Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Sources/Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees - Discussion at the Wikimedia Conference
Information
[edit]What group or community is this source coming from?
| name of group | WMF Board of Trustees |
| virtual location (page-link) or physical location (city/state/country) | Wikimedia Conference 2017, Berlin |
| Location type (e.g. local wiki, Facebook, in-person discussion, telephone conference) | in-person discussion |
| # of participants in this discussion (a rough count) | ? |
Summary
[edit]Summary for the discussion:
| Line | Statement (summary sentence) | Keywords |
| 1 | Position ourselves as a global ecosystem leader (around social justice?). Solve brand confusion. | brand |
| 2 | Align movement culture & direction | culture and direction |
| 3 | Broader fundraising and money sourcing (to fund increase in scope and scale) | fundraising |
| 4 | Integrate, rationalize and potentially extend/broaden the product | product |
| 5 | Increase a diverse, stable and structured global footprint to build out content, diverse volunteer base, languages, reach | footprint |
| 6 | Platform and product perspectives | platform and product |
| 7 | Multi-modality: Different types | multi-modality |
| 8 | Multi-modality: Platform as a way to allow for different experiences | platform |
| 9 | Multi-modality: Consumption and generation. WP primarily generated and consumed through the browser. Other ways? | consumption of content |
| 10 | Multi-modality: When you’re looking for a short fact vs long form information; wikipedia for children (=alexa?). Getting content and knowledge through different devices. Rather than build separate products, structure ourselves to allow multi-product experiences in a much simpler way. | devices |
| 11 | Inclusivity: Importance of avoiding content, culture and linguistic bias | bias |
| 12 | Inclusivity: Are we too america-centric? What would try global, diverse, participation and governance look like? Intersectionality | america-centrism |
| 13 | Participation: Talking about legitimizing | legitimization |
| 14 | Participation: Historical bias in favor of editors, but much broader perspective. People who may not edit much but are great organizers, etc. example: WikiIndaba. Not much value in doing an edit-a-thon, lot more value in organizing around values of free knowledge, etc. Consider themselves Wikimedians even if they don’t edit much. Internal positioning but also external campaign. | bias |
| 15 | Participation: Wikimedia as an identity. | identity |
| 16 | Participation: Lifelong commitment like scouts | lifelong commitment |
| 17 | Global structure(s) and presence: Internal (movement) and external (partnerships: what are we representing to the world) | structure |
| 18 | Global structure(s) and presence: We want to be in all those places. Presence allows for translation of content, but also values, programs, etc. | presence |
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