WikimediaAnnounce-l November 2017

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The Signpost – Volume 13, Issue 11 – 24 November 2017
by Wikipedia Signpost 24 Nov '17

24 Nov '17

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Board of Trustees November 2017 meeting agenda and August 2017 meeting minutes
by Charles M. Roslof 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

Hi all, The agenda for the next Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees meeting on November 17–19, 2017 is now available on Meta Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2017-11 The Board has also approved and published minutes from its meeting on August 9–10, 2017: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2017-08-9,10 Best, Charles M. Roslof Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation croslof(a)wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/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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Nov/Dec Wikimedia Foundation Metrics & Activities meeting
by Samantha Lien 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

Hello everyone, The currently-scheduled November and December metrics meetings both fall on popular holiday weeks in the United States and other parts of the world. Given this, we will be combining the November and December meetings into a single metrics meeting on *Thursday, December 14th, from 6:00 - 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM - 12 PM PT)*. Please stay tuned for more details on the meeting in the coming weeks! Best, Sam and Greg -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 1Montgomery Street Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104

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Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia report (2016-2017)
by David Asriashvili 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Here is Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia report for 2016-2017 years https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Georgia/repo…

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This Month in GLAM: October 2017
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 09 Nov '17

09 Nov '17

*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 X, Volume VII – October 2017* ------------------------------ Australia and New Zealand report: Adding Australian women in research to Wikipedia http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Au… Brazil report: Integrating Wikimedia projects into the Brazilian National Archives GLAM http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Br… Bulgaria report: Botevgrad became the first wikitown in Bulgaria http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Bu… France report: Wiki Loves Monuments; Opérations Libres http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Fr… Germany report: GLAMorous activities in October http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Ge… Italy report: Experts training on GLAM projects http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/It… Serbia report: Wikipedian in residence at Historical Archives of Subotica; Model of a grain of wheat exlusivly digitized for Wikimedia Commons; Cooperation of the Ministry of Culture and Information and Wikimedia Serbia - GLAM presentations and workshops for museums, archives and libraries http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Se… Spain report: Women Writers Day http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Sp… Sweden report: Swedish Performing Arts Agency; Connected Open Heritage; Internetmuseum; More Working life museums http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Sw… UK report: Scotland's Libraries & Hidden Gems http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/UK… Ukraine report: Wikitraining for Librarians; Library Donation http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Uk… USA report: trick or treat http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/US… Wikidata report: WikidataCon & Birthday http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Wi… WMF GLAM report: News about Structured Commons! http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/WM… Calendar: November's GLAM events http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/Contents/Ev… ------------------------------ About *This Month in GLAM* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/About Single page view http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2017/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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[PRESS RELEASE] Wikimedia Foundation appoints Toby Negrin as Chief Product Officer
by Samantha Lien 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

This press release is available online here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_ap… And also as a blog post on the Wikimedia blog here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/08/toby-negrin-chief-product-officer/ *Wikimedia Foundation appoints Toby Negrin as Chief Product Officer* *Toby Negrin has been with the Wikimedia Foundation since 2013 and brings nearly two decades of experience in research, design, analytics, and product development* (San Francisco, California) 8 November 2017 — The Wikimedia Foundation is excited to announce the appointment of Toby Negrin as Chief Product Officer. Toby has been leading the Foundation's product development in an interim capacity since April. He brings nearly 20 years of experience of integrating data, research, and design to produce effective and popular products. The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that supports Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. Together, Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects are visited by more than a billion unique devices every month. The Wikimedia Foundation is driven by its mission to build a world in which every single person can freely share in the sum of all human knowledge. As Chief Product Officer, Toby will lead one of the organization's largest departments in collaborating with the Wikimedia communities on the development of the software products which operate Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. He will be responsible for cultivating a culture of excellence, engagement, and sustainability within the product engineering teams. Toby will also work with others in the organization's leadership on responding to the product needs and requests of the Wikimedia communities. "Toby has demonstrated a style of leadership focused on outcomes, collaboration with the Wikimedia community, and respect for Wikimedia values," said Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. "He has a deep interest in partnership with our communities, an instinct for assembling and cultivating teams, and a record of supporting staff as they develop and explore new skills and roles. I am thrilled to have him leading the Wikimedia Foundation's product development efforts." Since joining the Wikimedia Foundation in 2013, Toby has led an expansion of our analytics efforts, built a new team focused on people who utilize the content developed by Wikimedia's volunteers, and championed the development of intuitive mobile interfaces and mobile applications. Toby played a critical role in the creation of the organization's Community Tech team, which develops features and tools based on feedback from active members of the communities. He was also a part of the creation of the New Readers program, a cross-departmental effort to help new people discover and benefit from Wikimedia's projects. Prior to joining the Wikimedia Foundation, Toby led analytics efforts at DeNA, a mobile social games company. At DeNA, he partnered with colleagues in Japan and China to build global dashboards used to track gaming performance around the world. He also held roles at Yahoo! related to cloud platforms, anti-abuse efforts, and content moderation. Toby grew up in Los Angeles and the UK before landing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and worked in software development at startups in Sweden and The Netherlands. "The Wikimedia movement is an amazing collaboration among editors, developers, chapters and other organizations around the globe," Toby said. "I am excited and honored to be part of the movement and look forward to partnering with our communities to build the tools and experiences for the next 15 years." Toby graduated from the NIMBAS Graduate School of Management and University of California - Santa Cruz. In his free time, he enjoys spending time winemaking and grape growing, running and hiking Bay Area trails, playing tennis, and supporting the Golden Gate Philharmonic youth orchestra. *About the Wikimedia Foundation* The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource, spanning more than 45 million articles across nearly 300 languages. Every month, more than 200,000 people edit Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, collectively creating and improving knowledge that is accessed by more than 1 billion unique devices every month. This all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. *Wikimedia Foundation press contact* press(a)wikimedia.org <press(a)wikimedia.org> -- *Samantha Lien* Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation 1Montgomery Street Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 (To be unsubscribed from this press release distribution list, please reply to communications(a)wikimedia.org with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line)

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