Greg, this is good to hear, and a fine reason to broaden the committee. And thanks for the reminder about that page, Chris: it is a handy starting point. On May 29, 2014 7:45 AM, "Chris Keating" <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks AffComm - it is great to see this moving forward. > > I have added this info to the Organisational Development page on Meta; > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organisational_development > > Chris > > > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Gregory Varnum <gregory.var...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > Based on continuing changes to Wikimedia's approach to movement > affiliates > > (chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups), input from the > > community, and discussions with WMF board and staff - the Affiliations > > Committee has begun work on expanding our support of affiliates once the > > recognition process itself concludes. > > > > An early step that we are taking is to provide each Wikimedia movement > > affiliate with at least one liaison from the Affiliations Committee to > help > > with communications, finding resources, answering questions, and > supporting > > successful contributions to the Wikimedia movement. > > > > Each member of the Affiliations Committee is assigned as a liaison to > > multiple affiliates. Each affiliate will be assigned a primary liaison, > who > > will be their main contact, and a secondary liaison, who is available if > > the primary is not and able to help with more complex situations. While > an > > affiliate's liaisons may change over time, they will always have at least > > one liaison assigned to them. We will soon be adding more members to the > > committee, so there are a few liaison assignments not yet filled. > > > > Liaisons will be making initial contact in the coming weeks - and will > then > > be in contact periodically, or affiliates may contact them at any time. > We > > welcome any feedback or ideas on how we can help support your chapters, > > thematic org, or user group moving forward. > > > > More info - including specific liaison assignments: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Liaisons > > > > -greg aka varnent > > Vice-Chair > > Wikimedia Affiliations Committee > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
