În mie., 27 mar. 2024 la 12:08, Philip Kopetzky <philip.kopetzky@gmail.com> a scris:

Hi Asaf!

Yes, thanks for pointing this out! Hopefully with regional networks in place this will also create a tighter net to catch these kind of questions and make affiliate leaders not feel left alone. 

And maybe the movement charter draft even includes an affiliates model that also outlines one possible direction of organisational development for affiliates? Guess we'll find out soon!

That cannot function independently from the recent Board proposals [2], though...

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy/Review

Strainu

 

Best, Philip

On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 16:27, Asaf Bartov <abartov@wikimedia.org> wrote:

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 5:05 PM Philip Kopetzky <philip.kopetzky@gmail.com> wrote:

** We still have no resources to onboard new affiliates. Once a new one is approved, they are left alone to fend for themselves.

This is not *quite* true. New affiliates are pointed to this page[1], which includes a whole set of links to advice and guidelines for new and smaller affiliates. 

In my observation, however, few new affiliate leaders take the time to avail themselves of these resources, and given the low traction of these written, on-wiki resources, I can easily see how the impression is that new affiliates are "left alone to fend for themselves", with the next point of contact with the Foundation being if and when they apply for a grant.

One reasonable conclusion may be that a more engaging format (an online, video-based course?) might achieve more traction in guiding new affiliates after their recognition.

   A.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resources_for_New_Affiliates

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