Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Chief of Community Engagement to leave the Foundation

2019-11-19 Thread Gregory Varnum
Hello,

Aron - I have posted a response to your inquiry on Wikimedia Space - thank you 
for sharing it there as well: 
https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/wikimedia-foundation-chief-of-community-engagement-to-leave-the-foundation/2194/3

Thank you to everyone for your feedback, offers of support, and keen insights. 
We will share more information in the coming months as we complete this 
transition.

-greg

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Gregory Varnum
Communications Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation 
gvar...@wikimedia.org
Pronouns: He/Him/His


> On Nov 17, 2019, at 1:56 PM, Aron Manning  wrote:
> 
> Katherine Maher wrote:
> 
>> Valerie and her team drafted
>> an ambitious new vision for the work of Community Engagement—focused on
>> decentralization of power and resources, safe and welcoming spaces,
>> equitable collaboration, increased language and cultural fluency, dedicated
>> programs for groups such as women and young people, and expansive
>> partnerships in service of free knowledge.
> 
> 
> 
>> With this vision in hand, Val and I both see this as the right juncture
>> for
> 
> her to move on to her next professional challenge.
> 
> 
> I'm sorry to hear the news of her leaving. I wish her good fortune in her
> next endeavour and I wish success for the WMF in implementing the vision of
> her team.
> 
> 
> Katherine Maher wrote:
> 
>> We will not be starting a search for a new Chief of Community Engagement.
>> Instead, over the course of the next few weeks, the seven teams currently
>> within the Community Engagement (CE) department will be integrated into the
>> Foundation’s other departments.
> 
> 
> I believe this change might give a new chance to improve community
> engagement with the WMF teams.
> The Movement Strategy community conversations
> 
> and the office actions consultation
> 
> was
> a step in the good direction, but the community is looking for a more
> engaged, real-time, person-to-person discussion with team members, besides
> the unidirectional flow of these plans. As Valerie's ted talk states:
> "Think Circles, Not Pyramids". We very much appreciate the contributions of
> the few working group members, who joined the discussions, but hoped at
> least one member of all working groups would join.
> I hope as a result of this restructuring all teams and members will take
> part to some extent in "community engagement". Direct communication is the
> most effective way to achieve community goals. With the strong divide
> between the WMF and the communities, I see direct communication as the only
> way to bridge those gaps and create healthy cooperation between the
> communities and the WMF.
> I believe if engagement with the communities increases, the communities
> will be more trusting and helpful to the teams, thereby paving the road to
> success for the Movement's goals.
> 
> 
> Katherine Maher wrote:
> 
>> For example, if you need something from Trust & Safety or Community
>> Resources,
> 
> they’ll continue to be here to work with you.
>> 
> 
> I appreciate the time invested by Karen (KBrown) and Samuel in the partial
> bans consultation. In other matters however it is very hard to gain the
> attention of T I assumed it's the T team's purpose to address
> community health issues, but I might be wrong. When I've reported an issue
> of tool abuse and possible harassment to the T - that previously received
> no response (not even acknowledgment
> )
> from the ArbCom -, almost 2 months (sic!) later I've received the following
> response: "The issues you have described in your communication to us are a
> local community governance matters, which fall outside of the Foundation's
> remit. We respect the autonomy of the Wikimedia communities and, as a rule,
> do not interfere."
> This was at the time when Fram was temporarily banned by the T for
> harassment.
> I've clarified in a response that the issue involved Terms of Use
> violation, which is the policy of the WMF, not the community. There was no
> answer in the last 3 months.
> 
> As the community health research projects revealed in previous years,
> editors are occasionally bullied, harassed; often this is done to influence
> decisions and silence different POVs.  Established editors are part of a
> social network of fellow editors, who can protect them from harm, but new
> and casual editors don't enjoy such safety.
> As an example: the first response I've received *from the OTRS*, when I
> asked how to handle an issue of preferential treatment, that I often see
> new users are a victim of:
> "Report them to ANI and *hope you're not hit in the face with a boomerang*."
> This is the safety new users can expect currently. Needless 

[Wikimedia-l] WikiForHumanRights Update: Communications tools and a guide for running events

2019-11-19 Thread Alex Stinson
Hello all!

I want to give a brief update on the WikiForHumanRights Campaign which
began its soft launch last Friday! We are already seeing multiple online
events starting and several in person editathons. Special thank you to the
communities in Argentina and Armenia who are already editing! Looking
forward to more  activities being shared at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Organize

Also, Wikimedia Argentina created a kit for working with partners to run in
person events for Human Rights! Check it out:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Organize#Sensitive

Additionally, we updated the communications toolkit for the campaign at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Share .

We are going to begin increasing Social Media starting around December
10th! As you see the campaign being talked about from @Wikimedia and on the
hashtag #WikiForHumanRights -- we need your help to share it.

If you have any questions or are considering organizing an event, please
let us know.

Cheers,

Alex Stinson

-- Forwarded message -
From: Alex Stinson 
Date: Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 2:36 PM
Subject: WikiForHumanRights: Help us Organize the Campaign, November
15-January 30
To: Wikimedia Mailing List , Wikimedia &
GLAM collaboration [Public] , Mailing list for
African Wikimedians , Wikimedia
India Community list , Wikimedia &
Libraries , Wikimania 2019 <
wikimani...@wikimedia.org>
Cc: Luisina Ferrante 


Hello all, and apologies for crossposting!

I hope you are doing well!

As you may have noticed when we announced the partnership in August [1]:
the Wikimedia Foundation is working with the UN Human Rights to help expand
the availability of knowledge about human rights online.

As one of our first collaborations, we are going to be running a campaign
from November 15 - January 30 to add and improve knowledge about human
rights on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. The initial focus of the
campaign will be on improving articles about topics related to the UN
Declaration of Human Rights and youth standing up for human rights.  More
information about the campaign is also available here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights


We would like to invite you to get involved in the campaign in one of
several ways:

Help us build the list!

   -

   We need your help identifying more topics related to youth involved in
   human rights that don’t have articles on Wikipedia or could use further
   improvement. We would like to represent many different languages and
   geographies in the campaign. To propose topics for the list, see
   instructions at:
   
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/List#Adding_a_topic_to_the_Youth_Lists



Organize an online or offline event!

We need your help finding community leaders from throughout the Wikimedia
to:

   -

   Host an online campaign on your language Wikipedia! To learn more about
   hosting a local topical campaign see the kit here:
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Organize#Campaign
   -

   Hold an in person editathon with local human rights organizations or
   partners! To learn more, check out the kit here:
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Organize#Editathon


Promote the campaign starting Dec. 10 for International Human Rights Day!

Help us amplify your efforts around the campaign and publicize it to wide
audiences. We’ll be sharing a communications toolkit (including graphics)
soon with suggestions on reaching out to folks about the campaign.

   -

  Reach out to local media and supporters: Journalists and the public
  can help add momentum to the campaign through storytelling and spreading
  the word.
  -

  Promote the campaign on social media: We’ll be using
  #WikiForHumanRights to promote the campaign on social media, when we
  increase the communication to the public on 10 December


If you want to help in other ways, let us know on the discuss space
#human-rights tag

or by emailing Alex Stinson 

If you are interested, let us know by indicating your interest to organize
in the Organize sections linked above!

Note: We are still updating the communications assets for the campaign! To
watch for those materials, add
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiForHumanRights/Share to your meta
watchlist.

Have questions?

If you have questions, we are going to be hosting an office hour next
Tuesday
,
or you can ask questions on the discuss space #human-rights tag

.

Looking forward to your engagement with the campaign!

Alex Stinson, Wikimedia Foundation

Luisina Ferrante, Wikimedia Argentina


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Synthesizing the recommendations and next steps

2019-11-19 Thread Nicole Ebber
Hi Anders,

Thanks for checking in. On 1 November, the 9 thematic working groups
have been dissolved and transitioned into a group of writers,
connectors and reviewers. This new group has now started to
consolidate the 89 recommendations and to write an overall, condensed
list of recommendations into a document that will be the basis for
broader movement conversations early next year.

The final recommendations are scheduled to be presented to the WMF
Board of Trustees and the movement for approval from end of March on.
You can find the current timeline here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Overview/Timeline#Detailed_timeline_October_2019_to_June_2020

A list of members of this new group will be published on meta this
week, and we'll also send out another update with more information on
the current status and next steps.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Best wishes,
Nicole

On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 10:40, Anders Wennersten
 wrote:
>
> What is the current status?
>
> The final version of recommendation should have been completed by
> November 1, I can not find any published
>
> A new working group should have been formed in order to synthesizing the
> 89recommendations. Is it formed and who are its members
>
> Are there any more concrete time plan when the first results from this
> new group will be published?
>
> Anders
>
>
> Den 2019-10-21 kl. 19:02, skrev Nicole Ebber:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I wanted to share some updates about movement strategy with you all.
> > The core team has spent the last few weeks developing and finalizing a
> > plan to take forward the work that the nine working groups have done
> > and, from this, create one set of recommendations.
> >
> > To ensure enough time to do this effectively and to facilitate
> > community input on the synthesized recommendations as well as
> > endorsement, we have adapted the movement strategy timeline.[1]
> >
> > == What’s next for working groups ==
> > The nine working groups are currently putting any remaining finishing
> > touches on the current, second iteration of their recommendations[2].
> > This version reflects inputs and perspectives that were shared by the
> > movement online and in person prior to, during, and after Wikimania,
> > including at many strategy salons and the two regional summits.
> >
> > Any final bits of relevant research will be integrated, and some
> > groups may make small refinements to their work. They are also in the
> > process of ranking their recommendations to indicate which ones, in
> > their perspective, are the most foundational for driving change in our
> > movement.
> >
> > Following this, working group members will conclude the duty that they
> > signed up for by 1 November. We are incredibly grateful to each
> > working group member for their tireless efforts and engagement.
> >
> > In the meantime, the core team and contracted strategy liaisons will
> > also be working to share back information with online and offline
> > communities about how their feedback has been reviewed and
> > incorporated into the existing drafts of recommendations.
> >
> > == Synthesizing recommendations ==
> > The focus over the next few months will be on synthesizing the 89
> > recommendations to develop one set. To help create a product that is
> > concise and clear, overlaps in the content will be identified to see
> > where certain recommendations could be merged. Others may be forwarded
> > for consideration to the implementation process. Others might conflict
> > and need to be reconciled.
> >
> > To do this work, a new working group will be formed, comprised of
> > existing working group members who are interested in continuing to
> > contribute. This new group will consist of:
> > * Writers who will synthesize the recommendations and develop one coherent 
> > set.
> > * Connectors who will help writers make sense and further integrate
> > existing material, research, and input from community conversations,
> > both past and upcoming.
> > * Reviewers who will bring in specific additional perspectives,
> > expertise, contexts, advise at different times of the process.
> >
> > The sign up process for this new group is currently underway, and best
> > ways to support the content creation are being assessed. We will
> > provide updates here soon.
> >
> > If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Nicole
> >
> >
> > [1] 
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Overview/Timeline
> > [2] 
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations
> >
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Synthesizing the recommendations and next steps

2019-11-19 Thread Anders Wennersten

What is the current status?

The final version of recommendation should have been completed by 
November 1, I can not find any published


A new working group should have been formed in order to synthesizing the 
89recommendations. Is it formed and who are its members


Are there any more concrete time plan when the first results from this 
new group will be published?


Anders


Den 2019-10-21 kl. 19:02, skrev Nicole Ebber:

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share some updates about movement strategy with you all.
The core team has spent the last few weeks developing and finalizing a
plan to take forward the work that the nine working groups have done
and, from this, create one set of recommendations.

To ensure enough time to do this effectively and to facilitate
community input on the synthesized recommendations as well as
endorsement, we have adapted the movement strategy timeline.[1]

== What’s next for working groups ==
The nine working groups are currently putting any remaining finishing
touches on the current, second iteration of their recommendations[2].
This version reflects inputs and perspectives that were shared by the
movement online and in person prior to, during, and after Wikimania,
including at many strategy salons and the two regional summits.

Any final bits of relevant research will be integrated, and some
groups may make small refinements to their work. They are also in the
process of ranking their recommendations to indicate which ones, in
their perspective, are the most foundational for driving change in our
movement.

Following this, working group members will conclude the duty that they
signed up for by 1 November. We are incredibly grateful to each
working group member for their tireless efforts and engagement.

In the meantime, the core team and contracted strategy liaisons will
also be working to share back information with online and offline
communities about how their feedback has been reviewed and
incorporated into the existing drafts of recommendations.

== Synthesizing recommendations ==
The focus over the next few months will be on synthesizing the 89
recommendations to develop one set. To help create a product that is
concise and clear, overlaps in the content will be identified to see
where certain recommendations could be merged. Others may be forwarded
for consideration to the implementation process. Others might conflict
and need to be reconciled.

To do this work, a new working group will be formed, comprised of
existing working group members who are interested in continuing to
contribute. This new group will consist of:
* Writers who will synthesize the recommendations and develop one coherent set.
* Connectors who will help writers make sense and further integrate
existing material, research, and input from community conversations,
both past and upcoming.
* Reviewers who will bring in specific additional perspectives,
expertise, contexts, advise at different times of the process.

The sign up process for this new group is currently underway, and best
ways to support the content creation are being assessed. We will
provide updates here soon.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.

Best wishes,
Nicole


[1] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Overview/Timeline
[2] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations



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