Community Insights/2016-17 Report/Audience 4/Goal10

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Community Engagement Insights 2016-17 Report

Executive summary

Survey design and process

How to interpret the data

Program Leaders

Goal 1 - "Improving new editor engagement"

Goal 2 - "Improving community health"

Goal 3 - "Improving collaboration and communications between the Foundation and communities"

Goal 4 - "Improving collaboration and communications around software development"

Goal 5 - "Improving collaboration with affiliates related to partnerships"

Goal 6 - "Improving software for contributors"

Goal 7 - "Increasing software awareness and use"

Goal 8 - "Growing the Wikimedia technical community"

Goal 9 - "Improving information sharing for program leaders and affiliates"

Goal 10 - "Developing the capacity of affiliates"

Question 327 (LE14)

Which of the following types of affiliates, if any, are you a member, staff, or volunteer?

Participants could select more than one option

participants (n) = 199

2% did not select an option ^[?]

1 – Wikimedia chapter or thematic organization (56%)

2 – Wikimedia user group (46%)

3 – I am not part of any affiliate (9%)

From the program leaders who participated in this question, 56% reported that they are part of a Wikimedia user group, 46% reported that they are part of a Wikimedia chapter, and 9% are not part of any Wikimedia Affiliate. We define being "part of" a Wikimedia affiliates as a member, volunteer or staff.

Question 328 (LE15)

Which of the following types of affiliates, are you most active in?

Participants (n) = 23

Median = 1

1 – Wikimedia chapter or thematic organization (52%)

2 – Wikimedia user group (48%)

From the program leaders who participated in this question and who selected that they are part of a user group and chapter, 52% or program leaders reported that their primary affiliate is a user group while 48% reported that their primary affiliate is a chapter.

Question 329 (LE17)

Which of the following best describes your current role in your primary affiliate?

Participants (n) = 191

Median = 1

1 – Organizational leadership/coordinators (55%)

2 – Staff (8%)

3 – Affiliate volunteer (15%)

4 – Affiliate member (14%)

5 – Other (9%)

55% of program leaders who participated in this survey reported that their role in their primary affiliate is that they are organizational leadership/coordinators, 8% as staff, 15% as volunteer, 14% as member, and 9% as something else.

Question list

Goal 11 - "Developing the capacity of program leaders"

Goal 12 - "Improving access to research materials by contributors"

Goal 13 - "Improving understanding of movement fundraising and fundraising needs"

Goal 14 - "Increasing awareness of GLAM and Libraries"

Goal 15 - "Increasing knowledge and capacity related to policy issues"