> Hi,
>
> I had two meetings in the last days with Google, and their YouTube regional
> marketing team and after also talking with YouTube team on Google HQ. We
> start to discuss maybe to do something together to celebrate 10th Wikipedia
> anniversary by a global and international project. YouTube and Wikipedia
> together are one of the top website in the world - and project together can
> be a very successful and marketing one..
>
> The spectrum of ideas is very wide. People can share stories about how
> Wikipedia help them, their favorites articles, context with universities to
> make the most "coolest" video, by student reading articles.. it really to us
> what we want to do...
>
> Now the limitations - to shy the true, I don't really know our
> "relationship" with YouTube. are any project with them can be something that
> work aginast our goal to push Commons\Kaltura? Our it's OK to do this kind
> of collaboration?
> In any case, we still need to build the project - but YouTube will probably
> into that..
>
> Feedback?
>
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> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:45 AM, Jay Walsh <
jwalsh@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks -
>>
>> I know things have been quiet on this list from the Foundation side over
>> the past few months, and we know all too well that there's not much time
>> between now and the magic date: January 15, 2011!
>>
>> Supporting Wikipedia 10th anniversary planning has largely fallen into the
>> global development/communications section of the Wikimedia Foundation. Of
>> course nothing will be possible without lots of broad support from our
>> thousands of global volunteers and our chapters, as well as other partners
>> (new and old!) and sponsors to help kick things off in style, for
>> Wikipedia's 10th year.
>>
>> Right now there are a couple of major considerations here at the
>> Foundation, and I thought I'd start by sharing those major sections. Some
>> areas need a lot more input from the community than others, but in all cases
>> we want to share everything that's being planned (our ideas, your ideas,
>> strategies, practices etc) so we can openly collaborate and try innovative
>> ideas.
>>
>> I see these as the three major areas of planning for Wiki 10 - leading up
>> to, and during the year starting Jan 15:
>>
>> 1. Global celebrations
>> (chapters and volunteer groups around the world hosting events, parties,
>> and local festivities)
>>
>> 2. A 'free' birthday celebration in San Francisco
>> (A Foundation-driven party on January 15, probably open to the public and
>> acting as a central focus for festivities here in the Bay area)
>>
>> 3. On-wiki festivities and celebrations
>> (Any number of great ideas to mark the 10th anniversary, on en:wp or other
>> wikis - which may include tie-ins with the upcoming annual fundraiser)
>>
>> We'll have more to say about each of these areas early next week, and
>> hopefully we'll add more areas or fill those sections out soon. I'd like to
>> use this list as a central planning space, but I'm sure there will also be
>> on-wiki discussions taking place.
>>
>> The Foundation also has a small budget to provide reasonable grants to
>> chapters or other volunteer groups around the world to support celebrations.
>> The conditions for receiving those grants won't be too complicated, and we
>> hope to get that process underway soon.
>>
>> Although the Foundation is largely focussed on hosting a party and helping
>> to support activities, we want to help coordinate a central on-wiki space
>> where all activities from chapters, project reps etc can be shared so we can
>> create a global 'at a glance' page with all planned activities.
>>
>> We also plan to post our plans for a local party in the next week or two,
>> so you can see how we're pulling the pieces together, what partners we're
>> talking to, and generally share our information so you have a party template
>> to use (if you're looking for one :)
>>
>> I'm glad to see some other discussions underway on the list already -
>> hopefully we can start adding more. Please share more of your ideas and
>> we'll get started with the planning.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> jay
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jay Walsh
>> Head of Communications
>> WikimediaFoundation.org
>>
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>>
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