Dear Collab members,
Based on the on-wiki and the call we had last week, it seems we have reached a consensus ergarding what membership of the Collab should look like. I'm including the description of (what i understand to be) membership for your consideration. I'm also sharing it to the Wiki where we've had our discussion. I would like to request your comments, especially if you see something that is different from what you expect. __________________________________________
The Education Collab is a relatively new structure within the Wikimedia Movement. As such, it is evolving and adapting to its context and the opportunities that arise around it. Since October, and up to now, there’s been a discussion around the evolution of one aspect of the Collab: membership. Based on discussions over email, video and on wiki, there seems to be a consensus on the following ideas:
Open membership
The Education Collab needs to move to an open membership model, where anyone interested in contributing to the goals of the Collab is welcome to join and participate. Contributing to those goals is in no way exclusive to the Collab: anyone is welcome to help reach them. Collab members happen to focus a significant part of their volunteering time to them, and use the Collab as a mechanism to facilitate collaboration around those goals.
In practical terms, as in most Wikiprojects, membership means signing on the Wiki page, thus indicating your willing participation and dedication of time and energy to pursuing those goals.
The expectation linked to membership is thus focused on your contribution to achieving those goals. The goals are set by consensus, and support the larger Wikipedia Education Program goals.
Monitoring contributions from the Collab members
In order for the Collab members to learn from each other and from each others’ contributions, the following means of sharing the achievements are considered:
1.
Use of Phabricator: This is the main tool to register your contributions to the Collab goals. Activities, reports, and any relevant contribution to the Collab goals should be represented here. There is a dedicated Phabricator project for the Education Collab at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/1479/ 2.
Sharing activities and results through additional communication channels: 1.
Attendance at Collab meetings, while not a requirement, helps the Collab as a whole to hear your voice, and helps you benefit from input from the Collab 2.
Sharing to the Collab mailing list is also beneficial, be it to share activities, successes, challenges or asking questions to your Collab colleagues. 3.
Other communication channels may emerge, depending on the needs of the Collab. Participation in them accelerates the achievements of the Collab as a whole.
These means of monitoring the Collab’s activities will help the Collab assess its value and contributions to the Education Program and the Wikimedia Movement.
_______________________________________________
Let me know what you think!
Best Regards,
Vahid.
I believe it would be beneficial to readers to add something about the differences between just being part of the Wikipedia Education Program and being part of the Collab, i.e. spwcifically mentioning our current 3 focus areas (indicating these might changel.
I also think it would be good to mention the facebook group. While it is not unique to the collab, posting there about collab-focused activities will help promote our goals and make more people aware of its existence.
Cheers, Shani.
On 13 Feb 2017 19:32, "Vahid Masrour" vmasrour@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear Collab members,
Based on the on-wiki and the call we had last week, it seems we have reached a consensus ergarding what membership of the Collab should look like. I'm including the description of (what i understand to be) membership for your consideration. I'm also sharing it to the Wiki where we've had our discussion. I would like to request your comments, especially if you see something that is different from what you expect. __________________________________________
The Education Collab is a relatively new structure within the Wikimedia Movement. As such, it is evolving and adapting to its context and the opportunities that arise around it. Since October, and up to now, there’s been a discussion around the evolution of one aspect of the Collab: membership. Based on discussions over email, video and on wiki, there seems to be a consensus on the following ideas:
Open membership
The Education Collab needs to move to an open membership model, where anyone interested in contributing to the goals of the Collab is welcome to join and participate. Contributing to those goals is in no way exclusive to the Collab: anyone is welcome to help reach them. Collab members happen to focus a significant part of their volunteering time to them, and use the Collab as a mechanism to facilitate collaboration around those goals.
In practical terms, as in most Wikiprojects, membership means signing on the Wiki page, thus indicating your willing participation and dedication of time and energy to pursuing those goals.
The expectation linked to membership is thus focused on your contribution to achieving those goals. The goals are set by consensus, and support the larger Wikipedia Education Program goals.
Monitoring contributions from the Collab members
In order for the Collab members to learn from each other and from each others’ contributions, the following means of sharing the achievements are considered:
Use of Phabricator: This is the main tool to register your contributions to the Collab goals. Activities, reports, and any relevant contribution to the Collab goals should be represented here. There is a dedicated Phabricator project for the Education Collab at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/1479/ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/1479/ 2.
Sharing activities and results through additional communication channels:
Attendance at Collab meetings, while not a requirement, helps the Collab as a whole to hear your voice, and helps you benefit from input from the Collab 2.
Sharing to the Collab mailing list is also beneficial, be it to share activities, successes, challenges or asking questions to your Collab colleagues. 3.
Other communication channels may emerge, depending on the needs of the Collab. Participation in them accelerates the achievements of the Collab as a whole.
These means of monitoring the Collab’s activities will help the Collab assess its value and contributions to the Education Program and the Wikimedia Movement.
Let me know what you think!
Best Regards,
Vahid.
-- Vahid Masrour Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program vmasrour@wikimedia.org https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
education-collab mailing list education-collab@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab
Hello Collab fellows,
let's put this into practice shall we?
I'd like to see new members soon. Some of them are stalled in the membership application ( https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Education/Wikipedia_Education_Colla...) since November!
cheers
Vojtěch Dostál
předseda rady / chair of the board Wikimedia Česká republika | http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/b--eXr
2017-02-13 18:32 GMT+01:00 Vahid Masrour vmasrour@wikimedia.org:
Dear Collab members,
Based on the on-wiki and the call we had last week, it seems we have reached a consensus ergarding what membership of the Collab should look like. I'm including the description of (what i understand to be) membership for your consideration. I'm also sharing it to the Wiki where we've had our discussion. I would like to request your comments, especially if you see something that is different from what you expect. __________________________________________
The Education Collab is a relatively new structure within the Wikimedia Movement. As such, it is evolving and adapting to its context and the opportunities that arise around it. Since October, and up to now, there’s been a discussion around the evolution of one aspect of the Collab: membership. Based on discussions over email, video and on wiki, there seems to be a consensus on the following ideas:
Open membership
The Education Collab needs to move to an open membership model, where anyone interested in contributing to the goals of the Collab is welcome to join and participate. Contributing to those goals is in no way exclusive to the Collab: anyone is welcome to help reach them. Collab members happen to focus a significant part of their volunteering time to them, and use the Collab as a mechanism to facilitate collaboration around those goals.
In practical terms, as in most Wikiprojects, membership means signing on the Wiki page, thus indicating your willing participation and dedication of time and energy to pursuing those goals.
The expectation linked to membership is thus focused on your contribution to achieving those goals. The goals are set by consensus, and support the larger Wikipedia Education Program goals.
Monitoring contributions from the Collab members
In order for the Collab members to learn from each other and from each others’ contributions, the following means of sharing the achievements are considered:
Use of Phabricator: This is the main tool to register your contributions to the Collab goals. Activities, reports, and any relevant contribution to the Collab goals should be represented here. There is a dedicated Phabricator project for the Education Collab at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/1479/ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/1479/ 2.
Sharing activities and results through additional communication channels:
Attendance at Collab meetings, while not a requirement, helps the Collab as a whole to hear your voice, and helps you benefit from input from the Collab 2.
Sharing to the Collab mailing list is also beneficial, be it to share activities, successes, challenges or asking questions to your Collab colleagues. 3.
Other communication channels may emerge, depending on the needs of the Collab. Participation in them accelerates the achievements of the Collab as a whole.
These means of monitoring the Collab’s activities will help the Collab assess its value and contributions to the Education Program and the Wikimedia Movement.
Let me know what you think!
Best Regards,
Vahid.
-- Vahid Masrour Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program vmasrour@wikimedia.org https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
education-collab mailing list education-collab@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab
What is our approval process? Can we just approve all of them?
On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 2:09 AM, Vojtěch Dostál vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz wrote:
Hello Collab fellows,
let's put this into practice shall we?
I'd like to see new members soon. Some of them are stalled in the membership application (https://outreach.wikimedia. org/wiki/Talk:Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative/Mentorship) since November!
cheers
Vojtěch Dostál
předseda rady / chair of the board Wikimedia Česká republika | http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/b--eXr
2017-02-13 18:32 GMT+01:00 Vahid Masrour vmasrour@wikimedia.org:
Dear Collab members,
Based on the on-wiki and the call we had last week, it seems we have reached a consensus ergarding what membership of the Collab should look like. I'm including the description of (what i understand to be) membership for your consideration. I'm also sharing it to the Wiki where we've had our discussion. I would like to request your comments, especially if you see something that is different from what you expect. __________________________________________
The Education Collab is a relatively new structure within the Wikimedia Movement. As such, it is evolving and adapting to its context and the opportunities that arise around it. Since October, and up to now, there’s been a discussion around the evolution of one aspect of the Collab: membership. Based on discussions over email, video and on wiki, there seems to be a consensus on the following ideas:
Open membership
The Education Collab needs to move to an open membership model, where anyone interested in contributing to the goals of the Collab is welcome to join and participate. Contributing to those goals is in no way exclusive to the Collab: anyone is welcome to help reach them. Collab members happen to focus a significant part of their volunteering time to them, and use the Collab as a mechanism to facilitate collaboration around those goals.
In practical terms, as in most Wikiprojects, membership means signing on the Wiki page, thus indicating your willing participation and dedication of time and energy to pursuing those goals.
The expectation linked to membership is thus focused on your contribution to achieving those goals. The goals are set by consensus, and support the larger Wikipedia Education Program goals.
Monitoring contributions from the Collab members
In order for the Collab members to learn from each other and from each others’ contributions, the following means of sharing the achievements are considered:
Use of Phabricator: This is the main tool to register your contributions to the Collab goals. Activities, reports, and any relevant contribution to the Collab goals should be represented here. There is a dedicated Phabricator project for the Education Collab at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/1479/ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/1479/ 2.
Sharing activities and results through additional communication channels:
Attendance at Collab meetings, while not a requirement, helps the Collab as a whole to hear your voice, and helps you benefit from input from the Collab 2.
Sharing to the Collab mailing list is also beneficial, be it to share activities, successes, challenges or asking questions to your Collab colleagues. 3.
Other communication channels may emerge, depending on the needs of the Collab. Participation in them accelerates the achievements of the Collab as a whole.
These means of monitoring the Collab’s activities will help the Collab assess its value and contributions to the Education Program and the Wikimedia Movement.
Let me know what you think!
Best Regards,
Vahid.
-- Vahid Masrour Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program vmasrour@wikimedia.org https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
education-collab mailing list education-collab@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab
education-collab mailing list education-collab@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab
education-collab@lists.wikimedia.org