Job well done, high five, John, John DeBruyn, cell phone 303-919-4840, Http://debruyn.com, wiki booster
On Mon, Sep 30, 2019, 10:27 AM Nicole Ebber <[email protected]> wrote: Hi everyone, > > We recently held the harmonization sprint in Tunis [1], where > representatives from each working group met in person to continue bringing > nine separate sets of draft recommendations into one set. The event also > brought together staff members from the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia > Deutschland, the WMF Chair of the Board of Trustees, and members of the > core team. A longer narrative report will be published in the coming weeks; > in the meantime, see a short day-by-day report on Meta, photos on commons > [2], and check out the hashtag #hs2030 on Twitter [3]. > > In the lead up to the meeting, the working groups were busy refining their > draft recommendations based on feedback received at in person events from > Wikimedians across the movement as well as on wiki, via email, and on > social media since March of this year. They had also begun identifying > overlaps in each other’s recommendations and content. A second iteration of > draft recommendations [4] was published on Meta just before the sprint for > the communities’ information. > > At the sprint, we continued to group recommendations based on > commonalities. From there, we looked at what kinds of structures would need > to be in place to deliver the Wikimedia 2030 vision. A first, rough > grouping of recommendations came together at the sprint. But what became > clear during the event was that before it’s possible to create a coherent > and actionable set of recommendations, fundamental principles that underpin > the path towards 2030 need to be formalized. > > The core team is currently processing the discussion materials and > outcomes. Analysis of the current draft recommendations will continue so as > to create one unified set. The timeline will shift and we are looking into > options for another round of community input. > > I would like to make clear that the reason we were not able to achieve our > initial goal in Tunis was due to a lack of clarity and guidance on the core > team’s part. Still, the time was not wasted and important, honest > conversations were had. The working group members, as ever, devoted an > enormous amount of energy and care in the lead up to and during the event, > and demonstrated their deep understanding of the challenges and > opportunities in our movement. We are extremely grateful for all their > effort. In short, the harmonization sprint underlined the high level of > work and dedication every single working group member has put into getting > the movement strategy to its current point, and the passion to shape the > future of the diverse and inclusive movement we envision. > > We have valuable lessons to take from this event and incorporate into the > overall process and the next steps. We will share these with you all as > soon as possible. If you have questions in the meantime, please feel free > to reach out to me. > > Best regards, > Nicole > > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Harmonization_Sprint > [2] > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_2030_Harmonization_Sprint > [3] https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hs2030 > [4] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations > > > -- > Nicole Ebber > Adviser International Relations > Program Manager Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy > Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 > https://wikimedia.de > > Unsere Vision ist eine Welt, in der alle Menschen am Wissen der Menschheit > teilhaben, es nutzen und mehren können. Helfen Sie uns dabei! > https://spenden.wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter > der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für > Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > _______________________________________________ > 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: [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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
