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Wikimedia LGBT

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Wikimedia LGBT+
Wikimedia LGBT+ is a proposed thematic organization that seeks to promote the development of content on Wikimedia projects which is of interest to LGBT+ communities. Proposed activities include outreach at LGBT events, Wikimania and other Wikimedia events, an international campaign called Wiki Loves Pride, and work on safe space policies, among other collaborations and interwiki projects. Active Wikimedians are welcome to join this cause! Please consider adding your name as a participant/supporter. Current tasks include translating pages, building a strong framework here at Meta, and achieving user group status (with the eventual goal of becoming a thematic organization). Your feedback is welcome on the discussion page.

--Another Believer (talk) 17:45, 1 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Question on role of Arabic

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French is the official language of the planned chapter so I assume all bylaws etc. will be in French and if there are differences between other language versions, the French has supremacy.

So will these bylaws have translations in Arabic as well as English? WhisperToMe (talk) 06:19, 2 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

the official language of the future chapter are arabic -- french and english are in the second position--Bachounda (talk) 23:34, 3 June 2014 (UTC)Reply
If you mean Algerian Arabic, I agree with you, but if it is standard classical Arabic, I may have a serious problem to follow what is happening. The more pragmatic would still be to take the French. Please no ideology!--Oldstoneage (talk) 09:31, 30 September 2014 (UTC)Reply
One issue is that spoken Algerian Arabic is not used in formal writing and communication in Algeria: Modern Standard Arabic is. This means the official documents would be done in MSA. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:50, 1 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
algerian arabic is not a language it is a Dialect (talk)
The International Organization for Standardization actually classifies spoken/informal Algerian Arabic as a separate language with the ISO code "arq". It is only used for informal and entertainment purposes. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:50, 1 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
Re: User:Oldstoneage's post I wonder if declaring French co-official would help encourage participation from Francophone users, including expatriates (from French-speaking Europe, Africa, and Canada) and Algerians who primarily use French to communicate. I don't know how many expatriates from non-Francophone countries are in Algeria, but English may be used to communicate with them when necessary. WhisperToMe (talk) 10:28, 8 December 2019 (UTC)Reply

Help for a Constantine postcard

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Hi, would anyone who knows Constantine well like to help the discussion at Commons:Commons:Village pump#Algerian picture? -- (talk) 11:12, 9 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

Some questions from AffCom

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Hello, Algerian wiki[pm]edians! I would like to ask you guys a few questions to have all the relevant information in one place (one-two paragraph summaries or links to other pages are fine), which we use to get to know you better and to have a catalog of all affiliates as we ask all of them a very similar set of questions. These will also be useful if you later in time decide to apply for chapter or thematic organization status. Please keep in mind that there are no "expected" or wrong answers.

  • Who are the people behind this application?
    • How many?
    • any active (on local or international level) Wiki[pm]edians? (please provide user names and wiki of origin)
    • Active in which communities if any?
    • How are they geographically distributed?
    • How many people do you expect will eventually want to join?
  • For the application and final agreement we will require two contact persons that can sign the Wikimedia_User_Group_Agreement on behalf of the group. Who will those be?
  • Could you give a short overview of the time path of the founding up to now?
  • Have there been any activities/meetings etc. of this group of people?
  • What kind of activities are planned for the future in the user group?
  • How can We help You?
  • What name would you like to use? (There are some templates at Step-by-step_user_group_creation_guide#Naming_of_user_groups.)

Thank you in advance for your time in answering these questions, which help us get a feel for your group and determine how far along the process towards user group status are you at the moment. Let me know if you need any clarifications!!

Merci beaucoup, Maor X (talk) 19:06, 25 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

to Maor X we choose to put our response here WikiDZ Application page

merci beaucoup ,شكرا جزيلا pour votre assistance --Bachounda Med. (talk) 17:40, 3 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Congratulations and welcome!

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Congratulations on your recent recognition as a user group! We wanted to let you know about this tool for Wikimedia organizations (including user groups) that was just recently developed, in case you are interested in participating in the first phase of the project. We are collecting a first round of responses until 21 December: Organizational_effectiveness/Tool. We wanted to let you know about the tool, since as a newer group, we may not have reached out to you yet.

If your group is interested in participating, but has questions, we'd be happy to help you get started. Just contact me on my user page or send me a note at orgeffectiveness at wikimedia dot org. Cheers and welcome, Winifred Olliff (FDC Support Team) talk 19:09, 15 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

eLearning Africa Conference

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Hello WMDZ. I just came across a regional conference that seems relevant for you and community members. The 10th annual eLearning Africa conference will be hosted this year in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the African Union HQ. I'm in the process of seeing if there's space for any involvement from the Wikipedia Education Program team, be it a conference session or pre-conference workshop. Could also be an opportunity to highlight some of the work you do as well or learn what others are doing in the region! @Bachounda: Please share onwards as appropriate :) Tighe Flanagan (WMF) (talk) 17:50, 26 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

thank you @TFlanagan-WMF: for this information, for thinking of us; we will take into consideration --Bachounda Med. (talk) 18:04, 27 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Greetings,

I am pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections. This year the Board and the FDC Staff are looking for a diverse set of candidates from regions and projects that are traditionally under-represented on the board and in the movement as well as candidates with experience in technology, product or finance. To this end they have published letters describing what they think is needed and, recognizing that those who know the community the best are the community themselves, the election committee is accepting nominations for community members you think should run and will reach out to those nominated to provide them with information about the job and the election process.

This year, elections are being held for the following roles:

Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. There are three positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the board elections page.

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The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 20 to 23:59 UTC May 5 for the Board and from 00:00 UTCApril 20 to 23:59 UTC April 30 for the FDC and FDC Ombudsperson. This year, we are accepting both self-nominations and nominations of others. More information on this election and the nomination process can be found on the 2015 Wikimedia elections page on Meta-Wiki.

Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections -at- wikimedia.org

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
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This is an update from the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. Translations are available.

The Wikimedia Affiliations Committee is requesting comments on the approval process and agreements for Wikimedia user groups.

Wikimedia user groups are groups of Wikimedia users who support and promote the Wikimedia projects in the offline world by organizing meetups and other projects. The Wikimedia Affiliations Committee's responsibilities include approval of new Wikimedia user groups.

The committee will seek community input until Friday, May 1, 2015. The committee will then review the community's input, and publish the new process and agreements on Meta-Wiki. The committee will again seek community input approximately six months after any changes are adopted to gauge effectiveness and if any additional changes are necessary.

Please see the RFC page on Meta-Wiki for more information and to provide feedback.

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This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and FDC Ombudsperson. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and FDC Ombudsperson will continue during the voting. Nominations for the Board of Trustees will be accepted until 23:59 UTC May 5.

The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions on the committee being filled.

The FDC Ombudsperson receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 3 to 23:59 UTC May 10. Click here to vote. Questions and discussion with the candidates will continue during that time. Click here to ask the FDC candidates a question. Click here to ask the FDC Ombudsperson candidates a question. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 FDC election page, the 2015 FDC Ombudsperson election page, and the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
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This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Board will continue during the voting.

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The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 17 to 23:59 UTC May 31. Click here to vote. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

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Wikipedia's 15th birthday / le 15ème anniversaire de Wikipédia

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Apologies for cross-posting the below!

The 15th birthday of Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia movement, is coming soon! We’re eager to make plans to celebrate on January 15, 2016.

As a way to kickstart planning around the 15th, there is a page on Meta for Wikipedia 15. Eventually, we plan for the page to have resources including:

  1. Resources to plan events and meetups locally to celebrate the 15th.
  2. More information on sharing birthday photos, videos, stories, Wikipedia content, and other media.
  3. Tips for pitching to local media to cover your event.

Many of the sections on the meta page are blank for now, but we’ll be working with you to add more information to the page over the next few months leading up to the birthday celebration in January. Please feel free to add, edit, and discuss what you’d like to see for Wikipedia’s 15th birthday!

We look forward to celebrating with you!

-for the Wikimedia Foundation Communications team, JSutherland (WMF) (talk) 01:06, 1 October 2015 (UTC)Reply


Le 15ème anniversaire de Wikipédia, et du mouvement Wikimedia, approche ! Nous avons envie de célébrer cela le 15 janvier 2016.

Dans le but de lancer l'organisation des 15 ans de Wikipédia, il y a une page dédiée sur Meta. À terme, l'objectif de cette page est de vous fournir :

  1. Des ressources pour prévoir des événements et des rencontres localement afin de fêter les 15 ans.
  2. Des informations pour partager des photos, des vidéos, des histoires, du contenu Wikipédia ou d'autres médias autour de l'anniversaire.
  3. Des conseils pour communiquer auprès des médias qui vont couvrir votre événement.

La plupart des sections de la page meta sont vides actuellement, mais nous allons travailler ensemble pour ajouter plus d'informations au cours des prochains mois jusqu'à l'anniversaire en janvier. N'hésitez pas à ajouter, éditer ou discuter ce que vous aimeriez voir pour les 15 ans de Wikipédia.

Nous espérons célébrer cela avec vous !

— L'équipe Communication de la Wikimedia Foundation JSutherland (WMF) (talk) 01:06, 1 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

This is an update from the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. Translations are available.

The Wikimedia Affiliations Committee is pleased to introduce the launch of the Wikimedia Affiliates mailing list, which is basically a place for all the affiliates (chapters, thematic organizations, user groups) to discuss issues related to affiliates, make announcements to other affiliates, and collaborate on activities and community-wide events. The idea is to help facilitate the dialogue affiliates across our movement, plus collaborative discussions like community-wide activities, joint edit-a-thons, regional conferences, blog/report posts, or other communications from affiliates.

Each Wikimedia movement affiliate is allocated three spots on the mailing list. All affiliates may contact the Affiliations Committee to request additional spots if needed.

Please find a bit more information on Meta-Wiki and do not hesitate to contact the Affiliations Committee if you have further questions.

Thank you - Wikimedia Affiliations Committee

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Wikipedia 15 has a mark! / Wikipédia 15 a maintenant une marque !

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Wikipedia 15 now has a mark! Be sure to check out the “Material” section of the Wikipedia 15 meta page to see the design, and learn about how to use it. This year's mark is meant to be fun, interactive, and infinitely customisable. We can’t wait to see how you and your Wikimedia community use it!

–For the WMF Communications team, Sam Lien and Joe Sutherland 03:04, 4 November 2015 (UTC)Reply


Wikipédia 15 a maintenant une marque ! Soyez sûr de regarder la section “Matériel” de la page méta Wikipédia 15 pour voir le design et la façon de l’utiliser. La marque de cette année est prévue pour être amusante, interactive et déclinable à l’infini. Nous somme impatient de voir comment vous et votre communauté Wikimedia allez l’utiliser !

– Pour l’équipe Communications de la WMF, Sam Lien et Joe Sutherland 03:04, 4 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

This is a message regarding the proposed 2015 Free Bassel banner. Translations are available.

Hi everyone,

This is to inform all Wikimedia contributors that a straw poll seeking your involvement has just been started on Meta-Wiki.

As some of your might be aware, a small group of Wikimedia volunteers have proposed a banner campaign informing Wikipedia readers about the urgent situation of our fellow Wikipedian, open source software developer and Creative Commons activist, Bassel Khartabil. An exemplary banner and an explanatory page have now been prepared, and translated into about half a dozen languages by volunteer translators.

We are seeking your involvement to decide if the global Wikimedia community approves starting a banner campaign asking Wikipedia readers to call on the Syrian government to release Bassel from prison. We understand that a campaign like this would be unprecedented in Wikipedia's history, which is why we're seeking the widest possible consensus among the community.

Given Bassel's urgent situation and the resulting tight schedule, we ask everyone to get involved with the poll and the discussion to the widest possible extent, and to promote it among your communities as soon as possible.

(Apologies for writing in English; please kindly translate this message into your own language.)

Thank you for your participation!

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This is an update from the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. Translations are available.

The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members!

The main role of the Affiliations Committee is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and advise the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

The committee consists of twelve members, six of whom are selected every twelve months for staggered two-year terms.

Key skills

Being a part of the Affiliations Committee requires communication with volunteers all over the world, negotiating skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to understand legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in our members. The key skills and experience that we look for in candidates are:

  • Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide.
  • Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process.
  • Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions.
  • Availability of up to 5 hours per week, and the time to participate in a monthly ~2 hour voice/video meeting.
  • International orientation.
  • Very good communication skills in English.
  • Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures.
  • Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the WMF.
  • Knowledge of different legal systems and experience in community building and organising are a plus.
  • Effective communication skills in other languages are a major plus.
  • Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus.
  • Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.

We are looking for people who are not afraid of the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world.

Selection process

As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2015 member selection process will include a public review and comment period. All applications received by the committee will be posted on Meta (at Affiliations Committee/Candidates/2015), and the community will be invited to provide comments and feedback about each candidate.

At the end of the public comment period, the applications will be voted on by the members of the committee who are not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisors, WMF staff and board liaisons, and the community. A final decision will be made by mid-January 2016, with new members expected to join later that month.

How to apply

If you are interested in joining the committee, please send an application to affcom@lists.wikimedia.org by 31 December 2015. You will get a confirmation that your application was received.

Your application should include the following:

  • Your full name
  • Your contact information (including e-mail address and username)
  • A statement describing your relevant experience, skills, and motivation for joining the committee.

Your statement will be published for community review and feedback, so please do not include any information that you are not comfortable sharing.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!

Best regards,
Carlos Colina
Chair, Affiliations Committee

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Get involved in Wikipedia 15!

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This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

As many of you know, January 15 is Wikipedia’s 15th Birthday!

People around the world are getting involved in the celebration and have started adding their events on Meta Page. While we are celebrating Wikipedia's birthday, we hope that all projects and affiliates will be able to utilize this celebration to raise awareness of our community's efforts.

Haven’t started planning? Don’t worry, there’s lots of ways to get involved. Here are some ideas:

Everything is linked on the Wikipedia 15 Meta page. You’ll find a set of ten data visualization works that you can show at your events, and a list of all the Wikipedia 15 logos that community members have already designed.

If you have any questions, please contact Zachary McCune or Joe Sutherland.

Thanks and Happy nearly Wikipedia 15!
-The Wikimedia Foundation Communications team

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eLearning Africa 2016 Conference submission extension

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Want to represent and share your work with Wikimedia at the 1tth annual pan-African conference for ICT for development, education and training conference?

I've been notified by the organizers of the eLearning Africa Conference that submissions are still open to Wikimedia community members who wish to participate. This year's conference will be held in Cairo from May 24 - 26. If selected to present, Wikimedians could take advantage of the Travel and Participation Support (TPS) funds available through Community Resources. As the formal deadline has already passed, any proposals should be submitted as soon as possible.

Proposal Submission Form (direct link)

Noting that there is a reduced registration fee for speakers and students. Please share this announcement to potential participants, and let me know if you apply (on wiki or via email, tflanagan(_AT_)wikimedia.org) so I can follow up with the program organizers on your behalf. Tighe Flanagan (WMF) (talk) 19:36, 18 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

@TFlanagan-WMF: thanks for sharing --Mohammed Bachounda (talk) 08:48, 21 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

10,000 Challenge for Africa

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Hi there, I'd be very grateful if you could help publicize and support this. I've made a grant proposal to cover Africa with regional contests and aim to make 10,000 improvements overall. If interested sign up on the Challenge page. You're welcome to invite other language wikis to participate too!Dr. Blofeld (talk) 17:15, 6 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

De-Recognition of Affiliates with Long-standing Non-Compliance

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This is an update from the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. Translations are available.

Recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate - a chapter, thematic organization, or user group - is a privilege that allows an independent group to officially use the Wikimedia name to further the Wikimedia mission. While most Wikimedia affiliates adhere to the basic compliance standards set forth in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation, a protocol has been developed to address the exceptional cases when a Wikimedia affiliate does not meet basic compliance standards and their continued recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate presents a risk to the Wikimedia movement.

In the past year, the Affiliations Committee - with support from Wikimedia Foundation staff - has made a concerted effort to address a handful of chapters with long-standing issues of non-compliance. As a result, in the coming days and months, a small number of chapters that have been unable to return to compliance through their efforts in the past year will not have their chapter agreements renewed. As a consequence, these organizations will no longer have the additional rights to use the Wikimedia trademarks, including the Wikimedia name, that had been granted under those agreements.

If you have questions about what this means for community members in the affected affiliates’ region or language areas, we have put together a basic FAQ. The FAQ talk page is available for additional questions and comments, and the Affiliations Committee is happy to answer questions directly.

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Review of initial updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process

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Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

The Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. For 15 years, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse network of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites. We are a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision: all knowledge for all people. As a movement, we have an opportunity to decide where we go from here.

This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve. We hope to design an inclusive process that makes space for everyone: editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, donors, technology platforms, institutional partners, and people we have yet to reach. There will be multiple ways to participate including on-wiki, in private spaces, and in-person meetings. You are warmly invited to join and make your voice heard.

The immediate goal is to have a strategic direction by Wikimania 2017 to help frame a discussion on how we work together toward that strategic direction.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Beginning with this message, monthly reviews of these updates will be sent to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a review of the updates that have been sent so far:

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

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Overview #2 of updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process

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Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

As we mentioned last month, the Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Each month, we are sending overviews of these updates to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a overview of the updates that have been sent since our message last month:

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

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We invite you to join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15)

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05:00, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Please accept our apologies for cross-posting this message. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Elections.

The Board of Trustees (Board) is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long-term sustainability of the Wikimedia Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. More information about this role can be found on Meta-Wiki. Please read the letter from the Board of Trustees calling for candidates.

The candidacy submission phase will last from April 7 (00:00 UTC) to April 20 (23:59 UTC).

We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates from April 7 to April 20. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki.

Once the questions submission period has ended on April 20, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to beginning on April 21.

The goal of this process is to fill the three community-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The election results will be used by the Board itself to select its new members.

The full schedule for the Board elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.

  • April 7 (00:00 UTC) – April 20 (23:59 UTC) – Board nominations
  • April 7 – April 20 – Board candidates questions submission period
  • April 21 – April 30 – Board candidates answer questions
  • May 1 – May 14 – Board voting period
  • May 15–19 – Board vote checking
  • May 20 – Board result announcement goal

In addition to the Board elections, we will also soon be holding elections for the following roles:

  • Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
    • There are five positions being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.
  • Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson (Ombuds)
    • One position is being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

Please note that this year the Board of Trustees elections will be held before the FDC and Ombuds elections. Candidates who are not elected to the Board are explicitly permitted and encouraged to submit themselves as candidates to the FDC or Ombuds positions after the results of the Board elections are announced.

More information on this year's elections can be found on Meta-Wiki. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the election talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections(at)wikimedia.org.

On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation

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Notification of User Group Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting

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Greetings, This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization is currently past due on its required annual reporting. Wikimedia User Groups are required to submit an annual activity report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta, and linked on the meta Reports page. This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available, organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns up to date.

As noted on the meta Reports page, your organization’s 2015-2016 annual reporting became past due. Please be sure to

  1. Post your 2015-2016 annual reporting to the meta Reports page as soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
  2. Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links for historical record-keeping, and
  3. Please send an email to Wikimedia-l in order to share with a movement-wide audience.

If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Best regards, --EGalvez (WMF) (talk) 17:22, 31 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

Learning Quarterly: October 2017

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L&E Newsletter / Volume 4 / Issue 14 / October 2017
Learning Quarterly

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User group for Military Historians

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Greetings,

"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians. Please spread the message to your members and Wikimedia volunteers within your scope.

Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talkmail) 07:08, 23 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Learning Quarterly: January 2018

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Share your feedback in this global Wikimedia survey

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Dear Wikimedia Affiliates,
My name is María Cruz and I work for the Wikimedia Foundation on the Learning and Evaluation team. In one week or so, the Foundation is starting a global survey to learn about the experiences and feedback of Wikimedians. I am writing here, because I wanted to share with you a bit more about the project.
The survey is called "Wikimedia Communities and Contributors" and is conducted annually. We will send the survey to editors across all the Wikimedia projects, as well as Wikimedia affiliates and volunteer developers. This survey is going to be our way of making sure that we can hear feedback from a significant number of users from across the projects. This research supports editors and Wikipedia’s mission. This is our second annual CE Insights survey, and we look forward to improving it every year.
We will be contacting 2 people from each affiliate, based on the primary contact information that we have. Each affiliate will receive an additional third link which they can distribute to any leader in their chapter or user group.
Go to the project page to see the results of last year’s survey, and to see how your feedback helps the Wikimedia Foundation support communities. You can sign up to be notified about the results of the survey, or to learn how you can help with planning the survey next year.
If you have any questions or concerns about this project, please feel free to send them to Edward Galvez's talk page on Meta-Wiki or email him directly at surveys(_AT_)wikimedia · org in any language. You can learn more about this project and read about frequently asked questions. You can also share your feedback on Meta-Wiki.

Thank you for your time supporting this project!
María Cruz


MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:42, 19 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

Learning Quarterly: June 2018

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Join us on The AfroCine Project

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Greetings!

This is to introduce you to a new Wikimedia project called The AfroCine Project. This new project is dedicated to improving the coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this (or you're already active in this area), by coordinating local programmes around African cinema (independently or otherwise) in your community or local Wikipedia, kindly list your username or organization as a participant on the meta project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, we are organizing a global contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join this exciting event, also list your username as a participant on the English Wikipedia page. If you would love to lead this contest (or any other relevant program) for a non-English Wikipedia community, please feel free to translate the English Wikiproject page to your local language Wikipedia, or you can create one from scratch!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage or the project talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

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Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia (en, he, es, it, bn) and Wikidata. Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

  • Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
  • Country Winners
  • Diversity winner
  • High quality contributors
  • Gender-gap fillers
  • Page improvers
  • Wikidata Translators

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here.

If you'd love to organize this contest for your local wiki or organize in-person events centred around this project, or you need further information about the AfroCine Project, please leave a message on the project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

Learning Quarterly: November 2018

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L&E Newsletter / Volume 5 / Issue 17 / November 2018
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This is an update from the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee.

The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members!

The main role of the Affiliations Committee is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and advise the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

The committee can include up to fifteen members, roughly half of whom are selected every twelve months for staggered two-year terms. Those joining the committee during the current process will serve a two-year term ending in December 2020.

Key skills

Being a part of the Affiliations Committee requires communication with volunteers all over the world, negotiating skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to understand legal texts. We look for a healthy mix of different skill sets in our members, including the following key skills and experience:

- Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process.
- Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliation, and similar topics.
- Availability of up to 5 hours per week, and the time to participate in a monthly two-hour voice/video meeting.
- International orientation.
- Fluency in English.
- Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures.
- Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the Wikimedia Foundation.
- Knowledge of different legal systems and experience in community building and organizing are a plus.
- Skills in other languages are a major plus.
- Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus.
- Strong track record of effective collaboration (such as evidenced skills at facilitation, mediation, negotiation, and so forth) are a major plus.
- Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.

We are looking for people who are excited by the challenge of empowering volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world. In exchange, committee members selected will gain the experience of supporting their world-wide colleagues to develop their communities as well as personal development in guiding organizational development, facilitating affiliate partnerships, and professional communications.

Selection process

As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2018 member selection process will include a public review and comment period. All applications received by the committee will be posted on Meta at Affiliations Committee/Candidates/December 2018, and the community will be invited to provide comments and feedback about each candidate.

At the end of the public comment period, the applications will be voted on by the members of the committee who are not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisors, Wikimedia Foundation staff and board liaisons, and the community. A final decision will be made by mid-January 2019, with new members expected to join later that month.

How to apply

If you are interested in joining the committee, please post your application on the nomination page and send an email announcing your application to affcom@lists.wikimedia.org by 31 December 2018. Your application must include the following information:

- Your full name and Wikimedia username
- A statement describing your relevant experience, skills, and motivation for joining the committee.
- Answers to the following three questions:

  1. How do you think affiliates work best together to partner on effective projects and initiatives?
  2. What do you see as the role of affiliates in the Wikimedia movement in the next three years?
  3. What do you feel you will bring to the committee that makes you a uniquely qualified candidate?


If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!

Best regards,
Kirill Lokshin
Chair, Affiliations Committee

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Affiliations Committee, 06:25, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

New Affiliations Committee appointments

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AffCom is excited to share with you the news that the Wikimedia Foundation Board has unanimously approved the changes to the Bylaws during the last Board meeting on January 30, 2019.

This change allows the participation of User Groups in the Affiliate-selected Board seats (ASBS) 2019 process.

To read the Board's announcement, please click here

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:45, 21 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

Help us make Wikipedia talk pages more accessible to more participants

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Hello!

Our team at the Wikimedia Foundation is working on a project to improve the ease-of-use and productivity of wiki talk pages. As an affiliate, I can imagine you’ve run into challenges explaining talk pages to first-time participants, or it is an consultation that would interest your members.

We want all contributors to be able to talk to each other on the wikis – to ask questions, to resolve differences, to organize projects and to make decisions. Communication is essential for the depth and quality of our content, and the health of our communities.

We're currently leading a global consultation on how to improve talk pages, and we're looking for groups that can discuss and report on their experiences using (or helping other people to use) wiki talk pages. We'd like to invite you to participate, with the user groups that you belong to. You can learn more about the consultation at Mediawiki.org and if you're interested in hosting a group discussion (on-wiki or off-wiki), you can sign up at the participant sign-up group.

If you’d like to participate or if you have any questions, please contact us and let us know. The more people participate from many horizons, the better the outcome will be.

Thank you! Trizek (WMF) 15:29, 8 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

Call for complementary facilitators and more to get the ASBS 2019 process started!

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Hi everyone, hope all is fine with you!

The next weeks will be intense, as affiliates figure out their participation in the process that will soon select 2 people for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Since new Bylaws established that the user groups are for the first time going to be involved in such process, a lot more support than before is certainly going to be necessary, among other things, for big and healthy conversations on the topic. Hence, please encourage members of your group to become a complementary facilitator, or sign up yourself! You can add yourself to the list on Meta or reply to me to flag availability. One person from the facilitators group should soon be selected to liaise with the Foundation Board’s Chair, María Sefidari, on behalf of all affiliates, and it may be wise to also find a deputy for them.

Finally, if you can think of any huge obstacles that would prevent your group from participating to the process (for instance, a language barrier, or lack of good decision-making mechanisms, etc.), please reach out to me directly: it is really important that we hear about them as early as possible. Thank you! Elitre (WMF) 15:23, 12 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

Update on the Affiliate-selected Board seats 2019 process

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Hi all,

The Election Facilitators met on Friday, April 5. We finalized the resolution, which is now frozen. The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation will be asked to approve the resolution.

We have made two small changes to be more inclusive. We extended the date for compliance with AffCom reporting and being in good standing to May 7 to allow time for as many Affiliates as possible to be current with these requirements. The Election Facilitators adjusted the language in case a quorum is not met during the election.

On the talk page of the resolution one issue was raised. The issue looks like to be about a possible candidate. Affiliates will have ample time to discuss the merits of candidates during nomination time, screening time, and they can cast their votes on candidates. The Election Facilitators didn't see the necessity for this change, and left the resolution on this point unchanged.

The Election Facilitators will be Abhinav Srivastava, Lane Rasberry, Jeffrey Keefer, Ad Huikeshoven, Neal McBurnett and Alessandro Marchetti. We will welcome more volunteers to assist us in this process, to reach out to the diversity in language and gender in our communities, and do so in an advisory role.

The nomination period opens on April 15. We are going to prepare nomination pages on Meta. You can expect a call for nominations. There is a draft call, including a candidates' profile section with non-binding guidelines about experience and characteristics for nominees. You are welcome to add your insights, or discuss on the talk page.

Erica Litrenta (WMF staff) supports us in this process. She will reach out to all affiliates through mail and other channels to make sure we are up to date with (user)name and contact details of your primary contact.

On behalf of the Election Facilitators, Ad Huikeshoven 10:52, 6 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hello everyone!

  • The Resolution has been approved by the Board of Trustees;
  • Nominations phase is now open, from April 15 00:00 UTC to April 30 23:59 UTC. See the Call for Candidates and Nominations pages;
    • Community members may ask questions of the candidates;
  • Your main representative has just received an email to confirm that they are indeed the primary contact and will perform official actions on behalf of your group (such as endorsing candidates and then voting). Some groups also need to verify their eligibility status in due time, as explained in the email;
  • New content is available to spread awareness around the process - the infographic on this page has clickable links and can be translated, and a primer is available, that we hope will be particularly helpful to those new to such a process;
  • Finally, you are welcome to help with translations! Pick one page from the ASBS category and, in the next couple of weeks, please consider translating profiles of the candidates in particular.

Thanks for your attention! The Facilitators for ASBS 2019, 07:33, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

Affiliate-selected Board seats 2019 process: your representative

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Hello. The name of the only person who will vote on behalf of this group to select the next two Board members is now at m:Affiliate-selected Board seats/2019/Eligible entities. Please contact me directly as soon as possible if you need any kind of corrections there. There's only a few hours left to endorse candidates, and only the official voter can do that. I would also like to take this opportunity to remind you that you can make a difference with the necessary translations.

Appreciate your attention and your support so far! Thank you! Elitre (WMF) and Facilitators of ASBS 2019, 12:15, 29 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Introducing Wikimedia Space: A platform for movement news and organizations

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Hi Algerian Wikimedians User Group,
I’m writing to let you know that the Community Engagement department [1]at the Wikimedia Foundation is launching a new platform, Wikimedia Space. Here, you will find stories for and by contributors to the Wikimedia movement, and a space for discussions of different topics.

We know that finding information about Wikimedia activities and processes is very complicated, which makes the learning curve to enter our movement and be successful afterwards, really steep. By centralizing community stories and conversations in one shared space, we believe we are facilitating access and discoverability of topics across the movement, improving, in turn, connections among Wikimedians.

As an affiliated organization to the Wikimedia Foundation, we hope that you can share this platform with your local community, and we count on you to encourage them to add their voices. If you’d like to contribute stories, and overall, participate in the discussion section, please read our blogging guidelines and our code of conduct and join the conversation. Find more information about the project on its page on Meta.

Looking forward to seeing you at Wikimedia Space,
María Cruz, Communications and Outreach Manager, Wikimedia Foundation.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:53, 25 June 2019 (UTC) Reply

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

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Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the Months of African Cinema last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000. About 9 in-person events were also organised for the edit-a-thon in different parts of the world.

The contest is organized by a Wikimedia project called The AfroCine Project, which is dedicated to improving the coverage of the history, works, people, places, and events, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

If you would love to join this exciting event, please list your username as a participant on the English Wikipedia contest page. If you would love to lead this contest for your country or community, please list your name in the coordinators' page here. The rapid grants team would be accepting proposals throughout October and November, in case you'd need funds to run local edit-a-thons or some other activities related to this event. Upon listing your name on the coordinators' page, you'd be contacted to talk about the resources you'd need to run the event in your community. You can also contact me directly for any clarifications.

Finally, We also need volunteers to handle some aspects of the AfroCine project. These aspects include:

  1. Community Liaison: This role essentially involves closely engaging with local communities to support their activities within the scope of Afrocine.
  2. Communications: This involves the communications aspects of the project. Sharing relevant information on mailing lists and social media would be the responsibility of this person.
  3. MAC Jury: This role involves joining the jury of Months of African Cinema contest. We need as many people as we can get 🙂.
  4. Tools: Going forward, we would need relevant tools to better track the metrics and also analyse the general impact of these events. We are calling for Wikimedia volunteers who can navigate wikimedia tools that can be useful for the project.

If you would love to help with any of these roles, or some other roles that have not been mentioned, please contact me directly or on: samoye_(_AT_)hotmail.com

If you have further questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally or right here or the project talkpages.

Thank you!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 17:10, 30 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Introducing Wikimedia Diary: A memory book (notebook) for all

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Wikimedia Diary
Hello Algerian Wikimedians User Group, I wanna share you about Wikimedia Diary, a public memory book (notebook) in which Wikimedians from all over the world are free to write any worth noting event/activities/experiences by them or community in this Wiki world. It is a more casual place to write about what one is up to.

As we all know, a diary is a book in which diarist keeps a daily record of events and experiences. Likewise, the basic idea of Wikimedia Diary is that we do many activities here in wiki world which we are proud of, but unfortunately it became only the history anytime. So, It is meant to record those activities on the happened date with a signature (~~~~) which is worth noting, and letting fellow Wikimedians know about what inspirational you've did. It would motivate users from all around the world to keep on cool activities and publish a note. I hope you share your activities with all of us on the page, and please let your friends know about Wikimedia Diary. Also, your feedback is welcome on the discussion page. Thank you!
Kind regards,
Tulsi Bhagat, Initiator of Wikimedia Diary, Wikimedia movement communications group.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 15 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

The Affiliations Committee (AffCom) – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members!

The main role of the Affiliations Committee is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and update the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as well as advise them on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

The committee consists of fourteen members, selected every twelve months for staggered two-year terms. Those joining the committee during the current process will serve a two-year term ending in December 2021.

AffCom continues to closely monitor the Wikimedia 2030 Strategy process that was initiated in 2016. While the affiliation models continue to be discussed as part of the broader strategy discussion, as no decisions have been made to change the current affiliation models yet, AffCom will continue to work in the same manner with regard to affiliate recognitions and intervention support for affiliates with issues of non-compliance in 2020. Specifically, AffCom will continue to process applications for user group and chapter/thematic organization creation, while we await the strategy next steps and begin to prepare for a smooth transition of the committee and affiliates ecosystem to any changing movement structures and systems in 2021.

Being a part of the Affiliations Committee requires communication with volunteers all over the world, negotiating skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to understand legal texts. We look for a healthy mix of different skill sets in our members.

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Across all committee members there are additional relevant skills as well as requirements which help to support the committee and its sustainability which include both required and relevant general skills

Required Skills

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  • Fluency in English
  • Availability of up to 5 hours per week, and the time to participate in a monthly one and two-hour voice/video meetings.
  • Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.
  • Strong track record of effective collaboration
  • International orientation

Relevant Skills

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  • Skills in other languages are a major plus.
  • Public Communications (English writing and speaking skills)
  • Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the Wikimedia Foundation.
  • Documentation practices
  • Interviewing experience
  • Knowledge of different legal systems and experience in community building and organizing are a plus
  • Experience with, or in, an active affiliate is a major plus.
  • Teamwork
    • Focusing on shared goals instead of disagreements
    • Focusing on the conflict at hand and not past ones
    • Ensuring each member of the team has a clearly defined role, which can help reduce disagreements over areas of responsibility
    • Project and people management to coordinate different parties on a shared plan and seeing it through to completion.
  • Problem-Solving
    • Ability to evaluate various solutions
    • Ability to consider multiple interests and points of view
    • Willingness to revisit unresolved issues
    • The capacity to recognize and respond to important matters
    • The ability to seek compromise and avoid punishing
  • Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures.

Given the expectations for maintaining course in 2020 and preparing for potential 2021 transitions, it is important that we are also clear about two different skill sets critical to committee support at this time. The first skillset is oriented to understanding affiliate dynamics and organizational development patterns to successfully process affiliate applications for recognition; the other is oriented to conflict prevention and intervention support for affiliates in conflict.

Affiliate Recognitions Relevant Skills

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  • Administration
    • Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process.
    • Attention to detail
  • Monitoring & Strategic Development
    • Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliation, and similar topics.
  • Organizational Awareness
    • Understanding of and community building and organizational development
    • Understanding of group dynamics
    • Awareness of the affiliates ecosystem and models

Conflict Prevention & Intervention Relevant Skills

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  • Communication
    • Active listening
    • Reading nonverbal cues
    • Knowing when to interrupt and when to stay quiet
    • Being culturally sensitive at the same time remaining clear and concise when explaining a concept or opinion
  • Stress Management
    • Patience
    • Positivity
    • Ability to inject a dose of humor to dilute anger and frustration when needed
    • Taking well-timed breaks that can bring calm in the midst of flared tempers
    • Ability to manage stress while remaining alert and calm
  • Emotional Intelligence
    • Being emotionally aware,
    • Ability to control emotions and behaviors,
    • Ability to practice empathy,
    • Impartiality,
    • Don’t take anything personally,
    • Being aware of and respectful of differences.
  • Facilitation skills
    • Meeting facilitation experience
    • Peer or community mediation training
    • Peer or community mediation experience

Do you have any of these skill sets and an interest to support movement affiliates?

We are looking for people who are excited by the challenge of empowering volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world. In exchange, committee members selected will gain the experience of supporting their world-wide colleagues to develop their communities as well as personal development in guiding organizational development, facilitating affiliate partnerships, and professional communications.

Selection process

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As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2019 member selection process will include a public review and comment period. We invite you to share with us you applications, specifying your focus area you’re interested in. All applications received by the committee will be posted on Meta, and the community will be invited to provide comments and feedback about each candidate.

At the end of the public comment period, the applications will be voted on by the members of the committee who are not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisors, Wikimedia Foundation staff and board liaisons, and the community. A final decision will be made by mid-January 2020, with new members expected to join later that month.

How to apply

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If you are interested in joining the committee, please post your application on the nomination page and send an email announcing your application to AffCom(_AT_)lists.wikimedia.org by 10 January 2020. Your application must include the following information:

  • Your full name and Wikimedia username
  • A statement describing your relevant experience, skills, and motivation for joining the committee.
  • Answers to the following questions:
  1. How do you think affiliates work best together to partner on effective projects and initiatives?
  2. What do you see as the role of affiliates in the Wikimedia movement in the next three years?
  3. What do you feel you will bring to the committee that makes you uniquely qualified?
  4. Which subcommittee are you most interested in serving on: Recognitions OR Conflict Prevention & Intervention?

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!


On behalf of the committee,

Camelia Boban, AffCom member

صفحات ويكيبيديا تريد صور

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WPWP صفحات ويكيبيديا تريد صور

أعزاءنا في المجتمعات المنتمية الويكيميدية

هذه دعوة للمشاركة في صفحات ويكيبيديا تريد صور (WPWP) ، وهي مسابقة عالمية جديدة من المقرر أن تقام من يوليو لأغسطس 2020 :

سيختار المشاركون من بين صفحات ويكيبيديا التي لا تحتوي على وسائط صور ، حيث يضيفون ملفا مناسبًا من بين آلاف الصور في ويكيميديا كومنز ، خاصة تلك التي تم تحميلها خلال المسابقات التصويرية (ويكي تهوى إفريقيا، ويكي تهوى الأرض ، ويكي تهوى الفلكلور ، إلخ.) في السنوات الأخيرة. يقدم WPWP إرشادات دقيقة لتوجيه المحررين الجدد في كيفية إضافة المحتوى إلى الصفحات الموجودة. يمكن استخدامه لتنظيم ورش التحرير وإيديتاثونات. يبحث الفريق المنظم عن جهات اتصال على مستوى الفصول ، المجموعات المواضيعية و مجموعات المستخدمين الويكيميديين (الجغرافية أو المواضعية) في أحد لغات ويكيبيديا ، لتنسيق المشروع محلياً. سيكون من دواعي سرورنا أن تقومو بالتسجيل مباشرة في صفحة المجتمعات المشاركة WPWP. شخصيا أ بإسم جهة إنتماءاتكم.

شكرا

--Mohammed Bachounda (talk) 13:44, 10 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Call for candidates - June 2020

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Hi everyone,

The Affiliations Committee (AffCom) – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing and sustaining Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is seeking new members!

The main role of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and update the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as well as advise them on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

The committee consists of five to fifteen members, selected at least once every year, to serve two-year terms. As the committee must hold mid-year elections to replenish its members at this time, those joining the committee during the current process will serve a slightly extended term from July 2020 through December 2022.

AffCom continues to closely monitor the Wikimedia 2030 Strategy process initiated in 2016. While the affiliation models continue to be discussed as part of the broader strategy discussion, as no decisions have been made to change the current affiliation models yet, AffCom continues to work in the same manner with regard to affiliate recognitions and intervention support for affiliates with issues of non-compliance in 2020. AffCom continues to process applications for user group and chapter/thematic organization creation, while we await the strategy next steps and begin to prepare for a smooth transition of the committee and affiliates ecosystem to any changing movement structures and systems in 2021.

Being a part of the AffCom requires communication with volunteers all over the world, negotiating skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to understand legal texts. We look for a mix of different skill sets in our members.

Click here for further details.

James Heilman on behalf of AffCom

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:18, 13 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Affiliations Committee elections announcement June 2020

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Hi everyone,

This is a friendly reminder that the Affiliations Committee (AffCom) – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing and sustaining Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is seeking new members! The deadline to post your application on the nomination page is 30 June 2020.

  • Application process: Considering the anticipated changes following the Strategy recommendations, we had a limited scope to introduce changes in the process. We have made a small but impactful addition to the application process by introducing the Self Assessment survey form which will help the committee know more about your engagement as endorsements are not consistently shared, may not be representative, and often do not speak to the specific skills needed.
  • Selection process: No change; see: Membership.

If you have any questions, please contact me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to answer questions about our work if this helps people decide to apply. Please distribute this announcement among your networks. Good luck to all the candidates!

On behalf of the committee,

--Rosiestep (talk) 00:49, 19 June 2020 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply

شكر خاص لمشاركتكم في تطوير توصيات استراتيجية ويكيميديا 2030

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Wikimedia 2030 Celebration Image Wikimedia 2030
بتنظيم صالوني استراتيجية كانت مجموعة مستخدمي ويكيميديا الجزائر عنصرا مهما في صياغة توصيات ويكيميديا 2030. هذا الوسام المتواضع يعبر على الشكر والإمتنان لكم على مجهودكم ووقتكم ومساهمتكم القيمة

--ASedrati (WMF) (talk) 22:14, 27 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Feedback on movement names

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There are a lot of conversations happening about the future of our movement names. We hope that you are part of these discussions and that your community is represented.

Since 16 June, the Foundation Brand Team has been running a survey in 7 languages about 3 naming options. There are also community members sharing concerns about renaming in a Community Open Letter.

You should have received a separate affiliate survey via email. If you have not, feel free to email brandproject(_AT_)wikimedia.org.

Our goal in this call for feedback is to hear from across the community, so we encourage you to participate in the survey, the open letter, or both. The survey will go through 7 July in all timezones. Input from the survey and discussions will be analyzed and published on Meta-Wiki.

Thanks for thinking about the future of the movement --The Brand Project team, 13:37, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Note: The survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement.

Announcing a new wiki project! Welcome, Abstract Wikipedia

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Hello everyone. I am posting the announcement below, which you may have missed elsewhere, and in the hope that you can share it with your local communities. Please note that it may be available in your language at m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract Wikipedia/July 2020 announcement. Thanks for your attention! m:User:Elitre (WMF)


Sunday September 20 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

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Birds of a feather flock together.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August SWAN meeting and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates, this month we are meeting on Sunday September 20, and you are all invited to RSVP here.--Pharos (talk) 01:27, 18 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

استراتيجية ويكيميديا 2030 - دعوة لتحديد أولويات المجتمع العربي

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رابط مباشر نحو الصفحة استراتيجية ويكيميديا

مرحباً، Algerian Wikimedians User Group

حان الوقت -أخيراً- لتطبيق خطة ويكيميديا الاستراتيجية على أرض الواقع، ونحن ندعوكم جميعاً للمشاركة! يدعوكم فريق الاستراتيجية في المؤسسة ومجموعة التخطيط التطوعية إلى تنظيم اجتماعات إلكترونية لمجتمعكم قبل نهاية الشهر العاشر أكتوبر القادم، هذه الاجتماعات ضرورية لتحديد مخرجات “التوصيات الاستراتيجية” التي تهمّ المجتمع العربي وتستجيب لحاجاته أو لاحتياجات مجتمعات ومنظمات الويكي العالمية من وجهة نظره.

بإمكانكم الإطلاع على توصيات الاستراتيجية بالعربي أو بلغات أخرى . تتضمن الاستراتيجية 10 توصيات وفي كل منها عدّة مخرجات و تعديلات مقترحة، و العددالإجمالي هو حوالي 50 مخرج، لتطبيق هذا العدد الكبير من المخرجات نحتاج لخطة زمنية واضحة، لن يكون متاحا تطبيقها كلها . لهذا السبب،نحتاج لخطة تنفيذية مدتها 18 شهراً تبدأ في 2021، و عليكم أن تحددو أولوياتكم خلال مرحلة التنفيذ.

يجب أن تحددوا أولوياتكم كمجتمع عربي أو كمجموعات مستخدمين. خلال هذه الفترة فكرو في احتياجاتكم المحلية وبما يلبيها من مخرجات توصيات الاستراتيجية! يمكنكم ملئ استبيان بهذه الأولويات كذلك. سوف ندعوكم في شهر نوفمبر المقبل للانضمام إلى فعالية إلكترونية عالمية لبحث هذه الأولويات ووضعها في إطار خطة للتنفيذ (سوف نخبركم المزيد عن هذه الفعالية قريباً). منذ الآن وحتى نهاية شهر أكتوبر، نتمنى أن تتمكنوا من إبلاغنا بأولويات مجتمعكم.

بإمكانكم الضغط هنا لمعرفة المزيد عن كيفية تنظيم اجتماعاتكم وكيفية إبلاغ فريق الاستراتيجية بالأولويات التي تتوصلون إليها (المعلومات بالإنكليزية فقط). يمكنكم بعد انعقاد الاجتماع أن تبلغونا بنتائج إما بملئ تقرير على الميتا أو بملئ الاستبيان من هنا أو بمراسلتنا على الإيميل. نرجو أن لا تترددوا بطرح أي أسئلة أو تعليقات لديكم هنا أو عبر الإيميل: strategy2030(_AT_)wikimedia.org

سوف ننظم -كذلك- لقاءا سريعاً للإجابة عن أي أسئلة لديكم بخصوص كل ما ورد أعلاه (اللقاء بالإنكليزية)، يمكنكم الانضمام إليه في يوم الخميس القادم 1 أكتوبر بتمام الساعة 2 ظهراً بالتوقيت العالمي (رابط الانضمام).

شكرا

عن فريق الإستراتيجية --Mohammed Bachounda (talk) 20:11, 28 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Bonjour!
Le temps est venu de mettre la stratégie en œuvre et tout le monde est invité à participer.
Le groupe de design de la stratégie du mouvement et l'équipe de soutien vous invitent à organiser des réunions virtuelles avec votre communauté et vos collègues avant la fin du mois d'octobre. L'objectif est de vous permettre de décider quelles idées issues des recommandations de la Stratégie pour le Mouvement répondent à vos besoins et auront un impact dans le mouvement. Les recommandations sont disponibles sous différents formats et dans plusieurs langues. Il y a 10 recommandations remarquables et près de 50 changements et actions ou initiatives recommandés. Tout ne sera pas mis en œuvre. L'objectif de la priorisation est de créer un plan de mise en œuvre de 18 mois pour faire avancer certaines des initiatives à partir de 2021.
La priorité est accordée au niveau de votre groupe, de votre affilié et de votre communauté. Pensez local et pertinent ! Les plateformes régionales et thématiques sont de bons moyens de préparer et de partager des idées. Ensuite, nous nous réunirons en novembre pour co-créer le plan de mise en œuvre. De plus amples informations sur les événements mondiaux de novembre seront bientôt partagées. Pour l'instant et jusqu'à la fin octobre, organisez-vous au niveau local et partagez vos priorités avec nous !
Vous pouvez trouver des guides pour les événements, le modèle de rapport simple, et d'autres documents de soutien ICI. Vous pouvez partager vos résultats directement sur Meta, par courriel ou en remplissant cette enquête]. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter si vous avez des questions ou des commentaires, strategy2030(_AT_)wikimedia.org
Nous organiserons les séances de renseignement pour répondre à toutes vos questions, le jeudi 1er octobre à 14h00 UTC (Google Meet, en Anglais).
À bientôt! --KVaidla (WMF) (talk) 09:24, 29 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Sunday October 25 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

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Friendship is a movement value.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the September and August SWAN meetings, and June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including the recent proposed changes to the Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws, this month we are meeting on Sunday October 25, and you are all invited to RSVP here.--Pharos (talk) 17:16, 20 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Call for insights on ways to better communicate the work of the movement

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The Movement Strategy recommendations published this year made clear the importance of establishing stronger communications within our movement. To this end, the Foundation wants to gather insights from communities, including affiliates, on ways we all might more consistently communicate about our collective work, and better highlight community contributions from across the movement. Over the coming months, we will be running focus groups and online discussions to collect these insights. We hope your affiliate will decide to share your thoughts by participating in a focus group or joining the discussion on Meta-Wiki.

ELappen (WMF) (talk) 18:53, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Loves Africa 2021

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The 6th edition of Wiki Loves Africa in Algeria which is an annual continental photo contest held on the African continent to increase the number of visuals and audio visuals of African origin for use on various Wikimedia projects. WikiDZ has requested a RG to organize this great African contest see our request at if you we appreciate your support and comments :)

La 6ème édition de Wiki Loves Africa en Algérie qui est un concours photo continental organisé a travers le continent africain pour augmenter le nombre de medias et de video d'origine africaine à ètre utilisé sur divers projets Wikimedia. WikiDZ a déposé un RG pour l'organisation ce grand concours africain en Algérie. veuillez visiter notre demande, nous apprécions votre soutien et vos commentaires :)

See our page of the contest at c:Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2021/Algeria --Bachounda (talk) 14:03, 20 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Project Grant Open Call

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This is the announcement for the Project Grants program open call that started on January 11, with the submission deadline of February 10, 2021.
This first open call will be focussed on Community Organizing proposals. A second open call focused on research and software proposals is scheduled from February 15 with a submission deadline of March 16, 2021.

For the Round 1 open call, we invite you to propose grant applications that fall under community development and organizing (offline and online) categories. Project Grant funds are available to support individuals, groups, and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, from organizing a better process on your wiki, coordinating a campaign or editathon series to providing other support for community building. We offer the following resources to help you plan your project and complete a grant proposal:

Weekly proposals clinics via Zoom during the Open Call. Join us for #Upcoming_Proposal_Clinics|real-time discussions with Program Officers and select thematic experts and get live feedback about your Project Grants proposal. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better.

Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal support upon request. Contact us at projectgrants@wikimedia.org if you would like feedback or more information.

We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal by February 10, 2021!

Please feel free to get in touch with questions about getting started with your grant application, or about serving on the Project Grants Committee. Contact us at projectgrants(_AT_)wikimedia.org.
RSharma (WMF)MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:56, 28 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Invitation for Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2021

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Hello there,

We are inviting you to participate in Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2021, a global contest scheduled to run from July through August 2021.

Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years.

In its first year (2020), 36 Wikimedia communities in 27 countries joined the campaign. Events relating to the campaign included training organized by at least 18 Wikimedia communities in 14 countries.

The campaign resulted in the addition of media files (photos, audios and videos) to more than 90,000 Wikipedia articles in 272 languages.

Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) offers an ideal task for recruiting and guiding new editors through the steps of adding content to existing pages. Besides individual participation, the WPWP campaign can be used by user groups and chapters to organize editing workshops and edit-a-thons.

The organizing team is looking for a contact person to coordinate WPWP participation at the Wikimedia user group or chapter level (geographically or thematically) or for a language WP. We’d be glad for you to reply to this message, or sign up directly at WPWP Participating Communities.

Please feel free to contact Organizing Team if you have any query.

Kind regards,
Tulsi Bhagat
Communication Manager
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Campaign
Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:48, 3 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Affiliations Committee Call for Candidates - June 2021

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This is an update from the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. Translations are available.

The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members!

The main role of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and update the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as well as advise them on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

The committee consists of five to fifteen members, selected at least once every year, to serve two-year terms.

Being a part of the AffCom requires communication with volunteers all over the world, negotiating skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to understand legal texts. We look for a mix of different skill sets in our members.

Responsibilities
  • Availability of up to 5-8 hours per month
  • Participate in monthly one and two-hour voice/video meetings
  • Commitment to carry out assigned tasks in a given time.
  • Facilitate and support communications
  • Affiliate Support and growth
Required and Recommended Abilities, Skills, Knowledge for Affiliations Committee Members

Strong interpersonal relationship among members of the committee and also with the Wikimedia community members. Across all committee members, there are additional relevant skills as well as requirements which help to support the committee and its sustainability which include both required and relevant general skills

Required
  • Fluency in English
  • Availability of up to 5 hours per week, and the time to participate in a monthly one and two-hour voice/video meetings.
  • Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.
  • Strong track record of effective collaboration
  • International orientation
Relevant for all members
  • Public Communications (English writing and speaking skills)
  • Skills in other languages are a major plus.
  • Understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the Wikimedia Foundation.
  • Documentation practices
  • Interviewing experience
  • Experience with, or in, an active affiliate is a major plus.
  • Teamwork: Project and people management skills to coordinate and collaborate with different parties on a shared plan and see it through to completion.
  • Problem-Solving: Ability to evaluate various solutions, consider multiple interests and points of view, revisit unresolved issues, seek compromise and work and communicate across languages and cultures.

Given the expectations for maintaining the course in 2021 and preparing for potential 2021 transitions as part of the Movement Strategy implementation process, it is important that we are also clear about two different skill sets critical to committee support at this time. The first skillset is oriented to understanding affiliate dynamics and organizational development patterns to successfully process affiliate applications for recognition; the other is oriented to conflict prevention and intervention support for affiliates in conflict.

Relevant to Affiliate Recognitions
  • Administration & Attention to detail
  • Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliation, and similar topics.
  • Awareness of the affiliates ecosystem and models and understanding of community building, organizational development, and group dynamics
Relevant to Conflict Prevention & Intervention
  • Communication skills for active listening, clear instruction and turn-taking.
  • Stress Management skills for maintaining patience and positivity
  • Emotional intelligence to maintain awareness of emotions of oneself and others to practice empathy, impartiality, and mutual respect.
  • Facilitation, negotiation, and mediation skills to guide diverse individuals and groups toward cooperation.
  • Ability to work within a team

Do you have relevant skills and interest to support movement affiliates?

We are looking for people who are excited by the challenge of empowering volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world. In exchange, committee members will gain the experience of supporting their world-wide colleagues to develop their communities as well as personal development in guiding organizational development, facilitating affiliate partnerships, and professional communications.

Selection process

As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2021 member selection process will include a public review and comment period and a self-assessment survey for candidates to share their skills and experience. This self-assessment information will help the committee to identify the skill sets relevant to our affiliate support processes. We invite you to apply for membership to the committee and join us in supporting the affiliates. The data shared in the self-assessment will only be made available to the committee and the relevant staff support. The nomination, candidate Q&A, and endorsements will be posted on Meta for public review at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Candidates/June_2021. Here the global community is welcome to provide comments and feedback about each candidate.

Once the nomination window closes June 30, 2021, the sitting members who are not candidates for re-election in this cycle will deliberate and then vote, taking into account all inputs from the meta page, self-assessment, advisors, Wikimedia Foundation staff and board liaisons, and committee member discussion.

A final decision will be made in late-July 2021, with new members to be notified for onboarding in August.

How to apply

If you are interested in joining the committee, please:

Step 1. Post your application on the nomination page by 30 June 2021. Your application must include the following information:

  1. Your full name and Wikimedia username
  2. A statement describing your relevant education, experience, abilities, skills, knowledge, availability, and motivation for joining the committee.

Step 2. Complete the self-assessment survey between June 01, 2021 and June 30, 2021.

  • The privacy statement that applies to the survey can be found here.
  • NOTE: The survey will take 15 mins. Please do not close your browser. If you need a break, you are advised to keep the browser open. In case of losing the link, please reach out to mkaur-ctr(_AT_)wikimedia.org
  • This survey must be completed before Steps 3 & 4, as it will provide more background as to the type of work and expectations of members of AffCom.

Step 3. Answers the following questions:

  • NOTE: Questions 1-3 are required for all candidates.
  • Question 4 & 5 should be answered by those interested in joining the Recognitions subcommittee.
  • Question 6 & 7 should be answered by those interested in joining the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee.
  • If you are willing to nominate yourself for both subcommittees, answer all questions.
  1. What roles have you served across any Wikimedia projects and affiliates that you think have prepared you for this role?
  2. AffCom members need to manage time, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and diverse situations across the global movement. How do you envision managing these?
  3. Members of AffCom serve on one of two subcommittees: Recognitions OR Conflicts Intervention. Which one of these are you most interested in serving on?
  4. If you are interested in serving on the Recognitions subcommittee, what do you think makes a group of Wikimedians ready to function together as an affiliate?
  5. If you are interested in serving on the Recognitions subcommittee, what do you think are the benefits and responsibilities of functioning as formal affiliates?
  6. If you are interested in serving on the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee, please describe your experience working with conflicts resolution.
  7. If you are interested in serving on the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee, please describe how you have helped build consensus and support diversity.

Step 4. Once you have completed the above, send an email announcing your application to affcom(_AT_)wikimedia.org before the application deadline.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!

On behalf of the committee,

-- FULBERT (talk) 15:30, 15 May 2021 (UTC) via MassMessagingReply

Join the new Regional Committees for Grants

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Dear all,

We hope this email finds you well and safe. The COVID 19 situation continues to affect many of us across the globe and our thoughts are with everyone affected. We are also aware that there are several processes currently in progress that demand volunteer time and we do not want to add more work to anyone's plate.

We do want to draw your attention to our new Regional Committees for Grants though as they are an opportunity for you to have an active say in the future of our Movement!

📣 So today, we invite you to join our new Regional Committees for Grants! 📣

We encourage Wikimedians and Free Knowledge advocates to be part of the new Regional Committees that the WMF Community Resources team is setting up as part of the grants strategy relaunch [1]. You will be a key strategic thought partner to help understand the complexities of any region, provide knowledge and expertise to applicants, to support successful movement activities, and make funding decisions for grant applications in the region.

👉Find out more on meta [2].

Regional Committees will be established for the following regions:

  • Middle East and Africa
  • SAARC [3] region (Includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka)
  • East, Southeast Asia, and Pacific (ESEAP) region
  • Latin America (LATAM) and The Caribbean
  • United States and Canada
  • Northern and Western Europe
  • Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)

👉All details about the Committees and how to apply can be found on meta [4]. Applications have to be submitted by June 4, 2021!

If you have any questions or comments, please use the meta discussion page [5].

Please do share this announcement widely with your Network.

Best wishes,

JBrungs (WMF) (talk) 06:38, 21 May 2021 (UTC) on behalf of the Community Resources Team JBrungs (WMF) (talk) 06:38, 21 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

UCoC Affiliates consultation report

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Hello,

We are pleased to announce the completion of the Universal Code of Conduct Affiliates consultation process early this month. The summary report of the direct consultations and survey is now available at this Meta page: https://w.wiki/3Pew.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to leave a message on the talk page of the report, or contact Mervat (@msalman-ctr@wikimedia.org) and Ramzy (@ramzym-ctr@wikimedia.org).

Regards,
UCoC Team, Wikimedia Foundation
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:51, 27 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Wikimania 2021: Affiliate Program Submissions and Scholarships

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Dear Wikimedia Affiliates,

Wikimania 2021 will be hosted virtually for the first time in the event's 15-year history. Since there is no in-person host, the event is being organized by a diverse group of Wikimedia volunteers that form the Core Organizing Team for Wikimania 2021.

Event Program - The program design of this Wikimania accommodates affiliates for them to curate a portion of the program. Wikimedia affiliates have an opportunity to host a series of their own sessions.

Below are some links to guide you through;

Please note that the deadline for submission is 18th June 2021.

Affiliate Scholarships - Scholarships are available to all Wikimedia movement affiliates to support practical access to and participation in Wikimania 2021 in their communities. Please read more about it in the Affiliate Announcement section here.

Office Hour - If you are left with questions, the COT will be hosting some office hours (in multiple languages), in multiple time-zones, to answer any programming questions that you might have. Details can be found here.

Best regards,

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:22, 15 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

On behalf of Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team

Final Call for Candidates for AffCom - June 2021

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Affiliations Committee (AffCom) logo

This is an update from the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee. Translations are available.

This is a final Call for Candidates for the June 2021 Affiliations Committee election.

If you are interested in running, please post your application and follow all four steps on the nomination page by 30 June 2021.

If you know somebody you think may be interested, please share this with them and encourage them to consider it. If you have any questions about this process or the requirements, please email affcom@wikimedia.org before the application deadline or reach out to any of the current members.

On behalf of the AffCom elections committee,

--- FULBERT (talk) 14:15, 20 June 2021 (UTC) via MassMessaging [[Category:AffCom Elections June 2021|]]Reply

Wiki Indaba 2021 is here!

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Hosted by the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, the first ever virtual Wiki Indaba conference is taking place online from the 5th to the 7th of November 2021 under the theme Rethink + Reset : Visions of the future.

Wiki Indaba 2021 is a unique opportunity to come together to build the capacity of African Wikimedians both within the continent and the diaspora to foster the growth of the coverage and our involvement in Wikimedia projects.

The call for submissions is open, please submit your session proposal either as a presentation, panel discussion, lightning talk, or workshop before September 24th 2021.

Most importantly, we would like to have you at the conference, please register here to get your free ticket and spread the word to your community members.

Looking forward to seeing you and hearing you speak at the conference.

Geoffrey Kateregga (talk) 23:46, 16 September 2021 (UTC) - On behalf of the Wiki Indaba 2021 Local Organizing CommitteeReply

Learn how the Implementation Grants can support your Movement Strategy plans

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We are excited to announce the reopening of the Movement Strategy Implementation Grants. This program funds projects that advance a specific Movement Strategy initiative. The projects can be big or small, but they must all make a case for advancing one initiative. Affiliates that have received funding from the Simple/Annual Plan Grants are welcome to apply.

Read more about the criteria, what to apply for, and how to apply.

Best regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance Team
Wikimedia Foundation
15:31, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

(Initial Review) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting

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Greetings group contacts,

This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization is currently past due on its required annual reporting. Wikimedia Affiliates are required to submit an annual activity report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal.

This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available, organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns up to date.

As noted on the meta Reports page, your organization’s 2021 annual reporting became past due in 2021-11-10. Please be sure to:

  • Post your 2021 annual reporting to the meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal as soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
  • Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links for historical record-keeping, and
  • Please send an email to Wikimedia-l in order to share with a movement-wide audience.

If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to wadportal(_AT_)wikimedia.org.

Best regards,
Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

Affiliations Committee (AffCom) Call for candidates - January 2022

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Translations are available.

The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members!

The main role of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and update the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees as well as advise them on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

The committee consists of five to fifteen members, selected at least once every year, to serve two-year terms.

Being a part of the AffCom requires communication with volunteers all over the world, negotiating skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to understand legal texts. We look for a mix of different skill sets in our members.

Responsibilities
  • Availability of up to 5-8 hours per month
  • Participate in monthly one and two-hour voice/video meetings
  • Commitment to carry out assigned tasks in a given time.
  • Facilitate and support communications
  • Affiliate Support and growth
Required and Recommended Abilities, Skills, Knowledge for Affiliations Committee Members

Strong interpersonal relationship among members of the committee and also with the Wikimedia community members. Across all committee members, there are additional relevant skills as well as requirements which help to support the committee and its sustainability which include both required and relevant general skills

Required
  • Fluency in English
  • Availability of up to 5 hours per week, and the time to participate in a monthly one and two-hour voice/video meetings.
  • Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.
  • Strong track record of effective collaboration
  • International orientation
Relevant for all members
  • Public Communications (English writing and speaking skills)
  • Skills in other languages are a major plus.
  • Understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the Wikimedia Foundation.
  • Documentation practices
  • Interviewing experience
  • Experience with, or in, an active affiliate is a major plus.
  • Teamwork: Project and people management skills to coordinate and collaborate with different parties on a shared plan and see it through to completion.
  • Problem-Solving: Ability to evaluate various solutions, consider multiple interests and points of view, revisit unresolved issues, seek compromise and work and communicate across languages and cultures.

Given the expectations for maintaining the course in 2022 and preparing for potential 2022 transitions as part of the Movement Strategy implementation process, it is important that we are also clear about two different skill sets critical to committee support at this time. The first skillset is oriented to understanding affiliate dynamics and organizational development patterns to successfully process affiliate applications for recognition; the other is oriented to conflict prevention and intervention support for affiliates in conflict.

Relevant to Affiliate Recognitions
  • Administration & Attention to detail
  • Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliation, and similar topics.
  • Awareness of the affiliates ecosystem and models and understanding of community building, organizational development, and group dynamics
Relevant to Conflict Prevention & Intervention
  • Communication skills for active listening, clear instruction and turn-taking.
  • Stress Management skills for maintaining patience and positivity
  • Emotional intelligence to maintain awareness of emotions of oneself and others to practice empathy, impartiality, and mutual respect.
  • Facilitation, negotiation, and mediation skills to guide diverse individuals and groups toward cooperation.
  • Ability to work within a team

Do you have relevant skills and interest to support movement affiliates?

We are looking for people who are excited by the challenge of empowering volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world. In exchange, committee members will gain the experience of supporting their world-wide colleagues to develop their communities as well as personal development in guiding organizational development, facilitating affiliate partnerships, and professional communications.

Selection process

As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2022 member selection process will include a public review and comment period and a self-assessment survey for candidates to share their skills and their experience. This self-assessment information will help the committee to identify the skill sets relevant and supportive to our affiliate support processes. We invite you to apply for membership to the committee and join us in supporting the affiliates. The data shared in the self-assessment will only be made available to the committee and the relevant staff support. The nomination, candidate Q&A, and endorsements will still take place posted on Meta for public review at January 2022 page. Here the global community is welcome to provide comments and feedback about each candidate.

Once the nomination window closes 31 January 2022, the sitting members who are not candidates for re-election in this cycle will deliberate and then vote, taking into account all inputs from the meta page, self-assessment, advisors, Wikimedia Foundation staff and board liaisons, and committee member discussion.

A final decision will be made in late-February 2022, with new members to be notified for onboarding in February.

How to apply

If you are interested in joining the committee, please:

Step 1. Post your application on the nomination page by 31 January 2022. Your application must include the following information:

  1. Your full name and Wikimedia username
  2. A statement describing your relevant education, experience, abilities, skills, knowledge, availability, and motivation for joining the committee.

Step 2. Complete the self-assessment survey between January 1, 2021 and January 31, 2021.

  • The privacy statement that applies to the survey can be found here.
  • NOTE: The survey will take 15 mins. Please do not close your browser. If you need a break, you are advised to keep the browser open. In case of losing the link, please reach out to mkaur-ctr(_AT_)wikimedia.org
  • This survey must be completed before Steps 3 & 4, as it will provide more background as to the type of work and expectations of members of AffCom.

Step 3. Answers the following questions:

  • NOTE: Questions 1-3 are required for all candidates.
  • Question 4 & 5 should be answered by those interested in joining the Recognitions subcommittee.
  • Question 6 & 7 should be answered by those interested in joining the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee.
  • If you are willing to nominate yourself for both subcommittees, answer all questions.
  1. What roles have you served across any Wikimedia projects and affiliates that you think have prepared you for this role?
  2. AffCom members need to manage time, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and diverse situations across the global movement. How do you envision managing these?
  3. Members of AffCom serve on one of two subcommittees: Recognitions OR Conflicts Intervention. Which one of these are you most interested in serving on?
  4. If you are interested in serving on the Recognitions subcommittee, what do you think makes a group of Wikimedians ready to function together as an affiliate?
  5. If you are interested in serving on the Recognitions subcommittee, what do you think are the benefits and responsibilities of functioning as formal affiliates?
  6. If you are interested in serving on the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee, please describe your experience working with conflicts resolution.
  7. If you are interested in serving on the Conflicts Intervention subcommittee, please describe how you have helped build consensus and support diversity.

Step 4. Once you have completed the above, send an email announcing your application to affcom(_AT_)wikimedia.org before the application deadline.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a webinar call with anyone about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!

On behalf of the committee,

--FULBERT (talk) 13:18, 19 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Affiliations Committee (AffCom) Call for advisors - January 2022

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The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is looking for new members!

The Affiliations Committee – the committee responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Wikimedia Chapters, Thematic Organizations, and User Groups – is looking for advisors!

The main role of the Affiliations Committee is to guide groups of volunteers that are interested in forming Wikimedia affiliates. We review applications from new groups, answer questions and provide advice about the different Wikimedia affiliation models and processes, review affiliate bylaws for compliance with requirements and best practices, and advise the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on issues connected to chapters, thematic organizations and Wikimedia user groups.

We are looking for advisors who are excited by the challenge of empowering volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world. In exchange, committee advisors selected will gain the experience of supporting their world-wide colleagues to develop their communities as well as personal development in guiding organizational development, facilitating affiliate partnerships, and professional communications.

AffCom advisors can engage with the committee in a variety of capacities:

Consultant

Individuals with extensive movement experience can be engaged as Consultants for specific cases or initiatives by AffCom.

Trainer

Individuals with specific expertise may be engaged for short-term projects for training AffCom or Affiliates. They might also lead the Capacity Building initiatives for AffCom or affiliates.

Observer

AffCom can request specific or all advisors to act as an observer in different cases to ensure neutrality & compliance with guidelines.

AffCom Support

Development of Policies: While advisors cannot create legally binding policies for the committee, they can help create policies that provide direction and support for the committee.

Planning and Implementing Community Relations: The advisors are long-term wikimedians & also include influential community leaders who can be effective at spreading the word about initiatives and services.

Supporting Subcommittees: The advisors can support subcommittees that have assigned tasks in specific areas.

Other Tasks: Advisors can be engaged to address a specific need. Such engagements are usually short-lived and are disbanded as soon as their specific goals are met.


Key skills

We look for a healthy mix of different skill sets in our advisors, including the following key skills and experience:

  1. Strong understanding of the structure and work of Wikimedia affiliates and the Wikimedia Foundation.
  2. Readiness to participate in political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliation, and similar topics.
  3. Availability of up to 2 hours per week, and the time to participate in a monthly two-hour voice/video meeting
  4. International orientation and ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures.
  5. Knowledge of different legal systems and experience in community building and organizing are a plus.
  6. Fluency in English is required; skills in other languages are a major plus.
  7. Experience with or in an active Wikimedia affiliate is a major plus.
  8. Strong track record of effective collaboration (such as evidenced skills at facilitation, mediation, negotiation, and so forth) is a major plus.
  9. Willingness to use one's real name in committee activities (including contacts with current and potential affiliates) when appropriate.
Selection process

As a reflection of our commitment to openness, transparency, and bilateral engagement with the Wikimedia community, the 2022 advisors selection process will include a public review and comment period. All applications must be posted on Meta between January 01 and January 31, 2022 at Affiliations Committee/Advisors/2022, and the community will be invited to provide comments and feedback about each candidate. At the end of the nomination period, the applications will be voted on by the members of the committee, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisors, Wikimedia Foundation staff and board liaisons, and the community. A final decision will be made in February 2022, with new advisors expected to begin later that month.

How to apply

If you are interested in advising the committee, please submit your candidacy on Affiliations Committee/Advisors/2022 between January 01 to January 31, 2022. Your application must include the following information:

  1. Your full name and Wikimedia username
  2. A statement describing your relevant experience, skills, and motivation for joining the committee as an advisor.
  3. The advisor role you would like to serve
  4. Answers to the following three questions:
    1. How do you think affiliates work best together to partner on effective projects and initiatives?
    2. What do you see as the role of affiliates in the Wikimedia movement in the next three years?
    3. What do you feel you will bring as an advisor to the committee that makes you a uniquely qualified candidate?

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the committee. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested!

On behalf of the committee,

--FULBERT (talk) 13:17, 19 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

منح تنفيذ مبادرات استراتيجية الحركة

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مرحبا!

يتمنى لكم فريق استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة بداية موفقة في العام الجديد 2022!

مع بداية هذا العام، نتطلع لمزيد من التعاون والدعم المتزايد والتواصل بين المجتمعات والجهات الشقيقة. نود استثمار هذه الفرصة لمشاركة بعض المعلومات حول منح تنفيذ استراتيجية الحركة التي تهدف إلى دعم المتطوعين والمنتسبين الذين يودّون المساعدة في تنفيذ مبادرات استراتيجية الحركة في مجتمعاتهم ومجموعاتهم.
تدعم هذه المنح مشاريع مختلفة الأحجام تهدف إلى دفع المبادرات قُدُماً. يمكنكم تقديم طلب للحصول على منحة لتنفيذ إحدى مبادرات استراتيجية الحركة بميزانية تصل لغاية 25,000 دولاراً أمريكياً.
نحن نتفهم أن الأفكار تتدفق وفقًا لوتيرتها الخاصة، لذلك صُمّمت منح تنفيذ إستراتيجية الحركة لتكون مرنة إذ لا يوجد موعد نهائي محدد للتنفيذ. نرحب بطلباتكم في أي وقت. ستتم مراجعة الطلبات المستلمة بعد يوم 15 في الشهر التالي. تواصلوا معنا إذا رغبتم بمناقشة عرض مشروع تريدون العمل عليه أو إذا احتجتم المزيد من المعلومات حول برنامج منح الاستراتيجية. سيكون أعضاء فريق استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة سعداء باستضافة نقاشات تتعلق بهذه المنح، فقد تساعد النقاشات في الإجابة عن أسئلتكم وتطوير أفكاركم وإيصالكم بمجتمعات أخرى أبدوا الاهتمامات نفسها.

الرجاء زيارة [صفحة الميتا] المخصصة للاطلاع على بعض الأمثلة المقترحة، كما نرحب بانضمامكم لمجموعة "MS – Grants Community of Practice" على تليغرام.


مع التحية والتقدير، فريق استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة --Mervat (WMF) (talk) 12:14, 6 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

(First Reminder) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting

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Greetings group contacts,

This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization is currently past due on its required annual reporting. Wikimedia Affiliates are required to submit an annual activity report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal.

This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available, organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns up to date.

As noted on the meta Reports page, your organization’s 2021 annual reporting became past due in 2021-11-10. Please be sure to:

  • Post your 2021 annual reporting to the meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal as soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
  • Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links for historical record-keeping, and
  • Please send an email to Wikimedia-l in order to share with a movement-wide audience.

If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to wadportal(_AT_)wikimedia.org.

Best regards,
Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

Subscribe to the This Month in Education newsletter - learn from others and share your stories

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Dear community members,

Greetings from the EWOC Newsletter team and the education team at Wikimedia Foundation. We are very excited to share that we on tenth years of Education Newsletter (This Month in Education) invite you to join us by subscribing to the newsletter on your talk page or by sharing your activities in the upcoming newsletters. The Wikimedia Education newsletter is a monthly newsletter that collects articles written by community members using Wikimedia projects in education around the world, and it is published by the EWOC Newsletter team in collaboration with the Education team. These stories can bring you new ideas to try, valuable insights about the success and challenges of our community members in running education programs in their context.

If your affiliate/language project is developing its own education initiatives, please remember to take advantage of this newsletter to publish your stories with the wider movement that shares your passion for education. You can submit newsletter articles in your own language or submit bilingual articles for the education newsletter. For the month of January the deadline to submit articles is on the 20th January. We look forward to reading your stories.

Older versions of this newsletter can be found in the complete archive.

More information about the newsletter can be found at Education/Newsletter/About.

For more information, please contact spatnaik(_AT_)wikimedia.org.


About This Month in Education · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · For the team: ZI Jony (Talk), Wednesday 7:51, 02 October 2024 (UTC)

Subscribe to the This Month in Education newsletter - learn from others and share your stories

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Dear community members,

Greetings from the EWOC Newsletter team and the education team at Wikimedia Foundation. We are very excited to share that we on tenth years of Education Newsletter (This Month in Education) invite you to join us by subscribing to the newsletter on your talk page or by sharing your activities in the upcoming newsletters. The Wikimedia Education newsletter is a monthly newsletter that collects articles written by community members using Wikimedia projects in education around the world, and it is published by the EWOC Newsletter team in collaboration with the Education team. These stories can bring you new ideas to try, valuable insights about the success and challenges of our community members in running education programs in their context.

If your affiliate/language project is developing its own education initiatives, please remember to take advantage of this newsletter to publish your stories with the wider movement that shares your passion for education. You can submit newsletter articles in your own language or submit bilingual articles for the education newsletter. For the month of January the deadline to submit articles is on the 20th January. We look forward to reading your stories.

Older versions of this newsletter can be found in the complete archive.

More information about the newsletter can be found at Education/Newsletter/About.

For more information, please contact spatnaik(_AT_)wikimedia.org.


About This Month in Education · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · For the team: ZI Jony (Talk), Wednesday 7:51, 02 October 2024 (UTC)

Affiliations Committee (AffCom) Member & Advisor Elections - Final Reminder for January 2022

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This is a friendly reminder that the Affiliations Committee – which is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing and sustaining Wikimedia chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups – is seeking new members and advisors! The deadline to post your application on the Member nomination page and Advisor nomination is 31 January 2022.

If you know somebody you think may be interested, please share and encourage them to consider applying. If you have any questions please email affcom@wikimedia.org before the application deadline or reach out to any of the current members. Good luck to all the candidates!

On behalf of the committee,
FULBERT (talk) 17:32, 25 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

(Second Reminder) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting

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Greetings group contacts,

This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization is currently past due on its required annual reporting. Wikimedia Affiliates are required to submit an annual activity report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal.

This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available, organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns up to date.

As noted on the meta Reports page, your organization’s 2021 annual reporting became past due in 2021-11-10. Please be sure to:

  • Post your 2021 annual reporting to the meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal as soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
  • Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links for historical record-keeping, and
  • Please send an email to Wikimedia-l in order to share with a movement-wide audience.

If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to wadportal(_AT_)wikimedia.org.

Best regards,
Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal

UCoC Enforcement Guidelines Ratification - Voting is Open

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This is a kind reminder that voting on the ratification of the UCoC enforcement guidelines has just started and will last until Monday, 21 March 2022. Staff and members have the opportunity to vote. For instructions on voting using SecurePoll and voting eligibility, please refer to the voter information.

For any questions or concerns, please contact ucocproject@wikimedia.org.

Movement Strategy and Governance - Wikimedia Foundationمجموعة عمل تطوير القيادة: تقديم طلبات الانضمام! (14 مارس\آذار حتى 10 أبريل\نيسان 2022) ==

يمكنك الاطلاع على نسخة مترجمة من هذا الإعلان بعدة لغات في ميتا-ويكي.

مرحبًا جميعًا،

شكراً لكل من شارك في إبداء الرأي والملاحظات على مبادرة مجموعة عمل تطوير القيادة. يمكنكم مطالعة ملخص الآراء في ميتاويكي. سنشارك هذه الآراء مع مجموعة العمل لتساعدهم في بدء عملهم وتحديد كيفيته. فترة التقديم للانضمام لمجموعة العمل هذه مفتوحة الآن، وسنرحب باستقبال طلباتكم حتى 10 نيسان\أبريل 2022. الرجاء مراجعة المعلومات عن مجموعة العمل، ومشاركتها مع أعضاء المجتمع المهتمين، وقدّم طلباً إذا كنت مهتماً.

شكرا لكم،

من فريق تطوير المجتمع

انضموا إلى ساعة المحادثة حول المرونة المجتمعية والاستدامة مع ماغي دينيس

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يمكنك الاطلاع على نسخة مترجمة من هذا الإعلان بعدة لغات في ميتا-ويكي.

يستضيف فريق مرونة المجتمع والاستدامة في مؤسسة ويكيميديا ساعة نقاش ترأسها نائبة الرئيس ماغي دينيس.

من الموضوعات التي تدخل في نطاق هذه الدعوة: إستراتيجية الحركة، وحوكمة مجلس الإدارة، والثقة والأمان، ومدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية، وتنمية المجتمع، وحقوق الإنسان. شاركونا أسئلتك وملاحظاتك، ودعونا نتحدث! يمكنك أيضًا إرسال أسئلتك إلينا مسبقًا.

سيُعقد الاجتماع في 24 مارس 2022 الساعة 15:00 بالتوقيت العالمي المنسق (تحقق من توقيتك المحلي).

يمكنك قراءة المزيد من التفاصيل في ميتاويكي. --Mervat (WMF) (talk) 20:50, 22 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

نشر نتائج التصويت للمصادقة على الإرشادات التوجيهية لإنفاذ مدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية

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يمكنك الاطلاع على نسخة مترجمة من هذا الإعلان بعدة لغات في ميتا-ويكي.

نشر فريق الأمان والثقة نتائج التصويت للمصادقة على إرشادات إنفاذ مدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية. انتهى التصويت بتاريخ 21 آذار 2022. طالع نتائج التصويت والمزيد من التفاصيل في ميتاويكي.
Mervat (WMF) (talk) 10:10, 8 April 2022 (UTC)Reply


أخبار استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة\الإصدار 6

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أخبار استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة
الإصدار 6، نيسان\أبريل 2022اقرأ النشرة الكاملة


مرحبًا بكم في الإصدار السادس من النشرة الإخبارية الخاصة بأخبار استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة! تهدف هذه النشرة الإخبارية التي تم تجديدها لنشر الأخبار والفعاليات المتعلقة بميثاق الحركة، ومدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية، ومِنَح تنفيذ استراتيجية الحركة، وانتخابات مجلس الأمناء وموضوعات أخرى ذات صلة بفريق استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة.

سيتم توزيع هذه النشرة الإخبارية كل ثلاثة أشهر، في حين سيتم مشاركة التحديثات الأكثر تكرارًا أسبوعيًا. إذا كنت ترغب في استلام الإصدارات المستقبلية من هذه النشرة الإخبارية، يمكنك الاشتراك من هنا.

  • تطوير القيادة - ثمة مجموعة عمل قيد التشكيل! - أغلق باب الانضمام إلى مجموعة عمل تطوير القيادة في 10 أبريل\نيسان 2022، سيتم اختيار 12 عضواً من أعضاء المجتمع للمشاركة في مجموعة العمل. (تابع القراءة)
  • نشر نتائج التصويت على المصادقة على إنفاذ مدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية - جرت عملية اتخاذ القرار العالمية بشأن تطبيق مدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية باستخدام أداة SecurePoll في الفترة من 7 إلى 21 آذار\مارس. شارك أكثر من 2300 ناخباً مؤهلاً من 128 مشروعاً على الأقل آراءهم وتعليقاتهم. (تابع القراءة)
  • نقاشات الحركة حول المراكز - أُجريت المحادثة العالمية حول المراكز الإقليمية والمواضيعية يوم السبت 12 آذار\مارس، وحضرها 84 ويكيميدياً من جميع مشاريع ومجتمعات الحركة. (تابع القراءة)
  • لا يزال التقديم لمنح استراتيجية الحركة مفتوحاً! - منذ بداية العام الحالي، تمّت الموافقة على ستة مقترحات بقيمة إجمالية تبلغ حوالي 80,000 دولاراً أمريكياً. هل لديك فكرة مشروع يتعلق بتنفيذ استراتيجية الحركة؟ تواصل معنا! (تابع القراءة)
  • تم الانتهاء من إعداد لجنة صياغة ميثاق الحركة! - اتفقت اللجنة المكونة من خمسة عشر عضوًا والتي انتُخِبت في تشرين الأول\أكتوبر 2021 على القيم والأساليب الأساسية لعملها، وبدأت في وضع الخطوط العريضة لمسودة ميثاق الحركة.(تابع القراءة)
  • تقديم استراتيجية الحركة أسبوعياً - ساهم واشترك! - أطلق فريق استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة للتو بوابة التحديثات المرتبطة بصفحات إستراتيجية الحركة المختلفة على ميتاويكي. اشترك للحصول على آخر الأخبار حول المشاريع المختلفة القائمة حالياً. (تابع القراءة)
  • مدونات - تحقق من أحدث المنشورات حول مدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية في Wikimedia Diff. (تابع القراءة)

Mervat (WMF) (talk) 21:42, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

الدعوة للترشح لانتخابات مجلس الأمناء 2022

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يمكنك الاطلاع على نسخة مترجمة من هذا الإعلان بعدة لغات في ميتا-ويكي.

يعلن مجلس الأمناء عن فتح باب الترشّح لانتخابات مجلس الأمناء لعام 2022. طالع المزيد في ميتاويكي.

انتخابات مجلس الأمناء 2022 على الأبواب! يرجى النظر في تقديم ترشيحك للخدمة في مجلس الأمناء.

مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا ​​هو المشرف على عمليات مؤسسة ويكيميديا. ويشكّل أمناء المجتمع والأمناء المعينون مجلس الأمناء. حيث يخدم كل أمين لمدة ثلاث سنوات. لدى مجتمع ويكيميديا ​​الفرصة للتصويت لأمناء المجتمع.

سيصوت المتطوعون في مشاريع ويكيميديا عبر العالم ​​لاختيار مقعدين في مجلس الأمناء في عام 2022. هي فرصة لتحسين التمثيل والتنوع والخبرة في مجلس الأمناء كفريق واحد.

من هم المرشحين المحتملين؟ هل تُعتبر مرشحاً محتملاً؟ تعرف على المزيد في صفحة تقدم بطلب لتكون مرشحًا.

شكراً جزيلاً لدعمك،

استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة نيابة عن لجنة الانتخابات ومجلس الأمناء


Mervat (WMF) (talk) 21:55, 25 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

2022 Wikimedia Hackathon - May 20th - 22nd

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Hello all,

This is to invite you for this year's Wikimedia Hackathon from May 20-22. We hope to see you there! You can share the update with your community as well.

The main event will be held online this year. We have an open call for sessions on our schedule page. If you'd like to host a session, you can simply pick an open slot in the category which best fits your topic. The developer advocacy team also put together some suggestions for how to create a fun session.


You can also add project ideas to the Phabricator Board

We will share more information soon about how to join the online space. You can also check through the list of local meetups holding around the world, you may find any closer to you.

If you have any enquiry or translation requests, please contact hlepp@wikimedia.org


See you there!

Best regards,

James Popoola

On behalf of the 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon Committee.

James Moore200 (talk) 16:44, 5 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

استراتيجية الحركة\مقترح منتدى لنقاشات الاستراتيجية

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يدعو فريق استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة الجميع لمراجعة مقترح بهدف العمل ضمن منتدى لاستراتيجية الحركة. الهدف هو تحسين التعاون المجتمعي من خلال منصة متعددة اللغات وسهلة الاستخدام.

المراجعة مفتوحة خلال الفترة من 24 مايو حتى 24 يوليو. هذا المنتدى الوظيفي متاح للاختبار والمناقشة. إذا كانت ملاحظات المجتمع إيجابية، سيُطلَق المنتدى في أغسطس 2022 قبل ويكيمانيا. إذا لم يكن الأمر كذلك، سنتابع التعليقات الواردة، أو تغيير مقترح المنتدى أو إغلاقه.

إذا كنت ترغب بالتجربة أولاً والقراءة لاحقاً، انضم إلى منتدى استراتيجية الحركة باستخدام اسم مستخدم ويكيميديا الخاص لك.


يتطلب تنفيذ استراتيجية الحركة (MS) تعاون المجتمعات والمشاريع واللغات. لا بد أن يكون مئات الأشخاص قادرين على التعلّم من بعضهم البعض والعمل معاً والاستمتاع بذلك. يجب أن يتمتع القادمون الجدد بمشاركتهم في استراتيجية الحركة مثلهم مثل المشاركون القدماء. يجب أن يجد المساهمون غير المنتظمين فرصًا للمشاركة. كما يجب أن يجد المساهمون المتفانون الأدوات التي يحتاجونها لإنجاز المهام.

حالياً، نحن نفتقر إلى البنية التحتية لتلبية هذه الاحتياجات. تعد منصات ميتاويكي وتليغرام جيدة للتوثيق والدردشة، لكن هذا لا يكفي. المناقشات مبعثرة. يحدث التعاون داخل مجموعات منعزلة. الأشخاص الذين لا يجيدون اللغة الإنجليزية هم في وضع غير مؤات بشكل واضح. يشعر القادمون الجدد بالضياع. هذا كله بحاجة لتغيير.

منتدى استراتيجية الحركة قائم على Discourse، وهو منصة قوية مفتوحة المصدر للمناقشات المجتمعية. يمكنك توقع توفّر جميع ميزات منتديات الويب فضلاً عن سهولة استخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي. هذه الميزات ذات صلة خاصة بالمشكلات التي نريد حلها:

  • يمكن لأي شخص الانضمام باستخدام حساب ويكيميديا ​​الخاص به. لا يلزم التسجيل.
  • إمكانية إجراء المحادثات متعددة اللغات والمشاركة فيها بفضل الترجمة الآلية بأكثر من 100 لغة.
  • الترحيب بالوافدين الجدد من خلال برنامج تعليمي تفاعلي وتقديم شارات للإنجازات.
  • يمكن تعديل الإخطارات لمتابعة أو كتم الموضوعات والتصنيفات والعلامات.
  • يمكن استخدام تنسيق نصوص سهل في المحادثات وروابط موسّعة، وصور ورموز تعبيرية.
  • يمكن تلخيص المحادثات المعقّدة حسب المشاركين فيها وتقسيمها أو دمجها.
  • يمكن الإشارة إلى المشاركات بعلامة "مجهول" لغرض الإشراف. يضمن مشرفو المجتمع مراعاة تطبيق سياسية مدونة السلوك العالمية في المحادثات.
  • جميع المزايا متوفرة في نسخة الأجهزة النقالة ومتصفحات سطح المكتب.
  • تهنئة الوافدين الجدد كلما نشروا شيئاً جديداً.

هذه ليست قائمة شاملة. إذا كنت تفتقد أي خاصية، يمكنك اقتراح إرسال طلب اقتراحها والتصويت عليها. إذا كانت التغييرات سهلة التنفيذ (مثل النصوص والعمليات والإعدادات ...) فسننفذها أثناء العمل.

إليك أسئلة لبدء المحادثة. يمكن لأي شخص مشاركة آرائه في المنتدى في المواضيع ذات العلاقة أو على صفحة نقاش ميتاويكي. يمكن للجميع المشاركة بلغتهم المفضلة. يمكن لأي شخص أن يطرح المزيد من الأسئلة.

الهدف من المراجعة المجتمعية هو بناء وعي حول القرار بحلول 24 يوليو\تموز 2022.

تتم مشاركة ملخصات المناقشات وتحديثها مع استمرار المراجعة. يمكن لأي شخص المساهمة في هذه الملخصات بالتعليقات والتعديلات. سيتم صياغة تقرير الاستعراض بما في ذلك القرار علنا. Mervat (WMF) (نقاش) 21:27، 30 مايو 2022 (ت ع م) Mervat (WMF) (talk) 21:39, 30 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

اقتراح بيانات انتخابية لبوصلة انتخابات 2022

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يمكنك الاطلاع على نسخة مترجمة من هذا الإعلان بعدة لغات في ميتا-ويكي.

مرحباً جميعاً،

أعضاء المجتمع المشاركون في انتخابات مجلس الأمناء 2022 مدعون لاقتراح بيانات (جمع بيان) لاستخدامها في البوصلة الانتخابية.

بوصلة الانتخابات هي أداة تساعد الناخبين على اختيار أفضل المرشحين الذين يتوافقون مع وجهات نظرهم ورؤاهم. سيقترح أعضاء المجتمع بيانات للمرشحين للإجابة عنها باستخدام مقياس Lickert (موافق/ محايد/ غير موافق). ستُحمّل إجابات المرشحين على هذه البيانات في أداة بوصلة الانتخابات. سيستخدم الناخبون الأداة عن طريق إدخال إجاباتهم على العبارات (موافق/ غير موافق/ محايد). ستُظهر النتائجُ المرشحينَ الأكثر توافقًا مع رؤى الناخبين ووجهات نظرهم.

فيما يلي الجدول الزمني لبوصلة الانتخابات:

8 - 20 يوليو\تموز: يقترح أعضاء المجتمع البيانات للبوصلة الانتخابية

21-22 يوليو\تموز: تراجع لجنة الانتخابات البيانات للتحقق من وضوحها ولإزالة البيانات التي لا تتعلق بالموضوع.

23 يوليو\تموز - 1 أغسطس\آب: يصوّت المتطوعون على البيانات

2-4 أغسطس\آب: تختار لجنة الانتخابات أعلى 15 بياناً

5-12 أغسطس\آب: يقدم المرشحون آراءهم الشخصية حول البيانات

15 أغسطس\آب: تفتتح بوصلة الانتخابات للناخبين لاستخدامها كمرشد ودليل لاتخاذ قرار التصويت

ستختار لجنة الانتخابات أعلى 15 بياناً في بداية شهر آب\أغسطس. ستُشرف لجنة الانتخابات على العملية، بدعم من فريق إستراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة، الذي سيتحقق من أن الأسئلة واضحة، ولا توجد تكرارات، ولا أخطاء مطبعية، وما إلى ذلك.

مع التحية،

استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة

أرسلت هذه الرسالة بالنيابة عن مجموعة اختيار مجلس الأمناء ولجنة الانتخابات

Mervat (WMF) (مناقشه) 09:27، 11 يوليه 2022 (يو تى سى) Mervat (WMF) (نقاش) 10:59، 11 يوليو 2022 (ت ع م) Mervat (talk) 12:11, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply


إعلان المرشحين السنة لانتخابات مجلس الأمناء 2022

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يمكنك الاطلاع على نسخة مترجمة من هذا الإعلان بعدة لغات في ميتا-ويكي.

مرحبًا جميعًا،

انتهت عملية تصويت الجهات الشقيقة. تعرّف ممثلو كل جهة شقيقة على المرشحين من خلال قراءة بياناتهم، ومراجعة إجابات المرشحين عن الأسئلة، والنظر في تقييمات المرشحين المقدمة من لجنة التحليل. المرشحون المختارون لمجلس أمناء 2022 هم:

يمكنك الاطلاع على مزيد من المعلومات عن نتائج وإحصائيات هذه الانتخابات.

يرجى مشاركتنا شكر وتقدير أعضاء لجنة التحليل وممثلي الجهات الشقيقة لمشاركتهم في هذه العملية والمساعدة في تطوير مجلس الأمناء من حيث القدرات والتنوع. تربطنا ساعات العمل التطوعي هذه عبر الفهم والمنظور. أشكركم على مشاركتكم.

شكراً لأفراد المجتمع الذين تقدموا كمرشحين لمجلس الأمناء. إن النظر في الانضمام إلى مجلس الأمناء ليس قرارًا بسيطًا. يدل الوقت والتفاني اللذين أظهرهما المرشحون حتى هذه النقطة على التزامهم اتجاه الحركة. تهانينا للمرشحين الذين اختيروا. كما نقدم التقدير والامتنان لأولئك المرشحين الذين لم يتم اختيارهم. يرجى الاستمرار في مشاركة قيادتك مع ويكيميديا.

شكراً لأولئك الذين تابعوا دور الجهات الشقيقة في انتخابات المجلس. يمكنك مراجعة نتائج عملية اختيارات الجهات الشقيقة.

الجزء الثاني من عملية انتخابات المجلس هي فترة التصويت المجتمعي. يمكنك استعراض الجدول الزمني لانتخابات المجلس هنا. للتحضير لفترة التصويت المجتمعي، ثمة أمور عديدة يمكن أن يشارك فيها أعضاء المجتمع بالطرق التالية:

مع التحية،

استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة

أرسلت هذه الرسالة بالنيابة عن مجموعة اختيار مجلس الأمناء ولجنة الانتخابات

Mervat (WMF) (talk) 19:35, 20 July 2022 (UTC)Reply


أخبار استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة\الإصدار 7

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أخبار استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة
الإصدار 7، يوليو-سبتمبر 2022اقرأ النشرة الإخبارية الكاملة


مرحباً بكم في الإصدار السابع من أخبار استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة. تتضمن هذه النشرة الإخبارية أخبار وفعاليات تنفيذ توصيات استراتيجية الحركة، ومواضيع أخرى ذات علاقة بحوكمة الحركة، إضافة للمشاريع والأنشطة المختلفة التي يدعمها فريق استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة في مؤسسة ويكيميديا.

تُنشر نشرة استراتيجية الحركة الإخبارية فصلياً، في حين تُنشر أخبار الاستراتيجية الأسبوعية أسبوعياً. تذكر الاشتراك هنا إذا كنت ترغب باستلام الإصدارات المستقبلية من هذه النشرة الإخبارية.

  • استدامة الحركة: نُشر تقرير الاستدامة السنوي الخاص بمؤسسة ويكيميديا. (تابع القراءة).
  • تحسين تجربة المستخدم: تحسينات حديثة لواجهة سطح المكتب لمشاريع ويكيميديا. (تابع القراءة)
  • الأمان والشمول: تحديثات عن عملية مراجعة إرشادات إنفاذ مدونة السلوك العالمية. (تابع القراءة)
  • العدالة في اتخاذ القرار: تقارير من محادثات المراكز التجريبية، تقدم العمل الحالي من لجنة صياغة ميثاق الحركة، وبحث جديد لمستقبل المشاركة في حركة ويكيميديا. (تابع القراءة)
  • التنسيق بين المعنيين: إطلاق مكتب المساعدة للجهات الشقيقة ومجتمعات المتطوعين التي تعمل على شراكات تتعلق بالمحتوى. (تابع القراءة)
  • تطوير القيادة: تحديثات حول مشاريع القيادة من منظّمي الحركة في البرازيل وكيب فيردي. (تابع القراءة)
  • إدارة المعرفة الداخلية: إطلاق بوابة جديدة للتوثيق التقني وموارد المجتمع. (تابع القراءة)
  • الابتكار في المعرفة الحرة: مواد سمعية بصرية عالية الجودة للتجارب العلمية ومجموعة أدوات جديدة لتسجيل النصوص الشفوية. (تابع القراءة)
  • التقييم والتكرار والتكيف: نتائج مشروع العدالة التجريبي. (تابع القراءة)
  • أخبار وتحديثات أخرى: منتدى جديد لمناقشة تطبيق استراتيجية الحركة، وانتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا، وبودكاست جديد لمناقشة إستراتيجية الحركة ، وتغيير فريق عمل إستراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة في المؤسسة. (تابع القراءة)

Mervat (WMF) (talk) 09:10, 25 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

التصويت على بيانات البوصلة الانتخابية

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يمكنك الاطلاع على نسخة مترجمة من هذا الإعلان بعدة لغات في ميتا-ويكي.

مرحباً جميعاً،

متطوعو انتخابات مجلس الأمناء 2022 مدعوّون للتصويت على بيانات لاستخدامها في البوصلة الانتخابية. يمكنك التصويت على البيانات التي تودّ شمولها في البوصلة الانتخابية في ميتاويكي.

البوصلة الانتخابية هي أداة تساعد الناخبين على اختيار أفضل المرشحين الذين يتوافقون مع وجهات نظرهم ورؤاهم. سيقترح أعضاء المجتمع بيانات للمرشحين للإجابة عنها باستخدام مقياس Lickert (موافق/ محايد/ غير موافق). ستُحمّل إجابات المرشحين على هذه البيانات في أداة بوصلة الانتخابات. سيستخدم الناخبون الأداة عن طريق إدخال إجاباتهم على العبارات (موافق/ غير موافق/ محايد). ستُظهر النتائجُ المرشحينَ الأكثر توافقًا مع رؤى الناخبين ووجهات نظرهم.

فيما يلي الجدول الزمني لبوصلة الانتخابات:

  • 8 - 20 يوليو\تموز: يقترح المتطوعون البيانات للبوصلة الانتخابية
  • 21-22 يوليو\تموز: تراجع لجنة الانتخابات البيانات للتحقق من وضوحها ولإزالة البيانات التي لا تتعلق بالموضوع.
  • 23 يوليو\تموز - 1 أغسطس\آب: يصوّت المتطوعون على البيانات
  • 2-4 أغسطس\آب: تختار لجنة الانتخابات أعلى 15 بياناً
  • 5-12 أغسطس\آب: يبدي المرشحون رأيهم حول البيانات المختارة
  • 15 أغسطس\آب: تفتتح بوصلة الانتخابات للناخبين لاستخدامها كمرشد ودليل لاتخاذ قرار التصويت

ستختار لجنة الانتخابات أعلى 15 بياناً في التصويت بداية شهر أغسطس

مع التحية،

استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة

أرسلت هذه الرسالة بالنيابة عن مجموعة اختيار مجلس الأمناء ولجنة الانتخابات

MediaWiki message delivery (نقاش) 21:09، 25 يوليو 2022 (ت ع م)

Mervat (WMF) (talk) 21:24, 25 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

تأجيل انتخابات مجلس أمناء مؤسسة ويكيميديا 2022

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يمكنك الاطلاع على نسخة مترجمة من هذا الإعلان بعدة لغات في ميتا-ويكي.

مرحباً جميعاً،

أتواصل معكم اليوم لإطلاعكم على آخر المستجدات حول توقيت التصويت لانتخابات مجلس الأمناء.

كما يعلم الكثير منكم، نقدم هذا العام البوصلة الانتخابية لمساعدة الناخبين على تحديد توافق المرشحين في بعض الموضوعات الرئيسية. طالب العديد من المرشحين بتمديد الفترة المحددة لهم للرد بتوسّع على البيانات وتحديد مواقفهم، وقد شعرت لجنة الانتخابات أن هذا السبب يتوافق ويتسق مع أهداف العملية الانتخابية المتمثلة في العدالة والإنصاف.

لضمان إمكانية ترجمة البيانات الأطول في الوقت المناسب لتكون جاهزة للانتخابات، قررت لجنة الانتخابات وفريق العمل المعني باختيار مجلس الأمناء تأجيل افتتاح التصويت لانتخابات مجلس الأمناء لمدة أسبوع واحد - وهو الوقت تتوافق الموظفون العاملون لدعم الانتخابات على أنه الأمثل.

على الرغم من أنه من غير المتوقع أن يرغب الجميع في استخدام البوصلة الانتخابية للمساعدة في اتخاذ قرار التصويت، شعرت لجنة الانتخابات أنه من الأنسب فتح فترة التصويت بعد توفير الترجمات الأساسية لأعضاء المجتمع بلغات مختلفة لاستخدامها إذا كانوا يرغبون في ذلك لاتخاذ هذا القرار المهم.

سيفتتح التصويت في 23 أغسطس الساعة 00:00 بالتوقيت العالمي المنسق ويغلق في 6 سبتمبر الساعة 23:59 بالتوقيت العالمي المنسق.

مع أطيب التحيات،

ماتانيا، بالنيابة عن لجنة الانتخابات

Mervat (WMF) (talk) 11:17, 18 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

دعوة للانضمام لمنتدى الاستراتيجية

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أهلا بالجميع،

منتدى استراتيجية الحركة (المنتدى) هو مساحة تعاونية متعددة اللغات لجميع المحادثات ألتي تدور حول تنفيذ استراتيجية الحركة. ندعو جميع المشاركين في الحركة للتعاون في منتدى استراتيجية الحركة. الهدف من المنتدى هو بناء تعاون مجتمعي، باستخدام منصة شاملة متعددة اللغات. استراتيجية الحركة هي جهد تعاوني لتخيّل وبناء مستقبل حركة ويكيميديا. يمكن لأي شخص المساهمة في استراتيجية الحركة، بدءاً من من التعليق على المشاريع إلى إنشاء مشروع كامل. انضم إلى هذا المنتدى باستخدام حسابك على ويكيميديا، وشارك في المحادثات، واطرح الأسئلة بلغتك. أطلق فريق استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة (MSG) مقترح منتدى استراتيجية الحركة في مايو 2022. كانت هناك فترة مراجعة مجتمعية لمدة شهرين انتهت في 24 يوليو 2022. تضمنت عملية مراجعة المجتمع العديد من الأسئلة التي أدت إلى محادثات مثيرة للاهتمام. يمكنك قراءة تقرير مراجعة المجتمع. نتطلع لرؤيتكم في منتدى استراتيجية الحركة!

مع أطيب التحيات، فريق استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة Mervat (WMF) (talk) 16:10, 22 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

إرشادات مسودة الإنفاذ المنقحة لمدونة السلوك العالمية

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يمكنك الاطلاع على نسخة مترجمة من هذا الإعلان بعدة لغات في ميتا-ويكي.

مرحبًا بكم،

تدعوكم لجنة مراجعة إرشادات إنفاذ مدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية لتقديم ملاحظاتكم وتعليقاتكم على الإرشادات المنقحة لمسودة الإنفاذ الخاصة بمدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية (UCoC). سوف يفتح باب المراجعة هذه من 8 سبتمبر/أيلول 2022 حتى 8 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2022.

تضافرت جهود اللجنة لمراجعة مسودة الإرشادات هذه استنادًا إلى الملاحظات والانطباعات التي جُمعت خلال فترة نقاش المجتمع التي جرت من شهر مايو/أيار وحتى يوليو/تموز، وكذلك ما ورد من ملاحظات في تصويت المجتمع على المصادقة على الإرشادات الذي انتهى في شهر مارس/آذار 2022.

  1. تحديد نوع التدريب المطلوب لمدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية والغرض منه وقابلية تطبيقه؛
  2. تبسيط اللغة لتيسير أعمال الترجمة وسهولة استيعاب غير المتخصصين للمدونة؛
  3. تفحّص مفهوم "التأكيد"، ويشمل ذلك مزاياه وعيوبه؛
  4. مراجعة تحقيق التوازن بين الحفاظ على خصوصية المُتَّهِم (المدّعي) والمُتَّهَم (المدعى عليه).

تأمل اللجنة الحصول على الملاحظات والاقتراحات على هذه المراجعة بدءاً من 8 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2022. بعد ذلك، تتوقع لجنة المراجعة المزيد من مراجعة الإرشادات استنادًا إلى ما يذكره المجتمع.

طالع الإرشادات المنقحة في الميتا، وصفحة المقارنة ببعض اللغات.

يجوز للجميع مشاركة تعليقاتهم من خلال قنوات عديدة. يرحب الميسرون بالتعليقات بأي لغة كانت سواء على صفحة نقاش الإرشادات المنقحة أو بإرسالها عن طريق البريد الإلكتروني. يمكن أيضًا مشاركة التعليقات على صفحات نقاش الترجمات أو في مساحات النقاش المحلية أو يمكن تقديمها في حلقات النقاش وساعات الحوار القادمة. خطط الفريق لعقد جلسات نقاش ستتناول الإرشادات المنقحة لإنفاذ مدونة قواعد السلوك العالمية؛ يرجى الاطلاع على مواعيدها وتفاصيلها في الميتا: جلسات النقاش

يأمل فريق الميسّرين الذي يدعم فترة المراجعة هذه بالوصول إلى أكبر عدد من المجتمعات. إذا لم تحدث مناقشة في مجتمعك، الرجاء تنظيم واحدة. يمكن أن يساعدك الميسّرون في التحضر والإعداد لذلك. سيتم تلخيص النقاشات وعرض الملخصات على لجنة المراجعة كل أسبوعين. كما ستنشر الملخصات هنا.

بالنيابة عن فريق السياسات في قسم الأمان والثقة

Mervat (WMF) (talk) 13:47, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

لدعم مجتمعك، قدّم طلب الحصول على تمويل من خلال حزمة المشاركة المجتمعية في تنفيذ استراتيجية الحركة

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عملية تنفيذ استراتيجية حركة ويكيميديا هي جهد تشاركي من جميع الويكيميديين. تدعم منح تنفيذ استراتيجية الحركة المشاريع التي تأخذ مبادرات استراتيجية الحركة بوضعهاالحالي وتدفعها خطوة إلى الأمام. إذا كنت تبحث عن مثال أو بعض الإرشادات عن كيفية إشراك مجتمعك أكثر في استراتيجية الحركة ومنح تنفيذ استراتيجية الحركة تحديداً، قد تجد حزمة المشاركة المجتمعية مفيدة.

الهدف من حزمة المشاركة المجتمعية هو دعم وصول المزيد من الأشخاص للتمويل الذي قد يحتاجونه لتنفيذ عملهم. عندماتتلقى هذه المنحة، ستكون قادرًا على دعم أعضاء المجتمع الآخرين لتطوير المزيد من طلبات المنح التي تتناسب مع السياقات المحلية لصالح مجتمعاتك الخاصة. بهذه الحزمة، نأمل كسر حواجز اللغة والتأكد من أن أعضاء المجتمع بحاجة إلى معلومات حول استراتيجية الحركة للتواصل مع بعضهم البعض. استراتيجية الحركة هي عملية تبادل ثنائية الاتجاه، يمكننا دائمًا تعلم المزيد من خبرات ومعرفة أهل ويكيميديا في كل مكان. يمكننا تدريب ودعم زملاءنا باستخدام هذه الحزمة، بحيث يتمكّن أشخاص أكثر من استخدام فرصة التمويل هذه.

إذا كانت هذه المعلومات تلقى استحسانك، أو إذا كان لديك المزيد من الأفكار والأسئلة، لا تتردد في التواصل مع منسّقي منطقتك للنقاش معهم. سنكون سعداء بدعمك. عندما تكون مستعداً، تتبّع الخطوات المذكورة في هذه الصفحة لتقديم الطلب. نتطلع قُدماً لاستلام طلباتكم.

-- فريق إستراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة

Mervat (WMF) (talk) 19:35, 2 November 2022 (UTC)Reply


دعوة لحضور جلسات "اسألني أي شيء عن ميثاق الحركة"

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يمكنك الاطلاع على نسخة مترجمة من هذا الإعلان بعدة لغات في ميتا-ويكي.

مرحبا بالجميع،

أثناء قمة ويكيميديا 2022، قدّمت لجنة صياغة ميثاق الحركة الخطوط العريضة الأولى لميثاق الحركة، وقدّمت لمحة عن توجّه عمل اللجنة المستقبلي، وعن الميثاق نفسه. ثم عملت اللجنة على دمج التعليقات والملاحظات الأولية التي جُمعت خلال القمة. قبل استئناف كتابة الميثاق للحركة جميعها، ترغب لجنة صياغة الميثاق التفاعل مع أعضاء المجتمع وجمع الملاحظات والآراء حول مسودات الأقسام الثلاثة: المقدمة، والقيم والمبادئ، والأدوار والمسؤوليات (بيان المقاصد). ستكون مسودات ميثاق الحركة متاحة في صفحة الميتا هنا في 14 نوفمبر\تشرين الثاني 2022. تبدأ فترة المشاورات المجتمعية الموسعة في 20 نوفمبر وتنتهي في 18 ديسمبر 2022. تجد المزيد من المعلومات هنا.

بهدف ضمان إعلام وإطلاع الأشخاص عن المشاركة الكاملة في المحادثات وتمكينهم من المساهمة بمنظورهم في ميثاق الحركة، تم تحديد ثلاث جلسات اسألني أي شيء عن ميثاق الحركة تتوافق مع أوقات زمنية مختلفة. جميع أعضاء حركة ويكيميديا مدعوون لحضور هذه المحادثات. الهدف هو التعرف على ميثاق الحركة - هدفه، والغرض منه، ولماذا هو مهم، وكيف يؤثر على مجتمعك. سيحضر أعضاء لجنة صياغة الميثاق هذه الجلسات للإجابة على أسئلتكم وسماع ملاحظات المجتمع.

تستوعب جلسات "اسألني أي شيء" المجتمعات من مناطق زمنية مختلفة. سيُسجّل العرض التقديمي للجلسة فقط وسيُشارك مع المجتمع بعد ذلك، ولن تُسجّل المحادثات. فيما يلي قائمة الفعاليات المنوي عقدها:

  • آسيا\الباسيفيكي: 4 نوفمبر 2022 الساعة 09:00 بالتوقيت العالمي (الموعد بتوقيتك المحلي). ستتوفر الترجمة الفورية للغتين الصينية واليابانية.
  • الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا\أوروبا\أفريقيا: 12 نوفمبر 2022 الساعة 15:00 بالتوقيت العالمي (الموعد بتوقيتك المحلي). ستتوفر الترجمة الفورية للعربية والفرنسية والروسية.
  • أمريكا الشمالية والجنوبية\أمريكا الشمالية\غرب أوروبا: 12 نوفمبر 2022 الساعة 15:00 بالتوقيت العالمي (الموعد بتوقيتك المحلي). ستتوفر الترجمة باللغتين الإسبانية والبرتغالية.

ستجد المزيد من التفاصيل في صفحة الميتا. سنزودكم بروابط zoom قبل 48 ساعة من بدء المكالمة.

دعوة سفراء ميثاق الحركة

نشجّع الأفراد أو المجموعات من كافة المجتمعات الراغبين في المساعدة الذين بدأوا محادثات حول ميثاق الحركة في مجتمعاتهم ليصبحوا سفراء ميثاق الحركة (MC Ambassadors). سينفّد سفراء ميثاق الحركة أنشطتهم الخاصة وسيحصلون على الدعم المالي لتمكين المحادثات بلغاتهم الخاصة. الميسّرون الإقليميون من فريق استراتيجية الحركة والحوكمة موجودين لتقديم الدعم للسفراء في طلب المنحة المالية. إذا كنت راغباً في التقديم، الرجاء التسجيل هنا. إذا كان لديك أسئلة محددة، تواصل مع فريق استراتيجية الحركةة والحوكمة من خلال البريد الإلكتروني: strategy2030@wikimedia.org أو من خلال منتدى استراتيجية الحركة.

نشكركم على وقتكم ومشاركتكم.

بالنيابة عن لجنة صياغة ميثاق الحركة، Mervat (WMF) (talk) 10:17, 7 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

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