Hi Chris, I can comment on your question why we need another strategy conference: The Wikimedia 2030 process is ongoing, and is building – among many other inputs – upon the outcomes of the last two conferences. Organized groups are already working on the implementation of the Strategic Direction in their own strategic/annual planning and programmatic work, and Working Groups start developing recommendations for change on the structural level of the movement.
In spring 2019, these groups will need feedback and input from the movement's organized groups and the Wikimedia Summit – alongside other opportunities for community consultations – will be build as a platform to synchronize the Working Groups' work and to gather and synthesize this input and agree upon next steps. I hope this helps to shed some light on the need for this event. Please let me know if you have further questions. We'll also be presenting the current state of the strategy process at today's activities meeting; if you're interested in tuning in: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings All the best Nicole On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 at 22:18, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have so many questions. > > Is anything concrete planned to replace the learning and capacity-building > work that used to happen at WMCON? (Or has the identification of capacity > building as a strategic priority just resulted in .... the abandonment of > the main capacity building event?) > > And why after two "strategy focused" conferences, do we need another one? > What will it achieve except acres more flipchart? How many conferences do > we expect to need before the strategic direction starts to become a > reality? > > Chris > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2018, 20:34 Cornelius Kibelka, < > cornelius.kibe...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > As Nicole Ebber already wrote a couple of weeks ago, we would like to > give > > you some further information about the next Wikimedia Conference, that > will > > take place from March 29–31, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. > > > > The next conference will focus on the Movement Strategy process and > > movement governance for the organized part of the movement in general. > The > > program will be designed according to the status and needs of the ongoing > > Movement Strategy process and its working groups. We are hoping to see a > > diverse group of participants next year, and look forward to creating > three > > days of working, discussing, and thinking together. The event is made > > possible through the generous financial support of the Wikimedia > > Foundation. > > > > Thus, to make it clearer that learning and capacity-building will not be > > part of the program and cut laces to the previous conference, we will > > change the name to “Wikimedia Summit” (#wmsummit). > > > > The change of the purpose of the event is accompanied by a change in the > > composition of the audience. The event will be a more focused one, and > > therefore we aim to scale down the audience to around 200 participants. > As > > it is this still the Wikimedia affiliates conference, every _eligible_ > > affiliate can send one (1) delegate. Furthermore, we will invite > > participants from the Wikimedia Affiliate EDs (~10), WMF Board of > Trustees > > (10), WMF staff (~10), the committees (~15 from FDC, AffCom and Simple > APG) > > and additional members of the Movement Strategy working groups, that do > not > > come in another role (~20). You can find more information regarding this > on > > Meta.[1] > > > > Registration for the Wikimedia Summit will open on November 2 and end on > > December 17, 2018. We urge participants that need a visa to register no > > later than November 19, so we can support them as best as possible to > get a > > visa for the event. > > > > We will keep you updated in the further weeks and months via the usual > > communication channels. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate > > to contact us, preferably via wmsum...@wikimedia.de. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Daniela Gentner & Cornelius Kibelka > > > > [1] > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Summit_2019/Eligibility_Criteria > > > > -- > > Cornelius Kibelka > > Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC) > > for the Wikimedia Conference > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 > > http://wikimedia.de > > > > Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen > > Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! > > http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter > > der Nummer 23855 B. 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