Thanks for the feedback, Gnangarra.
The applications submitted during this time would be treated as EOI
(Expression of Interest) – so after the conversation ends, people do not
need to resubmit again. Applicants will receive a message about the delay,
and that there might be potential changes to the process.
As usually a bigger influx of submissions follows big community events, and
as there are no regional big events during this period of time, hopefully
there would not be a lot of applications affected.
And if the workload would allow it (the discussion might be very active or
not really; there may be few applications), some work would be done even in
the background with some clearer cases (with a geographic scope, rather
than thematic).
Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
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On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 11:47?AM Gnangarra <gnangarra@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kaya
>
> I like the concept of adjusting requirements and processes to improve the
> creation of Affiliates. I am concerned that by placing the opportunity on
> hold while discussions take place, we know from experience that such
> reviews tend to drag out a lot longer than planned.
>
> Just stopping opportunities like this are counter productive to expanding
> the community, surely there must be away for new groups to at least submit
> an EOI to be recognised and get support they need as other WMF functional
> opportunities like funding cycles wont wait for this part.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 23:57, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntymkiv@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to share with you the outputs of the Wikimedia Foundation
>> Affiliate Strategy process [1], and to invite you to give feedback on the
>> proposed changes to requirements for all affiliates & to user groups
>> recognition process (more below).
>>
>> The 2017 Strategic Direction
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017> says
>> that we, the Wikimedia Movement, would build “the services and structures
>> that enable others to … advance our world by collecting knowledge that
>> fully represents human diversity” while carrying on “our mission of
>> developing content”. As Wikimedia affiliates are a key and integral part of
>> the Wikimedia movement and have knowledge and expertise to share, the
>> movement’s success depends greatly on affiliates as they help people join
>> us in doing mission-aligned work. The Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates
>> Strategy report [2] identified a need to streamline the role of the
>> Affiliations Committee (AffCom) on recognition of Wikimedia Affiliates, and
>> identified issues with the current state of the process.
>>
>> After conversations with AffCom, the Board liaisons to AffCom identified
>> two areas for improvement. These areas are about the relevant work and
>> mandate of the Board related to affiliate recognition:
>>
>> 1) requirements for affiliates; and
>>
>> 2) improving the workflows around the process for the creation and
>> recognition of a user group.
>>
>> The proposal on Meta [3] is suggesting to change the requirements for all
>> existing Wikimedia affiliates, not just the legal entities. There are ten
>> proposed criteria for a healthy affiliate. Examples include focusing on
>> continuity by being an active group and welcoming new users, having good
>> governance, and actively delivering on mission goals. Compliance with these
>> requirements would be self-reported by the affiliates. The Board liaisons
>> will work with the Affiliations Committee to publish a resolution outlining
>> how affiliates would be expected to fulfill these requirements to remain in
>> good standing.
>>
>> Throughout the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliate Strategy process, there
>> was also feedback about user groups. Initially, user groups were meant as a
>> first step toward creating chapters or thematic organizations. Over the
>> years, user groups have evolved and there are now legally incorporated user
>> groups, user groups with boards, etc. Getting started does need to be easy,
>> but also needs to make sense, and so there is a proposal for changes to the
>> current workflow. The recommendations [3] include an outline of the
>> sequential steps of a revised process.
>>
>>
>> The feedback can be given from today up till March 20, 2024 (Anywhere on
>> Earth). Hopefully a fairly long feedback period will allow affiliates to
>> consult with their membership, thinking it through practically.
>>
>> To provide your feedback, please review the page here, on Meta, [3] and
>> leave comments on the talk page. Alternatively, you can join an open call (February
>> 14 and 28 at 14:00 to 14:30 UTC) or request a conversation as a part of
>> Talking:2024
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/Talking:_2024>.
>> You can use the Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs
>> Committee/Talking: 2024#Let’s Talk|Let’s Talk
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/Talking:_2024#Let's_talk>
>> feature to sign up for a time to speak with me and other trustees about
>> this conversation or any other topic regarding the Wikimedia Foundation
>> Board, Movement Strategy, and more.
>>
>> Note: New user group applications will be placed on hold for the duration
>> of this conversation – but the ones received before will be reviewed
>> according to the current process.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Nat & Mike & Lorenzo
>> Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Liaisons to the Affiliations
>> Committee
>>
>> [1]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy
>>
>> [2]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy:_Summary_and_Report
>>
>>
>> [3]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy/Review
>>
>> Best regards,
>> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
>> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>>
>> *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal
>> working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during
>> weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off.
>> Thank you in advance!*
>>
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The applications submitted during this time would be treated as EOI
(Expression of Interest) – so after the conversation ends, people do not
need to resubmit again. Applicants will receive a message about the delay,
and that there might be potential changes to the process.
As usually a bigger influx of submissions follows big community events, and
as there are no regional big events during this period of time, hopefully
there would not be a lot of applications affected.
And if the workload would allow it (the discussion might be very active or
not really; there may be few applications), some work would be done even in
the background with some clearer cases (with a geographic scope, rather
than thematic).
Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
*NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working
hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You
should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in
advance!*
On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 11:47?AM Gnangarra <gnangarra@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kaya
>
> I like the concept of adjusting requirements and processes to improve the
> creation of Affiliates. I am concerned that by placing the opportunity on
> hold while discussions take place, we know from experience that such
> reviews tend to drag out a lot longer than planned.
>
> Just stopping opportunities like this are counter productive to expanding
> the community, surely there must be away for new groups to at least submit
> an EOI to be recognised and get support they need as other WMF functional
> opportunities like funding cycles wont wait for this part.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 23:57, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntymkiv@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to share with you the outputs of the Wikimedia Foundation
>> Affiliate Strategy process [1], and to invite you to give feedback on the
>> proposed changes to requirements for all affiliates & to user groups
>> recognition process (more below).
>>
>> The 2017 Strategic Direction
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017> says
>> that we, the Wikimedia Movement, would build “the services and structures
>> that enable others to … advance our world by collecting knowledge that
>> fully represents human diversity” while carrying on “our mission of
>> developing content”. As Wikimedia affiliates are a key and integral part of
>> the Wikimedia movement and have knowledge and expertise to share, the
>> movement’s success depends greatly on affiliates as they help people join
>> us in doing mission-aligned work. The Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates
>> Strategy report [2] identified a need to streamline the role of the
>> Affiliations Committee (AffCom) on recognition of Wikimedia Affiliates, and
>> identified issues with the current state of the process.
>>
>> After conversations with AffCom, the Board liaisons to AffCom identified
>> two areas for improvement. These areas are about the relevant work and
>> mandate of the Board related to affiliate recognition:
>>
>> 1) requirements for affiliates; and
>>
>> 2) improving the workflows around the process for the creation and
>> recognition of a user group.
>>
>> The proposal on Meta [3] is suggesting to change the requirements for all
>> existing Wikimedia affiliates, not just the legal entities. There are ten
>> proposed criteria for a healthy affiliate. Examples include focusing on
>> continuity by being an active group and welcoming new users, having good
>> governance, and actively delivering on mission goals. Compliance with these
>> requirements would be self-reported by the affiliates. The Board liaisons
>> will work with the Affiliations Committee to publish a resolution outlining
>> how affiliates would be expected to fulfill these requirements to remain in
>> good standing.
>>
>> Throughout the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliate Strategy process, there
>> was also feedback about user groups. Initially, user groups were meant as a
>> first step toward creating chapters or thematic organizations. Over the
>> years, user groups have evolved and there are now legally incorporated user
>> groups, user groups with boards, etc. Getting started does need to be easy,
>> but also needs to make sense, and so there is a proposal for changes to the
>> current workflow. The recommendations [3] include an outline of the
>> sequential steps of a revised process.
>>
>>
>> The feedback can be given from today up till March 20, 2024 (Anywhere on
>> Earth). Hopefully a fairly long feedback period will allow affiliates to
>> consult with their membership, thinking it through practically.
>>
>> To provide your feedback, please review the page here, on Meta, [3] and
>> leave comments on the talk page. Alternatively, you can join an open call (February
>> 14 and 28 at 14:00 to 14:30 UTC) or request a conversation as a part of
>> Talking:2024
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/Talking:_2024>.
>> You can use the Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs
>> Committee/Talking: 2024#Let’s Talk|Let’s Talk
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/Talking:_2024#Let's_talk>
>> feature to sign up for a time to speak with me and other trustees about
>> this conversation or any other topic regarding the Wikimedia Foundation
>> Board, Movement Strategy, and more.
>>
>> Note: New user group applications will be placed on hold for the duration
>> of this conversation – but the ones received before will be reviewed
>> according to the current process.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Nat & Mike & Lorenzo
>> Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Liaisons to the Affiliations
>> Committee
>>
>> [1]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy
>>
>> [2]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy:_Summary_and_Report
>>
>>
>> [3]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Affiliates_Strategy/Review
>>
>> Best regards,
>> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
>> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>>
>> *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal
>> working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during
>> weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off.
>> Thank you in advance!*
>>
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