Hi all,
Thank you, Natacha, for bringing this up. And thanks, Gnangarra, for quoting our reasoning behind keeping the original name, and to Peter for the rocket science comparison. ;)
Chris, thank you for highlighting these questions. Yes, there will be some overlap between the groups, and we consider this an opportunity. Quote from the WG meta page: “Connection and collaboration between Working Groups will be essential. It will be up to the Working Group to identify collaboration needs and opportunities, as well as to actively maintain collaborations across groups. This will be supported by the Core Team who will act as the ‘backbone support’ of all the Working Groups.” This also means, that some of the recommendations might have to be finalized earlier than others, so that other groups can build upon them. We cannot set a fixed order or timeline for this, but it will get clearer as soon as the working groups’ start coordinating their work.
The detailed process beyond the reports and consultation across groups is not yet finalized, partly because we are still in the recruiting process for the Information & Knowledge Manager. We would also like to work on this together with the Working Groups instead of setting the process in stone before it even started.
All the best, Nicole
On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 at 03:24, Gnangarra gnangarra@gmail.com wrote:
to quote
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_...
*During the Wikimedia Conference 2018, the Working Group “Roles & Responsibilities” proposed “Power Dynamics” as a title instead. As power is only a part of the broader conversation around global, regional and local responsibilities and roles, and we wouldn’t want the group to only concentrate on this aspect, the Strategy Core Team decided to keep the original name. *
To me power dynamics gives a poor interpretation and sets up the work group to focus as individual hierarchical building, rather than equity and distribution of responsibilities
On 7 June 2018 at 17:47, Peter Southwood peter.southwood@telkomsa.net wrote:
Roles and responsibilities may be a better term, It has a meaning that is more likely to be understood than "power dynamics", which frankly sounds more like rocket science than what people in a group are expected to do. Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Natacha Rault Sent: 07 June 2018 06:08 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Cc: Staff (All); EDs mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update #4: Upcoming call for participation in Working Groups
Dear Katherine,
Thank very much you for this update. I was working in the “role and responsibilities” group in Berlin and the outcome was that we had decided to rename it “power dynamics” if I recall correctly.
Now I see this name has not been used, so I feel a little surprized?
Kind regards,
Natacha / Nattes à chat
Le 7 juin 2018 à 03:36, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org a
écrit :
Dear all,
It’s been a while since I sent out the last movement strategy update. A
lot
has happened in the meantime, and I wanted to give you a heads-up
regarding
an upcoming call for participation!
But first things first:
- The report from the Wikimedia Conference Movement Strategy Track
2018/Documentation/Movement_Strategy_track>
has been published[1]. It captures all the conversations, insights and outputs from three days of intense strategy work, so it’s a (quite)
long
but very interesting read. It is meant to document the state of the
process
and to allow for a deep dive into it. It should be especially valuable
for
those of you who did not have a chance to participate in the conference
or
attended another conference track.
- Based on WMCON outputs (and various conversations we’ve been having
in
our movement for years), the core strategy team has mapped eight key thematic areas <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
movement/2018-20/Working_Groups#What_are_the_key_thematic_areas%3F>
[2] -- and some initial guiding questions -- that should to be answered
to
enable us to advance towards our strategic direction. These areas
include:
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Resource Allocation & Revenue Streams
- Diversity
- Partnerships
- Capacity Building
- Community Health
- Technology
- Advocacy
- The core team will be supporting the creation of Working Groups to
take
on these critical conversations. These working groups will be asked to assess the current situation of the thematic area, and obstacles and opportunities. They’ll have access to all the relevant information
already
collected, and the chance to do further research if needed. They’ll be asked to identify the changes needed in movement structures and develop concrete recommendations for the movement on how to ratify and
implement
them.[3] An open call for working group members will go out to the
movement
this week -- please stay tuned for an update from Nicole!
I also had the chance to present more about these plans at last week’s Metrics Meeting. Please do take a look, either look it all up on the Meta[3] or watch the video![4]
Cheers, Katherine
2018/Documentation/Movement_Strategy_track
movement/2018-20/Working_Groups#What_are_the_key_thematic_areas%3F
movement/2018-20/Working_Groups
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE (from minute 24:25)
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