Dear community
I am very pleased to be able to announce that the board of Wikimedia UK has formally
adopted a five year strategy for the charity:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Overview_of_strategy
The strategy sets out not only our mission ('to help people and organisations create
and preserve Open Knowledge, and to help provide easy access for all’) but also the way in
which we aim to achieve that in practice.
To ensure that our day-to-day activities are closely focussed on attainment of our
mission, we have committed to record and publish a wide range of measured outcomes which
will indicate, on an ongoing basis, how we are performing against a range of strategic
goals. These measured outcomes will build up over time into a comprehensive picture of
the practical impact the charity has been able to make.
In preparing the strategy we consulted widely with own Wikimedia UK community, the
Wikimedia community at large, other chapters, the Wikimedia Foundation, and interested
individuals. The draft strategy documents were open for public consultation during the
month of February, and feedback received was taken into account along with staff and board
contributions. We have replied to the community feedback on-wiki:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Strategy_consultation
We are confident that as the end result of this process we have a robust strategy that
will serve us well in the years to come. It will enable us to maintain and track
challenging but achievable targets while retaining operational flexibility to focus our
day-to-day efforts on whichever individual activities and initiatives will best help us
achieve practical impact.
We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the process, and we look forward to
continuing to work with the community with renewed focus and vigour.
Best regards
Michael
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Michael Maggs
Chair, Wikimedia UK