I think it is a very good move.
Berlin conference has a big default, which is that, contrariwise to our
mouvement, it is not inclusive. This is a closed conference where only
specific people may go. That naturally let out a whole lot of people.
All those who do great things, but who are not representative of an
affiliate. Berlin has become so big that increasingly, many decisions
are made over there, in a closed environment. And those who are not part
it are missing opportunities to weight in. And with the increasing
number of affiliates, making this closed conference a central point for
thinking, sharing, learning, is likely to create a *huge* monster very
difficult to organise and very costly.
I hear you when you say "it was a great opportunity to share knowledge
and train people". This is true. But there is no reason not to provide
this opportunity in more venues or more regularly.
This move means we have more leverage to organize thematic-based or
regional-based events, with open participation. We should make sure that
all those events involve "learning" elements. And we need more support
from WMF (other any affiliates) to organise the other events.
Florence
Le 25/09/2018 à 23:28, Shani Evenstein a écrit :
Dear Cornelius,
Could you please elaborate re the decision to not include learning and
capacity building?
Events where Wikimedians from around the world gather together do not
happen every day, and especially as there will be representatives from most
affiliates, this is a great opportunity to share knowledge and train people
so they can go back to their local communities and spread that knowledge.
Besides Wikimania, which not everyone can attend, this is the other biggest
event we have to do just that. Shouldn't we seize this opportunity,
considering that it takes so much time, effort and money to bring everyone
together?
Thanks for shedding some light on this issue.
Best,
Shani.
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 12:20 AM, Cornelius Kibelka <
cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
Dear Pine,
yes, "the organized part of the movement" is another term to describe the
part of the Wikimedia movement that includes the WMF, its committees and
the affiliates.
Best regards
Cornelius
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 22:23, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Daniela and Cornelius,
Thank you for this update.
Can you clarify what you mean by "The next conference will focus on the
Movement Strategy process and
movement governance for the organized part of the movement in general"?
Are
you referring to governance for the WMF and
affiliates? Online Wikimedia
activities are organized in varying degrees, but many of those activities
are not included in the scope of affiliates or represented by affiliates.
Pine
(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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