Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rebuilding Wikimédia France

[Natacha Rault]

Dear Charlotte,

Thank you for this thourough update and all the efforts made!
We have felt - as members of WMFR- the wind of change blowing, thank you for 
all the work done and the great effort towards transparency and horizontality.

Kind regards,

Natacha / Nattes à chat


> Le 5 juin 2018 à 19:30, charlotte.matoussow...@wikimedia.fr a écrit :
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> 
> 
> As we reflected on our Wikimedia Conference experience and as we just got an 
> answer from the FDC, which we thank warmly, the Wikimédia France Board 
> thought we should give you an update on our current situation.
> 
> 
> 
> Since September 2017, the newly elected Board and the staff have dedicated 
> their energy to the improvement of the governance and an organizational 
> restructuring. We would like to share with the community all the efforts that 
> have been made during the last 8 months in order to restore confidence and to 
> rebuild Wikimédia France.
> 
> 
> 
> First steps
> 
> 
> 
> The first steps we took were:
> 
> * Reopening communication channels with our members;
> 
> * Having two general assemblies[1][2] and widely renewing the Board;
> 
> * Successfully completing the Grant expectations process[3] which had been 
> set by WMF during the 2017 crisis at Wikimédia France;
> 
> * Governance review by external auditors (report will be published soon);
> 
> * Constant discussions with WMF.
> 
> 
> 
> Major staff restructuring
> 
> 
> 
> Since then, a major staff reorganization and a transition to a flatter 
> organization have taken place.
> 
> 
> 
> The two employees at the head of the organization(Executive Director and 
> Deputy Executive Director) of the Association in 2017 left Wikimédia France 
> (WMFr) in the last quarter of the year.
> 
> 
> 
> In order to work on the reorganizing, during the second half of 2017, the 
> Board conducted individual interviews with all employees to establish a 
> general state of the organization and to collect ideas for WMFr's and its 
> staff's future. With those elements in hand, and after several months 
> reflecting and observing how the Association functioned in the absence of 
> salaried management, the Board came to the conclusion that the team's 
> maturity and relative autonomy made possible a less hierarchical organization 
> than the classical one (i.e. “Board / Executive Director / staff”). It has 
> been decided to carry out an internal reorganization of the team, without 
> further recruitment to replace the Directors.
> 
> 
> 
> The new organization unfolds as follows[4]. The Board stays in charge of 
> managing the Association, whilst proceeding to two delegations of power: a 
> delegation to Resources and an operational delegation, each receiving part of 
> the Employer's liability and part of strategic functions. The Board occupies 
> its role in strategy and budget matters, and also reserves the right of final 
> decision for all sensitive Employer competencies (like decisions of 
> dismissal, sanction or recruitment). Our goal here is twofold: to no longer 
> concentrate all responsibilities in the hands of only one person and to 
> minimize the risk of having the Board disempowered by depriving it of its 
> right (and duty) to take fundamental decisions.
> 
> In addition to these HR and Operational delegations of power, he Board is 
> also considering implementing a Financial delegation of power, able to bring 
> together the skills of an accountant and a chartered accountant within the 
> internal staff. This would lead, in the medium term, to an organization 
> presenting as a four-headed structure: Human Resources, Operations , Finances 
> and Board — all of these under the control of the General Assembly.
> 
> 
> 
> To fill the two new positions created, the Board has decided to choose two 
> staff members whom it trusts and whose qualities it has had the opportunity 
> to observe in the past few months: Cindy David for the HR part and Rémy 
> Gerbet for the Operational part. Being aware that an organization without 
> salaried direction is not without difficulties, the Board has decided to 
> begin with a three-month probationary period, during which the work of the 
> two appointees will be evaluated, as well as the ability of the Board itself 
> to properly fulfil its role. At the end of these three months, a first 
> assessment will be made and the new organization will be either validated, 
> abandoned, or tested for three more months before final decision. In order to 
> implement this new organization, our staff will be provided, if need be, with 
> professional training.
> 
> The new structure now counts 8 FTEs, including a newly hired Junior 
> Fundraiser position, instead of 11 in 2017. We are confident that this new 
> structure is well suited to bring Wikimédia France forward effectively.
> 
> 
> 
> The reorganizing of the team also comes with a complete overhaul of the 
> salary grid[5][6].
> 
> 
> 
> Relying on the global Movement
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update #4: Upcoming call for participation in Working Groups

[Natacha Rault]

Dear Katherine,

Thank very much you for this update. I was working in the “role and 
responsibilities” group in Berlin and the outcome was that we had decided to 
rename it “power dynamics” if I recall correctly.

Now I see this name has not been used, so I feel a little surprized? 

Kind regards,

Natacha / Nattes à chat 



> Le 7 juin 2018 à 03:36, Katherine Maher  a écrit :
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> It’s been a while since I sent out the last movement strategy update. A lot
> has happened in the meantime, and I wanted to give you a heads-up regarding
> an upcoming call for participation!
> 
> But first things first:
> 
> 1. The report from the Wikimedia Conference Movement Strategy Track
> 
> has been published[1]. It captures all the conversations, insights and
> outputs from three days of intense strategy work, so it’s a (quite) long
> but very interesting read. It is meant to document the state of the process
> and to allow for a deep dive into it. It should be especially valuable for
> those of you who did not have a chance to participate in the conference or
> attended another conference track.
> 
> 2. Based on WMCON outputs (and various conversations we’ve been having in
> our movement for years), the core strategy team has mapped eight key
> thematic areas
> 
> [2] -- and some initial guiding questions -- that should to be answered to
> enable us to advance towards our strategic direction. These areas include:
> 
>   - Roles & Responsibilities
>   - Resource Allocation & Revenue Streams
>   - Diversity
>   - Partnerships
>   - Capacity Building
>   - Community Health
>   - Technology
>   - Advocacy
> 
> 3. The core team will be supporting the creation of Working Groups to take
> on these critical conversations. These working groups will be asked to
> assess the current situation of the thematic area, and obstacles and
> opportunities. They’ll have access to all the relevant information already
> collected, and the chance to do further research if needed. They’ll be
> asked to identify the changes needed in movement structures and develop
> concrete recommendations for the movement on how to ratify and implement
> them.[3] An open call for working group members will go out to the movement
> this week -- please stay tuned for an update from Nicole!
> 
> I also had the chance to present more about these plans at last week’s
> Metrics Meeting. Please do take a look, either look it all up on the
> Meta[3] or watch the video![4]
> 
> Cheers,
> Katherine
> 
> 
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Movement_Strategy_track
> 
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups#What_are_the_key_thematic_areas%3F
> 
> [3]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups
> [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE (from minute 24:25)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Katherine Maher
> 
> Executive Director
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 
> 1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600
> San Francisco, CA 94104
> 
> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
> +1 (415) 712 4873
> kma...@wikimedia.org
> https://annual.wikimedia.org
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[Wikimedia-l] Update #4: Upcoming call for participation in Working Groups

[Katherine Maher]

Dear all,

It’s been a while since I sent out the last movement strategy update. A lot
has happened in the meantime, and I wanted to give you a heads-up regarding
an upcoming call for participation!

But first things first:

1. The report from the Wikimedia Conference Movement Strategy Track

has been published[1]. It captures all the conversations, insights and
outputs from three days of intense strategy work, so it’s a (quite) long
but very interesting read. It is meant to document the state of the process
and to allow for a deep dive into it. It should be especially valuable for
those of you who did not have a chance to participate in the conference or
attended another conference track.

2. Based on WMCON outputs (and various conversations we’ve been having in
our movement for years), the core strategy team has mapped eight key
thematic areas

[2] -- and some initial guiding questions -- that should to be answered to
enable us to advance towards our strategic direction. These areas include:

   - Roles & Responsibilities
   - Resource Allocation & Revenue Streams
   - Diversity
   - Partnerships
   - Capacity Building
   - Community Health
   - Technology
   - Advocacy

3. The core team will be supporting the creation of Working Groups to take
on these critical conversations. These working groups will be asked to
assess the current situation of the thematic area, and obstacles and
opportunities. They’ll have access to all the relevant information already
collected, and the chance to do further research if needed. They’ll be
asked to identify the changes needed in movement structures and develop
concrete recommendations for the movement on how to ratify and implement
them.[3] An open call for working group members will go out to the movement
this week -- please stay tuned for an update from Nicole!

I also had the chance to present more about these plans at last week’s
Metrics Meeting. Please do take a look, either look it all up on the
Meta[3] or watch the video![4]

Cheers,
Katherine


[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2018/Documentation/Movement_Strategy_track

[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups#What_are_the_key_thematic_areas%3F

[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOaiU-v7PbE (from minute 24:25)


-- 
Katherine Maher

Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation

1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104

+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
+1 (415) 712 4873
kma...@wikimedia.org
https://annual.wikimedia.org
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rebuilding Wikimédia France

[Nathan]

Congrats Charlotte and WMFr for everything you have done and achieved in
such a short period of time. A truly impressive and meaningful
accomplishment and demonstration of the capacity of Wikimedians to use the
movement's tools and ethos to effect positive change.

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:04 PM  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>
>
> As we reflected on our Wikimedia Conference experience and as we just got
> an answer from the FDC, which we thank warmly, the Wikimédia France Board
> thought we should give you an update on our current situation.
>
>
>
> Since September 2017, the newly elected Board and the staff have dedicated
> their energy to the improvement of the governance and an organizational
> restructuring. We would like to share with the community all the efforts
> that have been made during the last 8 months in order to restore confidence
> and to rebuild Wikimédia France.
>
>
>
> First steps
>
>
>
> The first steps we took were:
>
> * Reopening communication channels with our members;
>
> * Having two general assemblies[1][2] and widely renewing the Board;
>
> * Successfully completing the Grant expectations process[3] which had been
> set by WMF during the 2017 crisis at Wikimédia France;
>
> * Governance review by external auditors (report will be published soon);
>
> * Constant discussions with WMF.
>
>
>
> Major staff restructuring
>
>
>
> Since then, a major staff reorganization and a transition to a flatter
> organization have taken place.
>
>
>
> The two employees at the head of the organization(Executive Director and
> Deputy Executive Director) of the Association in 2017 left Wikimédia France
> (WMFr) in the last quarter of the year.
>
>
>
> In order to work on the reorganizing, during the second half of 2017, the
> Board conducted individual interviews with all employees to establish a
> general state of the organization and to collect ideas for WMFr's and its
> staff's future. With those elements in hand, and after several months
> reflecting and observing how the Association functioned in the absence of
> salaried management, the Board came to the conclusion that the team's
> maturity and relative autonomy made possible a less hierarchical
> organization than the classical one (i.e. “Board / Executive Director /
> staff”). It has been decided to carry out an internal reorganization of the
> team, without further recruitment to replace the Directors.
>
>
>
> The new organization unfolds as follows[4]. The Board stays in charge of
> managing the Association, whilst proceeding to two delegations of power: a
> delegation to Resources and an operational delegation, each receiving part
> of the Employer's liability and part of strategic functions. The Board
> occupies its role in strategy and budget matters, and also reserves the
> right of final decision for all sensitive Employer competencies (like
> decisions of dismissal, sanction or recruitment). Our goal here is twofold:
> to no longer concentrate all responsibilities in the hands of only one
> person and to minimize the risk of having the Board disempowered by
> depriving it of its right (and duty) to take fundamental decisions.
>
> In addition to these HR and Operational delegations of power, he Board is
> also considering implementing a Financial delegation of power, able to
> bring together the skills of an accountant and a chartered accountant
> within the internal staff. This would lead, in the medium term, to an
> organization presenting as a four-headed structure: Human Resources,
> Operations , Finances and Board — all of these under the control of the
> General Assembly.
>
>
>
> To fill the two new positions created, the Board has decided to choose two
> staff members whom it trusts and whose qualities it has had the opportunity
> to observe in the past few months: Cindy David for the HR part and Rémy
> Gerbet for the Operational part. Being aware that an organization without
> salaried direction is not without difficulties, the Board has decided to
> begin with a three-month probationary period, during which the work of the
> two appointees will be evaluated, as well as the ability of the Board
> itself to properly fulfil its role. At the end of these three months, a
> first assessment will be made and the new organization will be either
> validated, abandoned, or tested for three more months before final
> decision. In order to implement this new organization, our staff will be
> provided, if need be, with professional training.
>
> The new structure now counts 8 FTEs, including a newly hired Junior
> Fundraiser position, instead of 11 in 2017. We are confident that this new
> structure is well suited to bring Wikimédia France forward effectively.
>
>
>
> The reorganizing of the team also comes with a complete overhaul of the
> salary grid[5][6].
>
>
>
> Relying on the global Movement
>
>
>
> Our Chair, Vice-Chair and Operational Coordinator took part in the
> Wikimedia Conference. This was an amazing opportunity to learn, to work 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rebuilding Wikimédia France

[Katherine Maher]

Charlotte,

Thank you so much for sharing this update, and many thanks to the Board,
staff, and association members, as well as the broader French
speaking community, for the hard work and accomplishments of the
organization over the past 8 months.

I'm sure I speak for many when I say that I look forward to the continued
development and strength of Wikimédia France as a strong and healthy member
of our global movement.

Katherine

On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 10:30 AM, 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>
>
> As we reflected on our Wikimedia Conference experience and as we just got
> an answer from the FDC, which we thank warmly, the Wikimédia France Board
> thought we should give you an update on our current situation.
>
>
>
> Since September 2017, the newly elected Board and the staff have dedicated
> their energy to the improvement of the governance and an organizational
> restructuring. We would like to share with the community all the efforts
> that have been made during the last 8 months in order to restore confidence
> and to rebuild Wikimédia France.
>
>
>
> First steps
>
>
>
> The first steps we took were:
>
> * Reopening communication channels with our members;
>
> * Having two general assemblies[1][2] and widely renewing the Board;
>
> * Successfully completing the Grant expectations process[3] which had been
> set by WMF during the 2017 crisis at Wikimédia France;
>
> * Governance review by external auditors (report will be published soon);
>
> * Constant discussions with WMF.
>
>
>
> Major staff restructuring
>
>
>
> Since then, a major staff reorganization and a transition to a flatter
> organization have taken place.
>
>
>
> The two employees at the head of the organization(Executive Director and
> Deputy Executive Director) of the Association in 2017 left Wikimédia France
> (WMFr) in the last quarter of the year.
>
>
>
> In order to work on the reorganizing, during the second half of 2017, the
> Board conducted individual interviews with all employees to establish a
> general state of the organization and to collect ideas for WMFr's and its
> staff's future. With those elements in hand, and after several months
> reflecting and observing how the Association functioned in the absence of
> salaried management, the Board came to the conclusion that the team's
> maturity and relative autonomy made possible a less hierarchical
> organization than the classical one (i.e. “Board / Executive Director /
> staff”). It has been decided to carry out an internal reorganization of the
> team, without further recruitment to replace the Directors.
>
>
>
> The new organization unfolds as follows[4]. The Board stays in charge of
> managing the Association, whilst proceeding to two delegations of power: a
> delegation to Resources and an operational delegation, each receiving part
> of the Employer's liability and part of strategic functions. The Board
> occupies its role in strategy and budget matters, and also reserves the
> right of final decision for all sensitive Employer competencies (like
> decisions of dismissal, sanction or recruitment). Our goal here is twofold:
> to no longer concentrate all responsibilities in the hands of only one
> person and to minimize the risk of having the Board disempowered by
> depriving it of its right (and duty) to take fundamental decisions.
>
> In addition to these HR and Operational delegations of power, he Board is
> also considering implementing a Financial delegation of power, able to
> bring together the skills of an accountant and a chartered accountant
> within the internal staff. This would lead, in the medium term, to an
> organization presenting as a four-headed structure: Human Resources,
> Operations , Finances and Board — all of these under the control of the
> General Assembly.
>
>
>
> To fill the two new positions created, the Board has decided to choose two
> staff members whom it trusts and whose qualities it has had the opportunity
> to observe in the past few months: Cindy David for the HR part and Rémy
> Gerbet for the Operational part. Being aware that an organization without
> salaried direction is not without difficulties, the Board has decided to
> begin with a three-month probationary period, during which the work of the
> two appointees will be evaluated, as well as the ability of the Board
> itself to properly fulfil its role. At the end of these three months, a
> first assessment will be made and the new organization will be either
> validated, abandoned, or tested for three more months before final
> decision. In order to implement this new organization, our staff will be
> provided, if need be, with professional training.
>
> The new structure now counts 8 FTEs, including a newly hired Junior
> Fundraiser position, instead of 11 in 2017. We are confident that this new
> structure is well suited to bring Wikimédia France forward effectively.
>
>
>
> The reorganizing of the team also comes with a complete overhaul of the
> salary grid[5][6].
>
>
>
> Relying 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Hello. New user - which mailing list should i use ?

[gordonisnz]

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 3:23 AM James Hare  wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 3:49 AM,  wrote:
>
> It sounds like you would like the MediaWiki-l mailing list. MediaWiki is
> the software that runs Wikipedia and many similar projects.
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Thats this list :) the one i posted to.

My main initial queries is/are

a) I occasionally check my wiki & see there are dozens / hundreds of
people signing up as users - but no one is creating any pages.

is there a place i can see that can check that people CAN create pages
- but they are pending / needing approval to be published ?
i'm guessing that people create new accounts but cant do anything. how
do i check ?

b) is there something i can do to force the wiki to send an email to
the admin (me) - to check that i am receiving emails. (I periodically
forget about this wiki as i'm not getting anything).

c) where do i (if i can) edit the script to use my own mailing process
instead of the default process to send emails.


-- 

Gordon.

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[Wikimedia-l] Rebuilding Wikimédia France

[charlotte . matoussowsky]

Dear all,

 

As we reflected on our Wikimedia Conference experience and as we just got an 
answer from the FDC, which we thank warmly, the Wikimédia France Board thought 
we should give you an update on our current situation.

 

Since September 2017, the newly elected Board and the staff have dedicated 
their energy to the improvement of the governance and an organizational 
restructuring. We would like to share with the community all the efforts that 
have been made during the last 8 months in order to restore confidence and to 
rebuild Wikimédia France.

 

First steps

 

The first steps we took were:

* Reopening communication channels with our members;

* Having two general assemblies[1][2] and widely renewing the Board;

* Successfully completing the Grant expectations process[3] which had been set 
by WMF during the 2017 crisis at Wikimédia France;

* Governance review by external auditors (report will be published soon);

* Constant discussions with WMF.

 

Major staff restructuring

 

Since then, a major staff reorganization and a transition to a flatter 
organization have taken place.



The two employees at the head of the organization(Executive Director and Deputy 
Executive Director) of the Association in 2017 left Wikimédia France (WMFr) in 
the last quarter of the year.

 

In order to work on the reorganizing, during the second half of 2017, the Board 
conducted individual interviews with all employees to establish a general state 
of the organization and to collect ideas for WMFr's and its staff's future. 
With those elements in hand, and after several months reflecting and observing 
how the Association functioned in the absence of salaried management, the Board 
came to the conclusion that the team's maturity and relative autonomy made 
possible a less hierarchical organization than the classical one (i.e. “Board / 
Executive Director / staff”). It has been decided to carry out an internal 
reorganization of the team, without further recruitment to replace the 
Directors.

 

The new organization unfolds as follows[4]. The Board stays in charge of 
managing the Association, whilst proceeding to two delegations of power: a 
delegation to Resources and an operational delegation, each receiving part of 
the Employer's liability and part of strategic functions. The Board occupies 
its role in strategy and budget matters, and also reserves the right of final 
decision for all sensitive Employer competencies (like decisions of dismissal, 
sanction or recruitment). Our goal here is twofold: to no longer concentrate 
all responsibilities in the hands of only one person and to minimize the risk 
of having the Board disempowered by depriving it of its right (and duty) to 
take fundamental decisions.

In addition to these HR and Operational delegations of power, he Board is also 
considering implementing a Financial delegation of power, able to bring 
together the skills of an accountant and a chartered accountant within the 
internal staff. This would lead, in the medium term, to an organization 
presenting as a four-headed structure: Human Resources, Operations , Finances 
and Board — all of these under the control of the General Assembly.

 

To fill the two new positions created, the Board has decided to choose two 
staff members whom it trusts and whose qualities it has had the opportunity to 
observe in the past few months: Cindy David for the HR part and Rémy Gerbet for 
the Operational part. Being aware that an organization without salaried 
direction is not without difficulties, the Board has decided to begin with a 
three-month probationary period, during which the work of the two appointees 
will be evaluated, as well as the ability of the Board itself to properly 
fulfil its role. At the end of these three months, a first assessment will be 
made and the new organization will be either validated, abandoned, or tested 
for three more months before final decision. In order to implement this new 
organization, our staff will be provided, if need be, with professional 
training.

The new structure now counts 8 FTEs, including a newly hired Junior Fundraiser 
position, instead of 11 in 2017. We are confident that this new structure is 
well suited to bring Wikimédia France forward effectively.

 

The reorganizing of the team also comes with a complete overhaul of the salary 
grid[5][6].

 

Relying on the global Movement

 

Our Chair, Vice-Chair and Operational Coordinator took part in the Wikimedia 
Conference. This was an amazing opportunity to learn, to work on the strategy, 
to develop partnerships and, perhaps more importantly, to strengthen our 
relationships with the numerous organizations and individuals that constitute 
the Wikimedia movement.

 

We were especially glad to have the opportunity to attend the first meeting of 
affiliates without Executive Director (France, Italy, New York City, Poland, 
Serbia, Ukraine), which was a first promising step towards a fruitful 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Announcing the Wikimedia Foundation's Technical Engagement team

[Lynette Logan]

>
> *We hope to continue to grow the number of people involved in our programs
> until we can confidently say that we are providing the best help possible
> to the hundreds of volunteer developers, designers, technical writers, and
> end users of the Wikimedia movement's APIs and services. *


Thank you VC for sharing this news and the important focus of these
changes.

Congratulations all around, with a special shout out to Sarah R and her
evolving contributions to the organization.

-Lynette

Lynette Logan
Director of Administration
Wikimedia Foundation
1 Montgomery St. Ste. 1600
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-328-8232
llo...@wikimedia.org




On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 5:19 AM, Gergo Tisza  wrote:

> That is great news, congrats and thanks to all involved! Support of
> Wikimedia/MediaWiki developers and software reusers has gone through a
> quantum leap in the last year or so, and this is another solid step towards
> creating a more healthy FLOSS ecosystem.
>
> I'd also like to echo what Trey said: while some of the largest problems
> with our open source ecosystem (such as documentation and the lack of
> public roadmaps/guidace) have been settled or are being settled
> reassuringly, code review remains a pain point. And while that's something
> that will need the support of all Technology/Audiences teams, there is
> still need for a team that can push for that; I hope Technical Engagement
> will be empowered to do so.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] temporary changes to WMF's grants programs

[Samuel Klein]

Thank you, Katy, for the update and the layout.

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 4:28 PM Katy Love  wrote:

> Hi again, everyone!
>
> Thank you to all my wikifriends who pointed out the formatting challenges
> of my message. That long wall of text was not pretty. See below, or check
> it out on wiki:  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/
> 2018-19_Annual_Plan/Temporary_changes_to_grants_programs
> 
>
> Dear Wikimedia colleagues and friends,
>
> The effective use of Wikimedia movement resources, including the grants
> made by the Wikimedia Foundation, is critical to our collective effort
> toward becoming the essential infrastructure for free knowledge.[1]  As we
> look ahead, the Wikimedia movement will be developing a new approach to
> resource allocation, in order to support this new strategic direction.
> Developing a new approach requires careful consideration and collaboration,
> and commitment to our values of sharing power in decisions, transparency,
> and accountability.
>
> To that end, the Community Resources team has made some temporary changes
> to our grantmaking programs to free up staff and community time to do
> engage in Phase 2 of the movement strategy work on issues of resource
> allocation, while still meeting essential support commitments.
>
> In order to ensure we have the capacity in our upcoming fiscal year (July
> 2018 - June 2019) to work effectively on the big questions around movement
> resource allocation, we have made temporary changes to our grant programs.
> While many of you are aware of these changes, I’m writing to ensure
> everyone has the best information and to address some concerns we have
> heard.
>
> What’s changing?
>
> These changes are designed to make the processes lighter and free up
> resources for everyone involved in the grant processes. This means that the
> Community Resources team, staff and volunteers in grantee organizations and
> committee members will benefit from lightened processes.  We hope these
> changes will support all involved to direct their energies in the coming
> year toward participation in the movement’s strategic planning. The main
> changes for 2018-2019 fiscal year are as follows:
>
> Annual plan grants:
> *Application processes will be simplified for all APG grantee-applicants.
> Reporting requirements will stay the same.
> *The APG programs will review proposals from new applicants in November of
> 2019 (for funding starting January 2020). Program officers will continue to
> work with organizations looking at entering the APG program to make sure
> they're ready to apply in 2019.
> *Current grantees will be able to apply for the same amount of funding that
> they are receiving this year.
> *Increases may be considered for emerging communities in Asia, Africa, and
> Latin America.
>
> Rapid grants:
> *Proposals will be accepted from the 1st - 15th of each month.
> *Eligible proposals have a minimum of $500 USD and a maximum of $2,000 USD.
> We seek to reduce administrative overhead for a more effective use of our
> shared resources.
>
> Project grants:
> *Project grants proposals will be accepted during one grant cycle, likely
> November 2018. Since there will only be one grant cycle, applicants will
> need to prepare in advance.
> *Proposals between $2,000 USD and $100,000 USD will be accepted.
> *Please reach out to the Program Officer well in advance to discuss your
> ideas and questions.
>
> Conference grants:
> *There will be two rounds of funding (likely to September 2018 and February
> 2019).
> *We anticipate continued grant funding for the annual regional conferences
> (Iberoconf, Indaba, CEE, Arabia) as well as thematic conferences already
> under development (education, ICT and gender in Africa, Wikidata).
> *Proposals from emerging communities for national/local conferences up to
> $10,000 USD will be accepted.
>
> For more information on these changes, visit our Meta page, where you will
> find links to all eligibility information.[2]  Please direct your comments
> and questions there, or reach out to the program officer overseeing the
> relevant grant program.
>
> What happens next?
>
> In collaboration with Wikimedia communities, including current grantees,
> grants committees, the Wikimedia Foundation staff and Board, and the
> forthcoming working group on movement resources from the movement strategy,
> we will participate in Phase 2 of the movement strategy.  This temporary
> phase will be critical to defining how our movement can direct resources
> more effectively towards our shared goal of becoming the essential
> infrastructure for free knowledge.
>
> We expect that there could be major changes to our funding processes in the
> long term, and that these changes will reengineer the roles of
> participating organizations (the Wikimedia Foundation, committees, and
> grantees alike). This is why it is 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] temporary changes to WMF's grants programs

[Katy Love]

Hi again, everyone!

Thank you to all my wikifriends who pointed out the formatting challenges
of my message. That long wall of text was not pretty. See below, or check
it out on wiki:  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources/
2018-19_Annual_Plan/Temporary_changes_to_grants_programs

Dear Wikimedia colleagues and friends,

The effective use of Wikimedia movement resources, including the grants
made by the Wikimedia Foundation, is critical to our collective effort
toward becoming the essential infrastructure for free knowledge.[1]  As we
look ahead, the Wikimedia movement will be developing a new approach to
resource allocation, in order to support this new strategic direction.
Developing a new approach requires careful consideration and collaboration,
and commitment to our values of sharing power in decisions, transparency,
and accountability.

To that end, the Community Resources team has made some temporary changes
to our grantmaking programs to free up staff and community time to do
engage in Phase 2 of the movement strategy work on issues of resource
allocation, while still meeting essential support commitments.

In order to ensure we have the capacity in our upcoming fiscal year (July
2018 - June 2019) to work effectively on the big questions around movement
resource allocation, we have made temporary changes to our grant programs.
While many of you are aware of these changes, I’m writing to ensure
everyone has the best information and to address some concerns we have
heard.

What’s changing?

These changes are designed to make the processes lighter and free up
resources for everyone involved in the grant processes. This means that the
Community Resources team, staff and volunteers in grantee organizations and
committee members will benefit from lightened processes.  We hope these
changes will support all involved to direct their energies in the coming
year toward participation in the movement’s strategic planning. The main
changes for 2018-2019 fiscal year are as follows:

Annual plan grants:
*Application processes will be simplified for all APG grantee-applicants.
Reporting requirements will stay the same.
*The APG programs will review proposals from new applicants in November of
2019 (for funding starting January 2020). Program officers will continue to
work with organizations looking at entering the APG program to make sure
they're ready to apply in 2019.
*Current grantees will be able to apply for the same amount of funding that
they are receiving this year.
*Increases may be considered for emerging communities in Asia, Africa, and
Latin America.

Rapid grants:
*Proposals will be accepted from the 1st - 15th of each month.
*Eligible proposals have a minimum of $500 USD and a maximum of $2,000 USD.
We seek to reduce administrative overhead for a more effective use of our
shared resources.

Project grants:
*Project grants proposals will be accepted during one grant cycle, likely
November 2018. Since there will only be one grant cycle, applicants will
need to prepare in advance.
*Proposals between $2,000 USD and $100,000 USD will be accepted.
*Please reach out to the Program Officer well in advance to discuss your
ideas and questions.

Conference grants:
*There will be two rounds of funding (likely to September 2018 and February
2019).
*We anticipate continued grant funding for the annual regional conferences
(Iberoconf, Indaba, CEE, Arabia) as well as thematic conferences already
under development (education, ICT and gender in Africa, Wikidata).
*Proposals from emerging communities for national/local conferences up to
$10,000 USD will be accepted.

For more information on these changes, visit our Meta page, where you will
find links to all eligibility information.[2]  Please direct your comments
and questions there, or reach out to the program officer overseeing the
relevant grant program.

What happens next?

In collaboration with Wikimedia communities, including current grantees,
grants committees, the Wikimedia Foundation staff and Board, and the
forthcoming working group on movement resources from the movement strategy,
we will participate in Phase 2 of the movement strategy.  This temporary
phase will be critical to defining how our movement can direct resources
more effectively towards our shared goal of becoming the essential
infrastructure for free knowledge.

We expect that there could be major changes to our funding processes in the
long term, and that these changes will reengineer the roles of
participating organizations (the Wikimedia Foundation, committees, and
grantees alike). This is why it is important for everyone interested to
participate, and to ensure that what comes next derives from a collective
effort.

Please direct any questions or comments to the discussion page on Meta
wiki.[2]

Best wishes,
Katy Love
Director, Community Resources team

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_
movement/2017/Direction
[2] 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Commons-l] Classification/Categorization games for Commons?

[Alex Stinson]

Two thoughts directly to this:

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 3:43 PM, Gnangarra  wrote:

> I'd be more concern that the game throws up very generic and vague
> descriptions like, person, ship, cat, dog, tree, flowers, street. Which in
> itself might seem helpful but may not even highlight the important aspect.
>
Pushing images into narrower, but still generic, topic areas allows folks
who know more about, for example, ships or dog species or whatever, to
narrow the topic into something specific. We already do this in many ways
within the way folks use the category system on Commons -- it could be done
with structured data as well.

We would also want some type of confidence factor, I would think,
especially if we want the tool to appeal to newer folks in the community --
with less depth of experience working in our information structure.
Zooniverse and other similar visual-identification crowdsourcing projects,
usually have 2-3 volunteers confirm something before adding it directly to
the record.



>
>- I would hope many of the GLAMs have embedded keywords in the meta
>data/camera info which could be extracted like co-ords are.
>
> You would be surprised at how bad the metadata is in most collections --
only the most high profile collections will have good metadata (and one
perceived benefit of sharing GLAM content in public venues is the chance to
enrich metadata, by discovering details about the objects, that previously
the staff didn't know how to recognize). Wikimedia projects are really good
places to get mildly obscure collections (such as archival photos, or
under-researched museum objects) into the context of Wikimedia content.
Moreover, it's really hard to assess how to map these metadata concepts to
Wikimedia categories.  We actually saw this come up again and again in the
GLAM stakeholder research for commons:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Supporting_Commons_contribution_by_GLAM_institutions



>
> On 7 June 2018 at 02:07, Alex Stinson via Commons-l <
> common...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Hey Yaroslav and Asaf,
>>
>> From the SDC team perspective, I think it would definitely be preferable
>> for such a tool to include/anticipate the need for structured data on
>> Commons, or default to filling in Depicts and/or other structure data
>> fields. Building more tools which generate categories by default would
>> definitely be a bit counter-productive (and hard on multilingual
>> contributors). One option, might be designing such a tool to work with
>> Artworks and other unique objects (like photographs) already on Wikidata,
>> and then have it prepared to hook up with the  Wikibase/Structured data
>> features that will go live on Commons in the fall.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Asaf Bartov 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Absolutely; I wanted to know if such a tool perhaps already exists.  If
>>> one
>>> does not, then definitely, if we develop a tool, it should look to the
>>> future and be based on Structured Data on Commons already!
>>>
>>>A.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 8:54 PM Yaroslav Blanter 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I think it is pretty similar to what we have built in Wikidata, Do
>>> > Structured Commons folks want to comment?
>>> >
>>> > Cheers
>>> > Yaroslav
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Asaf Bartov 
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Hi, folks.
>>> > >
>>> > > It occurs to me there are tens or hundreds of thousands of images
>>> donated
>>> > > en masse (GLAM etc.) that are only categorized as "image from X
>>> > collection"
>>> > > or "Files donated by X", i.e. essentially uncategorized by content.
>>> > >
>>> > > This obviously greatly reduces the likelihood of discoverability and
>>> > > re-use.  But it's hard to find such files, and the massive categories
>>> > > (thousands of files, often) don't make organizing the work easy.
>>> > >
>>> > > I'm think of a gamified interface -- à la Wikidata Game -- that would
>>> > let a
>>> > > volunteer (after OAuth identification) pick a category (from a
>>> pre-fed
>>> > list
>>> > > of massive categories of donated files) and show one photo from the
>>> > > category that has only that category listed (i.e. has no
>>> categorization
>>> > by
>>> > > content), and let the volunteer type (with auto-complete, like
>>> HotCat)
>>> > some
>>> > > appropriate categories and hit Save, and the categories would be
>>> added,
>>> > and
>>> > > the next file shown.
>>> > >
>>> > > (Optionally, a second layer of verification could be added, where
>>> > > volunteers would [also] be invited to vet or change previous
>>> volunteers'
>>> > > categorization, and actual change to categories on Commons would only
>>> > take
>>> > > place after 2 (or N) users approved the categories.  I'm not at all
>>> sure
>>> > > this is needed, and I think we can start without it and see how it
>>> goes.)
>>> > >
>>> > > So, does something like this exist?  If not, who wants to build it?
>>> :)
>>> > >
>>> > >A.
>>> > > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Commons-l] Classification/Categorization games for Commons?

[Gnangarra]

I'd be more concern that the game throws up very generic and vague
descriptions like, person, ship, cat, dog, tree, flowers, street. Which in
itself might seem helpful but may not even highlight the important aspect.

   - Would a bot doing an initial keyword search of the description be more
   effective
   - descriptions should already have a language code embedded.
   - I would hope many of the GLAMs have embedded keywords in the meta
   data/camera info which could be extracted like co-ords are.


On 7 June 2018 at 02:07, Alex Stinson via Commons-l <
common...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hey Yaroslav and Asaf,
>
> From the SDC team perspective, I think it would definitely be preferable
> for such a tool to include/anticipate the need for structured data on
> Commons, or default to filling in Depicts and/or other structure data
> fields. Building more tools which generate categories by default would
> definitely be a bit counter-productive (and hard on multilingual
> contributors). One option, might be designing such a tool to work with
> Artworks and other unique objects (like photographs) already on Wikidata,
> and then have it prepared to hook up with the  Wikibase/Structured data
> features that will go live on Commons in the fall.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>
>> Absolutely; I wanted to know if such a tool perhaps already exists.  If
>> one
>> does not, then definitely, if we develop a tool, it should look to the
>> future and be based on Structured Data on Commons already!
>>
>>A.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 8:54 PM Yaroslav Blanter  wrote:
>>
>> > I think it is pretty similar to what we have built in Wikidata, Do
>> > Structured Commons folks want to comment?
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > Yaroslav
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Asaf Bartov 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi, folks.
>> > >
>> > > It occurs to me there are tens or hundreds of thousands of images
>> donated
>> > > en masse (GLAM etc.) that are only categorized as "image from X
>> > collection"
>> > > or "Files donated by X", i.e. essentially uncategorized by content.
>> > >
>> > > This obviously greatly reduces the likelihood of discoverability and
>> > > re-use.  But it's hard to find such files, and the massive categories
>> > > (thousands of files, often) don't make organizing the work easy.
>> > >
>> > > I'm think of a gamified interface -- à la Wikidata Game -- that would
>> > let a
>> > > volunteer (after OAuth identification) pick a category (from a pre-fed
>> > list
>> > > of massive categories of donated files) and show one photo from the
>> > > category that has only that category listed (i.e. has no
>> categorization
>> > by
>> > > content), and let the volunteer type (with auto-complete, like HotCat)
>> > some
>> > > appropriate categories and hit Save, and the categories would be
>> added,
>> > and
>> > > the next file shown.
>> > >
>> > > (Optionally, a second layer of verification could be added, where
>> > > volunteers would [also] be invited to vet or change previous
>> volunteers'
>> > > categorization, and actual change to categories on Commons would only
>> > take
>> > > place after 2 (or N) users approved the categories.  I'm not at all
>> sure
>> > > this is needed, and I think we can start without it and see how it
>> goes.)
>> > >
>> > > So, does something like this exist?  If not, who wants to build it? :)
>> > >
>> > >A.
>> > > ___
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Classification/Categorization games for Commons?

[Alex Stinson]

Hey Yaroslav and Asaf,

From the SDC team perspective, I think it would definitely be preferable
for such a tool to include/anticipate the need for structured data on
Commons, or default to filling in Depicts and/or other structure data
fields. Building more tools which generate categories by default would
definitely be a bit counter-productive (and hard on multilingual
contributors). One option, might be designing such a tool to work with
Artworks and other unique objects (like photographs) already on Wikidata,
and then have it prepared to hook up with the  Wikibase/Structured data
features that will go live on Commons in the fall.

Cheers,

Alex



On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Absolutely; I wanted to know if such a tool perhaps already exists.  If one
> does not, then definitely, if we develop a tool, it should look to the
> future and be based on Structured Data on Commons already!
>
>A.
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 8:54 PM Yaroslav Blanter  wrote:
>
> > I think it is pretty similar to what we have built in Wikidata, Do
> > Structured Commons folks want to comment?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Yaroslav
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Asaf Bartov 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, folks.
> > >
> > > It occurs to me there are tens or hundreds of thousands of images
> donated
> > > en masse (GLAM etc.) that are only categorized as "image from X
> > collection"
> > > or "Files donated by X", i.e. essentially uncategorized by content.
> > >
> > > This obviously greatly reduces the likelihood of discoverability and
> > > re-use.  But it's hard to find such files, and the massive categories
> > > (thousands of files, often) don't make organizing the work easy.
> > >
> > > I'm think of a gamified interface -- à la Wikidata Game -- that would
> > let a
> > > volunteer (after OAuth identification) pick a category (from a pre-fed
> > list
> > > of massive categories of donated files) and show one photo from the
> > > category that has only that category listed (i.e. has no categorization
> > by
> > > content), and let the volunteer type (with auto-complete, like HotCat)
> > some
> > > appropriate categories and hit Save, and the categories would be added,
> > and
> > > the next file shown.
> > >
> > > (Optionally, a second layer of verification could be added, where
> > > volunteers would [also] be invited to vet or change previous
> volunteers'
> > > categorization, and actual change to categories on Commons would only
> > take
> > > place after 2 (or N) users approved the categories.  I'm not at all
> sure
> > > this is needed, and I think we can start without it and see how it
> goes.)
> > >
> > > So, does something like this exist?  If not, who wants to build it? :)
> > >
> > >A.
> > > ___
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Classification/Categorization games for Commons?

[Asaf Bartov]

Absolutely; I wanted to know if such a tool perhaps already exists.  If one
does not, then definitely, if we develop a tool, it should look to the
future and be based on Structured Data on Commons already!

   A.

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 8:54 PM Yaroslav Blanter  wrote:

> I think it is pretty similar to what we have built in Wikidata, Do
> Structured Commons folks want to comment?
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>
> > Hi, folks.
> >
> > It occurs to me there are tens or hundreds of thousands of images donated
> > en masse (GLAM etc.) that are only categorized as "image from X
> collection"
> > or "Files donated by X", i.e. essentially uncategorized by content.
> >
> > This obviously greatly reduces the likelihood of discoverability and
> > re-use.  But it's hard to find such files, and the massive categories
> > (thousands of files, often) don't make organizing the work easy.
> >
> > I'm think of a gamified interface -- à la Wikidata Game -- that would
> let a
> > volunteer (after OAuth identification) pick a category (from a pre-fed
> list
> > of massive categories of donated files) and show one photo from the
> > category that has only that category listed (i.e. has no categorization
> by
> > content), and let the volunteer type (with auto-complete, like HotCat)
> some
> > appropriate categories and hit Save, and the categories would be added,
> and
> > the next file shown.
> >
> > (Optionally, a second layer of verification could be added, where
> > volunteers would [also] be invited to vet or change previous volunteers'
> > categorization, and actual change to categories on Commons would only
> take
> > place after 2 (or N) users approved the categories.  I'm not at all sure
> > this is needed, and I think we can start without it and see how it goes.)
> >
> > So, does something like this exist?  If not, who wants to build it? :)
> >
> >A.
> > ___
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Classification/Categorization games for Commons?

[Yaroslav Blanter]

I think it is pretty similar to what we have built in Wikidata, Do
Structured Commons folks want to comment?

Cheers
Yaroslav

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 7:47 PM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Hi, folks.
>
> It occurs to me there are tens or hundreds of thousands of images donated
> en masse (GLAM etc.) that are only categorized as "image from X collection"
> or "Files donated by X", i.e. essentially uncategorized by content.
>
> This obviously greatly reduces the likelihood of discoverability and
> re-use.  But it's hard to find such files, and the massive categories
> (thousands of files, often) don't make organizing the work easy.
>
> I'm think of a gamified interface -- à la Wikidata Game -- that would let a
> volunteer (after OAuth identification) pick a category (from a pre-fed list
> of massive categories of donated files) and show one photo from the
> category that has only that category listed (i.e. has no categorization by
> content), and let the volunteer type (with auto-complete, like HotCat) some
> appropriate categories and hit Save, and the categories would be added, and
> the next file shown.
>
> (Optionally, a second layer of verification could be added, where
> volunteers would [also] be invited to vet or change previous volunteers'
> categorization, and actual change to categories on Commons would only take
> place after 2 (or N) users approved the categories.  I'm not at all sure
> this is needed, and I think we can start without it and see how it goes.)
>
> So, does something like this exist?  If not, who wants to build it? :)
>
>A.
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[Wikimedia-l] Classification/Categorization games for Commons?

[Asaf Bartov]

Hi, folks.

It occurs to me there are tens or hundreds of thousands of images donated
en masse (GLAM etc.) that are only categorized as "image from X collection"
or "Files donated by X", i.e. essentially uncategorized by content.

This obviously greatly reduces the likelihood of discoverability and
re-use.  But it's hard to find such files, and the massive categories
(thousands of files, often) don't make organizing the work easy.

I'm think of a gamified interface -- à la Wikidata Game -- that would let a
volunteer (after OAuth identification) pick a category (from a pre-fed list
of massive categories of donated files) and show one photo from the
category that has only that category listed (i.e. has no categorization by
content), and let the volunteer type (with auto-complete, like HotCat) some
appropriate categories and hit Save, and the categories would be added, and
the next file shown.

(Optionally, a second layer of verification could be added, where
volunteers would [also] be invited to vet or change previous volunteers'
categorization, and actual change to categories on Commons would only take
place after 2 (or N) users approved the categories.  I'm not at all sure
this is needed, and I think we can start without it and see how it goes.)

So, does something like this exist?  If not, who wants to build it? :)

   A.
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