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/Movement_Strategy_track>
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_Groups#What_are_the_key_thematic_areas%3F>
[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/Movement_Strategy_track
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups#What_are_the_key_thematic_areas%3F
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups
[4]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE
(from minute 24:25)
--
Katherine Maher
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
+1 (415) 712 4873
kmaher@wikimedia.org
https://annual.wikimedia.org
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