Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all well!
I am pleased to share that the *draft annual plan *
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024>of
the Wikimedia Foundation for the coming fiscal year from July 2023 to June
2024 has been published and is open for feedback.
While the entire annual plan is available in multiple languages, a short
summary
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024>
is available in close to 30 languages including many from the region.
The Foundation’s current Annual Plan is anchored in the two strategic
pillars of our movement strategy
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy>: * “knowledge equity”
and “knowledge as a service.” *
Since last year, the Foundation has prioritized two-way planning
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2022-2023/…>
with communities by asking community members to share their goals for the
coming year. This renewed approach helps us better see the shared needs,
efforts, and opportunities across communities and to identify further
collaborations that could be developed or deepened by region, by project,
or by another area of interest.
As we embark on our Annual Planning Process (APP) journey for the upcoming
year we are hosting a series of calls/discussions
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024/…>
across various time zones to collaborate across the movement. For the South
Asia-friendly time zone, we are hosting the following conversations.
1. In-person session during WikiConference India,
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Program> on the
28th of April with the attendees of the conference. (recording to be
uploaded on meta).
2. Virtual Discussion on the 30th of April, 2023 (0600 UTC)- Join Us!
We would like to invite you all to participate in the virtual discussion on
the 30th of April where Lisa Seitz Gruwell, Chief Advancement Officer, and
Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/lisa-seitz-gruwell/> would be
sharing and discussing the plans with the movement.
Call Details
Virtual Discussion (Via Zoom)
Date: 30th April 2023 (Sunday)
Time: 0600 UTC (ZoneStamp <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1682834411>)
Diff Calendar Link
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/30th-april-annual-planning-call/>
Please add the above details to your respective calendars
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/30th-april-annual-planning-call/>, and do
get in touch with me if you have any further questions.
Look forward to seeing you on the call.
Best,
--
Rachit Sharma (he/him)
Snr Global Movement Communications Specialist, South Asia
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*We help everyone share in the sum of all knowledge. *
*We are the people who keep knowledge free.*
Namaste Wikimedians,
Hope this email finds you well. As you may know, WikiConference India 2023
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023> organizing team
is hosting regular calls with the communities to engage and involve in the
discussion. This email is a reminder for the sixth Open Community Call which
is scheduled on 16 April 2023 (Tomorrow) to answer any questions, concerns,
or clarifications and give a few updates related to the conference from our
end.
Please click on this public link
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/2?cid=Y182ZWY5ZGQwODA4OWI2ZTdiNGRkNm…>
and add the Open Community Call calendar to get meeting invitations
directly to your calendar, so that you don't miss out on any calls. For
more details of the meeting like agenda, etherpad, and timings, please
check the Open Community Call
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Community_Ca…>
meta page.
Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward
to seeing you on the call.
[WCI 2023] Open Community Call
Date: 16 April 2023
Time: 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Google Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu
Please join the General Chat telegram group <https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl>
and share your ideas, thoughts, inputs, suggestions, or questions.
Alternatively, you can also leave us a message on the Conference talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2023>.
Look forward to connecting with you all,
Thank you!
On Behalf of,
WCI 2023 Organizing team.
Namaste Wikimedians,
Hope this email finds you well. As you may know, WikiConference India 2023
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023> organizing team
is hosting regular calls with the communities to engage and involve in the
discussion.
In continuation to our previous community calls, we are planning to host
the sixth Open Community Call on 16 April 2023, (Sunday) to answer any
questions, or concerns, from the communities and give a few updates related
to the conference from our end along with current ongoing community
activities. For more details of the meeting like agenda, etherpad, and
timings, please check the Open Community Call
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Community_Ca…>
meta page.
Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward
to seeing you on the call.
[WCI 2023] Open Community Call
Date: 16 April 2023
Time: 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Google Link: https://meet.google.com/ubk-ugun-qzu
Please join the General Chat telegram group <https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl>
to share your ideas, thoughts, inputs, suggestions, or questions.
Alternatively, you can also leave us a message on the Conference talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2023>.
Look forward to connecting with you all,
Thank you!
On Behalf of,
WCI 2023 Organizing team.
Hello Dear Wikimedians,
We hope you are doing well!
This email is regarding spreading the information on the pre-conference
activities planned by the program team members of WikiConference India
2023. As earlier notified in the previous month’s Open Community Call, we
are planning two parallel activities for communities to collaborate and
participate in the pre-conference activity from 1 April to 30 April. For
more details on pre-conference activity, please visit the dedicated meta
page at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Pre-Conference_Ac…
.
For the initial engagement of different language communities and user
groups, we are having an open call on *31 March 2023 at 6 pm IST*. Please
add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward to
seeing you on the call.
[WCI 2023] Pre-Conference Activity Discussion
Date: 31 March 2023, Friday
Time: 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Google Link: <https://meet.google.com/yqw-uevi-uhp>
https://meet.google.com/zru-jnob-afh
If you are interested to be a part of the pre-conference activity,
join the telegram
group <https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl> and share your ideas, thoughts,
inputs, suggestions, or questions. Your participation in the call and the
execution of pre-conference activities will be highly appreciated.
Together, let’s make it a fruitful engagement!
Thanks and regards,
WCI 2023 Programs team
Hello all, an important update on the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines:
The vote on the Enforcement Guidelines in January 2023 showed a majority
approval of the Enforcement Guidelines. There were 369 comments received
and a detailed summary of the comments will be published shortly. Just over
three-thousand (3097) voters voted and 76% approved of the Enforcement
Guidelines. You can view the *vote statistics on Meta-wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Universal_Code_of_Conduc…>*
.
As the support increased, this signifies to the Board that the current
version has addressed some of the issues indicated during the last review
in 2022. The Board of Trustees voted to ratify the Enforcement Guidelines.
The resolution can be found on Foundation Wiki
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Universal_Code…>
and
you can read more about the process behind the 2023 Enforcement Guidelines
review on Diff
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/21/the-enforcement-guidelines-received-s…>
.
There are some next steps to take with the important recommendations
provided by the Enforcement Guidelines. More details will come soon about
timelines. Thank you for your interest and participation.
On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,
Chitraparna Sinha (she/her) (Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CSinha_(WMF)>)
Facilitator, South Asia, Movement Strategy and Governance
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy_and_Governance> (MSG)
Greetings Wikimedians,
This is a reminder to inform the fifth Open Community Call which is
scheduled on 19 March 2023 (Today) will start in an hour at 6 pm to answer
any questions, concerns, or clarifications and give a few updates related
to the conference from our end.
We have also created a dedicated Meta page for Open Community Call
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Community_Ca…>,
where we will be sharing the details of the meeting like agenda, etherpad,
and meeting timings.
Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward
to seeing you on the call.
[WCI 2023] Open Community Call
Date: 19 March 2023
Time: 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Google Link: https://meet.google.com/yqw-uevi-uhp
If you are interested to be a part of WikiConference India 2023, join
the telegram
group <https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl> and share your ideas, thoughts,
inputs, suggestions, or questions. Alternatively, you can also leave us a
message on the Conference talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2023>.
Look forward to connecting with you all!
Thank you!
On Behalf of,
WCI 2023 Core organizing team.
Namaste Wikimedians,
As you may know, we are hosting regular calls with the communities for
WikiConference
India 2023 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023>.
This email is a reminder for the fifth Open Community Call which is
scheduled on 19 March 2023 (Today) to answer any questions, concerns, or
clarifications and give a few updates related to the conference from our
end.
We have also created a dedicated Meta page for Open Community Call
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Community_Ca…>,
where we will be sharing the details of the meeting like agenda, etherpad,
and meeting timings.
Please add the following to your respective calendars and we look forward
to seeing you on the call.
[WCI 2023] Open Community Call
Date: 19 March 2023
Time: 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Google Link: https://meet.google.com/yqw-uevi-uhp
If you are interested to be a part of WikiConference India 2023, join
the telegram
group <https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl> and share your ideas, thoughts,
inputs, suggestions, or questions.
Alternatively, you can also leave us a message on the Conference talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2023>.
Look forward to connecting with you all,
Thank you!
On Behalf of,
WCI 2023 Organizing team.
Namaste Wikimedians,
Hope this email finds you well. As you may know, WikiConference India 2023
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023> organizing team
is hosting regular calls with the communities to engage and involve in the
discussion.
In continuation to our previous community calls, we are planning to host
the fifth Open Community Call on 19 March 2023, (Sunday) to answer any
questions, or concerns, from the communities and give a few updates related
to the conference from our end. For more details of the meeting like
agenda, etherpad, and timings, please check the Open Community Call
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Open_Community_Ca…>
meta page.
Please follow the below link to join the call and we look forward to seeing
you on the call.
[WCI 2023] Open Community Call
*Date:* Sunday, March 19, 2023
*Time:* 1800-1900 [6 pm to 7 pm] (IST)
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/yqw-uevi-uhp
We have some exciting news for you all ������!
The WCI 2023 team is planning to conduct a Pre-Conference activity which
will be starting from 1 April to 30 April 2023. More details and
information about this will be shared tomorrow on the mailing list.
You can join the telegram group which is created for community members who
are interested to be a part of WCI 2023 using the telegram group link:
https://t.me/+X9RLByiOxpAyNDZl
Alternatively, you can reach out to us via meta on the Conference talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2023>.
Look forward to connecting with you all!
Regards,
On Behalf of,
WCI 2023 Organizing team
Hello Wikimedians,
As you may know that WikiConference India 2023 is going to be hosted in the
city of Hyderabad, the organizing team has opened the self-funded
registration form.
The self-funded participation is for anyone who is residing in India and is
interested to participate in the conference at their own expense. We are
planning to release limited slots under self-funded participation.
The last date to fill out the self-funded registration form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyMc7ii0APvPK3jpy5fwQ-iw6eXeNp-nJ…>
is 8 March 2023, 11:59 pm (END OF TODAY).
NOTE: The slots under self-funded participation are limited and will be
allotted on First-Cum-First-Served basis only. HURRY UP!
For more details, please check out the Self-Funded participation page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2023/Registration>.
In case of any question(s), please post it on the talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiConference_India_2023/Registration>
or share your query at contact(a)wikiconferenceindia.org
Thank you!
On Behalf of,
WCI 2023 Organizing team