Working Groups meeting at the Movement Strategy Space, Wikimania 2018.Members of the Roles & Responsibilities, Revenue Streams and Resource Allocation Working Groups. (Martin Kraft CC BY-SA 4.0)
These recommendations were created in a collaborative process, bringing together people from different corners of the world and our Movement with their specific backgrounds and perspectives, and with a shared care for the future of our movement.
Finalizing the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Recommendations
A team of former working group members and a strategy salon community organizer refined the content, integrated Movement feedback, and created the final version of the recommendations:
Name
Organization / project
Previous Role
Geography
John Andersson
Wikimedia Sverige
Resource Allocation WG member / Reviewer
Northern Europe
Geoffrey Kateregga
Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
Community Organizer, Local and Regional Strategy Salons
Eastern Africa
Jeffrey Keefer
Wiki LGBT+ User Group; Wikimedia NYC
Capacity Building WG member / Writer
Northern America, Western Europe
Marc Miquel-Ribé
Amical Wikimedia
Diversity WG member / Writer
Western Europe
Guillaume Paumier
Wikimedia Foundation
Revenue Streams WG member
Northern America, Western Europe
Anna Torres
Wikimedia Argentina
Roles and Responsibilities WG member / Writer
Latin America
Nicola Zeuner
Wikimedia Deutschland
Capacity Building WG member / Writer
Central Europe
The following people volunteered to help turn the 89 recommendations produced by the nine thematic area working groups into one coherent set comprising 13 recommendations:
Close to 100 Wikimedians from around the world formed into the nine thematic area working groups. They held rich discussions on key change areas for the future of our Movement, and drafted a total of 89 recommendations to help us advance in our strategic direction and its objectives of knowledge equity and knowledge as a service. The nine working groups were:
Strategy Liaisons, local organizers, and supporting staff across our Movement made this a global conversation and a true movement strategy: Abbad Diraneyya, Abdoulaye Fofana, Aboubacar Keita, Adri Baard, Alice Kibombo, Anass Sedrati, Anna Lena Schiller, Anna Rees, Antoni Mtavangu, Asrija Konduri, Athikhun Suwannakhan, Ayokanmi Oyeyemi, Bhavesh Patel, Biplab Anand, Bobby Shabangu, Bukulu Steven, Butch Bustria, Cornelius Kibelka, Daria Cybulska, David Saroyan, Delphine Ménard, Diana Vrabie, Diane Ranville, Dody Ismoyo, Douglas Ssebaggala, Eliza Myrie, Ellie McMillan, Fawaz Tairou, Francesc Fort, Gayane Vardanyan, Geoffrey Katerrega, Georges Fodouop, Gereon Kalkuhl, Gonçalo Themudo, Ismahene Lekhlifi, Ivo Kruusamägi, Ivonne Kristiani, Jack Nunn, Jamie Lin, Jina Valentine, Jodi McMurray, Joy Agyepong, Justice Okai-Allotey, Kaarel Vaidla, Kayode Youssouf, Kelsi Stine-Rowe, Liang-chih ShangKuan, Lucas Teles, Lucy Crompton-Reid, Mehman Ibragimov, Mehrdad Pourzakikhani, Mohammed Bachounda, Mohsen Salek, Mokdad Younes, Moritz Rahm, Nerus Kolade, Nicole Ebber, Oscar Costero, Owula Kpakpo, Prangmilin Montriwat, Reda Benkhadra, Robert Myers, Rupika Sharma, Shabab Mustafa, S Naga Sai Sravanth, Snezhana Strkovska, Suswetha Kolluru, Szymon Grabarczuk, Zoya Lukyanova, Tanveer Hasan, Taweetham Limpanuparb, Uzoma Ozurumba, Walaa Abdel Manaem, WhisperToMe, Yves Madika.
This process remains indebted to countless individuals from across our Movement who contributed in on- and offline conversations and helped shape the content of this product and the thinking around it.
Support and Guidance for the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy Process
The Core Team is responsible for guiding, facilitating and supporting the Wikimedia 2030 process, its operations, logistics, and focus. The people who have been part of the Core Team during the two-year process are: Abbad Diraneyya, Anna Lena Schiller, Anna Rees, Bhavesh Patel, Douglas Ssebaggala, Ellie McMillan, Jodi McMurray, Kaarel Vaidla, Kelsi Stine-Rowe, Mehrdad Pourzakikhani, Nicole Ebber, Szymon Grabarczuk, and Tanveer Hasan.
Community strategy liaisons act as a bridge between language communities and the Movement Strategy Process: Anass Sedrati (Arabic), Christoph Jackel (German), Diane Ranville (French), Francesc Fort (Spanish), Gereon Kalkuhl (German), Lucas Teles (Portuguese), Liang-chih ShangKuan (Chinese), Rupika Sharma (Hindi).
Last, but not least, we appreciate the leadership and guidance of Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and Nicole Ebber of Wikimedia Deutschland for the process overall, the design work of Kaarel Vaidla and Bhavesh Patel, process governance of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, and their chair María Sefidari, and thoughtful insights and reflections from Abraham Taherivand, Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland, and Ryan Merkley, Chief of Staff at the Wikimedia Foundation, to improve the process.
