Dear Colleagues,
We wish to announce that the call for program submissions for Wiki
Conference Nigeria 2024
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_Nigeria_2024/Scholarship>
has been extended by an additional week!
You now have until *July 12th 2024* to submit your proposals for
presentations, workshops, and discussions. Don't miss this opportunity to
share your ideas and insight with the community at the maiden edition of
the conference.
*To submit a proposal click: *https://forms.gle/Lhtv48FNJ1e93mQ68
We look forward to receiving your proposals!
#WikiConferenceNigeria2024 #OpenKnowledge
Wilson
*for Comms. team*
Hello all,
The call for candidates for the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees selection is now open from May 8, 2024 - May 29, 2024 at 23:59
UTC. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and
each Trustee serves a three-year term [1]. This is a volunteer position.
This year, the Wikimedia community will vote to fill four (4) seats on
the Foundation Board in August 2024. Could you - or someone you know -
be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees?
Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions
and how to submit your candidacy on this Meta-wiki page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Candida…>
or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.
*
Community questions for candidates*
All community members, including affiliates, are invited to submit
questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. From the list
of questions, the Elections Committee selects 5 questions for candidates
to answer, which the candidates are expected to answer. The selected
questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the
community, if they’re alike or related. Questions can be submitted
between May 8, 2024 - June 12, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. Learn more about how
to submit your questions on this Meta-wiki page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Questio…>.
Regards,
KTC
On behalf of the Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group
[1] - https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(B)_Term.
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Katie Chan
Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by.
Experience is a good school but the fees are high.
- Heinrich Heine
Hi all,
The scrutineers have finished reviewing the votes and the elections
committee have certified the result for the Universal Code of Conduct
Coordinating Committee (U4C) election.
I am pleased to announce the following individuals as regional members
of the U4C, who will fulfil a two-year term:
* Northern and Western Europe
o Ghilt
* Middle East and North Africa
o Ibrahim.ID
* East, South East Asia and Pacific (ESEAP)
o 0xDeadbeef
I am pleased to announce the following individuals as community-at-large
members of the U4C, who will fulfil a one-year term:
* Barkeep49
* Superpes15
* Civvì
* Luke081515
Thank you to everyone who participated in this process and much
appreciation to the candidates for your contribution and dedication to
the Wikimedia movement and community.
Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and plan out their
next steps. You can follow their work on Meta-Wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coordinating_Comm…>.
Regards,
KTC
On behalf of the Elections Committee and the UCoC project team.
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Katie Chan
Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by.
Experience is a good school but the fees are high.
- Heinrich Heine
Hi everyone,
I am delighted to announce that Wikimedia Deutschland’s Annual Report 2023
has been published.[1]
We have packed a comprehensive selection of your projects, topics and
events into four main articles. These highlight the many areas in which the
association is fundamentally committed to Free Knowledge and what we have
achieved together over the past year in particular. You can also look
forward to the first photo gallery in the annual report.
For our association, 2023 has been a year of giving Free Knowledge a voice
on many important platforms where Wikimedia has helped either to drive or
to challenge political and technological decisions over the past year. Our
work focuses on supporting the volunteers, further developing the free
knowledge database Wikidata and lobbying for better political conditions.
Have a look!
Nicole
[1] <https://www.wikimedia.de/2022/en/homepage/>
https://www.wikimedia.de/2023/en/
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Nicole Ebber
Director Governance & Movement Relations
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 577 11 62-0
https://wikimedia.de
Stay up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia,
Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German):
https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/
Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B.
Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin,
Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorstände: Franziska Heine,
Dr. Christian Humborg.