Hi everybody,
The Wikimedia Foundation is asking for feedback on their proposal on how Wikimedia Affiliates should work going forward.
cheers,
Gaurav
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> From: "Quim Gil" <qgil(a)wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Draft proposal for a Future Affiliate Landscape
> Date: March 5, 2026 at 6:17:31 AM EST
> To: Gaurav Vaidya <gaurav(a)ggvaidya.com>
>
> Dear Gaurav,
>
> The pilot on the ecosystem of Wikimedia organizations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Updating_the_ecosystem_of_Wikimedia_organiz…> has published a draft proposal for a Future Affiliate Landscape <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Updating_the_ecosystem_of_Wikimedia_organiz…>. It welcomes your review and feedback <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Updating_the_ecosystem_of_Wikimedia_or…>. The purpose of this proposal is to provide a basis for future conversations around movement organizations and advance the process towards action and implementation of needed changes. The main goal is to achieve clarity regarding the structure of movement organizations, especially the purpose, role, rights, and expectations related to each organization type, as well as how different organization types are connected to each other.
>
> This draft proposal follows the publication of the paper Towards a Health Ecosystem of Wikimedia Organizations <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Towards_a_Healthy_Ecosystem_of_Wikimedia_Or…>. It has been produced by a focus group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Updating_the_ecosystem_of_Wikimedia_organiz…> formed in December 2025 to come up with a proposal for next steps on that paper. This proposal is the outcome of this work.
>
> Please share this invitation among your affiliate as you see fit. Your feedback will help us improve our work.
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> Quim Gil (he/him)
> Principal Community Relations Specialist @ Wikimedia Foundation
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Qgil-WMF
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> From: Giovanna Fontenelle via GLAM <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [GLAM] Re: Celebrate Women 2026: welcome session and new materials
> Date: March 4, 2026 at 12:00:00 PM EST
> To: glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Cc: Giovanna Fontenelle <gfontenelle(a)wikimedia.org>
> Reply-To: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>
> Hello,
>
> This is a kind reminder that our Celebrate Women 2026 Welcome Session is happening tomorrow! Let's kick off the campaign together 🎉
>
> - Date: March 5 (Thursday)
> - Time: 13:00-14:00 UTC (check your timezone here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1771851600>)
> - Registrations: here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session>
> - Live interpretation: French, Spanish, and Portuguese
>
> Attendees will:
> - Understand more about the 2026 campaign and how it was organized.
> - Learn about the events being organized by the Wikimedia community in March 2026.
> - Participate in a movement reflection and understand Wikimedia's Gender Gap milestones.
> - Get an overview of the previous training sessions and learn about two new tools that help organizers with small but powerful edits during events: Wikipedia Microtask Generator <https://microtask-generator.toolforge.org/> and Gender Bias Detector <https://nethahussain.github.io/wikipedia-gender-bias-detector/>.
>
> Please help us publicize this event by sharing it with your friends, communities, and networks.
>
> Best,
> Giovanna
>
> Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
> Program Officer, Content Enablement <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Advancement/Community_…>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM Giovanna Fontenelle <gfontenelle(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:gfontenelle@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
>> [Apologies for cross-posting]
>> Hello,
>>
>> A few weeks ago, we shared the upcoming Celebrate Women 2026 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women> campaign. Now, we want to use this opportunity to talk about its Welcome Session <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session> and some materials we put together.
>>
>> Celebrate Women <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women> is a campaign that runs from March 1st to 31st. Every year, in celebration of International Women’s Day, Wikimedia organizers use this campaign to list gender-related events happening during the month.
>>
>> 💻 How to participate
>> To take part, check this page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women#Events> for all events. Register for them individually by choosing those that suit your interests. More events will be added to the page in the next few days and weeks.
>>
>> And don't forget to register here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women> (using the registration at the top of the page) to keep track of information relevant to the overall campaign.
>>
>> ⭐ Welcome session
>> Kick off the Celebrate Women campaign with us! This <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session>session <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session> will share logistical information on how to participate, highlight different gender activities happening throughout the month, and discuss the Wikimedia gender community and its milestones.
>>
>> - Date: March 5 (Thursday)
>> - Time: 13:00-14:00 UTC (check your timezone here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1771851600>)
>> - Registrations: here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women_2026_Welcome_Session>
>> - Live interpretation: French, Spanish, and Portuguese
>>
>> This will be aimed at anyone who wants to take part in the campaign.
>>
>> 📚 New materials
>> We are happy to share that we published a Diff post about the campaign. Please share it with your networks: Celebrate Women* 2026 is coming! <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/02/24/celebrate-women-2026-is-coming/>
>>
>> And we also created a press toolkit <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Women/Press> for gender organizers who might want to contact journalists and media outlets, and need quick access to stories, materials, numbers and facts about Wikimedia + Gender in one place.
>>
>> Join us for Celebrate Women 2026 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Celebrate_Women> and help us make the Wikimedia movement and projects more equitable!
>>
>> Best,
>> Giovanna
>>
>> Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
>> Program Officer, Content Enablement <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/Advancement/Community_…>
>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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