[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation monthly meeting video

[Thierry Coudray]

Thanks for the video.
One remark : for the futures ones, would it be possible to improve the
soundtrack,
the understanding would be easier for non english native speakers.

Thierry


2012/2/6 Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt at gmail.com>

> I've not yet had a chance to watch the video so I can't speak about the
> technical aspects (or the content), but I would like to say THANKS for
> doing this! I'm looking forward to videoing of presentations like this
> being a standard procedure in the future. This will enable more people to
> stay up-to-date with the activities of the WMF as well as demystify the
> organisation a little bit more.
>
> Aside from these "official" presentations, the WMF office also has a
> regular series of lunchtime presentations (delivered by staff or visiting
> guests). For example Brandon Harris gave this one  aboutt the forthcoming
> mobile interface design (codename "Athena") in November last year:
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Athena-brownbag-brandon-harris-2011-11-04.ogvHowever
> ,
> AFAIK, that is the only one that was filmed. It would be great
> (once the technical aspects are sorted out), if all such presentations
> could be filmed and made available.
>
> While the content of every presentation won't be interesting to every
> person, I think that showing the *real human beings* that work at the WMF
> talking about what they do will go a great distance towards bridging a
> perceived transparency gap when people talk about "The Foundation".
> Portrait photos on the staff page and IRC "office hours" are good, but
> nothing is quite like video for humanising an organisation.
> For example: I just found this video -
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Wikipedia_Blackout_SOPA_January_18,_2012.theora.ogva
> recording of the office the moment en.wp began the SOPA blackout.
> Whatever everyone's personal opinion on the protest itself, it certainly is
> engaging and humanising!
>
> So - here's to more content being added to
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Foundation_videos !
>
> -Liam
>
> Peace, love & metadata
>
>
> On 6 February 2012 02:41, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Every month, there's a meeting at the Wikimedia Foundation offices
> > (with remote call-in) where we review recent metrics and activities in
> > the different departments for the previous month. Starting with the
> > meeting covering January, which took place on February 2, we are now
> > capturing these meetings on video.
> >
> > You can see the video capture for the most recent meeting here:
> >
> >
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monthly_Metrics_Meeting_February_2,_2012.theora.ogv
> >
> > Going forward, we will simply link to these videos from the monthly
> > report and not announce it separately.
> >
> > Note that I've uploaded the highest resolution copy, which clocks in
> > at 1.9G (this should allow you to see pretty well what's going on on
> > the screen). This is inconvenient for streaming unless you have a very
> > good connection, so I recommend downloading. In future, videos will be
> > automatically transcoded to multiple resolutions, but if you'd like to
> > make a lower resolution copy available for the interim, it's
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Feel free to respond in this thread if you have any questions about
> > the contents of the meeting. Generally the structure is as follows,
> > interspersed with questions, discussion and lawyer jokes:
> >
> > * Erik, Garfield and Gayle walk through impact, finance and HR
> > metrics, respectively
> > * Department heads give updates about their respective areas
> > * Sue closes with some final words, typically referring to recent
> > events or organizational priorities
> >
> > All best,
> > Erik
> > --
> > Erik Möller
> > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation
> >
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