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From: Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber@wikimedia.de>
Date: 8 March 2017 at 13:31
Subject: [Strategy] Join the discussion on our strategic direction (Cycle 1: 10 March to 10 April)

In the last couple of months, Wikimedia Foundation staff, a designated
strategy team and a Community Process Steering Committee have designed
a process to gather input from all voices in the Wikimedia movement to
define the strategic direction of our movement over the next 15 years.
The process until Wikimania is divided into three discussion cycles,
and cycle 1 will run from 10 March to 10 April. And we need your
participation!

There are different options for your group to participate: You can
discuss in person, onwiki or on other online platforms, as well as
virtually via telephone or video conferences. We have created a
toolkit that will support you with designing and hosting these
conversations.

We are asking for at least one person from each organized group to
volunteer to be the Discussion Coordinator. This person will receive
and invitation to a Discussion Coordinator training and is responsible
for:
* Inviting people to the discussion
* Hosting the discussion
* Summarizing the discussion

Please use the following links:
* Sign-up to be a Discussion Coordinator:
https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.de/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyzOcB9FmgWWrenoe0RnCyXo6F9YZyustrmsrD0g0zTRr2Cg/viewform
* Use the discussion toolkit for organizing your group's
conversations: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Toolkit
* Find out more about the movement strategy process:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017

This is the time many of us have been waiting for for years. I would
love to see each and every one of you make your voice heard and take
the chance to shape the future of our movement together. I am very
much looking forward to making this happen with all of you! Stay tuned
for updates on the process that we will publish next week, and please
reach out to me with any question you might have in the meantime.

Sincerely,
Nicole

PS - Note that all summaries submitted by 20 March will be used in the
strategy track during WMCON in Berlin 28 March - 2 April. If your
group meets after WMCON but by 10 April, your summary will still be
synthesized before Cycle 2 begins (late April).

PPS - I have joined the team as Track Lead on 1 March, which is made
possible through an agreement between Wikimedia Deutschland and the
Wikimedia Foundation. In the sense of a strategic partnership, our two
organizations have agreed that I will invest most of my time until the
end of the year towards this new role.

--
Nicole Ebber
Adviser International Relations
Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.
V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts
Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig
anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin,
Steuernummer 27/029/42207.