This is an excellent approach, thank you. SJ On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Tim Moritz Hector < [email protected]> wrote:
> Dear fellow Wikimedians, > > I have been closely following the developments of the previous weeks. A lot > of things have been said, concerns and frustration have been raised, hope > has been voiced, and many many questions have been brought up. It’s hard to > keep up with all the voices on all the different digital channels these > days, and hard to find solutions and agreement in an unfacilitated stream. > > The first chance for many of us to personally meet, vent, and look ahead > will be the the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin. Wikimedia Deutschland is > hosting the event, and welcoming movement affiliates, committees and board > and staff of the Wikimedia Foundation from April 20-24. > > The movement is standing at a crossroad, but I am confident we can find the > best path if we work together. Wikimedia Deutschland has gone through > turbulent times in the past as well, and we would like to offer our > experience and full support as host and facilitator of an essential part of > this process. With your participation and contribution, Wikimedia > Conference can be a platform for exchange and progress. > > Let us use this opportunity to jointly figure out how we want to move > forward as a network of partners. The conference is the ideal platform to > discuss and define next steps to find answers to questions like: How do we > imagine a movement striving for free knowledge and what structure and > framework best serve these needs? How do the WMF and affiliates define > their role and responsibilities on a global and local level? How shall an > revamped search process for a new executive leadership of the WMF look > like, and what are the main qualifications new candidates should bring? How > will the strategy process for the WMF evolve and how can affiliates > contribute? How do we involve our stakeholders from within and outside of > the movement in this process? How do we manage to look ahead rather than > repeating the old narratives? How do we create consensus on all these > questions? > > In light of the current situation, we would like to dedicate a whole > conference track to these issues. Of course, the initial conference topics > of impact and capacity building are still important and will be covered as > well. > > We have set up a page on meta and encourage you to share your questions, > ideas, and concerns[1]. We intend to work closely with WMF and affiliate > representatives in the coming eight weeks and create the program along > their input. > > Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin in April, > Tim Moritz Hector > > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2016/Program_Design_Process/Track > : > How to move forward > > -- > Tim Moritz Hector > Chair of the Board > > Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. > Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin > http://www.wikimedia.de > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
