Hi all,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014.
This State of the Wikimedia Foundation https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf report provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment of key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis on data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work supports our mission.
Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had differing familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments -- the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began pulling together information as a baseline reference so we would better understand each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2]
Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas.
The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call to Action for 2015 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation#2015_Call_to_Action. The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to focus the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include improving the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry, our new COO https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/, will manage its implementation over the coming year.
Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide the strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only against the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work of the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an annual exercise.
The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a wiki here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf . You can also find more information in our blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/.
We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback.
Thanks,
Katherine
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing!
On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher [email protected] wrote:
Hi all,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014.
This State of the Wikimedia Foundation < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pd...
report provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment of key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis on data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work supports our mission.
Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had differing familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments -- the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began pulling together information as a baseline reference so we would better understand each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2]
Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas.
The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call to Action for 2015 < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Founda...
.
The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to focus the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include improving the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry, our new COO https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/, will manage its implementation over the coming year.
Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide the strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only against the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work of the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an annual exercise.
The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a wiki here < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Founda...
and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pd...
. You can also find more information in our blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/.
We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback.
Thanks,
Katherine
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing!
-- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 [email protected]
Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am unable to read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite small), and I really don't want to download it. Is there an alternative? I am looking forward to reading this.
Risker/Anne
Risker: For your convenience: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ainali/sandbox
*Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali*
Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige http://wikimedia.se 0729 - 67 29 48
*Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se
2015-04-02 22:22 GMT+02:00 Risker [email protected]:
On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher [email protected] wrote:
Hi all,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014.
This State of the Wikimedia Foundation <
report provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment
of
key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis on data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work supports our mission.
Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had
differing
familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments -- the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began
pulling
together information as a baseline reference so we would better
understand
each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2]
Although the information in the report was originally gathered in
response
to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel
there
are development areas.
The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call
to
Action for 2015 <
.
The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to
focus
the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include
improving
the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry,
our
new COO https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/, will manage its implementation over the coming year.
Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide the strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only against the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work of the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an annual exercise.
The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a wiki here <
and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here <
. You can also find more information in our blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/.
We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback.
Thanks,
Katherine
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to
Juliet
Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing!
-- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 [email protected]
Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am unable to read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite small), and I really don't want to download it. Is there an alternative? I am looking forward to reading this.
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Actually, it appears it is also published here: https://meta.wikimedia. org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation
(Heather Walls sent me the link). This is good - but the document on Commons points to a serious usability issue; the combination of faint print and small font made it unreadable for me, a person with fairly normal vision. The Commons page should probably also have a link to the Meta page.
Risker/Anne
On 2 April 2015 at 16:35, Jan Ainali [email protected] wrote:
Risker: For your convenience: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ainali/sandbox
*Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali*
Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige http://wikimedia.se 0729 - 67 29 48
*Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se
2015-04-02 22:22 GMT+02:00 Risker [email protected]:
On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher [email protected] wrote:
Hi all,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014.
This State of the Wikimedia Foundation <
report provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment
of
key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis
on
data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work
supports
our mission.
Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had
differing
familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments
--
the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began
pulling
together information as a baseline reference so we would better
understand
each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2]
Although the information in the report was originally gathered in
response
to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a
report
from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid,
sharing
insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel
there
are development areas.
The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call
to
Action for 2015 <
.
The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to
focus
the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include
improving
the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry,
our
new COO https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/,
will
manage its implementation over the coming year.
Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide
the
strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only
against
the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work
of
the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an annual exercise.
The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a
wiki
here <
and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here <
. You can also find more information in our blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/
.
We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback.
Thanks,
Katherine
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to
Juliet
Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing!
-- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 [email protected]
Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am unable to read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite small), and I really don't want to download it. Is there an alternative? I am looking forward to reading this.
Risker/Anne _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
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On Apr 2, 2015 4:39 PM, "Risker" [email protected] wrote:
Actually, it appears it is also published here:
(Heather Walls sent me the link). This is good - but the document on Commons points to a serious usability issue; the combination of faint
and small font made it unreadable for me, a person with fairly normal vision. The Commons page should probably also have a link to the Meta page.
Risker/Anne
On 2 April 2015 at 16:35, Jan Ainali [email protected] wrote:
Risker: For your convenience: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ainali/sandbox
*Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali*
Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige http://wikimedia.se 0729 - 67 29 48
*Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till
mänsklighetens
samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se
2015-04-02 22:22 GMT+02:00 Risker [email protected]:
On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher [email protected]
wrote:
Hi all,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities
in
calendar year 2014.
This State of the Wikimedia Foundation <
report provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline
assessment
of
key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an
emphasis
on
data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work
supports
our mission.
Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning
of a
strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had
differing
familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other
departments
--
the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began
pulling
together information as a baseline reference so we would better
understand
each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2]
Although the information in the report was originally gathered in
response
to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a
report
from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid,
sharing
insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they
feel
there
are development areas.
The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal
Call
to
Action for 2015 <
.
The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to
focus
the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include
improving
the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge.
Terry,
our
new COO https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/,
will
manage its implementation over the coming year.
Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide
the
strategy development process, and does not substitute for the
Quarterly
Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only
against
the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the
work
of
the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it
an
annual exercise.
The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a
wiki
here <
and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here <
. You can also find more information in our blog post:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/
.
We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback.
Thanks,
Katherine
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much
great
information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to
Juliet
Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing!
-- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 [email protected]
Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am
unable to
read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite small), and I really don't want to download it. Is there an
alternative?
I am looking forward to reading this.
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On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Katherine Maher [email protected] wrote:
Hi all,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. [...]
Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas. [...]
We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback.
Thanks,
Katherine
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing!
Thanks. This looks indeed like a candid report. If it's an indication of a change in communication style, I like it.
Good to have it available on Meta as well as in pdf format (I think the pdf is very nicely done).
Best, Andreas
On 2 April 2015 at 17:48, Andreas Kolbe [email protected] wrote:
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Katherine Maher [email protected] wrote:
Hi all,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. [...]
Although the information in the report was originally gathered in
response
to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel
there
are development areas. [...]
We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback.
Thanks,
Katherine
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to
Juliet
Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing!
Thanks. This looks indeed like a candid report. If it's an indication of a change in communication style, I like it.
Good to have it available on Meta as well as in pdf format (I think the pdf is very nicely done).
I agree, pretty much. This is probably the best 'big picture" look at the WMF I have seen: accomplishments, plans, honest assessments of challenges. Thanks very much!
Risker/Anne
Still, in my assessment it is lacking on concrete details. There are many terms that are coined and movements cited which are not definitively explained, in some cases with hints that the departments doing the reporting have not themselves yet arrived at precise meaning. I suppose that, like the entree to the the full-course meal, this is the limitation to the medium: something to digest ahead of the full-course annual plan. An overall sense is one of transition.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Risker [email protected] wrote:
On 2 April 2015 at 17:48, Andreas Kolbe [email protected] wrote:
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Katherine Maher [email protected] wrote:
Hi all,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. [...]
Although the information in the report was originally gathered in
response
to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a
report
from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid,
sharing
insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel
there
are development areas. [...]
We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback.
Thanks,
Katherine
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to
Juliet
Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing!
Thanks. This looks indeed like a candid report. If it's an indication of
a
change in communication style, I like it.
Good to have it available on Meta as well as in pdf format (I think the
is very nicely done).
I agree, pretty much. This is probably the best 'big picture" look at the WMF I have seen: accomplishments, plans, honest assessments of challenges. Thanks very much!
Risker/Anne _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe