I go with the wisdom of Sandister, Sadat and Justice on this. Regards, Ato
On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 1:07 PM, Sandister Tei <sandister...@gmail.com> wrote: > Attention please. > > If you think we shouldn't endorse, please let us know. > > -- > Regards, > Sandister Tei > > New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People > linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei > > Via Samsung Mobile > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Nicole Ebber" <nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de> > Date: 23 Oct 2017 3:19 pm > Subject: [Strategy] Endorsement of the strategic direction on October 26 > To: <strat...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: "John Morrison" <jmorri...@wikimedia.org> > > Dear all, > > I am writing you in my capacity as the strategy track lead for > organized groups. In the previous weeks and months I have directly > reached out to the affiliates and other groups in our movement. To > make sure that everyone has the information they need for the upcoming > endorsement, I am now extending my outreach effort to this list. > Please feel free to share this information with your peers and > communities. > > == Endorse the strategic direction on October 26 == > On October 26, all constituents of the Wikimedia movement (affiliates, > groups, WMF and individual contributors) are invited to express their > support and commitment to the new strategic direction[1]. By adding > their signature to the endorsement page on Meta, everyone declares > their intent to work together towards this future. And although we > would like to use this day to create a sense of community spirit > around the direction, there will be a way to endorse the direction > after the 26. > > Signatories commit to participating in the next phase of this > discussion in good faith and to define, by Wikimania 2018, how to come > to an agreement, on roles, responsibilities, and organizational > strategies that enable us to implement that future. > > They pledge to consider the needs of our movement above their own, and > to find the structures, processes, and resources for our movement that > enable us to best move towards our common direction. > > == What endorsement does not mean == > Endorsing the strategic direction does not mean that the signing > groups or individuals endorse all the steps that follow and the > decisions that are being made in phase 2. How organizations and > individuals use the outcomes of these conversations is up to them. > Some may use it to inform programmatic or organizational strategy. > Others may see it as a way to connect with the broader movement and > invite others to contribute to Wikimedia. Some may not use it at all – > and that’s okay! > > == How to endorse == > The endorsement page will be published under > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/ > 2017/Direction/Endorsement > on October 26. Please sign this page with your username (make sure to > be logged in) in the section for organized groups. > > For organized groups: > * name of your group (incl. link to meta page/website); country and/or > project that your group is most active in; optionally, you can add a > sentence of support. --~~~~ (signature) > > For individual contributors: > * project that you are most active in; country or region that you are > most active in; optionally, you can add a sentence of support. --~~~~ > (signature) > > You are endorsing the original English version of the strategic > direction and the “What comes next” paragraph beneath. Available > translations are used as a support to understand the context and > meanings. > > Aside from signing the meta page, you are welcome to use > #wikimedia2030 on social media to celebrate and share your support > with the world. > > Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback. > > Thank you! > Nicole > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/ > 2017/Direction#Our_strategic_direction:_Service_and_Equity > > > > -- > Nicole Ebber > Adviser International Relations > Movement Strategy Track Lead: Organized Groups > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. > V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts > Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig > anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, > Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > > _______________________________________________ > Strategy mailing list > strat...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/strategy > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > Wikimedia-GH@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > -- ____________________________ *Less talk, more action. Morevim to that! :-)* Blog: Mightyafrican.blogspot.com Follow me on Twitter ---> @abocco Learn about GhanaThink & its programs here <http://www.ghanathink.org/profile>.
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