[Wikimedia-l] Proposal: MediaWiki Groups

[Patricio Molina]

What a coincidence! We're just talking about this in Wikimedia Argentina
and Iberocoop (I've forwarded your email from wikitech-l to them).

I'm interested and looking forward to working with you on these groups :-)

Regards,
Patricio


On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Quim Gil <qgil at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi, here you have a draft about MediaWiki Groups, and implicitly
> MediaWiki reps:
>
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil/MediaWiki_groups<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil/MediaWiki_groups>
>
> Imagine
>
> MediaWiki Amsterdam Group
> MediaWiki HTML5 Group
> MediaWiki Women Group
> ...
>
> MediaWiki groups organize open source community activities within the
> scope of specific topics or geographical areas. They extend the capacity of
> the Wikimedia Foundation in technical events, training, promotion and other
> technical activities benefiting Wikipedia, the Wikimedia movement and the
> MediaWiki software.
>
> This proposal is being discussed in the MediaWiki context and goes in
> accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation short term goals [1]. Feedback
> from the wider Wikimedia community is welcome, especially on how to combine
> these groups with chapters and other existing Wikimedia entities.
>
> Note that these are intended to be _just_ groups, not formal organizations
> legally constituted. We are looking after simple processes for creation and
> management of these groups with basically zero budget.
>
> We expect these groups to become a main delegation/empowerment tool to
> organize more, more distributed and more diverse technical activities. They
> fit perfectly in the Wikimedia Foundation strategy and the way the
> Wikimedia movement grows.
>
> Please bring your ideas to the discussion page - or here. Thank you!
>
> [1] Find mentions to "user groups" at https://www.mediawiki.org/**
> wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/**2012-13_Goals#Milestones_by_**quarter_17<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2012-13_Goals#Milestones_by_quarter_17>
>
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> Quim Gil
> Technical Contributor Coordinator
> Wikimedia Foundation
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