New subject: Odp: Re: Wikimedia Conference 2019: New name, new concept, eligbility criteria

27 Sep 2018

Hi Yaroslav,   I find your concern important so let me attempt to refine it to discussion
points or a call for action. :)   Firstly, I think it is unwise to assume what
&#34;everyone is interested in&#34;. You don&#39;t know personally all the
people in the Movement, e.g. me and my interests. If you meant some particular people or
body, please voice it clearly and we can go from that point.     Secondly, there were
signs showing people interested in your input:    1. while creating and filling a
&#34;diversity matrix&#34; to check if we cover all the stakeholders, the
non-representatives of affiliates, WMF or other bodies (FDC, sAPG, AffCom) this issue has
been raised - certainly for the funds allocation group. I am not sure of the final outcome
in terms of e.g. inclusion of particular names within the group (it is a pretty tricky to
give some representativeness without overblowing the groups) but I am sure the
strategy team has been working on this issue and can communicate something. :)  2. There
are many ways to reaching out to the wider audiences: including surveys, online
discussions, show and tell sessions (e.g. IIRC on Wikimania *all*
strategic sessions, except the organizational/briefing for the groups, were fully open for
all conference participants) and sessions dedicated to particular communities. E.g. in my
home Poland there were strategy sessions for willing attendees of WMPL conferences, some
languages also had dedicated online discussion venues, and everyone could contribute in
English.   Thus, let&#39;s give the credit where it is due. I am not discussing here
if this interest was sufficient. And I am pretty sure that if needed we can explore this
direction further (e.g. put more resources to discuss the strategy in particular
national/regional communities and send it upstream) and many people don&#39;t
participate even though they have very meaningful things to say.  Perhaps what you wanted
to write is e.g. &#34;Please provide X seats in the [ Group 4:  Additional
participants – mostly members of the Movement Strategy working groups – invited to
complement the conference program] for non-affiliated Wikimedians based on their
editorship in Wikimedia projects and trust of their local communities&#34;. Did I
understand you properly?    Best Regards,   Michał Buczyński  Wikimedia Polska, FDC,  
Resource Allocation Working Group  Dnia 27 września 2018 13:21 Yaroslav Blanter
&amp;lt;ymbalt(a)gmail.com&amp;gt; napisał(a):  This is very remarkable that nobody is
actually interested in input from  what the WMF functionaries now call
&#34;unorganized volunteers&#34; - people who  actually work in the projects. We
are just not in the picture. Good luck  with that. Do not be surprised to see a huge
number of volunteers to oppose  the strategy document again, as it happened last year.  
Cheers  Yaroslav   On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 12:54 PM Nicole Ebber
&amp;lt;nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de&amp;gt;  wrote:   Hi Chris,   I can comment on your
question why we need another strategy conference: The  Wikimedia 2030 process is ongoing,
and is building – among many other  inputs – upon the outcomes of the last two
conferences. Organized groups  are already working on the implementation of the Strategic
Direction in  their own strategic/annual planning and programmatic work, and Working 
Groups start developing recommendations for change on the structural level  of the
movement.   In spring 2019, these groups will need feedback and input from the 
movement&#39;s organized groups and the Wikimedia Summit – alongside other 
opportunities for community consultations – will be build as a platform to  synchronize
the Working Groups&#39; work and to gather and synthesize this  input and agree upon
next steps.   I hope this helps to shed some light on the need for this event. Please let 
me know if you have further questions. We&#39;ll also be presenting the current  state
of the strategy process at today&#39;s activities meeting; if you&#39;re 
interested in tuning in:  meta.wikimedia.org meta.wikimedia.org   All the best  Nicole    
   On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 at 22:18, Chris Keating &amp;lt;chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com&amp;gt; 
wrote:   &gt; I have so many questions.  &gt;  &gt; Is anything concrete
planned to replace the learning and  capacity-building  &gt; work that used to happen
at WMCON? (Or has the identification of capacity  &gt; building as a strategic
priority just resulted in .... the abandonment of  &gt; the main capacity building
event?)  &gt;  &gt; And why after two &#34;strategy focused&#34;
conferences, do we need another one?  &gt; What will it achieve except acres more
flipchart? How many conferences do  &gt; we expect to need before the strategic
direction starts to become a  &gt; reality?  &gt;  &gt; Chris  &gt; 
&gt; On Tue, 25 Sep 2018, 20:34 Cornelius Kibelka, &lt;  &gt;
cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de wrote:  &gt;  &gt; &gt; Dear all,  &gt;
&gt;  &gt; &gt; As Nicole Ebber already wrote a couple of weeks ago, we would
like to  &gt; give  &gt; &gt; you some further information about the next
Wikimedia Conference, that  &gt; will  &gt; &gt; take place from March 29–31,
2019 in Berlin, Germany.  &gt; &gt;  &gt; &gt; The next conference will
focus on the Movement Strategy process and  &gt; &gt; movement governance for the
organized part of the movement in general.  &gt; The  &gt; &gt; program will
be designed according to the status and needs of the  ongoing  &gt; &gt; Movement
Strategy process and its working groups. We are hoping to see  a  &gt; &gt;
diverse group of participants next year, and look forward to creating  &gt; three 
&gt; &gt; days of working, discussing, and thinking together. The event is made 
&gt; &gt; possible through the generous financial support of the Wikimedia 
&gt; &gt; Foundation.  &gt; &gt;  &gt; &gt; Thus, to make it
clearer that learning and capacity-building will not  be  &gt; &gt; part of the
program and cut laces to the previous conference, we will  &gt; &gt; change the
name to “Wikimedia Summit” (#wmsummit).  &gt; &gt;  &gt; &gt; The change
of the purpose of the event is accompanied by a change in  the  &gt; &gt;
composition of the audience. The event will be a more focused one, and  &gt; &gt;
therefore we aim to scale down the audience to around 200 participants.  &gt; As 
&gt; &gt; it is this still the Wikimedia affiliates conference, every _eligible_ 
&gt; &gt; affiliate can send one (1) delegate. Furthermore, we will invite 
&gt; &gt; participants from the Wikimedia Affiliate EDs (~10), WMF Board of 
&gt; Trustees  &gt; &gt; (10), WMF staff (~10), the committees (~15 from FDC,
AffCom and Simple  &gt; APG)  &gt; &gt; and additional members of the Movement
Strategy working groups, that do  &gt; not  &gt; &gt; come in another role
(~20). You can find more information regarding  this  &gt; on  &gt; &gt;
Meta.[1]  &gt; &gt;  &gt; &gt; Registration for the Wikimedia Summit will
open on November 2 and end  on  &gt; &gt; December 17, 2018. We urge participants
that need a visa to register no  &gt; &gt; later than November 19, so we can
support them as best as possible to  &gt; get a  &gt; &gt; visa for the event.
 &gt; &gt;  &gt; &gt; We will keep you updated in the further weeks and
months via the usual  &gt; &gt; communication channels. If you have any questions,
please do not  hesitate  &gt; &gt; to contact us, preferably via
wmsummit(a)wikimedia.de.  &gt; &gt;  &gt; &gt; Best regards,  &gt;
&gt;  &gt; &gt; Daniela Gentner &amp; Cornelius Kibelka  &gt; &gt;
 &gt; &gt; [1]  &gt; &gt;  &gt;  meta.wikimedia.org meta.wikimedia.org
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&gt; Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC)  &gt; &gt; for the Wikimedia
Conference  &gt; &gt;  &gt; &gt; Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer
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