*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
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6h49tEmEMGBwa4EIcPGmw6j3aGNeXWh2t9Le2esumI-pbrw/viewform?gxids=7757>
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_priori…
All best wishes
Lucy
On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 at 12:00, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-reid(a)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
<http://kiskeacity.bmetrack.com/c/l?u=B2712F1&e=113E0B7&c=77108&t=0&l=1320A9BA&email=VT85Y%2BMiOAU%2Fr%2FYvJCytmncGnDpkDc0NowUqtZzPSRwe2757PeXmYw%3D%3D&seq=1>
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
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6h49tEmEMGBwa4EIcPGmw6j3aGNeXWh2t9Le2esumI-pbrw/viewform?usp=sf_link>
(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
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations>
.
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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Chief Executive
Wikimedia UK
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