[Foundation-l] strategic planning IRC office hours

[Samuel Klein]

A related question - I see there was a request to set up a new domain, "
strategy.wikimedia.org"

What would this new site be for?  New single-purpose wikis can flounder
after distracting people with setting up basic infrastructure (userpages,
handy community gathering points) and tend to segment the community in a way
that discourages broad participation.

Meta has been used for strategic planning since the beginning, and has
attracted a pool of editors sympathetic to this sort of vision creation and
consensus building.

SJ

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Eugene, very nice, thank you (and welcome!)
>
> * Could you please help update the meta page on the process with your
> thoughts and ideas?   [[m:Strategic planning 2009]]  What's your current
> rough timeline for the coming 12 months?
>
> * I see you are using a non-editable Chandler calendar to track tasks.  Can
> you set up an editable one for the whole community to use?  It also seems to
> me that more of the 'later' tasks, even at this early stage, should be
> milestones from / facilitated through / presented to the community, whereas
> they are currently designed around bridgespan and board meetings.
>
> * I have the impression that bridgespan would like to be brought up to
> speed on what the community's key issues, motivations, and priorities are.
> You probably know better than anyone; how can community members best help
> get outsiders (like BS) get up to speed on past discussions about WM and WP
> future planning?  How have you been getting up to speed?
>
> This might be a good discussion to continue on-wiki -- I expect most of the
> community editing about this will take place on Meta, and its pages are
> watched by many people who don't read f-l.
>
> Warmly,
> SJ
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Eugene Eric Kim <eekim at blueoxen.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> We're still in the process of getting up to speed, but I'm anxious to
>> start interacting with more of you and garnering some feedback as we
>> prepare to initiate this process. As a way to get to know each other
>> and talk about the process, Philippe and I will be holding IRC office
>> hours tomorrow on freenode's #wikimedia channel from 8-10pm UTC. (You
>> can convert this to your local timezone using: http://bit.ly/1aCw9p ).
>>
>> It will be informal. We'll be around to chat, hear your ideas, and
>> tell you what we know thus far. Please join us, and please spread the
>> word to others who might be interested!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> =Eugene
>>
>> --
>> ======================================================================
>> Eugene Eric Kim ................................ http://xri.net/=eekim
>> Blue Oxen Associates ........................ http://www.blueoxen.com/
>> ======================================================================
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> foundation-l mailing list
>> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>>
>
>