Dear all
I hope you are well, and managed to enjoy the summer despite the rather
mixed weather, in the UK at least.
I wanted to get in touch about the development of Wikimedia UK's next three
year strategy, and outline some ways in which contributors, volunteers and
members can help to shape our future direction.
The chapter is halfway through the third year of our current three year
strategy
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_Strategy_2019%E2%80%9322>,
which runs from February 2019 to January 2022. You can see our recently
published progress report on the first half of this year here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2020-2021_round_1/Wikimedia_UK/Progress_report_form>.
This autumn we will be developing our next strategy, which will cover the
period 1st February 2022 to 31st January 2025. The process will start this
month and finish with the formal sign-off of the new strategy at the March
board meeting. Key milestones along the way will include board and staff
away days, and the development of our annual funding proposal to the
Wikimedia Foundation. I'm also keen to ensure that the wider Wikimedia UK
community is able to contribute to the new strategy in a meaningful way. My
current thinking (although I am open to feedback!) is that this might
naturally fall into two key stages:
1. Gathering input and feedback from volunteers/stakeholders at an early
stage of the planning process, both through asynchronous contributions to
documents and an *online community meeting in late September/early October*
(date and time tbc)
2. Feedback on the draft strategic framework, both through asynchronous
contributions to documents and an *online or in person meeting in December *to
discuss the draft strategy and develop ideas for implementation/delivery
(date and time tbc)
I have an idea that the December meeting could be combined with a little
festive gathering, probably in our offices in Southwark...but of course
this will depend on the appetite at the time for travelling into London and
gathering indoors.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about any of this,
please do get in touch. In the meantime I will share details of the
upcoming community discussion ASAP. If anyone is interested in helping to
organise or facilitate this, please let me know!
With very best wishes
Lucy
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Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive