Here are the highlights from the Wikimedia blog in October 2015.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_October_2015
Contents:
Wikipedia’s global impact recognized with Spain’s Princess of Asturias
Award ceremony
Creating change one step at a time: Miguel Zuñiga Gonzalez
Your October milestones include Wikidata’s 15 millionth item
District court grants government’s motion to dismiss Wikimedia v. NSA,
appeal expected
Making Chinese Wikipedia more ethnologically diverse
Translations for October are greatly appreciated.
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Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
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Oggetto: [Wikimania-l] Invitation to Wikimania 2016 Scholarship Committee
Data: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 21:11:05 +0000 (UTC)
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Dear Wikimaniacs,
we are now calling for a scholarship review committee.
This year, we additionally want a scholarship ambassador for each major
geography or language, including a representative from each entity which
pays for additional scholarships; the ambassadors will be committee
observers.
The scholarship review committee is an important and diverse group of
volunteers who help to run the scholarship program in accordance with
the pillars
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2016_bids/Esino_Lario/Pillars> of
this Wikimania. We encourage people from all Wikimedia wikis to apply
for this position so that the committee can handle applications in many
different languages.
The main duties of the committee members prior to Wikimania 2016 are:
* Participation in periodic online meetings with scholarships program
manager and other committee members.
* Review and edit communications material (e.g. Scholarship wiki,
application questions).
* Assistance in determination of scholarship applicant requirements.
* Assurance of due consideration and speedy response time to Wikimania
scholarship applications in multiple languages.
* Work with the local team.
For further information please visit m:Wikimania/Scholarships/Tasks
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Scholarships/Tasks> (the
committee will also be polishing this page).
We are looking for Wikimedians from all over the world, who are:
* fluent in written English and have good communication skills, or can
name local community member(s)/ambassadors who help them with
English translations.
* discreet and able to handle confidential applicant information, and
objectively assess candidates.
* willing to review scholarship applications in late 2015/early 2016.
* having either or both:
o previously attended Wikimania.
o strong knowledge of the cross-project Wikimedia community.
You will be working remotely. While we hope that scholarship review
committee members will enjoy Wikimania 2016 by giving significant input
to it, the local team cannot guarantee financial support for the
committee members' travel expenses since scholarship review committee
members may not apply for a scholarship themselves.
If you're interested in serving on the scholarship reviewing committee
and/or as scholarship ambassador, *please send us an email at
domande.wikimania(a)wikimedia.it*. If you have any questions, please don't
hesitate to contact us.
Deadline to apply is *Sunday, November 15, 2015*. The local team will
contact all candidates and publish the list of scholarship committee
members right afterwards. Please help with translations on
wm2016:Scholarship committee
<https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_committee>.
Proposed timeline
* Nov 1–Nov 15: Call for Scholarship Committee
* Nov 16–Dec 6: Preparations of the Scholarship Committee
* Dec 6–Jan 9: Submission time
Thanks,
Federico Leva
<https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nemo_bis> and Martin
Rulsch <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DerHexer>
Wikimania 2016 team, scholarships subteam
Hello all,
The agenda for the next Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees meeting is
now available on Meta Wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Board_meetings/2015-11-07
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Stephen LaPorte
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>.*
Hi Wikimedians,
On October 30, the community review period [1] for the annual plan grants
for this round of proposals to the FDC ends. To those of you who have
reviewed proposals and asked comments or provided feedback, thank you!
Here are some important upcoming milestones: [2]
* Nov 1: Round 2 Letter of Intent due. Organizations that are interested in
applying for an annual plan must submit an LOI. Eligibility requirements
are here. [3]
* Nov 9: FDC staff will publish an assessment of the each of the 11
proposals
* Nov 15-18: FDC deliberates on the proposals in San Francisco, joined by a
Board representative
* By Dec 1: FDC publishes its recommendations to the Board
If you have any questions about these milestones, I'm happy to help you.
You can reach me at klove(a)wikimedia.org.
Cheers,
Katy Love
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2015-2016_round1/Commu…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Calendar
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Eligibility
Dear all,
The next WMF metrics and activities meeting will take place on Thursday,
November 5, 2015, at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC channel is
#wikimedia-office on irc.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as
a live YouTube stream.
Meeting agenda:
* Welcomes
* A few words from Jimmy Wales
* Strategy update
* Community update
* WMF top-level metrics
* Showcase: Content Translation
* 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,
Praveena
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Praveena Maharaj
Executive Assistant
Wikimedia Foundation \\ www.wikimediafoundation.org