FPutz (WMF)

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including 2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates, Movement Charter/Content preliminary narrative, Human Rights Policy Community Conversations, Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan Feedback, IP blocking and Open Proxies discussion, Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 May 20-22 + local events, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday May 8, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, note that some areas recently experienced daylight savings time changes).--Pharos (talk) 18:57, 4 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Pharos thank you for sharing the invitation with me! I would be delighted to join and have just RSVPd. See you soon! FPutz (WMF) (talk) 22:14, 4 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hey @PharosI'm sorry I could not make it and sent @RGaines (WMF)instead. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or future opportunities related to Global Advocacy/Public Policy. Hope to see you at the next SWAN call. FPutz (WMF) (talk) 09:26, 10 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter, Hubs Global Conversation this June, WMF Proposal for Movement Strategy Forum, New rounds of WMF Conference Funds including in-person events, WMF Proposal for Sound Logo Contest, WMF Elections Analysis Committee selection, wikimania:Program submissions due June 10 (scholarship and local event grants due June 3) and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday June 5, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:19, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

hi there. I would like to join the Invitational Wikimedia Public Policy monthly call, July 1 @ 16h EST. could you please send details? Also, could you please add me to the list to receive notifications? thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 16:22, 7 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter, Hubs Global Conversation last week, Affiliate voting period to shortlist WMF Board candidates (July 1-15), Wikimania updates, Desktop improvements, Wikimedia Enterprise first customers, Call for program submissions and updates for a global diversity of regional/linguistic Wiki-Conferences, Wikidata:Wiki Mentor Africa and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 3, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:57, 30 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hey @Pharos! Are there calls planned for November or December? I haven't seen any on the SWAN page. FPutz (WMF) (talk) 16:57, 4 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

There is no call Notes of Global Advocacy Conversation Hours in July 1. Any update of this? Thanks. SCP-2000 04:56, 24 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi there! There are no notes for July 1 because this call had been canceled. You can see, however, that the call for the Asia-Pacific friendly time on June 29th did take place and notes are recorded. The canceled call has been rescheduled to July 28th and we're running an extended call with two topics (on our end), so feel free to join for the portion that interests you and then to drop off.

Last thing to note: this is our pilot, so I'd love to hear your feedback...specifically on our communications. I'm sorry to hear that communication (that the call was canceled) did not reach you. If you have suggestions on how we can improve the channels through which we communicate, to reach interested folks like yourself, I'd love to know!! Feel free to post here, on the MSG forum, or to email me directly (fputz@wikimedia.org). Hope to hear from you either on the call or here! FPutz (WMF) (talk) 21:01, 26 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Dear Franziska,

On behalf of the Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2022 programme committee, I am pleased to inform you that your submission "What does it take to build a movement of free knowledge protectors?" has been accepted as a workshop. Considering that the conference will have language interpretation from English into Russian and vice versa, you have the choice between English and Russian as a language that you will use in your session. If you have not yet registered for the conference, please fill in the registration form. In case you have any additional requests or questions, do not hesitate to contact me or any other committee member.

Best regards.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:57, 24 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks @Kiril Simeonovski! How much time has been allotted for my session? And is there any kind of deadline for content or finalized material that I should be aware of? FPutz (WMF) (talk) 11:47, 6 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi Franziska, the duration of your session will be 90 minutes, which is the standardised time for a workshop. There won't be a strict deadline for uploading the presentation slides to the Commons category, but it's recommended to do it before the conference if possible. Best.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:52, 6 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Perfect, thanks for the prompt and helpful response. FPutz (WMF) (talk) 12:19, 6 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Wikimedia Research Fund, 2023 Ombuds commission and Case Review Committee appointments process, feedback on consultation and community session of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, various Wikimania topics: (ideas/suggestions for Wikimania 2023, expressions of interest for Wikimania 2024 and beyond, expressions of interest to join Wikimania Steering Committee), and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday November 13, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 02:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC
UTC times are different from before, and also note that some areas may have recently experienced daylight savings time changes.).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:59, 9 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi! I'm contacting you as one of the participants in the Wikimedia Summit 2022, to kindly ask for your feedback through a 5-10 minute survey to evaluate 'Baserow' (note: the survey is on a Google form).

Baserow was a tool through which participants in the Summit co-created a database of Movement Strategy activities. We hope to learn from you how useful it may be to keep using it in the future to help document and connect on Movement Strategy work.

You are welcome and encouraged to fill out the survey in any language. Your feedback would be very appreciated --Abbad (WMF) (talk) 15:38, 16 February 2023 (UTC).Reply

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Wikimania Singapore, Future of SWAN, Movement Charter/Content new sections (particularly Movement Charter/Content/Global Council), other activities you submit, and we will top it all off with a grand finale AI Happy Hour / Doom Hour!

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 16, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 02:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC
Note that we are now meeting on Zoom, with interpretation in the 2nd session in (Arabic) (Spanish) (French)--Pharos (talk) 02:44, 12 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ziski, please do not remove translation markup when you update a page like you did at Global Advocacy/About. It is a lot of extra work to re-add all the markup. Thanks and happy holidays, --Ameisenigel (talk) 14:34, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ameisenigel (ein toller name!)thank you for your vigilance and help on the GA team page. Indeed, I've learned from another user that this is a big faux pas for which I apologize. I am pretty bad at editing Meta-Wiki and still in my early learning days. I'm trying to make a series of changes that will help me respond to feedback we've received about how the page could be improved. Making changes on pages with translation tags has been a big learning curve for me. Please know after I received this feedback from another user I immediately organized a training session with a colleague who helped me navigate translation tags. Since this training I have not removed translation markup. I am really sorry I did in the first palce as I understand this negates a ton of work that you and others have done as a wonderful public service in tagging these pages for translation in the first place. Thank you for helping me get better!

FPutz (WMF) (talk) 19:00, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello everyone!

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

At this meeting we will focus on the recent statement by the WMF Board of Trustees liaisons statement on the Movement Charter in which the liaisons stated that they will be recommending the Board of Trustees not to ratify the final draft of the Movement Charter. The community and affiliate votes on the ratification are supposed to start on Tuesday, 25 June. This meeting offers a venue to discuss the situation and formulate the "next steps".

This month, we are meeting on Sunday, June 23, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

Nadzik (talk) 16:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello everyone!

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

At this meeting we will focus on the results of the Movement Charter ratification. We will also discuss the aftermath of the Board of Trustees' decision to veto the Movement Charter, including their recent proposals. We will also cover updates about upcoming Wikimania 2024.

This month, we are meeting on Sunday, July 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

Nadzik (talk) 19:55, 18 July 2024 (UTC)Reply