Chapters meeting 2009/Preparation/Wikimedia Brasil

Presentation

First slide

Wikimedia in Brazil is a movement of autonomous volunteers:

• Instead of a legal entity, we are an open movement
• Instead of bylaws, we have a “statement of principles”
• Instead of legal representantives, volunteers can be assigned by peers to specific tasks
• Instead of internal finances, grants can go through partners, because action comes before material resources.

Second slide

Goals:

• foster collaboration and mutual trust
• empower everyone to act autonomously
• avoid risk of potential lawsuits
• do not manage financial resources

Practices:

• subscribe to “statement of principles"
• have all the same status, without hierarchies
• ask the Foundation to use its trademarks
• partner with other organizations when needed

Introduction

THE CHAPTER HAS NOT BEEN CREATED YET

Recent changes:

• Developed as a decentralized movement of autonomous volunteers.
• Developed a Statement of Principles

Current number of members:

• +/- 150 interested volunteers on Meta
• +/- 40 subscribed to the mailing-list
• +/- 15 subscribed to the Statement of Principles

Current budget:

• No funds available

Success stories

Success stories, things you're proud of

• Collective discussion about the local chapters values and principles
• Jimbo's visit to Brazil in Nov/08

• Press coverage
• Outreach of volunteers
• Open conferences and debates

• Development of the Statement of Principles
• Participation on a Mega event called Campus Party
• Collaboration with local "BBC"

Headaches

Things that still have to be worked out

• Align internally and externally how the local chapter will work
• Attract more wikipedians to participate on the chapter
• Attract new wikimedians to the projects
• Promote free knowledge in Brazil
• Assure good press coverage for all of the Wikimedia's projects
• Attract the academic community to all of the Wikimedia's projects
• Develop more content with good quality
• Develop alternatives to have free access to knowledge

Plans

Plans for the short term (1 year) and medium term (3 years)

Short term

• Submit the Statement of Principles to the Chapters Committee
• Request to the Foundation to keep chpater status and work as a decentralized movement
• Support initiatives of volunteers (conferences, debates, events)
• Promote the participation of Brazilians at Wikimania in Buenos Aires
• Participate on the Annual Giving Campaign of the Wikimedia Foundation

Medium term

• Collaborate with similar chapters working as decentralized movements
• Engage and empower a greater number of autonomous volunteers
• Support the Wikimedia Foundation with the management of trademarks, partnerships and funds
• Organize a regional version of Wikimania to happen in parellel with the main Wikimania

Expectations

3 top expectations from the chapters meeting

• Evaluate opportunities and challenges of decentralized movements
• Share experiences with other participants
• Discuss the relation between the Wikimedia Foundation and local chapters

Communication / Marketing / PR

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Fundraising

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Public outreach

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