User:Iopensa/Switzerland
I work at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Department for Environment Constructions and Design, Institute of Design, where I am also consultant for Open Science and member of the SUPSI board. I am a member of the Swiss national Sounding Board Researchers for Open Research Data.
- In bold the economic support provided to the initiatives by Wikimedia CH and Wikimedia Italia.
- I have no decision-making role within Wikimedia CH. I am a member of Wikimedia CH.
- I am not a staff member or a consultant of Wikimedia CH. In 2016 the 15'000 chf Wikimedia CH provided to SUPSI were a support to a research project.
- I am the chair of Wikimedia Italia (2020-2024), we have a clear policy related to COI, I have an official declaration of potential COI and in projects we are involved – even as volunteer – we do not vote.
Here a list of initiatives I implemented in Switzerland or I have been involved with specific information about my role and the involvement of Wikimedia CH and Wikimedia Italia in those initiatives. I didn't include my participation to Wikimedia CH New Year Brunch in Chiasso (thanks) and to Wikimedia CH general assemblies.
| Date | Kind of initiative | Initiative | Role of Iolanda Pensa | Role of Wikimedia CH | Role of Wikimedia Italia | Economic support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Wikimedia CH Project | Wiki Loves Monuments (Switzerland) | I am not paid in the project. | Wikimedia CH is the organiser of the project | None | None |
| 2013 | Scholarship | Wikimania 2013 | I receive a scholarship from Wikimedia CH to attend Wikimania 2013 | Scholarship from Wikimedia CH to attended Wikimania 2013 | None | Wikimedia CH scholarship |
| 30 November 2013 | Event | Moderator of the Wiki Loves Monuments in Switzerland award ceremony, Bern, Swiss National Library, 30/11/2013. | I am not paid for the event. | Wikimedia CH is the organiser of the event | None | None |
| 2013 | Event and project - proposal not implemented | Certificating training | I draft the proposal as a volunteer. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Proposal to collaborate but no follow up from Wikimedia CH. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia Italia. Proposal to collaborate but no follow up from Wikimedia Italia. | None |
| 2013-2015 | Project | The Alps on Wikipedia (full project in Italian The Alps on Wikipedia: Open data, Wikipedia, GIS and digital and analog museum design The Alps on Wikipedia/it) | I conceive the project and write it as an Italian volunteer of the Ecomuseum of Esino Lario and I involve SUPSI as a partner; I am not paid to write the project. In 2013 I start working for SUPSI and I am paid at SUPSI by the project to implement it in Switzerland. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Wikimedia CH expressed its support to the project (simple endorsement, even if the annual report 2014 reports a support which seems economic). | No request of economic support to Wikimedia Italia. Wikimedia CH expressed its support to the project but no participation in the activities. | European Union - Interreg programme (cooperation Italy-Swizerland) and SUPSI |
| 2014 | Event and project - proposal not implemented | GLAM exhibition and event in Lugano 2014 | I draft the proposal as a volunteer. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Proposal to collaborate but no follow up from Wikimedia CH. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia Italia. Proposal to collaborate but no follow up from Wikimedia Italia. | A draft without follow up from Wikimedia CH and Italia. |
| 2014-2017 | Project | Wikipedia Primary School (focus on South Africa) | I am the principal investigator of this project for Switzerland and my working hours are covered by SUPSI (SNSF doesn't cover the costs of the principal investigator). | None | None | Supported in the frame of a SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation for the research project Wikipedia Primary School |
| 2014-2017 | Event and project | Wikimania Esino Lario | I am not paid for the event and the project. In 2016 SUPSI supports me and Wikimania Esino Lario by providing me 10% of my paid time to work on this project. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Wikimedia CH is a partner expressing its support to the event with an endorsement and it is involved in communicating the event. | Wikimedia Italia pays the working hours of a consultant who contributes to produce the first estimates of the event. Within the Cariplo Foundation project, Wikimedia Italia contributes with 20'000 euro of working hours of its staff (in-kind contribution) and receives 20'000 euro cash from the Ecomuseum of the Grigna. Wikimedia Italia expresses its support to the proposal, it is acknowledged as a promoter and it is involved in the communication. It is not the organiser of the event. | Wikimania Esino Lario was supported by Wikimedia Foundation, Cariplo Foundation, Lombary Region, SUPSI (with some working hours of Iolanda Pensa and some other members of its staff - Giovanni Profeta, Vanessa De Luca) and a series of other sponsor (all expenditures and funds) |
| 5 May 2015 | Event | GLAMWiki Ticino - Le istituzioni ticinesi e Wikipedia, SUPSI, Lugano, 05/05/2015 (in the frame of The Alps on Wikipedia) | I conceivee and lead the initiative for SUPSI | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Wikimedia CH attends the event and offers the aperitif. | None | European Union - Interreg programme (cooperation Italy-Swizerland) and SUPSI. Aperitif offered by Wikimedia CH |
| May 2015 | Event | Media in piazza | I am not paid for the event. I am contacted by my colleague Luca Botturi at SUPSI who is organising Media in Piazza and I ask him to involve Wikimedia CH; I attend the event as volunteer. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Wikimedia CH is invited to participate in Media in piazza. Wikimedia CH continues to participate to Media in piazza without informing me and always without informing me it proposes new projects to Luca Botturi | None | The event is organised by Luca Botturi of SUPSI and a series of partners |
| June 2016 | Event | YouthHack in Esino Lario | I am not paid for the event. We organise the event as Wikimania Esino Lario team. SUPSI contributes with some working hours of staff members (Giovanni Profeta, Vanessa De Luca) | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Wikimedia CH pays for the lunch and the break (with a certain level of complexity in managing it). No idea if other fundings were spent, the information was not shared). | None. Some volunteers are members of Wikimedia Italia | SUPSI contributes with some working hours of staff members (Giovanni Profeta, Vanessa De Luca). The location is offered and the volunteers are activated within the frame of Wikimania Esino Lario |
| 27 October 2016 | Event | Conference Licenze libere e Wikipedia per potenziare accessibilità e riutilizzo dei dati del patrimonio culturale ticinese e della ricerca. Digitalizza la cultura: Workshop dedicato ai progetti ticinesi nel settore delle digital humanities, Palazzo Franscini, Bellinzona, 27/10/2016. | I am not paid for the event. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. | None | None |
| 2016-2017 | Project | GLAM Visual Tool | I conceive and lead the project for SUPSI and the funds are used essentially to cover the work of Giovanni Profeta. | Wikimedia CH supports the research of SUPSI with 15'000 chf. Research results released under the CC BY-SA license, but not attributed by Wikimedia CH [at 08/02/2022 and if there is the attribution please do not hesitate to correct it - thanks!]. | None | 15'000 chf economic support of Wikimedia CH to SUPSI (research, not service) |
| 6.9 February 2017 and 3-6 April 2017 | Event - project | Workshop Wikidata SUPSI and Workshop Wiki SUPSI - Chapter 2 | I am the principal investigator of this project for Switzerland and my working hours are covered by SUPSI (SNSF doesn't cover the costs of the principal investigator). | None | None | Supported in the frame of a SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation for the research project Wikipedia Primary School |
| 9 February 2017 | Event | Wikipedia training at the Museo cantonale di storia naturale Lugano 2017 | I conceive the event for SUPSI and invite Wikimedia CH to contribute | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Wikimedia CH invited to contribute. | None | None |
| 28 June 2017 | Event | Workshop ECAS Basel 2017 - Literature and sources about African cities and open access | I am the principal investigator of this project for Switzerland and my working hours are covered by SUPSI (SNSF doesn't cover the costs of the principal investigator). | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Wikimedia CH invited to contribute. Diego Haettenschwiler participates for Wikimedia CH. | None | Supported in the frame of a SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation Agora grant for communication of scientific research |
| 22 March 2018 | Event | Conference Il mondo di Wikipedia, Liceo Cantonale di Bellinzona, Giornate autogestite, 22/03/2018. | I am not paid for the event. | None | None | None |
| 8-12 October 2018 | Event and project | I luoghi di cultura, creatività ed espressione del Ticino su OpenStreetMap. 8-12 ottobre 2018: partecipa a costruire la mappa libera e collaborativa del nostro territorio. it:w:Wikipedia:Raduni/Prova il tasto modifica and list of item improved on Wikidata it:w:Wikipedia:Raduni/Prova il tasto modifica/Elenco | I conceive and lead the project for SUPSI and the funds are used essentially to cover the work of Dario Crespi. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Wikimedia CH is invited to participate to the events. | None | Migros and SUPSI |
| 2018-2021 | Project | CHEERS: Cultural HEritagE. Risks and Securing activities | I am the principal investigator of this project for Switzerland and my working hours are covered by SUPSI through the Alpine programme. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Wikimedia CH was invited to be an observer of the project. No real active participation from Wikimedia CH. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia Italia. Wikimedia Italia was invited to be an observer of the project. No real active participation from Wikimedia Italia. | Alpine programme - European Union - Interreg project. Fundings from the Confederation and SUPSI |
| Proposal 2019 not selected | Project proposal (not selected) | Partecipazione culturale su Wikipedia | I conceive and lead the project for SUPSI. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. As wrote to Wikimedia CH "I don’t need anything, but i think it makes sense to have Wikimedia CH involved, which to me it means
1. writing an endorsement for the projects stating that it contributes to the Wikimedia projects and open content 2. communicating the project to the wikimedia ch communy with your communication tools to involve volunteers and to inform them about the initiative 3. being informed about the project and maybe participating in some meetings/events as a stakeholders or maybe a facilitator. 4. eventually securing the follow up of the project with your current and future initiatives (i.e. inviting the communities to your events, supporting similar projects in other valleys or supporting the activating volunteers and institutions...)" |
None | Proposal to the confederation cultural programme, but not selected |
| 23 October 2019 | Event | Conference at La Filanda in Mendrisio | I am not paid for the event. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH.
I invited Wikimedia CH to participate in the conference to take advantage of the event and its network |
None | None |
| 2019-2021 | Project | GIOCONDA: Gestione integrata e olistica del ciclo di vita degli open data | Our team at SUPSI works on networking and events meant to involve institutions based in Ticino in opening data. My salary and the salary of the team is covered by SUPSI through the European Programme Interreg / Swiss Confederation | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. | None | European Programme Interreg / Swiss Confederation |
| 2019 | Project/Network | SEADDA Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age - European Cost Action | I am not paid for this project. I am a member of the network. I created a page on meta to facilitate links with the Wikimedia communities. | None | None | None |
| Request January 2020 | Request from Wikimedia CH to Wikimedia Italia | The communication agency of Wikimedia Italia sends its press communicate about the new board of Wikimedia Italia and Wikipedia 20th birthday in Ticino and SUPSI sends a press communicate to its contacts in Ticino about its collaborator Iolanda Pensa nominated president of Wikimedia Italia | Together with Wikimedia Italia board, I receive a letter from Ilario Valdelli | Ilario Valdelli explaines to Wikimedia Italia board that Iolanda Pensa is not compliant with Wikimedia CH policy about conflict of interest because Wikimedia CH requires that members of Wikimedia CH board or volunteers do not mention their job if they are interviewed by the press. | Iolanda Pensa responds on behalf of Wikimedia Italia. Wikimedia Italia doesn’t have a policy that requires members of Wikimedia CH board or volunteers to not mention their job if they are interviewed by the press. Actually this policy doesn't seems to be included neither here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CH/Conflict_of_interest_policy. Iolanda Pensa asks Wikimedia Italia to coordinate better in the future the communication with Wikimedia CH. | / |
| 21 February 2020 | Event | International conference Open Data and Open Maps for Heritage Protection, Castelgrande, Bellinzona, Switzerland, 21/02/2020 in collaboration with Ticino Canton (organised in the frame of the project CHEERS) | I am the principal investigator of this project for Switzerland and my working hours are covered by SUPSI through the Alpine programme. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. Wikimedia CH was invited to attend the conference in Bellinzona. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia Italia. Wikimedia Italia attended the conference in Bellinzona. | Alpine programme - European Union - Interreg project. Fundings from the Confederation and SUPSI |
| June 2020 | Event | Participation in the online GLAMHack in the frame of the project "GIOCONDA: Gestione integrata e olistica del ciclo di vita degli open data" | We participate in the event (we are not paid for the participation) and we involve volunteers. SUPSI co-finances the event with 2'000 chf to opendata.ch. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia Italia. | SUPSI co-finances the event with 2'000 chf to opendata.ch. Fundings come from the project "GIOCONDA: Gestione integrata e olistica del ciclo di vita degli open data" financed by SUPSI and by the European Programme Interreg / Swiss Confederation |
| Request August 2020 | Project proposal (not selected) | Wikipedia and the Swiss Schools | I am the principal investigator of this project and if the project is financed my working hours at SUPSI are covered by the project | Grant request to Wikimedia CH of 49.200 chf. Not financed. | None | Request to Wikimedia CH of 49.200 chf |
| Request April 2022 | Request from Wikimedia Italia to Wikimedia CH | Wikimedia Italia and https://stats.wikimedia.swiss/ and https://map.wikimedia.swiss - Request of meeting / discussion about a broader international use of the tools https://stats.wikimedia.swiss/ and https://map.wikimedia.swiss | I contact Wikimedia CH as president of Wikimedia Italia and very active volunteer in activities related to Italian museums, heritage and data visualizations of those data | No answer from Wikimedia CH | Request from Wikimedia Italia to Wikimedia CH to use the tools https://stats.wikimedia.swiss/ and https://map.wikimedia.swiss and to design a project to make them more broadly accessible. | We could submit a project to Wikimedia Foundation |
| 2022-2024 | Project | Open Science for Arts Design and Music (OSADM) | I am the principal investigator of this project and my working hours are covered by SUPSI through swissuniversity (the institution co-financing it). | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. A volunteer of Wikimedia CH (Patrick Borer) is in the advisory board to make sure we implement the project by taking into account Wikimedia CH strategies and to make sure we communicate among projects. There is also the availability of Diego Haettenschwiler for training. | From February 2023 Wikimedia Italia provides a BigBlueButton Open Science room for the webinars and meetings of the project (to support the project with an open software tool and to avoid using Microsoft Teams); the decision was made by Wikimedia Italia board (as board member of Wikimedia Italia I didn’t participate in the decision since I am involved in the project). | swissuniversities and the universities involved |
| November 2022 | Event | GLAMHack in Mendrisio at SUPSI | I am the principal investigator of the project supporting this event and my working hours are covered by SUPSI through swissuniversity (the institution co-financing it). I have allocated a budget of SUPSI to support the work of Giovanni Profeta as organiser of the event and to cover the costs of the location and the catering/food | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. | No request of economic support to Wikimedia Italia. I wrote in Italian the request of a microgrant of 1000 euro for opendata.ch: the grant was allocated by a independent commission (I am not a member of it) and the money all went to opendata.ch. Project on the wiki of Wikimedia italia. | SUPSI in the frame of the project Open Science for Arts Design and Music (OSADM) supported by swissuniversities and SUPSI. Wikimedia Italia provided a microgrant to opendata.ch (no money to SUPSI) and Wikimedia CH provided a support to opendata.ch (no money to SUPSI) |
| Request December 2022 | Project (proposal) | CHIST-ERA proposal “Sustainable Workflows for Turning Cultural Heritage Data Into Open Research Data (SHARE CH Data)” and the CHIST-ERA call with DARIAH-EU | I am the principal investigator of this project for the Swiss partner (at the moment it is a proposal). If the project is selected, my working hours will be covered by SUPSI (the Swiss National Research never covers the salary of the principal investigator) | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. I informed Wikimedia CH about the initiative and invited to join in and support it with an endorsement. Wikimedia CH decided not to be involved. | Wikimedia Italia has endorsed it since it includes documentation related to a project in Italy (as board member of Wikimedia Italia I didn’t participate in the decision since I am involved in the project). | European Union. For the Swiss partner request to the SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation |
| Request December 2022 | Project (proposal) | Visualizing sustainability and climate change | I am the principal investigator of this project and if the project is financed it will cover the work of the collaborators (in particular Giovanni Profeta). Collaboration with Wikimedia Uruguay | None | None | Request to Wikimedia Foundation of $49,500 |
| February 2023 | Official request from Wikimedia CH about "Clarification of roles " | I receive an email executive director in cc the chair of Wikimedia CH with attached an official letter from Wikimedia CH signed by the executive director requesting me to clarify my roles. I create this table and reply to the letter with all the information requested and attached all the related documents. | Request from Wikimedia CH to clarify my role related to the | I inform Wikimedia Italia board about it and copy them in my reply. | \ | |
| 18 March 2023 | Event | Wikievent and OpenStreetMap event in Giornico | I am not paid for the event. It is an initiative I launched as volunteer and I will participate as volunteer. It was created because connected to a project at SUPSI called PATI Patrimonio accessibile territorio inclusivo, focusing in making outdoor heritage accessible for people with disabilities. | Request to Wikimedia CH to cover the afternoon snack for the volunteers (la merenda). I told about the project to Lia Beretta during the New Year Bruch in Chiasso and – as she suggested me to do – I contacted her as community manager for the Italian-speaking Switzerland but I never received a reply or a request of clarifications. | None | La merenda? |
| 29 March 2023, 14-15.30 | Event | Workshop "Impact-oriented Citizen Science: The role of Wikipedia, Wikidata and OpenStreetMap"
Conference: CitSciHelvetia is the Swiss Citizen Science Conference; theme: Citizen Science – Making impact participatory! Landhaus Solothurn https://www.citscihelvetia.ch/ |
I am not paid for the event. It is a workshop I submitted as individual (with my affiliations - in my bio I state my job and my volunteer roles). | No request of economic support to Wikimedia CH. I proposed to two volunteers based in Switzerland to contribute to the event if they were interested; I contacted two people I already know and I have been collaborating with. I have also included in the message Ulrich Lantermann as community manager for the German-speaking Switzerland but I never received a reply or a request of clarifications; instead I received an official communication from Wikimedia CH to clarify my position. Daniel Mitchen contacted me to contribute to the workshop and I was very happy to involve him. I have already notified to the conference the three people who will contribute to the event and who will be included in the program. | None | SUPSI can cover the registration costs for the workshop |