Talk:Global Digital Compact Wikimedia Advocacy Collaboration 2024

Core Working Group Actions | April 8 - 12, 2024

1. By April 12 | Add key stakeholders to list

• What: Help us identify the following people for your countries: (1) ambassador to the UN Mission, and (2) the UN Tech Envoy from your country. Add their info here.
• Why: We need to ensure that the right people at country missions to the UN have the resources they need to understand our asks. This means we need to formally send our open letter to representatives of key member states. We will share an email template later this month and ask you to contact them.
• How: Go to the website of your permanent mission (for example, I would google 'Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN’). The staff are usually listed, as well as their responsibilities. This email should go to the ambassador if and/or the general press email listed for the mission, and if identifiable, then also the staff member responsible for GDC. You can also look if there is an email associated with the GDC submission from your country. functionary working on this which is sometimes listed in the staff details OR it might be the person listed as responsible in the GDC submission.

2. By April 12 | Email Ziski a quote for Diff blog post

• What: (If you want) Send Ziski an email by Friday with a quote about why you're involved in the GDC work and why you think this is important for the movement.
• Why: We will be publishing a Diff blog post on the day that the open letter is released (April 23). It will describe what we're trying to achieve with our GDC campaign, why we think this is important, and encourage other movement members to sign the letter. This information is for the movement, and you are part of the movement - I want to make sure your voices are included. I'd like to include quotes from 4 or more of you.
• Open to other thoughts!

FPutz (WMF) (talk) 18:45, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Core Working Group Actions | March 22, 2024

Next steps

1. Confirm you are in the core working group. Action: Add your name to the Meta-Wiki page or correct me if you should not be in the group.
2. Review Open Letter by April 5. On Monday, March 25th I will share a rough draft of an open letter for your feedback, which is due April 5. This open letter will outline our positions on the three core topics we identified as crucial for our movement. The goal is to have it signed by WMF and members of the core working group, and then release it publicly at a strategic time after the first reading of the zero draft. Details will be shared in my next email on Monday. Deadlines you need to know are: April 5 is the deadline for your input; April 15-17 is the timeline for you to review the final version and add your group's signature. Action: Save the dates and watch your inbox on Monday.
3. Potential GDC session at Wikimedia Summit April 19-21. Wikimedia Summit is taking place in Berlin from April 19-21. Friederike will look into organizing a meet-up for those of you planning on being in Berlin, so that this core group has a chance to connect in-person. Action: Email Friederike to RSVP if you will or won't be in Berlin for the Summit.
4. Help us identify which countries we should try to engage. This core working group is going to do what Wikimedians do best - crowdsource! As a group, we need to identify which countries we should try to engage in order to influence the final product. Action: The next step is therefore for everyone to do some research and identify what your country's position is on the GDC (if they've stated this publicly!), and add what you've discovered to our page. You can: (a) look at your government's websites to see if they've shared anything about the GDC; (b) look through the submissions from last year; (c) look through the recording of the informal consultations from this year (here's an example from the EU); (d) share if you have existing relationships with the Permanent Mission to the UN, or good existing relationships with your government or ministries.

FPutz (WMF) (talk) 16:02, 22 March 2024 (UTC)