Risker: For your convenience: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ainali/sandbox
*Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se> 0729 - 67 29 48 *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> 2015-04-02 22:22 GMT+02:00 Risker <[email protected]>: > On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> 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 > > [email protected] > > > > > > 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 > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
