User talk:Rosiestep/Archive 5

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Nomination Phase

Hello again Rosiestep/Archive 5! As stated in our previous message, nominations for the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group steering committee elections are now open and will remain open until the 9th. If you are interested and have read the instructions, please nominate yourself on the election page. Please forward your queries to librarieslists.wikimedia.org, and for private correspondence, please get in touch with one of the founding members. And finally, wishing you a prosperous and happy new year on behalf of the user group founding members! On behalf of the user group founding members --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:00, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Updates on the user group election and #1Lib1Ref

Hi everyone, two quick but important updates:

Timeline for nominations and voting

• Nominations are extended until 12 January 2018.
• Candidates will be lightly vetted by the Founding Members (excluding those who are candidates) to help form a well-functioning committee.
• Vetting will happen from the 13th up to 21 January 2018.
• Voting will begin on the 22nd of January and end on the 4th of February.
• To be able to vote, editors must have joined the usergroup before the 21st of January.
• Results will be announced on or before the 10th of February.

How you can support #1lib1ref

• Participate! Get started at m:1Lib1Ref and add a citation with CitationHunt.org
• Share the campaign on social media using the #1lib1ref hashtag
• Tell your local librarians and library-loving friends about the campaign
• Watch and share this fun explainer video
• Join the Facebook event page for updates
• Join the Wikipedia + Libraries Facebook group for news and camaraderie
• Watch and share the OCLC #1lib1ref webinar
• Read the OCLC #1lib1ref Learner Guide

On behalf of the Founding Members --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:50, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Voting Phase

Hello once again! We are happy to announce that the steering committee election 2018 is now open for voting. Because you have joined the user group by 21 January 2018, you are eligible to vote. As mentioned under the instructions for voters, you can vote support for multiple candidates, at most one support for each candidate. Also, oppose votes are not allowed, but discussions are welcome on the talk page.

On behalf of the Founding Members --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:24, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Next Diversity Conference

I tried to find information on a next diversity conference but had no success. Do you know if there is a conference in the future? A related question-Is there a WMF staff member or contractor that is assigned the task of addressing diversity? Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) (talk) 12:21, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Barbara (WVS). Since the November 2017 Diversity Conference in Stockholm, I haven't heard about plans for the next one. I think many WMF employees address diversity within their roles. For example, I worked with AWang (WMF) on the Gender Diversity Mapping Project. Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions in this regard? --Rosiestep (talk) 16:00, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Barbara (WVS). I don't think there are plans yet for another Diversity Conference. In terms of WMF staff focused on supporting diversity, many of us have elements of our work that address this issue. For example, the Support and Safety Team, the Community Capacity Development project, and the Community Health Initiative. However, there is no one person that is currently solely focused on gender diversity. As Rosie mentioned, we are working together on the Gender Diversity Mapping project. I'm also working with several groups of volunteers on developing other gender diversity projects. As we become more aligned to the strategic vision and the idea of knowledge equity, I hope that more WMF staff have the mandate and time to work in this area. I'm happy to chat about ideas you may have. Best, Alex Wang (WMF) (talk) 17:55, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group Steering Committee Election Results

Hello everyone! The steering committee election for the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group is finally over and the results you were patiently awaiting for is here! We had many great candidates with awesome skillsets and experience, unfortunately not everyone could make it to the final eight. We are grateful to all the candidates for stepping up and boldly throwing their hat in the ring. It was a difficult choice and they made it. Now, the results. The candidates who made it to the final eight are,

• Gamaliel
• Merrilee
• Bachounda
• RachelWex
• African Hope
• Kerry Raymond
• Sodapopinski7
• Aliaretiree

On behalf of the founding members, the TWL team and the user group members, we congratulate the candidates on their successful run and welcome them to the committee. The steering committee and the founding members will soon meet to discuss the handover and next steps of the user group. Thank you--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:56, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

What's new from the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group

Hi Rosiestep/Archive 5! Greetings from the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group. Yes, you heard that right! We are now officially known as the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group (previously, Wikipedia Library User Group). New group contacts are User:Merrilee and User:Sodapopinski7. The elected steering committee has been meeting twice a month ever since their election, working on the organisation and details of user group functioning. Progress is being made and we'd like to keep the members updated.

• The steering committee invites you to participate in this poll to help the committee plan activities this year.

• The committee decided to use the librarieslists.wikimedia.org and has started making announcements on the list. Please join the list for future announcements and for internal discussions and communications.

• The latest meeting minutes of the steering committee meeting (May 14-15, 2018) is now available on Meta.

On behalf of the steering committee,

Aaron,

via--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:47, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikimedia and Libraries User Group updates and Wikimania

Hi Rosiestep/Archive 5! Greetings from the Wikimedia and Libraries User Group. Thank you for participating in the poll to help the steering committee plan activities for the year 2018. We received 84 responses, and the results can be found on the resources page. In addition to that, there are a few more things we'd like to share with you.

If you are attending Wikimania,

• Bring your books! You can participate in the book swapping we have planned, and swap/leave your books on the table. More details here
• WLUG meetup. We'll be mingling with other librarians/Wikibrarians/activists at the Birds of a Feather Lunch: GLAM and Heritage Birds of a Feather Lunch on July 21st, 13:00 to 14:00 in the London room. Come, join us!
• For your convenience and scheduling purposes, we've put together a list of Wikimedia and library-related events in Wikimania that might be of interest to you, with time and venue.

Bon voyage and have a wonderful Wikimania!

If you are not attending Wikimania, we have you covered too!

• Please help us plan activities for this year by sharing your suggestions on how to implement the top two ideas from the poll results. The discussion is open on the user group talk page.
• The latest meeting minutes of the steering committee meeting (June 28-29, 2018) is now available on Meta.

On behalf of the steering committee,

Aaron,

via--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:02, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Sign-up for Whose Knowledge? on-line newsletter

Hi everybody,

We are leaving the wiki newsletter format behind and venturing into the email newsletter format. We'd love to keep sharing our projects and adventures with you all! You can sign up here to make that happen.

See you all there!

With love & solidarity,

Claudia - and the WK? Comms Team using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:45, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

CEE Spring 2018 Postcard

Dear Rosie,

I want to thank you for the postcard that you have sent me regarding my contribution during CEE Spring 2018/ CEE Women! Warm hugs from Tirana :)--Kristina Millona (talk) 18:01, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

You are very welcome, Kristina Millona. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:05, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

The Community Wishlist Survey

Hi,

You get this message because you’ve previously participated in the Community Wishlist Survey. I just wanted to let you know that this year’s survey is now open for proposals. You can suggest technical changes until 11 November: Community Wishlist Survey 2019.

You can vote from November 16 to November 30. To keep the number of messages at a reasonable level, I won’t send out a separate reminder to you about that. /Johan (WMF) 11:25, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Community health status: full of deep-fried Mars bars

Open letter on Community Health: "I wanted to mention that regarding the Action Plan, a Community Health Working Group has been established as part of the 2018-20 Wikimedia Movement Strategy and I'm a member of that WG."

What do you guys and gals do? Commons is turning into a battleground with shrapnel flying left and right, do you deal with that kind of thing too? Alexis Jazz (talk) 12:57, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Alexis Jazz. I am sorry to hear about the troubles on Commons. Here is a link to the Community Health Working Group page on meta, which should give you some idea of our Working Group's focus, as well as activities and reports. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:13, 24 November 2018 (UTC)