Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan, we have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a collection of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost in the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details of departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year for cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation. This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our internal organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
Hi all,
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce that our final FY18-19 Annual Plan[1] is now available on Meta. The Annual Plan was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 12th.
This Annual Plan remains organized around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our ongoing work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3 to 5 year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
From all of us here at the Foundation, we thank everyone who engaged with
the process by asking questions and providing feedback on the Annual Plan throughout its development. This insight continues to push us to improve our planning, our programs, and the way that we share our work. Based on this feedback and our continued refinement of our plans, we have updated the budget and several of the specific program plans that are linked in the Appendix.
We look forward to the year ahead! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2018-2019/F... [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation's Annual Plan for FY18-19 is now on Meta[1].
This year, we have organized our efforts around three goals that focus on making critical improvements to our systems and structures to ensure that we’re better positioned for our coming work against the strategic direction[2]. The Foundation’s goals for this year should not only move us closer to knowledge equity and service, but will prepare us to execute against the 3- to 5-year strategic plan which we intend to develop this year in order to guide the Foundation’s work into the future.
As you’ll see, we’ve made some changes to the structure of this year’s annual plan. This year’s plan is organized around three goals for the Foundation’s work in the year to come. By restructuring the Annual Plan, we have written a plan for the whole Foundation, rather than an aggregation of plans from all of our departments and teams. In this sense, we’re seeking to become a better-integrated institution, rather than a collection of teams and departments with disparate goals.
We’ve also reduced the overall length of the published Annual Plan. We wanted to make sure that the focus and goals of our work don’t get lost in the details. Of course, we know that many community members enjoy reading the particulars of our planned work, so you can still access the details of departmental programs through links to their descriptions on Meta or MediaWiki.org. These links will provide interested readers with detailed departmental programs, which describe the specific and detailed program goals, impact and outcomes. This change does not sacrifice the depth and rigor of our planning process, but rather, it is meant to keep the Annual Plan lean and focused while allowing interested readers to dive deep into the details.
Finally, we’ve expanded the planning framework we instituted last year for cross-departmental programs to all of our programs across the Foundation. This allows us to clearly link a program’s resources to outcomes and measures. As such, we’ve presented the Annual Plan budget in terms of our investments in the three defined goals rather than in terms of our internal organizational structure.
Thank you all for your support over the past year. I'm really looking forward to your feedback on this year's proposed plan during the open comment period -- a reminder it runs through May 15th.
Thanks! Katherine
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_ Plan/2018-2019/Draft [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
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