No maps for these territories

I am once again running for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. This is a two year position, to serve on the currently-10 member body that provides oversight and governance for the Wikimedia Foundation, which in turn provides the infrastructure supporting Wikipedia and her sister projects. You can ask questions of the candidates, or read [...]

I had the great privilege of speaking at DPLA West last weekend, where I was one of a panel of speakers giving perspectives on the possibilities of the DPLA; I spoke as a Wikimedian and as a librarian. It was only five minutes, so I wrote down my talk in full; the text is below. [...]

As in the past election, I’m posting my candidacy statement for the Board of Trustees publicly. I’m running as a part of the chapter-selected seats process, which is outlined here. My term is up in July; the chapters aim to have a decision made in May. It has been a true honor as well as [...]

The Board has taken up two weighty subjects in the last few weeks and months: fundraising and funds dissemination (or, how should we best distribute resources — including fundraising resources — around all the many Wikimedia-related projects); and movement roles (or, what are all the moving parts in Wikimedia, and what roles do they play [...]

Followup: Thanks Brad, Delphine, Anthere, SebMol & Ilario for your responses. Everyone else: post yours too (I like starting a discussion on blogs, btw; it is less immediate than mailing lists but it feels more personal in a way, and gives everyone a chance to really expand and explore their own thoughts). Anthere raises great [...]

I have to say, I’ve never been especially fond of the term “the Wikimedia movement.” Apologies to Anthere, who to the best of my knowledge coined it, but the term “movement” always seemed a little vague, and to connote a certain kind of social movement that isn’t quite right. But maybe that vagueness is part [...]