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The Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network sustained itself in 2024 in ways that are comparable to previous years. It remains a casual organization for conversation among Wikimedians in Residence. "Wikimedians in Residence" are Wikimedians who are professionally engaged by a knowledge institution such as a museum, university, or research institute. They have the goal of sharing knowledge from their organization across Wikimedia projects. This group encourages peer-to-peer communication and support among people in these positions.

2024 was different in that there were fewer organized virtual meetups, as there have been in all previous years. Part of this is the rise of the new Global GLAM Calls as a monthly community conversation, fostered as a collaboration among European GLAMwiki Coordinators, WREN, and the GLAM Wiki Global Telegram group. It is of some concern that there was a lack of more online activity, as technical platform work to support GLAM activities has been limited. The work of Mary Mark Ockerbloom in the "Wikipedia Workbook for Cultural Institutions" and the GLAM CSI project by Andrew Lih were significant outputs supported by the WREN community, who gave feedback and participated in contributing content to these projects.

Member participation in Wikimedia events was typical. The amount and type of third-party media coverage which this group got was typical. The group has no budget and no shared scarce resources. The group has an informal wiki-like collaborative leadership and decision-making processes goals, or projects, to be visible as a place where any Wikimedian in Residence can present themselves as available to talk to peers.

Events

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Wikimania 2024, Katowice, Poland

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WikiConference North America 2024, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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Media

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Articles which mention Wikimedian in Residence roles -

Other documents

Affiliate health report

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For 2024, the Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network is adopting the recommendations from the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy by using the new annual reporting model. This version copies some of the formatting from the Wikimedians for Sustainable Development report.


Affiliate Health Criteria

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The colors in the last column follows a traffic light model with

  • green ok
  • yellow partly ok, and
  • red not ok
Affiliate Health Criteria
Criteria Description of criteria How the criteria can be met WfSD status
1. Goal delivery
1.1 Goal delivery Actively delivering on mission goals, e.g. content creation.
  • Incorporated into the annual report, a self-evaluation against the stated goals from their plans; strategic plans (if applicable).
 The organization sought to sustain a publicly-visible social network among Wikimedians in Residence in the absence of resources. This goal was achieved. A shortcoming is that the group is prepared to develop further infrastructure given opportunities to access resources, but no one has identified realistic paths to gaining resources.
2. Organisational Development
This section focuses on the affiliate's governance, resilience, and financial health
2.1 Affiliate health & resilience

Actively running activities and welcoming new users and leadership, including to its Board (if applicable), or other relevant decision-making body (e.g., committee or some other executive body). Encouraging contributors to increase their involvement with the affiliate and the global movement, and to provide development opportunities for its leaders and organizers.

  • A list of member usernames (if applicable) or verifiable volunteers who are actively collaborating with the organization/allies (e.g., who engage in the decision-making of the group) – either public or sent to AffCom if there are legal/safety concerns.
  • If there are legal (like GDPR in Europe) or safety limitations, it can be a number of members published with notes about changes in membership (e.g., an affiliate might have 100 members in 2022, and 100 in 2023, but there was still an overall change in membership by losing 50 and gaining 50 news members).
  • Highlight any activities that demonstrate members taking responsibility for affiliate activities
2.2 Diversity balance (especially gender)

Encouraging actions that are conscious of gender balance as a priority, including in leadership positions. Documenting efforts of work on other aspects of diversity (if applicable).

Public information on the people who are making decisions, including a demonstration of how representative they are of the affiliate’s membership.

  • Public information on what is being done to encourage diversity in the decision-making structures of the affiliate.

Note: As far as possible, affiliate members are encouraged to utilize usernames instead of real names on public platforms, including meta wiki

Since its establishment in 2017, this organization has been among the few in the Wikimedia Movement to sustain geographic, cultural, and disciplinary diversity among individuals, Wikimedia community organizations, and external partners. Public documentation for this group's governance and participation is better than average as compared to other Wikimedia community organizations with similar budget, membership, and impact.
2.3 Good governance & communication Good governance with public-facing governance practices about Board membership, affiliate membership (including membership criteria), democratic elections, decision-making process, reporting, links to communication channels used, etc.
  • Public information on how decision-making is happening (not only bylaws for the legal entities) – e.g., how the awarding of a scholarship to attend a meeting (global, regional, local) is decided upon, how a representative (point of contact) is selected, where the board or organising committee publishes resolutions, conflict of interest management, etc.
  • The only current membership criteria is to sign up
  • For individuals, the group maintains a Meta-Wiki page, a Wikimedia mailing list, and a Telegram group. For peer-to-peer organizational relationships, the group is prepared to communicate with Wikimedia chapters and external institutions.
3. Leadership & Inclusion
This section emphasizes a diverse and skilled leadership team, and inclusivity within the affiliate
3.1 Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership. In particular: skilled at managing funds (if it has any); communicating decisions; and being accountable to the membership.
  • Incorporated into the annual report, a skills mapping for those serving in leadership structures, succession planning.
  • Incorporated into the annual report, a description of training courses that its membership (especially leadership) underwent, if any. This includes training organized by the affiliate, other affiliates, hubs, Wikimedia Foundation, and external organizations (in line with Movement Strategy 2030 Initiative #33 "Leadership development plan").
  • Incorporated into the annual report, a disclosure of conflict of interests (if any) from the leadership.
  • This group has no defined leadership positions
  • This group's budget is 0, so there is not a need for governance to share assets
  • The group's membership is Wikimedians in Residence, so members either already have excellent Wikimedia social networks, or they have good support in exploring options to access resources.
3.2 Financial & legal compliance Financially well managed (if the affiliate has funds) and legally compliant.
  • Financial reporting (if applicable).
  • No funds in the group.
3.3 Universal Code of Conduct compliance Incorporating, promoting awareness about, and enforcing the Universal Code of Conduct in all of the affiliate’s activities.
  • Incorporated into the annual report, evidence of preventative steps, and addressing UCOC complaints in an effective and timely manner (or seeking external help).
  • The UCOC is applied in user group meetings.
4. Engagement & Collaboration
This section assesses how well the affiliate interacts with its target audience, builds internal (membership) relationships, and establishes partnerships
4.1 Internal (membership) engagement

Creating/hosting spaces for offline/online/hybrid collaboration and engagement in the affiliate.

  • Incorporated into the annual report, a record of regular meetings with a measurable outcome(s), and not only annual meetings.
  • Members of this group routinely get opportunities to present their projects and seek collaboration at any in-person Wikimedia meetups which they can attend.
4.2 Community connection Transparent and open to, and connected with, the community it serves/supports.
  • Incorporated into the annual report, a description of how people are taking part in the affiliate activities; how Wikimedians are reacting to the plans of the affiliates and to their reports (surveys if enough capacity); meetings with the editing communities, etc.
  • Minutes of meetings, including participants, are kept on-wiki. It happened in 2024 that there were no scheduled virtual casual conversations as there have been in previous years.
4.3 Partnerships and collaboration Developing effective partnerships inside and outside the Movement. Collaborating with other affiliates. Not engaging in conflict unnecessarily.

Note: conflicts are a part of life, and sometimes there might be a good reason for one!

  • The group does not have explicit partnerships. However, the defining characteristic of group members is that they have a staff partnership with an organization.

Template:Affiliate Health Criteria Form

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Affiliate basic information
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
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
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)
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
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


Supporting organizations

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This list is recognition from the Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network that the following organizations host a Wikimedian in Residence who collaborates with others in this network through mutual support, assistance, peer-to-peer project review, and overall demonstration of respect and civility.

The Wikipedia community thanks all organizations who contribute to Wikimedia projects in this way. This is a community-maintained list, and the presence of an organization on this list is no indication of any partnership, perspective, nor endorsement for this or any organization.

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