Hello again,
A quick update regarding the office hours tomorrow: The second session
(at 18:00 UTC) will now be held on Zoom.
The new details are as follows:
Office hours option 1: Thursday, January 30 from 8:00 UTC (one hour):
https://meet.google.com/bmo-hwbe-cqr (please click "Request to join")
Office hours option 2: Thursday, January 30 from 18:00 UTC (one hour):
https://zoom.us/j/405278613
We look forward to seeing you!
Best,
Nicole
On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 11:36, Nicole Ebber wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Community conversations are underway, and I’d like to thank everyone
> who has taken the time to read through the recommendations and provide
> input. Here are some further updates and insights:
>
> == Share your feedback about the recommendations via email ==
> We have heard many requests to be able to share feedback in a
> non-public forum, and you can now share your feedback with us via
> strategy2...@wikimedia.org.
>
> This account is monitored by members of my team [1] and your feedback
> will be considered in the summary report.
>
> == Ask us anything at the movement strategy office hours ==
> We’ve received lots of questions about how community input has been
> incorporated, who produced this work, and more, and set up office
> hours this week. Join in at the following times to ask your questions
> and discuss strategy:
> * Thursday, January 30 from 8:00 UTC (one hour):
> https://meet.google.com/_meet/bmo-hwbe-cqr
> * Thursday, January 30 from 18:00 UTC (one hour):
> https://meet.google.com/ycp-qtwg-eus
>
> In the meantime, here are a few quick notes of clarification for some
> common questions:
>
> === How has community input been incorporated? ===
> From March to September 2019, community input was documented and
> analyzed by a team of community strategy liaisons [2]. This was
> presented in a series of summary reports [3] and shared with working
> groups, who began working community feedback into their draft
> recommendations following Wikimania in August.
>
> To help create this current set of recommendations, community strategy
> liaisons again analyzed community feedback and compiled it according
> to key themes. Between October 2019 and January 2020, they worked very
> closely with the writers to help make sense of the feedback and assist
> them in integrating applicable community input.
>
> To highlight all the ways that community feedback was utilized, there
> are footnotes and community input summaries (linked in the left-hand
> navigation menu) on each recommendation page. All these reports and
> blog posts can be found on the reports page [4].
>
> === Who produced this work? ===
> A team of 15 Wikimedians [5] drafted this work. This writing group was
> made up of former thematic area working group members from different
> backgrounds and from all parts of our movement: online contributors,
> volunteers, affiliate representatives, and WMF staff. They have
> offered some insight into their work and why they took this on in
> their Writer’s Reflections [6].
>
> Check the FAQs page [7] for more, and suggest what questions we should add.
>
> == Additional formats for reviewing the recommendations ==
> If you would prefer to listen to, rather than read, the
> recommendations, we’ve created audio files in English for each section
> of the content [8].
>
> Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado) has created a one-page summary of the
> recommendations that gives a good, compact overview of each
> recommendation. An updated version has been posted in Arabic [9],
> English [10], and Hindi [11] and further translations will be uploaded
> this week as they become available. I’d like to thank Andrew for this,
> and am looking forward to seeing more of these proactive initiatives
> from across the movement.
>
> Community conversations will run for another four weeks, and I
> encourage you to continue contributing your input about the
> recommendations [12]. We are especially looking for constructive
> feedback on how to improve the document or where more context is
> needed.
>
> Thanks for taking part and following along with what’s going on with
> movement strategy!
> Nicole
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Strategy_core_team
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/People/Community_Strategy_Liaisons
> [3]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports#Community_Conversations
> [4]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Reports
> [5]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Synthesis/Writers
> [6]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Writers%27_Reflections
> [7]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Frequently_asked_questions
> [8]
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_2030_recommendations_in_audio
> [9]
>
