On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in > calendar year 2014. > > This State of the Wikimedia Foundation > < > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf > > > report > provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and > considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment of > key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis on > data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work supports > our mission. > > Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a > strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had differing > familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments -- > the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began pulling > together information as a baseline reference so we would better understand > each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2] > > Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response > to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report > from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing > insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there > are development areas. > > The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call to > Action for 2015 > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation#2015_Call_to_Action > >. > The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to focus > the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include improving > the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community > relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry, our > new COO <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/>, will > manage its implementation over the coming year. > > Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide the > strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly > Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only against > the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work of > the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an > annual exercise. > > The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a wiki > here > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation > > > and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here > < > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf > > > . You can also find more information in our blog post: > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/. > > > We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback. > > Thanks, > > Katherine > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant > [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great > information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet > Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing! > > > -- > Katherine Maher > Chief Communications Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > +1 (415) 712 4873 > kma...@wikimedia.org > > Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am unable to read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite small), and I really don't want to download it. Is there an alternative? I am looking forward to reading this. Risker/Anne _______________________________________________ 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>
