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-conf…
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visiting_Wikimedian
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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.
Dear all,
We have published our APG Progress Report. It covers the first six
months of 2016, with a special focus on Wikidata and
community-oriented Software Development. It also covers our non-APG
funded activities such as the Attribution Generator, Local Hubs for
Volunteers and our mapping OER project.
True to our approach of being a learning partner for the movement, we
have added two sections with shared learnings at the bottom of each
section.
Check it out, it's beautiful!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Wikim…
Happy reading,
Nicole
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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.
Hi all,
The Board of Trustees have published minutes from the summer Board meeting
on June 22-23 and the Board meeting on June 29 to discuss the endowment.
You can find the meeting minutes and accompanying documents on the
Foundation Wiki:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-06https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-06-29
Best,
Stephen
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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>.*
Dear all,
The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday,
July 28, 2016 at 6:00 PM UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is
#wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as
a live YouTube stream.
Meeting agenda:
* Welcomes
* Community update
* Review of WMF top-level metrics
* Feature Presentation
* Product Demo
* Questions/discussions
Please review
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/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,
--
Janet Renteria
Office Manager
Hello all,
This year again, there is a long and diverse set of very strong candidates
that have nominated themselves to be considered for appointment to the FDC
[1]. I am very grateful to them for coming forward and wanting to
participate in this important part of our movement's grants program.
It is now time for you, members of our communities; to ask questions to the
candidates. Since this round of candidates will be appointed, it is crucial
that as many people as possible ask questions to the candidates, so as to
allow the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation to have as much
insight as possible as to the skills, competence and motivation of the
candidates.
You can ask questions to all candidates or to specific candidates on this
page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/No…
Note that your questions are also a way for existing FDC members to know
what is important to you all as interested members of the community
regarding FDC activities and work, so please, do participate!
Best,
Delphine
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/No…
PS. Please forward this announcement to any list you think is appropriate.
--
Delphine Ménard
Program Officer, Annual Plan Grants
Wikimedia Foundation
Fellow travellers,
Wikimedia UK's Annual Report and Financial Statements are available on our
website:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:WMUK_Annual_Report_2015-16_(Signatures_R…
Included are messages from the Chair and Chief Executive, information about
our governance and structure, our achievements and performance, details of
the staff restructure and CEO transition, and our financial statements.
All the best,
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*