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Wikimedia Medicine membership renewal 2024
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Dear Wiki Project Med Supporter, you are receiving this message as you were a member in 2023. As 2024 approaches it is time to renew. There are no associated costs for active participants. We are close to elections and only members can nominate themselves for the board and vote!
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Thanks again :-) Avicenno and the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 19:51, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group held its 2024 Annual General Meeting yesterday
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Hello Bluerasberry!
We are sending you this message as you have signed up as a general member of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group. We would like to inform you that the user group has organized its 2024 Annual General Meeting of Representative Members yesterday at the Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata. In this meeting, we have adopted revised bylaws based on the feedback and suggestions coming from our members (see changes) and selected 10 new Representative Members based on the objective criteria set in the bylaws with regards to their recent or overall online and offline contributions. A new Representative Committee has also been formed while replacing 3 out of 5 members, who have completed their full term tenure for this responsibility. The participants have also shared learning from the projects taken from previous year and shared plans about new projects which they are willing to take during this year on behalf of the user group. We are also introducing a mentorship program from this year, where willing general members can work together with our program leads in user group programs and learn from each other. So, stay tuned for more excitements!
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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(on behalf of the Representative Members of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
General Assembly les sans pagEs Feb 7th 2024
editDear members of the user group des sans pagEs,
Our general meeting will take place on 7 February online. As a member of the user group, you can attend this AGM by joining the association here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/134fW1N1yuQfsHURBfr8Moa3eAr3TBTzPoWEXqCCTrkg/viewform?edit_requested=true You will need to pay a membership fee to join the association, and your membership will be validated by the committee as soon as payment is received by bank transfer.
The membership fee is CHF 200 for external members who are not involved in the project. For volunteers who give their time to the project, the price is free according to their means. The indicative fee, based on what is charged by national chapters, varies between 12 euros for France and 50 Swiss francs for Switzerland. Natacha LSP (talk) 18:21, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
Difficulty in request to join Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group
editHi @Bluerasberry: I would like to join this mission to increase representation of LGBTQ+ people globally regardless of place of origin, across Wikimedia. I saw the initiative recently, but unfortunately the membership form at Google Forms https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScN7CBFOxzarJ4jseQuMeYRm0NnMZCiHYwDpoL8TnXYs4EuQw/viewform seems to be no longer accepting responses.
Is there any way for interested individuals to join the initiative right now?
Can I register via email even though the 31 October, 2023 deadline for membership registration to be eligible for 2023 Elections voting has passed? —CrafterNova [ TALK ] [ CONT ] 11:49, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - January 2024 Newsletter
edit- User group news
- We have submitted our 2023 annual report.
- Upcoming meeting: on 9 February, we'll have a call about roles and responsibilities in the user group. This is an attempt to make more opportunities to engage more of the user groups members in its activities. If you want to help out in some way, but don't know how, this is a meeting for you to get help creating that opportunity. If you know how you would like to help, but don't know how to get started, this is also the meeting for you.
- Other news
- New Wikiproject for Climate Change on Basque Wikipedia: Wikiproiektu Klima Aldaketa
- Climate Justice, Digital Rights and Indigenous Voices international Wikimedia event in Huaraz, Peru 2024: Engagement Survey (closes 2 Feb)
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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - February 2024 Newsletter
edit- User group news
- On 9 February, we had a user group meeting on roles and responsibilities (minutes)
- Upcoming user group meeting 17 March
- Other news
- Wiki Loves Earth: Reminder that if you want to organize a local competition, it is time to get started. (SDG 15 and 14)
- Wiki for Human Rights: Reminder that if you would like to organize a local event, there is support available. (SDG 10)
- Study: Using Wikipedia Pageview Data to Investigate Public Interest in Climate Change at a Global Scale (SDG 13)
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2023-24 Annual Activity Report of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
edit Hello Bluerasberry!
We are sending you this message as you have signed up as a general member of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group. We are pleased to inform you that the user group has submitted its annual activity report for 2023-24. We will be very happy to receive your feedback about our activities from the last year on the talk page of the report.
Thanks and regards,
Bodhisattwa
(sent through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:58, 21 March 2024 (UTC))
(on behalf of the Representative Members of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group)
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - April 2024 Newsletter
edit- User group news
- * Upcoming user group meeting 19 May
- Other news
- Wikipedia Signpost highlighted five papers about climate change editing. (SDG 13)
- On Wikidata, a model for documenting green house gas emissions has been created. (SDG 13)
- An update from the Wikipedian in Residence at the Environment Protection Authority in Victoria, Australia.
- WikiAcción Perú organized a training session: "Climate Change Actions and Wikimedia Movement" (SDG 13)
- WikiForHumanRights organized a session: "Adding Sustainability Perspectives to Wikivoyage"
- Events
- Wiki Loves Earth, the international photo contest of protected nature, starts in May. (SDG 14 & 15)
- Wiki For Climate Change 2024 - Maghreb region starts in May. (SDG 13)
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Please be aware that there is a word limit of 1000 words for all your answers in total. You used so far 1003 words according to my counting tool in Libre Office Writer. For only 3 words I wouldn't be that picky, but other candidates are more clearly above that limit. Please find a way to make your candidacy 3 Words shorter.
The word limit exists to limit the effort for our translators who will translate your text into several languages so that people who do not understand English can vote for you. Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI") talk 10:02, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Der-Wir-Ing: Thanks for checking. I used Google Docs and it reported 998 words.
- In any case, I cut text, and now it is at 988.
- Thanks for coordinating the election and best wishes for managing translation. Bluerasberry (talk) 12:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
Optional question for Board Election candidacy
editA mistake in the candidate application was brought to the attention of the Election Committee, accidentally duplicating an optional question and omitting an additional optional question. The Election Committee decided that candidates may still answer the additional question, and will waive the word count limit in the case of answering this additional question. You may fill out your answer on your candidacy page. The deadline to answer the optional question is 23:59 UTC on 2 June. Please let me know if you have any questions. Keegan (WMF) (talk) 15:36, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - May 2024 Newsletter
edit- User group news
- Upcoming: User group meeting, 16 June
- Mini report from the Wikimedia Summit 2024
- User group representative interviewed by Wikipediapodden at Wikimedia Summit (commons)
- Minutes from user group meeting in May
- Other news
- Reflecting _Women For Sustainability Africa Arts + Feminism #Her Voice Campaign 2023
- Macedonia report: Climate change and GLAM (SDG 13)
- Biodiversity Heritage Library April monthly highlights (SDG 14 & 15)
- WikiProject Biodiversity featured in Nature Africa (SDG 14 & 15)
- Wikimedia UK releases a video about their climate focus (SDG 13)
- Events
- Wiki Loves Earth, the international photo contest of protected nature, continues in some countries. (SDG 14 & 15)
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Discussion on the Charter on ptwiki
editHello! There is ongoing discussion on the charter on ptwiki. Not too active though. I am sending this information per your request, as I understand you are looking for discussions on this topic. Best! Joalpe (talk) 14:29, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Joalpe: Thanks I can feature this in the article.
What the hell...
editPlease, edits like this are highly disruptive and create a lot of work for affiliates and hubs that you might not be aware of. I can understand the frustration, but creating work for other volunteers and staff members is not going to help fix this system... Braveheart (talk) 12:35, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Braveheart: I am really sorry. I read the page and interpreted it in a way that seemed correct, and I was confident enough that I did not think twice about it. It was not my intent to disrupt anything. I apologize for my error.
- No worries from me, but sincerely and openly, if people are expressing frustration, consider what needs to happen to provide more clear language. I was trying to help. Knowing the open/closed status of applications is useful information. Bluerasberry (talk) 15:12, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the clarification, sorry for being angry. It meant that people at the CEE Hub were seriously considering messaging every affiliate to notify them of this, and considering there should be a round 1 in autumn it would've required some serious shift in planning from quite a few affiliates :-/ But it's good to know that we're not the only ones looking at that page ;-) Best, Braveheart (talk) 16:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Braveheart: Your urgency is fine because it led to you contacting me. I posted on the talk page about how I came to misunderstand, see Grants_talk:Start#Sorry_for_marking_grant_as_closed. From one perspective it is a wiki page like any other so I thought to edit it, but from another perspective there is a lot of money on the line here and I was much too casual. Bluerasberry (talk) 17:18, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the clarification, sorry for being angry. It meant that people at the CEE Hub were seriously considering messaging every affiliate to notify them of this, and considering there should be a round 1 in autumn it would've required some serious shift in planning from quite a few affiliates :-/ But it's good to know that we're not the only ones looking at that page ;-) Best, Braveheart (talk) 16:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
Sunday June 23 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (WMF BoT statement on Movement Charter ratification)
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Hello everyone!
The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.
At this meeting we will focus on the recent statement by the WMF Board of Trustees liaisons statement on the Movement Charter in which the liaisons stated that they will be recommending the Board of Trustees not to ratify the final draft of the Movement Charter. The community and affiliate votes on the ratification are supposed to start on Tuesday, 25 June. This meeting offers a venue to discuss the situation and formulate the "next steps".
This month, we are meeting on Sunday, June 23, and you are all invited to RSVP here.
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - June 2024 Newsletter
edit- User group news
- User group vote on the adoption of the Movement Charter (closes 7 July 23.59 UTC)
- Upcoming user group meeting 21 July
- User group meeting held in June - minutes
- The group was featured in the latest WikiAfrica Hour: #36: Does the Wikimedia movement contribute to the SDGs?
- Other news
- Stories from the anti-disinformation repository: How WikiProject COVID-19 and other Wikimedia initiatives counter health disinformation (SDG 3)
- Environment Centre Northern Territory Wikipedian in Residence (SDG 15)
- With AI can we increase transparency of companies' carbon footprints (in Swedish). Op-ed that mentions that the greenhouse gas emissions of the top 150 companies on the Stockholm stock exchange has been uploaded to Wikidata. The model is documented on WikiProject Climate Change on Wikidata. (SDG 13)
- Another Year in Review: Where is Wikimedia in the Climate Crisis? Seeing the impact of Wikimedia Projects (SDG 13)
- 46 scholars, self-advocates bring knowledge to Wikipedia’s disability healthcare content (SDG 3)
- Wikimedia Sverige publishes their 2023 climate impact report (in Swedish) (SDG 13)
- WikiProject Govdirectory has started weekly collaboration on countries (SDG 16)
- Events
- Wikimedia chapters and groups organise the first Sharks and Rays Wikimarathon (29 June, but edits in the weeks after are welcome) (SDG 14)
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Reminder to vote now to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter
edit- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language
Dear Wikimedian,
You are receiving this message because you previously voted in the 2021 Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) election.
This is a reminder that if you have not voted yet on the ratification of the final Wikimedia Movement Charter draft, please do so by July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC.
You can read the final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter in your language. Following that, check on whether you are eligible to vote. If you are eligible, cast your vote on SecurePoll.
On behalf of the Charter Electoral Commission,
Sunday July 28 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (Results of Movement Charter ratification)
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Hello everyone!
The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.
At this meeting we will focus on the results of the Movement Charter ratification. We will also discuss the aftermath of the Board of Trustees' decision to veto the Movement Charter, including their recent proposals. We will also cover updates about upcoming Wikimania 2024.
This month, we are meeting on Sunday, July 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - July 2024 Newsletter
edit- User group news
- User group meeting held in July, minutes
- Next user group meeting will be 18 August
- Other news
- Climate change editahon and workshop in Macedonia (SDG 13)
- WikiForHumanRights in Nigeria 2024 Campaign Virtual Launch (SDG 10&16)
- What we Learned from Wiki Women In Red @8 Campaign 2023 Women for Sustainability Africa (SDG 5)
- Ghanaian Wikipedians set to educate students on Open Climate (SDG 13)
- Using Wikipedia as a Tool for Climate Action (SDG 13)
- Events
- 5th August, m:Event:Wiki-Green_Conference_2024 Wiki-Green Conference (SDG 13)
- 7-10 August, Wikimania - All SDG related sessions
- 7-9 November, Justicia climática, voces indígenas y plataformas Wikimedia (SDG 13)
- Participate
- Share an example of a successful WikiProject or topical collaboration in this on-wiki survey
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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - August 2024 Newsletter
edit- User group news
- Next user group meeting, 15 September, will be focused on starting to develop a strategy for the group. If you cannot attend, you can leave your input on the ideas page.
- User group meeting held in August (minutes)
- Other news
- Report from WikiProject International Botanical Congress 2024 (SDG 15)
- Meeting for Writing on Femenist Strikes and Wiki for Peace Camp St. Imier (SDG 5 & 16)
- Biodiversity Heritage Library report (SDG 15)
- Wikimania had a lot of SDG related sessions and you can watch them back now
- Events
- Wiki Loves Monuments starts in September (SDG 11)
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l'élection du conseil d'administration de la Wikimedia Foundation 2024.
edit"Bonjour,
Vous êtes candidat pour le conseil d'administration de la Wikimedia Foundation. Pouvez-vous nous expliquer quelle est votre vision pour le mouvement, ainsi que votre contribution à la stratégie de son avancement, en particulier concernant les groupes d'utilisateurs qui promeuvent les langues minoritaires ?" Shayi ngolu (talk) 08:30, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Shayi ngolu:
- Your question is the second one I answered in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKfpT5Tg8Kg
- Here is a different version of the answer in text:
- You want my position about support for minority languages. The role of the trustee is to do strategic planning. Because the Wikimedia Foundation oversees spending of about US$200 million a year, then a trustee will rarely address an issue of less than US$1 million. Minority language groups typically need resource support of $2,000-$50,000 per year, per community, so a trustees will be considering them as a group who collectively need support.
- There are a few challenges to address. One is that the Wikimedia community is not organized to practice democratic or community governance, and is unprepared to make a resource request on the order of $1 million for this demographic. Another issue is that the Wikimedia Foundation is spending money on minority language groups, but it does not have accounting records to be aware of where the money is going, or how what effect it has on this demographic generally over the years.
- There are two things I want as a trustee, and which I think I can encourage. One is I want better financial records made public and easy to understand, so that anyone in the world can see how money is spent, especially for minority interest groups. The other is that I think the Wikimedia Foundation should sponsor the Wikimedia community to have enough governance to be able to speak for itself, and make decisions on how to spend limited resources. Without financial transparency, and without basic user governance, I think the challenges which have persisted for minority languages over the last 10 years will continue into the future. Bluerasberry (talk) 13:44, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - September 2024 Newsletter
edit- User group news
- Other news
- Building a sustainable Wikimedia movement: A contribution from the CEE region, presentation at CEE meeting. (YouTube)
- All About Wiki-Green Conference 2024 (SDG 13)
- Events
- Course: Global Approaches to Climate Finance by WikiEdu (SDG 13)
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Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - October 2024 Newsletter
edit- User group news
- Upcoming meeting, 24 November, 17.00 UTC
- Other news
- Talk at WikiIndaba: Wikimedian collaboration in human knowledge: Wiki For Climate Change in the Maghreb region (SDG 13)
- Championing Inclusion in the Wikimedia Movement: Africa Wiki Women Presentation at the Wiki Niger Conference (SDG 5)
- Mountains, Birds and Lakes: Wiki Loves Earth 2024 – Central Asia Edition (SDG 15)
- Events
- November 6, 12 and 21: Climate Change & Health in the UK - Wikipedia workshop (SDG 3 and 13)
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