Dear Habib,

After cycle 3 now is concluded, I would like to ask you as the Discussion Coordinators for your Affiliate or group to turn your attention to the draft of the strategic direction:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction

Please note that although the direction is firm, the text itself is not *final* – there is still plenty of opportunity for feedback in the coming weeks. You and your affiliate or organized group will have all August to review and discuss the direction and share your feedback. You can either share the results of your conversations directly on the meta talk page[1] or – for a more structured feedback – via a sources page that you create following our template[2]. Any feedback is highly welcome!

To initiate a conversation around the direction, you can for example ask your peers “What do you like about the direction? What can be improved? Is there anything that’s missing and that you would like to see added? What would keep your affiliate or group from endorsing it?”

Based on your feedback, the drafting group[3] will continue to refine and finalize this direction through August. The more we all can collaborate on strengthening this draft, the stronger our future will be.

If you or other representatives of your group will be at Wikimania this week, you will have the chance to join us for live conversations and discussions around the draft, new voices findings, the endorsement process and the next steps where we will discuss what this direction actually means for us as a movement in terms of roles, responsibilities and resources. We will host several sessions in our Movement Strategy Space from Thursday to Sunday, and the program is almost finalized.[4]

After Wikimania, we'll enter what we're calling the "endorsement process" - in which we'll be looking for support from as many Wikimedia organizations as possible. We'd love for this to be part of your planned conversations with your boards, and are happy to support you in those.

Please let me know if you have any questions, ideas or concerns to share.

Nicole

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Sources
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/People/Drafting_Group
[4] https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_2030
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Nicole Ebber
Adviser International Relations
Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.