Hello Katherine, This is actually sad news. In my opinion, the draft is far away from being a useful and appropriate document for our future.
The serious issues from the talk page are only partially addressed in the rewrite. So I contest your claim: "The version on Meta-Wiki is based on the feedback you offered." You have announced that organizations and individuals are invited to endorse the draft. Will there also be a possibility to reject the draft? I remember the 2011 image filter referendum, when the WMF asked the community how important it finds the filter, but not giving the option to be against it. https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image_filter_referendum/en&; uselang=en The drafts tries to enforce a new definition of the "community": "from editors to donors, to organizers, and beyond". I thought that "community" were people who are contributing to the wiki Wikipedia on a regular basis as volunteers. I am very positive of having an open Wikimedia *movement*. But if in future more or less everybody will be *community*: that is in fact abolishing the community. Kind regards, Ziko van Dijk 2017-09-30 22:28 GMT+02:00 Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org>: > Hi all, > > Since my update last month, we have been collecting, processing, and > including your most recent input into the lastest version of the movement > strategic direction. This version is available on Meta-Wiki.[1] > > We're so close! The direction will be finalized tomorrow, October 1. > Starting tomorrow, we will begin to invite individuals and groups to > endorse our movement's strategic direction. I want to share my greatest > thanks and appreciation for the work and contributions so many of you have > made throughout this first phase (Phase 1) of developing a shared strategic > direction. > > In the coming weeks we will be preparing for Phase 2, which will involve > developing specific plans for how we achieve the direction we have built > together. I do not have many more details to share right now, but will of > course offer an update as they become available. > > *Strategic direction*. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the > draft introduced at Wikimania. The version on Meta-Wiki is based on the > feedback you offered. > > *Endorsements*. Once the strategic direction closes tomorrow, > organizations, groups, and individuals within the movement will be invited > to endorse the direction, in a show of support for the future we are > building together. We'll be sending an update next week on the process and > timeline. > > *Concluding Phase 1*. Please join me in offering thanks to the volunteers, > staff, and contractors who came together to make this possible! As we > transition into Phase 2, some of these roles will be concluded and new ones > created in their place. We'll keep you updated. > > *Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2017*. I was fortunate to join Wikimedians from > Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) last weekend at the sixth annual Wikimedia > CEE Meeting[2] in Warsaw, Poland. Nicole Ebber and Kaarel Vaidla led a > series of discussions on the direction, including what it means for CEE.[3] > Thank you our hosts, Wikimedia Polska, and to all of the attendees for such > a wonderful event! > > *In other news.* I've heard from many people how much you appreciate these > updates as a means of keeping track about what is going on. I'm talking to > the Communications department about keeping them going once the strategic > planning process concludes, with a focus on more general updates. Keep the > feedback coming. > > Since my last update, our planet has reminded us of its incredible and > often unforgiving strength. My thoughts, and those of many within the > Wikimedia Foundation, are with our Wikimedia family which have been > affected by the natural disasters of recent weeks. We have been in touch > with our affiliates in the areas impacted, and will offer any support we > can. > > Finally, as our CFO Jaime mentioned last week,[3] the Foundation is in the > process of moving into our new office, in One Montgomery Tower. We invite > you to visit its new page on Meta-Wiki.[4] > > We are at the halfway mark of this movement strategy process, and I am > incredibly proud of the work we have done together on the strategy. Thank > you, again, to everyone for your contributions to this process. We have > more work ahead but should be proud of what we have achieved already. > > Ten cuidado (Spanish translation: “Be safe”), > > Katherine > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2017 > [3] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CEE_meeting_2017_% > E2%80%93_Movement_Strategy.pdf > [4] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017- > September/088654.html > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_headquarters > > -- > Katherine Maher > Executive Director > > *We're moving on October 1, 2017! **Our new address:* > > Wikimedia Foundation > 1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 > San Francisco, CA 94104 > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > +1 (415) 712 4873 > kma...@wikimedia.org > https://annual.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
