I agree with Lane. Setting higher criteria is all well and good -- as is expecting boards to be cognizant of these expectations.
But we are dealing with volunteers doing a significant amount of free digital labor and organizing. To set a bar super high in that structure is a lot to expect of people contributing their T&E. Both Lane and I are part of Wikimedia NYC, a very active chapter that somehow (I believe) manages to meet these criteria amidst almost exponential growth of activities. The administrative burden on both our leadership and membership is heavy, and I am grateful for everyone's pitch in / can do approach and willingness to contribute. And no, the answer is not to do less events and have less support to institutional partners and various initiatives. That's not practical or good for anyone. But it brings to mind a recent trip I made where I visited the Wikimedia Deutschland offices. Where there was a whole room (!) of 6 fully set up computers with I am assuming the same number of staff for Event planning alone -- all which I assume are paid positions. That really made me pause in shock. And feel like a bit of an idiot that our chapter does so much without that type of structural support. So while I understand the idea of these criteria, to have the balance beam heavily weighted on requirements without attendant support is not a workable model. - Erika Secretary, Wikimedia NYC -- but not speaking on behalf of anyone but myself *Erika Herzog* Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle>* On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Romaine Wiki <romaine.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > The criteria are for those groups who want to apply for an official status > at WMF. In general I think all chapters should try to meet with these > criteria. If a chapter is not able to structurally full-fill these > criteria, a different board is the solution to revive the chapter. > > I personally think the criteria are a balanced set of guidelines to be > followed. > > It is important for the movement to share the experiences and the results. > Much more should be shared through best practices, how to's, reports and > newsletters, like https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter for > collaborations with various partner organisations. > > Romaine > > 2016-08-19 16:51 GMT+02:00 Lane Rasberry <l...@bluerasberry.com>: > > > Hello, > > > > Do these criteria apply to existing groups? Maybe I misunderstand, but > > from this proposal it sounds like new groups will be held to > significantly > > higher standards than any currently recognized organizations. Is that the > > case? > > > > yours, > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 8:36 AM, Carlos M. Colina < > ma...@wikimedia.org.ve> > > wrote: > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, I would like to present some > >> changes to the current chapter and thematic organisation criteria, > which we > >> will begin piloting as we officially reopen applications for chapter and > >> thematic organization status. Until now, the criteria had not clearly > >> defined what constitutes sufficient programmatic activity to justify > >> chapter or thematic organisation status. To address this issue, we have > set > >> out three new criteria: > >> > >> 1. Diversity of Activities: Chapters and thematic organisations are > >> expected to plan and conduct a variety of different programs and > events; to > >> balance online and offline projects; to strive for continuous > activity; and > >> to conduct programs and events at least once every two months. > >> 2. Planning and Evaluation: Chapters and thematic organisations are > >> expected to set specific goals and targets for programs, projects, > and > >> events before executing them; to measure the results of programs, > projects, > >> and events against those targets; and to report on those results to > the > >> Wikimedia Foundation and the wider Wikimedia movement. > >> 3. External Partnerships: Chapters and thematic organisations are > >> expected to engage in programmatic partnerships with external groups > and > >> organizations (for example, cultural, academic, or government > institutions, > >> and so on) to promote the Wikimedia movement and to add and improve > content > >> on Wikimedia projects. > >> > >> In order to officially reopen the chapter and thematic organization > >> recognition process, the Board of Trustees has instructed the > Affiliations > >> Committee to provisionally use these three new criteria for all new > >> applicants. In addition, potential chapters and thematic organisations > will > >> continue to be assessed against the existing legal, governance, and > >> viability criteria; more details, including the benefits and > limitations of > >> these affiliation models, are available on Meta.[1] [2] > >> > >> Please note that the use of these three new criteria is a pilot; there > >> will be opportunities to share feedback about the criteria, as well as > >> other ways to help define the chapter and thematic organisation > affiliate > >> models, during the upcoming strategy consultation. The Affiliations > >> Committee and the Board of Trustees will continue to evaluate results > and > >> feedback during the initial pilot period and consider potential > revisions > >> to the criteria before they are finalized. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> M. > >> > >> 1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Chapt > >> er_Summary_Matrix > >> 2: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Thema > >> tic_Organisation_Summary_Matrix > >> -- > >> "*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. Venezuela > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Affiliates mailing list > >> affilia...@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Lane Rasberry > > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > > 206.801.0814 > > l...@bluerasberry.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Affiliates mailing list > > affilia...@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 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>
