[Wikimedia-l] Proposal - Training for Wikimedia movement boards

[Sophie Österberg]

Sarah, I'd love to do that! Great!

*Be Bold!
Sophie Österberg
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2013/8/13 Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>

> I agree! Great idea and thanks for sharing it.
>
> I'm going to take a look at the meta page, and see if there is an
> opportunity for some WMF support - I know Program and Evaluation could be a
> great support for this potentially, and organizational structures from the
> Learning and Evaluation side. (I'd look at it from my volunteer side, but,
> I don't have a chapter role to call my own,....) The timing is good and the
> opportunity to help build capacity and professionalization is great!
>
> Thanks Chris and all involved, (and Sophie....let's see how there is
> potential for cross-WMF-team-awesomeness!!)
>
> Sarah
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Sophie Österberg
> <sosterberg at wikimedia.org>wrote:
>
> > Chris,
> >
> > Thank you for sharing this. I find this to be of great importance and a
> > crucial step for our movement. I would be very happy to lead a session on
> > programmes, and specifically Education Programmes, with its aims, current
> > status and future.
> >
> > *Be Bold!
> > Sophie Österberg
> > sosterberg at wikimedia.org*
> >
> >
> > *Every single contribution to Wikipedia is a
> > gift of free knowledge to humanity. *
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2013/8/13 Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki at gmail.com>
> >
> > > At Wikimania there was (not for the first time) discussion that not
> much
> > > support and advice there is available to Chapter board members. On
> Sunday
> > > afternoon a small group of us (myself, Markus Glaser, Michał Buczyński,
> > > Claudia Garad) met to work out how we could actually provide some
> > training
> > > to help improve this situation.
> > >
> > > I am pleased to say we have a definite proposal for a 2-day workshop to
> > be
> > > organised in the early part of 2014:
> > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Boards_training_workshop_proposal
> > >
> > > This is open to all Chapter (or indeed Thematic Organisation) boards,
> but
> > > is particularly focused on board members in those organisations that
> > have,
> > > or will soon have, staff. And while this is being organised by "chapter
> > > people", we hope to engage with Foundation, FDC and Affcom wherever
> this
> > > will be relevant.
> > >
> > > If you are on a Wikimedia movement Board and are interested in
> attending,
> > > please sign up on the Meta page!
> > > Also, if you are reading the page and feel you could lead a session,
> > please
> > > also sign up on Meta!
> > >
> > > If there is enough interest, we will define the programme more closely
> > and
> > > work out exactly where and when.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Chris
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