I think this is a good idea, but Im interested in knowing if AffComm intends to have a more responsive way to address petitions for affiliation. There are a number of applications stuck in limbo with no indication of how and when they will be resolved.
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 08:36:09 -0400 From: sydney.poore@gmail.com To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia movement affiliates liaisons
Thank you AffCom committee members for taking on this important new role.
I'll be very interested to see the type and amount of support that affiliates find useful.
It will make for extra work but I hope you can document the work you all do with affiliates and publish the information.
Sydney Poore User:FloNight On May 29, 2014 3:21 AM, "Gregory Varnum" gregory.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
Greetings,
Based on continuing changes to Wikimedia's approach to movement affiliates (chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups), input from the community, and discussions with WMF board and staff - the Affiliations Committee has begun work on expanding our support of affiliates once the recognition process itself concludes.
An early step that we are taking is to provide each Wikimedia movement affiliate with at least one liaison from the Affiliations Committee to help with communications, finding resources, answering questions, and supporting successful contributions to the Wikimedia movement.
Each member of the Affiliations Committee is assigned as a liaison to multiple affiliates. Each affiliate will be assigned a primary liaison, who will be their main contact, and a secondary liaison, who is available if the primary is not and able to help with more complex situations. While an affiliate's liaisons may change over time, they will always have at least one liaison assigned to them. We will soon be adding more members to the committee, so there are a few liaison assignments not yet filled.
Liaisons will be making initial contact in the coming weeks - and will then be in contact periodically, or affiliates may contact them at any time. We welcome any feedback or ideas on how we can help support your chapters, thematic org, or user group moving forward.
More info - including specific liaison assignments: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Liaisons
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