*Dear friends of free knowledge,

"Focusing on the communities" "Increasing diversity of knowledge" "Establishing free knowledge in society"

These are the three guiding principles which shall govern the work of Wikimedia Deutschland in 2013. For us, the staff of the association, the Executive Director and the Supervisory Board, these where the guidelines in the past few weeks for preparing the 2013 annual plan. What do we want, what does Wikimedia Deutschland want to achieve and do next year? Where will the focus of our attention lie, what will our goals be, what means do we have to reach them and how do we want to employ them?

Result of this process is the annual plan 2013 we just published. You canfind it in on Metahttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/2013_annual_plan_draft/en

At the heart of it are four goals, that we have set ourselves for 2013:

Goal 1: Wikimedia Deutschland will simplify and improve cooperation with and within the communities on a permanent basis. Goal 2: Wikimedia Deutschland will increase the diversity of knowledge in Wikimedia projects. Goal 3: Wikimedia Deutschland will enable readers to bring their personal perspective into the Wikimedia projects. Goal 4: Wikimedia Deutschland will form new cooperations to establish the concept of free knowledge on a broader basis.

More on how we will reach these goals, what specific changes we are aiming at, what means we have to reach them and how we want to deploy them, in the annual plan of 2013.

But this is only the beginning - the beginning of a hopefully intense discussion about these goals of 2013. For the plan is far from finished. It can and shall be changed - if you want it to. Because Wikimedia Deutschland is asking for your feedback and suggestions: Please provide your ideas, suggestions, criticism and requests for changes directly on Metahttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Deutschland/2013_annual_plan_draft/en .

Those of you who want to speak about the planing 2013 on site will have an opportunity to do so during the next couple of days at the Wikimedia Forum: Sunday in Hamburg, Monday in Frankfurt on the Main, Tuesday in Cologne, Wednesday in Munich and Thursday in Berlin. Information on times and places can be found here: http://blog.wikimedia.de/2012/09/10/wikimedia-foren-zum-jahresplan/ (in Germany only).* * I look forward to a lively exchange, gripping discussions and great suggestions!*

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Pavel Richter Executive Director

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260 Twitter: @pavel