[Foundation-l] [Fwd: Public meetings dated February 3, 2008]

[Aphaia]

I would like you to know a past discussion of Communications
Committee, while it was on a private list so you cannot get the log,
sorry.

We are likely
- to prefer to use only Open source / Free licensed software and
environment. That is partly why we (in this context comcom) would not
go to skype meetings instead of irc ones.
- to prefer text base interaction for organizing things and exchanging
opinions, as more than half of members are no native English speakers
nevermore. Audio base interaction may increase barriers and made us
those non-native more handicapped in the communications and accelarate
ineffectivity and Anglo-centricism which we would like rather avoid.

And I believe others committee or organization teams are sharing these
concerns. And more over we currently are satisfied with IRC
environment.

Thanks.

On Feb 4, 2008 6:07 AM, simonpedia <simon at cols.com.au> wrote:
> Mark (Markie) HYPERLINK
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> fqa5%242oi461%40smtp05.syd.iprimus.net.au"newsmarkie at googlemail.com
> On Sat Feb 2 20:17:41 UTC 2008
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> Said,
>
>
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> "please dont plug accessgrid any more, you have suggested this on many
> emails
> and i know it may be in good faith but we have spent lots of time on various
> different lists discussing this.  the meeting will take place on irc, most
> probably #wikimania2008 or #wikimania2009 (not yet decided).  for people not
> used to irc this can be accessed by going to
> HYPERLINK
> "http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC"http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.
> org/wiki/IRC and choosing wikimania planning
> channel".
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> Thanks Mark (and Majorly),
>
>
>
> Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that WMF's communities' world would change
> tomorrow.
>
> I'm just looking at 'Sandbdox' initiatives like this HYPERLINK
> "http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Sandbox_Server"http://en.wikiver
> sity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Sandbox_Server
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> And what Steve has introduced with the Wikback forum,
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> And then wondered about how long it might take Head Office to use tools
> which might be more inclusive.
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> I only use the accessgrid as it's the unis top end of this kind of research,
> which starts with IRC (or Jabber). If the Foundation's mission is to help
> its communities to share global knowledge, then sooner or later AG's
> communities will need to be involved, or more reasonably, vice versa.
> They've got the global comms infrastructure but are country centric. WMF's
> communities have proved they have riveting global content but embryonic
> comms. A marriage made in heaven from my perspective.
>
>
>
> Just reading through this reflector and noting the number of views we get
> for posts on this elist.
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> It ain't many. HYPERLINK
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> Missed the meetings. Could you point me at their archive? Thanks so much,
> simon
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