Hi everyone,
I hope that you all enjoyed your holiday break and have returned refreshed
and ready for the exciting year we have ahead! With apologies for sending
this out a few days late, here are the past week's updates on the movement
strategy process.
*Highlights from this past week:*
The Community Engagement department has been working on bringing a
cross-representation of affiliate representatives and contributors to the
Wikimedia Conference being held in late March in Berlin.[1] These folks
will be invited to discuss the thematic direction of the overall movement,
to share ideas, increase engagement, and begin finding places of agreement.
- We have sent invitations have been sent to 134 community members.
We’re working with them to verify availability and finalize arrangements by
the end of the month.
- Community members were identified based on their demonstrated
leadership within Wikimedia and/or expertise related to Wikimedia
movement-wide processes.
- Our goal is to use this opportunity to convene this group in a track
devoted to discussing movement-wide thematic directions, and take advantage
of plenary sessions.
*What's next:*
- We’re still working through the details, but I look forward to sharing
information about the team, including Lead Architect, who will be
facilitating us through the process over the coming months.
- We’ll be sharing more information about the additional folks attending
the Wikimedia Conference and the intended program, as they become available.
As always, you can track these updates on the Meta-Wiki portal for the
movement strategy.[1]
The Foundation is hosting our annual All Hands meeting this weekend in San
Francisco. I don’t anticipate this delaying the coming week's updates, but
wanted to give you a heads up that many people will be travelling next week
and it is possible we will have delayed responses as a result.
Cheers,
Katherine
PS. A version of this message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Updates/6_…
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
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Katherine Maher
Wikimedia Foundation
149 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
+1 (415) 712 4873
kmaher(a)wikimedia.org