[Wikimedia-l] Follow-up discussions and Global Conversations reminder

[Kaarel Vaidla]

Hi everyone,

This is a reminder that on January 23 and 24, we will be having a Global
Conversation on the Interim Global Council. Please register

if you haven’t done so already [1]. Registration closes on Jan 22.
Interpretation will be provided in multiple languages and support is
available to overcome barriers to online participation, such as data
packages or childcare reimbursement.

The Interim Global Council

The Interim Global Council (IGC)

[2] is an initiative from Movement Strategy recommendation 4. It is
described as a temporary committee to oversee the development of a Movement
Charter and the establishment of a Global Council. Some of the key actions
and attributes were already discussed in December. Please see the
discussion space

[3] — including text and video summaries.

On January 23 and 24, we will be building on the existing discussions to
focus on (1) the structure of the council; (2) representation; and (3) the
selection process. It is important that communities from across the
movement take part in the discussions and help shape the way forward for
distributed leadership and inclusive decision-making.

Other priority initiatives

There will be follow-up discussions for the other priority initiatives as
well. You can see the list on the central page for the Global Conversations
.
[4] We will update the page with links to the calls. Please note that the
times may change as we receive feedback and adapt.



   -

   Improving user experience and resources for newcomer: Friday January 22,
   15:00 to 17:00 UTC
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   Funding for underrepresented communities: Friday Jan. 29
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   Regional and thematic hubs: Saturday Jan. 30
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   High-impact topics and content gaps: Friday Feb. 5
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   Skills and leadership development: Saturday Feb. 6
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   Alignment with environmental sustainability initiatives: Sunday Feb. 7


Priority initiatives were identified by communities and affiliates

[5] and discussed globally for movement-wide collaboration in November

[6]. Please indicate on Meta if you are interested to take part in any of
the follow-up discussions.

We look forward to continued conversations and movement-wide collaboration
as we put movement strategy into service of our mission. Please don’t
hesitate to reach out to the Movement Strategy Support Team if you have any
questions or comments .

On behalf of the Support Team,

Kaarel

[1] IGC registration form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxy7RhHBXSx4wZsuNVqrhQVO_ONpLpkKOVvWBBHlUwn0lU8A/viewform


[2] Overview of the Interim Global Council:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Interim_Global_Council


[3] Cluster A discussion space on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Discuss/Cluster_A


[4] Central page for the global conversations and follow-up discussions:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Global_Conversations


[5] Priorities from communities and affiliates:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Prioritization_events/Table

[6] Report from the November Global Conversations:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Global_Conversations/Report
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Kaarel Vaidla (he/him)

Movement Strategy 

Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] January 20, 2021: Macro-level organizational analysis of peer production communities

[Martin Gerlach]

Hi all,
The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, January 20,
at 9:30 AM PST/17:30 UTC.  In this month’s showcase, Aaron Shaw will
present ongoing research illustrating the values and challenges of
macro-level organizational analysis of peer production and social computing
systems. Specifically, he will give an overview on different studies
showing convergent trends of formalization in large Wikipedias; divergent
editor engagement in small Wikipedias; and commensal patterns of ecological
interdependence across communities.

Youtube stream: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujd8S82YfmA

As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. You
can also watch our past research showcases here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase



*Speaker*:
Aaron Shaw (Northwestern University)
*Title*: The importance of thinking big. Convergence, divergence, and
interdependence among wikis and peer production communities
*Abstract*: Designing and governing collaborative, peer production
communities can benefit from large-scale, macro-level thinking that focuses
on communities as the units of analysis. For example, understanding how and
why seemingly comparable communities may follow convergent, divergent,
and/or interdependent patterns of behavior can inform more parsimonious
theoretical and empirical insights as well as more effective strategic
action. This talk gives a sneak peak at research-in-progress by members of
the Community Data Science Collective  to
illustrate these points. In particular, I focus on studies of (1)
convergent trends of formalization in several large Wikipedias; (2)
divergent editor engagement among three small Wikipedias; and (3) commensal
patterns of ecological interdependence across communities. Together, the
studies underscore the value and challenges of macro-level organizational
analysis of peer production and social computing systems.


-- 
Martin Gerlach
Research Scientist
Wikimedia Foundation
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