Hi Pine, The Program Officer for Conference Grants does serve as a single point of contact for conference funding at the Wikimedia Foundation. However, that position has been open for last several months and we've been undergoing a hiring process to fill it.
I'm copying in Alex Wang, who oversees that position so she can respond to your questions. Kind regards, Marti *Marti Johnson* *Pronouns: she/her/hersProgram Officer* *Individual Grants* *Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* *1 Montgomery, Ste. 1600* *San Francisco, CA 94104* +1 415-839-6885 Skype: Mjohnson_WMF Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share <http://youtu.be/ci0Pihl2zXY> in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 10:16 PM Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ad,Thanks for pointing out that open position. I am glad that WMF seems > to agree that at least some of these questions are worth asking and that > WMF is willing to dedicate staff time for this purpose.This is not a job > that I am seeking. I have too many disagreements and have had too many > disappointing experiences with WMF to want to work for them in a staff > role. Maybe that will change someday. I am already in the difficult > position of wanting work to get done by staff and/or potential grantees (I > include myself in the latter category) when I distrust WMF, and becoming an > employee myself is unlikely to be something that I would agree to do. Some > things and people are not for sale.I don't know what your qualifications > for the job are, so I would feel uncomfortable saying one way or another > whether I think that you are a good candidate. If you want to apply for it > then I wish you good luck.Regards,Pine( > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > -------- Original message --------From: Ad Huikeshoven < > [email protected]> Date: 11/4/18 12:11 PM (GMT-08:00) To: > Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: > [Wikimedia-l] Strategic planning for conferences hello Pine,Did you have a > look at the events team manager job description? It is anopen position, so > there is currently nobody at the wmf to answer yourquestion. For me the > concept of 'event' is broader than the range ofconferences you described. > Would you consider yourself as a candidate forthe position. Wpuld you > consider me?greetings,AdOp zo 4 nov. 2018 20:58 schreef Pine W < > [email protected]:> Hello,>> My request from September has gone > unanswered, so I am trying again. I> don't think that there is a single > point of contact for conference funding> and strategy at WMF, but I think > that there should be, and perhaps the lack> of such a person is why there > hasn't been a response to this email. I don't> know who I should ping but > I'm hoping that Katy can provide at least a> partial response, or direct > this email to someone who can do so.>> Thanks,>> Pine> ( > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )>>> On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at > 5:55 PM Pine W <[email protected]> wrote:>> > Mindful of the ongoing > discussions about conferences, I think that it> > would be helpful to have > a big picture understanding of the goals, plans,> > and budgets for > conferences collectively.> >> > As far as I know, these are the types of > recurring conferences:> >> > (1) Wikimania, which seems to be a > multi-purpose international> conference,> > with somewhat open admission if > someone can afford to attend, is willing> to> > attend, and can get the > necessary legal permissions;> >> > (2) the Wikimedia Summit (which I hope > will get a name change to reflect> > its actual scope, because it's not an > all-Wikimedia summit) which will> > focus on WMF, WMF committees that work > with WMF affiliate organizations,> > and WMF affiliate organizations;> >> > > (3) thematic conferences, such as the Wikisource Conference;> >> > (4) > regional conferences, such as WikiConference North America;> >> > (5) > organization-specific meetings of various kinds, including affiliate> > > organizations' annual general meetings and WMF All Hands, and> >> > (6) the > Wikimedia Technical Conference.> >> > I believe that WMF intended to do > some strategic planning for the> > collection of conferences as a part of > the larger WMF-led strategic> > planning process. Is this type of planning > underway for conferences, and> if> > so can we get an update from someone > who is familiar with the situation?> If> > the person who will respond is a > paid staff member, then please feel free> > to wait to respond until a > convenient workday next week. In the meantime,> > other people may wish to > comment or ask questions.> >> > Thanks!> >> > Pine> > ( > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )> >> > _______________________________________________> Wikimedia-l mailing list, > guidelines at:> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > and> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> New messages to: > [email protected]> Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,> <mailto: > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>_______________________________________________Wikimedia-l > mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-lNew messages to: > [email protected]: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto: > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
