Hi all,
I forward this email about Wikimedia strategy discussions, in case someone
here is interested.
Best regards,
Mikael
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From: Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 6:51 AM
Subject: [Strategy] Join the discussion on our strategic direction (Cycle
1: 10 March to 10 April)
To: haggstrom.mikael(a)gmail.com
Cc: Jaime Anstee <janstee(a)wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
You are receiving this email because you are a representative of an
organized group (e.g. Wikimedia affiliate or committee).
In the last couple of months, Wikimedia Foundation staff, a designated
strategy team and a Community Process Steering Committee have designed a
process to gather input from all voices in the Wikimedia movement to define
the strategic direction of our movement over the next 15 years. The process
until Wikimania is divided into three discussion cycles, and cycle 1 will
run from 10 March to 10 April. And we need your participation!
There are different options for your group to participate: You can discuss
in person, onwiki or on other online platforms, as well as virtually via
telephone or video conferences. We have created a toolkit that will support
you with designing and hosting these conversations.
We are asking for at least one person from each organized group to
volunteer to be the Discussion Coordinator. This person will receive and
invitation to a Discussion Coordinator training and is responsible for:
* Inviting people to the discussion
* Hosting the discussion
* Summarizing the discussion
Please use the following links:
* Sign-up to be a Discussion Coordinator:
https://docs.google.com/a/
wikimedia.de/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyzOcB9FmgWWrenoe0RnCy
Xo6F9YZyustrmsrD0g0zTRr2Cg/viewform
<https://wikimedia-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1R081hvVi4OqiAJTEfCcC0qZbhCgf4uhhQj6LMLubBPg-1057373411&key=YAMMID-06666450&link=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fa%2Fwikimedia.de%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScyzOcB9FmgWWrenoe0RnCyXo6F9YZyustrmsrD0g0zTRr2Cg%2Fviewform>
* Use the discussion toolkit for organizing your group's conversations:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Toolkit
<https://wikimedia-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1R081hvVi4OqiAJTEfCcC0qZbhCgf4uhhQj6LMLubBPg-1057373411&key=YAMMID-06666450&link=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStrategy%2FWikimedia_movement%2F2017%2FToolkit>
* Find out more about the movement strategy process:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
<https://wikimedia-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1R081hvVi4OqiAJTEfCcC0qZbhCgf4uhhQj6LMLubBPg-1057373411&key=YAMMID-06666450&link=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStrategy%2FWikimedia_movement%2F2017>
This is the time many of us have been waiting for for years. I would love
to see each and every one of you make your voice heard and take the chance
to shape the future of our movement together. I am very much looking
forward to making this happen with all of you! Stay tuned for updates on
the process that we will publish next week, and please reach out to me with
any question you might have in the meantime.
Sincerely,
Nicole
PS - Note that all summaries submitted by 20 March will be used in the
strategy track during WMCON in Berlin 28 March - 2 April. If your group
meets after WMCON but by 10 April, your summary will still be synthesized
before Cycle 2 begins (late April).
PPS - I have joined the team as Track Lead on 1 March, which is made
possible through an agreement between Wikimedia Deutschland and the
Wikimedia Foundation. In the sense of a strategic partnership, our two
organizations have agreed that I will invest most of my time until the end
of the year towards this new role.
--
Nicole Ebber
Wikimedia Movement Strategy Lead
Track A: Organized Groups
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