Dear all,
A quick update on New Models of Affiliation for the Wikimedia Movement since the publication of the board letter on 13 Feb. The letter is at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models. From the emails responding to this, SJ and I extracted a number of relevant questions that are slowly being discussed on the talk page.
A small informal working group is aiming to move this discussion forward in the next 15 days. We are:
Bence Damakos - ChapCom Bishakha Datta - WMF Board Joan Goma - Amical Sam Klein - WMF Board Delphine Menard - WM DE, ChapCom Achal Prabhala - ChapCom advisor Marcos Talles - WM ES Galileo Vidoni - WM AR
Our aim is to discuss and progressively fine-tune the draft proposal on New Models of Affiliation for the Wikimedia Movement. Each of the members is already part of this discussion, has expressed a deeper interest in the issue, or is likely to be affected by it.
We will conduct our discussions on meta at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models as per the following timetable:
*2.1 Affiliation models, names, and overlaps * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Affiliation... Deadline to add our comments and additional questions to this section: 2 March
*2.2 Requirements for recognition * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Requirement... Deadline to add our comments, more questions to this section: 4 March
*2.3 Rights and duties * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Rights_and_... Deadline for our comments and questions: 6 March
*2.4 Overlaps and privileged status within a region * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Overlaps_an... Deadline for c and q: 8 March
*2.5 Membership, communities and collaboration* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Membership....
Deadline: 10 March
*2.6 Mentoring and review* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Mentoring_a... Deadline: 12 March
*2.7 Governance* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Governance Deadline: 14 March
It would help us immensely if any of you with an interest in this issue would participate in the meta discussion as per the time-table above. (Broken into bite-sized pieces to ensure we can focus on smaller bits; the whole thing is a lot to chew off at once). I will continue to announce the smaller bits at the start of each to stimulate participation - and get back next week on steps after 14 March.
We hope this will help us develop the New Models of Affiliation draft proposal into a solid set of recommendations and look forward to your interest and participation.
Cheers Bishakha