Thanks for the feedback, Gnangarra. The applications submitted during this time would be treated as EOI (Expression of Interest) – so after the conversation ends, people do not need to resubmit again. Applicants will receive a message about the delay, and that there might be potential changes to the process.
As usually a bigger influx of submissions follows big community events, and as there are no regional big events during this period of time, hopefully there would not be a lot of applications affected. And if the workload would allow it (the discussion might be very active or not really; there may be few applications), some work would be done even in the background with some clearer cases (with a geographic scope, rather than thematic). Best regards, antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in advance!* On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 11:47 AM Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kaya > > I like the concept of adjusting requirements and processes to improve the > creation of Affiliates. I am concerned that by placing the opportunity on > hold while discussions take place, we know from experience that such > reviews tend to drag out a lot longer than planned. > > Just stopping opportunities like this are counter productive to expanding > the community, surely there must be away for new groups to at least submit > an EOI to be recognised and get support they need as other WMF functional > opportunities like funding cycles wont wait for this part. > > > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 23:57, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I would like to share with you the outputs of the Wikimedia Foundation >> Affiliate Strategy process [1], and to invite you to give feedback on the >> proposed changes to requirements for all affiliates & to user groups >> recognition process (more below). >> >> The 2017 Strategic Direction >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017> says >> that we, the Wikimedia Movement, would build “the services and structures >> that enable others to … advance our world by collecting knowledge that >> fully represents human diversity” while carrying on “our mission of >> developing content”. As Wikimedia affiliates are a key and integral part of >> the Wikimedia movement and have knowledge and expertise to share, the >> movement’s success depends greatly on affiliates as they help people join >> us in doing mission-aligned work. The Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates >> Strategy report [2] identified a need to streamline the role of the >> Affiliations Committee (AffCom) on recognition of Wikimedia Affiliates, and >> identified issues with the current state of the process. >> >> After conversations with AffCom, the Board liaisons to AffCom identified >> two areas for improvement. These areas are about the relevant work and >> mandate of the Board related to affiliate recognition: >> >> 1) requirements for affiliates; and >> >> 2) improving the workflows around the process for the creation and >> recognition of a user group. >> >> The proposal on Meta [3] is suggesting to change the requirements for all >> existing Wikimedia affiliates, not just the legal entities. There are ten >> proposed criteria for a healthy affiliate. Examples include focusing on >> continuity by being an active group and welcoming new users, having good >> governance, and actively delivering on mission goals. Compliance with these >> requirements would be self-reported by the affiliates. The Board liaisons >> will work with the Affiliations Committee to publish a resolution outlining >> how affiliates would be expected to fulfill these requirements to remain in >> good standing. >> >> Throughout the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliate Strategy process, there >> was also feedback about user groups. Initially, user groups were meant as a >> first step toward creating chapters or thematic organizations. Over the >> years, user groups have evolved and there are now legally incorporated user >> groups, user groups with boards, etc. Getting started does need to be easy, >> but also needs to make sense, and so there is a proposal for changes to the >> current workflow. The recommendations [3] include an outline of the >> sequential steps of a revised process. >> >> >> The feedback can be given from today up till March 20, 2024 (Anywhere on >> Earth). Hopefully a fairly long feedback period will allow affiliates to >> consult with their membership, thinking it through practically. >> >> To provide your feedback, please review the page here, on Meta, [3] and >> leave comments on the talk page. Alternatively, you can join an open call >> (February >> 14 and 28 at 14:00 to 14:30 UTC) or request a conversation as a part of >> Talking:2024 >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/Talking:_2024>. >> You can use the Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs >> Committee/Talking: 2024#Let’s Talk|Let’s Talk >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/Talking:_2024#Let's_talk> >> feature to sign up for a time to speak with me and other trustees about >> this conversation or any other topic regarding the Wikimedia Foundation >> Board, Movement Strategy, and more. >> >> Note: New user group applications will be placed on hold for the duration >> of this conversation – but the ones received before will be reviewed >> according to the current process. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Nat & Mike & Lorenzo >> Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Liaisons to the Affiliations >> Committee >> >> [1] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy >> >> [2] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy:_Summary_and_Report >> >> >> [3] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy/Review >> >> Best regards, >> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv >> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees >> >> *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal >> working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during >> weekend. 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