Forwarding on behalf of Nicole Ebber (WMde) who has asked if the GLAM-Wiki community, loosely defined, would like to be involved in consulting for the Wikimedia Strategy process - as a voice in its own right. She and I have both been involved in the steering committee to set this process up. This request is particularly if you would like to nominate yourself as 'discussion coordinator' responsible for inviting, hosting and summarising the discussion of this section of the Wikiverse. Please see details below. Sincerely, -Liam
---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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.
GLAM advocates and allies!
I want to endorse Liam's encouragement. Please do sign up to do these conversations! As folks at the interface of organizations, the public and our movement, you have the skills and the awareness of our impact that makes you an effective facilitator.
But if you are unable to support such a discussion, we would also encourage you to share with names of partners or allies who you think should be involved in conversations from your region. I am helping collect recommendations for partners or organizations in Track C & D, which focus on external communities which in regions where we are highly saturated and where we are not yet.
Cheers,
Alex
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwyatt@gmail.com wrote:
Forwarding on behalf of Nicole Ebber (WMde) who has asked if the GLAM-Wiki community, loosely defined, would like to be involved in consulting for the Wikimedia Strategy process - as a voice in its own right. She and I have both been involved in the steering committee to set this process up. This request is particularly if you would like to nominate yourself as 'discussion coordinator' responsible for inviting, hosting and summarising the discussion of this section of the Wikiverse. Please see details below. Sincerely, -Liam
---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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/1FAIpQLScyz OcB9FmgWWrenoe0RnCyXo6F9YZyustrmsrD0g0zTRr2Cg/viewform
- Use the discussion toolkit for organizing your group's
conversations: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik i/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.
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GLAM-Wiki community, loosely defined, would like to be involved in consulting for the Wikimedia Strategy process - as a voice in its own right.[...]
We are asking for at least one person from each organized group to volunteer to be the Discussion Coordinator.
What qualifies as one "organized group"? Are there additional related ones, beyonf the "GLAM community"?
Nemo
On 8 March 2017 at 16:29, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
GLAM-Wiki community, loosely defined, would like to be involved in
consulting for the Wikimedia Strategy process - as a voice in its own right.[...]
We are asking for at least one person from each organized group to
volunteer to be the Discussion Coordinator.
What qualifies as one "organized group"? Are there additional related ones, beyonf the "GLAM community"?
Nemo
Ciao Nemo,
To quote Nicole:
Track A addresses not only officially registered affiliates but also semi-organized groups, like for example Wiki Loves Monuments.
GLAMwiki a.k.a. Cultural Partnerships, is not a formally defined group in the sense of being a Wikimedia affiliate organisation* but its the kind of specific interest 'sub-community' within the movement that often has its own needs and views. Of course, the individuals within any group might actually feel affiliated to several overlapping kinds of identities within the movement - and that's ok. To learn more about Track A visit: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_A To learn about the Strategy process in general and all four 'tracks' visit: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
-Liam / Wittylama
* (with the exception of some official affiliates like the US GLAM Consortium user group, and GLAM Macedonia user group)