Hello everyone, and happy holidays :-)
As a User Group, we are eligible to send one member to the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin [1]. I participated last year, and if I'm not mistaken Micru did in 2015.
The conference is a place where the WMF, chapters and other affiliates gather to discuss many topics, and it's a great occasion for advocacy.
I remember that last year I had the chance to sit with Danny Horn (from Community Tech team) for a whole hour to show him Wikisource stuff and issues. He told me they needed a new member of the team. Few months later, our own Sam Wilson was picked. Of course, that is all to Sam's credit (he's really good), but there is much more awareness in the WMF about Wikisource, and we are the ones who have to *build* that awareness. That conversation I had with Danny )among many others) helped, and so we gotta keep talking to people and explaining what Wikisource is.
And our work is not finished. Things are slowly improving, but we want them to improve more and faster. And we gotta check that there are improving constantly.
So this is why I think these gatherings are important. We have the chance to send one of us to Berlin: and we should have some candidates.
Not sure how we should do it (maybe a "formal" election?) but the first thing is see how many of us are willing to go, so please reply to this mail and candidate yourself if you will.
I'm available, and I'd like to go, but I also went last year, so we shall decide all together.
Aubrey
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017/Eligibility_Criter...
Hurrah! Yes, definitely someone should go. Johan Jönsson and Leon Ziemba will be there from Community Tech, so I *think* that means I won't be (even though I desperately would love to talk to more people about Wikisource!). Perhaps that depends on what non-top-10 items from the Wishlist Survey are to be worked on (and that's not clear quite yet). If a Wikisource one (i.e. Han characters, or import-wizard; they're they top-voted) is chosen, then perhaps I could come too.
Anyway, someone should be there representing Wikisource as well!
Would it be good to set up a meeting sometime (IRC or hangouts maybe) to talk about things? I'm sure timezones etc. will be a problem, but might be good.
—sam
On Tue, 20 Dec 2016, at 05:22 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
Hello everyone,
and happy holidays :-)
As a User Group, we are eligible to send one member to the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin [1]. I participated last year, and if I'm not mistaken Micru did in 2015.
The conference is a place where the WMF, chapters and other affiliates gather to discuss many topics, and it's a great occasion for advocacy. I remember that last year I had the chance to sit with Danny Horn (from Community Tech team) for a whole hour to show him Wikisource stuff and issues. He told me they needed a new member of the team. Few months later, our own Sam Wilson was picked. Of course, that is all to Sam's credit (he's really good), but there is much more awareness in the WMF about Wikisource, and we are the ones who have to *build* that awareness. That conversation I had with Danny )among many others) helped, and so we gotta keep talking to people and explaining what Wikisource is. And our work is not finished.
Things are slowly improving, but we want them to improve more and faster. And we gotta check that there are improving constantly.
So this is why I think these gatherings are important.
We have the chance to send one of us to Berlin: and we should have some candidates. Not sure how we should do it (maybe a "formal" election?) but the first thing is see how many of us are willing to go, so please reply to this mail and candidate yourself if you will. I'm available, and I'd like to go, but I also went last year, so we shall decide all together.
Aubrey
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I just received this mail:
In preparation for a movement strategy conversation in Berlin, we would like to extend one more invitation for a second representative to attend the Wikimedia Conference this March. This is in addition to the one representative that is already invited to attend the conference on behalf of your affiliate. This year’s conference has been built with 3 tracks; extending one additional invite will allow your group to designate one person for strategy and one for the customary learning tracks.
- 1 person - Strategy track - 1 person - Capacity Building & Partnerships learning tracks
During the Strategy track, we will be discussing the future of the movement and the best ways to fulfil our vision: that every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Importantly, the person you designate for the Strategy track should have demonstrated leadership and/or domain expertise important to your group’s efforts.
You should prioritize someone who...
- will represent your community and share back home what they learn - has implemented one or more different types of programmatic or engagement leadership in the last 12 months in your community - has engaged in learning and/or evaluation practices in order to learn and share about your group’s strategic activities and program work - is working to develop and/or lead strategic efforts in your community (e.g., communications, volunteer engagement, skills development for community engagement, community health, program design and evaluation).
If you have already registered a representative to join the main conference in Berlin and that person is your preferred representative for the Strategy track, no problem. You may choose a second person to attend one of the other conference tracks while your original representative attends Strategy.
To designate your representatives to the Strategy and a non-strategy track, reply to this message and share the names of
1. the person you wish to represent your group in the Strategy track 2. the person you wish to participate in Capacity Building & Partnerships learning tracks
Please respond to this message to let us know about your additional representative’s name and email address as well as the track designation for your representatives as soon as you are able. There will be a new registration period for the additional person to register, which will be open January 9 through January 30, 2017. We will keep track of your decision and share the invitation to register to the additional affiliate representative.
Please take the time to consult with each other to determine who is best to represent your group. Once we hear back, we will proceed with messaging to share a registration link for your additional representative so that they may register before the deadline.
---
If this is the case, I'd like to propose myself for the Strategy track, if you are OK with it. There is the possibility to have someone else for the other track, so I encourage you to think about it.
If there are more candidates, we could try to vote or something?
On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:26 AM, Sam Wilson sam@samwilson.id.au wrote:
Hurrah! Yes, definitely someone should go. Johan Jönsson and Leon Ziemba will be there from Community Tech, so I *think* that means I won't be (even though I desperately would love to talk to more people about Wikisource!). Perhaps that depends on what non-top-10 items from the Wishlist Survey are to be worked on (and that's not clear quite yet). If a Wikisource one (i.e. Han characters, or import-wizard; they're they top-voted) is chosen, then perhaps I could come too.
Anyway, someone should be there representing Wikisource as well!
Would it be good to set up a meeting sometime (IRC or hangouts maybe) to talk about things? I'm sure timezones etc. will be a problem, but might be good.
—sam
On Tue, 20 Dec 2016, at 05:22 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
Hello everyone, and happy holidays :-)
As a User Group, we are eligible to send one member to the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin [1]. I participated last year, and if I'm not mistaken Micru did in 2015. The conference is a place where the WMF, chapters and other affiliates gather to discuss many topics, and it's a great occasion for advocacy. I remember that last year I had the chance to sit with Danny Horn (from Community Tech team) for a whole hour to show him Wikisource stuff and issues. He told me they needed a new member of the team. Few months later, our own Sam Wilson was picked. Of course, that is all to Sam's credit (he's really good), but there is much more awareness in the WMF about Wikisource, and we are the ones who have to *build* that awareness. That conversation I had with Danny )among many others) helped, and so we gotta keep talking to people and explaining what Wikisource is. And our work is not finished. Things are slowly improving, but we want them to improve more and faster. And we gotta check that there are improving constantly. So this is why I think these gatherings are important. We have the chance to send one of us to Berlin: and we should have some candidates. Not sure how we should do it (maybe a "formal" election?) but the first thing is see how many of us are willing to go, so please reply to this mail and candidate yourself if you will. I'm available, and I'd like to go, but I also went last year, so we shall decide all together.
Aubrey
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Hi,
Maybe we should ask Benoît or Ernest from WM CA who works on the excellent parternship with the National Library and Archives of Québec (BAnQ) and are always looking for ways to improve it.
Cdlt, ~nicolas
Yes, but maybe they will come to the Wikiconf in another capacity, as WIkimania organizers... Or not. If not, Ernest is perfect for the Wikiconf.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON < vigneron.nicolas@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Maybe we should ask Benoît or Ernest from WM CA who works on the excellent parternship with the National Library and Archives of Québec (BAnQ) and are always looking for ways to improve it.
Cdlt, ~nicolas
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Hi everyone. I booked for myself one seat for the Strategy track (time is running out and, as far as I know, nobody proposed for it). There still available one seat for the "Capacity Building & Partnerships learning" track. Who wants it? Ernest? Sam? Nicholas? Others?
PS: Tpt will be present too!
Aubrey
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andrea84@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, but maybe they will come to the Wikiconf in another capacity, as WIkimania organizers... Or not. If not, Ernest is perfect for the Wikiconf.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON < vigneron.nicolas@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Maybe we should ask Benoît or Ernest from WM CA who works on the excellent parternship with the National Library and Archives of Québec (BAnQ) and are always looking for ways to improve it.
Cdlt, ~nicolas
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(please refer to my previous mail in this thread for more details).
Aubrey
On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andrea84@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone. I booked for myself one seat for the Strategy track (time is running out and, as far as I know, nobody proposed for it). There still available one seat for the "Capacity Building & Partnerships learning" track. Who wants it? Ernest? Sam? Nicholas? Others?
PS: Tpt will be present too!
Aubrey
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andrea84@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, but maybe they will come to the Wikiconf in another capacity, as WIkimania organizers... Or not. If not, Ernest is perfect for the Wikiconf.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON < vigneron.nicolas@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Maybe we should ask Benoît or Ernest from WM CA who works on the excellent parternship with the National Library and Archives of Québec (BAnQ) and are always looking for ways to improve it.
Cdlt, ~nicolas
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Well I'm keen if there's a spare spot an no one more suitable wants it!
On Wed, 4 Jan 2017, at 01:02 AM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
Hi
everyone.
I booked for myself one seat for the Strategy track (time is running out and, as far as I know, nobody proposed for it). There still available one seat for the "Capacity Building & Partnerships learning" track. Who wants it? Ernest? Sam? Nicholas? Others?
PS: Tpt will be present too!
Aubrey
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andrea84@gmail.com wrote:
Yes,
but maybe they will come to the Wikiconf in another capacity, as WIkimania organizers... Or not. If not, Ernest is perfect for the Wikiconf.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON vigneron.nicolas@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Maybe we should ask Benoît or Ernest from WM CA who works on the excellent parternship with the National Library and Archives of Québec (BAnQ) and are always looking for ways to improve it. Cdlt, ~nicolas
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Hi Sam, In the end, as the time was running out, (sunday is last day) I registered for the Strategy track and Ernest for the partnership one.
I really hope to speak with someone from your team, and if you're available we can also discuss things together before the conference and during it (not sure if a skype call is possibile, but we could try).
Aubrey
On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:46 AM, Sam Wilson sam@samwilson.id.au wrote:
Well I'm keen if there's a spare spot an no one more suitable wants it!
On Wed, 4 Jan 2017, at 01:02 AM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
Hi everyone. I booked for myself one seat for the Strategy track (time is running out and, as far as I know, nobody proposed for it). There still available one seat for the "Capacity Building & Partnerships learning" track. Who wants it? Ernest? Sam? Nicholas? Others?
PS: Tpt will be present too! Aubrey
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andrea84@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, but maybe they will come to the Wikiconf in another capacity, as WIkimania organizers... Or not. If not, Ernest is perfect for the Wikiconf.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON < vigneron.nicolas@gmail.com> wrote:
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That sounds brilliant. :-)
And yes, let's schedule a skype or google hangout (or whatever) for before then. Actually, I reckon it'd be cool for Wikisource to have a monthly hangout anyway... anyone into that? Some time like UTC1000 on a weekend?
—sam
On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, at 05:47 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
Hi Sam,
In the end, as the time was running out, (sunday is last day)
I registered for the Strategy track and Ernest for the partnership one.
I really hope to speak with someone from your team,
and if you're available we can also discuss things together before the conference and during it (not sure if a skype call is possibile, but we could try). Aubrey
On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:46 AM, Sam Wilson sam@samwilson.id.au wrote:
__
Well I'm keen if there's a spare spot an no one more suitable wants it!
On Wed, 4 Jan 2017, at 01:02 AM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
Hi
everyone.
I booked for myself one seat for the Strategy track (time is running out and, as far as I know, nobody proposed for it). There still available one seat for the "Capacity Building & Partnerships learning" track. Who wants it? Ernest? Sam? Nicholas? Others?
PS: Tpt will be present too!
Aubrey
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Andrea Zanni zanni.andrea84@gmail.com wrote:
Yes,
but maybe they will come to the Wikiconf in another capacity, as WIkimania organizers... Or not. If not, Ernest is perfect for the Wikiconf.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON vigneron.nicolas@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Maybe we should ask Benoît or Ernest from WM CA who works on the excellent parternship with the National Library and Archives of Québec (BAnQ) and are always looking for ways to improve it. Cdlt, ~nicolas
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Okay, cool! How about the last week of January? Or is that too soon? We'll know all the interesting things to come out of the MediaWiki Dev Summit, which will be good to talk about.
Anyway, I made a doodle thing: https://doodle.com/poll/g3svqgdmekmcy6tx so at least maybe we can see how many people are interested?
(I've attempted to follow https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Best_practices_in_scheduling_a_meeting )
On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, at 06:49 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
I really like the idea :-)
How about either Monday 23rd UTC1400, or Saturday 28th 0600UTC?
On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, at 07:53 PM, Sam Wilson wrote:
Okay, cool! How about the last week of January? Or is that too soon? We'll know all the interesting things to come out of the MediaWiki Dev Summit, which will be good to talk about.
Anyway, I made a doodle thing: https://doodle.com/poll/g3svqgdmekmcy6tx so at least maybe we can see how many people are interested?
(I've attempted to follow https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Best_practices_in_scheduling_a_meeting )
On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, at 06:49 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
I really like the idea :-)
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Unfortunately Mondays are now not so good for me, I'm always out for work. Saturday is not a bad day per se, it's just 6-7 in the morning that's not ideal ;-)
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:59 AM, Sam Wilson sam@samwilson.id.au wrote:
How about either Monday 23rd UTC1400, or Saturday 28th 0600UTC?
On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, at 07:53 PM, Sam Wilson wrote:
Okay, cool! How about the last week of January? Or is that too soon? We'll know all the interesting things to come out of the MediaWiki Dev Summit, which will be good to talk about.
Anyway, I made a doodle thing: https://doodle.com/poll/g3svqgdmekmcy6tx so at least maybe we can see how many people are interested?
(I've attempted to follow https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Best_practices_in_scheduling_a_meeting )
On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, at 06:49 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
I really like the idea :-)
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No, definitely too early! :-) How about 1000UTC on Saturday? (You're at UTC+1 are you?)
Who else is interested? What timezones are you in?
On Wed, 18 Jan 2017, at 04:31 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
Unfortunately Mondays are now not so good for me,
I'm always out for work.
Saturday is not a bad day per se, it's just 6-7 in the morning that's not ideal ;-)
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:59 AM, Sam Wilson sam@samwilson.id.au wrote:
How about either Monday 23rd UTC1400, or Saturday 28th 0600UTC?
On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, at 07:53 PM, Sam Wilson wrote:
Okay, cool! How about the last week of January? Or is that too soon? We'll know all the interesting things to come out of the MediaWiki Dev Summit, which will be good to talk about.
Anyway, I made a doodle thing:
so at least maybe we can see how many people are interested?
(I've attempted to follow
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Best_practices_in_scheduling_a_meeting )
On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, at 06:49 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
I really like the idea :-)
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2017-01-18 10:02 GMT+01:00 Sam Wilson sam@samwilson.id.au:
No, definitely too early! :-) How about 1000UTC on Saturday? (You're at
UTC+1 are you?)
Who else is interested? What timezones are you in?
I'm interrested and UTC+1 too. I'm available either Monday 23rd or Saturday 28th.
Cdlt, ~nicolas
It's sounding like Saturday might be reasonable for most people? I think the people who have replied so far are at -7, +1, and +8 hours. So maybe 1400UTC would be ok? What do you think?
Poll: http://beta.doodle.com/poll/g3svqgdmekmcy6tx Meeting planner thing: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?iso=20170128&p1=...
On Wed, 18 Jan 2017, at 06:15 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON wrote:
2017-01-18 10:02 GMT+01:00 Sam Wilson sam@samwilson.id.au:
No, definitely too early! :-) How about 1000UTC on Saturday? (You're at UTC+1 are you?)
Who else is interested? What timezones are you in?
I'm interrested and UTC+1 too. I'm available either Monday 23rd or Saturday 28th.
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