Dear colleagues,
Apologies in advance for posting only in English, but I would love to have
the opportunity to work more closely with South African Wikimedians so I
hope it is still worthwhile sending this message.
WMF is now seeking fellowship applicants and project ideas for the
Community Fellowships Program.
Community members from all Wikimedia projects and all languages are
strongly encouraged to apply by the deadline of January 15th 2012! Could
you please help spread the word by sharing this open call in your community?
Wikimedia Community Fellows are spearheading community projects,
undertaking research, and piloting new models for engagement to help scale
and increase sustainability of volunteer work in the Wikimedia movement.
The Foundation provides intensive, time-limited financial and logistical
support for fellows to focus on projects of strategic importance.
Submissions for Spring 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of
improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia
Projects.
If you'd like to work with WMF on projects to boost participation and
retention, or know someone who should be recommended for a fellowship, or
if you've got ideas for a fellowship project WMF could support, we'd like
to hear from you! Please visit
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships, or contact Siko
Bouterse at sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org for more information.
Best regards,
Siko
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Siko Bouterse
Head of Community Fellowships
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org
Hi all,
I'm Maarten from Belgium. I am new and I want to present myself to the
mailing list.
At the end of this year, I will move to South Africa for my new job (a green
energy firm <http://electrawinds.be/index.asp?taal=en>), they have a small
team in Durban. During my stay (2 y), I will be happy to help the South
African Wikipedia team.
More about my Wiki work: I have been very active on the Dutch Wikipedia
(I'm now almost 6 years admin), and I helped organising a number of events
in Belgium. I was the main organiser of the Wiki Loves
Monuments<http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu/>(WLM) Belgium/Luxembourg
event, and with a small team we are struggling to
set up a Belgian chapter. This is very complicated due to the language
problems in Belgium. I would really be thrilled to convince the team to
organise the WLM competition in SA too. It's an ideal starter ('pilot
programme') for a chapter.
However, I have a problem. I will arrive in SA on December 27 (Durban/CT:
not yet determined), and lodging / car / ... will be arranged for. But due
to some unforseen changes, my colleagues won't be able to accompany me
until 6 January. Who can help me and wants to show me the region during
this period (incl. New year's eve)?
Grtz,
Maarten
+32 475 21 38 35
Skype: mdeneckere
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Nemo