Wikimedia UK is not currently cancelling all in person events and meetings
and hasn't instituted a work from home policy, however the senior
management team and board are monitoring the situation carefully,
communicating with staff and partners regularly, and following advice from
the government and associated bodies such as Public Health England. We are
expecting a further announcement from our Prime Minister this evening so
the situation may change rather rapidly.
Best wishes
Lucy
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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:58:23 -0400
From: Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com>
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Regardless of what platforms people might want to use for virtual meetings,
it is my personal opinion that all movement organizations, groups (formal
and informal) and the WMF itself immediately stop meeting in person. For
the movement entities that have offices, work-from-home should be the
standard (as it has been for the WMF for almost a week). Edit-a-thons and
similar meet-ups should be cancelled for the foreseeable future. The broad
movement has spent a lot of time talking about the safety and security of
its communities, and this level of social distancing at this time is
probably the best way to demonstrate that we really mean what we say.
#CancelEverything is not just a cute hashtag - it's really serious, and our
movement can be leaders in showing how it is done.
I'm speaking from my own experience (having worked in a hospital with SARS
patients and having participated in the development of pandemic plans for
hospitals), so perhaps my perspective is different from other people's. But
given there's very little downside to this proposal, there's no reason not
to take these steps, at least for a few months while the world has a better
sense of how this will all play out.
Risker/Anne
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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 22:31:54 -0700
From: effe iets anders <effeietsanders(a)gmail.com>
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Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia branding
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It looks like this list was skipped in providing an update in asking for
feedback (or I missed something - in which case, my apologies). I'm just a
random passer by who was wondering why this wasn't shared yet.
The Wikimedia branding process seems to have moved to yet another phase on
March 1 (I think?), allowing for a feedback phase to define one more
'concept' besides the 23 that have been defined (again: I think. The
communication is a bit confusing to me, sorry). Deadline is March 17 (5-6
days from now).
The process should be explained here:
https://brandingwikipedia.org/concepts/ (scroll down, the concepts are
actually on that page below the text. Yes, those blocks.)
It turns out that at the very bottom in the footer, there's a link to a
wikipage where you should be able to engage:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movemeā¦
on that meta page however, they seem to rather recommend to engage on
Facebook (a closed group
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediabrandnetwork/>) or on Wikimedia
Space (!sic).
Anyhow, at a first glance those concepts look fine, but that'd be true for
many sets of 23 buzzwords :). I don't have enough insights into the
consequences of these choices, or how they got together, but hopefully the
communications team can share that at some point better than me.
Other people here may have more informed opinions than me.
-- Lodewijk
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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 06:54:51 -0400
From: Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl>
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Practical implications of Coronavirus
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Dear Risker,
Many thanks for sharing - I know you're a professional in the field. This
is pretty much what we're doing as the WMF, and the affiliates surely can
follow suit.
All universities I'm currently affiliated with (Harvard, MIT, Kozminski)
cancelled all classes and move to virtual meetings only, too.
Best,
DJ "pundit"
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 00:54 Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Regardless of what platforms people might want to
use for virtual
meetings,
it is my personal opinion that all movement
organizations, groups (formal
and informal) and the WMF itself immediately stop meeting in person. For
the movement entities that have offices, work-from-home should be the
standard (as it has been for the WMF for almost a week). Edit-a-thons
and
similar meet-ups should be cancelled for the
foreseeable future. The
broad
movement has spent a lot of time talking about
the safety and security of
its communities, and this level of social distancing at this time is
probably the best way to demonstrate that we really mean what we say.
#CancelEverything is not just a cute hashtag - it's really serious, and
our
movement can be leaders in showing how it is
done.
I'm speaking from my own experience (having worked in a hospital with
SARS
patients and having participated in the
development of pandemic plans for
hospitals), so perhaps my perspective is different from other people's.
But
given there's very little downside to this
proposal, there's no reason
not
to take these steps, at least for a few months
while the world has a
better
sense of how this will all play out.
Risker/Anne
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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 19:40:38 +0800
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Dear Wikimedians,
I would like to share to you a statement:
*Joint Statement of the * *ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team * *and Wikimania
Steering Committee * *on COVID-19*
12 March 2020
The ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team, Wikimania Steering Committee and the
Wikimedia Foundation acknowledge the current COVID-19 threat
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic> and
are taking this situation seriously.
A joint decision on the fate of Wikimania 2020 based on a careful risk
assessment will be forthcoming and we ask for your patience.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Butch Bustria
Head of the Communications Committee
ESEAP Wikimania Organizing Team
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