Movement roles project: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
Browse history interactively
← Older edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m Reverted changes by FBPW (talk) to last version by Hasley
Tag: Rollback
 
(28 intermediate revisions by 19 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{historical}}
{{mr-nav}}
{{mr-nav}}



The '''movement roles''' project aims to clarify the roles and responsibilities of different groups working to support the international Wikimedia movement. These pages are developing recommendations to improve Wikimedia as a global network of organizations.
The '''movement roles''' project aims to clarify the roles and responsibilities of different groups working to support the international Wikimedia movement. These pages are developing recommendations to improve Wikimedia as a global network of organizations.


The idea was proposed at the chapters meeting 2010 and approved by the Board in the same year. See the [[Movement roles/History|movement roles history]] for more details.
:''[[Movement_roles/recommendations|Summary recommendations]]''
:''[[Wikimedia affiliation models]]'' <-- ongoing discussion about two draft resolutions


== Active projects ==
== Implementation ==
* [[Wikimedia affiliation models]] Board resolution March 2012
These projects are all open to public input and revision:
* [[Audit committee/Organizational best practices|Organizational best practices]] (former "Accountability standards") Board resolution April 2012


== Loose ends ==
<div style="background-color: #FFF9BD; padding:4px; border: 1px solid gray">
* [[/List of open topics/]]
Learning from [[m:Movement roles/Peer organizations/Models|'''peer networks''']] to illuminate our [[m:Movement_roles/Design_principles|'''design principles''']].
* [[/Proposal for the future of movement roles issues/]]


== Ideas ==
Draft of '''[[m:Movement_roles/recommendations/board|recommendations]]''' for Wikimedia Foundation board and Wikimedia groups
Other recommendations under consideration for the Foundation
* Create a [[Requests for comment/Global requests committee|Global Requests Committee]] to resolve difficult cross-project requests and issues
* Define good [[Committee Standards|committee standards]] for committee chairs and workgroups.
* Prioritize better communication outside of English


Recommendations under consideration for the community
</div>
* Create a '''[[Wikimedia_chapters_council|Chapter Council]]''' to reach consensus and resolve disputes among Chapters.

* Create a process to review new and old [[:New project proposals|ideas for content projects]]
'''Other recommendations under consideration for the Foundation'''
* Create a '''[[m:Requests for comment/Global requests committee|Global Requests Committee]]''' to resolve difficult cross-project requests and issues
* Define good '''committee standards''' for committee chairs and workgroups.
* Prioritize better '''communication outside of English'''

'''Recommendations under consideration for the community'''
* Create a '''[[m:Wikimedia_chapters_council|Chapter Council]]''' to reach consensus and resolve disputes among Chapters.
* Create a process to review new and old [[m:New project proposals|ideas for content projects]]
* Create the role of "Language Contact Person" for each language, improving on old [[ambassadors|Embassy]] and [[translators|translator]] models.
* Create the role of "Language Contact Person" for each language, improving on old [[ambassadors|Embassy]] and [[translators|translator]] models.


== History ==

At its October 2010 meeting, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved the direction of the group and encouraged all interested parties, particularly chapters and other stakeholders as outlined in the proposal, to engage in the process. The active [[/Participants|participants]] will develop an initial draft of a 'charter' and recommendations, to be improved iteratively.
{|
|-
| width="45%" valign="top"|

: Chapters meeting 2010: a decision to organize thoughts on the matter
: Summer 2010: [[Movement roles/Proposal|Initial MR proposal]] reflecting discussions to date
: Jan 2011: in-person meeting in Frankfurt ('''[[Movement roles/Working group meeting 2011-1-29|meeting notes]]''')
: Jan 2011: topics drafted for a Wikimedia charter ('''[[Movement roles/charter topics|draft charter topics]]''')

| width="5%" valign="top"| &nbsp;
| width="45%" valign="top"|
: Mar 2011: in-person meeting in Berlin ('''[[Movement roles/Working group meeting 2011-3-24|meeting notes]]''')
: Spring 2011, #wikimedia-roles on Freenode
: Jun 2011: IRC update, Charter discussiopn ('''[[Movement roles/Working group meeting 2011-6-2|notes]]''')
: Aug 2011 in Haifa at [[wm2011:Movement Roles Meeting|Wikimania]]

|}
==Links==
==Links==
* [[:Category:Movement roles meeting|Meeting notes]]
'''Please feel free to add any links you feel might be relevant.'''
* [[Movement_roles/Feedback/Sue_Gardner|Feedback from Sue (2011)]] ([[Movement roles/Feedback/Sue Gardner (summary)|summary]])
{|
|-
| width="45%" valign="top"|

'''Findings and perspectives'''
*[[Movement_roles/Responses_to_initial_questions|Responses to initial questions]]
*[[Movement_roles/Learnings_from_peer_organizations|Lessons from peer organizations]]
** [[Movement_roles/Learnings_from_peer_organizations/Why_now|Why now?]]
**[[Movement_roles/Learnings_from_peer_organizations/Models|Models]]
*** [[m:Movement_roles/Learnings_from_peer_organizations/Models/Mozilla|Mozilla]]
*** [[m:Movement_roles/Learnings_from_peer_organizations/Models/Olympics|Olympic movement]]
*** [[m:Movement_roles/Learnings_from_peer_organizations/Models/RedCross|Red Cross movement]]
*** [[m:Movement_roles/Learnings_from_peer_organizations/Models/MSF|MSF]] (Medécins Sans Frontières)
*** [[m:Movement_roles/Learnings_from_peer_organizations/Models/YMCA|YMCA]] (Young Men's Christian Association)
*[[Movement_roles/Feedback|Feedback]]
** [[Movement_roles/Feedback/Sue_Gardner|from Sue]] ([[Movement roles/Feedback/Sue Gardner (summary)|summary]])
*[[Movement_roles/Chapter_meeting_working_group_outcome|Chapter meeting working group outcome 2011]]
* [[Talk:Movement roles/Current players and their roles|Current players and their roles]]
* Longer list of [[Movement_roles/recommendations|draft recommendations]]
* [[Movement roles/flow of funds|Flow of funds]], fundraising, prioritization, transparency, and allocation of resources
* [[m:Movement_roles/accountability|Accountability]]
* Definitions: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/MR-definitions
* Definitions: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/MR-definitions


'''Strategy project'''
*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement Wikimedia Movement]
*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_roles_and_governance Community roles and governance]
*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles Movement roles]
*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Task_force/Movement_Roles Task_force Movement_Roles]
*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Thread:Talk:Movement_roles/Notes_from_the_discussion_at_Chapters_Conference Notes from the discussion at Chapters Conference]
*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Case_studies Case studies] of peer organizations
*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters Wikimedia chapters]
*[http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Task_force/Recommendations/Movement_roles_3 Recommendation Strategy 3: Chapters Network]

'''Chapters'''
*[[What is a Wikimedia Chapter?]]
*[[Chapter and Wikimedia Project Primary Challenges]]
*[[Requirements for future chapters]]
*[[Guidelines for future chapters]]
*[[Sub-national chapters]]
*[[Chapters_committee/Chapter_assessment|Chapter Assessment]]


'''Relevant groups / cooperative efforts'''
*[[Chinese Wikimedia Conference]]
*[[WiKansai]]
*[[w:WP:Wikipedia Loves Art|WP:Wikipedia Loves Art]]


| width="5%" valign="top"| &nbsp;
| width="45%" valign="top"|


'''Groups'''
*[[Movement roles/Current players and their roles|Current players and their roles]]
*[[/Roles_Matrix|Roles Matrix]].
*[[Movement roles/New group models|New group models]]
*[[Movement roles/Groups|Classification of groups]]
*[[Movement_roles/groupsdefinitions|Group definitions]]

[[Category:Wikimedia committees]]
[[Category:Wikimedia working groups]]
[[Category:Wikimedia movement roles]]


[[Category:Wikimedia movement roles project| ]]
'''Complete notes of prior meetings'''
* [[Chapters_meeting_2010/Documentation/Roles_movement|2010 Chapters meeting, Berlin]]
* [[/Notes_from_Wikimania_discussion|Wikimania 2010, Gdańsk]]
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2010-09-10|10 September 2010]] (by conference call)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2010-09-24|24 September 2010]] (by conference call)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2010-10-15|15 October 2010]] (by conference call
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2010-10-21|21 October 2010]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2010-11-5|5 November 2010]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2010-11-19|19 November 2010]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2010-12-3|3 December 2010]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2010-12-17|17 December 2010]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2011-1-7|7 January 2011]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2011-1-21|21 January 2011]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working group meeting 2011-01-29|'''29 and 30 January]] in Frankfurt''', Germany (with many notes)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2011-2-4|4 February 2011]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2011-2-11|11 February 2011]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2011-2-18|18 February 2011]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2011-2-25|25 February 2011]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2011-3-4|4 March 2011]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2011-3-11|11 March 2011]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working_group_meeting_2011-3-18|18 March 2011]] (on IRC)
* [[/Working group meeting 2011-3-24|24 March 2011]] in Berlin, Germany
* [[/Working group meeting 2011-3-27|27 March 2011]] in Berlin, Germany
* Spring [[Movement roles/targets|targets for our work]]
* Wikimania [http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/MovementRoles summer 2011 overview]

Latest revision as of 07:36, 8 July 2023

Movement Roles — Index
Overview
Basics
Recommendations
New models
Standards
Next steps
Further reading

The movement roles project aims to clarify the roles and responsibilities of different groups working to support the international Wikimedia movement. These pages are developing recommendations to improve Wikimedia as a global network of organizations.

The idea was proposed at the chapters meeting 2010 and approved by the Board in the same year. See the movement roles history for more details.

Implementation[edit]

Loose ends[edit]

Ideas[edit]

Other recommendations under consideration for the Foundation

Recommendations under consideration for the community

Links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Movement_roles_project&oldid=25274131"