Dear members,
This email serves as the announcement of a General Meeting of
Wikimedia South Africa. See also
http://wikimedia.org.za/wiki/23-02-13-GeneralMeeting-Agenda for a web
announcement, and
http://wikimedia.org.za/index.php?title=23-02-13-GeneralMeeting-Agenda&prin…
for a printable version.
Place
The meeting will be held in two locations:
Western Cape:
The offices of the CCID: 10th floor, Terraces, 34 Bree Street, Cape
Town (Skype: douglas0scott)
Gauteng:
The offices of ITOCA: Block 12, Lords Office Park, 276 West Avenue,
Centurion (skype: daverichfield)
Skype login to either location will be officially allowed, and the two
venues will be connected via Skype.
Date and Time
23 February 2013 11:00 to 12:00
Agenda
Review and approve proxy attendees
Review nominations of directors to fill board vacancies.
Voting (open ballot) on new directors
Kind regards,
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David Richfield,
General Secretary of Wikimedia South Africa
[[:en:User:Slashme]]
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To those of you who want to apply for scholarships to Wikimania in
Hong Kong, here is the announcement.
I will definitely be applying.
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From: Simon Shek <simon.shek(a)wikimedia.hk>
Date: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 7:03 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong are being accept.
The application window is one month (through 22 February).
Wikimania 2013 scholarship is an award given to an individual to enable
them to attend Wikimania in Hong Kong from 7-11 August, 2013.
Both types of scholarships will be available this year. Partial
scholarships will cover travel expenses to Wikimania, capped at 50% of the
estimated air fare from your nearest international airport according to
[[wm2013:Getting to Hong Kong]]. Full scholarships will cover round-trip
travel, dorms accommodations as arranged by the Wikimania Team, and
registration for Wikimania 2013.
Applicants will be rated on the following four dimensions:
1. Activity within Wikimedia (on-wiki and off-wiki) - 50%
2. Activity outside of Wikimedia and other free knowledge/software projects
- 15%
3. Interest in Wikimania and the Wikimedia movement - 25%
4. Fluency of English language - 10%
To learn more about Wikimania 2013 scholarships, please visit
https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships
To apply for a scholarship, you can fill out the application form here:
https://scholarship.wikimedia.hk
If you have any question, email us at wikimania-shcolarship(a)wikimedia.org .
Good luck!
Simon Shek
Community coordinator - Wikimania 2013 / Wikimedia Hong Kong
wikimedia.hk
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Interesting development in Wikimedia Zero.
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From: Matthew Roth <mroth(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:20 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE]
Wikimedia Foundation named Knight News Challenge winner
To: press-release(a)lists.wikimedia.org
(This press release is also available online at:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_Kn…)
Wikimedia Foundation named winner of Knight News Challenge
$600,000 in Knight Foundation funding supports innovation across
Wikimedia mobile initiatives
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - January 17, 2013 - The Wikimedia Foundation was
named a winner in the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight
News Challenge for its efforts to expand and improve Wikimedia's
mobile projects. The Wikimedia Foundation is enhancing the Wikipedia
mobile experience and making it easier to access Wikipedia,
particularly for readers in developing countries.
As mobile technology is increasingly the primary opportunity for
billions of people around the world to access the Internet, the
Wikimedia Foundation is working to remove the two biggest hurdles to
access free knowledge: cost and accessibility. The News Challenge
grant will be utilized in four areas:
*Improving the way that users experience our mobile platform on feature phones;
*Expanding Wikipedia Zero, which gives mobile users free access to
Wikipedia on their phones;
*Developing features to improve the mobile experience regardless of
how feature-rich the device is, including new ways to access Wikipedia
via texting;
*Increasing the number of languages that can access Wikipedia on mobile.
The Wikimedia Foundation is one of eight mobile projects to receive a
total of $2.4 million today through the Knight News Challenge, which
accelerates projects with funding and advice from Knight's network of
media innovators. A full list is at knightfoundation.org.
"Knight Foundation's funding will support us making the mobile version
of Wikipedia easier to use, as well as enabling us to expand Wikipedia
Zero, our project with mobile operators that lets their customers
access Wikipedia for free," said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of
the Wikimedia Foundation. "I'm very happy Knight has chosen to support
us; it's an important affirmation of our mobile work."
Knight Foundation, the nation’s leading funder of journalism and media
innovation, is committed to promoting democracy by supporting informed
and engaged communities. Founded by newsmen John S. and James L.
Knight, the foundation launched the Knight News Challenge in 2007 to
find the next generation of innovations that help communities get the
information they need.
"Wikipedia has helped define the way that people collaboratively
create content. Making the site available to more people across the
world will help foster and spread that culture," said John Bracken,
director for journalism and media innovation at Knight Foundation.
The $600,000 News Challenge grant is for two years and follows a
general support grant of $250,000 that Knight Foundation awarded to
the Wikimedia Foundation in December 2012.
The Wikimedia Foundation and the other winners of the challenge will
present their projects via live Web stream at 12:30 p.m. ET/ 10:30
a.m. MT Friday, January 18 at knightfoundation.org/live, from a
gathering on the future of mobile at Arizona State University. (Follow
#newschallenge on Twitter.)
About the Wikimedia Foundation
http://wikimediafoundation.orghttp://blog.wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix,
Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
receive more than 483 million unique visitors per month, making them
the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November
2012). Available in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 24
million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of
roughly 80,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the
Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded
primarily through donations and grants.
Press contact
Jay Walsh
Senior Director, Communications
Wikimedia Foundation
Tel. +1 415-860-8166
jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org
About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality
journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster
the arts. The foundation believes that democracy thrives when people
and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit
knightfoundation.org or newschallenge.org
Press contact
Andrew Sherry
VP for Communications, Knight Foundation
Tel. 305-908-2677
sherry(a)knightfoundation.org
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"unsubscribe" in the subject line.)
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FYI
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From: Benjamin Chen <bencmqwiki(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 9:08 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] 2013 Stewards Election - candidate submission
closes in a week
To: "wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: wikizh-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear all,
I'd like to inform everyone that Steward Election 2013 [1] has now
begun. Self-nominations from eligible candidates is open since 15
January. Interested candidates can check their eligibility and
procedure to submit the nomination on the guidelines page [2]. We are
open to accept candidate submissions till January 28, 2013, 23:59
(UTC). Questions to the candidates can also be posted.
Confirmation of existing stewards [3] is scheduled to run concurrently
with the election.
Please remember, the voting and confirmation discussion have not yet
begun and will be not until February 8, 2013, 00:00 (UTC). Voters
eligibility is outlined at the guideline page as well.
For those who want to help us out with translation, please see our
translation portal [4]. Your contribution is really appreciated. If
you have any questions or comments about the election and
confirmation, feel free to post on the talk page, or the IRC channel
#wikimedia-stewards-elections.
Lastly, do feel free to forward this email and inform your local
community. There is only slightly more than 1 week before candidate
submission closes.
[1] Election main page:
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2013
[2] Guidelines and information:
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2013/Guidelines
[3] Confirmation:
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/confirm/2013
[4] Translation portal:
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2013/Translation
Regards,
Benjamin Chen / [[User:Bencmq]]
Regards,
Benjamin Chen / [[User:Bencmq]]
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Hello everyone, The Wikimedia ZA board has decided to postpone our bid for
Cape Town to host Wikimania 2014. After much discussion and deliberation
we came to the conclusion that it would be best for us to give ourselves,
as a chapter, an extra year to fully prepare for the enormous task of
hosting a Wikimania. We particularly want to focus on building and
expanding our GLAM, outreach and organisational capabilities. Additionally
some chapter members who are eager to actively support in the organisation
of the bid feel that they will be better placed to help organise the event
(should we get it) in 2015.
We wish to thank everyone who have supported our bid so far and ask that
you support our bid in 2015 when the bidding round opens after Wikimania
2013 in Hong Kong. We would also like to wish who ever the winning bid
team is all the best in preparing for and hosting what will no doubt be a
fantastic Wikimania 2014.
Many thanks and all the best,
Douglas Scott
Wikimedia ZA board member
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 872
Hello everyone,
This is a message that I do not
find pleasant writing. Yesterday we had a board meeting, looking back at what
we did last year and what the plans for the future are. Today I kept myself
busy with writing the Wiki Loves Monuments report of last year, only realizing
once again how much potential this chapter has and what we have already achieved.
Unfortunately, sometimes in life
difficult decisions must be made. Attached you will find my resignation letter
from the Wikimedia ZA board of directors. Not only am I resigning from the
board, but I am also withdrawing myself from all other chapter activities for due course of time. Academically this year is going to be more challenging for
me and I want to spend more time on other academic activities such as
peer-reviewing and open-access lobbying for journals.
You will not see or hear from me
for at least a year, but I will stay updated through the mailing list and the wonderful
friendships made while being involved with the chapter. I wish everyone the
best of times ahead! :)
Kindest regards
Lourie
Following a Board meeting dated 12 Jan 2013. I would like to nominate David
Richfield to represent Wikimedia South Africa for the next two years (2013
- 2015) and as per WCA recommendations.
Mr Richfield has been acting as representative for WMZA in the past year