WikimediaAnnounce-l April 2016

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Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan FY2016-2017
by Katherine Maher 28 May '16

28 May '16

Hi everyone, The Foundation is pleased to announce that our Annual Plan is now on Meta.[1] This year's plan focuses on improving support for--and consultation with--community, responding effectively to changing user needs, and addressing strategic challenges facing our movement. We're investing in areas that we believe the Foundation is uniquely positioned to address, including readership and reach, volunteer retention and engagement, and support for knowledge creation. Thank you to everyone who contributed earlier this year to the strategy consultations, which helped guide our thinking. We look forward to your feedback! Warmly, Katherine [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/… -- Katherine Maher Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher(a)wikimedia.org

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The Signpost – Volume 12, Issue 15 – 24 April 2016
by Wikipedia Signpost 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

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Wikipedia to the Moon: Call for participation
by Michael Jahn 21 Apr '16

21 Apr '16

Dear all, I’m thrilled to share with you something very unusual: This is a call for participation to all Wikipedians all over the world. Today, we set up a global community discussion about taking Wikipedia to the Moon – yes, in the literal sense. It is a special birthday gift in the year of Wikipedia’s 15th anniversary. Please find all the details on Meta-Wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_to_the_Moon>[1], where you can also contribute immediately and on-wiki. The following is a nutshell of the project, containing some additional information regarding communications: At Wikimedia Deutschland’s we’ve been contacted by Berlin-based Google Lunar XPRIZE competitor “Part-Time Scientists”, who are among the few remaining teams preparing to send their own lunar vehicles to the Moon by 2017. They’ve asked us for support, because they love Wikipedia and would like to include it in their Moon rover’s scientific payload as a gift. According to the rules of the Lunar challenge, their rover must make it safely to the Moon surface, drive 500 meters and transmit images to earth. However, the Part-Time Scientists, whose motto is “Hell yeah, it’s rocket science!”, thought it would be even cooler to also preserve the sum of all knowledge on the Moon. So that’s why they’ve offered Wikimedia Deutschland 20GB of disc space on a ceramic-made medium, provided that we handle the selection of Wikipedia content. That, however, is something we feel we cannot do on our own/alone: After 15 years of free knowledge, approaching 40 million articles in almost 300 languages, it wouldn’t be easy for anyone to take the responsibility and decide on a selection of the work of tens of thousands of volunteers. We believe that any preparation of Wikipedia content for such a symbolic purpose ought to be community-driven, and necessarily even on a global level: This is bigger than single language communities or single groups or organizations within our vast movement. So we’ve decided to be bold and make every step of the process open for anyone who wants to contribute. It is up to the international community of editors how to move forward. Again, please find more information on Meta-Wiki (and all the links)[1]. Today we are kicking off the initial discussion of possible scenarios. It will be open until June 3. In order to match payload deadlines we need to prepare our data long before the actual launch date. Our goal is to finish the Wikipedia anniversary year with a successful Moon project on International Volunteers Day, December 5. Wikimedia Deutschland’s spokesperson Jan Apel will be handling press inquiries and media planning with the Part-Time Scientists here in Germany. We’ve been in contact with the WMF Communications team (thanks guys for your support!) and hereby extend a warm invitation to communications people all over the movement to join in[2]. It would be great to coordinate internationally, serving as many language communities as possible. Beginning at Wikimedia Conference, we’ll reach out and coordinate in person, but you can sign up right away on Meta-Wiki and become part of the Moon team yourselves. Let’s take Wikipedia to the Moon together! Michael [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_to_the_Moon [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_to_the_Moon/About#Press_contacts.… -- Michael Jahn Leiter Kommunikation & Partnerschaften Head of Communications & Partnerships Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 http://wikimedia.de <http://www.wikimedia.de> Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch freien Zugang zu der Gesamtheit des Wissens der Menschheit hat. Helfen Sie uns dabei! 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.

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Wikimedia Highlights, March 2016
by Andrew Sherman 16 Apr '16

16 Apr '16

Please find a summary of last month’s highlights from the Wikimedia blog at the following link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_March_2016 Contents: • The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists • New completion suggester helps you find what you need on Wikimedia sites • Jimmy Wales tells South by Southwest that community is key to Wikipedia’s future • In brief Translations for March 2016 are greatly appreciated. -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications Intern | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)> andrewsherman.work

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Outage for planned maintenance: No editing for two 30-minute periods next week
by Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder 16 Apr '16

16 Apr '16

This is a reminder about next week's major data center migration: There will be NO EDITING for about 30 minutes on both Tuesday, 19 April, beginning at 14:00 UTC <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160419T14> and Thursday, 21 April, beginning at 14:00 UTC <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160421T14>. This will affect ALL of the wikis in all languages and all projects. You will be able to read the wikis and to log in, but you will not be able to edit. Read https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/Server_switch_2016 for more information. Please share this information with editors and other contributors you know. Thank you. -- Whatamidoing (WMF)/Sherry Snyder Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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The Signpost – Volume 12, Issue 14 – 14 April 2016
by Wikipedia Signpost 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

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This Month in GLAM: March 2016
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

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Board update
by Patricio Lorente 09 Apr '16

09 Apr '16

All, As many of you already know, Denny Vrandečić has announced his resignation from the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, effective today, April 8th. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Denny for his service to the movement and to the Wikimedia Foundation. We wish him the best during his wikibreak, and look forward to seeing him on the projects and around the movement. When Denny informed the Board that he was stepping down, we began to consider how we would move forward. We recognize the importance of filling the two vacancies on the Board, and would like to proceed in a way that respects the will of the community and responds to existing Board needs. The Board will be meeting in Berlin during the Wikimedia Conference on April 22nd and 23rd - during this time we will discuss how we should fill the open community-nominated and appointed Trustee seats. I look forward to sharing more information with you in late April. Patricio --

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Wiki Loves Earth 2016
by Samantha Lien 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

Sharing on behalf of Anna Khrobolova of Wikimedia Ukraine: Dear all, On May, 1st, an international photographic competition Wiki Loves Earth 2016 starts in over a dozen of countries. The basic aim of the competition is to collect photos of natural heritage sites such as nature reserves, landscape conservation areas, national parks, scenic/landscape areas, remarkable gardens, etc. to illustrate articles in Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects. Wiki Loves Earth International Team invites all chapters and user groups that are not on the list of participants yet consider joining the contest. [1] The international team will gladly help you with technical coordination, support with list conversion, supporting your grant requests, providing souvenirs. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact wle-team(a)wikimedia.org.ua. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2016 *Kind regards,* *Anna Khrobolova* *Wikimedia Ukraine* -- *Samantha Lien* Communications | Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 slien(a)wikimedia.org

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2016 call for Audit Committee observers
by Gregory Varnum 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

Forward on behalf of Kelly Battles. Hello All - My name is Kelly Bodnar Battles and I am honored to have joined the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees in January of this year. Professionally, I am a Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and a material part of my near term Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) Board responsibilities will be to chair the Audit Committee. Currently, the voting members of the Audit Committee are myself, Alice Wiegand, María Sefidari and Denny Vrandečić. WMF’s CFO and Treasurer Jaime Villagomez is also an important stakeholder on this committee as well. As you may know, we have the precedent of having non-voting members (please see role definition below) from outside the board participate in the Audit Committee as well. Toward that end, I would like to: - First and foremost, thank Matt Bisanz, Michael Snow, Abhijith Jayanthi, Ben Creasy and Florian Gerl for participating in this committee as non-voting members in the recent past. - Request that if you are interested (or know of other volunteers in the community who may be interested) in serving in this capacity for this next cycle (from selection through June 2017), please send to me at this email address (kbattles(a)wikimedia.org) your resume, the top 3 reasons why you want to do this and the top 3 things you will add to the Audit Committee. - Propose the following steps and timeline for the selection process: - Candidates submit their interest and the above information to me no later than April 15 - The Audit Committee will interview top 4 candidates by May 10 - The Audit Committee will select the top 2 candidate by May 15 - Selected candidates join the Audit committee by June 1 and attend July Audit Committee meeting - Outline the following important preferences for candidates interested in this role: - 5+ years of operational finance and or accounting experience - Solid understanding of the mission and operations of WMF - Prior executive or board experience - CPA (Certified Public Accountant) or MBA (Masters in Business Administration), or equivalent earned - Capacity to commit an estimated 20-30 hours annually to attend both quarterly and other ad-hoc meetings, prepare or review required materials, and interact with committee, staff and/or board as required. Once again, I am thrilled to be part of this amazing organization. Thank you for the warm welcome I have received so far. Best, Kelly See link for Audit Committee charter https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Audit_Committee_charter This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Committee/2016_c…

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