Hey,
We have more or less 4 months to the "dead-line", big part of this time is going to be spent by most of us to the fundraising.. The amount of ideas, projects and information that been share here - was very little.. We still don't have ideas from chapters or the foundation.. and no information about grants and global plans.
I'm starting to get worried.. 4 months is nothing - to plan, make a connection, build budget, get sponsors and ext'...
The 10th Wikipedia anniversary can be a huge celebration week\month, and can be only one day press release celebration. We have the opportunity to gain more publicity, arrange public events and bring Wikipedia to the front.
let's don't miss it.
If anyone have practical ideas - please share them soon!
Thanks, Itzik.
Hey Itzik (and everyone),
I have a notion. There's no reason we can't have months, or a full year, of celebrations. But I also think it'd be great to have multiple celebrations around the world on January 15, and I was thinking it might be interesting to have a couple of board members + staff members to go out and be present at some of those. For example, I think Barry is thinking about spending January 15 in Bangalore, with the chapter there.
So I'm curious to know: who is planning celebrations in their country, and might want to have a board member or staff member come and celebrate with them? Or, who might be willing to organize something?
I say this in part because there will likely be a January 15 celebration in San Francisco. But there's no reason it should be the primary event. So if others are planning celebrations, or are willing to plan them, the Wikimedia Foundation would be willing to help -- by providing guest speakers, swag/outreach materials, or whatever else would be useful.
Thanks, Sue
On 29/08/2010, Itzik Edri itzik@infra.co.il wrote:
Hey,
We have more or less 4 months to the "dead-line", big part of this time is going to be spent by most of us to the fundraising.. The amount of ideas, projects and information that been share here - was very little.. We still don't have ideas from chapters or the foundation.. and no information about grants and global plans.
I'm starting to get worried.. 4 months is nothing - to plan, make a connection, build budget, get sponsors and ext'...
The 10th Wikipedia anniversary can be a huge celebration week\month, and can be only one day press release celebration. We have the opportunity to gain more publicity, arrange public events and bring Wikipedia to the front.
let's don't miss it.
If anyone have practical ideas - please share them soon!
Thanks, Itzik.
Wikimedia Danmark is planning a conference + party on the day. I have a meeting with the venue manager tomorrow, btw.
Ole, Wikimedia Danmark
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Den 29/08/2010 23.15 skrev "Sue Gardner" sgardner@wikimedia.org:
Hey Itzik (and everyone),
I have a notion. There's no reason we can't have months, or a full year, of celebrations. But I also think it'd be great to have multiple celebrations around the world on January 15, and I was thinking it might be interesting to have a couple of board members + staff members to go out and be present at some of those. For example, I think Barry is thinking about spending January 15 in Bangalore, with the chapter there.
So I'm curious to know: who is planning celebrations in their country, and might want to have a board member or staff member come and celebrate with them? Or, who might be willing to organize something?
I say this in part because there will likely be a January 15 celebration in San Francisco. But there's no reason it should be the primary event. So if others are planning celebrations, or are willing to plan them, the Wikimedia Foundation would be willing to help -- by providing guest speakers, swag/outreach materials, or whatever else would be useful.
Thanks, Sue
On 29/08/2010, Itzik Edri itzik@infra.co.il wrote:
Hey,
We have more or less 4 months to th...
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Hey Sue,
Of course the celebrations can (and should) continue over the next year - specially till next Wikimania..
But i'm still imagine it, Jan 15, website that show activities around the world, events, meetups, projects.. Global projects and local projects..
To have board member for a meet-up is nice, but not too special or can bring "new people"...
We tried to speak with universities to have some "Wikipedia day" on the university, but the problem it's winter break for most of the students, so most of them busy with tests and don't visiting the campuses daily...
I started to play with crazy idea, that i have since our 100K article celeberation.. to host huge party on one of the big nightclub here, to a free Wikipedia party for editors and students.. but I'm still trying to build the idea and the budget, and then look if anyone can sponsor it..
Itzik.
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Sue Gardner sgardner@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hey Itzik (and everyone),
I have a notion. There's no reason we can't have months, or a full year, of celebrations. But I also think it'd be great to have multiple celebrations around the world on January 15, and I was thinking it might be interesting to have a couple of board members + staff members to go out and be present at some of those. For example, I think Barry is thinking about spending January 15 in Bangalore, with the chapter there.
So I'm curious to know: who is planning celebrations in their country, and might want to have a board member or staff member come and celebrate with them? Or, who might be willing to organize something?
I say this in part because there will likely be a January 15 celebration in San Francisco. But there's no reason it should be the primary event. So if others are planning celebrations, or are willing to plan them, the Wikimedia Foundation would be willing to help -- by providing guest speakers, swag/outreach materials, or whatever else would be useful.
Thanks, Sue
On 29/08/2010, Itzik Edri itzik@infra.co.il wrote:
Hey,
We have more or less 4 months to the "dead-line", big part of this time
is
going to be spent by most of us to the fundraising.. The amount of ideas, projects and information that been share here - was very little.. We still don't have ideas from chapters or the
foundation..
and no information about grants and global plans.
I'm starting to get worried.. 4 months is nothing - to plan, make a connection, build budget, get sponsors and ext'...
The 10th Wikipedia anniversary can be a huge celebration week\month, and
can
be only one day press release celebration. We have the opportunity to
gain
more publicity, arrange public events and bring Wikipedia to the front.
let's don't miss it.
If anyone have practical ideas - please share them soon!
Thanks, Itzik.
-- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
415 839 6885 office 415 816 9967 cell
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
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Hi there,
I tried to get in touch with the film productions of 'truth in numbers' (kriz bell)- but they did not answered my emails. I wonder if we could get the movie for presentations, events etc. - we even think about a translation of the movie cause we would love to show it i.e. our donors. Planning a 'charity event' is on our list for 2011.
@Jay or Sue what do you think about the chance to get movie or even raw material?
Catrin.
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: wikix-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikix-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Itzik Edri Gesendet: Sonntag, 29. August 2010 23:25 An: wikix-l@lists.wikimedia.org Betreff: Re: [WikiX-l] Wikipedia 10th or Wikipedia 11th anniversary?
Hey Sue,
Of course the celebrations can (and should) continue over the next year - specially till next Wikimania..
But i'm still imagine it, Jan 15, website that show activities around the world, events, meetups, projects.. Global projects and local projects..
To have board member for a meet-up is nice, but not too special or can bring "new people"...
We tried to speak with universities to have some "Wikipedia day" on the university, but the problem it's winter break for most of the students, so most of them busy with tests and don't visiting the campuses daily...
I started to play with crazy idea, that i have since our 100K article celeberation.. to host huge party on one of the big nightclub here, to a free Wikipedia party for editors and students.. but I'm still trying to build the idea and the budget, and then look if anyone can sponsor it..
Itzik.
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Sue Gardner sgardner@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey Itzik (and everyone), I have a notion. There's no reason we can't have months, or a full year, of celebrations. But I also think it'd be great to have multiple celebrations around the world on January 15, and I was thinking it might be interesting to have a couple of board members + staff members to go out and be present at some of those. For example, I think Barry is thinking about spending January 15 in Bangalore, with the chapter there. So I'm curious to know: who is planning celebrations in their country, and might want to have a board member or staff member come and celebrate with them? Or, who might be willing to organize something? I say this in part because there will likely be a January 15 celebration in San Francisco. But there's no reason it should be the primary event. So if others are planning celebrations, or are willing to plan them, the Wikimedia Foundation would be willing to help -- by providing guest speakers, swag/outreach materials, or whatever else would be useful. Thanks, Sue
On 29/08/2010, Itzik Edri itzik@infra.co.il wrote: > Hey, > > We have more or less 4 months to the "dead-line", big part of this time is > going to be spent by most of us to the fundraising.. > The amount of ideas, projects and information that been share here - was > very little.. We still don't have ideas from chapters or the foundation.. > and no information about grants and global plans. > > I'm starting to get worried.. 4 months is nothing - to plan, make a > connection, build budget, get sponsors and ext'... > > The 10th Wikipedia anniversary can be a huge celebration week\month, and can > be only one day press release celebration. We have the opportunity to gain > more publicity, arrange public events and bring Wikipedia to the front. > > let's don't miss it. > > If anyone have practical ideas - please share them soon! > > > Thanks, > Itzik. > -- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation 415 839 6885 office 415 816 9967 cell Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ WikiX-l mailing list WikiX-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikix-l
Is this an internal or a public mailing list? :-) I ask because I'm not sure if I should talk here about plans that might not happen... would hate for the press to pick up things that we are only thinking of as ideas.
On 8/29/10 4:33 PM, Itzik Edri wrote:
Hey,
We have more or less 4 months to the "dead-line", big part of this time is going to be spent by most of us to the fundraising.. The amount of ideas, projects and information that been share here - was very little.. We still don't have ideas from chapters or the foundation.. and no information about grants and global plans.
I'm starting to get worried.. 4 months is nothing - to plan, make a connection, build budget, get sponsors and ext'...
The 10th Wikipedia anniversary can be a huge celebration week\month, and can be only one day press release celebration. We have the opportunity to gain more publicity, arrange public events and bring Wikipedia to the front.
let's don't miss it.
If anyone have practical ideas - please share them soon!
Thanks, Itzik.
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He Jimmy - it's a subscription based list that's open to any subscribers - so yes, it's more of a public space :)
On Aug 29, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote:
Is this an internal or a public mailing list? :-) I ask because I'm not sure if I should talk here about plans that might not happen... would hate for the press to pick up things that we are only thinking of as ideas.
On 8/29/10 4:33 PM, Itzik Edri wrote:
Hey,
We have more or less 4 months to the "dead-line", big part of this time is going to be spent by most of us to the fundraising.. The amount of ideas, projects and information that been share here - was very little.. We still don't have ideas from chapters or the foundation.. and no information about grants and global plans.
I'm starting to get worried.. 4 months is nothing - to plan, make a connection, build budget, get sponsors and ext'...
The 10th Wikipedia anniversary can be a huge celebration week\month, and can be only one day press release celebration. We have the opportunity to gain more publicity, arrange public events and bring Wikipedia to the front.
let's don't miss it.
If anyone have practical ideas - please share them soon!
Thanks, Itzik.
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