Oh, it's this discussion again. This is my favorite discussion. Movement roles discussion is how we got the UK chapter recognized as a charity capable of political lobbying. That was satisfying.
Maybe we can get the letter to donors back. https://twitter.com/SuePGardner/status/998302792946102273 Don't forget to edit the matrix: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles/Roles_Matrix#Roles_matrix On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 4:23 AM, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: > to quote > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups > > *During the Wikimedia Conference 2018, the Working Group “Roles & > Responsibilities” proposed “Power Dynamics” as a title instead. As power is > only a part of the broader conversation around global, regional and local > responsibilities and roles, and we wouldn’t want the group to only > concentrate on this aspect, the Strategy Core Team decided to keep the > original name. * > > To me power dynamics gives a poor interpretation and sets up the work group > to focus as individual hierarchical building, rather than equity and > distribution of responsibilities > > On 7 June 2018 at 17:47, Peter Southwood <peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> > wrote: > >> Roles and responsibilities may be a better term, It has a meaning that is >> more likely to be understood than "power dynamics", which frankly sounds >> more like rocket science than what people in a group are expected to do. >> Cheers, >> Peter >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On >> Behalf Of Natacha Rault >> Sent: 07 June 2018 06:08 >> To: Wikimedia Mailing List >> Cc: Staff (All); EDs mailing list >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update #4: Upcoming call for participation in >> Working Groups >> >> 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 <kma...@wikimedia.org> 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 >> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_ >> 2018/Documentation/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 >> > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ >> movement/2018-20/Working_Groups#What_are_the_key_thematic_areas%3F> >> > [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 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> http://www.avg.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> >> > > > > -- > GN. > Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page > WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra > Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com > Out now: A.Gaynor, P. 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