Please accept our apologies for cross-posting this message.
On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Elections Committee, I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are now being accepted for the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Elections.[1]
The Board of Trustees (Board) is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long-term sustainability of the Wikimedia Foundation,[2] so we value wide input into its selection. More information about this role can be found at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Board_o…>. Please read the letter from the Board of Trustees calling for candidates here: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Board_o…>.
The candidacy submission phase will last from April 7 (00:00 UTC) to April 20 (23:59 UTC) and occurring on Meta-Wiki at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Board_o…>
We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates from April 7 to April 20. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Board_o…>
Once the questions submission period has ended on April 20, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to beginning on April 21.
The goal of this process is to fill the three community-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The election results will be used by the Board itself to select its new members.
The full schedule for the Board elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.
* April 7 (00:00 UTC) - April 20 (23:59 UTC): Board nominations
* April 7 - April 20: Board candidates questions submission period
* April 21 - April 30: Board candidates answer questions
* May 1 - May 14: Board voting period
* May 15-19: Board vote checking
* May 20: Board result announcement goal
In addition to the Board elections, we will also soon be holding elections for the following roles:
* Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
** There are five positions being filled. More information about this election can be found at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Funds_D…>.
* Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson (Ombuds)
** One position is being filled. More information about this election can be found at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Funds_D…>.
Please note that this year the Board of Trustees elections will be held before the FDC and Ombuds elections. Candidates who are not elected to the Board are explicitly permitted and encouraged to submit themselves as candidates to the FDC or Ombuds positions after the results of the Board elections are announced.
More information on this year's elections can be found at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017>.
Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, <board-elections AT wikimedia.org>.
On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Board Election Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation
PS. An on-wiki version of this message is available for translation at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Updates…
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2017/Board_o…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees
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Joe Sutherland
Community Advocate
Wikimedia Foundation
Dear all,
We would like to let you know that WMDE has just received the audit of
our financial statement for the fiscal year 2016, which led to no
reservations from the auditing company.
You can find the English version on Commons [1] as well as linked on
the reports page on Meta [2].
Best,
Nicole
[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_DE_Audited_Financial_Stat…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports
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Nicole Ebber
Adviser International Relations
Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups
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 Wikimedia friends,
For the 10th time since the Funds Dissemination Committee was created,
the Annual
Plan Grants FDC process needs your eyes, brains and analytic skills.
Since 1 April, 4 organizations have posted their proposal for review by the
FDC...and you. These consist of annual plans and budgets, with a detail of
what programs and activities those organizations are planning for the
coming 12 months.
This opens the time for community review, a month long process in which we need
as many people as possible giving their feedback on the proposals, asking
questions or clarifications and analyzing the initiatives that our movement
affiliates and partners have developped for the year to come.
In May, the FDC will meet to make recommendations to Wikimedia Foundation's
Board of Trustees on how to allocate movement funds to these affiliates in
order to achieve the most impact. Your input and participation will be
valuable as they make these recommendations.
You can find the proposals linked from the Community review portal here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2016-2017_round_2
The organizations whose proposals, plans and budgets are available for your
review include: The Center for Internet and Society, Wikimedia Armenia,
Wikimedia France, Wikimedia Norge.
The Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan will be posted on 7 April for your
review, we will make a separate announcement then.
You can leave your feedback on the proposals discussion page.
Visit the annual plan grant portal [*] for more information about the program,
the FDC, or upcoming milestones. You can reach the FDC support staff at
FDCsupport(a)wikimedia.org. More information about past APG rounds,
recommendations,
reports from organizations can be found on the proposals page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals
*More about community review*:
The APG proposal submission date is followed by a 30-day open comment period,
when anyone is invited to provide input on and ask questions about a
specific proposal on its discussion page.
Applicants are also expected to respond to input and questions during
this period,
although they are not able to change the proposal form itself after the
submission date.
The FDC will review the discussion pages during their deliberations in May
as one of many inputs to the decision-making process. While anyone may
comment on proposals after the open comment period closes on 30 April, the
FDC may not be able to take comments made after this period into
consideration when reaching its decisions.
*How to review*:
Please visit the community review page to view the proposals being considered
and follow the instructions. While the proposals are only available in
English, your comments can be in any language.
*Why your feedback matters*:
We hope this open comment period will add to an in-depth and robust review of
each proposal, and help keep our grantmaking transparent and collaborative.
The FDC highly values feedback and insights from the Wikimedia community in
making its funding recommendations.
Thank you for the time you’ll take to review these proposals,
Best,
Delphine
[*] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals
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Delphine Ménard
Program Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
User:Delphine_(WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Delphine_(WMF)>
Hello everyone,
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to present our mid-year check-in for
the 2016- 2017 Annual Plan:*https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10203717
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10203717>*
This check-in, which was published on Meta-Wiki and presented to the Funds
Dissemination Committee (FDC) late last month, is a part of our engagement
in the FDC review process. Since its publication, we have been busy working
on the Foundation's next annual plan, but I wanted to make sure you were
all aware of the publication of the Mid-Year Check in Report.
Thank you to the FDC and others in the community for your feedback and
assistance with our annual plan process. I want to give a special thank you
to the members of the Foundation's Finance and Administration department
that have worked both on this check-in and the changes to our systems,
which have supported the level of detail we were able to provide. I would
also like to extend my appreciation to the Communications and Community
Engagement departments for their ongoing support and assistance with this
yearly process; as well as to each of the departments/teams that so
thoughtfully considered and outlined their plans for 2017-18.
We will continue to take feedback from the community and FDC on the annual
plan process, including reports like this one, and work towards making our
future efforts even better.
Saludos,
Jaime
Jaime Villagomez
*Chief Financial Officer *
*Wikimedia Foundation*
*149 New Montgomery Street*
*San Francisco, CA 94105*
*415.839.6885 ext 6628 <415.839.6885%20%C2%A0ext%206628>*
*Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.Donate.
<https://donate.wikimedia.org/>*
Hi everyone,
Since early 2015, the Wikimedia Foundation has been evaluating efforts
and engaging in discussions related to the environmental impact of the
movement, and specifically the Foundation. During that time, we
supported improvements to our on-wiki documentation,[1] talked with
members of the community, and began reviewing internal processes.
The Wikimedia Foundation is committed to finding ways to reduce the
impact of our activities on the environment. We aim to always act as
responsibly and sustainably as possible, including favoring renewable
energy where it is available for our operations.
To help clarify and solidify our intentions in this important matter,
the Board of Trustees has passed an environmental impact
resolution.[2] This resolution commits the Wikimedia Foundation to:
1. Seek out information about our overall impact on the environment
and then work to minimize it;
2. Consider sustainability as an important part of decisions around
servers, operations, travel, offices, and other procurement;
3. Use green energy where it is available and a prudent use of resources; and
4. Starting in 2018, include an environmental impact statement in our
annual plan.
We appreciate the input of the nearly 200 Wikimedians that have
already spoken to this in on Meta-Wiki,[1] and hope that you will join
future efforts to minimize any negative impacts on the environment.
Thank you!
Kind regards,
María and Christophe
María Sefidari, Board Vice Chair, Wikimedia Foundation
Christophe Henner, Board Chair, Wikimedia Foundation
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sustainability_Initiative
[2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Environmental_Impact
REMINDER: This meeting starts in 30 minutes.
*Update/change to Movement update:* Please note we are changing the
Movement update section of the meeting to include the main highlight of
each community story, activity, or project mentioned. We are sharing
metrics and more details for each story in the appendix of the metrics
presentation deck (which will be uploaded on the meta page after the
meeting) and below in the body of this email.
On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Lena Traer <ltraer(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take
> place on Thursday, March 23, 2017 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.
>
> The theme of the March meeting is: “Wikimedia for the world” –
> understanding how we can better serve and include people around the world
> in the Wikimedia movement.
>
> Meeting agenda:
>
> * Welcomes, theme introduction
> * Movement update
> * Wiki Women's History on social media
> * Wiki Indaba update
> * Movement strategy update
> * Questions and discussion
> * Wikilove
>
> Please review
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
> 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,
> Lena
>
*March 23, 2017 metrics meeting -- Movement update Appendix*
Wiki Loves Africa 2016
*Multimedia contest to capture the rich African heritage through dance,
music and movement.
*3rd issue of the contest in a row.
*10 participating countries, almost 8,000 media uploaded through the
campaign.
*International winners are still to be announced.
*More: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016
Intercultur
*An editing challenge with focus on Spain’s 8 spoken languages: Aragonese,
Asturian, Basque, Catalan, Extremaduran, Galician, Occitan and Spanish.
*22 participants, 278 articles edited
*More information: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Intercultur
The women you have never met
*A global writing contest with a focus on women’s biographies.
*March 4 - April 9, 2017
*18 participating countries so far, from 7 different regions in the world.
You can join as organizer, too!
*More information:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Women_You_Have_Never_Met
> Lena Traer
> Project Assistant // Communications // Advancement
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
Hello everyone,
The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take
place on Thursday, March 23, 2017 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.
The theme of the March meeting is: “Wikimedia for the world” –
understanding how we can better serve and include people around the world
in the Wikimedia movement.
Meeting agenda:
* Welcomes, theme introduction
* Movement update
* Wiki Women's History on social media
* Wiki Indaba update
* Movement strategy update
* Questions and discussion
* Wikilove
Please review
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities…
for further information about the meeting and how to participate.
We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting.
Thank you,
Lena
Lena Traer
Project Assistant // Communications // Advancement
Wikimedia Foundation
Dear Wikimedians/Wikipedians,
Today we are starting a broad discussion to define Wikimedia's future
role in the world and develop a collaborative strategy to fulfill that
role. You are warmly invited to join the conversation.
There are many ways to participate, by joining an existing
conversation or starting your own:
Track A (organized groups): Discussions with your affiliate, committee
or other organized group (these are groups that support the Wikimedia
movement)[1]
Track B (individual contributors): On Meta[2] or your local language
or project wiki[3]
This is the first of three conversations, and it will run between now
and April 15. The purpose of cycle 1 is to discuss the future of the
movement and generate major themes around potential directions. What
do we want to build or achieve together over the next 15 years?
We welcome you, as we create this conversation together, and look
forward to broad and diverse participation from all parts of our
movement.
Sincerely,
Nicole Ebber (Track A Lead), Jaime Anstee (Track B Lead), & the
engagement support teams [1][4]
PS. A version of this message is available for translation on
Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10222641
[1] Organized Groups:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_A
[2] Conversation on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_1
[3] Individual Contributors:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Participate
[4] Track B support team:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_B/Pe…
* Find out more about the movement strategy process:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
* To learn more about volunteering to be a Discussion Coordinator:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Toolkit/Di…
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Nicole Ebber
Adviser International Relations
Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups
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.
Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.[1]
As we mentioned last month, the Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve.
Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list,[2] and posted on Meta-Wiki.[3] Each month, we are sending overviews of these updates to this list as well.
Here is a overview of the updates that have been sent since our message last month:
Update 7 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (16 February 2017)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10195092
- Development of documentation for Tracks A & B
Update 8 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (24 February 2017)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10201503
- Introduction of Track Leads for all four audience tracks
Update 9 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 March 2017)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10207604
- Seeking feedback on documents being used to help facilitate upcoming community discussions
Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10153505
More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.[3]
A version of this message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.[1]
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Updates/Ov…
[2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
List moderators may request that their mailing list not receive future updates by contacting Gregory Varnum (gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org).