Hi everybody,
Just a quick message to tell that, having experimented the former format of
the WMCON, I fully agree with Cornelius vision of the Summit. Though I
really loved the old format, I do agree it will be much more productive
this new way, and the funds are much better used on such a more focused
event. Also, the kind of people that work the strategy in the affiliates is
not necessarily (and often is not) the same that profits most from learning
and "capacity building" events.
Abraço,
Paulo
Cornelius Kibelka <cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de> escreveu no dia quarta,
26/09/2018 à(s) 10:05:
Dear Shani,
sure, I'm happy to explain my rationale. The decision has a longer
rationale, based on our experiences from organizing the last Wikimedia
Conferences with its usual format (as in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018). Early
this year, we have published a three year report (2015–2017) on the last
Wikimedia Conferences.[1] As stated in this report, we came to the
conclusion (among others[2]) that the format of having everything in one
place (conversations about the future of the movement/Movement Strategy,
learning/capacity-building, peer-to-peer exchange/networking, etc.) has its
limits and doesn't work anymore.
The Movement has grown a lot over the last years. That means also that the
diversity among the conference participants became bigger and bigger, and
it became increasingly hard to create a program based on the needs, wishes
and experiences of the participants that satisfied all of them.
Additionally, we think that learning on a global has its strong limits, as
the knowledge shared is only applicable in really specific circumstances or
is too general. Learning on regional, national, local or thematic events
has proven to be more successful. The recent Community Engagement Insights
survey gave a similar indication.[3]
With a stronger focus of this event (and a complete change in this set-up:
It's the platform for the Movement Strategy process, and not the other way
around), there comes also a stronger support (and increase) of regional and
thematic events, as agreed with the Wikimedia Foundation. I have talked
with different organizers of regional events that agreed to focus stronger
on capacity-building at their events.
Thus, this decision does not come out of the blue. We have shared this
report, I have shared this at other events (Wikimedia Conference 2018[4],
Wikimania 2018[5]), it was shared previously on this mailing list, I have
talked with most speakers of the Wikimedia Conference 2018, the Wikimedia
Chapter EDs, the organizers of the upcoming regional conferences. Apart
from some particular criticism, the feedback for this decision was
basically unanimously positive.
I hope that helps. Happy to answer any questions regarding this.
Best regards,
Cornelius
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference/2015%E2%80%932017_Repo…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference/2015%E2%80%932017_Repo…
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference/2015%E2%80%932017_Repo…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_Insights/2018_Report#C…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Reading_material#…
[5]
https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program/We_learned_one_thing_from_…
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 23:30, Shani Evenstein <shani.even(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Cornelius,
> Could you please elaborate re the
decision to not include learning and
> capacity building?
> Events where Wikimedians from around the world gather together do not
> happen every day, and especially as there will be representatives from
most
affiliates, this is a great opportunity to share
knowledge and train
people
so they can go back to their local communities
and spread that knowledge.
Besides Wikimania, which not everyone can attend, this is the other
biggest
event we have to do just that. Shouldn't we
seize this opportunity,
considering that it takes so much time, effort and money to bring
everyone
> together?
> Thanks for shedding some light on
this issue.
> Best,
> Shani.
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 12:20 AM,
Cornelius Kibelka <
> cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
> > Dear Pine,
>
> > yes, "the organized
part of the movement" is another term to describe
the
> part of the Wikimedia movement that includes
the WMF, its committees
and
> > the affiliates.
>
> > Best regards
> > Cornelius
>
> > On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at
22:23, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hello Daniela and
Cornelius,
> >
> > > Thank you for
this update.
> >
> > > Can you clarify
what you mean by "The next conference will focus on
the
> > Movement Strategy process and
> > movement governance for the organized part of the movement in
general"?
> > Are
> > > you referring to governance for the WMF and affiliates? Online
> Wikimedia
> > > activities are organized in varying degrees, but many of those
> activities
> > > are not included in the scope of affiliates or represented by
> affiliates.
> >
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