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/GLAMpipe>GLAMpipe is an open source web application that allows GLAM institutions to upload and process more complex data sets. Initially developed in 2016 with support from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, the grant will fund the next phase of improvements, focused on adoption by key GLAM-Wiki contributors, and extension of the tool to bring data to Wikidata. [6] - Fountain <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/%D0%9B%D0%B5_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0…> Running wiki contests involves extensive preparation for organizers and volunteers, from devising requirements and guidelines, to scoring edits and determining winning participants. Fountain is a tool that creates and organizes online contests, and includes the ability to review edited quality articles. It has already been used on Russian Wikipedia, and was used by organizers of Asian Wikipedia Month <https://tools.wmflabs.org/fountain/editathons/asian-month-2016-en> in November 2016! This grant will expand the tool for multiple-language and multi-project environments. [7][8] Offline outreach: seven projects funded - Offline Wikipedia outreach in Mongolia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Offline_Wikipedia_outreach_i…>Progress Gateway, an NGO that specializes in building better education in Mongolia, will lead a pilot project that will integrate offline Wikipedia into classroom curriculum in both urban and rural areas. The project aims to build skills in utilizing English Wikipedia, and provide an introduction to editing in Mongolian Wikipedia. [9] - Let’s fill the gender gap through community building <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Let%27s_fill_the_gender_gap_…>This project seeks to build on the success of the Let’s fill the gender gap workshops <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/User:Nattes_%C3%A0_chat/Let%27s_…> for another year. Focused on building motivation among new female volunteers in the Geneva region, regular meetings will be hosted to build personal relationships among participants and a sense of belonging to the Wikimedia community as a whole. [10] [11] - Joburgpedia 2016 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WM_ZA/Joburgpedia_Digitizati…> Wikimedia South Africa, in partnership with South African History Archives, will be engaging participants in edit-a-thons and in a digitization initiative as part of Johannesburg-based JoburgpediA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/JoburgpediA>. Notably, this project will include documentation of the work of photojournalist and activist Gille De Vlieg, who photographed life in South Africa’s townships and shanty towns during the Apartheid era. [12][13] - Music in Canada @ 150: A Wikipedia and Wikidata Project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Music_in_Canada_@_150:_A_Wik…>This project aims to fill a gap in content about Canadian music. Through a collaboration between music communities, librarians and archivists across the country, a series of offline events will strategically encourage new contributions to both Wikipedia and Wikidata. [14] - Bashkortostan User Group Event Planning for Q1 2017 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UG_BAK/Event_Planning_for_Q1…>Through this multi-part project, Bashkortostan Wikimedians will run contests, conduct trainings and offer social meet-up opportunities to build the volunteer community contributing to Bashkir language Wikimedia projects. [15] - Initialization project for Iraq Wikimedians User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Initialization_project_for_I…>The Iraqi User Group will run a multi-part project focused on: building the user group, conducting trainings and edit-a-thons, hosting photo trips, coordinating Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments campaigns and launching their first version of the Wikipedia Education Program. [16] - Wikimedia Belgium Public facing activities 2017 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WM_BE/Public_facing_activiti…>Two years after its founding, Wikimedia Belgium seeks to further build its capacity by developing GLAM partnerships, establishing education programs and expanding its volunteer community through offline events. [17] Online outreach: one project funded - Whose Knowledge? <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Whose_Knowledge%3F> This project seeks to build a base for a global campaign to create, collect and curate knowledge from and with marginalised communities. The grantees will pilot their model with two communities: the Dalit <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit> community in India and its diaspora in the US, and women’s human rights defenders <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_activists> in the global South. [18] You can read more about this round on the Wikimedia Foundation blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/12/16/twelve-project-grants/> [19] The next open call for 2017 Round 1 of Project Grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> will begin February 13, 2017 and end March 14, 2017. Note that this is a change from the previously posted schedule, reflecting a shift from quarterly to biannual funding rounds. After piloting our new programs for the last six months, we determined that we are not adequately staffed to conduct four rounds per year and still maintain the level of support we want to offer our grantees. Consequently, we are scaling back to make sure we offer quality support all the way through the life of our grants. Assessment of the design of all our new grants programs will be ongoing as we seek to meet the needs of the community and align with Foundation’s resources and capacity. We will be doing a community survey in early 2017 to understand how the changes have impacted our grantees. [20] In the month leading up to the next Project Grants open call, an Inspire Campaign <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire> will be conducted to invite community ideas on engaging and developing partnerships with outside knowledge networks – such as experts, libraries, and cultural institutions – to improve the quality of content in our projects. These ideas may be developed into Rapid or Project grants in cases where funding is needed. [21] Congratulations to the successful grantees! 1. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications> 2. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Stephane/Kiwix/Offline_medic… > 3. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kiwix_-_Wikipedia_Offline> 4. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Ainali/Video_templates> 5. <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Visual_identity_guidelines> 6. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/GLAMpipe> 7. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/%D0%9B%D0%B5_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0… > 8. <https://tools.wmflabs.org/fountain/editathons/asian-month-2016-en> 9. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Offline_Wikipedia_outreach_i… > 10. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Let%27s_fill_the_gender_gap_… > 11. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/User:Nattes_%C3%A0_chat/Let%27s_… > 12. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WM_ZA/Joburgpedia_Digitizati… > 13. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/JoburgpediA> 14. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Music_in_Canada_@_150:_A_Wik… > 15. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UG_BAK/Event_Planning_for_Q1… > 16. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Initialization_project_for_I… > 17. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WM_BE/Public_facing_activiti… > 18. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Whose_Knowledge%3F> 19. <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/12/16/twelve-project-grants/> 20. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> 21. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire

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Agenda for the December 16, 2016 Board Meeting
by Stephen LaPorte 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

Hi all, The agenda for the next Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees meeting is now available on Meta Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia. org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2016-12 Thank you, Stephen -- Stephen LaPorte Senior Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation *NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal and ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*

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Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Invitation to WMF December 2016 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, December 15, 19:00 UTC
by Lena Traer 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

REMINDER: This meeting starts in 30 minutes. On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Lena Traer <ltraer(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Hello everyone, > > > The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take > place on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC > channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be > broadcast as a live YouTube stream. > > > The theme of the December meeting is: "Wikimedia's role in the world > today." We want to explore the unique role we play in the world, and why > our work is more important than ever. > > > Meeting agenda: > > > * Welcomes, theme introduction > > * Movement update > > * Wikimedia audiences update > > * English fundraiser messaging and update > > * Movement strategy update > > * Questions and discussion > > * Wikilove > > > Please review > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities… > for further information about the meeting and how to participate. > > > We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting. > > > Thank you, > > Lena > > > Lena Traer > > Project Assistant // Communications // Advancement > > Wikimedia Foundation > > 149 New Montgomery Street > > San Francisco, CA 94105 >

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This Month in GLAM: November 2016
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 10 Dec '16

10 Dec '16

*This Month in GLAM* is a monthly newsletter documenting recent happenings within the GLAM project, such as content donations, residencies, events and more. GLAM is an acronym of *G*alleries, *L*ibraries, *A*rchives and *M*useums. You can find more information on the project at glamwiki.org. *This Month in GLAM – Issue XI, Volume VI – November 2016* ------------------------------ Belgium report: Wiki Loves Art Belgium; Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium & Luxembourg http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/B… Brazil report: Opening the Mathematics box in a context of widespread innumeracy http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/B… Côte d'Ivoire report: Outcomes from the Parliament's collaboration and more http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/C…'Ivoire_report France report: GLAM in northern France http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/F… Germany report: WikiLibrary Barcamp and Wikimedia-Salon http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/G… Mexico report: 2nd edit-a-thon WikiUNAM; 2 other edit-a-thons http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/M… Netherlands report: Temminck Groll Collection; WW2 underground newspaper project presented in Bonn; Stained glass in the picture http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/N… Norway report: #faktajakt and Armenia contest http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/N… Spain report: Edit-a-thons in museums http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/S… Sweden report: Connected Open Heritage; Craft; Wikipedia training; Uppsala stadsarkiv; Brunnsmuseet; Debate; LSH Upload http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/S… Ukraine report: Ukrainian Museums Issued Additional Awards for Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/U… USA report: Holiday season events with new partners http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/U… Open Access report: Open access on the 2016 Community Wishlist; Over 1k new video uploads http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/O… Wikidata report: Birthday Bonanza http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/W… WMF GLAM report: Digitization, #1lib1ref, and Tech Updates http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/W… Calendar: December's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Contents/E… ------------------------------ About *This Month in GLAM* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/November_2016/Single Twitter http://twitter.com/ThisMonthinGLAM Add your story / Work on the next edition http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/Newsroom -- The *This Month in GLAM* team http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter

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Invitation to WMF December 2016 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, December 15, 19:00 UTC
by Lena Traer 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

Hello everyone, The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream. The theme of the December meeting is: *"Wikimedia's role in the world today."* We want to explore the unique role we play in the world, and why our work is more important than ever. Meeting agenda: * Welcomes, theme introduction * Movement update * Wikimedia audiences update * English fundraiser messaging and update * Executive update * Questions and discussion * Wikilove Please review https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics _and_activities_meetings for further information about the meeting and how to participate. We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting. Thank you, Lena Lena Traer Project Assistant // Communications // Advancement Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105

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New board of Wikimedia Hungary
by Samat 03 Dec '16

03 Dec '16

Dear Wikimedians, On November 27, 2016 Wikimedia Hungary held a general meeting, which elected the board of the chapter for the next two year. The new boards is: * president: Péter Gervai (User:grin, re-elected) * executive vice-president: Tamás Mészöly (User:Samat, re-elected but new role) * financial vice-president: Balázs Viczian (User:Vince, new) * board member: Orsolya Gyenes (User:OrsolyaVirág, re-elected) * board member: Anna Krizsán (User:nyiffi, new member). Gábor Bihary (User:Peyerk) and Mónika Balogh (User:RepliCarter) resigned from the board. Best regards, Samat

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