[Foundation-l] IRC office hours

2009-09-21 Thread Philippe Beaudette
IRC office hours for the strategy plan will be held as usual next office hours will be: 04:00-05:00 UTC, Wednesday 23 September Local timezones can be checked at http://tiny.cc/kReRZ It's a big week - the launch of the call for participation will happen today. Our office hours are in #

[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Staff office hours

2009-09-21 Thread Cary Bass
Hello all! As a result of the success of the Strategy planning office hours and the recent "meet the board" presentation on the #wikimedia channel on IRC, we've decided to do regular office hours featuring a Wikimedia Foundation staff member. And to kick things off, this Friday, September 25, 200

[Foundation-l] Is the FCC becoming the Free Culture Collaborative?

2009-09-21 Thread Samuel Klein
Genachowski is a gem. Thanks for the heads-up, Mike! -- Forwarded message -- From: Mike Godwin Subject: FCC Chair Julius Genachowski praises Wikipedia in speech today "And let us not forget that the open Internet enables much more than commerce. It is also an unprecedented plat

[Foundation-l] IRC Group Contacts 3-month review

2009-09-21 Thread Rjd0060
The following was posted to the Group Contact noticeboard on Meta. You can view it at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Group_Contacts/Noticeboard#3_month_review . If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them on the talk page ( http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:IRC/Group_Conta

Re: [Foundation-l] WMF Office Move

2009-09-21 Thread stevertigo
"George Herbert" wrote: > The only useful parking near there is at 3rd and Jessie, or southeast > of the building, but if everyone can commute in it's a safe walk from > BART. Well, the main city garage at Mission and 4th to 5th - the largest in the city and most fairly priced too - is two and a

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Jennifer Riggs leaves Wikimedia

2009-09-21 Thread stevertigo
Sue Gardner wrote: > The real problem won't be so much "who will take over the work" -- Jennifer > had > only been on the job about five months, so she was mostly in building/thinking > /planning mode rather than executing mode. Keep in mind that the "Wiki" way of doing things was never about pu

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Jennifer Riggs leaves Wikimedia

2009-09-21 Thread stevertigo
Hi Sam, Samuel Klein wrote: > We could all use more qualitative prioritizing -- >  -What of our many activities are best furthering our [capital] Goals? >  -Which of our side projects could really help our core 'project' work? >  -What are the major needs shared by all parts of the community? >

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Jennifer Riggs leaves Wikimedia

2009-09-21 Thread stevertigo
stevertigo wrote: > Samuel Klein wrote: > With regard to economies and economic influence, there is > a variance between what The line "different people have and thus can do." should have been in my previous post. -Stevertigo ___ foundation-l mailin

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcement: Jennifer Riggs leaves Wikimedia

2009-09-21 Thread Eugene Eric Kim
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:19 PM, stevertigo wrote: > It also occurs to me that it may also be quite relevant for others to > know exactly what Jennifer thought about her job. She's no doubt > intimately acquainted with each of her planned and proposed tasks, and > thus has a certain point of view

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Staff office hours

2009-09-21 Thread Delphine Ménard
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 20:18, Cary Bass wrote: > And to kick things off, this Friday, September 25, 2009, between 15:30 > and 16:30 PDT (UTC 22:30 to 23:30), Sue Gardner, the Wikimedia > Foundation's Executive Director, will be online to answer your questions > and talk about her role in the Fou

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Staff office hours

2009-09-21 Thread Isabell Long
2009/9/21 Delphine Ménard : > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 20:18, Cary Bass wrote: > >> And to kick things off, this Friday, September 25, 2009, between 15:30 >> and 16:30 PDT (UTC 22:30 to 23:30), Sue Gardner, the Wikimedia >> Foundation's Executive Director, will be online to answer your questions >>

[Foundation-l] advisory board composition

2009-09-21 Thread phoebe ayers
Dear Foundation-istas, It looks like sometime this summer the composition of the Advisory Board changed, with several of the original members becoming former members: http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Board&diff=39660&oldid=39327 I don't remember an announcement about this

Re: [Foundation-l] advisory board composition

2009-09-21 Thread Michael Snow
phoebe ayers wrote: > Dear Foundation-istas, > > It looks like sometime this summer the composition of the Advisory > Board changed, with several of the original members becoming former > members: > http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Board&diff=39660&oldid=39327 > > I don't r

Re: [Foundation-l] advisory board composition

2009-09-21 Thread Angela
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:05 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: > It looks like sometime this summer the composition of the Advisory > Board changed, with several of the original members becoming former > members: > http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Advisory_Board&diff=39660&oldid=39327 > > I

[Foundation-l] It's not article count, it's editors

2009-09-21 Thread David Gerard
From Erik Zachte: http://infodisiac.com/blog/2009/09/partipication-level-a-new-metric/ Hmm. Anyone want to change the front page of www.wikipedia.org accordingly?  ;-) - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: h

[Foundation-l] Strategic planning task force application

2009-09-21 Thread Thomas Dalton
I've just filled out the task force application form (http://volunteer.wikimedia.org/volunteer/) and when I click "submit", nothing happened. Is it working for other people? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http

Re: [Foundation-l] Strategic planning task force application

2009-09-21 Thread Eugene Eric Kim
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > I've just filled out the task force application form > (http://volunteer.wikimedia.org/volunteer/) and when I click "submit", > nothing happened. Is it working for other people? Thomas, I'll touch base with you offline to help debug the app.

Re: [Foundation-l] Strategic planning task force application

2009-09-21 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Just to follow up - I just sent a test submit, and it acted correctly, and sent me to application submission successful. On Sep 21, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Eugene Eric Kim wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Thomas Dalton > wrote: >> I've just filled out the task force application form >> (ht

Re: [Foundation-l] Strategic planning task force application

2009-09-21 Thread Marc Riddell
on 9/21/09 7:00 PM, Philippe Beaudette at pbeaude...@wikimedia.org wrote: > Just to follow up - I just sent a test submit, and it acted correctly, > and sent me to application submission successful. > > Philippe, Did you receive my application successfully? Marc Riddell _

Re: [Foundation-l] Strategic planning task force application

2009-09-21 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Yes :) On Sep 21, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Marc Riddell wrote: > on 9/21/09 7:00 PM, Philippe Beaudette at pbeaude...@wikimedia.org > wrote: > >> Just to follow up - I just sent a test submit, and it acted >> correctly, >> and sent me to application submission successful. >> >> > Philippe, > > Did y

Re: [Foundation-l] It's not article count, it's editors

2009-09-21 Thread Liam Wyatt
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:31 AM, David Gerard wrote: > From Erik Zachte: > > http://infodisiac.com/blog/2009/09/partipication-level-a-new-metric/ > > Hmm. Anyone want to change the front page of www.wikipedia.orgaccordingly? > ;-) > > > - d. > > well, for a short while a year or so ago (can't r

Re: [Foundation-l] It's not article count, it's editors

2009-09-21 Thread Casey Brown
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Liam Wyatt wrote: > Nevertheless, I would hope that - even if we don't completely change the way > we calculate "top 10 wikipedias" for the wikipedia.org landing page - we do > generally start to promote our participation and quality metrics as the > measures of su

Re: [Foundation-l] Strategic planning task force application

2009-09-21 Thread Mike.lifeguard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 wrote: > on 9/21/09 7:00 PM, Philippe Beaudette at pbeaude...@wikimedia.org wrote: > >> Just to follow up - I just sent a test submit, and it acted correctly, >> and sent me to application submission successful. >> >> > Philippe, > > Did you receive

Re: [Foundation-l] Strategic planning task force application

2009-09-21 Thread Austin Hair
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Mike.lifeguard wrote: > This is a textbook example of what does not belong on foundation-l. > Please feel free to send private emails when you have a message for just > one person, rather than sending it to approximately a thousand people. Mike, Did you get my me