Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate health criteria/Reports/2024/Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network
| Affiliate basic information | ||
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| What is the affiliate name? | Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network | |
| Please list the languages supported by this affiliate | English | |
| Please list countries where this affiliate operates | Global | |
| Reporting timeline (e.g. January-December) | January - December | |
| Reporting year (e.g. 2024 or 2024-2025) | 2024 | |
| Primary contact (user name) | Andrew Lih user:Fuzheado | |
| Secondary contact (user name) | Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry | |
| Goal delivery | ||
| What is the affiliate mission? | to support Wikimedians in Residence in networking among themselves | |
| What are the affiliate goals? Link to the strategic plan, if there is one. | to facilitate communication and collaboration among Wikimedians in Residence | |
| Organizational development | ||
| How does the affiliate make decisions? How are decisions communicated? | the group makes 1-3 decisions per year by surveying membership | |
| What is the current state of the affiliate finances? Link to the latest financial report, if there is one. | no money | |
Affiliate health and resilience
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| How many people participate in the decision-making process in the affiliate? | typical votes and surveys go to 200 people, of whom about 20 respond | |
| Has there been any significant changes in the level of the affiliate membership body (e.g. increase/decrease of number of dues-paying members)? | membership growth and decline are nearly equal | |
| Are there any affiliate activities in the past year that were led by affiliate members? Please share the highlights. | the group coordinates no activities | |
| Leadership and inclusion | ||
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
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| What kind of skills does the affiliate leadership possess? | the group has no leadership training | |
| Is there any kind of succession plan for the affiliate leadership? | there is no success plan | |
| Are there any trainings that affiliate leadership undergo before they assume their leadership position? | the group has no leadership training | |
| Are there any requirements for affiliate leadership to disclose their conflict(s) of interests? | all group members have a COI, all meetings discuss COI, all members disclose COI repeatedly and continously | |
Diversity balance (especially gender)
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| What is the diversity level of the affiliate leadership and membership body? | as a matter of will and intent, the organization practices this value. As a matter of budget, there is zero investment in this value | |
| How is the affiliate leadership encouraging gender diversity in the decision-making process(es) of the affiliate? | as a matter of will and intent, the organization practices this value. As a matter of budget, there is zero investment in in this value | |
Universal Code of Conduct compliance
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| How does the affiliate leadership ensure, enforce, and evaluate compliance with the Universal Code of Conduct obligations? | as a matter of will and intent, the organization practices this value. As a matter of budget, there is zero investment in in this value | |
| Engagement and Collaboration | ||
| Please share the publicly available records of regular meetings, activities, events, or conference in the past year where the affiliate has participated. | all meeting records are on Meta-Wiki | |
| Community connection | ||
| How many affiliate members are active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | unknown, perhaps 50 in a typical year | |
| How many affiliate members are not active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 0 | |
| How many affiliate members are active organizers (of projects, events, conferences, initiatives, etc) within the Wikimedia movement? | unknown, perhaps 50 in a typical year | |
| How many people have participated in affiliate projects, events, conferences, and/or initiatives in the past year? | unknown, perhaps 50 in a typical year | |
| Partnerships and collaboration | ||
| Please list all activities/initiatives that the affiliate has organized or co-organized in past 12 months. | this group organized no activities in 2024 | |
| What would affiliate leadership list as the top 3 (three) capacities of the affiliate? (e.g. evaluation, community governance, programs and events, organizational governance and resource policies, conflict management, partnerships, fundraising, communication and media relations, contributor development, on-wiki technical skills, policy advocacy, etc) | facilitating conversation | |
| representing the Wikimedia community | ||
| community building | ||
| What are the 3 (three) capacities that the affiliate would like to strengthen in the next 12 months? | there are no plans to strengthen any capacity in the next year | |
| none | ||
| none | ||
| What are the organizations, community projects, or groups that the affiliate had been working or seeking to work with to develop and support the 3 capacities? | the organization is not seeking any partnerships to expand capacity | |