Hi Everyone,
Hope you are all well and safe! I wanted to take this moment to share two
key updates with you all!
*WIKIMANIA 2022- Register Now!*
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration>
I hope you are excited as we are for Wikimania 2022
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania> scheduled from the *11th
to 14th of August, 2022.* We are thrilled to announce that the *registrations
for Wikimania 2022* <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration> are
now open, and would request you all to register yourself and share the same
with anyone who would want to join us for the *festivities.*
Wikimania 2022 will be built around a virtual program, but there'll be many
local in-person gatherings across the world including 5 in South Asia-
*Bengaluru, **Bhubaneswar, Mangalore, Madurai (India)** and Dhaka,
(Bangladesh)*- you can get more details here.
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/In-person_events> The virtual
programming for Wikimania 2022 will cater to participants across all
timezones, you can find out more about the program here.
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program>
Click here to know more about Wikimania
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania>- Wikimedia movement’s annual
conference celebrating all the free and open knowledge projects made
possible by the volunteer community.
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*Introducing the Wikimedia Foundation’s 2023 Annual Plan*
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/07/26/introducing-the-wikimedia-foundations-2023-annual-plan/>
Each year, the Wikimedia Foundation shares an annual plan of its priorities
and activities for the fiscal year, which currently runs from *July 2022 to
June 2023*. The Foundation’s current Annual Plan is now anchored in the two
strategic pillars of our movement strategy: *“knowledge equity”* and
“*knowledge
as a service*” and the *Annual Plan*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2022-2023>
is
centered around four main goals.
The process of identifying these goals also included a month of feedback
and ‘two-way planning’ with Foundation staff and volunteers. There were
over *12,000* pageviews of the draft plan on Meta-wiki (4x increase from
last year) with *30+* contributors engaging on the talk page. Over *750*
community members from all regions of the world (including South Asia) were
reached through conversations that included multilingual support in *15*
languages.
You can find an appendix of the feedback we received
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2022-2023/Feedback_Appendix>
in the final plan. This document is a starting point for what will be a
highly iterative process of doing and learning in the months ahead. We
invite your reflections and questions at any time on Meta.
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Happy reading and have a great week ahead!
--
Rachit Sharma (he/him)
Snr Global Movement Communications Specialist, South Asia
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*Registration now OPEN for Wikimania 2022: The Festival Edition! Register
HERE <https://diff.wikimedia.org/wikimania-2022/>!*