[Wikimedia-l] Re: Peer Support Networks in the Wikimedia Movement

[Bukola James]

I'm interested.

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 10:54 AM Christel Steigenberger <
csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> another reminder about the next upcoming session, which will happen on
>
> 15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
>
> 22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
>
>
> Please let us know if you are available to participate in one of those
> meetings listed above and we will send out calendar invites to you. If
> you are interested, but are unavailable in  the time slots listed above,
> let us know and we will look for ways to connect.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christel
>
>
> Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
>
> Senior Trust and Safety Specialist
>
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 9:47 AM Christel Steigenberger <
> csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> just a quick reminder that the first of these sessions will be happening
>> tomorrow - if you are interested in joining this or one of the next
>> sessions, please message me and you will be invited!
>>
>> looking forward to hearing from you,
>> Christel
>>
>> Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
>>
>> Senior Trust and Safety Specialist
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation 
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 9:59 AM Christel Steigenberger <
>> csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> We are writing to invite you to take part in a new project that the
>>> Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety Team is creating. This project aims to
>>> maintain and expand peer-support networks within the Wikimedia communities,
>>> improve the working atmosphere on our projects, and aid  in the fight
>>> against harassment.
>>>
>>> In the Foundation, we believe that your participation and opinion is
>>> important as it will enable us to gain diverse perspectives and new
>>> information.This Peer Support Project endeavors to connect volunteers in a
>>> way where they can support each other, and your knowledge, skills and
>>> experience would be highly appreciated. For more information on the
>>> project, please visit our Meta page
>>> 
>>> .
>>>
>>> If you'd like to lend your expertise here, we are organizing Focus group
>>> meetings as a next step. In those meetings, we hope to learn about already
>>> existing networks, ideas on how volunteers could connect more and better,
>>> and what support they would need to do so. These meetings will cover three
>>> different time zones, and each meeting will last two hours. Feel free to
>>> sign up for the meeting that is most comfortable for you!
>>>
>>> Focus group meetings will be held on Google Meet on the days and times
>>> listed below:
>>>
>>> 1 October 2021, 7:30 - 9:30 UTC
>>>
>>> 15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
>>>
>>> 22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
>>>
>>> Please feel free to encourage more members of your community or other
>>> wikifriends to reach out to us if you believe that this project will be of
>>> interest to them.
>>>
>>> Do let us know if you are available to participate in one of those
>>> meetings listed above and we will send out calendar invites to you. If
>>> you are interested, but are unavailable in  the time slots listed above,
>>> let us know and we will look for ways to connect.
>>>
>>> Please be aware that Trust & Safety will also reach out soon with a
>>> similar offer to talk about training around the UCoC. Feel free to
>>> concentrate on the issue that is most important to you, but of course you
>>> are also very welcome to take part in both discussions. We are aware that
>>> capacity is limited and will highly value any kind of participation!
>>>
>>> Looking forward to hearing from you,
>>>
>>> Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
>>>
>>> Senior Trust and Safety Specialist
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Foundation 
>>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Movement Charter Drafting Committee elections are now open!

[Kaarel Vaidla]

Dear Todd,

Thank you for the feedback!

While working on the consolidation of the recommendations coming from the
working groups, the writers put a lot of effort into ensuring conciseness
of expression for the final recommendations. In some cases it meant that
the text became so condensed that It can indeed be somewhat difficult to
follow. Regarding the passage related to the Movement Charter, as a
non-native English speaker, I do not feel that this is really the case.

We do not have a different presentation of the recommendation, but have
been using the same text. Perhaps you can point to what exactly is unclear
for you in the respective passage, so it could be clarified:


   - Create a Movement Charter to:
  - Lay the values, principles
  

and
  policy basis for Movement structures, including the roles and
  responsibilities of the Global Council, regional and thematic hubs
  
,
  as well as other existing and new entities and decision-making bodies,
  - Set requirements and criteria for decisions and processes that are
  Movement-wide to be legitimate and trusted by all stakeholders, e.g. for
 - Maintaining safe collaborative environments,
 - Ensuring Movement-wide revenue generation and distribution,
 - Giving a common direction on how resources should be allocated
 with appropriate accountability mechanisms.
 - Defining how communities work together and are accountable to
 each other.
 - Setting expectations for participation and the rights of
 participants.


Wishing you a great continuation to your week!
Kaarel

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 8:50 AM Gerard Meijssen 
wrote:

> Hoi,
> Dear Todd, thank you for the invite to read up on this document full of
> "buzzwords and fury, signifying nothing". I did just that and not find what
> you suggested, what I found is a determined effort to bring more equity and
> diversity (you can look up the words in Wiktionary or any other dictionary
> of your choice). That is a boon for all of us and a necessary departure
> from the predominantly text based, English dominated culture we have.
>
> At this stage children of nine will not use Commons to find pictures for
> their schooling because whatever structure is English and search does not
> translate for "hond", "kat"of "eenhoorn". It is an example of how a more
> diverse and equitable movement leads to different priorities and
> effectively leads to more inclusion. Something we need to firmly support.
> Thanks,
>GerardM
>
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 at 23:48, Todd Allen  wrote:
>
>> So, you linked to this:
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Ensure_Equity_in_Decision-making#Establish_a_common_framework_for_decision-making
>>
>> What does any of that mean? Right now, it is a document full of buzzwords
>> and fury, signifying nothing. Is there a buzzword-to-English translation of
>> it available?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Todd Allen
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 4:02 AM Kaarel Vaidla 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> Voting for the election for the members for the Movement Charter
>>> drafting committee is now open. In total, 70 Wikimedians from around the
>>> world are running for seven seats in these elections.
>>>
>>> As recommended by the Movement Strategy recommendations, the goal is to
>>> assemble a Drafting Committee that will draft a Movement Charter to ensure
>>> a common framework for decision making in the Wikimedia movement
>>> .
>>> The committee will consist of 15 members in total: The online communities
>>> vote for 7 members, 6 members will be selected by the Wikimedia affiliates
>>> through a parallel process, and 2 members will be appointed by the
>>> Wikimedia Foundation. The plan is to assemble the committee by November 1,
>>> 2021.
>>>
>>> Voting is open from October 12 10:00 UTC to October 24, 2021 23:59 (Anywhere
>>> on Earth ).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Learn more about the candidates
>>>
>>> Candidates from across the movement have submitted their candidatures. Learn
>>> about each candidate to inform your vote
>>> .
>>> The statements are translated to a number of languages, so you can have
>>> access to the information in many of your preferred languages.
>>>
>>> Additionally, we are piloting a so-called “Election Compass
>>> ” for this election.
>>> Click yourself through the 

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Board: good-byes and welcomes

[James Heilman]

Thank you

I wish all the best to the oncoming trustees. The Wikimedia Foundation is
in a strong position. We have an excellent CEO in the process of joining, a
strategic direction, and a vibrant community. While there are going to
be challenges in the future I have confidence that the individuals and
processes we have in place will do an excellent job in meeting them. It has
been a pleasure to have been on the board these last number of years and I
look forward to seeing folks around the movement.

James Heilman
MD, CCFP(EM), Wikipedian

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 12:53 PM RhinosF1 -  wrote:

> Thanks to James & Lisa for their service and good luck to the new
> appointees.
>
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 19:45, Nataliia Tymkiv 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> The Board has appointed the three new community-selected trustees, so
>> please join me in welcoming Victoria Doronina [1], Lorenzo Losa, and Rosie
>> Stephenson-Goodknight to the Board of Trustees [2] [3] [4]. I would also
>> like to congratulate Dariusz Jemielniak on his re-appointment to the Board
>> [5]. Their terms will run from October 13, 2021 -- November 1, 2024. You
>> can read more about the new trustees in a blog post here [6].
>>
>>
>> I thank all of those who participated in the most recent selection
>> process -- the candidates
>> ,
>> the election volunteers, the Elections Committee, Foundation staff and the
>> thousands of Wikimedians who voted.
>>
>> I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the trustees who are
>> rotating off the Board, James Heilman and Lisa Lewin. Serving on the
>> Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is deeply fulfilling but it is also
>> challenging. I am appreciative of all of the work James and Lisa have done
>> over the years -- the late nights, the weekends, and countless emails and
>> calls. Thank you for your time and dedication.
>>
>> James, who has served for five years, has been Chair of the Special
>> Projects Committee, and under his lead, for example, the Onboarding plan
>> for Incoming Trustees was developed. He has also been a liaison to the
>> Language and the Affiliations Committees, and has served on other Board
>> committees such as the Audit, Board Governance, Product, and Community
>> Affairs. James’s term ended today, October 13, 2021.
>>
>> Lisa, who has been on the Board for three years, has been Chair of the
>> Board Governance Committee and has also served on the Human Resources
>> Committee. Lisa’s governance experience has helped to strengthen the
>> Board’s operating procedures and she has kept the board focused at the
>> strategic level, under her lead, for example, the board has started to
>> implement recommendations from the Governance Review [7]. Lisa’s term ends
>> November 1, 2021.
>>
>> On a personal note: getting off the Board also means having more free
>> time, and to fight the withdrawal symptoms of volunteering one’s time to
>> Wikimedia (even though mostly to governance work in practice as a trustee),
>> I cannot recommend enough to just embark on a journey of #100wikidays [8]
>> in a wikiproject -- it can definitely help!
>>
>> On a more serious note: many thanks to the Trustees -- incoming,
>> continuing, and outgoing -- for their work and commitment.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
>> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>>
>> [1] Due to some background checks still not being completed, Victoria’s
>> term officially will start in a few days. The Board resolution on
>> appointment will be effective as soon as the full background check is
>> complete and clean. But the end term will be the same for everyone.
>>
>> [2]
>>
>>
>> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Victoria_Doronina_to_the_Board_of_Trustees
>>
>> [3]
>> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Lorenzo_Losa_to_the_Board_of_Trustees
>>
>>
>> [4]
>> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Rosie_Stephenson-Goodknight_to_the_Board_of_Trustees
>>
>>
>> [5]
>> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Dariusz_Jemielniak%E2%80%99s_Appointment_to_the_Board_of_Trustees,_2021
>>
>>
>> [6]
>> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-new-trustees-rosie-stephenson-goodknight-victoria-doronina-dariusz-jemielniak-and-lorenzo-losa/
>>  [7]
>>
>> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Board_Veritas_Governance_Recommendations_Final_Public_Copy.pdf
>>
>>
>> [8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Report of grants given out by the Wikimedia Foundation in 2020−2021

[Guillaume Paumier]

Hi folks,

I wanted to share the link to a report covering grants given out by the
Wikimedia Foundation during the 2020−2021 fiscal year. This is the second
annual grantmaking report, inspired last year by the Fundraising reports
that fundraising teams have prepared for many years.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grantmaking/Reports/2020-2021

I would like to thank Janice Tud for all her help in making sense of our
grants database, and Kassia Echavarri-Queen, Jessica Stephenson, and the
rest of the Community Resources team for contributing additional context
and narrative to the report beyond the charts and numbers.

Questions and comments are welcome, preferably on the talk page. Minor
edits, typo fixes, etc. are appreciated on the page itself.

-- 
Guillaume Paumier
(he/him)
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Board: good-byes and welcomes

[RhinosF1 -]

Thanks to James & Lisa for their service and good luck to the new
appointees.

On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 19:45, Nataliia Tymkiv  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> The Board has appointed the three new community-selected trustees, so
> please join me in welcoming Victoria Doronina [1], Lorenzo Losa, and Rosie
> Stephenson-Goodknight to the Board of Trustees [2] [3] [4]. I would also
> like to congratulate Dariusz Jemielniak on his re-appointment to the Board
> [5]. Their terms will run from October 13, 2021 -- November 1, 2024. You
> can read more about the new trustees in a blog post here [6].
>
>
> I thank all of those who participated in the most recent selection process
> -- the candidates
> ,
> the election volunteers, the Elections Committee, Foundation staff and the
> thousands of Wikimedians who voted.
>
> I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the trustees who are
> rotating off the Board, James Heilman and Lisa Lewin. Serving on the
> Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is deeply fulfilling but it is also
> challenging. I am appreciative of all of the work James and Lisa have done
> over the years -- the late nights, the weekends, and countless emails and
> calls. Thank you for your time and dedication.
>
> James, who has served for five years, has been Chair of the Special
> Projects Committee, and under his lead, for example, the Onboarding plan
> for Incoming Trustees was developed. He has also been a liaison to the
> Language and the Affiliations Committees, and has served on other Board
> committees such as the Audit, Board Governance, Product, and Community
> Affairs. James’s term ended today, October 13, 2021.
>
> Lisa, who has been on the Board for three years, has been Chair of the
> Board Governance Committee and has also served on the Human Resources
> Committee. Lisa’s governance experience has helped to strengthen the
> Board’s operating procedures and she has kept the board focused at the
> strategic level, under her lead, for example, the board has started to
> implement recommendations from the Governance Review [7]. Lisa’s term ends
> November 1, 2021.
>
> On a personal note: getting off the Board also means having more free
> time, and to fight the withdrawal symptoms of volunteering one’s time to
> Wikimedia (even though mostly to governance work in practice as a trustee),
> I cannot recommend enough to just embark on a journey of #100wikidays [8]
> in a wikiproject -- it can definitely help!
>
> On a more serious note: many thanks to the Trustees -- incoming,
> continuing, and outgoing -- for their work and commitment.
>
> Best regards,
> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
> [1] Due to some background checks still not being completed, Victoria’s
> term officially will start in a few days. The Board resolution on
> appointment will be effective as soon as the full background check is
> complete and clean. But the end term will be the same for everyone.
>
> [2]
>
>
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Victoria_Doronina_to_the_Board_of_Trustees
>
> [3]
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Lorenzo_Losa_to_the_Board_of_Trustees
>
>
> [4]
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Rosie_Stephenson-Goodknight_to_the_Board_of_Trustees
>
>
> [5]
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Dariusz_Jemielniak%E2%80%99s_Appointment_to_the_Board_of_Trustees,_2021
>
>
> [6]
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-new-trustees-rosie-stephenson-goodknight-victoria-doronina-dariusz-jemielniak-and-lorenzo-losa/
>  [7]
>
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Board_Veritas_Governance_Recommendations_Final_Public_Copy.pdf
>
>
> [8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board: good-byes and welcomes

[Nataliia Tymkiv]

Dear all,

The Board has appointed the three new community-selected trustees, so
please join me in welcoming Victoria Doronina [1], Lorenzo Losa, and Rosie
Stephenson-Goodknight to the Board of Trustees [2] [3] [4]. I would also
like to congratulate Dariusz Jemielniak on his re-appointment to the Board
[5]. Their terms will run from October 13, 2021 -- November 1, 2024. You
can read more about the new trustees in a blog post here [6].


I thank all of those who participated in the most recent selection process
-- the candidates
,
the election volunteers, the Elections Committee, Foundation staff and the
thousands of Wikimedians who voted.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the trustees who are
rotating off the Board, James Heilman and Lisa Lewin. Serving on the
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is deeply fulfilling but it is also
challenging. I am appreciative of all of the work James and Lisa have done
over the years -- the late nights, the weekends, and countless emails and
calls. Thank you for your time and dedication.

James, who has served for five years, has been Chair of the Special
Projects Committee, and under his lead, for example, the Onboarding plan
for Incoming Trustees was developed. He has also been a liaison to the
Language and the Affiliations Committees, and has served on other Board
committees such as the Audit, Board Governance, Product, and Community
Affairs. James’s term ended today, October 13, 2021.

Lisa, who has been on the Board for three years, has been Chair of the
Board Governance Committee and has also served on the Human Resources
Committee. Lisa’s governance experience has helped to strengthen the
Board’s operating procedures and she has kept the board focused at the
strategic level, under her lead, for example, the board has started to
implement recommendations from the Governance Review [7]. Lisa’s term ends
November 1, 2021.

On a personal note: getting off the Board also means having more free time,
and to fight the withdrawal symptoms of volunteering one’s time to
Wikimedia (even though mostly to governance work in practice as a trustee),
I cannot recommend enough to just embark on a journey of #100wikidays [8]
in a wikiproject -- it can definitely help!

On a more serious note: many thanks to the Trustees -- incoming,
continuing, and outgoing -- for their work and commitment.

Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

[1] Due to some background checks still not being completed, Victoria’s
term officially will start in a few days. The Board resolution on
appointment will be effective as soon as the full background check is
complete and clean. But the end term will be the same for everyone.

[2]

https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Victoria_Doronina_to_the_Board_of_Trustees

[3]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Lorenzo_Losa_to_the_Board_of_Trustees


[4]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Rosie_Stephenson-Goodknight_to_the_Board_of_Trustees


[5]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Dariusz_Jemielniak%E2%80%99s_Appointment_to_the_Board_of_Trustees,_2021


[6]
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-new-trustees-rosie-stephenson-goodknight-victoria-doronina-dariusz-jemielniak-and-lorenzo-losa/
[7]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Board_Veritas_Governance_Recommendations_Final_Public_Copy.pdf


[8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: WMF Product department transition

[Luis Villa]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 12:54 PM Risker  wrote:

> It has been a pleasure to work with someone from Product who "gets" the
> community and has taken feedback from the community seriously and used that
> feedback to improve the experience for editors and readers. This can be a
> big challenge, because I wouldn't exactly say the community is unified in
> what they consider "improvements".
>

I think it's worth saying here that Toby did not innately "get" the
community (and I suspect the next hire won't either!) Instead, like truly
great product people, he had to spend a *lot* of time listening, and
questioning, and wondering, and yes... picking and choosing his battles :)
This listening and learning was, more than anything else, what I'll
remember about working with Toby - he was *constantly* trying to learn and
understand, both from practice (lots of time talking to Wikipedians and
parsing the data) and from theory (I lost count of the number of times he
said "I've been reading this book on [relevant topic] and it made me
think..."

Which is both to say: to everyone on this list, remember that those "big
shoes to fill" were not initially seen as big shoes. As with all the new
wave of leadership in the foundation, patience both ways is a virtue :) and
to Toby specifically: kudos to you, friend, for doing one of the hardest
jobs in the software industry and doing it well (and being a delightful
human being in the meantime even if you spend too much time thinking about
birds). You've left WMF and our software a much better place than you found
it.

Luis

Luis
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Peer Support Networks in the Wikimedia Movement

[Christel Steigenberger]

Hello all,

another reminder about the next upcoming session, which will happen on

15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC

22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC


Please let us know if you are available to participate in one of those
meetings listed above and we will send out calendar invites to you. If you
are interested, but are unavailable in  the time slots listed above, let us
know and we will look for ways to connect.


Best regards,

Christel


Christel Steigenberger (she/her)

Senior Trust and Safety Specialist

Wikimedia Foundation 



On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 9:47 AM Christel Steigenberger <
csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> just a quick reminder that the first of these sessions will be happening
> tomorrow - if you are interested in joining this or one of the next
> sessions, please message me and you will be invited!
>
> looking forward to hearing from you,
> Christel
>
> Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
>
> Senior Trust and Safety Specialist
>
> Wikimedia Foundation 
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 9:59 AM Christel Steigenberger <
> csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We are writing to invite you to take part in a new project that the
>> Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety Team is creating. This project aims to
>> maintain and expand peer-support networks within the Wikimedia communities,
>> improve the working atmosphere on our projects, and aid  in the fight
>> against harassment.
>>
>> In the Foundation, we believe that your participation and opinion is
>> important as it will enable us to gain diverse perspectives and new
>> information.This Peer Support Project endeavors to connect volunteers in a
>> way where they can support each other, and your knowledge, skills and
>> experience would be highly appreciated. For more information on the
>> project, please visit our Meta page
>> 
>> .
>>
>> If you'd like to lend your expertise here, we are organizing Focus group
>> meetings as a next step. In those meetings, we hope to learn about already
>> existing networks, ideas on how volunteers could connect more and better,
>> and what support they would need to do so. These meetings will cover three
>> different time zones, and each meeting will last two hours. Feel free to
>> sign up for the meeting that is most comfortable for you!
>>
>> Focus group meetings will be held on Google Meet on the days and times
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>>
>> 1 October 2021, 7:30 - 9:30 UTC
>>
>> 15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
>>
>> 22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
>>
>> Please feel free to encourage more members of your community or other
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>>
>> Do let us know if you are available to participate in one of those
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>>
>> Please be aware that Trust & Safety will also reach out soon with a
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>> are also very welcome to take part in both discussions. We are aware that
>> capacity is limited and will highly value any kind of participation!
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing from you,
>>
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>>
>> Senior Trust and Safety Specialist
>>
>> Wikimedia Foundation 
>>
>>
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Report about Regional Hubs Ready

[Chris Keating]

Hi Anass,

Thank you very much for this report! It really highlights both the strength
of the demand/need for hubs, and the many challenges that we will face in
setting them up.

The list of areas where there is and isn't a consensus among the people you
spoke to is very useful and clearly highlights some questions which need
answers from a movement level.

I was also interested to read that Arabic-speakers firmly wanted an Arabic
hub (or possibly two, depending on what scale the hubs end up as) - and not
a "Middle East and North Africa" hub, let alone a "Middle East and Whole of
Africa" hub. Given what you say in the report regarding the communities
feeling they have little in common and different needs, this is
understandable. But it does also raise the question of which hubs would
cover/support the Turkish and Farsi communities. We are probably going to
encounter many more questions of scope like this one as more areas take
steps to define what they want from hubs.

Thanks,

Chris

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 5:27 PM Anass Sedrati  wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I would like to inform you that I have published a report related to
> Wikimedia Regional Hubs
> 
> from the perspective of the Arabic speaking community. The report is ready,
> and complies background of the region, as well as different opinions and
> analysis of the community views on hubs, before providing recommendations
> on the way forward. It was funded by a rapid grant from the Wikimedia
> strategy & governance team.
>
> I believe that this report can be useful for all of you interested in the
> implementation of Wikimedia hubs, and in the Wikimedia strategy in general.
> I am also encouraging those who can to create similar reports for their
> regions, so that experiences and insights are shared.
>
> If anyone has a question, please feel free to contact me (through email or
> on Meta ), and I will
> be happy to discuss this further.
>
> Have a good evening/day everyone!
>
> Best regards,
> --
> -
> *Anass SEDRATI*
> Wikimedia MA User Group
>
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