Hello Wikimedians,
We are excited to announce the launch of a new Wikimedia Foundation grants
program, Rapid Grants!
Rapid Grants fund Wikimedia community members -- individuals, groups, or
organizations contributing to Wikimedia projects -- to organize projects
throughout the year for up to USD 2,000. Projects can include experiments
or standard needs that don't need broad review to get started. Applications
are reviewed weekly by WMF staff.
Read more about the new program and apply here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid
Questions? Email rapidgrants(a)wikimedia.org
For more information about next steps and important dates for the grants
program redesign, please visit:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Reimagining_WMF_grants/Imple…
Cheers,
Alex
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Community Resources
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Hello everyone,
We have received 22 Proposals for WCI16 Logo. We would like you to comment
and vote for your favorite logos within the next few days at the link given
below:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Logo_Challenge
Regards
Satdeep Gill
WikiConference India 2016 Team
+91-9465155746
The draft of the bill has apparently already been taken off the Indian
government website (and is not found on the wayback machine of the Internet
Archive) but there are some news reports on it.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/544410/geospatial-info-sans-approval-ma…
"No person shall acquire geospatial imagery or data including value
addition of any part of India either through any space or aerial platforms
such as satellite, aircraft, airships, balloons, unmanned aerial vehicles
or terrestrial vehicles, or any other means whatsoever without general or
special permission of the Security Vetting Authority.”
best wishes
Shyamal
FYI.
A.
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From: Gregory Varnum <gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, May 10, 2016 at 10:22 AM
Subject: [Wmfall] REMINDER: Invitation to upcoming office hours with WMF
interim Executive Director
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Greetings,
A quick reminder that the first office hours with Wikimedia Foundation’s
interim Executive Director, Katherine Maher, is coming up in the next day
(roughly).
Apologies for confusion on the time, here is the time for the first
session, being held via video:
Thursday, 12 May 2016 - 00:00-01:00 UTC | Wednesday, 11 May 2016 -
17:00-18:00 PDT
You are invited to ask questions and offer suggestions to Katherine on this
Meta-Wiki page (which also has additional information on the office
hours):
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Executive_Director/May…
You can join us and ask questions during the session via Blue Jeans:
https://bluejeans.com/198076339
The session will also be available for streaming on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XazXyL-Ybjo
We look forward to talking with folks soon!
-greg
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> On May 4, 2016, at 8:47 PM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> **Summary: I am delighted to invite you to join me for two upcoming office
> hours, where I’ll answer community questions and share updates on the
> Foundation’s work.**
>
> It’s been a busy few weeks around the Wikimedia Foundation offices. We
> shared our 2016-2017 annual plan, finished our quarterly reviews, and
> attended Wikimedia Conference 2016 in Berlin with the Wikimedia
affiliates.
> [1]
>
> In Berlin, I had the chance to do one of my favorite things: sit with
> Wikimedians, listen, debate, and plan for the future. Of course, Berlin is
> just one gathering, and there are thousands of other perspectives out
> there. I want to hear more of these perspectives, and so I’m looking
> forward to hosting two office hours over the coming weeks.
>
> We plan to hold a traditional office hours on IRC, and will also
experiment
> with a video Q&A. We hope these different formats will make it easier for
> more people to participate using their preferred communications channels.
> We’ve chosen two different time zones, with the goal of reaching as many
> people as possible. They are as follows:
>
> *Video session*
> *This session will be recorded, and the video will be posted on
> Commons/Meta. Due to video conferencing limitations, we encourage advance
> questions.*
> Wednesday, 11 May 2016
> 00:00-1:00 UTC | 17:00-18:00 PDT [2]
>
> *IRC session*
> *This session follows the May monthly metrics meeting.[4] Like other
office
> hours, it will be held in #Wikimedia-office on Freenode.*
> Thursday, 26 May 2016
> 19:00-20:00 UTC | 12:00-13:00 PDT [3]
>
> We’re also collecting questions in advance for those who can’t make either
> of those sessions. We’ve created a page on Meta where you can leave
> questions or comments, check the details on the location of each session:
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Executive_Director/May…
>
> Please share this invitation with others you think may be interested!
>
> I look forward to speaking soon,
> Katherine
>
> Translation notice - This message is available for translation on
> Meta-Wiki:
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Executive_Director/May…
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016
> [2] Time converter link:
>
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=0&min=00&sec=0&da…
> [3] Time converter link:
>
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=19&min=00&sec=0&d…
> [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMF_Metrics_and_activities_meetings
>
>
> --
> Katherine Maher
>
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> 149 New Montgomery Street
> San Francisco, CA 94105
>
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> +1 (415) 712 4873
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From: Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 9, 2016 at 7:41 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate Selected Board Seats - Result
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
We are writing to let you know the result of the election for the 2
Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia Foundation board.
The successful candidates were *Christophe Henner* and *Nataliia Tymkiv.*
A total of 40 chapters and thorgs voted - all except for the Macedonia and
Macau chapters - which is a record.
The number of first preferences received by each candidate was as follows:
Christophe Henner (9.00);
Siska Doviana (6.75);
Jan Ainali (5.50);
Osmar Valdebenito (5.50);
Nataliia Tymkiv (4.75);
Susanna Mkrtchyan (3.25);
Lodewijk Gelauff (2.50);
Maarten Deneckere (1.50);
Kunal Mehta(1.25);
Leigh Thelmadatter (0.00)
As you know the election was conducted under the Single Transferable Vote,
which meant that votes were redistributed between candidates to come up
with the final result. In the 9th round of voting the final place, after
Christophe was elected, was between Nataliia (16.09) and Siska (9.91). We
will be putting the full count narrative on the Chapters Wiki so that
others can verify it if they wish.
We would like to congratulate Christophe and Nataliia and thank everyone
who stood. It is the closest ASBS result for some time, and all candidates
brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the WMF.
Regards,
Chris Keating, Lorenzo Losa, Lane Rasberry
Election Facilitators
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Hello all!
My name is Joe Sutherland and I am writing to you about the New Readers
research project <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers>.
As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation is trying to better understand
internet users around the world. We are particularly interested in how they
find information online, what perceptions they have (if any) of Wikipedia,
and what are the top barriers to preventing them from using Wikimedia
sites. Our goal is to better understand, and then serve potential new
readers of Wikimedia projects. Our priorities for this research are on
Meta-Wiki <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Priorities>.
To learn this, we are doing qualitative research sprints in Mexico,
Nigeria, and YES, India.
That’s where you come in. We want our research to reflect needs and
experiences of Wikimedia communities throughout India. Specifically: what
questions do you have about general internet users in India? What groups
(language, professional, regional) would you like to know more about? What
barriers do you believe exist for potential Wikipedia readers?
If you have thoughts or questions, please email me! We will share our
proposed research approach with your inputs incorporated wherever possible
by next week.
Excited to work together,
Joe (User:JSutherland (WMF)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>)
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Dear Nataliia ,
Sharing the images under CC zero is very good. I will discuss this with the
team.
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*Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ*"
Programme Associate, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society
Phone: +91-7537097770
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*Twitter* : @saileshpat
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On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 6:36 PM, attolippip <attolippip(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Sailesh,
>
> Thank you for the info :)
>
> In Ukraine we usually ask people to publish their works under CC-zero
> license [1], so we do not have to mention the author (and the license) on
> pins and pens, but we mention the author(s) and license if there is enough
> space for that (they are mentioned below on the conference banner here) [2]
>
> [1]
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015_Вікі_Львів_конференція_19–20.I…
> [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Вики_баннер2.jpg
>
> Best regards,
> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
> Wikimedia Ukraine
>
> 2016-05-05 15:27 GMT+03:00 sailesh patnaik <sailesh.patnaik007(a)gmail.com>:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > WikiConference India is inviting everyone to participate in the logo
> > challenge. The logo should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by 10th May
> > 2016 and should be licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
> > You can also vote for the proposed logos.
> >
> > For more information:
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikConference_India_2016/Logo_Challenge
> >
> > Thanks and Regards
> >
> >
> > --
> > -----------
> > *Sailesh Patnaik* "*ଶୈଳେଶ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ*"
> > Programme Associate, Access To Knowledge
> > Centre for Internet and Society
> > Phone: +91-7537097770
> > *LinkedIn* : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-patnaik-551a10b4
> > *Twitter* : @saileshpat
> >
> > "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
> the
> > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality"
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Dear All,
WikiConference India is inviting everyone to participate in the logo
challenge. The logo should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by 10th May
2016 and should be licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
You can also vote for the proposed logos.
For more information:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikConference_India_2016/Logo_Challenge
Thanks and Regards
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Programme Associate, Access To Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society
Phone: +91-7537097770
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Hi all,
Thanks Satdeep for the nomination. I am really honored.
But I am very sorry that I cannot accept the nomination, as I am being
provided infrastructure support from WMIN, which is essential for me to
continue my volunteer on-wiki activities as a community member, and it will
be a conflict of interest from my part to continue to get the support as
well as become a Advisory committee member.
I am also happy to nominate the name of Satdeep Gill, as he is one of the
most active community members in India (both on-wiki and off-wiki) and also
the founder member of Punjabi Wikimedia User Group, the first user group
from India. He was also mentioned as Wikimedian of the Year in Wikimania
Mexico in 2015 by Jimbo Wales. In my opinion, his addition to the committee
will improve the communication gap between the community and the chapter.
Best wishes,
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Bodhisattwa
On 29 March 2016 at 14:44, Satdeep Gill <satdeepgill(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to nominate* Bodhisattwa Mandal *for the Advisory Committee.
> He has 73784 global edits on Wikimedia projects. I believe he will be in a
> good position to guide Wikimedia India to work along with the Wikimedia
> communities in India.
>
> Regards
> Satdeep Gill
>
>
