[WikiX-l] Wikipedia 10th or Wikipedia 11th anniversary?
Jimmy Wales
jwales at wikia-inc.com
Wed Sep 1 15:35:08 UTC 2010
As the movie got a relatively negative reaction at Wikimania, I'm not sure
it's the best one to show...
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Catrin Schoneville <
catrin.schoneville at wikimedia.de> wrote:
> 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 at lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> wikix-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Itzik Edri
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 29. August 2010 23:25
> An: wikix-l at 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 at 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 at 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.
> >
>
>
>
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