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@wikimedia.org Subject: Draft proposal for a Future Affiliate Landscape Date: March 5, 2026 at 6:17:31 AM EST To: Gaurav Vaidya gaurav@ggvaidya.com

Dear Gaurav,

The pilot on the ecosystem of Wikimedia organizations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Updating_the_ecosystem_of_Wikimedia_organizations has published a draft proposal for a Future Affiliate Landscape https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Updating_the_ecosystem_of_Wikimedia_organizations/Future_Affiliate_Landscape. It welcomes your review and feedback https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Updating_the_ecosystem_of_Wikimedia_organizations/Future_Affiliate_Landscape. 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_Organizations. It has been produced by a focus group https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Updating_the_ecosystem_of_Wikimedia_organizations#Focus_group 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 You are receiving this email because, according to our records, you have an official role in a Wikimedia affiliate, hub, or movement partner. If this information is wrong, or you want to opt out from the Ecosystem pilot updates, please reply to this message and we will correct it.