[Foundation-l] Wikipedia's 10th Anniversary: Jimmy Wales' Interview

2011-01-26 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Hi, The following link is Jimmy Wales' interview at AlJazeera's Frost Over the World regarding 10 years of Wikipedia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMStbt0eqVU Cheers, Abbas. -- Feel free to contact me: Abbas Mahmood Tel: +254722215101 Facebook

Re: [Foundation-l] Sue Gardner Insight Interview

2011-01-10 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Sue Gardner Insight Interview > > nice link, but does anyone know when this was taped? The facts seem rather > outdated (at least a year old?) > > Lodewijk > > 2011/1/10 Abbas Mahmoud > > > > > Sor

Re: [Foundation-l] Sue Gardner Insight Interview

2011-01-10 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Sorry for that. The correct links are as follows: [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFPSvmKls6I[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ra_wA0Zbp4[3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07RQFPS9UaU[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPfP018xZqQ > From: abbas...@hotmail.com > To: foundation-l@lists.wiki

[Foundation-l] Sue Gardner Insight Interview

2011-01-10 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Hi guys, Check the following videos of Sue's interview with Insight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFPSvmKls6Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ra_wA0Zbp4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07RQFPS9UaUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPfP018xZqQ Cheers, -- Feel

Re: [Foundation-l] Corporate Social Responsibility

2010-11-22 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
I started this thread to discuss Wikimedia's CSR. Unfortunately, people are now debating salaries for the major part of this thread... ~Abbas. > Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:53:32 -0500 > From: nawr...@gmail.com > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Corporate Social R

[Foundation-l] Corporate Social Responsibility

2010-11-19 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Does Wikimedia Foundation engage in Corporate Social Responsibility? ~Abbas. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Looking for stories of readers affected by Wikipedia

2010-11-10 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Check this out: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/26/kenya-plane-homemade Regards, Abbas > From: sgard...@wikimedia.org > Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:32:46 -0800 > To: devnation...@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Devnations-l] Looking for stories of readers affected by Wikip

[Foundation-l] Proposed Wikimedia Project in Kenya

2010-10-23 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Hi folks, As some of you may know, there exists a small bunch of Wikipedians in Kenya. In the last couple of months, we have been discussing ways in which we might increase Wikip\media awareness within Kenya. We then decided to experiment by starting by using offline Wikipedia i

Re: [Foundation-l] Community Associates

2010-10-20 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Hi Anirudh, Some of them are already on the foundation-| mailing list, like Deniz Gültekin and James Alexander -- both of whom have recently announced IRC Office Hours sometimes back. Other Community associates include Keegan Peterzell, Kelly Lyman & Salmaan Haroon. I think you can get the full

[Foundation-l] Mozilla Drumbeat Festival

2010-09-16 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
ans from Catalan. Check: http://www.drumbeat.org/festival for more info. Also, Open Ed 2010 will be occuring during the same time. http://openedconference.org/2010/ Hope to see you guys there. Regards, Abbas Mahmoud ___

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-12 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
...@gnu.org > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011 > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:40:37AM +, Abbas Mahmoud wrote: > > one thing we should all bear in mind is that there WAS a bidding > > process - and that was

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-12 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
People are raising there worries about Wikimania being hosted in Israel (me included), but one thing we should all bear in mind is that there WAS a bidding process - and that was the most suitable moment for everyone to raise their voices and concerns by challenging the bidding teams with whatev

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
m: pute...@mccme.ru > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011 > > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:34:12 +, Abbas Mahmoud > wrote: > > Assess the following scenario: > > > > If say, i'm in country X planning to go to Israel. And, i go appl

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Assess the following scenario: If say, i'm in country X planning to go to Israel. And, i go apply for an Israeli visa; but since i'm working in say, Dubai, the Israeli embassy stamps my visa in a separate paper. I book my ticket to Haifa and go to the airport. For me to board the airline, the a

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
ndation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011 > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Abbas Mahmoud wrote: > > > > What some people from the are afraid of is not entering Israel; but the > > consequences of them entering Israel

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
ticipant whether to make > it Haifa or not. > > M > > > > On 8/11/10, Abbas Mahmoud wrote: > > Not only the Middle East, but the Muslim population at large will not dare > > step into Israeli soil. > > > >> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:06:45 +0

Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011

2010-08-11 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Not only the Middle East, but the Muslim population at large will not dare step into Israeli soil. > Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:06:45 +0100 > From: thomas.dal...@gmail.com > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Partecipation in Wikimania 2011 > > On 11 August 2010 12

Re: [Foundation-l] RecentChangesCamp, Canberra

2010-07-22 Thread Abbas Mahmoud
Hi Laura, In a conference like Wikimania, WMF usually gives out scholarships to a number of Wikipedia editors. Will that be the case for this upcoming event? Yours Abbas Mahmoud. > Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:20:40 +1000 > From: la...@fanhistory.com > To: foundation-l@lists.wiki