English Wikipedia Preparation/Prioritisation Event on Tuesday 17th November

Many thanks to those of you who have signed up to the movement strategy prioritisation event for the English Wikipedia community next Tuesday, via the Google Form shared in my previous email. There is now a page on meta for anyone who would prefer to sign up there (although there's no need to do both): https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK/Events/Discussion_about_priorities_for_the_English_Wikipedia

All best wishes

Lucy

On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 at 12:00, Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

Join Wikimedia UK and Katherine Maher for a community discussion on our priorities for 2021

Tuesday 17th November from 5 to 7pm UTC

In 2017 the Wikimedia Foundation facilitated the creation of a strategic direction to guide the global Wikimedia movement into the future. The goal is that by 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join. 

Over the past three years, people from across the global Wikimedia movement have come together to discuss how we can work towards this. The result is a set of underlying principles and ten recommendations, each with accompanying initiatives and actions. 

We are now in a transitional stage between the creation of the strategy and its implementation. This is a crucial moment to explore how the English language community can contribute to the implementation of the strategy, and have a say in how the recommendations are prioritised. 

Inspired by the Movement Strategy's 10-year vision, Wikimedia UK would like to hear from volunteers based anywhere in the world who contribute to English Wikipedia about where the movement should focus its efforts in 2021.

The meeting will be held over Zoom on Tuesday 17th November from 5 to 7pm UTC. We will be joined by a number of Wikimedia Foundation staff members including: 

Katherine Maher, Executive Director/CEO

Ryan Merkley, Chief of Staff

Mehrdad Pourzaki, Community Relations and Communications, Movement Strategy

Kaarel Vaidla, Lead Movement Process Architect 

Please sign up to the event through this Google Form (or email me, if you would prefer). The zoom link will be sent out in advance of the call. In the meantime you can find out more about the movement strategy and the ten recommendations here.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting!

With best wishes

Lucy

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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK

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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
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