Gordo;
It means designers of online communities; people who design digital spaces
for group interaction. This is a large and active area of study, and
Wikipedia is an interesting example because not only is it active and well
populated but the participants have created something of enormous value.
Imagine if World of Warcraft did the same.
Github is a digital space based around Git. Why don't you think it fits?
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Hi all,
Now that the Wikimedia UK AGM is over, there’s a couple of other important
elections going on within the Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia Foundation
is electing three (3) community members to its Board of Trustees, the
ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation. In addition, the
community is also electing two (2) members to the Funds Dissemination
Committee (FDC) and also the FDC Ombudsperson.
You can find more information on all of this, including the candidate
statements, ask the candidate questions, list of eligibility requirements
for voters and information on how to vote on <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013>gt;.
As the work of the Foundation Board of Trustees impacts the ways the
movement pursuit its goals, and the FDC are involved in the grants making
process which the chapter was involved in last year and expects to be again
this year, I would encourage as many of you as possible to take an interest
and vote in these elections.
Katie
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Volunteer Support Organiser
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Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
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Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
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