Hi Lodewijk, Thanks for your questions and feedback. I would like to respond to some of it already, but need a bit more time to answer the other parts.
* We have learned a lot from the experience of the last round of community conversations and are indeed aiming for a more active, responsive approach and for more actual conversations with those who engage. * Please note that no response on Meta to a comment made in past conversations does not mean that it was not considered. All comments have been read and summarized, and many have been incorporated into the next iterations. * Please also note that depending on the availability of working group members, some have engaged more than others with on-wiki comments, and some have immediately modified their recommendations while others have taken more time to review and incorporate. I can assure you that additional effort was made between the writing group and liaisons to include further input from the communities in the documents that we will share with you all next week. * I think going forward, a three day window is realistic for comments that require a response, even if that sometimes means the initial response is that more time is needed to thoroughly respond. I’ll follow up on this over the next few days with additional information about the process, and more will become clear once we publish the documents and the call for review next week. Best wishes, Nicole On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 00:29, effe iets anders <effeietsand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just to emphasize my point: I have searched, and was still unable to find > any serious consideration or response for some of the feedback that was > provided all the way back in August. In the next iteration, these examples > seem to have been ignored. > > It may well be that this is a particularly sad example and that in other > cases this was done much better, or that I happen to be looking at this one > WG that didn't engage/respond/consider . However, this strengthens my > feeling that it would be nice to have open and clear expectations to the > community what will be done with their feedback. > > From Kaarels message in another thread I seem forced to conclude that no > changes should be expected based on feedback (that would be the same as my > very limited experience last August), but that someone will only summarize > opposition in some report to the board. Is that a correct reading? This > strongly informs the strategy for community members to follow: try to > engage in an argument/conversation, or in activist petitions, if they would > have concerns with some recommendation. > > Lodewijk > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 11:42 AM effe iets anders < > effeietsand...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Nicole, > > > > Last round (or was it the round before that?) there were some > disappointed > > community members because their feedback did not really spark any > > conversation/exchange in a timely manner. I don't want to go back to > focus > > on things that coulda woulda shoulda been better though. > > > > However, I did want to ask whether this time, you (plural) could commit > to > > provide timely engagement with the feedback. As I understand it, there > will > > be a single round of feedback (even if it is a six week round), before > the > > board votes on it. It would be nice if we could make that truly > interactive > > and most likely to result in improvements and addressing concerns, rather > > than registering them. > > > > Would you, for example, be able to commit to a three day response time to > > constructive questions? Maybe even to actively entertain constructive > > improvement suggestions? > > > > I realize that there has been a long process within the walls of many > > committees so far - and that no change will be easy to make without > risking > > the fabric. Your initial announcement sounds a bit like you're only > > collecting 'feedback' which you will 'summarize' and report back - which > > suggests that not much will happen with it unless we collectively make a > > lot of noise. > > > > I would much prefer an active and constructive conversation with the > > committee members, which is open for actual change over a set of > > petitions/protests. > > > > Best, > > Lodewijk > > > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 9:38 AM Nicole Ebber <nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> We’ve got lots of news to share from movement strategy: The first > version > >> of the movement strategy document is almost ready, and we’ll be > starting a > >> new round of community conversations. > >> > >> == First version of the movement strategy document coming next week == > >> The writers have been hard at work developing the first version of the > >> movement strategy document. A key part of this has been turning the 89 > >> recommendations produced by the nine working groups into one coherent > set > >> and consolidating the work into 13 recommendations. Alongside this, the > >> document also features principles that guide the recommendations and a > >> narrative of change that summarizes how the recommendations fit together > >> and contribute to helping our Movement align with our strategic > direction. > >> > >> There has been a high level of activity in the last few weeks, both by > the > >> writers and the community strategy liaisons, to create a set of > >> recommendations that encompasses the work of the working groups and the > >> broad community input received throughout the process. They’ve gone > above > >> and beyond what was asked of them, and I would like to thank them > >> wholeheartedly for the huge effort they’ve invested into this work and > for > >> their inspiring dedication to making this happen. > >> > >> == Community conversations begin next week == > >> A new round of community conversations around this document will begin > >> next > >> week. We encourage people from across our Movement – members of online > >> communities, affiliates, boards, WMF staff – to review the > recommendations > >> and share what these might mean for their community, organization, or > >> context. With this round, we are looking to come to a common > understanding > >> that the recommendations enable us to move forward in our strategic > >> direction. > >> > >> Conversations will be held on Meta [1], on various language wikis, on > >> social media, and on your community’s other preferred channels. They > will > >> run until the first week of March. After that, the core team will take > one > >> week to summarize all community input and reflect it back in a short, > >> public report. The community will then have one week to suggest changes > to > >> the posted summary so that it accurately reflects their viewpoints. > >> Community Strategy Liaisons will help facilitate conversations in > Arabic, > >> French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, and Spanish. There will also be > >> targeted > >> support for English speaking communities. Finally, Strategy Liaisons > from > >> affiliates and online language communities will also receive support for > >> facilitating conversations on their own channels. > >> > >> If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. Looking > forward > >> to hearing from you soon. > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> Nicole > >> > >> [1] > >> > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Nicole Ebber > >> Leiterin Internationale Beziehungen > >> 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. 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