[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia UK AGM

[Sandy Balfour]

Hi everyone

Last chance for Wikimedia UK members to register for the AGM at the Natural
History Museum in London this Saturday, 14 July 2018.


Please register here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wikimedia-uk-agm-2018-tickets-46366475376



We need accurate numbers for catering and security.

We look forward to seeing you then.

Al the best,
Sandy
(standing in for Lucy)
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France Governance review

[Alphos OGame]

Forgive my (usual ?) bluntness, but I don't think congratulations are in order 
for undertaking the governance review ;-)

As a member and unwilling observer, I can tell you it was dearly needed, be it 
by internal or external auditors, and mandated by the WMF.

However, as a long time member of the community and of Wikimedia France, I do 
salute the effort of publishing the results of the review, as the previous 
board of directors probably wouldn't have wanted to publish anything critical 
of their method of governance ; and the review covers both old and more recent 
times.
That indeed deserves credit, so thank you Nadine !

@ Cornelius : smart thinking on your part, collecting them in one place. I hope 
there won't be any more crisis requiring a governance review in one of our 
chapters, but in any case it will be interesting for all chapters to know what 
to avoid in the future, and where to look for it, so thank you as well.

Roger / Alphos


> Le 9 juil. 2018 à 13:44, Chris Keating  a écrit :
> 
> Congratulations to Wikimedia France for undertaking this review and
> publishing the results.
> 
> I believe all of the 3 governance reviews are important reading for
> anyone involved with the WMF or any of the affiliates, and all have
> important lessons for the movement. It's interesting to note that this
> is the first one that touches on the WMF-affiliate relationship in
> much detail.
> 
> Also - while so far governance reviews have only happened as a result
> of a crisis, this doesn't have to be the case! I would urge Wikimedia
> affiliates to take external advice on their governance, the
> suggestions offered by governance experts who know the laws, norms and
> cutlure in which you operate will be very helpful for you.
> 
> Chris
> (who was Chair of Wikimedia UK at the point we had a governance review...)
>> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 10:43 PM Nadine Le Lirzin  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> As announced last month on this list[1], the Governance Assessment Report
>> by external auditors "Associés en gouvernance" has been published, and we
>> want to share it with you.
>> 
>> The auditors did a great work, first in their rather good understanding of
>> our movement complexity, and then in the numerous improvement suggestions
>> they delivered.
>> 
>> The consultation of our members – to fully associate them to the rebuilding
>> – is still in progress. Main changes will be submitted to a vote at next
>> General Assembly, by the end of the year.
>> 
>> The document has been translated in English and is now available on
>> Commons[2].
>> 
>> May these suggestions be useful not only for Wikimédia France, but also for
>> any other chapter or affiliate that would be in need of governance advice
>> or ideas.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Nadine Le Lirzin
>> *Wikimedia France Board Secretary*
>> 
>> 
>> [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090413.html
>> [2]
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_France_-_Governance_Assessment_Report_-_2018.pdf
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[Wikimedia-l] Inspire Campaign on Measuring Community Health starts today!

[Chris "Jethro" Schilling]

Hey folks,

I'm happy to announce the launch of the Inspire Campaign on Measuring
Community Health.[1] The goal of this campaign is to gather your ideas on
approaches to measure or evaluate the experience and quality of
participating and interacting with others in Wikimedia projects.

So what is community health? Healthy projects promote high quality content
creation, respectful collaboration, efficient workflows, and effective
conflict resolution. Tasks and experiences that result in patterns of
editor frustration, poor editor retention, harassment, broken workflows,
and unresolved conflicts are unhealthy for a project.

As a movement, Wikimedians have always measured aspects of their
communities. Data points, such as editor activity levels, are regularly
collected. While these metrics provide some useful indications about the
health of a project, they do not give major insights into challenges and
specific areas needing improvement or what areas have been successful.

We want to hear from you what specific areas on your Wikimedia project
should be evaluated or measured, and how it should be done. Share your
ideas, contribute to other people’s submissions, and get involved in the
new Inspire Campaign. After the campaign, grants and other paths are
available to support the formal development of these measures and
evaluation techniques.[2]

With thanks,

Chris Schilling

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Develop

Chris "Jethro" Schilling
I JethroBT (WMF) 
Program Officer, Wikimedia Foundation

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[Wikimedia-l] Trace of Soul 2018

[WМ RepublikaSrpska]

 Hi all,

It is my pleasure to inform you that this year in the Republic of Srpska
will be organized a photo competition Trace of Soul 2018
 (WLE+WLM). The
project will be implemented in the organization Wikimedia Community of the
Republic of Srpska for the period from 1 August to 27 October of the
current year. If you are interested in participating and assisting in the
organization, promotion or within another segment - we will be glad to
cooperate. Contact us.

Best,
Bojana Podgorica


*Замислите свет у коме свака особа на планети има слободан приступ
целокупном људском знању. То је оно на чему ми радимо.*
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France Governance review

[Chris Keating]

Congratulations to Wikimedia France for undertaking this review and
publishing the results.

I believe all of the 3 governance reviews are important reading for
anyone involved with the WMF or any of the affiliates, and all have
important lessons for the movement. It's interesting to note that this
is the first one that touches on the WMF-affiliate relationship in
much detail.

Also - while so far governance reviews have only happened as a result
of a crisis, this doesn't have to be the case! I would urge Wikimedia
affiliates to take external advice on their governance, the
suggestions offered by governance experts who know the laws, norms and
cutlure in which you operate will be very helpful for you.

Chris
(who was Chair of Wikimedia UK at the point we had a governance review...)
On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 10:43 PM Nadine Le Lirzin  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> As announced last month on this list[1], the Governance Assessment Report
> by external auditors "Associés en gouvernance" has been published, and we
> want to share it with you.
>
> The auditors did a great work, first in their rather good understanding of
> our movement complexity, and then in the numerous improvement suggestions
> they delivered.
>
> The consultation of our members – to fully associate them to the rebuilding
> – is still in progress. Main changes will be submitted to a vote at next
> General Assembly, by the end of the year.
>
> The document has been translated in English and is now available on
> Commons[2].
>
> May these suggestions be useful not only for Wikimédia France, but also for
> any other chapter or affiliate that would be in need of governance advice
> or ideas.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nadine Le Lirzin
> *Wikimedia France Board Secretary*
>
>
> [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090413.html
> [2]
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_France_-_Governance_Assessment_Report_-_2018.pdf
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France Governance review

[David Cuenca Tudela]

Hi Nadine,

Thanks for sharing the document with us. I read it and I found interesting
to see the different clashes:

- there is no awareness of the individual interpretations of our mission

- the community wants anarchism in order to feel free, however the
organization needs some kind of structure and specialization to be effective

- lobbing, advocacy, and governance are necessary for the community, but
since they are "invisible" activities, they are not valued by the community

- there is a big wish for openness in the community, however governance
requires some privacy as well

- employees can have too much influence in any organization if they
participate, but it is unfair to exclude them

- the WMF exercises power over the movement organizations, but the
organizations cannot exercise power over the WMF, creating a power
unbalance and mistrust

Besides of the recommendations on the document, it feels that there is the
need for more dialogue with involved parties to create a mutual
understanding. In the end it is a matter of trust, we can only trust
something if we know it, and if we understand the benefits that it creates
for us. I hope these topics are discussed in the Movement Strategy.

Regards,
Micru




On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 11:43 PM Nadine Le Lirzin 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As announced last month on this list[1], the Governance Assessment Report
> by external auditors "Associés en gouvernance" has been published, and we
> want to share it with you.
>
> The auditors did a great work, first in their rather good understanding of
> our movement complexity, and then in the numerous improvement suggestions
> they delivered.
>
> The consultation of our members – to fully associate them to the rebuilding
> – is still in progress. Main changes will be submitted to a vote at next
> General Assembly, by the end of the year.
>
> The document has been translated in English and is now available on
> Commons[2].
>
> May these suggestions be useful not only for Wikimédia France, but also for
> any other chapter or affiliate that would be in need of governance advice
> or ideas.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nadine Le Lirzin
> *Wikimedia France Board Secretary*
>
>
> [1]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090413.html
> [2]
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_France_-_Governance_Assessment_Report_-_2018.pdf
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France Governance review

[Cornelius Kibelka]

Thank you very much, Nadine!

As it is, as far as I remember, the third governance review of a Wikimedia
affiliate, I just created a page on Meta where they can be collected. Feel
free to add/modify: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Governance_Review

Cheers
Cornelius

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 08:59, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <
it...@wikimedia.org.il> wrote:

> Hi Nadine,
>
> Thank you for sharing the report with us. I just gave a quick look at it,
> and I printed it so I could read it on the flight to Cape Town. But I agree
> with you that it's an important review and the recommendations are
> important and may be useful for all of us!
>
> Itzik
>
>
>
> *Itzik Edri*
> Chairperson
> it...@wikimedia.org.il
> +972-54-5878078
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 12:43 AM, Nadine Le Lirzin 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > As announced last month on this list[1], the Governance Assessment Report
> > by external auditors "Associés en gouvernance" has been published, and we
> > want to share it with you.
> >
> > The auditors did a great work, first in their rather good understanding
> of
> > our movement complexity, and then in the numerous improvement suggestions
> > they delivered.
> >
> > The consultation of our members – to fully associate them to the
> rebuilding
> > – is still in progress. Main changes will be submitted to a vote at next
> > General Assembly, by the end of the year.
> >
> > The document has been translated in English and is now available on
> > Commons[2].
> >
> > May these suggestions be useful not only for Wikimédia France, but also
> for
> > any other chapter or affiliate that would be in need of governance advice
> > or ideas.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Nadine Le Lirzin
> > *Wikimedia France Board Secretary*
> >
> >
> > [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-
> > June/090413.html
> > [2]
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_France_-_
> > Governance_Assessment_Report_-_2018.pdf
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