Thanks Carlos - that seems a very clear explanation of where we are to me. Regards,
Chris On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Carlos M. Colina <ma...@wikimedia.org.ve> wrote: > Hello Rogol, > > Let me try to clarify that. When the AffCom discussed with the board > liaisons whether we needed a new resolution at our July meeting, we agreed > that the existing resolution [1] is already sufficient as we're not > stepping outside of the existing framework. These criteria are a first > attempt to communicate more clearly what the AffCom expects in terms of > "demonstrable programmatic results" in order for an application to be > supported and passed on to the board for approval. Still, the idea is to > have the AffCom work on a coordinated consultation on these criteria and > other aspects of affiliate strategy in the upcoming movement consultations > since at the end, all are related. > > So instead of keeping Chapter and ThOrg applications on hold for longer, > and because it's been a long while already, the Board has approved the > Affiliations Committee to accept applications under the potential new > criteria to test them and to remove the block on applications immediately > -and it was about time 8-) Based on this future consultation, the > proposed new criteria will probably be revised and refined to reflect the > feedback received from the community before putting them as "official" for > all Chapters and ThOrgs. > > Additionally, and trying to make the discussion clearer: AFAIK the > discussion is an essential part of the movement, but at this time, this is > not a coordinated consultation because again, it will be part of a larger > and coordinated movement consultation. In order that the AffCom can focus > on reopening Chapter and ThOrg applications, everyone is welcome to share > valuable input on the talk pages [2] [3] on Meta, as it will be better > organized and useful for reference when the coordinates consultation starts > in a few months from now. In the meantime, we can answer questions here, > or there, but still, it would be better done on the talk pages for > transparency, clarity and easiness of interaction, since not everyone is on > the Wikimedia-l, Affiliates-l or Chapters-L lists. > > Thanks, > M. > > > [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2013-11#Movement_roles > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/Talk:Affiliations_Committee/ > Thematic_Organisation_Summary_Matrix > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Affiliations_ > Committee/Chapter_Summary_Matrix > > El 24/08/2016 a las 04:17 p.m., Rogol Domedonfors escribió: > > The pronouncement of Fri Aug 19 12:36:01 UTC 2016 states "the Board of > Trustees has instructed the Affiliations Committee to provisionally use > these three new criteria for all new applicants" and as a consequence the > Board Chair has stated, on Tue Aug 23 06:46:47 UTC 2016, "This is not a > discussion". In the interests of transparency, please could the Community > be informed of the text of the Board Resolution that laid down these > criteria? > > The Board chair has also informed us (on Tue Aug 23 12:34:37 UTC 2016) that > *"*Everything is a discussion" and "our main goal for this year is to make > sure we finally have a comprehensive movement strategy". This is of course > excellent news, especially since dialogue between the Board and the > Community on these issues has been conspicuous by its absence > [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Archives/2016#Deep_strategy]. > Exactly how and where will this engagement take place? > Perhapshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Strategy_Alpha might be > a > place to plan the mechanisms for that engagement? > > "Rogol Domedonfors" > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > <wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > -- > "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua > junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain." > Carlos M. Colina > Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve > <http://wikimedia.org.ve> > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee > Phone: +972-52-4869915 > Twitter: @maor_x > > El logotipo y el nombre de Wikimedia, Wikimedia Venezuela > <http://wikimedia.org.ve/wiki/P%C3%A1gina_principal>, Wikipedia, > Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Incubator, Wiktionary y otros proyectos > relacionados <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_Projects> son > marcas registradas usadas bajo permiso expreso de su titular, la Fundación > Wikimedia, Inc. <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>, una organización > sin fines de lucro. Otros nombres y marcas pertenecen a sus respectivos > propietarios. > > Asociación Civil Wikimedia Venezuela (Wikimedia Venezuela) | RIF.: > J-40129321-2 | Los Teques, Estado Miranda. 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