All,
I thought it would be helpful to share with you all this blog post from a key volunteer at Wikimania 2014, who has gone on to launch a domestic violence charity on a shoestring budget.
It explains how she went about it, what their workflows are, how they attract and keep volunteers, how they use open licensing to make a real difference in a non-open-movement group. I've already got some great new ideas from it, and it has ideas that could help all of us, from the WMF to WMIE.
Key reading, I think, for those who have even a small group of Wikimedia volunteers and no budget!
It's at https://medium.com/@hera/running-a-fluid-and-democratic-volunteer-run-organi...
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992
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Hera is an awesome person. So happy to see her doing well!
Joe
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 at 22:56 Richard Symonds < richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
All,
I thought it would be helpful to share with you all this blog post from a key volunteer at Wikimania 2014, who has gone on to launch a domestic violence charity on a shoestring budget.
It explains how she went about it, what their workflows are, how they attract and keep volunteers, how they use open licensing to make a real difference in a non-open-movement group. I've already got some great new ideas from it, and it has ideas that could help all of us, from the WMF to WMIE.
Key reading, I think, for those who have even a small group of Wikimedia volunteers and no budget!
It's at
https://medium.com/@hera/running-a-fluid-and-democratic-volunteer-run-organi...
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
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Bookmarked for reading later this evening. Thank you for posting this, Richard :)
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Joseph Fox josephfoxwiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hera is an awesome person. So happy to see her doing well!
Joe
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 at 22:56 Richard Symonds < richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
All,
I thought it would be helpful to share with you all this blog post from a key volunteer at Wikimania 2014, who has gone on to launch a domestic violence charity on a shoestring budget.
It explains how she went about it, what their workflows are, how they attract and keep volunteers, how they use open licensing to make a real difference in a non-open-movement group. I've already got some great new ideas from it, and it has ideas that could help all of us, from the WMF
to
WMIE.
Key reading, I think, for those who have even a small group of Wikimedia volunteers and no budget!
It's at
https://medium.com/@hera/running-a-fluid-and-democratic-volunteer-run-organi...
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
4LT.
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Thanks for forwarding that post, which has passages that are relevant to discussions about volunteer motivation and positive reinforcement. The only significant downside that I see to the system described in the post is that this all-volunteer model relies on a leader to give up a huge chunk of time that's well beyond what's reasonable for most people to give. Except for that point, this system makes sense to me and we could design some adaptations for Wikipedia that are based on this advice.
Pine On Oct 12, 2015 6:08 PM, "Joseph Fox" josephfoxwiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hera is an awesome person. So happy to see her doing well!
Joe
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 at 22:56 Richard Symonds < richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
All,
I thought it would be helpful to share with you all this blog post from a key volunteer at Wikimania 2014, who has gone on to launch a domestic violence charity on a shoestring budget.
It explains how she went about it, what their workflows are, how they attract and keep volunteers, how they use open licensing to make a real difference in a non-open-movement group. I've already got some great new ideas from it, and it has ideas that could help all of us, from the WMF
to
WMIE.
Key reading, I think, for those who have even a small group of Wikimedia volunteers and no budget!
It's at
https://medium.com/@hera/running-a-fluid-and-democratic-volunteer-run-organi...
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
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