Dear Wikimedians,
The Movement Strategy core team is proud of having reached the milestone of
sharing the final recommendations in mid May [1]. We have been engaging
with affiliates, communities, the Wikimedia Foundation, and other
stakeholders eversince to ensure the recommendations and principles are
received and understood.
Phase 2 of Movement Strategy is wrapping up
As shared in an email earlier [2], phase 2 of Movement Strategy has wrapped
up with the finalization of the recommendations, bringing to an end the
mandate of the working groups, writers, reviewers, strategy liaisons, and
other individuals who contributed to this movement-led process. The core
team is also concluding its work by the end of June 2020. We are reflecting
on what we have learned together and making sure that the volumes of
knowledge generated in the process is made available for the benefit of the
movement as well as a smooth transition to implementation.
The transition to implementation
From here, focus and collaboration will shift to the
implementation of the
recommendations and the required transition steps to ensure
the process
remains open and transparent. The Movement Strategy principles [3] will be
the guiding framework to ensure transition will be inclusive and empowering
for the movement. The global pandemic forced us to cancel this year’s
Wikimedia Summit in Berlin and we lost the chance to work together. Yet, we
gained the opportunity to expand the circles of participants in virtual
implementation discussions. Particularly, the aim is to better include
online contributors, technical developer communities, and smaller user
groups.
The transition to implementation needs to be carefully and inclusively
designed, with multiple pathways for engagement and with urgency so the
momentum that we have generated together over the past two years is not
lost. Implementation discussions will take place virtually commencing
September 2020. The goal is to produce a one-year plan that identifies
which parts of the recommendations need to be worked on first, in what
sequence, and with what resources and support structures.
Call for nominations
Online engagement with a high number of diverse participants from across
our movement will be challenging. Therefore, the Wikimedia Foundation is
convening a small design group to collaboratively shape the transition to
implementation, including the setup and scope of the virtual events. The
idea for the design group is to bring together community members reflecting
different parts and regions of the movement (CEE, ESEAP, Indaba, Iberocoop,
North America, South Asia, WikiArabia, WikiFranca), representatives from
the EDs and chairpersons groups, and WMF staff. The design group will have
project management and facilitation support.
Open design will be used for this work so anyone interested can
participate, share insight, and provide feedback on the discussions. Community
members and Movement Strategy enthusiasts who are not part of the design
group are invited and highly encouraged to provide feedback online in
parallel as reviewers, and to later take part in the decisive virtual
discussions.
For the design group, we are asking for one individual nomination from
Wikimedians from South Asia (Wikimedians from India, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Srilanka, Pakistan).
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The task will be to work with a diverse group of people from across the
movement to design how the process of online events will be set up.
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The nominee should be familiar with the Wikimedia movement, interested
in strategy, and ideally an active online contributor from the projects OR
from an underrepresented community.
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The work is scheduled to begin in the third week of June and planned to
conclude at the end of July.
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During this time, you will meet 5 times virtually as a whole group for
two hours each time, and you will be expected to carry out some
asynchronous work in between meetings.
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Please also consider diversity criteria during the nomination.
Traditionally we have lacked prolific online and technical contributors in
the discussions, and there has been an inclination towards male
participants and those from high-income “Western” countries. We hope that
you can help us bring a more diverse range of perspectives into design
discussions.
Please nominate (self nomination is also welcome) Wikimedians from your
region here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/2030> [4]. In
the case of multiple nominations endorsements received, engagement with
the local and global wiki communities and onwiki contribution will be
considered to select one representative.
We will organize office hours Wed. June 10 @ 17:00 UTC (Google Meet link
<https://meet.google.com/uun-pzmb-kti>) and Thurs. June 11 @ 08:00 UTC (Google
Meet link <https://meet.google.com/rva-yqaq-zdk>) to answer any questions.
We are also available to clarify things via email, in your wiki or on
social media. Kindly indicate your nominee by *June 21, 2020. *
We look forward to hearing your thoughts and receiving your nominee for the
Movement Strategy transition design group. In the meantime, please don’t
hesitate if you have any questions.
Regards,
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[2]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2020-June/094960.html
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recomme…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/2030
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*Tanveer Hasan*
Information and Knowledge Liaison
Wikimedia Movement Strategy
2030.wikimedia.org