Dear all,
Please note that due to requests coming from affiliates & the community to
extend the nomination deadline,
the Brand Committee has unanimously resolved today to extend the deadline
to *January 31st, 2021. *
Best,
Shani.
On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 at 01:15, Shani Evenstein <shani(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has convened an ad hoc
> committee on the Movement Brand Project. Three trustees were selected to
> head its work, in close collaboration with the Brand team - Raju Narisetti,
> James Heilman and myself. Seeking to improve the Brand Project process, we
> are looking for community advisors to give input from various Wikimedia
> movement perspectives. The goal is to re-launch the brand discussions with
> a clear and transparent process in March 2021, and to conclude the
> conversations with a decision by the end of the fiscal year (July 2021).
>
> We are writing to you today to ask that you nominate 1 member from your
> community to join us as advisors to the Brand Committee.
>
> What will advisors do?
>
> The Brand Committee is charged with developing and proposing changes to
> the Movement Brand Project process. The committee will produce a proposal
> that the full Board of Trustees will review and hopefully agree to adopt,
> if aligned. Advisors will support us in recognizing key stakeholder
> community perspectives on branding needs, processes and decision-making.
> They will provide input and comments on proposed changes to process and
> offer working solutions to challenges the committee encounters. Advisors
> will be able to share ideas and ask questions to their communities, as
> needed. The full process will be vetted and endorsed by advisors before the
> Board of Trustees makes its final decision on adopting these proposed
> changes to process and decision-making. After the proposed changes to
> process and decision-making are adopted, the new process will be launched
> in March.
>
> What kind of commitment is needed?
>
> Advisors can expect 6-9 hours of activity a month, in January and February
> 2021, though we will be aiming to launch the joint process with a first
> meeting during the second half of December. There will be opportunities to
> join committee meetings with Board members & staff, or to watch recordings
> of the meetings and provide feedback asynchronously. Documents and
> proposals will be shared among advisors for comment, review and
> suggestions.
>
> What kind of advisor is the committee seeking?
>
> The Brand Committee is looking for a small set of advisors who are able to
> engage thoughtfully on the importance of branding to the Wikimedia
> Movement’s 2030 goals. Advisors will be asked to reflect on more than
> processes: they will be asked to think about the strategic goals of the
> brand names and logos within the movement, and how to equitably structure
> decisions around them. Ideal advisors therefore have experience
> representing the movement to the public, as well as understand the internal
> needs of the movement’s work as something multidimensional and open.
>
> The number of advisors will be between 7 - 9 people, in an effort to
> support active participation within the committee, and to keep the process
> on track, to “un-pause” in March. By then we strive for a clear sense of a
> process with which the broader community will be able to engage.
>
> We have identified 3 main groups we would like advisors from:
>
> -
>
> 2 advisors from affiliate leadership (Chairpersons or EDs)
> -
>
> 2 advisors from the community, specifically, people who participated
> in authoring the Community Open Letter on Renaming (COLOR)
> -
>
> 2 additional advisors from the global south / emerging and
> underrepresented communities*
> -
>
> 1 advisor from AffCom
>
> Please note:
>
> * As the global south / emerging and underrepresented communities include
> a variety of different groups, we are actively approaching Wiki Indaba,
> ESEAP, IberoCoop, the India lists and the Brazilian community, asking each
> to nominate one advisor (if I have missed a group you believe to qualify,
> please let me know privately and I’ll be sure to approach them as well).
> Out of all applications from these groups, 2 will be chosen to complement
> the other 5 representatives (2 from affiliates, 2 from COLOR, 1 from
> AffCom). Our goal would be to choose from groups that are not already
> represented by other chosen advisors, with a special effort to be as
> diverse and inclusive as possible.
>
> * The committee might also directly invite up to 2 additional advisors, as
> it sees fit.
>
> How should advisors be nominated and added to the committee?
>
> The committee is requesting all advisor nominations to be sent no later
> than *December 12th* (2 weeks from today), as we would like to commence
> work immediately, with a first joint meeting in mid-late December (before
> the Xmas and New Year holidays). The committee will review applications and
> make its final decision on advisors by December 15th.
>
> We are asking your group to determine who will be the person to best
> represent your perspective. Please email shani(a)wikimedia.org with your
> nominations and include the following details:
>
> -
>
> Subject line: Nomination for the Brand Committee Advisors Task Force
> -
>
> Full name
>
>
> -
>
> Wiki Username
> -
>
> Affiliation
> -
>
> A short (!) paragraph on why you would like to be part of the process
> and how you believe you can contribute.
>
>
> Thank you all for your participation and contribution to this process!
>
> Shani Evenstein Sigalov,
>
> On Behalf of the Brand Committee,
>
> Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation.
>
Hello everyone,
This is a reminder that applications are currently open for the WikiLearn:
Online Learning Pilot
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, an
online capacity building project. The Community Development team at the
Wikimedia Foundation will be hosting two online learning courses; 1)
Identifying
and Addressing Harassment Online
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying…>
and 2) Building Partnerships
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership…>.
The deadline for applications is January 14, 2021. These applications are
hosted on a third-party service provider; for information about data
handling, see the application privacy statement within each application
link above before applying. Please visit our project page on Meta if you
have any questions or feel free to email the Community Development team at
comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org or on the project Talk
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Community_Development/Wik…>
page.
Best,
The Community Development Team
Cassie Casares
Project Coordinator
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hey folks,
In case some of you may have missed this, I'm sharing this here as well.
Cheers,
Samuel
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Cassie Casares <ccasares(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 6:06 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New online learning courses on Building Partnerships
and Identifying and Addressing Harassment
To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello all,
The Community Development
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> team at the
Wikimedia Foundation is launching the WikiLearn (Online Learning Pilot)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, a
capacity-building project. This project will deliver two courses over an
8-week period that will begin on February 1, 2021. Courses are free to take
part in and will be hosted on Moodle <https://moodle.com/>. During this
pilot project, each course will be taught, and assignments are to be
prepared, in English. At the end of the pilot, we will be making course
materials available for anyone interested in self-study, and for
translation.
The two courses we will be launching on February 1, 2021, are:
1.
Identifying and Addressing Harassment
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying…>:
This course will focus on developing skills that will help volunteers
respond to on- and off-wiki harassment.
-
This course will combine scheduled sessions and independent study.
The weekly commitment of this course is 2-3 hours per week.
-
Target Audience: Volunteers with administrator or other advanced user
rights.
1.
Partnership Building:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership…>
This
intensive course will provide an in-depth curriculum on how to develop
meaningful programmatic and organizational partnerships within the movement
and with external partners.
-
This course will consist of scheduled sessions and individual
assignments with a weekly total commitment of up to 6 hours.
-
Target Audience: Volunteers with intermediate-level experience
contributing to Wikimedia projects and beginner-level experience with
building partners with Non-Wikimedia groups and organizations.
To ensure our small team can provide each learner individual support, we
are limiting each course in this pilot to 40 participants. We ask that all
interested applicants commit to attending weekly for the full course.
All efforts will be made to ensure that scheduled sessions are time-zone
friendly to the greatest number of enrolled participants. However, with the
wide distribution of volunteers, that may not always be possible.
Key Dates:
-
Applications open Today (December 1, 2020) and will close on January 14,
2021.
-
Successful applicants will be notified on January 18, 2021.
-
The first session for each course will be held on February 1, 2021.
To Take Part in the Online Learning Pilot:
To participate in the Partnership Building online course, fill out this
application form
<https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYEpR0q2CoodQTX>.
To participate in the Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online course,
fill out this application form
<https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e99EaQJPKUlhwDX>.
For more details on the Online Learning Pilot, please see our Meta page.
Feel free to ask questions on the project Talk
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Community_Development/Wik…>
page or contact us at comdev(a)wikimedia.org.
Best,
The Community Development Team
Cassie Casares
Project Coordinator
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Cassie Casares <ccasares(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 8:06 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] New online learning courses on Building Partnerships
and Identifying and Addressing Harassment
To: <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello all,
The Community Development
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> team at the
Wikimedia Foundation is launching the WikiLearn (Online Learning Pilot)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, a
capacity-building project. This project will deliver two courses over an
8-week period that will begin on February 1, 2021. Courses are free to take
part in and will be hosted on Moodle <https://moodle.com/>. During this
pilot project, each course will be taught, and assignments are to be
prepared, in English. At the end of the pilot, we will be making course
materials available for anyone interested in self-study, and for
translation.
The two courses we will be launching on February 1, 2021, are:
1.
Identifying and Addressing Harassment
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying…>:
This course will focus on developing skills that will help volunteers
respond to on- and off-wiki harassment.
-
This course will combine scheduled sessions and independent study.
The weekly commitment of this course is 2-3 hours per week.
-
Target Audience: Volunteers with administrator or other advanced user
rights.
1.
Partnership Building:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership…>
This
intensive course will provide an in-depth curriculum on how to develop
meaningful programmatic and organizational partnerships within the movement
and with external partners.
-
This course will consist of scheduled sessions and individual
assignments with a weekly total commitment of up to 6 hours.
-
Target Audience: Volunteers with intermediate-level experience
contributing to Wikimedia projects and beginner-level experience with
building partners with Non-Wikimedia groups and organizations.
To ensure our small team can provide each learner individual support, we
are limiting each course in this pilot to 40 participants. We ask that all
interested applicants commit to attending weekly for the full course.
All efforts will be made to ensure that scheduled sessions are time-zone
friendly to the greatest number of enrolled participants. However, with the
wide distribution of volunteers, that may not always be possible.
Key Dates:
-
Applications open Today (December 1, 2020) and will close on January 14,
2021.
-
Successful applicants will be notified on January 18, 2021.
-
The first session for each course will be held on February 1, 2021.
To Take Part in the Online Learning Pilot:
To participate in the Partnership Building online course, fill out this
application form
<https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYEpR0q2CoodQTX>.
To participate in the Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online course,
fill out this application form
<https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e99EaQJPKUlhwDX>.
For more details on the Online Learning Pilot, please see our Meta page.
Feel free to ask questions on the project Talk
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Community_Development/Wik…>
page or contact us at comdev(a)wikimedia.org.
Best,
The Community Development Team
Cassie Casares
Project Coordinator
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
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Dear Community,
You are cordially reminded of the Campaigns Office Hour happening tomorrow 2
December, 2020 at 3:00 pm UTC at the zoom link below.[1]
The office hour will focus on sharing some insights about the Wikipedia20
celebrations, sharing insights about the 1Lib1Ref January strategy and how
you can participate (1Lib1Ref human challenge, 1lib1ref CEE strategy, etc.)
and discussing the future of campaigns office hours*.*[2]
Looking forward to learning, discussing and sharing with you!
Cheers,
Felix Nartey
[1] -
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/94391226637?pwd=MHovSVBnczdicnJLUWVTK2RXRGNuUT09
[2] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaigns/Foundation_Campaigns_Team
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Felix Nartey
Community and Partnerships Coordinator, Campaigns
*Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>*
*fnartey(a)wikimedia.org <fnartey(a)wikimedia.org>*