Task force/Recommendations/Movement roles
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Recommendation in a nutshell: Build stronger institutions:
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The Recommendations on Wikimedia Movement Roles, six in number, have been developed out of the discussions arising from the Movement Roles Task Force.
Strategy 1: Investing in Chapters
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This is a recommendation as submitted by the movement roles task force. Please provide input and suggestions on Talk:Task force/Recommendations/Movement roles 1 |
- Question/Problem
slow development of some chapters
- Strategy
investing in chapter development
Assertion and background information
The Wikimedia movement should invest in stimulating the development of more chapter (or chapter-like) organizations, including where desired investing in seed funding for professionalization.
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Strategy 2: Volunteer Council
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This is a recommendation as submitted by the movement roles task force. Please provide input and suggestions on Talk:Task force/Recommendations/Movement roles 2 |
- Question/Problem
lack of meta-level structures
- Strategy
establishing a Volunteer Council
Assertion and background information
The Wikimedia movement should establish a Volunteer Council, for the purpose of monitoring and supporting community/project health on an ongoing basis.
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Strategy 3: Chapters Network
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This is a recommendation as submitted by the movement roles task force. Please provide input and suggestions on Talk:Task force/Recommendations/Movement roles 3 |
- Question/Problem
lack of interchapter coordination
- Strategy
establishing a Chapters Network
Assertion and background information
The Wikimedia movement should establish an International Wikimedia Chapters Network, for the purpose of increasing communication, cooperation and representation, both among the chapters and between the chapters and the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Strategy 4: Promoting Real Life Events
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This is a recommendation as submitted by the movement roles task force. Please provide input and suggestions on Talk:Task force/Recommendations/Movement roles 4 |
- Question/Problem
lack of awareness among general public of real life events
- Strategy
notices reaching the general readership in a local area
Assertion and background information
The Wikimedia movement should establish notices reaching the general readership on Wikipedia and other projects to promote real life events of a local character, for the purposes of furthering interaction with the general public, the growth of real world volunteerism and the development of chapters.
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Strategy 5: Universities as Chapters
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This is a recommendation as submitted by the movement roles task force. Please provide input and suggestions on Talk:Task force/Recommendations/Movement roles 5 |
- Question/Problem
difficulty of forming legal nonprofit in many developing countries
- Strategy
enable nonmembership structures such as university departments to serve in the chapter role
Assertion and background information
The Wikimedia movement should enable nonmembership structures such as university departments to serve in the chapter role in countries where it is difficult to form a legal nonprofit, for the purpose of furthering Wikimedia chapters and local activities throughout the developing world.
- developed from Question: should we recommend enabling universities to take on the chapter role in some developing countries
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Strategy 6: Regional Working Groups
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This is a recommendation as submitted by the movement roles task force. Please provide input and suggestions on Talk:Task force/Recommendations/Movement roles 6 |
- Question/Problem
impracticability of forming any kind of chapter in some areas where we still have active volunteers
- Strategy
enable volunteers to form Regional Working Groups as a sub-Chapter status
Assertion and background information
The Wikimedia movement should enable volunteers to form Regional Working Groups as a sub-Chapter status under one or more designated organizers, for the purpose of furthering Wikimedia local activities and outreach in areas where full Chapters are not practicable.
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