I'm not sure how I missed that strongarm-statement ("the endorsement is
also a necessary step in order to participate in phase 2 discussions"). I'm
confident that this is a typo of a kind. It does not match with how I know
the people in charge of this process.Lodewijk On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26 Oct 2017 09:00, "Nicole Ebber" <nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > > Dear Wikimedians, > > Today marks the final milestone of phase 1 of our movement strategy > process. Over the past eight months, many of you, of your peers, > colleagues, partners and friends have contributed to an endeavor that > resulted in the new Strategic Direction of the Wikimedia movement. > > This direction provides us with an answer to the question: What do we > want to build and achieve as a movement over the next 10–15 years: By > 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the > ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be > able to join us.[1] > > On behalf of the strategy team, it’s with great pleasure that I invite > you today to declare your intent to work together towards this future. > Organized groups as well as individual contributors of our movement > are invited to endorse the Strategic Direction by adding their > signature to the endorsement page on Meta-Wiki. You will find all > necessary instructions there.[2] > > By endorsing the Strategic Direction, you are not necessarily agreeing > with every single outcome of the first phase. Endorsing means that you > commit to participating in the next phase of this discussion in good > faith and to help define, by Wikimania 2018, how to come to an > agreement on roles, responsibilities, and organizational strategies > that enable us to implement that future. > > In addition to signing the meta page, you are all welcome to use the > #wikimedia2030 hashtag on social media to celebrate and share your > excitement with the world and encourage other Wikimedians to show > their support, too. > > Ideally, please leave questions or remarks on the talk page, to make > it easier to follow-up in a structured way. > > Thank you! > Nicole > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ > movement/2017/Direction#Our_strategic_direction:_Service_and_Equity > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ > movement/2017/Direction/Endorsement > > -- > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > > > Could Nicole, or someone else who is acting for the WMF, rephrase "Please > note that the strategic direction will not be renegotiated, and *the > endorsement is also a necessary step in order to participate in phase 2 > discussions*." This needs clarification to ensure that the same values of > transparency and openness declared in the Movement Strategy applies to its > own process. > > As currently worded, no afflilate that is committed to openness should > endorse the document, as it appears to create a closed club that > deliberately excludes all possible critical future voices. Whatever that > is, it is not the Wikimedia Community. > > Thanks > Fae > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>
