Wanted to share this notice with our little guild:
"Annual Reviews, an independent, nonprofit scholarly research publisher,
seeks an enthusiastic Wikipedian-in-Residence (WIR).
The aim of this role is to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of the sciences by
citing expert articles from Annual Reviews’ journals. The WIR will engage
with Wikipedia editors across life, biomedical, physical, and social
science articles and WikiProjects to help ensure responsible and valuable
expansion of content.
This is a temporary position for 10 hours/week, paid at $30/hour USD, and
is anticipated to last for up to 1 year. This position can only be based
remotely from the following states: CA, OR, OH, NV, NC, WA, WI, CO, MA, PA,
NY, HI, or MT.
PLEASE APPLY!
https://annualreviewsnews.org/2020/02/25/seeking-a-wikipedian-in-residence/
Cheers,
Jake Orlowitz"
Hi everyone,
Thanks to those of you who were able to join any or all of our three
feedback calls during the last month. Right now I am working on
synthesizing and reviewing our comments to post to Meta tomorrow. If you
have some time, and especially if you were at any or all of the meetings,
could you take a few minutes to review/copy-edit parts of the draft
document, found here?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rC-kpnex_SB6tbxm4RQz0tkeTP7OJer6t651DXF…
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rC-kpnex_SB6tbxm4RQz0tkeTP7OJer6t651DXF…>
John Cummings has already started work on this (thanks, John!), and has
introduced a helpful color-coding system that you can use to indicate if
you have reviewed a section or passage.
Once again, thanks very much for your participation. I hope that our
recommendations are useful to the Foundation and used by the Foundation.
You’ll likely see one or two other messages from me today or tomorrow on
this topic.
Have a nice afternoon!
Best,
Esther
Wikimedian in Residence
The New York Botanical Garden
Hello everyone,
Here is another update on the planning and summit process.
Best,
Esther
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The New York Botanical Garden
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O: 718.817.8827, 8834
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From: Cornelius Kibelka <wmsummit-list(a)mailing.wikimedia.de<mailto:wmsummit-list@mailing.wikimedia.de>>
Date: Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 9:10 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia Summit 2020] Update on program and timeline – next steps towards the Wikimedia Summit
To: Wikimedia Summit Participants mailing list <wmsummit-list(a)mailing.wikimedia.de<mailto:wmsummit-list@mailing.wikimedia.de>>
Cc: WMSummit <wmsummit(a)wikimedia.de<mailto:wmsummit@wikimedia.de>>
Hey all,
Week by week, we are coming closer to the Wikimedia Summit – and you might ask: What can I do to prepare myself for the event? What are the next steps towards the event? What will we do at the Wikimedia Summit? I’ll try to give you a compact overview and answers to these questions.
Timeline:
· Compared to previous years, we are a bit less communicating from the organizers’ side at the moment, because we would like you to focus on the ongoing Community Conversations around the movement strategy recommendations. Feedback is collected from across online communities, affiliates and the WMF until February 21.
· As soon as these conversations are concluded, the movement strategy core team will create a report on these conversations, that you can review between March 2 and 6.
· This report will serve as the main input for the integration meeting of the recommendations which will take place from March 10 to 12 in New York. At this meeting, former working group members, the core team, Katherine Maher and Ryan Merkley will meet to incorporate all the feedback collected over the last few weeks, and create the final set of recommendations. These will be published between March 23 and 27, and will be the working document at the Wikimedia Summit.
· We expect the WMF Board of Trustees to approve these final recommendations in the week before the Wikimedia Summit, March 27 to April 3.
You can find a handy timeline here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/155rHcDNAcI3D7iOynX0xtb86LDTE0FoMXVg…
Preparation for the Wikimedia Summit
· To make it clear: We will not edit, change, or modify the recommendations at the Wikimedia Summit. By then, they will be set. On the first day of the Wikimedia Summit, we aim to get all participants on the same page and to create a shared understanding of the recommendations.
· The recommendations consist of so-called “Expected Outcomes” (like: “Establish a Movement Charter”, “Create a Code of Conduct”, etc.). On the second and third day, we will discuss which of these outcomes the organizations and groups should work on first (Prioritization). Also, we will discuss which outcomes depend on each other and need to be done prior to others, or can run in parallel (Sequencing). Ideally, you discuss these two actions – prioritization and sequencing – inside your affiliate before you come to the Wikimedia Summit.
· Finally, we will explore which organizations and groups could take over which responsibilities during implementation and what kind of support is needed to initiate a successful implementation process. We are still working on a method to actually have these difficult conversations. We would appreciate it if you start discussing what role you can see for your organization taking in implementing these “expected outcomes”.
Starting from March 4, we will offer onboarding calls for all participants, at least 2 to 3 per week, with different timings for different time zones. If you have a question, if you need more clarity on the things mentioned above, I would urge you to attend one of these calls. Members of the Strategy Core Team will attend as well to answer any process-related questions.
Best regards,
Cornelius
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Hi all!
It's time to organize the judging for the 2019 Wiki Science Competition
[1], and I'm looking for people to serve on the jury. It shouldn't be too
much of a time commitment; it's mainly picking a handful of favorites for
the submissions and going through a few rounds of voting through email.
Please think about if you know someone who might be interested (including
yourself) and let me know.
Thanks!
John
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Science_Competition_2019_in_th…
Hi everyone,
Here are the call details:
Topic: Wikimedians in Residence
Time: Feb 5, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/261184902
Meeting ID: 261 184 902
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Talk to some of you folks soon!
Esther
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Public Services Librarian
The New York Botanical Garden
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O: 718.817.8827, 8834
ejackson(a)nybg.org
nybg.org
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