Thank you so much, Florence, for your heads-up. While I saw the initial post, it went past me like any others. Your feedback prompted my curiosity to review the entire document again. Even if this is the final version, I will create an input from my perspective, including likely questions about the ecosystem within the movement that need answers.
Best regards, ISO On Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 11:58 AM Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear collegues > > I wanted to shed a bit of light on this message recently shared on the > wikimedia mailing list, and invite interested parties to look at the > proposition of the Affiliation Committee regarding the future of the > ecosystem. > This is by no means the final decision, but an important element in the > whole conversation regarding affiliates. But this conversation is likely to > lead to important changes in the future, that will impact every current and > envisionned affiliate. Reading the proposition, it is obvious to me that > the potential consequences could be massive for african usergroups. > > Best > > > Anthere > > > -------- Message transféré -------- > Sujet : [Wikimedia-l] Affiliations Committee draft recommendations for > the ecosystem > Date : Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:37:02 -0800 (PST) > De : Affiliations Committee <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > Répondre à : Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > Pour : Affiliations Committee <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > Copie à : Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > <[email protected]>, [email protected] > > Hi Everyone, > > I am happy to share draft recommendations and documentation from the > Affiliations Committee [1] on three strategic areas that need continuous > consideration to best support Wikimedia affiliates. These areas are: 1) > overall affiliate model, 2) capacity development, and 3) conflict > management. > > === Context === > > The key areas were proposed at the Affiliations Committee strategic > retreat in November 2024 [2] and, as a result, working groups were convened > within the Affiliations Committee to strategically define potential future > approaches to improve the support to the affiliates. These conversations > have also aligned with the pilot proposed by the Wikimedia Foundation in > 2024 around updating the ecosystem of Wikimedia organizations [3] and can > be in a way considered as the input of the expertise of the Affiliations > Committee to the ongoing conversation. > > === Content === > > For clarity of presentation, purpose and expected outcomes of the proposal > are presented first to be then followed by the actual outline of the > proposal itself. Finally, a potential future role of the Affiliations > Committee in respective areas is put forward. > > Affiliate model. The overall definition of the affiliate model has the > biggest implications to the future of the affiliates and their impact. The > Affiliations Committee has given due consideration to existing landscape > and future options, and is boldly [4] proposing an efficient overall model > with reduced layers and complexity. In this model, a proposal is made to > connect more clearly the rights of the organizations to their > responsibilities. At the same time, the Affiliations Committee recognizes > that there are some big questions in this that need wider and deeper input > from across the movement, so we are proposing some questions for your > consideration and further input. > > Capacity development. A key area for the affiliates to become more > effective and sustainable, creating more impact. The Affiliations Committee > has especially considered the learning spaces and materials that are > available, and from its own perspective to improve the onboarding process. > Areas of governance, leadership, and community support stand out for > continuous improvement, and as key factors for future success. > > Conflict management. When it comes to conflicts, prevention tops reactive > management at all times. For it to function better, there needs to be a > holistic approach with professional support systems. In its documentation > the Affiliations Committee has mapped out, based on its experience, the key > principles, resources, and structures needed for improvements. > > === Conversations and next steps === > > The Affiliations Committee has started collecting feedback on some of > these ideas at the regional conferences in September and October. Now, we > are moving into a virtual feedback phase, collecting feedback on these > draft proposals through the month of November 2025. We will be following > conversations on meta and will participate in some regional calls. Your > input will then be integrated to form finalized proposals of the > Affiliations Committee for updating the future ecosystem of the movement > organizations and its own ways of working. We look forward to hearing from > you! > > Regards, > > Jeffrey Keefer > > Chair, Affiliations Committee > > Links: > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Recommendations_November_2025 > > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/News/Issue_4#Affiliate_Strategy_Updates > > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Updating_the_ecosystem_of_Wikimedia_organizations > > [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list -- > [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > *Olaniyan Ishola Olushola* *CEO. 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