Sounds great, Pine! Thank you so muhc for offering your help. Yes, community-led is the approach we were thinking of. I'll send a special email about this in a few weeks.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:43 AM Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, I'm in favor of a significant update of the Meta main page. The WRC > link could be one small part of that update. The initiative would need to > be led by the community (not WMF), and it could involve a lot of > complicated consultation and design work. If someone wants to lead that > project I'd be happy to have a conversation about this during summer. > > Pine > > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Maria Cruz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Isla, Peter, > thank you for your feedback! I have had similar comments on the talk page > of WRC [1], and I am looking into including a link to the WRC on Meta home > page or on the sidebar, even. This will require a conversation with > community members; I will reach out to you again when we actually start > working on that (maybe around July this year), in case you would like to > and are able to support. > > Best, > > María > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Resource_Center#Link_to_the_Wikimedia_Resource_Center_from_the_Meta_mainpage > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 7:07 PM Peter Southwood < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Maria, I was referring to the Wikimedia projects, but it really applies > anywhere that someone may need the information. > > It makes a lot of difference if it is easy to find for anyone who may need > it. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > *From:* Gendergap [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Maria Cruz > *Sent:* Friday, 10 February 2017 8:21 PM > > > *To:* Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects. > > *Subject:* Re: [Gendergap] Introducing the Wikimedia Resource Center > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > -- > > María Cruz > > Communications and Outreach Project Manager, Community Engagement > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > -- > María Cruz > Communications and Outreach Project Manager, Community Engagement > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- María Cruz Communications and Outreach Project Manager, Community Engagement
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