Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Coordinate Across Stakeholders
Coordinate Across Stakeholders |
WhatWe will enhance existing and establish new organizational structures and practices that ensure comprehensive information exchange, learning, knowledge transfer, and networking opportunities with all Movement stakeholders as well as partners who share our vision. By coordinating resources and ensuring decision-making is equitable, these structures and practices will facilitate better engagement, faster reaction, and greater support across our Movement. Changes and Actions
RationaleLack of clarity about the roles of various stakeholders, ineffective communication channels, and differing prioritization systems have created points of conflict, perceptions that decision-making occurs without consultation, and lack of unity. To improve understanding and engagement between volunteer communities and other parts of our Movement, attention, resources, and supporting structures need to be put in place. Many significant software changes are approached without consultation and therefore lack buy-in and understanding across projects. This lack of coordination is worsened by inadequate support and ineffective communication with volunteers, technical contributors, partners, and developers in the community. They are often left at their own discretion in terms of maintenance and improvement of their tools, and both users and partners can experience many barriers (e.g. when sharing content). Establishing a central structure such as a Technology Council can guide the focus and coordination of developing new technology. Similarly, regional and thematic structures can facilitate coordination among diverse Movement stakeholders with greater clarity and shared understanding. The need for better mechanisms to connect people with similar topical interests is evident at all levels in the Movement and with our partners. The importance of coordination will become more relevant as our Movement grows larger and more diverse, and creating solutions will have multiplier effects in the quantity and quality of free knowledge we can create and share. |