[Foundation-l] Wikimedia movement roles project

[Steven Walling]

Anon,

The percentage of community members interested in doing meta organizing and
research for the movement as a whole will always be much smaller than those
interested in working on a single project (or just a single task or subject
within a project). It's a fact of life when it comes to any movement, online
or off, and Wikimedia is not unusual in this regard.

It's important to remember that working groups such as Movement Roles try
hard to get a diverse array of perspectives in on a project, even if they
don't alway succeed.

If you want to see some new blood involved, I would suggest either joining
in yourself or making sure the right people know that they can join in, *
especially* if they aren't normally the type to self-select for groups such
as Movement Roles.

Steven Walling

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:05 PM, who this <whothith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Am I the only one or do people get the feeling that its the same people
> that
> keep showing up for these communities and groups.
>
> I do not see new community people, mostly outsiders, someone from the
> staff,
> and the same old cabal.
>
> when you gonna get some new people in there?
>
> anon editor
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Austin Hair <adhair at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has commissioned a
> > year-long effort to clarify the roles of various stakeholders in the
> > movement, with the final goal of developing a "Wikimedia Charter"—a
> > document where the roles and responsibilities within the Wikimedia
> > organization are clearly defined and agreed upon by all
> > stakeholders—and a plan for going forward with organizational
> > development.
> >
> > This process will be transparent, and open to input from anyone
> > interested.  It's planned to take approximately one year, with regular
> > milestones along the way.
> >
> > A core group of people will be tasked with ensuring that steady
> > progress is being made toward those milestones.  Although the exact
> > makeup of the group may change as specific needs are reevaluated, this
> > working group currently comprises:
> >
> > * Alice Wiegand
> > * Arne Klempert
> > * Austin Hair (facilitator and adviser)
> > * Barry Newstead
> > * Bence Damokos
> > * Bishakha Datta
> > * Galileo Vidoni
> > * Jon Huggett (facilitator and adviser)
> > * Morgan Chan
> > * Samuel Klein
> >
> > The work is just getting started, with the inaugural meeting of the
> > working group having taken place on 10 September; please see the page
> > on Meta[0] to comment and participate.  Although I expect that there
> > will be plenty of replies to this e-mail, it would be nice if the
> > project-related discussion could take place on-wiki.
> >
> > This announcement is about two weeks overdue—many of you may already
> > know about it, since it's no secret.  I apologize for that; my
> > computer died and I didn't manage to retype the e-mail with my thumbs
> > on my phone before I got the replacement.
> >
> > I personally hope to see lots of participation, and am willing to
> > answer any questions about the process.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Austin Hair
> >
> > [0] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles_working_group
> >
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