[Foundation-l] Has anyone been in touch with NPG yet?

I was going to call NPG this morning first thing (as a volunteer, to see what could be reasonably done to avert a public battle - our own museum/gallery liaison volunteers can really, really do without a public battle fouling up their ongoing efforts) but was awake all night with a sick child and s

Re: [Foundation-l] Has anyone been in touch with NPG yet?

I'm not sure who is the appropriate person to contact the gallery to address this issue, but I hope that it can be done as tactfully and non-confrontationally as possible, and I trust that there will have been consultation with the Office before any comments of a legal nature are made. Newyorkbrad

Re: [Foundation-l] Has anyone been in touch with NPG yet?

Hoi, >From your text I get the impression that it is something special that we put annotations about a work with the digital copy. I would argue that this is something that we should do with all our material. The annotations that exist about a work, the references to the GLAM (galleries libraries a

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimediauk-l] Has anyone been in touch with NPG yet?

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:27 AM, David Gerard wrote: > Plausible good outcome: We put up the hi-res images with notes that > they are PD in the US but the NPG claims copyright in Europe and > releases them under CC-by-sa, and full credit is requested in either > case. (Copyleft is not as ideal as

[Foundation-l] GLAM and "why use Wikimedia Commons"

Is it possible to find some common grounds on why and how a GLAM-organization should use Wikimedia Commons? Forget about troublesome disputes with specific organizations. Why should they use us and is it possible for us to tell them how to better utilize our services? What are our services? Perhaps

Re: [Foundation-l] Has anyone been in touch with NPG yet?

2009/7/13 Gerard Meijssen : > From your text I get the impression that it is something special that we put > annotations about a work with the digital copy. I would argue that this is > something that we should do with all our material. The annotations that > exist about a work, the references to

[Foundation-l] Wikimania and the influenza A pandemic

Dear friends, this is an official statement fo the local team about the influenza A pandemic and the organization of Wikimania 2009. TRhank you, Patricio == English ==     Given the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic declared by WHO, Wikimania 2009's Organizing C

Re: [Foundation-l] Article: Public Domain Art in an Age of Easier Mechanical Reproducibility (Sage Ross)

There are much morer statements than by Hamma and Hirtle, see: http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/5405864/ http://hangingtogether.org/?p=692 Klaus Graf ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.or

Re: [Foundation-l] GLAM and "why use Wikimedia Commons"

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:07 AM, John at Darkstar wrote: > Is it possible to find some common grounds on why and how a > GLAM-organization should use Wikimedia Commons? Forget about troublesome > disputes with specific organizations. Why should they use us and is it > possible for us to tell them

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimania and the influenza A pandemic

Patricio Lorente wrote: > Dear friends, this is an official statement fo the local team about > the influenza A pandemic and the organization of Wikimania 2009. > Thank you for the update, Patricio. I hadn't seen anything yet that would make me think there was any concern about traveling to Bue

Re: [Foundation-l] Article: Public Domain Art in an Age of Easier Mechanical Reproducibility (Sage Ross)

Hoi, I had a read of the first one. While it is nice that there is an understanding that copyright has to do with authorship, the fact of the matter is that it is not the author that benefits from copyright. This is best understood in the way they define the types of copyright: *commercial *scholar

Re: [Foundation-l] Article: Public Domain Art in an Age of Easier Mechanical Reproducibility (Sage Ross)

"the fact of the matter is that it is not the author that benefits from copyright" unfounded and untrue. I wish you health and true happiness. teun On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > I had a read of the first one. While it is nice that there is an > understanding t

[Foundation-l] Announcing Eugene Eric Kim as the Strategy Plan Project Manager

Hi folks, I am delighted to announce that Wikimedia's collaborative strategy development project, which was first discussed here on this list a few months ago, will be led by Eugene Eric Kim. Eugene is principal and co-founder of Blue Oxen Associates , a San Francisco-based

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Eugene Eric Kim as the Strategy Plan Project Manager

This is fantastic news! I've met Eugene a couple times through RecentChangesCamp and other venues, and he is just the man for the job. You couldn't have picked someone better. Steven Walling On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Sue Gardner wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am delighted to announce that Wiki

Re: [Foundation-l] Article: Public Domain Art in an Age of Easier Mechanical Reproducibility (Sage Ross)

Hoi, Why ? Thanks, GerardM 2009/7/13 teun spaans > "the fact of the matter is that it is not the author that benefits from > copyright" > > unfounded and untrue. > > I wish you health and true happiness. > teun > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Gerard Meijssen > wrote: > > > Hoi, > > I

[Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the Strategy Project Facilitator

Hi folks, I am delighted to announce that the Facilitator for Wikimedia's collaborative strategy development project will be Philippe Beaudette. Many of you know Philippe, who is a trusted member of the Wikimedia volunteer community. He's a three-year member of the Board of Trustees Election Com

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Eugene Eric Kim as the Strategy Plan Project Manager

Thanks for the welcome, Sue, and the kind words Steven! I'm glad to be participating. As Sue mentioned, I'll be ramping up for the next few weeks. As part of that, we'll be setting up spaces for conversations. In the meantime, don't hesitate to contact me with your thoughts, questions, or simply j

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Eugene Eric Kim as the Strategy Plan Project Manager

Hoi, There is one question that is obvious for me to ask.. What will the role be of language, internationalisation and localisation in the strategy of the WMF and how will it be possible to measure this ? Thanks, GerardM PS Welcome 2009/7/13 Eugene Eric Kim > Thanks for the welcome, Sue, a

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the Strategy Project Facilitator

Hi everyone I'd like to thank Sue for the welcome to staff and say that I'm really excited to work with Eugene - I've heard so many great things about him from community members. We'll start defining the strategic planning process soon, I'm sure, and I feel quite certain that FAQs wil

Re: [Foundation-l] About that "sue and be damned" to the NationalPortrait Gallery ...

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Sue Gardner wrote: > Sure. Actually the New York chapter probably sends some press releases to US > media too; I'm not sure. FYI We have had a number of contacts with journalists, but so far we have not been in the habit of putting out formal press releases. This