WikimediaAnnounce-l August 2019

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The Signpost – Volume 15, Issue 8 – 30 August 2019
by Wikipedia Signpost 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

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Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] [foundation-optional] Join us tomorrow for the FINAL Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting
by Sasha Redkina 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

This meeting will be starting in 20 minutes. Please join us! On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 11:02 AM Gregory Varnum <gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, > > You are invited to our the Wikimedia monthly activities meeting, taking > place tomorrow (August 29) starting at 18:00 UTC (11:00 Pacific Daylight > Time). Please note this will be the last Wikimedia monthly activities > meeting planned by the Wikimedia Foundation Communications department. > After speaking with our colleagues and reviewing engagement metrics from > the past few years, we concluded that there are other efforts in place that > are better suited to achieve the goals of this meeting. > > You can join tomorrow’s final meeting via YouTube: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhoJb6rwkfc > > And also in IRC: #wikimedia-office > > The agenda will include: > - Wikimedia movement strategy update > - Wikipedia’s role in Teenagers lives > - Wikimedia Space > > More information on Meta-Wiki: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings > > When this meeting first began, it provided insights into data that was > otherwise unavailable or hard to access. Thanks to the amazing efforts of > staff and volunteers, those metrics are now available and updated regularly > online. The purpose of the meeting thus shifted to focus on sharing > progress updates and information from across the movement. We have realized > however that this approach limits our ability to connect across languages > and provide the level of detail necessary to create impact. In addition, > interest in the meeting has remained steady, but is has not grown, and > there has been a decrease of interest in presenting. > > Fortunately, we have new methods of outreach that allow us to connect with > wider audiences.. The new Wikimedia Foundation website > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>, discussed at last month's meeting, > has a greater ability to communicate across languages and is already > helping us reach more people. We are discussing ways to further expand this > support. The new Wikimedia Space project <https://space.wmflabs.org/> > that will be discussed at this month's meeting provides a central, > real-time space to have discussions and share information on activities > across the movement. > > We appreciate all of the feedback people have provided over the years, and > will continue to reflect on any additional input you may have. I also want > to personally thank the dozens of people that presented over the years and > the evolving core team that worked every month to put the meeting on. They > often made it look easy, and I know that is not always the case. > > Thank you, and I will have more on this topic during tomorrow's meeting. > > -greg > > -- > > Gregory Varnum (pronouns - he/his/him) > > Communications Strategist > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Foundation Optional" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to foundation-optional+unsubscribe(a)wikimedia.org. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/d/msgid/foundation-optional/CALEn… > <https://groups.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/d/msgid/foundation-optional/CALEn…> > . >

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Join us tomorrow for the FINAL Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting
by Gregory Varnum 28 Aug '19

28 Aug '19

Hello, You are invited to our the Wikimedia monthly activities meeting, taking place tomorrow (August 29) starting at 18:00 UTC (11:00 Pacific Daylight Time). Please note this will be the last Wikimedia monthly activities meeting planned by the Wikimedia Foundation Communications department. After speaking with our colleagues and reviewing engagement metrics from the past few years, we concluded that there are other efforts in place that are better suited to achieve the goals of this meeting. You can join tomorrow’s final meeting via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhoJb6rwkfc And also in IRC: #wikimedia-office The agenda will include: - Wikimedia movement strategy update - Wikipedia’s role in Teenagers lives - Wikimedia Space More information on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings When this meeting first began, it provided insights into data that was otherwise unavailable or hard to access. Thanks to the amazing efforts of staff and volunteers, those metrics are now available and updated regularly online. The purpose of the meeting thus shifted to focus on sharing progress updates and information from across the movement. We have realized however that this approach limits our ability to connect across languages and provide the level of detail necessary to create impact. In addition, interest in the meeting has remained steady, but is has not grown, and there has been a decrease of interest in presenting. Fortunately, we have new methods of outreach that allow us to connect with wider audiences.. The new Wikimedia Foundation website, discussed at last month's meeting, has a greater ability to communicate across languages and is already helping us reach more people.[1] We are discussing ways to further expand this support. The new Wikimedia Space project that will be discussed at this month's meeting provides a central, real-time space to have discussions and share information on activities across the movement.[2] We appreciate all of the feedback people have provided over the years, and will continue to reflect on any additional input you may have. I also want to personally thank the dozens of people that presented over the years and the evolving core team that worked every month to put the meeting on. They often made it look easy, and I know that is not always the case. Thank you, and I will have more on this topic during tomorrow's meeting. -greg [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/ [2] https://space.wmflabs.org/ -- Gregory Varnum (pronouns - he/his/him) Communications Strategist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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New Board member and leadership appointments to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
by María Sefidari 16 Aug '19

16 Aug '19

Hi everyone, I have some news to share about recent leadership appointments to our Board of Trustees. Shani Evenstein Sigalov, currently an EdTech Innovation Strategist and lecturer at the School of Medicine in Tel Aviv University, will be the newest member of the Board of Trustees. Shani has been a part of the Wikimedia movement since 2011, and has focused her contributions on closing gender and knowledge gaps by supporting female contributors and thematic groups, working with indigenous communities and promoting equitable access to knowledge. She has served leadership roles in several Wikimedia affiliates and thematic groups, including as the Chairperson for both Wikimedia Medicine and the Wikipedia and Education User Group, and as a Board member of Wikimedia Israel. She is also currently a member of the Partnerships Strategy working group as part of the Movement Strategy. She joins the Board with a depth of experience in creating successful collaborations between Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects and educational, cultural and government institutions. In addition, I have been re-elected as Board Chair, and Nataliia Tymkiv has been elected as Vice Chair after being appointed for her second term. Please join me in congratulating Shani and Nataliia! And as Christophe's term comes to an end, the Board gratefully thanks him for his service and commitment to the mission, and we hope you will join us in thanking him as well! Below (and on the Wikimedia Blog) you will find the official announcement about these new leadership appointments. You can find below the rest of the appointments. Audit Committee - Chair: Tanya Capuano - Members: Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein - Alternates: María Sefidari Board Governance Committee - Chair: Lisa Lewin - Members: María Sefidari, Dariusz Jemielniak - Alternates: Esra’a Al Shafei Human Resources Committee - Chair: Dariusz Jemielniak - Members: Raju Narisetti, Tanya Capuano - Alternates: Lisa Lewin, María Sefidari Special Projects Committee - Chair: James Heilman - Members: Esra’a Al Shafei, Jimmy Wales - Alternates: Shani Evenstein Affiliations Committee liaisons: Shani Evenstein, James Heilman, Nataliia Tymkiv (alternate) Funds Dissemination Committee liaisons: Dariusz Jemielniak, Esra’a Al Shafei Election Committee liaison: Esra’a Al Shafei Language Committee liaison: James Heilman Kind regards, María

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Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation
by Katherine Maher 13 Aug '19

13 Aug '19

Hi everyone, I’m excited to let you all know that Ryan Merkley, formerly CEO of Creative Commons, is joining the Wikimedia Foundation as my new chief of staff. Many of you have met Ryan before -- at CC Summit, Wikimania, Wikimedia Summit, or MozFest. He’s a leader in open source, open knowledge, and free-culture communities, and for the past five years, he’s been the CEO of Creative Commons, initiating programs like CC search to index all 1.6 billion licensed works online. He’s passionate about the power of the commons, and the role that everyone can play in making it sustainable and open to all. I couldn’t be happier he’s now bringing this passion and experience to our movement. In Ryan’s own words, “My heart has always been in open communities, and the power of collective acts -- that is, the things that people can only do when they work together, like building a commons of free knowledge for every person.” For now, Ryan’s two top priorities will be bolstering the work of the movement strategy team and supporting the Board. He’ll support the strategy core team to move the Working Group recommendations into implementation within the community and Foundation over the course of the coming year. He’ll also serve as Board liaison to the Board of Trustees, strengthening the connections, communications, and coordination between Trustees and the Foundation. Internally, he’ll support the office of the Executive Director, acting in my stead on various projects. I’m excited by this new role for an old friend of the open community. Ryan knows our movement well. He has spent many hours with many Wikimedians, and understands the centrality of the community to the Wikimedia mission and identity. His background as a partner to Wikimedia, and a leader in the broader open movement will be invaluable to our work, and confirmation of the importance of community experience in Foundation leadership. Ryan doesn’t start in his new role until Monday, September 16th. However, he will be at Wikimania, so for those of you attending, please say hi, and join me in welcoming him to Wikimedia! Katherine P.S. This announcement can also be found on our news page: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/08/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcom… -- Katherine Maher (she/her) Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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This Month in GLAM: July 2019
by The 'This Month in GLAM' team 10 Aug '19

10 Aug '19

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The Signpost – Volume 15, Issue 7 – 31 July 2019
by Wikipedia Signpost 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

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