Dear fellow Wikimedians,
You are receiving this message because you have been a point of contact in for the strategy team in phase 1. We are now on the search for representatives from the organized part of our movement who can act as liaisons between their group and the current phase of the Movement Strategy Process.[1]
The core goal of the Movement Strategy Process is to develop and implement recommendations for a structural reform of the Wikimedia Movement to advance in the Strategic Direction. Central to doing this effectively will be establishing a continuous dialogue with Individual Contributors as well as Organized Groups to ensure they remain up to date about the ongoing conversations and are enabled to provide input from their perspective.
With this email, we invite you to sign up as a Strategy Liaison for your Affiliate, group, collaboration or committee. As the interface between the overall process and organizations, Strategy Liaisons for Organized Groups will assist the flow of information so that Organized Groups can take part in global conversations and surface what matters most in their context.
Strategy Liaisons for Organized Groups will:
Act as the bridge between Organized Groups and the overall Movement Strategy Process;
Proactively update their organization about the ongoing work and how it can participate in it effectively;
Coordinate
and facilitate discussions within the organization and highlight
the most important organizational feedback points to the Working Groups.
We’d like Strategy Liaisons to commit to the role from March to December, 2019. In some weeks, such as during the community conversations in March-April as well as August-September, Liaisons will ideally be able to commit approximately 5-8 hours per week to monitor global conversations and facilitate organizational discussions. Outside of the active periods, you would ideally be able to commit 1-2 hours per week to stay up to date and engage with important questions or issues related to your organization.
If this has sparked your interest, you can
find more information on the application page on Meta
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Strategy_Liaisons
sign up to become a Strategy Liaison https://goo.gl/forms/NKgmbQnMVIISmKoF3
join *one* of the scheduled office hours for Strategy Liaisons
Monday, February 25 at 11:00 UTC https://meet.google.com/sqp-hqaq-kiv?hs=122
Tuesday, February 26 at 17:00 UTC https://meet.google.com/rbw-kjbu-mua?hs=122
Wednesday, February 27 at 16:30 UTC https://meet.google.com/mgx-odeo-hoc?hs=122
or respond to me and Kaarel directly.
In the coming weeks, we will also work with 9 Community Language Liaisons and call for volunteer Liaisons for Community Conversations to engage with the individual contributor communities. .
We are looking forward to hearing from you,
Kaarel & Nicole