Hello everyone,
The next Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting will take
place on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 7:00 PM UTC (11 AM PST). The IRC
channel is #wikimedia-office on https://webchat.freenode.net, and the
meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream.[1]
During the February 2018 meeting, we will receive some project updates and
hear about how the Wikimedia Foundation is preparing for the upcoming
fiscal year and next steps in the movement strategy process.
Please review the meeting's Meta-Wiki page for further information about
the meeting, how to participate, and an agenda once it is finalized:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities…
We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting.
Thank you,
Lena
[1] https://youtu.be/DRK_MltUezA
Lena Traer
Project Coordinator // Communications // Advancement
Wikimedia Foundation
REMINDER: This meeting starts in 30 minutes.
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>> On 26 January 2018 at 18:08, Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
>> Dear all,
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>> We are excited to host the January metrics and activities meeting next week
>> and invite you all to join! It will take place on Thursday, February 1, 2018
>> at 4:00 PM UTC (8:00 AM PST) in our office in Berlin. You can join in
>> person, tune in via a live YouTube stream[1] or via the IRC channel
>> #wikimedia-office on https://webchat.freenode.net.
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>> During the January metrics meeting, we'll hear from different presenters
>> about past, present and future endeavours, each with a specific
>> movement-relevant angle. We will not only present successes but strive to
>> also talk about things that did not go so well – and what we learned from
>> these setbacks.
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>> Meeting agenda draft (subject to change):
>> * Introduction and welcomes
>> * Coding da Vinci
>> * WMF topic (tba)
>> * Wikidata/Wikibase (tbd)
>> * Guest speaker (tba)
>> * To wiki or not to wiki
>> * WMCON sneak preview
>> * Wikilove
>> * Questions and discussion
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>> Please review the meeting's Meta-Wiki page for further information about
>> the meeting and how to participate:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_metrics_and_activities…
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>> We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting.
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>> All the best,
>> Nicole
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>> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFzqTxTfq2Y
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>>> On 24 January 2018 at 02:09, Gregory Varnum <gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> The currently-scheduled January metrics and activities meeting is
>>> scheduled
>>> to occur during the Wikimedia Foundation's annual meeting for staff and
>>> contractors (known as All Hands). Given this, we have a need to
>>> reschedule,
>>> and decided to use that change to experiment.
>>>
>>> So, I am very excited to share that the January metrics and activities
>>> meeting will be hosted by Wikimedia Deutschland on February 1 from 16:00
>>> to
>>> 17:00 UTC (8:00-9:00 PT).
>>>
>>> Please stay tuned for more details from Wikimedia Deutschland in the days
>>> to come! I hope that you will turn out and support our friends in Germany
>>> in this experiment as part of our ongoing efforts to make the monthly
>>> metrics and activities meetings representative of our global movement.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Greg and Sam
>>> --
>>> Gregory Varnum
>>> Communications Strategist
>>> Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/>
>>> gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org
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>> Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups
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Hello everyone,
As many of you know, in October we concluded phase 1 of the movement
strategy process. The result was a final draft of the strategic
direction,[1] summarizing the hundreds of conversations that took place all
over the world, on wiki and off, about where we as a movement want
Wikimedia to go next. Many communities and individuals have signed on to
the direction, expressing their support for the guide we collectively
created for our future.
The Board recognizes the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in
making this direction a reality. In the next phase of the movement
strategy, we will get into more of the specifics of how to make that
happen. With that in mind, we would like to share a statement setting forth
our commitment to the future of Wikimedia, and a clear mandate for the
Wikimedia Foundation to invest the resources necessary to support the
growth and evolution required for the next chapter of Wikimedia’s future.
Our statement is included below, and on Meta-Wiki, where it has been set up
for translation:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Nove…
The Board greatly appreciates all of the time and energy that thousands of
people have put into the movement strategy process. Special appreciation
goes out to the members of the community who stepped up to help lead local,
language, or global organizing efforts. We are not done yet, but what we
have created is something that we should all be proud of -- for the process
of how we got to this direction, as much as for the direction itself.
On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,
Christophe Henner, Board Chair
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Statement
At our most recent Board meeting on the 18th of November, the Wikimedia
Foundation Board focused much of our discussion on the needs and goals of
the Wikimedia 2030 movement strategy process.[1] We carefully considered
the next steps we as a movement, and the Wikimedia Foundation in
particular, need to take to build for our future.
The Board is committed to ensuring the vision outlined in the Wikimedia
2030 process becomes a reality. To support this direction and the future of
the Wikimedia movement, it is our belief that the Wikimedia Foundation must
expand its resources through healthy, sustainable practices. To this end,
we want to give a clear mandate for the Wikimedia Foundation to invest the
resources necessary to support the growth and evolution required for the
next chapter of Wikimedia’s future.
We specifically recommend that the Foundation:
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Increase investment in Foundation staffing and other means of support
for the movement direction, sufficiently resourcing product, technology,
and community health commitments in particular;
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Support and engage with individuals, groups, and organizations,
especially within the Wikimedia movement, to further develop their
capacities, including the specific needs of emerging communities;
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Support the fundraising team in raising additional funds beyond what is
called for in the annual plan to prepare us for future growth;
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Increase revenue as needed to support investment and growth;
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Explore alternative revenue streams for the Foundation and movement; and
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Undertake any capacity expansion in a healthy and sustainable way that
anticipates current and future needs.
Based on anticipated need and past performance, we envision an annual
budgetary growth rate of 10–20% over the next several years.
The Board takes seriously its responsibility to the Foundation and by
extension, to the global Wikimedia movement. We believe this mandate will
better ensure we can realize the future we all have outlined as part of
Wikimedia 2030. We are committed to ensuring the sustainable growth and
success of our movement, and the Wikimedia Foundation’s role in supporting
its future.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction
Christophe HENNER
Chair of the board of trustees
chenner(a)wikimedia.org
+33650664739
twitter *@schiste* skype *christophe_henner*
Hi all,
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has approved and published
minutes from its meeting on November 17–19, 2017:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes_Approval_November_17-19,_2017
Best,
Charles M. Roslof
Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
croslof(a)wikimedia.org
(415) 839-6885
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Hello everyone,
The currently-scheduled January metrics and activities meeting is scheduled
to occur during the Wikimedia Foundation's annual meeting for staff and
contractors (known as All Hands). Given this, we have a need to reschedule,
and decided to use that change to experiment.
So, I am very excited to share that the January metrics and activities
meeting will be hosted by Wikimedia Deutschland on February 1 from 16:00 to
17:00 UTC (8:00-9:00 PT).
Please stay tuned for more details from Wikimedia Deutschland in the days
to come! I hope that you will turn out and support our friends in Germany
in this experiment as part of our ongoing efforts to make the monthly
metrics and activities meetings representative of our global movement.
Best,
Greg and Sam
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Gregory Varnum
Communications Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/>
gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org