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:
1. The report from the Wikimedia Conference Movement Strategy Track https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_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.
2. 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
3. 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
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Move...
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_...
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_... [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE (from minute 24:25)
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
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_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
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Move...
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_...
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_... [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE (from minute 24:25)
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher@wikimedia.org https://annual.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_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
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Move...
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_...
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_... [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE (from minute 24:25)
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher@wikimedia.org https://annual.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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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)
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
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Oh, it's this discussion again. This is my favorite discussion. Movement roles discussion is how we got the UK chapter recognized as a charity capable of political lobbying. That was satisfying.
Maybe we can get the letter to donors back. https://twitter.com/SuePGardner/status/998302792946102273
Don't forget to edit the matrix: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles/Roles_Matrix#Roles_matrix
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 4:23 AM, 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)
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
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On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 2:31 PM, James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Oh, it's this discussion again. This is my favorite discussion. Movement roles discussion is how we got the UK chapter recognized as a charity capable of political lobbying. That was satisfying.
Maybe we can get the letter to donors back. https://twitter.com/SuePGardner/status/998302792946102273
Don't forget to edit the matrix: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles/Roles_Matrix#Roles_matrix
I don't think the Movement Roles discussion had any impact on Wikimedia UK achieving charity status (which in any case happened before the movement roles conversation concluded), and in any case Wikimedia UK does virtually no lobbying....
Well, apart from Copyright law issues in the UK and (with other chapters) in the EU.
Michael
Chris Keating mailto:chriskeatingwiki@gmail.com 7 June 2018 at 3:28 pm
I don't think the Movement Roles discussion had any impact on Wikimedia UK achieving charity status (which in any case happened before the movement roles conversation concluded), and in any case Wikimedia UK does virtually no lobbying....
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Maybe we can get the letter to donors back. https://twitter.com/SuePGardner/status/998302792946102273
Don't forget to edit the matrix: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles/Roles_Matrix#Roles_matrix
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*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
Peter Southwood mailto:peter.southwood@telkomsa.net 7 June 2018 at 10:47 am 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
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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
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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
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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
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_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
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Move...
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_...
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_... [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE (from minute 24:25)
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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Hi Katherine!
Thanks for the update and look forward to the call for working groups.
I don't know if anyone has considered where the boundary will lie between the different groups. For instance, "roles and responsibilities" strikes me as potentially having a big overlap with "resources" - given that the biggest single part of governance is governance of funds.
Also, what is the process beyond the reports from the working groups? What happens if, for instance, there are tensions between the outputs of different working groups, or downright contradictions?
Thanks,
Chris
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 2:36 AM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
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
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_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
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Move...
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_...
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_... [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE (from minute 24:25)
-- Katherine Maher
Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher@wikimedia.org https://annual.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Hi Katherine and everyone,
Reading this email, my attention was caught by the fact that the video link is pointing to YouTube. I don't question the idea of publishing videos of the foundation on YouTube, the rational of having an immediate larger audience is obvious. But I think that wherever we can, we should promote FLOSS solutions and services first. All the more when we aim at becoming the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, with anyone who shares our vision able to join us.
When it comes to host video, we should encourage Commons, at least when we point to them in official communications of the foundation. And include a link to the same video on Commons on every Youtube publication by the foundation would also be a way to better promote our own platform, maybe. Regarding video we might also have a look at peertube[1] as a potential element to add in the Wikimedia supported service stack. But that's an other point, for now pointing preferably to Commons would, to my mind, already be a best practice.
On the same topic, there are documents of the foundation which are written though Google Docs. That might be perceived as less problematic from a participation point of view as long as they are strictly internal documents. But of course once people are accustomed to a tool they will spontaneously use it for other documents, including documents on which community is expected to participate. When we invite the community to participate to edit a document using this kind of closed platform, I'm affraid that the tacit message will be "anyone can join us as long as they accept the terms of service of the closed platforms we use". /D//e facto,/ we promote them simply by using them and requiring others to also use them to participate, thus contributing to the reinforcement of closed platforms through network effects. I don't say that all feature of all closed platforms out there have complete FLOSS equivalents, but most of the time I don't see much interest to use closed platforms given what FLOSS services can provide. One might look at all services that Framasoft provide out of the box, based only on free software[2], each of them could have a wikimedia instance if needed.
Cheers
[1] https://joinpeertube.org/ [2] https://degooglisons-internet.org/fr/list/
Le 07/06/2018 à 03:36, Katherine Maher 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
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_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
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Move...
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_...
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_... [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE (from minute 24:25)
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