Hello All,
I think this may be worth our interest.
Can this (working groups) be added to the agenda for the African hour?
Cheers,
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From: Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 1:37 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Update #4: Upcoming call for participation in
Working Groups
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Staff (All) <wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, EDs mailing list <
eds(a)listen.wikimedia.de>
Dear all,
It’s been a while since I sent out the last movement strategy update. A lot
has happened in the meantime, and I wanted to give you a heads-up regarding
an upcoming call for participation!
But first things first:
1. The report from the Wikimedia Conference Movement Strategy Track
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Mov…
>
has been published[1]. It captures all the conversations, insights and
outputs from three days of intense strategy work, so it’s a (quite) long
but very interesting read. It is meant to document the state of the process
and to allow for a deep dive into it. It should be especially valuable for
those of you who did not have a chance to participate in the conference or
attended another conference track.
2. Based on WMCON outputs (and various conversations we’ve been having in
our movement for years), the core strategy team has mapped eight key
thematic areas
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…
>
[2] -- and some initial guiding questions -- that should to be answered to
enable us to advance towards our strategic direction. These areas include:
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Resource Allocation & Revenue Streams
- Diversity
- Partnerships
- Capacity Building
- Community Health
- Technology
- Advocacy
3. The core team will be supporting the creation of Working Groups to take
on these critical conversations. These working groups will be asked to
assess the current situation of the thematic area, and obstacles and
opportunities. They’ll have access to all the relevant information already
collected, and the chance to do further research if needed. They’ll be
asked to identify the changes needed in movement structures and develop
concrete recommendations for the movement on how to ratify and implement
them.[3] An open call for working group members will go out to the movement
this week -- please stay tuned for an update from Nicole!
I also had the chance to present more about these plans at last week’s
Metrics Meeting. Please do take a look, either look it all up on the
Meta[3] or watch the video![4]
Cheers,
Katherine
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Mov…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working…
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE (from minute 24:25)
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Dear African Wikimedians
Yesterday the Comms team for Wikimania sent out the first press release to South Africa’s media. It would be great if you could consider sharing this press release with people (especially media) within your networks. If you speak Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu (or any of the other Africa-based languages), Arabic, French or Portuguese, please also consider translating it onto the page.
Please find the link here:
https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Press/Annual_Wikipedia_C… <https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Press/Annual_Wikipedia_C…>
Thank you so much - exciting July ahead!!
warmest
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Hi All, (With apologies for cross posting)
FYI
- Enock
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From: Tim Sutton <tim(a)kartoza.com>
Date: ven. 1 juin 2018 à 07:42
Subject: [OSGeo Africa] FOSS4G 2018: The Geospatial Event of the Year !
To: africa local chapter discussions <africa(a)lists.osgeo.org>, QGIS
Developer <qgis-developer(a)lists.osgeo.org>, QGIS Users <
qgis-user(a)lists.osgeo.org>
Hi All. (With apologies for cross posting)
The annual Free and Open Source Software 4 Geospatial <http://foss4g.org/>
(FOSS4G) conference is the largest community gathering focused on open
source geospatial software. FOSS4G brings together developers, users,
decision-makers and observers from a broad spectrum of organizations and
fields of operation. Through six days of workshops, presentations,
discussions, and code sprints, FOSS4G participants, learn, exchange, and
create new collaborations, geospatial products, standards.
FOSS4G is a global conference, with attendees from around the world! Last
year, Boston, USA was the host city, before that in 2016 it Bonn, Germany.
Now is the time for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! FOSS4G 2018 will host numerous
workshops over 27 - 28 August with exciting keynotes and presentations at
the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre 29 - 31 August, and
finally Code Sprints and community building events September 1 & 2. In
addition to bringing together the FOSS4G community in Dar, the 21st QGIS
Developer meeting
<https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/DeveloperMeetingZanzibar2018> will take
place in Zanzibar (a short 60min ferry trip away!) the 20 - 24 of August -
the Geospatial Savanna is on the rise in East Africa!
The vision for our conference is to make it as accessible and inclusive as
possible, bridging the gaps between the various communities that make us so
strong, to make us stronger. This will be achieved through a Travel Grant
Program that will enable economically disadvantaged participants the
opportunity to attend, covering travel, lodging and conference costs. This
will be bolstered by an exciting conference program, taking the very best
that the open source geospatial community can offer. This ranges from
locating schools to the instrumentation of communities with cheap, open
source, 3D printed weather stations that improve community resilience to
climate change.
Our theme for FOSS4G 2018 is “Leave No-One Behind”. We live in a world
where our users and developers have the opportunity to make a difference to
the lives of everyone, whether it’s those in extreme poverty looking for
access to clean water, to those using routing algorithms to calculate the
fastest route to work. Location and geography are at the heart of these
challenges and a FOSS4G 2018 in Dar es Salaam will invigorate our existing
projects, bringing them to new users and developers while supporting and
nurturing the existing community.
To deliver on this mission, we've built collaborations with various
communities, from within the open source geospatial community and beyond.
For example, in collaborating with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
<https://www.hotosm.org/>, FOSS4G 2018 will host their annual summit as a
track within the main program; collaborating with Understanding Risk:
Africa, to focus on the use of open geospatial tools like Geoserver,
Geonode, and Inasafe while be bringing users and developers together at an
extent not done before. To see the full extent of this exciting program,
have a look at the lists of presentations
<https://2018.foss4g.org/programme/list-of-presentations/> and workshops
<https://2018.foss4g.org/workshop-schedule/>!
Ultimately, you should attend FOSS4G 2018 because:
- Dar es Salaam is the centre of technological innovation, culture and
social activities in Tanzania;
- A vibrant city of many cultures and warm hospitality;
- The gateway to African sights, such as world beating safaris, heritage
and world leading beaches;
- A historic centre surrounded by the construction of a new Africa;
- At the centre of East Africa, within easy reach of the world;
Workshop, Main Conference (and experience tickets!) are now available at
2018.foss4g.org at the lowest early bird price in years for a global
FOSS4G: $500. Early bird registration ends on June 5, book your place
today. We're looking forward to welcoming you to Dar es Salaam in the warm
Tanzanian sun!
Regards
Tim
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