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| − | I have been an active member of the chapter |
+ | I have been an active member of the chapter and on the Board of Directors since 2013. I have organized many editing events, and helped many new editors. I am the chair of the Public Policy committee, where we study and advocate on issues related to Wikimedia. |
I want to continue to support cooperation between the Wikimedia movement, technological advances, academic research, and government agency practice in ways that helps us build the best reference works that we can IMAGINE — with historical source materials, equations, footnotes, maps, photos, sounds, moving images, many human languages, and more. |
I want to continue to support cooperation between the Wikimedia movement, technological advances, academic research, and government agency practice in ways that helps us build the best reference works that we can IMAGINE — with historical source materials, equations, footnotes, maps, photos, sounds, moving images, many human languages, and more. |
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| + | I am working on standardizing patent data on Wikidata, in the new Wikidata:WikiProject Patents which I started. In the long run we can upload a lot of information about historic patents and put it to useful work there. |
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Our chapter has been successful and continuing on our path we can succeed further. I hope to do what I have been doing which apart from the items above, includes; |
Our chapter has been successful and continuing on our path we can succeed further. I hope to do what I have been doing which apart from the items above, includes; |
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* I actively encouraging U.S. federal government participation in the Wikimedia projects and in using Wikimedia software. I look to find new partner agencies. I invite you to let me know of good opportunities to work with federal agencies on wiki matters. My ambition is that every U.S. government employee has a way to edit an internal wiki so as to enable the efficient sharing of information. |
* I actively encouraging U.S. federal government participation in the Wikimedia projects and in using Wikimedia software. I look to find new partner agencies. I invite you to let me know of good opportunities to work with federal agencies on wiki matters. My ambition is that every U.S. government employee has a way to edit an internal wiki so as to enable the efficient sharing of information. |
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| − | * I attend conferences on wikis and Wikimedia. This year I represented the Chapter at the Wikimedia conference of affiliates. I often |
+ | * I attend conferences on wikis and Wikimedia. This year I represented the Chapter at the Wikimedia conference of affiliates. I have often attended the worldwide Wikimania conference, the North American conference, and the academic WikiSym conference. |
* As always I have a lot to learn about the technology myself. I study and experiment on my own wiki sites. |
* As always I have a lot to learn about the technology myself. I study and experiment on my own wiki sites. |
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* Encouraging others to bring their diverse and unique capabilities is sometimes the most valuable thing one can do for the projects. |
* Encouraging others to bring their diverse and unique capabilities is sometimes the most valuable thing one can do for the projects. |
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My background: I worked as a software developer at Symantec for some years then went to graduate school and now I am a research economist at a federal agency. My research is mainly on technological change, specifically on how new inventions and industries arise. Information-sharing institutions like wikis, conferences, journals, and clubs help these things happen. |
My background: I worked as a software developer at Symantec for some years then went to graduate school and now I am a research economist at a federal agency. My research is mainly on technological change, specifically on how new inventions and industries arise. Information-sharing institutions like wikis, conferences, journals, and clubs help these things happen. |
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| − | I ask for your votes. With your support, I |
+ | I ask for your votes. With your support, I will continue on the Board of Directors doing the good work of the chapter. |
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