Dear Wikimedians, I am writing to you in your role as Discussion Coordinator for your Organized Group. I am excited to announce that we have just started the new cycle of discussions in the movement strategy process. Here’s an update update and information on the next steps: == Cycle 1: Report and synthesis published == In the first cycle of discussions, movement groups and communities have created 1,800 statements as results from online and in-person conversations. Together with the attached keywords, these statement have then been analyzed and clustered to 13 subthemes. In the cycle 1 report you can learn more about this process and the outputs.[1] From the 13 subthemes, a few turned out to be tactical instead of strategic, and others could be merged under one bigger theme. We also found that among the participants of cycle 1, there is a sense of unity and agreement about the things Wikimedia should be doing in 2030. This is why we can start cycle 2 with only 5 themes instead of 20.[2] Please note that these are of course not the final themes, but just an initial working draft: * Healthy, Inclusive Communities * The Augmented Age * A Truly Global Movement * The Most Respected Source of Knowledge * Engaging in the Knowledge Ecosystem == Cycle 2: Review and prioritize the themes; understand the tradeoffs (May 11–June 12) == Chapters, Thematic Organizations, User Groups, Committees, the Wikimedia Foundation as well as other semi-organized groups that support the Wikimedia Movement are invited to review the five themes and join the debate. You are free to choose the type of your discussion – be it online or offline, on wiki or via any other channel that you are most comfortable with. For each theme[2, click on each theme there to go to each theme’s subpage], we ask five questions about the impact of these potential themes and the tradeoffs we as a movement will have to make. At the moment, the 5 themes are really broad and comprehensive. The intent of these discussions is to start to prioritize and debate the themes’ importance for the movement’s future, and then better define the themes. To succeed in any strategic venture, we must not only declare what we will do, but also what we will not. In your group’s conversation, you can discuss as many themes as you like; we ask you to choose the ones that are most (or least) important to you. You will find detailed information and tips on how to best design and document your group’s discussion in our updated discussion guide. We are currently still working on it and will share it with you next week. Cycle 2 will run through June 12, which means that we ask all discussion coordinators to publish their outputs on June 12 at the latest. == Host your own partnerships dinner! == Wikimedia is part of a larger ecosystem of partners and organizations that care about the future of free knowledge. Affiliates work with educational institutions, GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums), technology partners, civil society and digital rights organizations and governments. If you would like to include external partners or experts in your conversation about the future of Wikimedia, we offer funding to host a partner event. If you are interested interested, please apply at least two weeks before you want to host your event. You can find all the necessary information in how to involve partners in your strategy conversations on Meta.[3] As always, please feel free to reach out to me with any questions you might have. We will also offer a video call for the discussion coordinators soon and are working on getting more information up on Meta. I’ll get back to you with the details early next week. Best regards and happy weekend, Nicole [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_

-- Nicole Ebber Adviser International Relations Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.