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Lane Rasberry (bluerasberry)

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Vorstellung des*der Kandidat*in
Lane Rasberry, Wikimedian in Residence an der School of Data Science der University of Virginia
  • Persönliches:
  • Editorial:
    • Wikimedianer*in seit: 2004
    • Aktive Wikis: Englischsprachige Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Die Wortzahl für die gesamte Bewerbung (verpflichtende und freiwillige Antworten) beträgt 1000 Wörter.
Verpflichtende Fragen
Warum bewirbst du dich für das Kuratorium der Wikimedia Foundation? Was für einen Beitrag würdest du leisten? Worüber möchtest du gerne mehr lernen? In die Community zu investieren, ist die beste Möglichkeit, um unsere Ziele zu erreichen, und ich möchte ins Kuratorium, um Budgets zu entwickeln, die die Mission der Wikimedia Foundation durch Stärkung der Community fördern. Die Wikimedia Foundation hat seit 2017 rund 1 Mrd. US-$ eingenommen, aber nur 10 % des Jahresbudgets sind Fördermittel. Dieser Geldbetrag ist zu gering, um ausreichende Leitungsstrukturen für die Community zu entwickeln.

Beim Wikimedia Summit 2024 haben die Affiliates der Wikimedia-Bewegung entschieden, dass die neue Charta der Wikimedia-Bewegung und der Globale Rat Macht von der Wikimedia Foundation an die Community der Benutzer:innen übergibt. Diese Machtübergabe wird ohne starken Einsatz wohl nicht passieren, aber ich werde über die Ressourcen verhandeln, die die Community braucht, um Erfolg zu haben. Dazu gehört die Erhaltung aktueller Community-Programme und die Steigerung der Geldmittel für die spanischsprachige Welt, Indien und Länder in Afrika. Da derzeit nur Mitglieder von Wiki-Organisationen einige Rechte der Selbstverwaltung in Anspruch nehmen können, müssen wir auch Beteiligungsmöglichkeiten für die 99 % der Beitragenden und Lesenden schaffen, die nicht in dieser Position sind.

Ich habe zwölf Jahre Erfahrung als „Wikimedian in Residence“, also als bezahlter Vollzeitwikimedianer. Ich bin an der School of Data Science der University of Virginia tätig und meine Institution ist bereit, meine Arbeit im Kuratorium mit rechtlicher, buchhalterischer, ethischer und anderer akademischer Beratung zu unterstützen.

Bitte beschreibe deine Wikimedia-Erfahrung (etwa Beiträge zu den Wikimedia-Projekten, Mitgliedschaften in Wikimedia-Organisationen oder -Affiliates, Tätigkeiten als Organisator:in in der Wikimedia-Bewegung oder Beteiligung an einer mit der Wikimedia-Bewegung verbündeten Organisation). *Als berufsmäßiger Wikimedianer seit 2012 aktiv, das bedeutet: 40 Stunden Wiki, jede Woche, zwölf Jahre lang
Was sollten in den kommenden 5–10 Jahren die Prioritäten der Wikimedia Foundation sein und warum sind diese in deinen Augen besonders wichtig? Unsere einzigartige Stärke ist unsere auf Crowdsourcing basierte, dezentralisierte Selbstverwaltung, und wir müssen ihr Wachstum fördern.
  1. Einrichtung des Globalen Rats als höchstes Entscheidungsgremium, das Beitragende, Lesende und Nutzende von Wikimedia vertritt.
  2. Finanzielle Förderung unterrepräsentierter Gruppen, um Diversität zu erhöhen.
  3. Institutionelle Partnerschaften entwickeln, etwa mit Universitäten für Forschung, Stiftungen für finanzielle Förderung, zivilen Technologie-Organisationen für Open-Source-Software, GLAM für Kultur und Fachinstituten für Spezialwissen.
Optional questions - Professional Experience, Skills and Education
Please describe your experience with governing bodies of organizations (nonprofit or for-profit), mentioning the scope of your responsibilities, as well as the complexity of the organization (in terms of scale of operations, budget, number of people involved, or other meaningful measures) and the size of the board or body. Since I joined the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia, it has grown from 10 to 200 people, with annual budget of $24 million/year. In this startup environment we make all strategic decisions collaboratively, and my own contribution is emphasizing open science.

I have designed budgets and annual reports for Wikimedia New York City, Wikimedia Medicine, and Wikimedia LGBT+, so I understand Wikimedia community governance.

Since 2007 I have been on an ethics board reviewing ethics for multinational HIV vaccine clinical trials. Lessons from medical research can inform Wikimedia challenges. The United States government funds this from a US$3 billion budget.

I founded an LGBT community center (Q2945640) which hosts concerts. This includes posting artist profiles in Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons to showcase regional culture. Our events have helped 100 people in Coming-out (Q208099) as LGBT+.

Please describe your professional career experience. I am a data scientist and principal investigator in multiple research projects.

After university I conducted medical clinical research (Q5133849), which I still do indirectly in ethics and data curation.

From 2012-18 I was Wikimedian at Consumer Reports, which is a nonprofit Verbraucherschutz (Q664183) organization sharing product safety information in Wikipedia. Since 2018 as a data scientist at my university I do projects to promote Offene Wissenschaft (Q309823) and Open Data (Q309901). Partner organizations like these invest money in the Wikimedia platform, and we should seek more.

Please briefly describe 3 situations that show how you tackled, or advised others on, a complex problem in an organization. How did you work with others to address the situations? .
  1. At my university I mentor student researchers to attempt to solve challenges. Many problems are not as complex as they seem. Students often can either resolve them or at least discover what solution exists.
  2. Since 2007 I have served on a medical ethics board overseeing HIV vaccine research. When we encounter research complaints, we organize community discussions to resolve them. Transparency builds trust, and I opened general data at d:Wikidata:WikiProject Clinical Trials.
  3. Following the rebranding petition discussions I created documentation which showcased community demands.
Please describe your educational background, including degrees, certificates, and courses of study finished, and their relevance to board work. My bachelor of science in chemistry led me to medical research, then to ethics, diversity, and openness, and then to Wikimedia medical content.
Please add any relevant links describing your professional background, experience, profile (such as LinkedIn, staff page, etc.). .
Optional questions - Leadership Experience
Please describe ways in which you have helped to form a bridge between multiple communities (such as by working on projects outside your home wiki, or working on a collaboration between multiple affiliates). I edit medical content. During COVID my outreach recruited translators for articles.

On-wiki, I support Wikimedians in applying for Wikimedia grants. My own experience and the gaps in our funding reports have convinced me that many Wikimedians are unable to access money. I feel that financial transparency would increase trust in the Wikimedia grants strategy.

As is common among LGBT+ wiki editors, I get harassed. Because my town Charlottesville had a Nazi rally in 2017 and because I live in the United States where shootings are routine, I support increased discussion of disaster response. Development of protection resources for LGBT+ people, women, neurodivergent people, and other vulnerable groups will make Wikimedia safer for everyone.

Can you describe a policy, on wiki or off, that you helped to create or change? What did you learn from this experience? At my university, I developed my school's open access policy . I learned why people either support or fear openness.

I organized community protests in the controversies over Superprotect, the removal of WMF CEO Lila Tretikov, the rebranding, Can San Fran Ban Fram?, fundraising messages, and others. These are major wiki demonstrations with many petitioners. While protests are helpful, it would better if they were not necessary. I wish to reconcile conflicts with financial transparency and consensus-building.

How have you been able to empower people to make their voices heard? I empower people to be heard by joining and bringing media to protests, as I just described.
Sometimes in professional situations, there are personality conflicts. Explain how you remain productive even with personality conflicts. I remain productive by addressing conflicts with Deeskalation (Q1182511) techniques. Many organizations already have developed ways to address conflicts, and I want to bring these practices to Wikimedia. For example, feminist scholar Sara Ahmed (Q15437208) describes how society systematically dismisses women's complaints, and teaches how to avoid this.
Optional questions - Strategic Thinking
Where do you see the need for greater diversity in the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees or within the movement? What steps would you take to improve diversity on the Board or within the movement? What steps would you recommend the Board take to improve diversity? The need for greater diversity is in the Wikimedia Foundation budget. Although our volunteer recognition programs are diverse, our investments are not. More transparency about Wikimedia Foundation budgets and the Wikimedia Endowment would inspire global confidence in our programs.
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