Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy Process: Community update August 2018

Dear Wikimedians, The last time you heard from us was when we announced the first round of Working Group members right before Wikimania in Cape Town. [1] From then to now, we have focused on supporting the Working Groups with their initial steps. At the same time, we have worked on some reports to bring more information about the ongoing process to the wider public. We are thankful for all the feedback we have received so far on different channels and hope that you can find answers to many of the raised questions in these reports: If you are interested in knowing more about the application process, and how Working Group members were selected, you can now read our reports on the application process [2], and the role of the Steering Committee in evaluating the applications [3] on the Movement Strategy Portal. During Wikimania, about half of the announced Working Groups members were present, which gave them the chance to meet in person and initiate their conversations. You can read more about what happened in the Strategy Space at Wikimania in our report[4]. To all of you who visited the Strategy Space and were curious about the Movement Strategy Process, whether it was through listening, asking challenging questions, or providing us with perspectives from your communities: A very big thank you! After Wikimania, throughout August, group calls and virtual conversations have taken place in all Working Groups. Before they will be able to continue working on content, they have been tasked to define their own diversity gaps and suggest solutions to them. You can consult the Diversification Report [5] to see how this effort is being supported. The immediate next steps (see the timeline [6]) in the Movement Strategy Process are concentrated on the diversification of the Working Groups with a deadline at the end of September. In October, we plan to kick off the scoping process for the Working Groups and initiate a community consultation to collect more perspectives for them. After that, the groups will start to develop concrete recommendations for change on the structural level of our movement in key thematic areas, and how we might implement this change in the future. As always, your feedback is appreciated. On behalf of the Core Team, Kaarel and Nicole [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-July/090704.html [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working… [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/… [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Wikiman… [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working… [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Process… -- Nicole Ebber Adviser International Relations Program Manager Wikimedia Movement Strategy Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin http://wikimedia.de 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. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>