All possible stakeholders and participants in our 'value chain' should be
consulted and be part of developing strategy.
That does not make them all the same as the community that create our
projects or sustain our content long term. It's a mime that has been pushed
and stretched until the community of unpaid and "nonprofessional"
volunteers feel like second class citizens without a vote when it ever
matters.
Fae
Based on your definition of community does that mean
that mediawiki
developers are not part of the Wikimedia community?
Are people who volunteer in the real world or teachers who incorporate
Wikipedia into their classes not part of the Wikimedia community?
Members of staff of GLAM institutions who we partner with and who
evangelise on our behalf? Are they not part of the Wikimedia community?
This more inclusive definition has long been used by some affiliates.
To exclude these individuals would be against the very values of openness
that we claim to represent and to be blunt, simply alienating.
Seddon
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Ziko's point may not fit the rigid
Americanocentric ideal of everything
must be positive, fantastic, yeehaw-we-are-number-one, but he's spot on
with how the foundations remain flawed.
Only ever hearing congratulations and thanks can get you to a win, but
will
never keep you there.
Return to the talk page and use the criticism to help meaningful
improvements, please.
Fae
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LGBT+
http://telegram.me/wmlgbt
On 2 Oct 2017 14:56, "Ziko van Dijk" <zvandijk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Katherine,
This is actually sad news. In my opinion, the draft is far away from
being
a useful and appropriate document for our
future.
The serious issues from the talk page are only partially addressed in the
rewrite. So I contest your claim: "The version on Meta-Wiki is based on
the
feedback you offered."
You have announced that organizations and individuals are invited to
endorse the draft. Will there also be a possibility to reject the draft?
I
remember the 2011 image filter referendum, when
the WMF asked the
community
how important it finds the filter, but not giving
the option to be
against
it.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image_filter_referendum/en&
uselang=en
The drafts tries to enforce a new definition of the "community": "from
editors to donors, to organizers, and beyond". I thought that "community"
were people who are contributing to the wiki Wikipedia on a regular basis
as volunteers.
I am very positive of having an open Wikimedia *movement*. But if in
future
more or less everybody will be *community*: that
is in fact abolishing
the
community.
Kind regards,
Ziko van Dijk
2017-09-30 22:28 GMT+02:00 Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
> Hi all,
>
> Since my update last month, we have been collecting, processing, and
> including your most recent input into the lastest version of the
movement
strategic
direction. This version is available on Meta-Wiki.[1]
We're so close! The direction will be finalized tomorrow, October 1.
Starting tomorrow, we will begin to invite individuals and groups to
endorse our movement's strategic direction. I want to share my greatest
thanks and appreciation for the work and contributions so many of you
have
made throughout this first phase (Phase 1) of
developing a shared
strategic
> direction.
>
> In the coming weeks we will be preparing for Phase 2, which will
involve
> developing specific plans for how we achieve
the direction we have
built
> together. I do not have many more details to
share right now, but will
of
> course offer an update as they become
available.
>
> *Strategic direction*. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on
the
draft
introduced at Wikimania. The version on Meta-Wiki is based on the
feedback you offered.
*Endorsements*. Once the strategic direction closes tomorrow,
organizations, groups, and individuals within the movement will be
invited
to endorse the direction, in a show of support
for the future we are
building together. We'll be sending an update next week on the process
and
timeline.
*Concluding Phase 1*. Please join me in offering thanks to the
volunteers,
staff, and contractors who came together to make
this possible! As we
transition into Phase 2, some of these roles will be concluded and new
ones
created in their place. We'll keep you
updated.
*Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2017*. I was fortunate to join Wikimedians from
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) last weekend at the sixth annual
Wikimedia
CEE Meeting[2] in Warsaw, Poland. Nicole Ebber
and Kaarel Vaidla led a
series of discussions on the direction, including what it means for
CEE.[3]
Thank you our hosts, Wikimedia Polska, and to all
of the attendees for
such
a wonderful event!
*In other news.* I've heard from many people how much you appreciate
these
updates as a means of keeping track about what is
going on. I'm talking
to
> the Communications department about keeping them going once the
strategic
planning
process concludes, with a focus on more general updates. Keep
the
> feedback coming.
>
> Since my last update, our planet has reminded us of its incredible and
> often unforgiving strength. My thoughts, and those of many within the
> Wikimedia Foundation, are with our Wikimedia family which have been
> affected by the natural disasters of recent weeks. We have been in
touch
> with our affiliates in the areas impacted,
and will offer any support
we
can.
Finally, as our CFO Jaime mentioned last week,[3] the Foundation is in
the
> process of moving into our new office, in One Montgomery Tower. We
invite
> you to visit its new page on Meta-Wiki.[4]
>
> We are at the halfway mark of this movement strategy process, and I am
> incredibly proud of the work we have done together on the strategy.
Thank
you,
again, to everyone for your contributions to this process. We have
more work ahead but should be proud of what we have achieved already.
Ten cuidado (Spanish translation: “Be safe”),
Katherine
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ movement/2017/Direction
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2017
[3]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CEE_meeting_2017_%
E2%80%93_Movement_Strategy.pdf
[4]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-
September/088654.html
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_headquarters
--
Katherine Maher
Executive Director
*We're moving on October 1, 2017! **Our new address:*
Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
+1 (415) 712 4873
kmaher(a)wikimedia.org
https://annual.wikimedia.org
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