This is great Maria!

Might be helpful to put a button or link on the home page of Meta so that
it can be found easily by most people, even if they forget what it is
called ;-)

warmest
Isla

On 10 February 2017 at 19:21, Maria Cruz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
> I'm not sure I understand your question. What do you mean by projects? The
> Wikimedia projects? The projects addressing the gender gap?
>
> Please let me know so I can best respond.
>
> Cheers,
>
> María
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 2:43 PM Peter Southwood <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Are there easy to find links from the projects?
>>
>> P
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Gendergap [mailto:[email protected]] *On
>> Behalf Of *Maria Cruz
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 24 January 2017 5:56 PM
>> *To:* Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the
>> participation of women within Wikimedia projects.
>> *Subject:* [Gendergap] Introducing the Wikimedia Resource Center
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As we have stated in our annual plan [1], “currently, community members
>> must search many pages and places to stay informed about Foundation
>> activities and resources.” We have worked in the past two quarters to
>> create a single point of entry. We call it the Wikimedia Resource Center,
>> and its alpha version is now live on Meta Wikimedia:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Resource_Center
>>
>>
>>
>> As the movement expands to include more affiliates and more programmatic
>> activities every year, newer Wikimedians are faced with lack of experience
>> in the movement and its various channels for requesting support. In order
>> to expand Wikimedia communities’ efforts, we want to provide easy access to
>> resources that support their very important work. The [[m:Wikimedia
>> Resource Center]] is a hub designed in response to this issue: it is
>> intended to evolve into a single point of entry for Wikimedians all over
>> the world to the variety of resources and types of staff support they may
>> need to develop new initiatives or also expand existing ones.
>>
>>
>>
>> This version of the Resource Center is only the beginning. For phase two
>> of the project, we will enable volunteer Wikimedians to add resources
>> developed by other individuals or organizations to the Wikimedia Resource
>> Center, and in phase three, the Wikimedia Resource Center will include
>> features to better connect Wikimedians to other Wikimedians that can
>> support them.
>>
>>
>>
>> We want to hear what you think about this prototype and our plans for it!
>> If you have comments about the Wikimedia Resource Center, you can submit
>> your feedback publicly, on the Talk Page, or privately, via a survey hosted
>> by a third party, that shouldn’t take you more than 4 minutes to complete.
>> A feedback button is on the top right corner on every page of the hub.
>>
>>
>>
>> Looking forward to more collaborations!
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>>
>> María
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
>> Annual_Plan/2016-2017/draft#Program_3:_Develop_capacity-
>> building_tools_and_resources_for_core_Wikimedia_programs
>>
>> --
>>
>> María Cruz
>>
>> Communications and Outreach Project Manager, Community Engagement
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