Hi Nichole, I support getting back to a monthly newsletter is great - a lot is happening worldwide and a quarterly newspaper means is dense and too restricting.
I do *not* support the idea of limiting the articles to only 4, nor the idea of working only around one selected theme. We are a volunteer-based movement, not a professional education journal. Volunteers should be able to share their news from around the world whenever *they* want to and as things happen. They should not be limited by number of submissions or a theme. In other words, we should make it easier on them, not harder. That said, I believe your idea of thematic news could be incorporated in a less restrictive way. One way of going about it is having a featured spot in the newspaper, dedicated to thematic headlines or anything else the community / editors think should be featured there. But, that's just me. :) I would love to hear what other members of this group think about it. Cheers, Shani. On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 6:07 AM, Nichole Saad <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear WEP community, > > I know we've been introduced before, but let me reintroduce myself and > some exciting new things I'll be working with you on. I'm Nichole, the new > addition to the education team, and I'll be working on communications and > as the regional focal point for Asia. > > I've been working on a plan to improve communication about the education > program, including thematic elements, and along with Tighe and Vahid have > concluded that the best place to start is with the newsletter. I know some > of you were volunteering to produce the newsletter before, and I would love > to hear from you if you have worked on this or are interested in starting. > > We've already got some great submissions in the Newsroom. Thanks to > everyone who submitted their stories--The December Newsletter will go out > by the end of the month :) > > Now for news about news! > > While we've currently been producing quarterly newsletters, I'm proposing > to go back to monthly newsletters but smaller in scale with only 4 features > per newsletter (the learning quarterly > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Newsletter/2016/3/10>offers > a good example). Each issue would be thematic, with a preceding community > conversation around the theme taking place on Twitter, Facebook, the > mailing list, and on the Wiki and synthesized as one of the features for > the newsletter. The other features will be submissions from the community > on project highlights or op-eds relevant to the theme. > > I would really like to get this off the ground for January, and that will > require your cooperation! How can you get involved? > > 1. Submit your ideas for newsletter themes. Submissions needed by 12/24 on > the Newsroom page, under the heading "Theme Ideas" > > To get the ball rolling here are a few general ideas: > > > - Teacher Training/Professional Development > - K-12 > - Higher Education > - Politics in Wikipedia Education Projects > - Regional themes > - Themes on specific Wiki projects > > 2. Once the theme is announced participate in the conversation! > > 3. Volunteer to help produce the newsletter. We're going to need a team to > help with: > > - content curating > - revising the newsletter pages on the wiki > - formatting and publishing the monthly newsletters > - distribution/promotion on various channels > > > Any questions can be directed to me [email protected]. > > I'm looking forward to working closely with you all! > > > > best regards, > > Nichole > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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