Dear Kaarel & Nicole, It saddens me that in the selection of candidates our digital projects are not directly represented. Where is the representation of volunteers from our digital communities like Commons, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wiktionary...? It is not the same to have members that work in those communities, that to have members chosen by those communities. I acknowledge that it is difficult to bridge the gap between digital communities and real-life ones, but if some effort is not made the only possible outcome is even more alienation. I hope that the Working Groups do not repeat the errors of WMFR outlined in the governance review by having discussions away from the volunteer community.
You say that "the Working Groups don't yet have the level of diversity that represents the movement", but you don't mention *which* diversity aspect is lacking. Is diversity only considered as region, gender, race, organization, "new voices"? Or can we have a more inclusive definition of diversity by considering also "diversity of thought"? How can we get to know what the participants think of their assigned area? Also with so many "exceptional applications" that you said you have received, it is unclear to me why volunteers represent only 30% of the total (40% staff members, 30% board members). Isn't the wikimedia movement a volunteer-based movement? If so, why to give so much weight to staff members? Cheers, Micru On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:12 AM Nicole Ebber <nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > Thanks to everyone who applied to participate in a Working Group and > for your interest and engagement in the process! We received a lot of > exceptional applications and we are excited to announce the first > round of selected members for our nine Working Groups. You can find > all names on the respective Working Group pages on Meta.[1] > > Even though we received many exceptional applications, the Working > Groups don't yet have the level of diversity that represents the > movement and brings in new voices. This means we will increase our > outreach efforts and accept additional applications. > > We will use Wikimania to reach out existing contacts from previous > processes, and will identify more connectors and multipliers to get > their expertise and support. This also means that the first task for > the selected members is to map the gaps and increase the diversity of > their Working Groups in consultation with the Core Team. After that, > we will also start bringing in external expertise to the groups. > > == Wikimania Strategy Space == > At Wikimania, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Core Team will be > hosting Strategy Sessions, and a Strategy Bar, to provide an update, > seek your feedback, harvest your expertise, and respond to all > questions as the Movement Strategy advances. Please check the detailed > schedule on-wiki.[2] All are welcome at these sessions, and we look > forward to seeing many of you. > > Following Wikimania, we will provide an update on progress to date, as > well as information on the process and timelines for collectively > advancing the Movement Strategy. We are thankful for your ongoing > contribution to the Movement Strategy process and look forward to > hearing from you during future consultations. > > In the name of the Core Team > Kaarel & Nicole > > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups#Thematic_areas > [2] https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_2030 > > > -- > Nicole Ebber > Adviser International Relations > Program Manager Wikimedia Movement Strategy > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > http://wikimedia.de > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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> -- Etiamsi omnes, ego non _______________________________________________ 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>
