I think it is a very good move.
Berlin conference has a big default, which is that, contrariwise to our mouvement, it is not inclusive. This is a closed conference where only specific people may go. That naturally let out a whole lot of people. All those who do great things, but who are not representative of an affiliate. Berlin has become so big that increasingly, many decisions are made over there, in a closed environment. And those who are not part it are missing opportunities to weight in. And with the increasing number of affiliates, making this closed conference a central point for thinking, sharing, learning, is likely to create a *huge* monster very difficult to organise and very costly.
I hear you when you say "it was a great opportunity to share knowledge and train people". This is true. But there is no reason not to provide this opportunity in more venues or more regularly.
This move means we have more leverage to organize thematic-based or regional-based events, with open participation. We should make sure that all those events involve "learning" elements. And we need more support from WMF (other any affiliates) to organise the other events.
Florence
Le 25/09/2018 à 23:28, Shani Evenstein a écrit :
Dear Cornelius,
Could you please elaborate re the decision to not include learning and capacity building? Events where Wikimedians from around the world gather together do not happen every day, and especially as there will be representatives from most affiliates, this is a great opportunity to share knowledge and train people so they can go back to their local communities and spread that knowledge. Besides Wikimania, which not everyone can attend, this is the other biggest event we have to do just that. Shouldn't we seize this opportunity, considering that it takes so much time, effort and money to bring everyone together?
Thanks for shedding some light on this issue.
Best, Shani.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 12:20 AM, Cornelius Kibelka < cornelius.kibelka@wikimedia.de> wrote:
Dear Pine,
yes, "the organized part of the movement" is another term to describe the part of the Wikimedia movement that includes the WMF, its committees and the affiliates.
Best regards Cornelius
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 22:23, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Daniela and Cornelius,
Thank you for this update.
Can you clarify what you mean by "The next conference will focus on the Movement Strategy process and movement governance for the organized part of the movement in general"?
Are
you referring to governance for the WMF and affiliates? Online Wikimedia activities are organized in varying degrees, but many of those activities are not included in the scope of affiliates or represented by affiliates.
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