Hi Salvador, I beleive we have at least three (or more) "basises for
inspiration and future success" already. All started from scratches and all
of them almost completely ignored all previous attempts.
My 2 cents here is to lower the level of such ignorance as much as possible
and build them in into this proposal; at least by pointing out what to
avoid based on their failures (not to mention to learn what could work as
showed popular) to speed up the process
Balazs
2014.04.28. 19:12, "Salvador A" <salvador1983(a)gmail.com> ezt írta:
If a topic merge regularly only means that is an
overwhelming worry that
must be solved.
I don't see Chris' proposal as "reinventing the wheel" but as a new
attempt
to give answers to an inconclude question. If past attempts have failed
that doesn't mean that this one must do it either. Non sequitur. Even if it
fails it can be the basis or inspiration for a future success. Remember one
of our principles: Be bold!
The members of AffComm are willing to support any initiative related to
development of affiliates. Please Chris, feel comfortable asking us
whatever you need. One of our members will follow up your efforts. Finally,
we encourage the community to participate.
2014-04-28 11:30 GMT-05:00 Balázs Viczián <balazs.viczian(a)wikimedia.hu>hu>:
Hi all,
pls correct me if I'm wrong, but WCA was aimed to do this (and already
collected some materials) but ultimately failed due to the fact that from
this basic idea it was quickly developed into an "uber-chapter"-like
thing,
not to mention the other problems.
Anyways, I would highly recommend to stop reinventing the wheel every
year
as there are at least 2 or more similar (or
like-minded) initiatives from
the past years. Plus those that I'm not aware of.
Rather collect and merge them into a single proposition as there are
plenty
to learn from their failure than starting again
(what you just did btw)
Imo.
Cheers, Balazs
2014.04.28. 8:30, "Lodewijk" <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org> ezt írta:
Thanks Philippe for the pointer. Sounds like an
interesting angle, she
has
been hired very recently it seems? I'm
looking forward to the slightly
more
details description on the user page that is
apparently forthcoming :)
Lodewijk
2014-04-28 4:39 GMT+02:00 Philippe Beaudette <philippe(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Have you approached Anna Stillwell -
>
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:AStillwell_(WMF) - about
this?
> She seems a natural person to include in
your discussions and
thinking.
> Having worked with her some, I think
she'll have some real insights
for
> > you. :-)
> >
> > pb
> >
> >
> > *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia
> > Foundation, Inc.
> > T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | philippe(a)wikimedia.org | :
> > @Philippewiki<https://twitter.com/Philippewiki>
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Chris Keating
> > <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've started a page on Meta which I hope will act as a hub for
> > > documentation and ideas around the training and development needs
of
> > > Wikimedia movement organisations:
> > >
> > >
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organisational_development
> > >
> > > I'd ask anyone who's interested in this kind of thing to have a
look
and
> > add examples and thoughts for the future.
> >
> > As many people will know from my contributions to this year's and
last
> > > year's Wikimedia conference, or from the training workshop we held
in
> >
London in early March, this is an issue where I feel the movement
(or,
> at
> > > least, the part of the movement that is involved in movement
> > > organisations!) can and should do better.
> > >
> > > I was interested to read the Signpost coverage of the Wikimedia
> > > Conference(1) which evidently comes from a similar point of view!
> > >
> > > We are slightly hampered by the fact that there is no single body
> > > responsible for doing this kind of training and development work,
so
I
> > would invite everyone with a stake in
this (WMF, FDC, AffCom,
Chapters,
> > Thorgs, User Groups, interested
individuals) to treat this as
something
> > > where everyone can play a role in sharing experience, scoping out
the
way
> forward, and building a better way of doing
this for the future!
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
> (1)
>
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-04-23/Speci…
> >
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